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

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

The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...

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...

When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...

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

The Dickens 1859 classic historical novel.

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

Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...

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 ...

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

American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...

Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...

Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...

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