Big history and the future of humanity

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books ..

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