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

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

A delightful story collection by the beloved, award-winning Chinese children's author, Zheng Chunhua. These stories center around a lit..

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

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..

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..

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

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

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..

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..

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

The Dickens 1859 classic historical novel.

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

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