Brave

In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his films..

The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherh..

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

The Dickens 1859 classic historical novel.

H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in ..

Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vowe..

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

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

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, ..

The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524.  Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beaut..

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

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

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

Eritrea is under Ethopian occupation and there's to be a revolution. The enslaved and followers who dream of freedom will rise up under..