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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%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%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%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%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-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%A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...
-20%Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
-15%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%Chris Anderson, the head of TED, presents an insider's guide to crafting the perfect talk. Discover the power of the spoken word to ch...
-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 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%The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...
-15%This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
-15%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%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
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Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciation.
Thornton Burgess was an American conservationist and children's author. He shared his great love of nature and animals through the more than 170 books he wrote in his lifetime. In this story, the reckless Reddy Fox decides to steal a hen in broad daylight from Farmer Brown. The farmer's son gives chase with a loaded gun. Will Reddy...
Mark Twain's classic novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. Tom Sawyer and his buddy Huckleberry Finn have many wonderful adventures together. This Arabic translation features fully vowelled text for easy Arabic pronunciation for young readers.
Thornton Burgess was an American conservationist and children's author. He shared his great love of nature and animals through the more than 170 books he wrote in his lifetime. In this story, winter has arrived and Granny Fox and Reddy are having trouble finding food. Reddy is known for his reckless ideas, but Granny's ageless...
Explores the life cycle of "stuff": materials are harvested, the stuff is made and distributed, it's consumed and then it gets trashed or recycled. Using the typical contents of a child's school backpack (defined as water, food, clothing, paper, plastic, metals, electronics), this book explores those stages in detail, including lots of ways...
A delightful story collection by the beloved, award-winning Chinese children's author, Zheng Chunhua. These stories center around a little girl and her adventures with her fun-loving family. The text is fully vowelled for easier Arabic pronunciation by young readers.
An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultures from around the world. Expertly researched by Julius Lips, a well-known anthropologist, this book reveals the foundations of tools, habits, traditions, fire, food, the use of cosmetics and jewelry,...
The controversial lecture, first published in 1896, defends the right to believe in something without proof or evidence of its truth. William James was an influential American philosopher and psychologist who was a leading thinker in the late nineteenth century. He is considered by many to be the "Father of American psychology."
A finalist for the Book of the Year Award in Spain, this is a gripping novel that tells the cat-and-mouse game that Stalin played with Trotksy from the time he was expelled from the Communist Party until his assassination in Mexico City. The "man" in the title who loved dogs is Ramon Mercader, Trotsky's killer. This novel has been...
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet, writer, and film director, translated and adapted Sophocles story of Oedipus into a major motion picture. Pasolini add a modern-day prologue and epilogue to the famous myth as well as emphasizing the innocence of Oedipus. Pasolini was inspired by Sophocles contrast between total innocence and the obligation to...
A woman reeling from the sudden abandonment of her new husband while on their honeymoon tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. She returns to work at an art gallery and soon becomes friends with an elderly visitor whose life has haunting parallels to her own.
Another funny and daring novel by the author of "Fear of Flying." In this hilarious, yet poignant novel, a former actress grapples with aging and end of life issues through youthful fantasies fulfilled on a website created by her best friend.