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 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%American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...
-20%H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...
-15%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%The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
-15%When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...
-17%When cholera breaks out in the village, Sandra and Pato learn about treatment and prevention.
-15%Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...
-15%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%It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...
-15%A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy...
-20%Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...
-15%Available in Arabic for the first time, this book presents a groundbreaking and accessible overview of human history and its plac...
-17%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%Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...
-15%The inspirational biography of Oprah Winfrey.
In this amazing hybrid biography/memoir, the author tells the story of her mother, Naela. Naela Kamel was born Mary Elie Rosenthal to a Jewish Egyptian father and an Italian Christian mother. The book tracks Mary/Naela's life and the hard choices she had to make as a journalist advocating for women's issues, the wife of a journalist, a...
Depicts the American occupation of Iraq through the eyes of a young Iraqi-American woman, who returns to her country as an interpreter for the US Army.
A young investigator reopens a 23-year-old murder case when he discovers a diary filled with new clues. Longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2021.
A moving novel about the turbulent period in Iraq from the mid-seventies until the fall of Baghdad under the American occupation and the onset of the phenomenon of terrorism.
Nadia Murad tells the harrowing story of her abduction, rape and abuse by IS militants after they massacred the people of her Yazidi village in Northern Iraq.
This novel by Palestinian author, Amer Almasri, tells the story of mystical people who come and go out of the blue. The protagonist is a young girl growing up in Gaza and her aspirations for a regular life.
A well-known Lebanese Christian priest and linguist known for his writings on Arabic linguistics, history and literature. He authored a traditional Arabic language dictionary in 1883, and became the first librarian at the Baghdad Peace Library that would later become the Iraq National Library. This is a book of Arabic folktales.
A novel by the great Egyptian writer and visionary presents a wry look at Egyptian society in the 30s exploring the relationships between people in positions of real or perceived power and those below.
A collection of philosophical essays by the great Egyptian writer and visionary.
A children's folktale from Algeria.