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Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciati..
-15%Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil societ..
-15%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books ..
-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%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?" F..
-17%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its place..
-17%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 ea..
-17%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&nb..
-20%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%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States. ..
-20%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vowe..
-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 los..
-15%Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism an..
-15%Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict, ..
-20%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%The Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused of..
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A dystopic allegory about the apocalypse, set in a nameless city of threads, or dolls, which might be a macabre projection of Cairo. The novel has a unique narrative and linguistic style, with frequent repeated refrains and a lack of punctuation when one of the characters speaks, reinforcing its uncanny, nightmarish quality. Longlisted for...
New York Times bestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman offers a practical action plan to redirect your child’s power surges into positive traits that will prepare your child for a successful, happy, and productive adult life. With these simple but effective techniques, you can transform your home from a daily battle zone to a safe and peaceful place.
The Wall Street Journal Bestseller available in Arabic. This is the essential guide for anyone making the challenging and rewarding leap to manager. It focuses on how to lead yourself, people, teams, and change.
The novel explores Arab moral double standards which make the individual, women in particular, wear a false face and live as spectators of their own lives rather than autonomous players in them. The two names of the heroine of the novel (Jahida/Zayzafoune) serve to highlight these double standards. After a watershed moment in her life when she...
With humor, insight, and practical solutions, wives, mothers, and women everywhere learn how to manage the stress points in their lives: kids, career, husband, housework, money, and more.
A collection of short stories that present a vivid and unflinching portrait of life in Dublin, Ireland at the turn of the twentieth century.
The rare synthesis between philosopher-theologian and artist. Here is the intellectual autobiography of Paul Tillich, whose lifelong search for the truth, the reality and the meaning of God lies a the very root of the ecumenical and existential revolution of our times.
A love story across the ages—and for the ages—about a man lost in time, the woman who could save him, and the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live. It is a bighearted, wildly original novel about losing and finding yourself, the inevitability of change, and how with enough time to learn, we just might find happiness.
Presents coffee as a commodity that ties the world together, from the coffee producers and pickers who tend the plantations in tropical nations, to the middlemen and processors, to the consumers who drink coffee without ever having to think about how the drink reached their hands. Bibliographical references in English.
From the moment they met as young children, Bee and George have been bound together by a deep love. But when George goes off on a quest to a forbidden lake, home to dangerous water nymphs, it is up to Bee to rescue him. On her adventure she meets Loc, the king of the dwarfs, who proves to be more kind and generous than the humans she knows. Even...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel tells the story of Seymour "Swede" Levov, a former athletic star, devoted family man, and owner of a thriving glove factory who finds his life coming apart during the social disorder of the 1960s, when his beloved daughter turns revolutionary terrorist out to destroy her father's world.
A lonely man lives in a crowded city alley and collects scraps and tidbits as a hobby. He dreams of making dolls that move and tell wonderful stories when a chance visit by a little girl gives him just the inspiration he needs.