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A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-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%Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...
-20%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
-15%In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his film...
-35%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%Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
-15%The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524. Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beau...
-10%A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski. The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...
-10%It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...
-15%Genaro Reyes is a student who falls in with the wrong crowd. He goes on a drinking binge with his "friends" and ends up in a com...
-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...
-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%Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...
-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%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
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Aventus, a small furry gerboa, has a grand adventure climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with Qatari mountain climber Fahad Badar. Aventus is used to the desert life so climbing a mountain in ice and snow is a real adventure. Over seven days they climb from one camp to another going higher and higher. Will they reach the summit? FYI: Fahad...
The compelling story of Soloman Northup, born a free man in the north who was abducted and sold into slavery in the deep south where he endured and survived 12 years as a slave.
Many of us spend our lives pursuing an idea of success that was created for us by someone else. In order to find purpose, and carve your own path, you need to define success in your own terms, ignore the rules that created your limits, and do work that really matters so that you can live your best life.
Why does a seagull wear a mask? Why does a stork carry a finishing net? Why does a turtle carry an umbrella? Why does a shark wear false teeth? Why do elephants flee from their safe forests to valleys? You will find all answers in this fun book of stories.
Yahya Haqqi, an award-winning writer and novelist who published four collections of short stories, a novel, and many articles. He is known for experimentation with various literary forms.
No one knows the recipe for happiness—and yet Héctor Abad offers us a whole volume. His recipes, at times bizarre, at times wise, appear able to cure almost anything. With ingenuity and subtle humor, Abad proffers practical advice on how to fight sadness, attract joy, and retain delight. It's not a novel and it's not a cookbook. It...
The unforgettable story of a boy attempting to find grace, written by the only writer in history to win both the Pulitzer Prize and Pen/Faulkner Award for a single novel. After his parents are arrested and imprisoned for robbing a bank, fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons is taken in by Arthur Remlinger who, unbeknownst to Dell, is hiding a...
Ubuhle and her puppy dog, Uthando, are daydreaming in the sun when they meet a wise butterfly who teaches them the true meaning of beauty. A story that teaches children the meaning of self-love, healthy confidence and the power of positive affirmations
When Nils makes the mistake of teasing an elf, he is bewitched and shrunk to a thumb size. He takes off on the back of a young goosey-gander for a wonderful journey among the wild geese
Sultan Marjan loves the color red. He loves it so much that he ordered that red be the color of the houses and walls and that tomatoes be planted in all the fields. The tomato crop overflowed and the island was filled with them. So what did the people of Tomato Island do with all the tomatoes?
Adam is a journalist who writes the stories of the world with transparency and realism. He is a seeker of justice with a grudge against society. He sculpts the face of the world with accurate detail and asks the hard questions.
Originally published in 1937, this novel tells the story of two displaced migrant farm workers who move around California searching for work during the Great Depression. It has been banned or challenged numerous times for offensive and racist language and appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of the...