What About Rachel, the Jewish Lady?

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

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

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

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

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

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..

This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil societ..

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

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

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

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

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 ..

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

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