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A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States. ..

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

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

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

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 ..

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

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

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

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

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 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..

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

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

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