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 ...

The Dickens 1859 classic historical novel.

A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright.  Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...

The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524.  Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beau...

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...

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...

The definitive biography of the 45th President of the United States presents the life of Donald Trump from his boyhood to his time in ...

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

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...

A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...

Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...

Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...

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

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

A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story o...