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The author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...
-15%A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...
-20%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%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%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-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%Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
-15%An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultu...
-12%Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...
-15%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%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 iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
-15%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%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-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...
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22 clever projects from parachute cord with step-by-step instructions for making fashionable bracelets and necklaces, belts, lanyards, dog collars, key fobs, and more. Discover the knots you need to know, get practical advice on tools and materials, learn the right way to melt and fuse the cut ends of your cord, and experiment with jewelry...
A collection of stories of inspirational women throughout history who knew their own worth and fought for their dreams despite obstacles on all fronts.
Considered as equal to Dickens, Balzac, and Tolstoy, the author, Benito Perez Galdos was a prolific Spanish writer who published 31 novels. This novel tells the story of Marianela (sometimes referred to as "Nela"), a poor orphan girl with an ugly face, and her love for Pablo, a blind boy, who also has romantic feelings towards Nela....
Austrian writer Stefan Zweig's final work, posted to his publisher the day before his tragic death by suicide, brings the destruction of a war-torn Europe vividly to rise. He feels the need to bear witness to the next generation of what his age has gone through. He realizes that his past is "out of reach". Zweig makes it clear that...
Billed as the Korean "Charlotte's Web," this is an anthem for freedom and individuality when a spirited hen rebels against the tradition-bound world of the barnyard. No longer content to lay eggs on command only to have them carted off to the market, a hen glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam...
The original children's novela about the little princess before the story became The Little Princess. Sara Crewe is a bright 8-year-old who is brought from India by her captain father to attend Miss Minchin's boarding shool. She has everything that a princess could desire until a dramatic change takes place in her life.
The classic tale of Emma Bovary, a woman who yearns for romance and luxury, but is instead married to a man with a second-rate medical degree and little ambition. Madame Bovary's attempts to escape the banality of her married life through adulterous affairs and voracious spending sprees with devastating consequences.
Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books throughout his career, the eleven surviving diaries collected here record Orwell's youthful travels among miners and itinerant laborers, the fearsome rise of totalitarianism, the horrific drama of World War...
A collection of mystery stories by a classic British author well-known for his exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives.
Iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell lays out a rationalist prescription for living a happy life, including the importance of cultivating interests outside oneself and the dangers of passive pleasure.
A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski. The book takes into account the post-war political landscape to discuss the meaning and place of liberty and freedom in the global context and includes some undelivered lectures by economist and political theorist, Harold Laski.
Somali translation of "Dead Aid," by the pre-eminent Zambian economist and author known for her analysis of macroeconomics and global affairs. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Dambisa Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's...