Books
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The second chapter of the Shamal saga, titled “The Feuding Shamal. War is Peace!” by A.L Thackray is available at Jashanmal bookstores. The first chapter, “The Awakening of Shamal” can be downloaded from Smashwords.com. Have you read it? I cannot wait to read the second chapter!
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A new photographic book about Bahrain “Above Two Seas” by Andrew Weaver features beautiful aerial images of the Kingdom. The book contains images of buildings, landscapes, historical sites, beaches, wildlife and more. Weaver’s previous work was titled “Between Two Seas.”
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“My Beautiful Bahrain” by Robin Barratt, is one of the first books that I have purchased since moving to Bahrain. I find it to be more than a collection of stories and poetry about this island. In fact, I often find myself going back to it to read some of the stories and poems. It contains…
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A few days ago, while browsing the local interest section of a bookstore, I discovered a dual language Arabic-English poetry book. The book is titled “Alienation of Violets,” written by the Bahraini poet Hameed Al-Qaed. The book contains 40 poems, which were translated into English by Al-Qaed himself.
Literary Oriented 