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This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-20%The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ulitmately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student...
-20%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story o...
-15%This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
-15%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
-20%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...
-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%Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...
-15%The author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...
-15%Chris Anderson, the head of TED, presents an insider's guide to crafting the perfect talk. Discover the power of the spoken word to ch...
-15%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 lo...
-15%By the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, this is the haunting novella, based on the true story of a Jewish teenager in WWI...
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A series of essays by scholar Frank Martela that explores the notion of what brings significance to our existences, clarifying why we have this longing beyond the present moment and an insatiable dissatisfaction with where we are.
An inspiring trilogy of novels that opens the door to a narrative that shakes many assumptions and leaves entire cities gripped by the fear of history repeating itself. This is three novels in one volume: Coming Home in the Evening , Two Ways to Escape, and Because There are Women in the World. Whatever we flee from, we find right in front of...
A comprehensive make-up manual that details all aspects of make-up application, solutions to common problems, as well as tips and tricks for perfecting your look every time.
Rich and compelling, set against the frenzy of the real Pendle Hill Witch Trials, this novel explores the rights of 17th-century women and raises the question: Was witch-hunting really women-hunting? Fleetwood Shuttleworth, Alice Grey and the other characters are actual historical figures. King James I was obsessed with asserting power over the...
When our heart is attached to another, we rise and fall together. We feel the breeze of the wind that may disturb or the storm that may pain our beloved, feeling like a kite...This is a story about love, fear of loss and the reassurance that love helps conquer all storms and weather all winds.
This morning, Nasreddine is going to the market. He sits on his carpet and talks about the quality of his products. But, during that time, someone steals his donkey tied to a tree. To find the guilty thief, Nasreddine invents a story to make the whole crowd tremble ...
In the third and final part of the trilogy, we return to Shokry, the owner of the kiosk selling the three first-class wishes, who has finally paid off his debts. Shokry has always considered wishes to be blasphemous, but his faith is about to be tested when he discovers that his friend, an old woman from the neighbourhood, is dying from cancer....
A Russian artist living in Sudan, who gathers a group of young Sudanese men around him and teaches them art at university. The human relationships between them are analyzed in the novel. The artist leaves Sudan, leaving his students to live their own story as they struggle with their environment and authority.
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? The author traces the rise and fall of Islamic states through the biographies of political and military leaders who worked to secure peace or expand their...
The psychological thriller about two men whose lives become entangled after one of them proposes they "trade" murders. Originally published in 1950, it was adapted as a film in 1951 by Alfred Hitchcock.
Salvation is an ancient human aspiration for which poets have composed the most sincere poems. It is the goal of the soul, yearning to break the shackles and tear off the chains that prevent it from soaring in the realm of freedom. To express this aspiration, the contemporary poet has turned to myth. This book examines some of these poems...
Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young librarian with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this sweeping historical novel.