Family and Borghesia (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback)

Family and Borghesia (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback)

Two novellas about domestic life, isolation, and the passing of time by one of the finest Italian writers of the twentieth century. Carmine, an architect, and Ivana, a translator, lived together long ago and even had a child, but the child died, and their relationship fell apart, and Carmine

Family Lexicon (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback / softback)

Family Lexicon (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback)

A masterpiece of European literature that blends family memoir and fiction An Italian family, sizable, with its routines and rituals, crazes, pet phrases, and stories, doubtful, comical, indispensable, comes to life in the pages of Natalia Ginzburg's Family Lexicon. Giuseppe Levi, the father, is a

The Little Virtues: Essays (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback)

In this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, Natalia Ginzburg explores both the mundane details and inescapable catastrophes of personal life with the grace and wit that have assured her rightful place in the pantheon of classic mid-century authors. Whether she writes of the loss

Dry Heart (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback / softback)

Little Virtues (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback / softback)

Happiness, As Such (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback / softback)

Road to the City (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback / softback)

The Little Virtues (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback)

'As far as the education of children is concerned,' states Natalia Ginzburg in this collection of her finest and best-known short essays, 'I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and a

The Family Under the Bridge (Carlson Natalie Savage)(Paperback)

The heartwarming and memorable Newbery Honor-winning book about finding family in the unlikeliest places, featuring artwork by beloved illustrator Garth Williams. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. It's a fun way to

All Our Yesterdays (Ginzburg Natalia)(Paperback)

From 'one of the most distinguished writers of modern Italy' (New York Review of Books), a classic novel of society in the midst of a war. This powerful novel is set against the background of Italy from 1939 to 1944, from the anxious months before the country entered the war, through the war years,

Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune (Lim Roselle)(Paperback / softback)

An uplifting and magical debut about food, coming together and finding family in the most unexpected places. For fans of Jenny

Into the Whirlwind (Ginzburg Eugenia)(Paperback / softback)

Children and Young People's Worlds (Kucirkova Natalia)(Paperback)

Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method (Ginzburg Carlo)(Paperback)

More than twenty years after Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method was first published in English, this extraordinary collection remains a classic. The book brings together essays about Renaissance witchcraft, National Socialism, sixteenth-century Italian painting, Freud's wolf-man, and other

Stopy - Carlo Ginzburg

Italský kulturní historik a teoretik Carlo Ginzburg proslul zejména svými 'mikrohistorickými' studiemi - texty zaměřenými na každodenní, lokální a individuální události, osoby či komunity, v jejichž příbězích zároveň prosvítají obecnější problémy dané doby. V této

Experimental: American Literature and the Aesthetics of Knowledge (Cecire Natalia)(Paperback)

In this bold new study of twentieth-century American writing and poetics, Natalia Cecire argues that experimental writing should be understood as a historical phenomenon before it is understood as a set of formal phenomena. This seems counterintuitive because, at its most basic level, experimental

NOČNÍ PŘÍBĚH - Carlo Ginzburg

Hortense and the Shadow (O'Hara Natalia)(Paperback / softback)

'Through the dark and wolfish woods,through the white and silent snow,lived a small girl called Hortense.Though kind and brave, she was sad as an owl because of one thing . . .Hortense hated her shadow.'A beautifully illustrated dark fairy tale that will remind you of the fables you read as a

My Family and Other Animals (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

The Family Mashber (Nister Der)(Paperback)

First time in Paperback The Family Mashber is a protean work: a tale of a divided family and divided souls, a panoramic picture of an Eastern European town, a social satire, a kabbalistic allegory, an innovative fusion of modernist art and traditional storytelling, a tale of weird humor and

Understanding Family Support: Policy, Practice and Theory (Pinkerton John)(Paperback)

Understanding Family Support provides a definition of family support and a clear perspective on the role that it has in promoting the welfare of children and their families. Family support is a concept that has been used in a range of ways to describe various aspects of child welfare policy and

Tree (Whittaker Natalie)(Paperback / softback)

Catching Stardust (Starkey Natalie)(Paperback)