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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%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%A delightful story collection by the beloved, award-winning Chinese children's author, Zheng Chunhua. These stories center around a li...
-10%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%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%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-20%Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
-20%A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...
-20%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-20%Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...
-20%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%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%The delightful debut novel by Brooke Davis is now available in Arabic. It is the story of a little red-haired girl who has lost ...
-12%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 biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The tales&n...
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The highly respected and well-known Iraqi social scientist, Ali Wardi, was a keen follower and student of the sociological theories developed by the great Muslim historian and author of the Muqaddimah, Ibn Khaldun. In this book, Wardi analyzes Khaldun's theories of "ilm al-'umran" (the science of culture) and the relationship between human...
A rhyming story helps kids discover where germs live, how they're transmitted, and what to do about them.
Bumblebee is running. Frog is running. Stork is running. Fox is running. Why is everyone running away? The answer will surprise you! Books in this fun, easy-to-read series feature large vowelled text for early readers, simple interesting illustrations, and a handy English translation of the story at the back.
Wake up, animals! Something has happened. What happened? Spring is here! Books in this fun, easy-to-read series feature large vowelled text for early readers, simple interesting illustrations, and a handy English translation of the story at the back.
Each animal has a special job in tending the garden. Books in this fun, easy-to-read series feature large vowelled text for early readers, simple interesting illustrations, and a handy English translation of the story at the back.
The road each creature travels is different -- some are steep, some are wide, some are high, some are low. And some, are only in our dreams. Books in this fun, easy-to-read series feature large vowelled text for early readers, simple interesting illustrations, and a handy English translation of the story at the back.
Crocodile eats too little food and cries. He eats too much food and cries. Why is the crocodile crying? Books in this fun, easy-to-read series feature large vowelled text for early readers, simple interesting illustrations, and a handy English translation of the story at the back.
Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his wisdom to the world. The book is a combination of prose and poetry.
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Publishers Weekly, this bestselling debut novel is now available in Arabic. It tells the story of a popular high school senior who dies in a terrible accident on February 12 "Cupid Day." The story doesn't end there, however. The student, by some miracle, relives the last day of her life...
The story of Tashi, a minor character from Walker's "The Color Purple." In Walker's words, Tashi "left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America."
Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil society.
This is the final work of the Austrian master, Stefan Zweig. This psychological novella reflects on Nazism through the game of chess. When shipmates on their way from New York to Buenos Aires discover that the world champion of chess is also on board, they take him on, game after game, and are soundly defeated. That is until a...