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[Arabic] - حكاية اليوم العالمي للغة العربية

حكاية اليوم العالمي للغة العربية تاليف الدكتور زياد الدريس يستعرض الكتاب جذور فكرة احتفالية اليوم العالمي للغة العربية، و دوافع إطلاقها ، من هي الجهات و الاشخاص الذين كان لهم الفضل في اطلاق هذه الاحتفالية؟ و يجيب على مجموعة من الأسئلة ، منها هل واجهت الفكرة معارضة من أي نوع ، و كيف تم تقديم الدعم لهذه الاحتفالية لضمان استمراريتها لسنوات ، هي نكتفي بإطلاق هذه المبادرة فقط ، أم أنه هناك عملاً يجب أن يصاحب الاحتفالية، التي بدأت على نطاق ضيق ، وانتقلت بعد ذلك لتأخذ بعدها الدولي، ليصبح تاريخ الثامن عشر من ديسمبر من كل عام ، احتفالية اليوم العالمي للغة العربية.

زياد الدريس (Author), محمد نصر الله (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - El Misterio de Maat, Diosa de la Justicia en el Antiguo Egipto

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. Desde los comienzos de la egiptología, los especialistas no pararon de acumular textos que hablan de Maat, diosa egipcia de la justicia. A pesar de toda esta documentación, Maat sigue siendo un misterio para ellos. Hasta la fecha dicen no saber lo que es exactamente la Maat. Un trabajo notable de desciframiento de los textos fue realizado por la ciencia egiptológica, pero en este campo, nadie ha sacado partido de los conocimientos de la historia de los derechos antiguos. Del mismo modo, nadie ha aprendido a observar las imágenes y aún menos a entender los símbolos. La imagen de la cubierta de este libro contiene, por sí sola ,uno de los más antiguos secretos de la civilización egipcia que nos ha llegado intacto. Verdadera investigación, este libro saca partido de todos los indicios acumulados por los egiptólogos en relación con Maat. Gracias a sus competencias jurídicas y a su familiaridad con los símbolos -formada a través de un largo trabajo sobre el lenguaje onírico-, la autora reúne las piezas del rompecabezas que faltaban para poder formar la imagen de Maat. Una vez entendido el significado de la misma, se comprende de forma inmediata e inesperada, toda la civilización egipcia.

Anna Mancini (Author), Voz Digital Luis G (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Ciro el Grande: La apasionante vida del padre del Imperio persa

Ciro el Grande fue humanitario, diplomático, estratega militar y gobernante del mayor imperio que el mundo había visto hasta entonces. Ciro el Grande fue un hombre extraordinario que se convirtió en leyenda en vida. El mayor testimonio de su buen carácter y sus grandes logros nos llegó a través de los enemigos de Persia: los griegos. Se dice que sirvió de inspiración a Alejandro Magno y Julio César. Ciro alcanzó tal categoría de héroe que los últimos sahs de Irán del siglo XX aún reivindicaban su legado. Sus políticas incluían la libertad religiosa, la igualdad salarial y la libertad de expresión. Sus actividades culturales y sociales pusieron en marcha lo que hoy conocemos como derechos humanos. La Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos de América incorpora los principales puntos en los que se centró Ciro II de Persia durante su reinado. En este libro, nos adentramos en los hechos y la mitología relacionados con su nacimiento, su ascenso al trono y cómo construyó el mayor imperio de su época. ¿Cómo influyen los acontecimientos de hace más de dos milenios y medio en el mundo actual en que vivimos? Al leer sobre la vida y el entorno de Ciro el Grande, es posible que sienta la tentación de comparar a los gobernantes modernos con este gobernante que vivió hace más de 2.500 años. En este libro, descubrirá más sobre lo siguiente: - La vida de Ciro el Grande: como monarca y como hombre. - Una inmersión en el entorno de culturas, influencias y cosmovisiones de la época de Ciro. - El polifacético Imperio aqueménida de Ciro. - Mitología y religiones de la época. - Cómo Ciro logró la armonía entre conquistadores y conquistados. - La caída de la esplendorosa ciudad de Babilonia. ¡Desplácese hacia arriba y haga clic en el botón «Añadir a la cesta» para obtener más información sobre Ciro el Grande!

Billy Wellman (Author), Carlos Verne (Narrator)

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[Arabic] - سينما دروم: Cinema Drom

من عشاق شخصيات ديزني و أميرات ديزني بالأخص، ومنذ أن كنت طفلة - ومازلت إلى هذه اللحظة - وأنا أتمنى أن أكون إحداهن، بأن يكون لي قصر وأمير وأصدقاء من الحيوانات، وحياة سعيدة مليئة بالأغاني السعيدة، ولكن خيالات الأفلام قد تكون واقعاً مراً لأحده.

هاجر أحمد المحارفي (Author), هبة بيشاني (Narrator)

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[Arabic] - فضائي الداخلي: Fadaee Aldakhili

الكتاب الذي بين يديك ثمرة دراسة 4 سنوات في مجال تخصصي (التصميم الداخلي) و 4 سنوات أخرى بدأت برحلة الدخول والتعرف على عالم (اضطراب طيف التوحد) مُلخصة لك في كتاب واحد ليكون عونا ودليلا للتعرف على أهم الأسس والمعايير التي تساعدك في تصميم بيئة مريحة وفعالة لطفلك التوحدي وخاصة في المنزل

هلا حسين عجيمي (Author), هبة بيشاني (Narrator)

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We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel

A bestselling historian uncovers the surprising roots of America's long alliance with Israel and its troubling consequences Fights about the fate of the state of Israel, and the Zionist movement that gave birth to it, have long been a staple of both Jewish and American political culture. But despite these arguments' significance to American politics, American Jewish life, and to Israel itself, no one has ever systematically examined their history and explained why they matter. In We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces this debate from its nineteenth-century origins. Following Israel's 1948-1949 War of Independence (called the 'nakba' or 'catastrophe' by Palestinians), few Americans, including few Jews, paid much attention to Israel or the challenges it faced. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, however, almost overnight support for Israel became the primary component of American Jews' collective identity. Over time, Jewish organizations joined forces with conservative Christians and neoconservative pundits and politicos to wage a tenacious fight to define Israel's image in the United States media, popular culture, Congress, and college campuses. Deeply researched, We Are Not One reveals how our consensus on Israel and Palestine emerged and why, today, it is fracturing.

Eric Alterman (Author), David Colacci (Narrator)

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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

Brought to you by Penguin. LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collision Milad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, but tragedy awaits: his bus is involved in a horrific accident. His father, Abed, rushes to the chaotic site, only to find Milad has already been taken away. Abed sets off on a journey to learn Milad's fate, navigating a maze of physical, emotional, and bureaucratic obstacles he must face as a Palestinian. Interwoven with Abed's odyssey are the stories of Jewish and Palestinian characters whose lives and pasts unexpectedly converge: a kindergarten teacher and a mechanic who rescue children from the burning bus; an Israeli army commander and a Palestinian official who confront the aftermath at the scene of the crash; a settler paramedic; ultra-Orthodox emergency service workers; and two mothers who each hope to claim one severely injured boy. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama is a deeply immersive, stunningly detailed portrait of life in Israel and Palestine, and an illumination of the reality of one of the most contested places on earth. 'A deeply immersive portrait of daily life in Israel and the West Bank' The Best Books to Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Financial Times 'Brims over with just the sort of compassion and understanding that is needed at a time like this … when facts have become weapons in this seemingly endless conflict, this is a book that speaks with deep and authentic truth of ordinary lives trapped in the jaws of history' Observer ©2024 Nathan Thrall (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Nathan Thrall (Author), Peter Ganim (Narrator)

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The Ottoman Empire’s Worst Defeats: The History and Legacy of the Decisive Battles that Checked the

In the wake of taking Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire would spend the next few centuries expanding its size, power, and influence, bumping up against Eastern Europe and becoming one of the world’s most important geopolitical players. It was a rise that would not truly start to wane until the 19th century. The long agony of the “sick man of Europe,” an expression used by the Tsar of Russia to depict the falling Ottoman Empire, could almost blind people to its incredible power and history. Preserving its mixed heritage, coming from both its geographic position rising above the ashes of the Byzantine Empire and the tradition inherited from the Muslim Conquests, the Ottoman Empire lasted more than six centuries. Its soldiers fought, died, and conquered lands on three different continents, making it one of the few stable multiethnic empires in history, and likely one of the last. Thus, it’s somewhat inevitable that the history of its decline is at the heart of complex geopolitical disputes, as well as sectarian tensions that are still key to understanding the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans. When studying the fall of the Ottoman Empire, historians have argued over the breaking point that saw a leading global power slowly become a decadent empire. The defeat in the Battle of Lepanto stopped the Ottomans from pushing further into the Mediterranean, and the Battle of Vienna in 1683 was certainly an important turning point for the expanding empire, as the defeat of Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha at the hands of a coalition led by the Austrian Habsburg dynasty, Holy Roman Empire and Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth marked the end of Ottoman expansionism. It was also the beginning of a slow decline during which the Ottoman Empire suffered multiple military defeats, found itself mired by corruption, and had to deal with the increasingly mutinous Janissaries (the Empire’s initial foot soldiers).

Charles River Editors (Author), Jim Walsh (Narrator)

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The Janissaries and Sipahi: The History of the Elite Infantry and Cavalry that Fueled the Ottoman Em

In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the 4th century, when Constantine the Great shifted the power center of the Roman Empire there, effectively establishing two almost equally powerful halves of antiquity’s greatest empire. Constantinople would continue to serve as the capital of the Byzantine Empire even after the Western half of the Roman Empire collapsed in the late 5th century. Naturally, the Ottoman Empire would also use Constantinople as the capital of its empire after their conquest effectively ended the Byzantine Empire, and thanks to its strategic location, it has been a trading center for years and remains one today under the Turkish name of Istanbul. In the wake of taking Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire would spend the next few centuries expanding its size, power, and influence, bumping up against Eastern Europe and becoming one of the world’s most important geopolitical players. It was a rise that would not truly start to wane until the 19th century. Among those who were responsible for the projection of Ottoman power, few deserve as much credit as the Janissaries. Established by Murad I, the Janissaries became an elite infantry force that was loyal only to the sultan. Their mission was to protect only him and in battles they were always the closest to him, forming a human shield. Civilizations across the steppes and the Middle East relied heavily on cavalry, and the Sipahi were elite cavalry units during medieval times for a couple of powers. That said, they were a massive contributor to the success of Ottoman warfare, and during good times for the empire, the Sipahi were rewarded, to the extent that they became their own social class, much like the Janissaries.

Charles River Editors (Author), Kc Wayman (Narrator)

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The Ottoman Empire’s Greatest Victories: The History and Legacy of the Most Important Battles Won by

In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the 4th century, when Constantine the Great shifted the power center of the Roman Empire there, effectively establishing two almost equally powerful halves of antiquity’s greatest empire. Constantinople would continue to serve as the capital of the Byzantine Empire even after the Western half of the Roman Empire collapsed in the late 5th century. Naturally, the Ottoman Empire would also use Constantinople as the capital of its empire after their conquest effectively ended the Byzantine Empire, and thanks to its strategic location, it has been a trading center for years and remains one today under the Turkish name of Istanbul. The end of the Byzantine Empire had a profound effect not only on the Middle East but Europe as well. Constantinople had played a crucial part in the Crusades, and the fall of the Byzantines meant that the Ottomans now shared a border with Europe. The Islamic empire was viewed as a threat by the predominantly Christian continent to their west, and it took little time for different European nations to start clashing with the powerful Turks. In fact, the Ottomans would clash with Russians, Austrians, Venetians, Polish, and more before collapsing as a result of World War I, when they were part of the Central powers. In the wake of taking Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire would spend the next few centuries expanding its size, power, and influence, bumping up against Eastern Europe and becoming one of the world’s most important geopolitical players. It was a rise that would not truly start to wane until the 19th century.

Charles River Editors (Author), Bill Caufield (Narrator)

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Lawrence of Arabia: An in-depth glance at the life of a 20th Century legend

Brought to you by Penguin. The authoritative, illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the man who inspired the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from 'The World's Greatest Living Explorer' Ranulph Fiennes. Thomas Edward Lawrence first set foot on the hot sands of Arabia in 1909. By 1918 there was a £20,000 price on his head. His journey to this point has long been legend. From his first postings as archaeologist, liaison and map officer, to fighting alongside guerrilla forces during the Arab Revolt, journeying more than 300 miles through blistering heat to capture Aqaba, to his involvement in peace conferences that decided the future of the Middle East, Lawrence gave over his life fully to this land and its people. An unhappy outsider in childhood, in Arabia, Lawrence found a home. But as he grew in notoriety and proved his worth to his Arab comrades, his Turkish enemies set their sights on his capture . . . A legend in his own lifetime, Lawrence's epic story has always been ripe for the retelling - but Ranulph Fiennes is no ordinary biographer. Leading Arab troops into battle on the Arabian peninsula in a war fought fifty years later, Fiennes too discovered the wonders of these far-flung lands and the people who live there, and is one of very few who can claim a true insight into the kind of life that Lawrence lived - bold and adventurous to the end. With detailed access to records and an in-depth knowledge of the exploration routes and mindset of those who venture into the unknown, in Lawrence of Arabia, Fiennes brings us at last to a true and full account of this mysterious adventurer who captivated the world. ©2023 Ranulph Fiennes (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Ranulph Fiennes (Author), Jonathan Keeble (Narrator)

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Jewish History: An Enthralling Guide from Ancient Kingdoms to Modern Times

Two manuscripts in one audiobook: - History of the Jews: An Enthralling Guide from Ancient Times to the Present - Ancient Israel: An Enthralling Guide to Jewish Kingdoms and the Israelites In the first part of this audiobook, you will know: - What spectacular events are celebrated at Pesach (Passover)? - How did the Jews escape the Babylonian exile? - Who sacrificed a pig to the god Saturn in Jerusalem’s Second Temple? - How did Muslim rule mostly improve life for Jews in Spain and North Africa? - What underlying philosophies led to the Nazis’ attempt to annihilate the Jewish race? - How did Israel defeat eight Arab nations in the Six-Day War? - What led to a lasting peace between Israel and Egypt? In the second part of this audiobook, you will discover: - How the ancient Israelites ended up in Canaan and began to build a civilization - The establishment of the United Kingdom of Israel - The split of the United Kingdom of Israel and the Babylonian invasion of the Kingdom of Judea - The Achaemenid liberation of the Jews and the formation of Yehud Medinata - The period and process of Hellenization commenced by the Greeks and the resulting Maccabean Revolt, which gave birth to the Hasmonean dynasty - The end of the Hasmoneans and the formation of the Herodian dynasty - And so much more! To explore Jewish history and legacy, scroll up and click the “add to cart” button!

Billy Wellman (Author), Jay Herbert (Narrator)

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