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It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...
-15%The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
-15%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%When cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.
-15%Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...
-15%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-17%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?" ...
-17%Translated from the Norwegian and with a movie by the same name that was nominated for an Oscar, this is an eccentric and truly funny ...
-17%The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524. Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beau...
-10%Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...
-15%Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
-15%Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
-15%A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...
-20%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-20%Eritrea is under Ethopian occupation and there's to be a revolution. The enslaved and followers who dream of freedom will rise up unde...
-12%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%Heritage researcher Dr. Hassan Bahrawi presents a selection of Moroccan folk tales from their various origins (Arabic, Amazigh, and Sahrawi), covering diverse topics (animal tales, magical, fairy tales, mythical, and humorous tales, etc.). His comprehensive encyclopedia of Moroccan tales offers insight into the imaginative diversity that...
Religious thinkers, political leaders, lawmakers, writers, and philosophers have shaped the 1,400-year-long development of the world's second-largest religion. But who were these people? What do we know of their lives and the ways in which they influenced their societies? The author traces the rise and fall of Islamic states through the...
An important Muslim text in which the Andalusian Muslim polymath and philospher Ibn Rushd (Averroes) defends the use of Aristotelian philosphy within Islamic thought. This book is considered Ibn Rushd's landmark as he tries to create harmony between faith and philosophy.
In an effort to save her life, Scheherazade captivates King Shahryhar with a story every night that ends in a cliffhanger so the King will come to her the next night to hear more of these astonishing tales. Night after night for more than 1,000 nights, she regales him with mythical love stories and swashbuckling adventures until the King falls...
This book includes texts of some of the most prominent Western thinkers, writers, critics, and artists who contributed to the establishment and formulation of Western modernity over the three hundred years spanning from the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Philosophy, art, music, sociology, psychology, and more from...
The rare synthesis between philosopher-theologian and artist. Here is the intellectual autobiography of Paul Tillich, whose lifelong search for the truth, the reality and the meaning of God lies a the very root of the ecumenical and existential revolution of our times.
An Arabic translation of Goethe's classic "The Sorrows of Young Werther." This is the story of the sensitive and passionate Werther and his extreme response to unrequited love presented in a collection of letters written by Werther to his friend Wilhelm. Not so much a tale of love and romance, it is believed to be a chronicle mental health...
A well-known Lebanese Christian priest and linguist known for his writings on Arabic linguistics, history and literature. He authored a traditional Arabic language dictionary in 1883, and became the first librarian at the Baghdad Peace Library that would later become the Iraq National Library. This is a book of Arabic folktales.
A collection of writings by the British philosopher, historican, social reformer, and pacifist.
The famous British philosopher, logician, writer, and Nobel laureate shares his thoughts about war, religion, happiness, the future of mankind, and more.
The concept and meaning of love is explored through the writings of various philosophers from Sartre to Heidegger and Tolstoy to Einstein.
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, writer, and film director, translated and adapted Sophocles story of Oedipus into a major motion picture. Pasolini add a modern-day prologue and epilogue to the famous myth as well as emphasizing the innocence of Oedipus. Pasolini was inspired by Sophocles contrast between total innocence and the obligation to...