In the sweltering summer heat wave of 1938, the German people anxiously await the outcome of the Munich conference, wondering whether Hitler will plunge Europe into another war. Meanwhile, private inv…
This controversial bestselling novel in the Arab world reveals the political corruption, sexual repression, religious extremism, and modern hopes of Egypt today.
The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the rise of the modern department store in late nineteenth-century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourge…
Múnich, año 1931. Faltan pocas semanas para que unas históricas elecciones otorguen el poder a los nazis. El comisario Siegfried Sauer y su adjunto Mutti Forster se enfrentan al aburrido turno del sáb…
