A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
-20%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%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
-15%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-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%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%In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his film...
-35%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 ...
-17%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%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%A little girl walks angrily through the park dragging an old purse. Every now and then she stops and yells "Is this how it is?" ...
-17%Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...
-20%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 final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...
-15%The wordless picture book by award-winning author and illustrator, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, is available in German! Well, the title is in German, but the book has no words! The pictures tell the story in any language of an owl family that lives quite happily on their tree branch until a bat family moves in on the same branch. Can...
This level 1 German easy reader is a fun story about a haunted classroom and all the antics of a mischievous ghost. Perfect for the beginning reader of the German language, this book features colorful illustrations, larger type, vocabulary words, and comprehension questions.
The ever-popular children's novel that was ranked number 30 on the list of all-time children's books by School Library Journal is available here in a new German edition. Previously adapted for screen and stage, Matilda continues to delight children everywhere because children everywhere are familiar with the predicament of the "monster"...
This Level 1 reader features five German easy reader pony stories in one volume. Perfect for the beginning reader, each story includes fun illustrations, three or four sentences per page, new vocabulary words and comprehension questions. Plus, the stories are high-interest for the youngest horse lover.
This novel, in it's original French, was awarded the Prix Interallie 2013, an annual and honorary award for best novel written by a journalist. Now in Arabic, it is the story of modern couplehood. What does it mean to be a wife? A husband? How does one survive an affair? With her finely sharpened literary scalpel, the author...
Suha dreams of becoming a famous musician, but her mother dreams of her becoming a famous painter. Suha doesn't want to be an artist. Can she and her mother work out their differences so that Suha can pursue her dream? Vibrant colorful illustrations and fully-vocalized text will delight young readers!
This debut novel by Kuwaiti novelist and journalist, Saud Alsanousi, won the Laila al-Othman Prize. Alsanousi is probably best known as the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2013 for his novel, "The Bamboo Stalk."
In this beautifully illustrated book, physicists Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow explain the mysteries of the Universe and the scientific thinking behind the idea of "grand design". Written in simple language, the deep meanings of science are easily accessible to the non-scientist.
Sisters, Holly and Anna, and their friend, Prince Pepino, are trying to earn some money so they can take an intergalactic vacation. When a tall, elegant lady offers to pay them a handsome price to help her plan a royal wedding, they jump at the chance! But something seems fishy when the kids are told to do all their planning in secret. And...
A sweeping historical romance set during WWII in Normandy. It is 1942 and the journalist Valentine is on assigment in Honfleur where she meets and falls in love with Yves, a member of the Resistance against the German occupiers. After a brief time of bliss, Yves must flee his love and his country. Is he dead? Will the lovers ever be reunited?
Out of 156 original entries, this novel made the six-title shortlist for the prestigious German Book Prize 2016. It tells the story of Rene, a teenager who makes his home in Potsdam, East Germany. For seven weeks during summer break, Rene and his friends are left to experiment and mature without adult supervision. A poignant,...
The gripping new thriller by Stephenie Meyer is now available in German. An ex-agent, a chemist with a very special set of skills, is on the run from her former employer -- the government. This taut, page-turner will keep you reading until the very end.