A SPELLBINDINGLY CREEPY COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, FROM AN ARGENTINIAN LITERARY STAR 'The Grimm brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales.
In this startling, intensively researched book, bestselling historian Paul Kengor shines light on a deeply troubling aspect of American history: the prominent role of the dupe.
Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick 2018 An Amazon Best Memoir of the Month One of Elle Magazine's Best Books of 2017 Goodreads Best of the Month Daily Beast, ';Books I Can't Live Without' Good Housekeeping, Best New Books for Summer Book Riot, 100 Must Read Books about Happiness A page-turning, shirt-grabbing true story that follows a one-of-a-kind family required to make nearly unimaginable choices Happiness starts out as a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, an out-going, theatre-performing California girl, and Brian, an intellectual New Yorker with an unwavering writing routine.
From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 21 Women They were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politicians.
Offering a wide variety of theme, occasion, mood, and form - ';The Essential Gibran' is a volume of selected passages celebrating Gibran's style and thoughtKahlil Gibran's essential style is captured in reflective poetic prose, dramatic sketches, allegories and parables, national and international addresses, and romantic writings of all kinds.
In this pioneering biography, Christopher Melchert examines the forefather of the fourth of the four principal Sunni schools of jurisprudence, the Hanbali.
This collection - the second of a three-volume study - examines the roots of the artistic, literary and cultural renaissance of Sufism from the 12th to the 15th centuries.
This comprehensive study is unique in its chronological breadth, intellectual diversity and historical scope and which demonstrates the central role played by Sufism in Persianate culture in Iran, Central Asia and India
New York Times Notable Books of 2018 Financial Times Book of the Year Award-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid presents reportage of unprecedented scope in this engaging, character-driven investigation that exposes the secret dealings that armed and betrayed an uprising.
'This rallying cry will persuade you to battle for true equality' Stylist An incendiary debut taking the world by storm, Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be.
*2016 Edgar Award Finalist**2016 Anthony Award Finalist**2016 Macavity Award Finalist*In 1970, Ross Macdonald wrote a letter to Eudora Welty, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence between fellow writers and kindred spirits.
This stimulating book covers all area of the twelfth century Muslim philosopher's life from his transmission of Aristotelian thought to the Western world, to his conflict with the Ash'arite theologians.
'The most important thing you'll read this year' Elle The incendiary new book about toxic masculinity and misogyny from Clementine Ford, author of the bestselling feminist manifesto, Fight Like A Girl.
Following the 1953 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Mossadeq and restored the rule of the Shah in Iran, Mostafa Sho';aiyan became a key figure on the country's militant left.
In America today, online spaces serve as critical alternatives for tech-savvy Muslims seeking a place to root their faith, forge religious identity, and build communities.
A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year A writer, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer, Sir Walter Ralegh lived more lives than most in his own time, in any time.
Ein feministisches Pladoyer fur die Anerkennung weiblicher Wut von Platz-1-SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autorin Tara-Louise Wittwer alias @wastarasagt Seit Jahrhunderten werden Frauen unterdruckt.
Über Pionierinnen, Grenzgängerinnen, WegbereiterinnenAlle Lebensgeschichten in diesem Band erzählen von inspirierenden Frauen, die mit unbändiger Energie den schmalen Grat zwischen gesellschaftlicher Akzeptanz und Ablehnung ausgelotet haben.
A ';memorable series of portraits of the working class people who defended Tiananmen Square' (The New York Review of Books) during the protests from the award-winning poet, dissident, and ';one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our time' (Philip Gourevitch).
The moving story of an Irish immigrants life, from a poverty-stricken childhood in Ireland to becoming a captain of industry,After the Roof Caved Inis a powerful, poignant look at how hard work and education enabled one young man to change his life and circumstances completely.
For Readers of Rupi Kaur and Courtney Peppernell, a Poetic Diary that Confronts and Meditates on Love, Hope, and Despair There were two entrances to the cafe, but I always opted for the narrower one hidden in the shadows.
