Endless night

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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