A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The tales&n...
-15%It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...
-15%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-17%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%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%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%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...
-12%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...
-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%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-20%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
-15%Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...
-20%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%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%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%It's 2021 and the Taliban have regained power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, two brave young women, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy. What will become of them? Will they be able to continue their work rescuing and protecting women and girls?
This exciting tale of Aladdin who finds a magic lamp features colorful, engaging illustrations.
A boy imagines a variety of friends from outer space and what it would be like if they all visited him on earth.
This beautiful book deals with the feelings of an orphan child who lives with other children in a similar situation to him, whether in foster homes or with sponsors; but he deals with feelings of loss and loneliness in a positive way, as he sees that the world is his big home.
Qaddur has a toothache. He goes to the dentist and they pull out the tooth! Why did that happen? Does he eat too much candy?
What do you do if you have a wish? How do you make it come true? Do you wish on shooting stars, throw coins in the fountain, and look for four-leaf clovers? Nope, you roll up your sleeves and take action.
This lovely board book celebrates acts of kindness big and small.Kindness is a friendly hello. A roaring cheer. A quick boost. Kindness is what makes us strong!
The story of a talented, self-professed nerd -- a 12-year-old intellectual who hangs out with his friends known as The Geek Team.
The hardest choice in life is the one you think you make with full will, when in fact it is forced. This novel follows the members of a family and their lives in the aftermath of the choices they made because of love -- either because of its existence or because of the need for it.
Twelve essays written between 1928 and 1945 that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein's film theory and in particular his analysis of the sound-film medium. Sergei Eisenstein was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor, and film theorist. He was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage.
Ibn al-Nafis was an Arab polymath who made significant contributions to the early knowledge of pulmonary circulation. During his 80 yeras of life, he witnessed the Crusades, fierce clashes between warring tribes, the Mongol invasion of Baghdad, and more. Despite all this turmoil, Ibn al-Nafis continued to write about medicine....
Zeba's life is shattered when her husband is found brutally murdered. Zeba is arrested and jailed. With the fate of Zeba's life in his hands, Afghan-born, American-raised Yusuf discovers that, like Afghanistan itself, his client may not be at all what he imagines.