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A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an...
$15.96Genaro 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%The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...
-15%On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...
-20%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-17%A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story o...
-15%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-17%Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
-20%Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...
-15%Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in 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%Two friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...
-15%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%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%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 ...
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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.
The mother was bereft of her firstborn, Hind—a child of extraordinary beauty. Then, when her second daughter, Hanadi, was afflicted with acromegaly, the resemblance that had once promised the mother a resurrection of her lost child vanished completely. Acromegaly transformed Hanadi into a grotesque figure; the mirror’s game was...
Obayda's family is in need of some good fortune. Her father lost one of his legs in a bomb explosion, forcing the family to move from their home city of Kabul to a small village, where life is very different and Obayda's father almost never leaves his room. One day, Obayda's aunt has an idea to bring the family luck -- dress Obayda, the youngest...
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.
This novel transports the reader from our contemporary era to the Fatimid age of a thousand years ago. Through this rich and evocative journey, it unveils extraordinary events and the peculiarities of reality, where the present meets the past. The narrative unfolds around a cast of figures including the Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah; his...
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...