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A Surgeon and a Maverick

A Surgeon and a Maverick

“[A] remarkable journey.”—The TelegraphThe incredible life story of legendary cardiac surgeon and scientist Magdi Yacoub, an outsider who succeeded against the oddsVeteran journalists Simon Pearson and Fiona Gorman follow the remarkable life of heart...

No Knives in the Kitchens of This City

No Knives in the Kitchens of This City

WINNER OF THE NAQUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATUREIn the once beautiful city of Aleppo, one family descends into ruin in this novel from "one of the rising stars of Arab fiction" (New York Times)Irrepressible Sawsan flirts with militias, the ruling...

The Boy and the Boy King

The Boy and the Boy King

2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTWonder and imagination are at the heart of this story of a friendship between a boy from New York City and the boy king, TutankhamunA boy and his stuffed bunny gaze at a star-lit New York cityscape. The great...