Product Description: Rich and multilayered, with elements of both memoir and fiction, Dominique Eddé’s Kite defies categorization. Beginning in the 1960s and ending in the late ’80s, it is at once a narrative of a passionate, and ultimately tragic, relationship between Mali and Farid and the simultaneous decline of Egyptian-Lebanese society...read more

Product Description: Investigating the themes and ideas that sparked Samuel Beckett’s writing career, this valuable guide explores one of the least known periods in Beckett’s early life. Having just returned from Paris where he had met James Joyce, Beckett’s brief academic career at Trinity College is detailed through a student’s extensive notes from modern French lectures delivered in 1930 and 1931...read more

Product Description: A classic study of Samuel Beckett and his impressive body of work, this analysis is accessibly written and brings a fresh appreciation to the famed Irish writer. Portrayed with an unparalleled intimacy through the author's depth of familiarity with Beckett—they attended the same school and university and he was the first to devote a PhD to the study of the writer—this discussion dissects the many paradoxes that reside at the heart of his works: Ireland versus the larger world, intellect versus emotion, and the role of the artist versus that of the philosopher...read more

Product Description: The Iranian regime is in the middle of a dangerous nuclear poker game with the West. Drawing on her inside knowledge and experience, Thérèse Delpech provides a hard-hitting analysis of Iran's intentions and its ability to beguile the international community, often with the aid of China and Russia, two countries eager to benefit from Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons...read more

Product Description: Dominique Manotti is among the raciest and most incisive writers in France today. Dead Horsemeat is an inside account of horse-racing and drug-trafficking, political intrigue and criminal intent, public corruption and human decency. As the May '68 generat

Product Description: They live in an underground cage. Forty women guarded by men with whips, who do not talk. The women have been held prisoner for 15 years. Their memory of the cataclysm that ended their normal lives has ebbed, and they strive to recall whatever they can from their previous lives.