Journey to the End of the Night (Cline Louis-Ferdinand)(Paperback)

Journey to the End of the Night (Cline Louis-Ferdinand)(Paperback)

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of society explodes from nearly every page of this novel. Filled with slang and obscenities and written in raw, colloquial language, Journey to the End of the Night is a literary symphony of violence,

Semmelweis (Cline Louis-Ferdinand)(Paperback)

Louis-Ferdinand Celine (1894-1961) is best known for his early novels Journey to the End of the Night (1932)--which Charles Bukowski described as the greatest novel of the past 2,000 years--and Death on the Installment Plan (1936), but this delirious, fanatical 'biography' predates them both. The

Journey to the End of the Night (Celine Louis-Ferdinand)(Paperback / softback)

First published in 1932, Journey to the End of the Night was immediately acclaimed as a masterpiece and a turning point in French literature. This edition contains a foreword by John

Death on Credit (Celine Louis-Ferdinand)(Paperback / softback)

When Celine's first novel, Journey to the End of the Night was first published in 1932, it created an instant scandal. Four years later came the sequel, Death on Credit. Both were a new kind of novel, frank about the author's thoughts and actions in ways that readers had never

Louis-Ferdinand Cline: Journeys to the Extreme (Catani Damian)(Pevná vazba)

The first English-language biography in more than two decades of the French writer, one of the great novelists of the twentieth century. Louis-Ferdinand C line was one of the most innovative novelists of the twentieth century, and his influence both in his native France and beyond remains huge

The Night Watchman (Erdrich Louise)(Paperback)

Night Watchman - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction 2021 (Erdrich Louise)(Paperback / softback)

It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an

Les beaux draps (Cline Louis-Ferdinand)(Paperback)

Edition originale non censur e. Les Beaux Draps est le dernier des quatre pamphlets de l' crivain Louis-Ferdinand C line. C line exprime une nouvelle fois son aversion des Juifs et des francs-ma ons, son d go t de la d mocratie parlementaire, sa vision tr s sombre du d clin de la France dans

El Cuento de Ferdinando (Leaf Munro)(Paperback)

The Spanish language translation of the beloved classic The Story of Ferdinand, which is soon to be a major motion picture Ferdinando es un toro muy especial: en vez de gustarle embestir, bramar y saltar, prefiere observar y oler las flores del campo. Pero un d a llegan unos capataces para

Embedded: Two Journalists, a Burlesque Star, and the Expedition to Oust Louis Riel (Glenn Ted)(Paperback)

A revelatory narrative of the journalists embedded on Colonel Wolseley's expedition to end Louis Riel's rebellion. In the spring of 1870, two reporters set off from Toronto to cover one of the biggest stories in Canadian history: Colonel Garnet Wolseley's 1870 expedition to Red River. Over the

Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism (Slobodian Quinn)(Paperback)

George Louis Beer Prize WinnerWallace K. Ferguson Prize FinalistA Marginal Revolution Book of the Year 'A groundbreaking contribution...Intellectual history at its best.'--Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs Neoliberals hate the state. Or do they? In the first intellectual history of neoliberal

Green (Greig Louise)(Paperback / softback)

A heartwarming winter story, exploring big emotions - from the award-winning author of The Night Box Ed is at his happiest when winter comes and Green turns to White. White means snow and playing on his fast, sleek, shiny sled.But one day, some other sleds whizz by - faster, sleeker, shinier -

Human Cosmos - A Secret History of the Stars (Marchant Jo)(Paperback / softback)

A journey through the history of science and humankind's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the author of Royal Society Prize-shortlisted

Night on the Orient Express (Henry Veronica)(Paperback / softback)

Get ready for the journey of a lifetime. The wonderful award-winning novel from the bestselling author of THE LONG

Girls (Cline Emma)(Paperback / softback)

A gripping and dark fictionalised account of life inside the Manson family from one of the most exciting young voices in fiction. If you're lost, they'll find you... Evie Boyd is fourteen and desperate to be

Minecraft Dungeons Sticker Book (Mojang)(Paperback / softback)

Are you the hero that will end the reign of the evil Arch-Illager? Journey through the world of Minecraft Dungeons in this exciting sticker and activity book, where you'll spot dangerous mobs, protect innocent villagers and unleash a horde of heroes to fight back the sprawl of

One Moonlit Night (Prichard Caradog)(Paperback)

WINNER OF THE GREATEST WELSH NOVELThis outstanding novel tells of one boy's journey into the grown-up world. By the light of a full moon our narrator and his friends Huw and Moi witness a side to their Welsh village life that they had no idea existed, and their innocence is exchanged for the

Our Souls at Night (Haruf Kent)(Paperback)

A Best Book of the Year The Boston Globe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and The Denver Post In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in

1519 - A Journey to the End of Time (Harrison John)(Paperback / softback)

While recovering from cancer, John Harrison followed in the footsteps of Hernan Cortes - the man responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire - for four months, exploring ruins which refute the popular image of the Aztecs and their neighbours as bloodthirsty savages, and discovering that the

Faithful and Virtuous Night: Poems (Glck Louise)(Paperback)

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Winner of the 2014 National Book Award for Poetry A luminous, seductive new collection from the fearless (The New York Times) Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Gl ck is one of the finest American poets at work today. Her Poems 1962-2012 was hailed as a

Journey Into Cyprus (Thubron Colin)(Paperback / softback)

Moving from Greek villages to Turkish towns, the author of Shadow of the Silk Road and Night of Fire provides a profound look into the people of Cyprus - from Orthodox monks to wedding parties to peasant families - against the landscape of a beautiful Mediterranean island on the eve of chaos and

Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth (Cantor Norman F.)(Paperback)

'Alexander's behavior was conditioned along certain lines -- heroism, courage, strength, superstition, bisexuality, intoxication, cruelty. He bestrode Europe and Asia like a supernatural figure.'In this succinct portrait of Alexander the Great, distinguished scholar and historian Norman Cantor

The Scorpion-Fish (Bouvier Nicolas)(Paperback)

The narrator arrives in his 117th rented room at the end of an epic journey, abandoned by his lover, almost broke and certainly feverish. His obsession with the insects he shares the room with and his beautifully articulated observations of himself on the edge of physical and mental collapse extend

Belgariad 5: Enchanter's End Game (Eddings David)(Paperback / softback)

'Come, Belgarion, Child of Light. I await thee in the City of Night . . .' A confrontation that has been prophesied for thousands of years is racing towards a conclusion. For as Garion comes into his heritage as the Rivan King, Overlord of the West, and takes up the Orb of Aldur to protect the