Inside the giant fish

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

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

A delightful story collection by the beloved, award-winning Chinese children's author, Zheng Chunhua. These stories center around a lit..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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 Dickens 1859 classic historical novel.

Samy is very shy and doesn't like to talk to other people because it's scary and he doesn't know what to say. Now his little dog is los..

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

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..

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