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An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
-20%When cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.
-15%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%Two friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...
-15%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%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%Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...
-20%Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...
-15%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 modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The tales&n...
-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%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
-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%A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski. The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...
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Provides a detailed look at minority groups in Iraq, which are divided by ethnicity, religion, identity, doctrine, and even language. Explains the basis of regional conflicts, human rights protections, if any, provided by the Iraqi Constitution, and what this all means for the country today. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciation.
An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultures from around the world. Expertly researched by Julius Lips, a well-known anthropologist, this book reveals the foundations of tools, habits, traditions, fire, food, the use of cosmetics and jewelry,...
The controversial lecture, first published in 1896, defends the right to believe in something without proof or evidence of its truth. William James was an influential American philosopher and psychologist who was a leading thinker in the late nineteenth century. He is considered by many to be the "Father of American psychology."
A finalist for the Book of the Year Award in Spain, this is a gripping novel that tells the cat-and-mouse game that Stalin played with Trotksy from the time he was expelled from the Communist Party until his assassination in Mexico City. The "man" in the title who loved dogs is Ramon Mercader, Trotsky's killer. This novel has been...
Anis Mansour was an Egyptian journalist, author and philosopher who held many editorial posts at newspapers and magazines throughout Egypt. He could speak seven languages and throughout his career, interviewed many famous people from around the Middle East -- from presidents to generals to actors to singers to dissident writers. This...
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, writer, and film director, translated and adapted Sophocles story of Oedipus into a major motion picture. Pasolini add a modern-day prologue and epilogue to the famous myth as well as emphasizing the innocence of Oedipus. Pasolini was inspired by Sophocles contrast between total innocence and the obligation to...
A woman reeling from the sudden abandonment of her new husband while on their honeymoon tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. She returns to work at an art gallery and soon becomes friends with an elderly visitor whose life has haunting parallels to her own.
An illustrated encyclopedia of the history of ancient Syria from the agricultural revolution to the end of the Bronze Age.
Another funny and daring novel by the author of "Fear of Flying." In this hilarious, yet poignant novel, a former actress grapples with aging and end of life issues through youthful fantasies fulfilled on a website created by her best friend.
By the Pulitzer Prize winning author, Viet Thanh Nguyen, this is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family.
Roth's candidly intimate yet universal story of loss and regret, aging and mortaility. This is Roth's third novel to receive the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.