Baghdad Tales of Father Anastas the Carmelite

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

The definitive biography of the 45th President of the United States presents the life of Donald Trump from his boyhood to his time in m..

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..

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