Memories of oppression: studies in torture

The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524.  Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beaut..

In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what a..

American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&nb..

Samy is very shy and doesn't like to talk to other people because it's scary and he doesn't know what to say. Now his little dog is los..

Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciati..

The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherh..

A delightful story collection by the beloved, award-winning Chinese children's author, Zheng Chunhua. These stories center around a lit..

George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Oval..

It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner pa..

Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books ..

The definitive biography of the 45th President of the United States presents the life of Donald Trump from his boyhood to his time in m..

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

Winner of both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize, this is the story of a "Don Juan" lover of women during the ea..

This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil societ..

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

Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vowe..