An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
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-15%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%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%Genaro Reyes is a student who falls in with the wrong crowd. He goes on a drinking binge with his "friends" and ends up in a com...
-15%On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...
-20%Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...
-20%This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...
-20%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-17%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%The definitive biography of the 45th President of the United States presents the life of Donald Trump from his boyhood to his time in ...
-20%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%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-20%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...
The wildly popular Iranian novel has sold millions of copies, and when it was banned by the Islamic Republic in 1979, the novel, along with its counterpart television series, continued to thrive underground. The tension between reality and imagination comes to a head when a pathetic little man, because of his real-life failures, turns...
By award-winning Iraqi journalist and novelist, Ali Bader, this novel centers on a musician in Baghdad whose body is discovered floating in the Tigris River. The narrator of the story, a journalist, is sent to cover the story and discovers that the dead man is not Kamal Medhat, but actually a Jewish violinist Yousef Sami Saleh. The quest to...
Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a family's summer vacation. Her startling appearance in their lives transforms each member of the family allowing them to see themselves in fresh new light.
A young woman is crossing a bridge one night and sees a man ready to jump and take his own life. In desperation, she talks him down and into a deal: give her two weeks and she will prove that life is worth living. They embark on a poignant journey to discover the true meaning of life.
Actress and sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe, tells her story in her own words in this autobiography that was not published until 10 years after her death. From her orphan childhood through her rise to fame and marriage to Joe DiMaggio, this is the true story of the life of an American icon.
Historical novel by award-winning author, screenwriter and filmmaker, M.I. Quandour. This is the story of Abdul Rahman I, a member of the Umayyad ruling family of Syria who founded the Umayyad dynasty in Spain in the 8th century. Rahman defeated the governor of Al-Andalus and made Cordoba his capital. Despite numerous rebellions by...
Winner of France's top literary award, the Goncourt Prize 2016, the novel has been a bestseller in France. Written by a former journalist, this is a thriller that opens with the murder of two young children killed by their nanny. It is loosely based on the real story of a nanny from Dominican Republic who was accused of killing the...
Winner of the Sheikh Zayed Award, this is a historical novel about Abdelkader, the military and religious leader who founded the Algerian state and led the Algerians in their 19th century struggle against French occupation.
Zaina is afraid to go to sleep by herself. As soon as her mother turns off the light, suddenly all the ordinary objects in Zaina's room become scary things in her imagination. How can Zaina learn that dreams are made of wondrous things and sleep can take her on a wonderful journey?
This beautifully illustrated hardcover book features imaginative folktales where animals and things can speak and think. They face dilemmas, solve problems, help each other, and offer up little nuggets of wisdom for how to live one's life.
A little girl learns about the nice visitor who comes to everyone everyday. People usually look forward to his visit. This visitor can show up anytime and anywhere. He comes quietly without making a sound. Who is he?