Calabria: The Other Italy (Haid Karen)(Paperback)

Calabria: The Other Italy (Haid Karen)(Paperback)

Once the hub of the Mediterranean, Calabria now dangles, largely ignored, at the bottom of the Italian boot, struggling for survival, acceptance and a place in modern Italy and the world. Little-known even to Italians outside the nefarious activities of its 'Ndrangheta mafia organization, Calabria

Death In Calabria (Giuttari Michele)(Paperback / softback)

One of the wildest and most beautiful regions in Italy, known for its rugged coastline and mountains, Calabria is also home to the deadly 'Ndrangheta. An organised Mafia crime operation more feared in Italy than the Cosa Nostra or the Camorra, it is shrouded in mystery. Chief Superintendent Michele

Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories (Russell Karen)(Paperback)

Named a Best Book of the Year by: The Boston GlobeO, The Oprah MagazineHuffington PostThe A.V. ClubA Washington Post Notable BookAn NPR Great Read of 2013From the author of the novel Swamplandia --a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--comes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories that

A Worthy Pursuit (Witemeyer Karen)(Paperback)

A teacher on the run. A bounty hunter in pursuit. Can two enemies learn to trust each other before they both lose what they hold most dear?Stone Hammond is the best tracker in Texas. He never comes home empty-handed. So when a wealthy railroad investor hires him to find his abducted granddaughter,

The Watcher and Other Stories (Calvino Italo)(Paperback)

The three long stories in this volume show the range and virtuosity of Italy's most imaginative writer. -Like Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Italo Calvino dreams perfect dreams for us- (John Updike, New Yorker).Translated by William Weaver and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt

Moonlight and the Mermaid (King Karen)(Paperback / softback)

One of four delightful tales of unicorns, flying horses and other enchanted creatures, written by Karen King and beautifully illustrated by Angela Hicks. For ages 5 and

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Calvino Italo)(Paperback)

You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel...Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade. --from If On A Winter's Night a Traveler Italo Calvino's stunning classic imagines a novel capable of endless possibilities in an intricately crafted,

Last Comes the Raven: And Other Stories (Calvino Italo)(Paperback)

Blending reality and illusion with elegance and precision, the stories in this collection--one of Calvino's earliest--take place in a World War II-era and postwar Italy tinged with the visionary and fablelike qualities that would come to define this master storyteller's later style. A trio of

Species of Spaces and Other Pieces (Perec Georges)(Paperback)

'One of the most significant literary personalities in the world.'--Italo Calvino Georges Perec, author of the highly acclaimed Life: A User's Manual, was only forty-six when he died in 1982. Despite a tragic childhood, during which his mother was deported to Auschwitz, Perec produced some of the

Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age (Geismar Haidy)(Paperback)

Among the challenges museums face when displaying digital objects are widely held assumptions about the nature of these objects and the material, social, and political foundations of digital art practices. Museum Object Lessons for the Digital Age urges readers to question their assumptions through

Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life (Kernyi Carl)(Paperback)

No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the sensuous tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. In myth and image, in visionary experience and ritual representation, the Greeks possessed a complete expression of indestructible life, the essence

My Calabria (Costantino Rosetta)(Pevná vazba)

At the tip of Italy's 'boot' lies Calabria. It is a beautiful, mountainous region populated by fishermen and small farmers. Rosetta Costantino grew up in this rugged landscape--her father a shepherd and wine maker and her mother his tireless assistant. When her family immigrated to California, they

Longing (Kingsbury Karen)(Paperback)

In Longing, the third book in the Bailey Flanigan Series by bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, Bailey struggles with her feelings for longtime love Cody even as she grows closer to movie star Brandon Paul.After a long and lonely silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan begins to spend more and

Love & Other Detours: Love & Gelato; Love & Luck (Welch Jenna Evans)(Paperback)

Set in the far-off and beautiful countrysides of Italy and Ireland, Jenna Evans Welch's New York Times bestselling romances about life, love, and the true meaning behind the word family are now together in one charming package. From Italy to Ireland, love can be found anywhere.... Travel to

Prodigal Mage - Book One of the Fisherman's Children (Miller Karen)(Paperback / softback)

Return to the world of Karen Miller's bestselling The Innocent

Reluctant Mage - Book Two of the Fisherman's Children (Miller Karen)(Paperback / softback)

Return to the world of Karen Miller's bestselling The Innocent

Food of Italy (Roden Claudia)(Paperback / softback)

THE FOOD OF ITALY was written after Claudia Roden spent a year in Italy researching the subject. Regional recipes, country cooking, the bravura of grand dishes; pasta, seafood, rice dishes and authentic Italian desserts; Claudia Roden's encyclopedic knowledge of her subject infuses a rich and

Anna Karenina (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina sets the impossible and destructive triangle of Anna, her husband Karenin, and her lover Vronsky against the marriage of Levin and Kitty, thus illuminating the most important questions that face humanity. The second edition uses the acclaimed

St Paul - The Misunderstood Apostle (Armstrong Karen)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating account of the life of St Paul, by the world's foremost religious historian. 'Karen Armstrong is a genius' A. N

Sound of the Hours (Campbell Karen)(Paperback / softback)

Gathering of Ghosts (Maitland Karen)(Paperback / softback)

The new medieval thriller from Queen of the Dark Ages Karen Maitland, set on the wilds of

The Secret Path (Swan Karen)(Paperback)

* Karen Swan's 20th novel * In Costa Rica, amid startling white beaches and hot, dense rainforests, the luxurious world of the super-rich butts up against something darker, something sinister. . . Tara Tremain has worked hard to leave the controlling grasp of her extremely affluent family far

Chasing Sunsets, 2 (Kingsbury Karen)(Paperback)

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes the second novel in the Angels Walking series about divine intervention and second chances--the dramatic story of a woman desperate to find deeper meaning in her life.Growing up in a comfortable home, Mary Catherine wanted for nothing

Girl at the Edge (Dietrich Karen)(Paperback)

'Karen Dietrich can stop your heart with a sentence.'--Paula McLain, author of The Paris WifeNot a single resident of St. Augustine, Florida, can forget the day that Michael Joshua Hayes walked into a shopping mall and walked out the mass murderer of eleven people. He's now spent over a decade on