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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%Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
-15%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-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 final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...
-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%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
-15%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, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
-15%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%This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
-15%The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
-15%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-20%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%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
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A colorful book of world maps.
A picture book based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 1989 document written by the UN. Each page is based on a different article from the Convention. Topics include food and water, housing, gender, race, poverty and war.
Italian folk and fairy tales by the beloved Italian writer and literary critic. He is best known for his novellas inspired by Sicilian life and his fairy tales, which have been translated into numerous languages.
Thornton Burgess was an American conservationist and children's author. He shared his great love of nature and animals through the more than 170 books he wrote in his lifetime. In this story, the reckless Reddy Fox decides to steal a hen in broad daylight from Farmer Brown. The farmer's son gives chase with a loaded gun. Will Reddy...
Mark Twain's classic novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. Tom Sawyer and his buddy Huckleberry Finn have many wonderful adventures together. This Arabic translation features fully vowelled text for easy Arabic pronunciation for young readers.
Thornton Burgess was an American conservationist and children's author. He shared his great love of nature and animals through the more than 170 books he wrote in his lifetime. In this story, winter has arrived and Granny Fox and Reddy are having trouble finding food. Reddy is known for his reckless ideas, but Granny's ageless...
Explores the life cycle of "stuff": materials are harvested, the stuff is made and distributed, it's consumed and then it gets trashed or recycled. Using the typical contents of a child's school backpack (defined as water, food, clothing, paper, plastic, metals, electronics), this book explores those stages in detail, including lots of ways...
A young girl loves to spin, and twirl, and turn -- just like her favorite top. It is the last straw, however, when she twirls right into her mom causing the cake to fall. Luckily, it's grandma to the rescue who teaches her to spin with control like a merry-go-round, the earth on its axis, and Sufis.
A delightful story collection by the beloved, award-winning Chinese children's author, Zheng Chunhua. These stories center around a little girl and her adventures with her fun-loving family. The text is fully vowelled for easier Arabic pronunciation by young readers.
When the Heffleys decide to escape the holidays and cold weather, they soon discover that an island paradise isn't as restful as they hoped.
Rabab has a brother with special needs and sometimes she wishes he lived someplace else -- like Mars! This is a heartwarming story, based on real family experiences, about growing up with a special needs sibling. It offers great ideas for dealing with special needs while still having real friends and other fun childhood experiences.
A beautifully illustrated biography of the great Persian Muslim polymath who is considered one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, and writers of the Islamic Golden Age. He is known in the West as Avicenna and is most famous for his Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine, the basis of modern medicine.