Literature
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The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland [Paperback]
Ernest Walker Marwick(Author); Ernest Marwick(Author)
$18.95Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781912476923
Published by : Origin
The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the ‘simmer din’.
Ori... .... Learn More -
Becoming Yourself in the World: A Series of Seven Short Stories [Paperback]
Zhen Wen(Author); Dave Haysom(Translator)
$15.99ISBN: 9781626430853
Published by : Bridge 21 Publications
Series: Bridge21 Contemporary Chinese Literature
Volume: 2
The book is composed of seven short stories. Night Train is a story of a divorcing couple who decide to make their last journey together in this world before parting forever; Shepherd depicts a romance between a teacher and a student, which, thoug... .... Learn More -
The Selected Stories of Xu Zechen: Plum Rain and Other Works [Paperback]
Zechen Xu(Author); Arrieta Fernando(Translator)
$15.99ISBN: 9781626430891
Published by : Bridge 21 Publications
Series: Bridge21 Contemporary Chinese Literature
Volume: 1
This book contains 6 works written by Xu Zechen, a leading figure of Chinese Post-1970 writers in different periods. It reflects the different creative characteristics of the author in each period, and also draws a relatively complete outline of t... .... Learn More -
Ovid: Amores. Text, Prolegomena and Commentary in four volumes: Volume IV.i. A Commentary on Book Three, Elegies 1 to 8 [Hardback]
James C. McKeown(Author); R. Joy Littlewood(Author)
$90.00ISBN: 9780995461239
Published by : Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd
Series: ARCA, Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs
Volume: 57
The third and final book of Ovid’s love elegies is a complex farewell to the genre. It begins, programmatically, with Ovid, torn between Tragedy and Elegy, persuading Tragedy to give him a little more time for his love poetry and love affair... .... Learn More -
The Adventure of the Second wife: The Strange Case of Abdülahamid and Sherlock Holmes [Hardback]
Andrew Finkel(Author)
$28.00ISBN: 9780995756656
Published by : Cornucopia Books/Caique Publishing
What did Arthur Conan Doyle mean by that now infamous remark, uttered towards the very end of his life, that the only Sherlock Holmes story with the power to intrigue him was ‘The Adventure of the Second Wife’? For there was no such st... .... Learn More -
Peter Churchill: The forgotten novels of a British secret agent [Paperback]
Andrea Cominini(Author)
$14.99ISBN: 9788869773983
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Literature
After researching the life of a British Special Operation Executive agent, Oliver Churchill, who operated over the summer of 1944, Andrea Cominini found that his brother, Peter, had also been an SOE agent operating in France during WWII. Peter car... .... Learn More -
The Boy who Sees with his Fingers [Hardback]
Tomasz Małkowski(Author); Joanna Rusinek(Illustrator)
$12.99ISBN: 9788869773389
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Out of Series
Kamil is a child like any other: he is cheerful, lively, and loves to make stupid jokes. So what makes him special? He has been blind since birth. It was not easy growing up with a visual impairment, but with the help of his family Kamil has learn... .... Learn More -
Wuka nya-nganunga li-Yanyuwa li-Anthawirriyarra. Language for Us, The Yanyuwa Saltwater People: A Yanyuwa Encyclopaedia: Volume 1 [Paperback]
John Bradley(Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9781925003673
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
This Encyclopaedia is a rich, authoritative repository of the cultural and linguistic knowledge of the Yanyuwa, the Saltwater people of the coastal and island country near Borroloola in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Volume 1 will i... .... Learn More -
Wuka nya-nganunga li-Yanyuwa li-Anthawirriyarra. Language for Us, The Yanyuwa Saltwater People: A Yanyuwa Encyclopaedia: Volume 2 [Paperback]
John Bradley(Author)
$50.00ISBN: 9781925333459
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
This Encyclopedia is a rich, authoritative repository of the cultural and linguistic knowledge of the Yanyuwa, the Saltwater people of the coastal and island country near Borroloola in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Volume 2 of this... .... Learn More -
Le stagioni dell’amicizia [Paperback]
David Leone(Author)
$20.00ISBN: 9788856404982
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: Le ragioni dell’Occidente
Volume: 52
Three close friends in their early twenties, known as “the three musketeers” since childhood, are the main characters of this novel about friendship set between Mont Blanc, the city of Milan, India, and Africa. .... Learn More
