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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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 9788856404739
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Not everyone knows that Pinocchio started life as a serial. Collodi’s masterpiece was in fact conceived as a way of attracting readers to one of the first children’s periodicals in Italy: the Giornale per i Bambini. This book co... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781922669247
Published by : Australian Scholarly Publishing
Vernon Lee Walker, a young Englishman from industrial Wolverhampton, meets his death on a beach on Pentecost Island in the South Pacific on the eve of Christmas 1887.

Why did Vernon die, in what circumstances, and who was responsible? Was... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781736690215
Published by : International Polar Institute
Rise Up is a novel about the inequalities that Greenlanders and Faroese experience in Denmark. It is a tribute to Greenlandic and Danish politicians who attempt to heal fractures and a rebuke to the part of the Danish population t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592111138
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Series: Classics of Romanian Literature
Volume: I
This classic Romanian novel lends valuable psychological insight into the tragic situation confronting minorities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I. It is the story of Apostol Bologa, a middle-class Romanian officer serving in the ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869773273
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Literature
“In the beginning, the beginning of your story, this story that isn’t yours, there was a single article…”

These are the opening words: the location is Manhattan, the protagonist is Richard Schwan, journalist for t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780996748094
Published by : International Polar Institute
The Story of Katrine tells the story of a young Greenlandic woman who falls in love with a Danish craftsman, who works in Greenland over a summer. When he returns to Denmark, Katrine follows him because she thinks they should get married, h... .... Learn More