Sons and shoes

Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil societ..

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?"  F..

The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights f..

When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was p..

American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&nb..

It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner pa..

The Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused of..

An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultur..

A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright.  Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy ..

This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and wer..

Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict, ..

Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books ..

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 h..

A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States. ..

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 ea..

Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a family..