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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’.

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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: 9788869773389
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Out of Series
Kamil is a cheerful, lively five-year-old, who goes to kindergarten and loves to make silly jokes. Is he a boy like anyone else? Yes and no: he behaves normally but he is blind from birth.

This book shows the daily life of a special child... .... 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

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: 9788869773150
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Out of Series
Six children in the same courtyard, each one of them victim to a different form of family violence. A neglectful, egoistic doctor who pays no attention to his neighbors, not even to the old sailor who saved his life. An aging policeman, a failed t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592110308
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
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: 9781640140356
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Volume: 214
Since its beginnings, German Science Fiction (or SF) has engaged with social change and technological progress, often drawing from utopian thought. The writer Kurd Laßwitz challenged the authoritarian Wilhelmine order; later, filmdirector Fr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780996748087
Published by : International Polar Institute
The remarkable oral tradition of the Inuit, unaffected by few outside influences, is traced through their history on the land and addresses both spirtual and cultural practices. Many of the stories describe the clashes between the Norse and the In... .... Learn More