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A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...
-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%Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
-20%Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
-15%An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultu...
-12%A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski. The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...
-10%The Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused o...
-17%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-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 biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%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%The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
-15%Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
-20%The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
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A new Arabic translation about an orphan who has grown into a mature adult woman. The story is told through letters that she writes to various people who impacted her life growing up.
A deceptively simple love story by one of Germany's finest writers, this is the story of Adam and his girlfriend, Evelyn. The year is 1989, the Berlin Wall is about to fall and Hungary has just opened its borders to Austria allowing in a flood of refugees. Adam and Evelyn are meanwhile living a quiet existence in their East German...
A new biography of the founder and first president of modern Turkey by professor, Turkish historian and author, Ilber Ortayli. Includes illustrations and bibliographical references.
The story of nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks, the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. You're never too young to make a difference!
A Burmese tale about the daughter of an artisan who is nicknamed Princess Lacquer for her skill in the traditional methods of decorating objects. The tyrannical king forces her to work for him and she carves secret messages of her suffering in her artistic decoration.
The New York Times bestselling novel about two men who were childhood friends in China at the end of the 19th century. Separated by the Boxer Rebellion, each boy grows up following a different path. As grown men, they are finally reunited in America. By American novelist, Pearl Buck, who was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize...
This book traces the origins and history of coffee including current cultivation practices and the need for finding a more genetically diverse coffee plant.
A collection of thirty stories, one for each day of the month, to read out loud to your kindergartner.
George Orwell, well-known as an essayist, journalist and novelist, was also a poet. This is a compilation of his poetic works.
The best known novel by Maxim Gorky is based on true events during the Russian revolutionary movement.
The author writes of his childhood and youth in Baghdad when the city was home to a flourishing Jewish community. From 1920 to the early 1950s more than a third of the city's population were Jews whose customs had an influence on Baghdad's cultural and commercial life.
A collection of writings by the British philosopher, historican, social reformer, and pacifist.