Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...

Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...

The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...

A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright.  Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...

A little girl walks angrily through the park dragging an old purse. Every now and then she stops and yells "Is this how it is?"  ...

This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...

Genaro Reyes is a student who falls in with the wrong crowd.  He goes on a drinking binge with his "friends" and ends up in a com...

Eritrea is under Ethopian occupation and there's to be a revolution. The enslaved and followers who dream of freedom will rise up unde...

Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...

A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...

In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his film...

An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultu...

Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010.  In a courageous a...

Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...

H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...

Two friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...