Independent People (Laxness Halldor)(Pevná vazba)

Independent People (Laxness Halldor)(Pevná vazba)

Set in the early decades of the twentieth century, Independent People is a masterly realist novel evoking in rich detail a family and a rural community struggling to survive in the starkest of

Independent People (Laxness Halldor)(Pevná vazba)

A beautifully jacketed hardcover edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's beloved epic novel about a stubbornly independent Icelandic sheep farmer and his spirited daughter. Set in the early twentieth century, Independent People recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid

Independent People (Laxness Halldor)(Paperback / softback)

Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn

Salka Valka

A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldor Laxness's masterpieceLate one snowy midwinter night, in a remote Icelandic fishing village, a penniless woman arrives by boat. She comes with her daughter, the young but gutsy Salka Valka. The two must forge a life in this remote place, where

Fish Can Sing (Laxness Halldor)(Paperback / softback)

Abandoned as a baby, Alfgrimur is content to spend his days as a fisherman living in the turf cottage outside Reykjavik with the elderly couple he calls grandmother and grandfather. But the narrow horizons of Alfgrimur's idyllic childhood are challenged when he starts school and meets Iceland's

Atom Station (Laxness Halldor)(Paperback / softback)

When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the north, the novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her

Ages in Chaos III: Peoples of the Sea (Velikovsky Immanuel)(Pevná vazba)

The book 'Peoples of the Sea' consists of three independent parts, each of which contributes to making this the most important volume of the Ages in Chaos series. With respect to its original publication date, it is the second volume of the series, with respect to its content, however, it is the

FAMOUS PEOPLE(Pevná vazba)

Reading Champion: Lazy Jack - Independent Reading Purple 8 (Graves Sue)(Pevná vazba)

Silk Roads - Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes(Pevná vazba)

Bookstores: A Celebration of Independent Booksellers (Friedrichs Horst A.)(Pevná vazba)

Explore the magic of independent bookstores in this beautiful photographic journey across the world. Bookstores are treasure troves of knowledge and ideas, invaluable for the imagination, and often reflect their owners' personalities in ways internet behemoths could never re-create. In this book,

Reading Champion: The School Play - Independent Reading Red 2 (Woolley Katie)(Pevná vazba)

Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet (Hunt Tom)(Pevná vazba)

All the Lonely People (Evans Geraldine)(Pevná vazba)

Special People Special Ways (Maguire Arlene)(Pevná vazba)

People and Places A Children's Encyclopedia (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Reading Champion: The Snake of Gold - Independent Reading Purple 8 (Soundar Chitra)(Pevná vazba)

Humankind: Solidarity with Nonhuman People (Morton Timothy)(Pevná vazba)

Love Poems for Married People (Kenney John)(Pevná vazba)

Reading Champion: The Mice and the Elephants - Independent Reading Purple 8 (Soundar Chitra)(Pevná vazba)

India Retold: Dialogues with Independent Documentary Filmmakers in India (James Rajesh)(Pevná vazba)

India Retold: Dialogues with Independent Documentary Filmmakers in India is an attempt to situate and historicize the engagement of independent documentary filmmakers with the postcolonial India and its discourses with a focus on their independent documentary practices. Structured as an interview

Kalaallit Nunaat - Land of the People (Hibbert Alex)(Pevná vazba)

Our World in Pictures: Countries, Cultures, People & Places (DK)(Pevná vazba)

The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Albom Mitch)(Pevná vazba)