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The definitive biography of the 45th President of the United States presents the life of Donald Trump from his boyhood to his time in ...
-20%The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524. Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beau...
-10%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...
-20%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultu...
-12%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 author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...
-15%Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
-20%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%On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...
-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%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%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%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
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A history of ancient Syria with maps and color illustrations of archaeological ruins.
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 WWII Paris who runs away from the Catholic boarding school that had been her hiding place.
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.