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What Happened?(2021) KUREISHI, HANIF'No one else casts such a shrewd and gimlet eye on contemporary life.' - William BoydComic, dark and insightful, What Happened? is Hanif Kureishi's new collection of essays and fiction.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Journey Through Wales and the Description of Wales(1978) OF WALES, GERALDScholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages. This title describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary in 1188. It provides a view into the medieval world.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Reflections on the Revolution in France(1982) BURKE, EDMUNDPresenting a scathing attack on the French revolution's attitudes to existing institutions, property and religion, this work makes a cogent case for upholding inherited rights and established customs. It argues for piecemeal reform rather than revolutionaVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Daphnis and Chloe(2009) LONGUSLongus' romance tells the story of two teenagers, who love each other but do not know how to make love. Divine presences mingle with peasant life in this colourful story of the mystery of love and sexual initiation. Ronald McCail's new translation is immeVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Mabinogion(2018)The Mabinogion is one of the great epics of medieval literature. Weaving together Celtic mythology and Arthurian romance, the eleven Welsh tales include stories of dragons and giants, kings and heroes, and shape-shifters and magicians. This lively translaVezava: Trda23,82 € -
Flaneuse(2017) ELKIN, LAURENFlaneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from French. Feminine form of flaneur [flanne-euhr], an idler. In this book, the author defines her as 'a determined resourceful woman keenly attuned to the creative potential of the city, and the liberating possibilities ofVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Good Immigrant USA(2020) SHUKLA, NIKESH,SULEYMAN, CHIMENEThe Good Immigrant USA is a collection of twenty personal essays by writers and personalities exploring race, identity and culture, a follow up to the British Book Award nominated and crowdfunded publishing phenomenon, The Good Immigrant.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Short History of the Blockade(2021) SIMPSON, LEANNE BETASAMOSAKESimpson uses Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg storytelling to deepen our understanding of Indigenous resistance.Vezava: Mehka16,62 € -
What Makes Us Human?(2022) VINE, JEREMY,JONES, PHILFamous names and influential thinkers answer the question: What Makes Us Human?Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
What Makes Us Human?(2021) VINE, JEREMY,JONES, PHILFamous names and influential thinkers answer the question: What Makes Us Human?Vezava: Trda33,27 € -
Reluctant Skeptic(2017) CRAVER, HARRY T.Discusses Kracauer from the perspective of the history of religion in modern Germany Seeks to give more emphasis to the importance of the history of religious thought in modern German cultural and intellectual history Approaches Kracauer on the basis ofVezava: Trda170,54 € -
The Pixels of Paul Cezanne: And Reflections on Other Artists(2018) WIM WENDERSVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Ten Masterpieces of Music(2021) SACHS, HARVEY (CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC)Some pieces of music survive; most fall into oblivion. What gives the ten masterpieces selected for this book their extraordinary vitality?Vezava: Trda39,90 € -
No Authority(2019) ENRIGHT, ANNEIn three urgent pieces of non-fiction Anne Enright explores speech and silence in the lives of Irish women.Vezava: Trda26,26 € -
Cold Fish Soup(2022) FARRER, ADAMCold Fish Soup is a memoir in essays about life and death in a crumbling, forgotten Yorkshire seaside town, and how people can find sanctuary and curious tales in the most unexpected places.Vezava: Mehka14,01 €
