Days of the Shining Sun

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ..