I Am Dumbo

Once Upon a Time…

Disney

I am Dumbo, a baby elephant. I am different on the outside and on the inside. I have a dream, and my dream is as big as my ears! Learn more >‎

The Meteoric Rise of LAU

From College to University

Dr. Marwan Iskandar

“The fascinating story of the university has been written as an actual novel of the phases of development by a well-known economist and author.” Jihad El Zein, Cultural Editor, An-Nahar Learn more >‎

OUCH!

A memoir with a twist...

Chaker Khazaal

Growing up in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Chaker Khazaal’s mission was to escape displacement and find his rightful place in the world. This detailed glimpse into his life takes you on an exciting adventure from the Middle East to North America and beyond. All will be revealed in Chaker’s pursuit of success-a journey of internal psychological conflicts. Ouch! Learn more >‎

The Day the World Went Boom

Hala & Asmahan Saleh

“Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb Learn more >‎

The Bible came from Arabia

Kamal Salibi

Kamal Salibi, professor of history at the American University of Beirut, reveals startling linguistic evidence which controversially suggests that Judaism originated not in Palestine but in west Arabia. Whilst looking at the gazetteer of Saudi place names, he noticed a remarkable concentration of Biblical place names in an area of 600km long by 200km wide (the region of 'Asir). Ancient Hebrew, like Arabic, was written without vowels, Salibi believes that scholars of the sixth century might have added the vowels wrongly when standardizing texts, and so he went back to the original unvowelled Old Testament to prove his theory - and it did. The geography of Palestine has never corresponded in any way to the apparently specific stories in the Bible. Salibi's research authenticates the events as history for the first time - but within an Arabian setting. This book has caused a predictable storm amongst academics and politicians. The issue is of such importance that everyone should read the evidence first-hand. Learn more >‎

What Makes a Hero + Chart

One Upon a Time

Disney

The finest heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are here to answer one vital question: What makes a hero? Heroics mean something different to everyone, and these 16 legendary Marvel heroes invite us to join them as they explore strength, compassion, and the super-powers that lie at the heart of the hero in all of us. Learn more >‎

The Story of Olaf

One upon a Snowman

Disney

Remember when Elsa the queen of Arendelle left the kingdom to the North Mountains? There... “She let her power of snow and ice fly... She created swirling patterns of ice. With another gentle wave of her hand something else appeared . . . a snowman!... “I’m alive!” the snowman exclaimed.” Learn more >‎

Maximum Max

Prince of Peaks

Inspired by the adventures of Maxime Chaya

“And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin the climb.” Gibran Khalil Gibran No one knows better than Max this land which has been lent to us for a lifetime. He who has explored its every nook and cranny: from the North Pole to the South Pole, from Earth’s highest summit (Mount Everest at 8,850 m) to its vastest expanses of water (rowing across the Indian Ocean, in 57 days) and harshest deserts (cycling across the Empty Quarter without assistance, in 21 days). This second volume of the adventures of Maximum Max tells how this extreme sportsman, just back from Kilimanjaro, next attempts three more peaks of the Seven Summits challenge: Russia’s Mount Elbrus, the tallest in Europe; Argentina’s Aconcagua, the highest in South America; and, finally, Alaska’s Denali, the loftiest mountain of North America. Determined to always move onwards and upwards, our hero will encounter hardships that compel him to draw on all his physical and mental resources to surpass himself. Learn more >‎

Lebanese Home Cooking - made easy

Nouhad Asseily

ولدت في بيروت في العام 1943 وانتقلت إلى أوروبا فأقامت فيها مدة طويلة مع أسرتها الصغيرة. ولعل الغربة زادت من حاجتها ومن رغبة متذوقي أطباقها في صون النكهة اللبنانية الخالصة. تسألها عما ترتجيه من نشر الكتاب فتقول: نقل مشاعر خالجتها طفلةً في كنف عائلة عشقت الأصالة وإعادة إحياء الوصفات لحفظها في ذاكرتنا الثقافية قبل أن يطويها النسيان. Learn more >‎