On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...

George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...

H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...

In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his film...

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...

It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...

The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German.  This is his debut memoir, writte...

Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth.  Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...

A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...

Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010.  In a courageous a...

In an apocalyptic near-future world, a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choi...

Two friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...

Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...

The Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused o...

This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...

Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...