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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%Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
-20%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%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%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%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...
-20%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
-20%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...
-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%Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...
-20%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%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-17%The author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...
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Grace Marks, the convicted murderess, has been hired out from prison to serve as a domestic servant in the home of the Governor of the penitentiary. A committee of gentlemen and ladies from the Methodist church, led by the minister, hopes to have her pardoned and released. Grace cannot remember what happened on the day of the murders, and she...
Nabil is a famous divorced writer on the verge of sixty. His apartment catches fire while he is alone at home. Fear of loneliness drives him to marry "Nisma"; she is forty years old, a virgin, selfish, and addicted to tranquilizers. How can two different worlds intersect in a relationship that began with a marriage proposal on...
The tulip craze of 17th century Holland has a dark side when Cornelius van Baerle, a wealthy but naïve tulip grower, finds himself entangled in the deadly politics of his time. Cornelius' one desire is to grow the perfect black tulip. But, after his godfather is murdered, he finds himself in prison, facing a death sentence. His jailer's lovely...
Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows--including her ex and his fiancée--will be there and eager to meet him. She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her...
An inspiring trilogy of novels that opens the door to a narrative that shakes many assumptions and leaves entire cities gripped by the fear of history repeating itself. This is three novels in one volume: Coming Home in the Evening , Two Ways to Escape, and Because There are Women in the World. Whatever we flee from, we find right in front of...
Rich and compelling, set against the frenzy of the real Pendle Hill Witch Trials, this novel explores the rights of 17th-century women and raises the question: Was witch-hunting really women-hunting? Fleetwood Shuttleworth, Alice Grey and the other characters are actual historical figures. King James I was obsessed with asserting power over the...
A Russian artist living in Sudan, who gathers a group of young Sudanese men around him and teaches them art at university. The human relationships between them are analyzed in the novel. The artist leaves Sudan, leaving his students to live their own story as they struggle with their environment and authority.
The psychological thriller about two men whose lives become entangled after one of them proposes they "trade" murders. Originally published in 1950, it was adapted as a film in 1951 by Alfred Hitchcock.
Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young librarian with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this sweeping historical novel.
The beloved coming-of-age novel was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. In keeping with the original, this Arabic translation is available in two volumes. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as they grow to adulthood.
This high-stakes thriller follows a novice Secretary of State who has joined the administration of her rival, a president inaugurated after four years of American leadership that shrank from the world stage. A series of terrorist attacks throws the global order into disarray, and the secretary is tasked with assembling a team to unravel the...
A taut European political thriller brings together the maze of countries and institutions represented by the European Commission. The multilateral characters are a mix of tragic heroes, clever schemers, and involuntary accomplices all intricately woven together to reveal the absurdities and real dangers of a fiercely nationalistic European...