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 -
The Forest of the Hanged [Paperback]
Liviu Rebreanu(Author)
$24.99ISBN: 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 -
The Boy Who Saw with His Hands [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 -
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 Story of Katrine [Paperback]
Maliaraq Vebaek(Author)
$20.00ISBN: 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 -
Beyond the Walls of Baghdad [Paperback]
Marika Guerrini(Author)
$14.99ISBN: 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 -
Freedom in Nets [Paperback]
Osvaldo Zebris(Author)
$18.99ISBN: 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 -
The Forest of the Hanged [Hardback]
Liviu Rebreanu(Author)
$39.99ISBN: 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 -
Beyond Tomorrow: German Science Fiction and Utopian Thought in the 20th and 21st Centuries [Hardback]
Ingo Cornils(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 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, film director F... .... Learn More -
The Native Greenlander: Folktales of Greenland [Paperback]
Heinrich Rink(Editor); Aron of Kangeq(Illustrator)
$20.00ISBN: 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
