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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%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
-15%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The tales&n...
-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 lo...
-15%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%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 ...
-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 e...
-17%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...
-10%A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski. The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...
-10%The delightful debut novel by Brooke Davis is now available in Arabic. It is the story of a little red-haired girl who has lost ...
-12%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?" ...
-17%A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...
-20%Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...
-15%In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his film...
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A fascinating compilation of confidential reports and other documents sent to the British Intelligence Office for the Arab World in Cairo written by Gertrude Bell, the British writer, political officer, and archaeologist who played a major role in the establishment and administration of the modern state of Iraq. Includes photographic...
A richly illustrated biography of Kosem Sultan, a slave girl who would become the most influential woman ruler of the Ottoman Empire. Besides a hugely popular television series in Turkey, Kosem Sultan has been the subject of many films and novels. The book includes an overview of the history of the Ottoman Empire with...
An early and highly respected history of Yemen by a revered 12th century Yemeni poet and historian.
Gustave Le Bon was a 19th century French polymath whose travels and research in the emerging field of anthropology would result in a number of influential books as well as the Godard Prize from the French Academy of Sciences. In this highly respected work, Le Bon writes about early Arab peoples and culture and their valuable contributions to...
Divided into two parts, this invaluable resource first documents the history of Somali arts from the 1940s onward, and the second part details the productions of some 70 well-known plays. Included is information about the theaters, directors, producers, and performers. Illustrations include photographs, facsimiles of playbills, and...
The author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan militias during this horrendous time in Somali history. An estimated 350,000 Somalis die of disease, famine, and civil war.
An enlightening and illustrated exploration of sexuality in ancient Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization. A study of artifacts and mythology reveals stories of active female deities. The symbolism calls attention to the feminine and the ritual of sex as a divine act to be celebrated for its role, not only in the creation of life, but in...
National Bestseller and previously named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, here is an inside look at the FBI by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. This is the story of the FBI and how it has become the most powerful intelligence service of the United States.
Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its place in the overarching history of life, the Earth, and the Universe. Author, scholar, researcher and lecturer, Fred Spier, offers new theories into the future of humanity with a sweeping view of the past....
American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the author presents the American university as a national resource that should be supported and protected as a catalyst for economic growth and a source for solutions to the myriad of complex problems dotting the...
The most important Islamic history of the premodern world; written by the great 14th century Arab scholar, Ibn Khaldun, this monumental work presented the foundation of several fields of knowledge including philosophy, sociology, economics, and more.