Fiction
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The Secret of San Miniato [Paperback]
Renzo Manetti(Author)
$45.00ISBN: 9788856403695
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: Storie del mondo
An ancient secret is enshrined in a mysterious inscription dated 1207, still to be seen on the ornate marble floor of the Basilica of San Miniato in Florence. This story holds the key to that secret. The narrative unfold... .... Learn More -
The Will of the Unseen [Paperback]
Hans Lynge(Author); Hans Lynge(Illustrator); Kirsten Thisted(Other); Susan Stanley(Translator)
$20.00ISBN: 9780996748025
Published by : International Polar Institute
Two brothers learn their father was murdered by their stepfather. Upon learning this, they both depart on journeys of self discovery leading them to the extremes of traditional Greenlandic culture and, finally, transcendence. .... Learn More -
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Ivalu’s Color [Paperback]
Nauja Lynge(Author); Iben Bjørnsson(Other)
$24.95ISBN: 9780996748001
Published by : International Polar Institute
Greenland, circa 2015. Three women are found murdered in the capital city Nuuk. Ongoing issues in the country involving the desire for independence from the Kingdom of Denmark are redirected, as race and gender recolor the scene, and the mystery u... .... Learn More -
The Blue Stain: A Novel of a Racial Outcast [Hardback]
Hugo Bettauer(Author); Peter Höyng(Author); Chauncey J. Mellor Afterword by Kenneth R. Janken(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781571139825
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Volume: Volume 178
Hugo Bettauer's The Blue Stain, a novel of racial mixing and "passing," starts and ends in Georgia but also takes the reader to Vienna and New York. First published in 1922, the novel tells the story of Carletto, son of a white European ... .... Learn More -
Fascista da morire [Paperback]
Mario Bernardi Guardi(Author)
$19.90ISBN: 9788856403152
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: Le ragioni dell’Occidente
“An extraordinary and desperate novel” (Giampaolo Pansa) August, 1944: the Allies enter in Florence, the Partisans parade through the streets of the city, the people praise the liberators. But there is a fascist resist... .... Learn More -
Paper Heart [Paperback]
Riccardo Zucconi(Author)
$16.50ISBN: 9788856403183
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: Biblioteca di Letteratura
Florence in 2030 offers a vantage-point from which to observe a very changed world: planetary political equilibrium has been skewed, the right to vote has been restricted and has to be earned through socially useful actions, and e... .... Learn More -
Swedish Crime Fiction: The making of Nordic Noir [Paperback]
Kerstin Bergman(Author)
$19.00ISBN: 9788857519838
Published by : Mimesis International
Why have authors from the safe, social welfare state Sweden captivated the minds of the crime fiction readers across the globe? Kerstin Bergman suggests that killer marketing and a widespread curiosità about the “exotic” Nordic ... .... Learn More -
The Stechlin [Paperback]
Theodor Fontane(Author); William L. Zwiebel(Author)
$39.95ISBN: 9781571135735
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Theodor Fontane (1819-98), widely regarded as Germany's most significant novelist between Goethe and Thomas Mann, pioneered the German novel of manners and upper-class society, following a trend in European fiction of the period. T... .... Learn More
