Year of Magical Thinking

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

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

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..

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

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 ..

When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was p..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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