The five-act satirical play by Niccolo Machiavelli was first published in 1524. Now in Arabic, it tells the story of a beau...
-10%Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonard0 Ortizgris) have been living in angst-...
-20%This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...
-25%Chris Anderson, the head of TED, presents an insider's guide to crafting the perfect talk. Discover the power of the spoken word to ch...
-15%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%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
-17%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%Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...
-15%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...
-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%A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...
-20%In an apocalyptic near-future world, a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choi...
-15%Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...
-20%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
-10%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%Baby ducks and other aspects of nature help a small child learn to count using his fingers.
Young nature lovers learn about rivers -- where they begin, how they flow, what lives in them, and people who live on them -- in this beautfully illustrated book.
A colorful tale about a strange witch, a helpful princess and a magic castle.
An Algerian folktale about a young girl who is very wise.
Young adventurers can take to the high seas with this colorful book that explains all about the pirate's life.
Alice Walker's follow-up to her novel, The Color Purple. First published in 1990, The Temple of My Familiar, spent more than four months on the New York Times bestseller list. This acclaimed novel is "part love story, part fable, part feminist manifesto, part political statement, Walker's new novel follows a cast of interrelated...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s essential thoughts on nonviolence, social policy, integration, black nationalism, and the ethics of love and hope.
An Arabic translation of the only complete novel written by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells the story of young Arthur Gordon Pym who stows away on a whaling ship called the Grampus. From shipwreck to mutiny to cannibalism, Pyam experiences many adventures and misadventures on the high seas.
Drawing from unpublished writings, rare documents, and oral memory, this is one of the most comprehensive historical accountings of the Jews of Iraq.
This intriguing novel is based on the life of the well-known Lebanese writer, May Ziade, and highlights the important role played by women in a society gripped by stifling patriarchy. May worked tirelessly for women's expression but was never accepted among the literary elite of her time. Her nephew had her committed to a mental...