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

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

Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciati..

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

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

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

In an apocalyptic near-future world, a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choic..

Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its place..

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 los..

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 n..

The Dickens 1859 classic historical novel.

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

George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Oval..

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

In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what a..

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 WWII..