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Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...
-15%Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...
-20%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
-15%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski. The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...
-10%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%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%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%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%A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
-20%On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...
-20%By the author of the bestselling novel, A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture, this illustrated novel for young readers...
-15%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-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...
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In his first journal, middle schooler Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's sidekick, records his experiences and misguided decision to write a biography of Greg, who, in his own mind, is destined to become rich and famous.
When snow closes Greg Heffley's middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield.
A new Arabic translation about an orphan who has grown into a mature adult woman. The story is told through letters that she writes to various people who impacted her life growing up.
A deceptively simple love story by one of Germany's finest writers, this is the story of Adam and his girlfriend, Evelyn. The year is 1989, the Berlin Wall is about to fall and Hungary has just opened its borders to Austria allowing in a flood of refugees. Adam and Evelyn are meanwhile living a quiet existence in their East German...
A new biography of the founder and first president of modern Turkey by professor, Turkish historian and author, Ilber Ortayli. Includes illustrations and bibliographical references.
This lush adaptation for children tells the story of Hayy ibn Yaqzan, a little boy who is raised on a desert island by an antelope who feeds him with her milk. He grows up learning the languages of the animals and through his observation of the animals and the enviornment he gains great knowledge in natural science and philosophy. The original...
The story of nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks, the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. You're never too young to make a difference!
A Burmese tale about the daughter of an artisan who is nicknamed Princess Lacquer for her skill in the traditional methods of decorating objects. The tyrannical king forces her to work for him and she carves secret messages of her suffering in her artistic decoration.
Six colorful bilingual stories in one picture book. Each story is about a member of a boy's family -- mother, father, brother, sister, grandpa, and grandma.
The New York Times bestselling novel about two men who were childhood friends in China at the end of the 19th century. Separated by the Boxer Rebellion, each boy grows up following a different path. As grown men, they are finally reunited in America. By American novelist, Pearl Buck, who was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize...
This book traces the origins and history of coffee including current cultivation practices and the need for finding a more genetically diverse coffee plant.
A collection of thirty stories, one for each day of the month, to read out loud to your kindergartner.