The Reckless Competition

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

Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism an..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

A little girl walks angrily through the park dragging an old purse. Every now and then she stops and yells "Is this how it is?"  F..

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

Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his ..