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

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

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

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

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 choi...

Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...

Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...

Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...

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

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

Chris Anderson, the head of TED, presents an insider's guide to crafting the perfect talk. Discover the power of the spoken word to ch...

A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The tales&n...

On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...

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