You know spicemom, I read in the Gulf Times a few weeks ago that there is a library in Qatar. The Qatar National Library, at the round-about just after New World Centre, if you are travelling towards the bridge at the beginning of Corniche.

The library is said to have 50,000 english books and many more Arabic ones. However (and isn't there always a variant of "but" when it comes to anything in Qatar), the memebership process is lengthy and full of papers. Therefore, I haven't been able to check out what kind of collection they have, but it would be worth looking into. Although I am not sure if they would carry the kind of stuff I'm into these days.