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Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
-20%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%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%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%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 New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
-15%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%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...
-20%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
-20%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%Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...
-15%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%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524. Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beau...
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A no-nonsense guide to differentiating between toxic and positive behaviors among your friends, romantic partners, family members and colleagues. This book can help you decode the trickiest of situations and put an end to unnecessary drama.
Few people are aware of their own body language, and even fewer are able to control it. Body postures, movements, voice use and facial expressions reveal us. Did you know, for example, that enthusiastic body language can contribute to success? The more clearly you express excitement and joy, the more it rubs off on others. With this book you can...
Pieces together the unknown history of the Amazigh.
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.
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.
Why are the presidents of the film industry always close to power when they are appointed? Why do we meet few workers but many marginalized people in the films? Why does My Fair Lady or Pretty Woman end well? These are all questions answered in this book, which reveals the tight network established between Hollywood, the creative pole, New...
From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great...
Presents coffee as a commodity that ties the world together, from the coffee producers and pickers who tend the plantations in tropical nations, to the middlemen and processors, to the consumers who drink coffee without ever having to think about how the drink reached their hands. Bibliographical references in English.
The world is messing with our minds. What if there was something we could do about it? Looking at sleep, news, social media, addiction, work and play, the author invites us to feel calmer, happier and to question the habits of the digital age. This book might even change the way you spend your precious time on earth.
Iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell lays out a rationalist prescription for living a happy life, including the importance of cultivating interests outside oneself and the dangers of passive pleasure.
Rousseau is known for his contributions to political philosophy and moral psychology as well as his influence on later thinkers. The concern dominating his writings is to find a way of preserving human freedom even as humans become increasingly dependent on one another. This work purports that an individual can only be free under the law by...
Select readings and explanation of Zecharia Sitchin, his life, research, and writings. Sitchin was well known for his fringe theories of civilization and his books that propose an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts. He believed that ancient Sumerian culture was created by the Anunnaki, a race of...