When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...

Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...

The iconic writer's engaging memoir offers entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and mother...

A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...

An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultu...

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...

The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...

Chris Anderson, the head of TED, presents an insider's guide to crafting the perfect talk. Discover the power of the spoken word to ch...

This film is not a movie; it's not about a bank robbery. It is a bank robbery. Victoria was shot in one sin...

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...

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?"  ...

Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...

A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The tales&n...

On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...

A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...