H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...
-15%Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
-15%Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
-20%A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
-20%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 lo...
-15%A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story o...
-15%Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...
-20%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-20%An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultu...
-12%A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...
-20%The Arabic translation of Philip Roth's novel about Coleman Silk, the dean of faculty at a small liberal arts college who is accused o...
-17%In an apocalyptic near-future world, a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choi...
-15%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 WWI...
-10%The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
-15%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%Winner of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature. In this novel, Palestinian novelist, Usama al-'Issa narrates the history of Bethlehem and Palestine through the stories of patients in a mental hospital near the Dheisheh refugee camp.
A compilation of the writings and teachings on health and nutrition for the body and finding peace for the spirit by the great Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi.
A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy to understand layman's terms, this book will take the reader on a jaunt through history from Francis Bacon to Locke to Kant to William James.
Juha is a folk character from around the 8th century. His stories number in the hundreds, originated in the oral tradition, and are a mainstay of Arab humor, wit and wisdom. Juha, with his entertaining logic, is widely known throughout the Middle East and is well loved. This delightful book of Arab folktales is a must-have for your...
This third book of Shadi's adventures takes him and his family to the mountains for lots of winter fun in the snow. This beginning reader features fully vowelled text and is perfect for early Arabic learners ages 6 and older.
Three engaging stories with magical illustrations fill this lovely hardcover book for kids. In the first story with the cover title, mom loves and cannot live without her radio -- that is, until she gets her first computer! In the second story, a beggar finds a magic lamp and gets his own personal genie; and in the third story, we read about the...
Jad creates paintings in art class that don't look like much -- like the paper that is completely red except for a few black dots in the center -- that is until he tells you the story about what is happening in the picture! His imagination and stories are so creative, the teacher takes him to the library to tell his stories to the children.
Yasser learns to write the shopping list. It starts out as scribbles, then pictures, and then it is words! A delightful beginning reader for children featuring vowelled text. Awarded the Assabil prize for children's literature in Lebanon.
The adventures of Shadi continue in this chapter book perfect for beginning readers of Arabic ages 6 and older. The fully vowelled text tells the story of Shadi and his adventure on the high seas with a group of fishermen.
Mmmm . . . coconut cake, eclairs, pistachio cookies, lemon tarts and much more in this new cookbook from the Arabic Cookpad community of cooks. Chock full of chocolate and other desserts to accompany your coffee, this new cookbook presents the best of the kitchen-tested recipes. Now you can have your cake and eat it, too!
The Arabic Cookpad online community of people who love to cook is back with easy, delicious salads. Take your salad beyond iceberg lettuce and ranch dressing with these healthy salads and yummy recipes for homemade dressings. Now you can actually like eating your veggies!
An Oxford-educated, independent Muslim woman who drives a sports car and lives in London offers her at times funny and very insightful journey to find a husband the traditional way. Ten years of matchmaking by well-meaning aunties, more mismatches than she could count, and one after the other dating disasters make for the romantic...