Kingdom of Mark Zuckerberg and His Mythical Birds

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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