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A magic tree helps with the housekeeping. When a thief tries to steal the silver, the tree...
out of stockIntroduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-20%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%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%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-17%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%Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
-15%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
-20%Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...
-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%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%Genaro Reyes is a student who falls in with the wrong crowd. He goes on a drinking binge with his "friends" and ends up in a com...
-15%Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
-20%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-20%Two friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...
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This gripping second novel by award-winning author, Gerbrand Bakker, tells the story of a Dutch woman named Emilie (not her real name) who severs all ties with her former life, including a husband who his alive and well, and moves to an isolated cottage on the coast of Wales. Bakker was awarded the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2014 for...
This autobiographical novel by Belgian author Amelie Nothomb was awarded the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise the same year it was published. It tells the story of a young woman who takes a job on a one-year contract as a translator at a prestigious Japanese company. What follows is a comical and perplexing dance through...
Now available in Arabic! A Storm of Swords, book three of George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire". An epic masterpiece of lords and ladies, assassins and bastards, soldiers and witchcraft, with a dragon or two or three thrown in for good measure. This product is one book in two volumes. The English language novel won both...
A masterpiece by one of the great modern French writers, the story is told in the form of a confessional letter. A bitter, aging lawyer, Monsier Louis, writes a letter to his estranged family explaining why his heart is like a knot of vipers. The novel presents a gripping look at the effects of pride, hatred, and greed upon a man's...
The novella by Joseph Conrad was first published in 1899. The main themes are colonialism and racism, and the novel has been extensively analyzed and hotly debated over time. This is a bilingual edition in Arabic and English.
The great adventure novel by French author, Alexandre Dumas, was published in 1844. It is a tale of adventure and friendship featuring d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, members of the Paris-based Musketeers of the Guard. This is the bilingual edition in Arabic and English.
Jean-Paul Sartre's first, and considered his best, novel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964. A key work of existential fiction, it tells the story of Antoine Roquentin who keeps a diary of his thoughts and feelings that include a "sweet sickness" that he likens to an overpowering feeling of nausea that eventually causes him to...
Khamila is modern and wealthy, and has just returned to her hometown with a college education. Suddenly, seemingly overnight, the town is overrun by a group that has declared war on its inhabitants. Women become objects (flowers) of pleasure to be consumed at will by the leaders of the religious revolution (fire).
The Millenium trilogy continues with the third book in the series featuring Lisbeth Salander, who is about to be tried for three murders -- if she recovers from her injuries. With the help of her journalist friend, Mikael Blomkvist, she has to prove her innocence. On her own, however, she plots her revenge against the man who tried to kill her.
The classic novel of 1920s American prosperity and idealism tells the story of the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his passion and obsession for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Considered a "Great American Novel", it provides a critical social histroy of America during the Roaring Twenties, and is a long-standing regular on...
The fictional biography of Malaysian writer Bernice Chauly who traces bloodlines and the ghosts of family history to solve a curse that has plagued her family. Her mother was Chinese and her father was Punjabi. They fell in love and got married despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Their first child, Bernice, brings peace to the families,...