The Black Book

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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 ..

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

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