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Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-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%It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...
-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%A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The tales&n...
-15%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%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-17%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%Two friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...
-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%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-17%This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
-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 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, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...
-15%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 ...
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This book serves as an invitation to discover one of the lands of ancient civilizations—Mexico. As the primary gateway to Central and South America, Mexico extends its cultural and civilizational influence across all the surrounding nations. Indeed, to truly comprehend the history of this Latin continent, one must gain a deep understanding...
This novel forges imaginative connections between two love stories: one between a teacher and his student set in Al-Andalus during the eleventh century, and its counterpart taking place in the twenty-first century. Why, then, does the plight of Ibn Rushd, which led to his exile to the village of Lucena and the burning of his books on science,...
A no-nonsense guide to differentiating between toxic and positive behaviors among your friends, romantic partners, family members and colleagues. This book can help you decode the trickiest of situations and put an end to unnecessary drama.
This book is not about ports or ships; rather, it is about the author’s own soul—lost somewhere between departure and return—and about that young boy who once stood upon a harbor quay, dreaming that the world was far vaster than his small village, never realizing that the waves would carry him away into a life devoid of...
In 1862, a nurse haunted by her past travels from England to a remote Irish village to investigate allegations about a young girl whose religious family claimed she had lived without food for four months.
In China, the tragic romance of farmer Gao Ma and Fang Jijnu, the pregnant woman who elopes with him. It is told against the background of the 1988 garlic farmers' revolt, protesting corrupt officialdom in Paradise County.
This pioneering work delves into the complexities of dissociation, exploring how the mind copes with trauma by creating distinct identities.
Few people are aware of their own body language, and even fewer are able to control it. Body postures, movements, voice use and facial expressions reveal us. Did you know, for example, that enthusiastic body language can contribute to success? The more clearly you express excitement and joy, the more it rubs off on others. With this book you can...
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. Written by Edward Bernays, a seminal and controversial figure in the...
A selection of poetry by the Iraqi poet and literary critic.
Is your addiction taking control of your life? This book provides an integrative, seven-step program to help you finally overcome drug and alcohol addiction through evidence-based techniques fusing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, and mindfulness-based relapse prevention.
A collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga. An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. Ranging from the terrifying to the comedic, from the erotic to the loathsome, these stories showcase the...