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When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was p..
-17%The definitive biography of the 45th President of the United States presents the life of Donald Trump from his boyhood to his time in m..
-20%The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherh..
-15%An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultur..
-12%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Oval..
-17%The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524. Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beaut..
-10%In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his films..
-35%Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil societ..
-15%In an apocalyptic near-future world, a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choic..
-15%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy ..
-20%The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights f..
-15%It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner pa..
-15%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States. ..
-20%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&nb..
-20%Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict, ..
-20%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vowe..
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Viruses are everywhere: from the tip of your nose to the bottom of the ocean, and despite their bad reputation, most don't make people sick. At a time when everyone is talking about viruses, it's time to know everything about them!
Munira is called on by the teacher but she doesn't want to answer. She feels ashamed because some of her teeth are missing and her speech sounds funny. Munira and her classmates learn that this is a natural occurrence and there is no need to feel embarrassed.
Tagging along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg gets more than he bargained for when he gets a backstage pass to the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and wonders if he can help them become the legends they think they are.
After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst...
In early 1850, the steamer 'Clive', coming from Bombay, abandoned five chests of tea in the port of Basra, where Admiral Lancaster was serving his sentence of exile. The policy of promoting tea begins in parallel with a series of assassinations of Dutch coffee dealers, until tea became the number one drink in southern Iraq. This novel is...
The novel transports us to nineteenth-century Cairo and the Antikkhana, the first museum founded in Egypt in the time of the Khedive Ismail (1863-1879). The narrative unfolds through the eyes of four main characters. One is Ramadan al-Mahmadi, an Egyptian carpenter who lures housemaids with promises of marriage into stealing artefacts...
An epic novel that chronicles the dramatic history of the al-Nagi family -- a family that moves, over many generations, from the height of power and glory to the depths of decadence and decay. This new edition with re-designed cover is part of a special project to embrace, celebrate, and honor the...
One in four of us experience a mental health problem each year, with anxiety and depression alone affecting over 500 million people worldwide. Why are these conditions so widespread? What is it about modern life that has such an impact on our mental health? And why is there still so much confusion and stigma around these issues?...
A summary of the history of Islamic Spain when it was a place of science, arts, poetry, urbanization, and creative engineering. This was also the era of warring and frivolous emirs, which eventually led to the era's downfall.
The events of this novel are sandwiched between the suicide of Jamal, a young man torn between different identities, in the opening pages, and the suicide of Mimi, an African girl who has survived a massacre in her country, at the end of the novel. They take place in an imagined small town called Shining Sun on the southwestern border...
The time is 1942, World War II is at its height, and the Africa Campaign is raging along the northern coast of Egypt. Against this backdrop, Mahfouz’s novel tells the story of the Akifs, a middle-class family that has taken refuge in Cairo’s colorful and bustling Khan al-Khalili neighborhood. Believing that the German forces will...
The novel is set in Morocco in the first half of the twentieth century. Farida relates memories of her childhood and growing up in ‘the family house’ built by her grandfather Kabour, a strong, brave and chivalrous man. Longlisted for the 2023 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF).