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A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story o...
-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%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-17%Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
-15%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-20%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%Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...
-20%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%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
-15%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...
-17%The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...
-15%The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
-15%Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place ...
-20%The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ulitmately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student...
-20%By the author of the bestselling novel, A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture, this illustrated novel for young readers...
-15%By the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, this is the haunting novella, based on the true story of a Jewish teenager in WWI...
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Pieces together the unknown history of the Amazigh.
Delves into astonishing facts and unique stories of key figures in the Victorian and Andalusian periods.
A collection of once confidential briefing papers that Bell helped to produce for British army officers new to the Mesopotamian theater, published in Basra by a military printer.
Drawing on works of literature, philosophy, art, and science from the writings of Plato and Darwin to the paintings of Picasso to modern medical journals, this book unearths the multiple meanings and uses of tears.
This book contains true stories that actually happened to real but abnormal people—serial killers, the most brutal in the history of crime in the United States. Under the influence of psychological disorders, they committed numerous crimes that defy reason, logic, and humanity.
The Hundred Years' War was a long conflict between France and England, lasting 116 years, over who would ascend the French throne. English kings claimed their right to the French throne. In this book, we will shed light on this important period of European history and this war, which is considered one of the longest wars between nations in...
A comprehensive encyclopedia of the genealogy of Iraqi and Kurdish tribes.
The writings presented in this volume shed tremendous light, both on the character of T. E. Lawrence and the current situation in the Middle East. Despite being written several decades ago, the thoughts of Lawrence of Arabia remain remarkably pertinent. This collection includes Lawrence's wartime reports from the desert, along with later...
Religious thinkers, political leaders, lawmakers, writers, and philosophers have shaped the 1,400-year-long development of the world's second-largest religion. But who were these people? The author traces the rise and fall of Islamic states through the biographies of political and military leaders who worked to secure peace or expand their...
Twelve essays written between 1928 and 1945 that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein's film theory and in particular his analysis of the sound-film medium. Sergei Eisenstein was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor, and film theorist. He was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage.
Biographies of key players, strategies, famous matches, and more for the beautiful game.
Everything you need to know about the characteristics, types, behaviors, racing, and more of purebred Arabian camels.