Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
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-20%Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
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-17%A collection of heartfelt thoughts and bits of wisdom from the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects and suitable for everyone regardles...
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-17%The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524. Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beau...
-10%A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story o...
-15%A coming-of-age story within a suspenseful thriller, set against the real events, culture wars and political realities of Germany in t...
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-20%A painful and captivating novel that embodies everything that women can suffer in our Eastern societies. It monitors the social conflicts in Iran in all their diversity, through the real tragedy of Rehana Jabbari, who was executed in her early years. This girl whose story became a symbol of oppression and a symbol of all the stories that have...
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our...
From sprawling housing projects to underground clubs and squat parties, this is a blistering trip through the underbelly of Europe’s cities. Powered by a furious, unpredictable beat, this is a paean to brotherhood, to those who didn’t make it however hard they fought, and a visceral indictment of the poverty that took them....
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....