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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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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. ..

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

Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its place..

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