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In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his film...
-35%Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...
-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%Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...
-20%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
-20%Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...
-20%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
-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 collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%When cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.
-15%Samy is very shy and doesn't like to talk to other people because it's scary and he doesn't know what to say. Now his little dog is lo...
-15%The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
-15%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%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%Rousseau is known for his contributions to political philosophy and moral psychology as well as his influence on later thinkers. The concern dominating his writings is to find a way of preserving human freedom even as humans become increasingly dependent on one another. This work purports that an individual can only be free under the law by...
Select readings and explanation of Zecharia Sitchin, his life, research, and writings. Sitchin was well known for his fringe theories of civilization and his books that propose an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts. He believed that ancient Sumerian culture was created by the Anunnaki, a race of...
This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and were intended to persuade New York at-large to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. Authored in parts by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, the documents have been referred to and heavily cited countless times in...
Gustave Le Bon was a French Orientalist and researcher in sociology and psychology. This famous book he presents an objective and impartial view of Arab and Islamic civilization and credits their impact on European and Western civilization.
This book contains information of great historical value about the history of the Umayyad state. The second caliphate in the history of Islam, in which the author deals extensively with the establishment of the Umayyad state, its conquests, its civilization, the conditions of its society, and finally the causes that claimed its glory.
A well-known Lebanese Christian priest and linguist known for his writings on Arabic linguistics, history and literature. He authored a traditional Arabic language dictionary in 1883, and became the first librarian at the Baghdad Peace Library that would later become the Iraq National Library. This is a book of Arabic folktales.
Drawing from unpublished writings, rare documents, and oral memory, this is one of the most comprehensive historical accountings of the Jews of Iraq.
A new biography of the founder and first president of modern Turkey by professor, Turkish historian and author, Ilber Ortayli. Includes illustrations and bibliographical references.
This book traces the origins and history of coffee including current cultivation practices and the need for finding a more genetically diverse coffee plant.
An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
George Orwell, well-known as an essayist, journalist and novelist, was also a poet. This is a compilation of his poetic works.