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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%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-17%A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...
-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%The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
-15%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%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-17%The author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...
-15%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%A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski. The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...
-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%H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...
-15%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultu...
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The heartbreaking story of addiction love features a young boy with a secret who struggles to take care of his alcoholic mother in 1980s Scotland. Winner of The 2020 Booker Prize.
Unfolding across Aleppo and Toledo, the novel tells the interwoven stories of half Spanish, half Jewish photographer Lucas and Syrian protagonist Selma. Switching between multiple narrators, it explores the relationships between Selma and Shams al-Din – an Italian musician living in Aleppo with whom she is infatuated – along with...
After being touched by a cloud, the Queen suddenly becomes pregnant. The King has not been near her since he married her, and now the prophecy he once saw in a dream is being fulfilled: she will give birth to a boy who is not fathered by the king, who will one day inherit the throne. The Queen flees, wandering aimlessly in the steppes and...
A rare detective story by one of the greatest English writers. A mysterious man named Julius Slinkton enters the life of Mr. Sampson, the manager of a life assurance office. Remarkably well-spoken and with insinuating manners, Slinkton initially seems to be the consummate gentleman. But as Sampson soon learns, appearances can be deceiving.
In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people.
A woman is dying but chooses to live frivolously as long as possible. A man with no illusions about chance is powerfully drawn this woman who can look death in the eye and laugh. Together they make an unusual pair, living only in the moment without regard for the future. It's perfect -- until one of them begins to fall in love.
She is a daughter of the upper class and extravagant luxury. He is a son of the lower middle class. Can he rise above his station to be with her? Will she lower herself to be with him? A love story set against the backdrop of an earlier Egyptian society with all its social, political and economic issues by the beloved and...
A man once famous for his prodigious gift with a bow and arrow but who has since retired from public life, is sought by a boy with many questions. In answering them, the Archer illustrates the way of the bow and the tenets of a meaningful life.
Inspired by the tumultuous family history of the aristocratic poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West, Woolf's lover and close friend, it is arguably one of her most popular novels. It is a history of English literature in satiric form. The book describes the adventures of a poet who changes sex from man to woman and lives for centuries,...
It's a threat so huge it jeopardizes not just Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street but all of America. The ramifications could affect the entire world. Uncertainty and fear grip the nation. There are whispers of cyberterror, espionage, and a traitor in the cabinet. Even the president himself becomes a suspect, until he disappears from public view...
Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones...
Two women, bound by a child, and a secret that will change everything. In London, the year is 1754 and six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst, that Clara has died in care, Bess is astonished to be told that Clara has...