Search results (556 Listed volumes)
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Mahir Guven
Older Brother
Older Brother is the poignant story of a Franco-Syrian family whose father and two sons try to integrate themselves into a society that doesn’t offer them many opportunities. -
Muriel Barbery
One Hour of Fervor
From the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes a story of one man’s promise to keep a secret that will keep him at a remove from the greatest joy in his life. -
Geza Csath
Opium and Other Stories
A rediscovered classic of Hungarian literature, this spellbinding collection vividly depicts the darkest impulses of the human psyche against the backdrop of Europe’s moral and social decline on the eve of World War I -
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Rebecca Wait
Our Fathers
Brave and urgent, Our Fathers shows how deeply family can wound and how it can offer our greatest solace. -
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Fernand Braudel
Out of Italy
Two Centuries of World Domination and Demise In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, “Italy” exerted enormous influence over all of Europe and throughout the Mediterranean. -
William McIlvanney
The Papers of Tony Veitch
The second book in the Laidlaw Trilogy and winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award -
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Paradises Lost
The beginning of a unique adventure, the tremendous challenge of recounting the history of humanity. -
Chaitali Sen
The Pathless Sky
A hapless young student with a brilliant academic career ahead of him and a shy, preternaturally perceptive woman from the north fall in love. John and Mariam, troubled lovers and unforgettable characters, struggle to cling together in a place that is determined to tear them apart.