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%Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...
-15%The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...
-15%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%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%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%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-20%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%Terry Eagleton, a renowned literary theorist, critic and prolific writer, in this book explores the rise of religious fundamentalism a...
-15%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth. Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...
-15%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%Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
-20%Winner of both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize, this is the story of a "Don Juan" lover of women during the e...
-17%Eritrea is under Ethopian occupation and there's to be a revolution. The enslaved and followers who dream of freedom will rise up under the leadership of Al Saqqa. As with every other revolution there are those who seek to acquire their own power through any means necessary. Longlisted for the 2016 IPAF.
Raya has beautiful, silky hair and everyone likes to touch it. She doesn't like it when people touch her hair. How does she solve her problem? Should she cut it? Should she tell people her hair has bugs?
The 7th century Islamic scholar Ibn Arabi wrote extensively about his belief that women and men are equal. Moroccan novelist and researcher, Nuzha Baradha, offers commentary and insight into Ibn Arabi's thoughts on women.
Translation of Ray Bradbury's internationally-acclaimed novel about a dystopian society where TV rules and literature is on the brink of extinction. Firemen set fires, rather than extinguishing them, by burning the printed book and any houses that hide this illegal commodity.
A prison guard who terrorizes the inmates? An inmate who lost his parents and sister in a fire? How did these two come to be where they are? A novel of human exploration by Saudi novelist, Abdo Khal, a previous winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), also known as the "Arab Booker."
Translation of a book of short stories written by Nikolai Gogol in 1831-32. His memories of childhood in today's Ukraine are depicted in these pictures of peasant life.
Tattered papers and old photos buried beneath basement rubble reveal clues to the love story of Nura and Kamal, which prompts a cross-war-torn-country trip to learn more shedding light not only on the past, but also the present and the future. Shortlisted for the Katara Prize 2016, the author received $60,000 US. It has been...
Ah, the Mathilde Building. It has seen births, deaths, weddings, life. Her walls have heard the throes of ecstasy, the pain of childbirth, the arguments, the young footsteps on the stairs. She has also seen the ravages of war, but this is not the story of a building, it is the story of home.
An Algerian soldier is detained for failing to report for service and is sent to the Levant to assist the French Army. He knows he will never set foot in his beloved Algeria again. Upon retirement, he looks back over his life and relives his life in Algeria through letters from his brother.
A collection of short stories by Syrian novelist and scriptwriter, Rami Tawil.
After the death of his overbearing mother, the privileged Arda reclines in his wealth, reflecting on his young life and on the life of his murdered father. While on the other side of the city, Bedirhan, the murderer has decided to pack in his ten-year career as an assassin. Their two lives become intrinsically bound in this remarkable...
Part mystery, part love story a novel by French author Patrick Modiano, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature. Translation of: Dimanches d'août.