An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
-15%This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
-15%The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
-15%A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
-20%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-20%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...
-15%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%When cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.
-15%Two friends, Serafin and Plum, and a hamster named Hercules, find themselves in a strange town where they are not welcome because they...
-15%The author presents a timeline and notes on his experiences of the atrocities and horror committed on civilians by warring clan m...
-15%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%The story of a teacher who becomes at first enchanted, and then ulitmately consumed, by the poetic genius of her five-year-old student...
-20%Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
-20%A collection of short stories highlighting the culture shock and other issues facing the Somali diaspora at large.
A collection of short stories by Somali author and poet, Farah Mohamed. His love for refugees and keen interest in the immigrant experience shines through in his stories.
The true story of an illiterate nomadic camel herder who leaves the wandering life behind, and at the age of 27, learns to read and write the Somali language, goes to school and becomes a journalist. Being a journalist in Mogadishu is not for the faint of heart. The profession is full of risks, nepotism, bribery, and exploitation.
This bilingual Somali/English children's book introduces young readers to wild and domestic animals found in Somalia.
An intimate novel about life, love, and revolution in Somalia.
This collection of beautifully illustrated short stories takes young readers on a journey through Islamic history.
Even though they happily munch on grass and play together in the fields, Uncle Khalfan's sheep are far from ordinary. They regularly visit the dentist for check-ups and cleanings!
A boy entrepreneur sells used shoes to make money for the family. He appreciates the shoes and has conversations with them, and even develops friendship with some of them so that he is sorry to see them go. But when he inherits his father's shoes, even though they are too big for him, he vows to never, ever sell them because they are to valuable.
Hillary Rodham Clinton details her role as Secretary of State during the Obama administration offering a candid look at the choices, challenges, and sometimes entertaining interactions with the world's foreign leaders.
George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Oval Office.
Yacine is an Algerian sculptor haunted by the fear of being murdered and his sculptures destroyed. When he is invited to Amsterdam to take part in an art exhibition, he decides to leave Algiers permanently. It was in Amsterdam, twenty years earlier, that he met the only woman he has ever loved. Fitna however disappeared in the mists...