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%On May 6th, 1945, soldiers of the US Army occupied the Heinrich Himmler family home in Gmund, Germany where they discovered hundreds o...
-20%By the author of the bestselling novel, A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture, this illustrated novel for young readers...
-15%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
-15%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...
-15%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%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
-20%The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...
-15%A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
-20%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-20%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%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%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-20%Eritrea is under Ethopian occupation and there's to be a revolution. The enslaved and followers who dream of freedom will rise up unde...
-12%This classic novel by the beloved Naguib Mahfouz in which the woes of a petit bourgeois family thrust into poverty in World War II Cairo are relayed in engrossing detail and represent a microcosm of Egypt's birth pangs in gaining independence. It is a powerful portrayal of a middle-class Egyptian family contronted by material, moral, and...
The story of two men, their incredible friendship, and the importance of living life to the fullest.
This biographical novel tells the story of Shajar al-Durr, a former child slave who would become the a ruler of Egypt in the 13th century. She did not take the title of Sultana, the feminine form of Sultan, but rather chose to be known as Sultan. She is known for her wisdom in political affairs and her rule marked the end of the...
Idris, the main protagonist, lives a monotonous existence working in a gloomy basement archive under the city, which represents state surveillance of its citizens. He remains in isolation, with no visitors to the basement, until a new colleague arrives: Suaad, who has studied English literature, and they begin an ambiguous romantic...
With an artful mix of compassion and humor, Osho shows us that joy is the essence of life, that even unhappiness has its root in joy. He encourages us to accept joy by being grateful to be alive and for the challenges and opportunities in life, and by finding the good in all that we have―rather than setting conditions or demands for happiness....
A tender debut novel about the lives and loves of an Iranian family trying to continue a normal life as the Islamic Revolution looms just outside the gate of their compound.
Feelings of loss, grief, and rage are common during and after the divorce. This book helps you navigate all these feelings to find yourself and begin a new journey to freedom and self-discovery.
A collection of four stories centered around marriage and infidelity by the beloved and award-winning Egyptian author, Ihsan Abdel Quddous. He wrote more than 60 novels and short story collections in his life. Of his novels, 49 had film adaptations. Abdel Quddous considered women as symbols of sacrifice in Egyptian society which...