On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...

This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...

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

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

An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.

A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...

Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth.  Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...

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

A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...

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...

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

Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...

When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...

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?"  ...

Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...