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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright.  Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy ..

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