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Chris Anderson, the head of TED, presents an insider's guide to crafting the perfect talk. Discover the power of the spoken word to ch...
-15%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%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%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%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%Two friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...
-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%Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...
-15%This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
-15%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
-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%When cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.
-15%The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
-15%Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...
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The Grimm's fairy tale about a brother and sister abandoned in the forest who fall into the hands of a witch that lives in a house made of gingerbread, cake, and pastries. Lovely illustrations include some die cut pages.
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...
A daring Egyptian novel that parallels the gender transformation of the protagonist from Lamia to Hamza with the revolution of a country in search of freedom.
Rousseau is known for his contributions to political philosophy and moral psychology as well as his influence on later thinkers. The concern dominating his writings is to find a way of preserving human freedom even as humans become increasingly dependent on one another. This work purports that an individual can only be free under the law by...
From the author of "Far from the Madding Crowd" and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," comes one of the most powerful classic novels. Considered a masterpiece, it is a gripping masterful tale of a time when women could be sold for a farthing and there was the constant tug and pull of custom over education. The novel opens with a scene of...
Can showing love and kindness to a bully really change his behavior? Read this powerful story about bullying and the importance of showing respect to everyone to find out.
Twin brothers Harry and Larry do not get along and soon learn some valuable lessons in sharing.
Mr. Bunny and his friends are enjoying their summer vacation by the hotel pool until swimsuits start disappearing. Day by day the burglaries increase. Who is stealing all the swimsuits? Bunny and his friends decide to investigate to find out who did it. This colorful story is presented in fully-vowelled text for easier...
Step-by-step instructions teach crafters young and not-so-young how to create decorations, presents, keepsakes, and accessories with paper. Projects include scarves, decorative boxes, greeting cards, hair accessories, and much more.
A colorful pictorial atlas of the ancient world for young geographers. Includes index.
The story of an Aleppo neighborhood from before the war is told by its residents. It is a tale of love, childhood memories, murder, and the role of literature in our lives.
Select readings and explanation of Zecharia Sitchin, his life, research, and writings. Sitchin was well known for his fringe theories of civilization and his books that propose an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts. He believed that ancient Sumerian culture was created by the Anunnaki, a race of...