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H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...
-15%Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
-20%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...
-10%The author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...
-15%This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...
-20%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
-15%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 e...
-17%In an apocalyptic near-future world, a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choi...
-15%The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...
-15%Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
-15%This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
-15%A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...
-20%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 Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused o...
-17%A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story o...
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Considered one of the best and greatest Iraqi poet of the 20th century, Jawahiri was one fo the most socially and politically influential people of his time.
Tells the story of a girl who decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body in this riveting story that tackles a controversial subject with grace and explores what it means to be a good person.
Grab a flashlight, crawl under the covers, and dive into the twisted, unexpectedly hilarious world of Rowley Jefferson's imagination. You'll meet zombies, vampires, ghosts, and much more in these comically terrifying tales. Rowley's spooky stories might leave you laughing but beware--you could end up sleeping with the lights on!
Let's imagine what if feelings had a shape and smell? Love, for example, what does it look like and what does it smell like? What about hate? The story takes us to the world of imagination, and teaches us how to get rid of negative feelings and bad emotions inside us, and preserve love in all its forms.
A collection of short stories by some of America's most celebrated writers provides a comprehensive survey of the origin and growth of this literary form. The selections in this volume represent each author working at the very height of his or her powers, producing memorable, brilliant fiction. Each story, too, is illustrative of the growth...
Author Elizabeth Gilbert shares her experiences travelling through Italy, India and Indonesia in search of healing after a heartbreaking divorce. Yet this book is much more about joy than sorrow, as Elizabeth shares through rare wit and humor how love and forgiveness open doors to a full and happy life.
Tells the story of an Egyptian family that lived in the Garden City neighborhood in Cairo many years before the July Revolution and suffered for many years after it, strange events and complex characters whose fates were intertwined until the end, and between truth and fiction, Al-Ashmawy narrates the threads of the story and weaves its chapters...
In love, there is consolation for the lonely, an embrace for the distant, the escape of the prisoner who despairs of salvation, the peace of mind for the busy, the preoccupation of the mind of the careless and contemptible, and the flight of the crippled between the heavens.. In it, there is the nectar of life. This book is a collection of...
Reveals the extraordinary, little-known story behind one of the first lifeboats to leave the doomed ship. Told in real time and in the actual voices of survivors, this poignant, pulse-pounding narrative includes the story of the Countess of Rothes, the wealthiest woman on the ship, bound for California, where she and her husband...
It's 2021 and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, two brave young women, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy. What will become of them? Will they be able to continue their work rescuing and protecting women and girls?