Fiction
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Pinocchio: Ristampa anastatica dell’edizione originale dal «Giornale per i Bambini» / Facsimile edition of the original issued in «Giornale per i Bambini» (1881-1883) [Paperback]
Carlo Collodi(Author)
$18.00ISBN: 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 -
The Pebbled Beach at Pentecost [Paperback]
Andrew Lemon(Author)
$30.00ISBN: 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 -
Rise Up [Paperback]
Nauja Lynge(Author)
$25.00ISBN: 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 -
Beyond the Walls of Baghdad [Paperback]
Marika Guerrini(Author)
$19.99ISBN: 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
