George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-17%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-17%A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...
-20%A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
-20%Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...
-15%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
-20%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%The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524. Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beau...
-10%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
-15%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%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-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%When cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.
-15%Leila’s passion for reading leads her to Tanners’ Alley in Tunis, famed for selling of old books. There she encounters an eccentric man who dreams of founding an association for ghostwriters. She becomes unwittingly embroiled in his fantastical schemes, and one day stumbles across an unusual novel alternately written by a male and a...
Jamila dreams of meeting a bear, but how can she encourage a bear to approach? With honey? With berries? Imagine her surprise when, not only does she meet a bear, but she meets a bear that loves to read - just like her!
Greece, Japan, Australia and more -- journey around the world to discover the homes where children.
"He's Mrs. Hanan's son" and because I'm Mrs. Hanan's son, everybody keeps watching me like I'm supposed to be a copy of my mother! How can I tell them that my name is Hani and I like skiing and soccer?
Every day, many hands reach out to me to shake my hand. Hands I know, hands I don’t know, good hands, and bad hands. Hands that I feel safe when I shake, and hands that I feel afraid when I shake. Should I shake all the hands that reach out to me to shake hands?
The biography of Kuwaiti artist Ayoub Hussein al-Ayoub who was well-known for his depictions of Kuwaiti historical life and customs. He helped establish the Kuwait Museum and participatedin numerous art exhibitions. He was the first Kuwaiti artist to have his paintings printed on a Kuwaiti banknote.
Ramadan -- it's meaning and traditions -- is explored in this book for young people.
A rare detective story by one of the greatest English writers. A mysterious man named Julius Slinkton enters the life of Mr. Sampson, the manager of a life assurance office. Remarkably well-spoken and with insinuating manners, Slinkton initially seems to be the consummate gentleman. But as Sampson soon learns, appearances can be deceiving.
Charts one woman's journey through grief and uncertainty to a road that leads to self-discovery, redemption and love.
A collection of twelve stories about the tension between Nigerians and Nigerian-Americans, and what it means to be middle-class in each country.
Part novel, part biography - this is a narrative of Palestine. It is the narrative of diaspora and the narrative of a man and his ability to hold himself together in a difficult, deadly, besieged reality. Over a period of sixty years it is a biography of a people and of an absent place.
The debut novel by an up-and-coming Iraqi author.