Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...
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-17%Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...
-15%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%This thought-provoking book, now available in Arabic, identifies cooperation as the most important challenge faced by civil socie...
-15%Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...
-15%Translated from the Norwegian and with a movie by the same name that was nominated for an Oscar, this is an eccentric and truly funny ...
-17%A funny, offbeat portait of Miami, The Strongest Man follows Beef (Robert Lorie), an anxiety-ridden Cuban constr...
-20%The definitive biography of the 45th President of the United States presents the life of Donald Trump from his boyhood to his time in ...
-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%It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...
-15%The New York Times Bestseller by musician and artist George Watsky is available here in German. This is his debut memoir, writte...
-15%Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous a...
-20%An exploration and critique of the Somali criminal justice system.
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-20%Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...
-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 WWII Paris who runs away from the Catholic boarding school that had been her hiding place.
Provides a detailed look at minority groups in Iraq, which are divided by ethnicity, religion, identity, doctrine, and even language. Explains the basis of regional conflicts, human rights protections, if any, provided by the Iraqi Constitution, and what this all means for the country today. Includes bibliographical references and index.
The author was a prominent Iraqi novelist and writer and one of only a few that was able to openly criticize the Iraqi government without repercussions. He was awarded the Owais Prize for Arabi Language Novels in 2000. This is a lyrical novel of human existence written with a degree tendernness that is only found in Arabic poetry.
Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciation.
Winner of the Emirates Novel Award 2016, this is the story of a pathetic, reckless young man who is always in trouble. Suddenly unemployed and at risk of displacement, he must make hard decisions for his very salvation.
A collection of fables and short stories about animals for children.
Three barnyard friends, a rooster, a pig, and a mouse, set off to explore the world in search of adventure because life on the farm is so boring.
Lina is a little duck who would love to play outside, but she is too sick and weak and not allowed out. Her friend Fredi the frog visits her often, but then goes off to romp in the pond with the other frogs. Lina dreams of being able to play that way, too. But when Fredi gets into trouble, Lina finds a way to come to his rescue.
This book features the art of the well-known and beloved German artist, Ali Mitgutsch. He is famous for his "wimmelbilder" books, which show everyday scenes in a single painting across both pages. In this book, young pirate enthusiasts will discover the daily lives of adventurous pirates on the high seas. On board pages.
All the animals admire the beautiful peacock, except the little raven. He thinks the peacock is arrogant and finds her cartwheels boring so he shows them his special talent: beak standing!
Who is afraid of the big, bad wolf? Oskar and Wilma love scary stories, especially about the big, bad wolf. But in the middle of a story their papa is reading to them, they hear eerie noises outside. Is it a wolf? "There are no wolves outside the house," said Papa. Really?
Queen Louise wakes up from a delicious dreams of cakes and candy apples. She wakes her husband, King Friedrich Wilhelm III, and together they disguise themselves to go the town market to buy some goodies.