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An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%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%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%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
-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%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%A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
-20%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-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%Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
-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%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%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
-15%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
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First published in 1932, this seventh book featuring Hercule Poirot was judged by the New York Times Book Review to be "diabolically clever". In the story, Nick Buckley, a pretty young woman, has had too many close calls with death. So many, in fact, that Poirot decides she needs his protection. Thus he begins to solve a murder that...
First published in 1934, book reviews from Chicago and New York, circa 1935, stated this novel was "light-hearted" with a pair of amateur detectives "you are sure to like." The classic death-on-the-green story when two friends are golfing and a ball goes astray. In searching for the lost ball, what is found is a dying man whose last words...
Translated into 35 languages, the ever popular series for middle school readers is back with Greg and his buddy Rowley trying to find dates for the Valentine's Day dance. Who will get a date first and who will be the third wheel?
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...
How far would you go to protect your children? This question is answered when two couples meet for dinner in a high-class restaurant. Their sons are responsible for a horrific crime. This dark, critically-acclaimed novel was made into a major motion picture by the Dutch (2013), the Italians (2014), and now the American version will be...
German reporter for Der Zeit, Wolfgang Bauer chronicles the treacherous and often deadly journey of Syrian refugees as they cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of life and safety. As the Syrian civil war continues to rage, millions of refugees are on the run. Bauer captures their dramatic stories with a passionate appeal for a more...
Drugs, greed, corruption, blackmail and body-snatching make for a terrific page-turner set in the lowlands of Brazil. Written by one of Brazil's celebrated crime novelists, this story will be finished in one sitting because you can't put it down.
Venture beyond butter and salt with this cookbook where popcorn is the star of creative and yummy recipes -- caramel corn, kettle corn, spiced popcorn, even popcorn cookies, and popcorn nachos. A must have for popcorn lovers everywhere.
Dr. Wayne Dyer delves into fiction with this moving story of a university professor and loving family man whose past seeps into his life and begins to affect his marriage and relationship with his son. What transpires is a journey to find understanding and reconciliation with the father who abandoned him as a baby.
What really happened when Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Moriarty took their deadly tumble off Reichenbach Falls? Find out in this tale of menace and murder by one of the only writers to receive a seal of approval from the Conan Doyle Estate.
Considered the greatest novel by the first American author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Babbitt takes a satirical look at the American middle class lifestyle in the 1920s. Now available in Arabic, it is ranked No. 47 of the 100 best novels by The Guardian.