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Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-20%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%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%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-20%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%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-17%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%The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
-15%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-17%A Somali translation of "Liberty in the Modern State" by Harold Laski. The book takes into account the post-war political landsc...
-10%A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
-20%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
-20%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%By the author of the bestselling novel, A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture, this illustrated novel for young readers...
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Literary enthusiast Pieter Steinz was diagnosed with ALS in the summer of 2013 and learned that his quality of life would rapidly decline. Six months later, he began a weekly journal connecting the progression of his illness with the books he was reading or rereading. This is a moving chronicle of not only a death foretold, but also an...
A story about the importance of being brave and the necessity of facing and overcoming fears to build self-confidence.
Young readers lift flaps to reveal fascinating details about dinosaur anatomy--such as skin, bones, teeth- and learn about iconic species like T. rex, Triceratops, Parasaurolophus (known for its acoustic crest), and the nurturing Maiasaura. Each dinosaur is shown alongside a human figure to illustrate relative size. With colorful, scientifically...
Phil and his nerd crew travel to Hollywood to compete in a televised talent competition.
The writings presented in this volume shed tremendous light, both on the character of T. E. Lawrence and the current situation in the Middle East. Despite being written several decades ago, the thoughts of Lawrence of Arabia remain remarkably pertinent. This collection includes Lawrence's wartime reports from the desert, along with later...
Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking antidepressants when he was a teenager. He was told—like his entire generation—that his problem was caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. As an adult, trained in the social sciences, he began to investigate this...
A novel that explores what happens after the birth of love, what it takes to maintain love, and what happens to our original ideals under the pressures of an average existence. You experience, along with protagonists, Rabih and Kirsten, the first flush of infatuation, the effortlessness of falling into romantic love, and the course of life...
A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, this novel captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader.
A readable and practical guide to communicating boundaries to very young children and solving early discipline problems to set children up for success.
A human African journey of fear that Moise and her children take in search of their existence. They ask for nothing more than the simplest things: to have faces in this world. Far from the world of organized offices and perfect homes, there is the wilderness and its people. With them, we tour the countries of southern Africa on the back of a...
The Wall Street Journal best-selling author reveals the steps to getting unstuck and back onto the path of being awesome. There are only two paths in life: average and awesome. The average path is easy because all you have to do is nothing. The awesome path is more challenging because things like fear only bother you when you do work that matters.
In this picture-book puzzle, the ever-changing illustrations create a story about a bird that is born without wings. The bird's desire to fly is emphasized through various geometric forms and colours. There are only a few words and sentences in the book, but the subtle language of art and overlapping layers of illustrations give the story an...