Finalist for the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story CollectionFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction“A House Is a Body will not simply be talked about as one of the greatest short story coll..
A Literary History of Persia by Edward G. Browne is veritable magnum opus covering the Pre-Islamic to the Firdausi periods, including mysticism.The author has made a splendidly thorough study of the subject, basing his conclusions on source material spread over a vast era of almost two millennia.Thi..
An urgent call to arms from Time’s Person of the Year, the Ukrainian leader whose unwavering courage in the face of the Russian invasion has inspired the world and turned him overnight into a global beacon of democracy The words of a man. The message of a people. Bringing togethe..
A controversial look at the way domestic politics affects US policy toward Israel and how American political dynamics impact Israel's long-term peace and security and America's national interest, JEREMY BEN-AMI is the founder and president of J Street, an advocacy group and political acti..
Kay Scarpetta's work as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner has come to an end. Fearing that she is about to be fired by the governor, hounded in the media and in the courtroom, for what some claimed was her involvement in the murder of a deputy police chief, Scarpetta packs up her belongings and sets..
A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone).Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area ov..
This collection of 10 sturdy board books, which feature full-color photographs and simple text, introduces children to early-learning concepts and vocabulary.Children will explore a number of early-learning concepts with these sturdy board books that are just right for little hands. This collection ..
Ibn Yunus is known as one of the greatest
astronomers of all time. He was the first
man to calculate when a solar eclipse would
take place. A crater on the moon is named
after him. He is rightly called “The Father of
Astronomy “..
Jummy has won a place at the River School, the finest girls’ boarding school in Nigeria. Nothing can dampen her spirits, not even when she learns that her best friend Caro won’t be joining her.By the Shine-Shine River, school is everything Jummy dreamt of, with friendly new girls, midnight feasts an..
A whole new way to discover the amazing world of the dinosaurs, "My Tourist Guide to the Prehistoric World" brings you amazing digital artwork with fun facts to take you on a journey that you won't forget in a hurry. Take a day trip to the land before time; stroll with a Stegosaurus, trundle with a ..