The Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

The Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

Norman Lewis is felt by many to be England's finest living travel writer. He has written a dozen travel books and many novels. Here he brilliantly dissects the Mafia, past and present, combining history, sociology, suspense, horror, and superb travel writing. Originally published in 1964, Lewis

Grief Observed (Lewis C.S.)(Paperback / softback)

A Grief Observed comprises the reflections of the great scholar and Christian on the death of his wife after only a few short years of

Voices of the Old Sea (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

After WWII was over, Norman Lewis settled in a remote fishing village on the Catalan coast. A place where men regulated their lives by the sardine shoals of spring and autumn and the tunny fishing of the summer, where women kept goats and gardens, arranged marriages, and made ends meet. They were

Voices of the Old Sea (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

After World War II, Norman Lewis returned to Spain and settled in the remote fishing village of Farol, on what is now Costa Brava. Voices of the Old Sea describes his three successive summers in that almost medieval community where life revolved around the seasonal sardine catches, Alcade's bar,

Jackdaw Cake: An Autobiography (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

Norman Lewis recounts the first half of his adventurous life with his dry, infectious, laconic wit. He takes us on a journey that transforms a stammering schoolboy into a worldly-wise multilingual sergeant in the Intelligence Corps, on the point of becoming a legendary travel writer. Covers his

A Grief Observed (Readers' Edition) (Lewis C.S.)(Paperback / softback)

In April 1956, C S Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, married Joy Davidman, an American poet with two small children. After four intensely happy years, Davidman died of cancer and the author found himself alone again, and inconsolable. In this journal, he freely confesses his pain,

Naples '44 - An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth (Lewis Norman)(Paperback / softback)

A Goddess in the Stones: Travels in India (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

An account of the seminal British travel writer's journeys through India. Lewis avoids the easy pleasures of traveling through the hill-forts of Rajasthan, visiting palace hotels and the Taj Mahal. Instead his travels in India begin in the impoverished, overpopulated and corrupt state of Bihar -

The Missionaries: God Against the Indians (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

The Missionaries was intended to be the concluding book of an autobiographical trilogy (beginning with Voices of the Old Sea and Jackdaw Cake) but instead was transmuted into a deeply searing examination of the extermination of indigenous tribes by North American fundamentalist missionaries. Lewis

Sicilian Kan (Emms John)(Paperback)

The Sicilian Kan is one of the most flexible and easy-to-play variations of the entire Sicilian complex. In contrast to opening monsters such as the infamous Dragon and Najdorf Variations, Black players are not forced to memorize massive chunks of opening theory. Success in the Sicilian Kan is more

Evergreen Ape: The Story of Bigfoot (Lewis David Norman)(Paperback)

The Pacific Northwest has always been home to unusual folktales, bizarre legends, and strange goings ons. From the countless UFO sightings and the dense rainforests of Oregon and Washington, to the sprawling network of Shanghai tunnels interlaced beneath the cities, the region is rife with stories

The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia (Galeotti Mark)(Paperback)

The notorious Russian mafia, the Vory, sprung from the gulags early in the twentieth century. Based on two decades of on-the-ground research, this first English-language study details their journey to power, from their early days through Stalinism and the Soviet experiment to their adaptation to

The Mafia Manager: A Guide to the Corporate Machiavelli (V.)(Paperback)

Expanded from Playboy magazine's 'Axioms of the Mafia Manager' The world's oldest and best-organized conglomerate now reveals management techniques everyone can use. Unlike other guides to business, The Mafia Manager shuns theoretical verbiage to present the philosophy of leadership that founded

Sicilian Uncles (Sciascia Leonardo)(Paperback / softback)

Four novellas that offer a tantalising glimpse of Sicilian life, from the 1848 revolution to the death of

A Sicilian Romance (Radcliffe Ann Ward)(Paperback)

In A Sicilian Romance (1790) Ann Radcliffe began to forge the unique mixture of the psychology of terror and poetic description that would make her the great exemplar of the Gothic novel, and the idol of the Romantics. This early novel explores the cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of

The Tenants of Moonbloom (Wallant Edward Lewis)(Paperback)

Norman Moonbloom is a loser, a drop-out who can't even make it as a deadbeat. His brother, a slumlord, hires him to collect rent in the buildings he owns in Manhattan. Making his rounds from apartment to apartment, Moonbloom confronts a wildly varied assortment of brilliantly described urban

The Buddha: A Beginner's Guide (Strong John S.)(Paperback)

Revealing the man behind the icon. Today the Buddha is honoured throughout the world as one of the great religious figures in the history of humankind. His greatness lies in his teachings, and in the religious community that he founded, but also in his exemplary life story. In this authoritative

The Lewis Man: The Lewis Trilogy (May Peter)(Paperback)

THE SPELL-BINDING SECOND NOVEL IN PETER MAY'S INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING LEWIS TRILOGY'HAUNTING. --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)STUNNING. --LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW)MAY IS SUPERB. --THE TORONTO STAR Fin Macleod has returned to the Isle of Lewis, the storm-tossed, wind-scoured outer

History of the Mafia (Lupo Salvatore)(Paperback)

When we think of the Italian Mafia, we think of Marlon Brando, Tony Soprano, and the Corleones--iconic actors and characters who give shady dealings a mythical pop presence. Yet these sensational depictions take us only so far. The true story of the Mafia reveals both an organization and mindset

The Mafia Cookbook: Revised and Expanded (Iannuzzi Joseph)(Paperback)

In The Mafia Cookbook, Joe Dogs took the quintessential Mob formula -- murder, betrayal, food -- and turned it into a bestseller, not surprisingly, since Joe Dogs's mixture of authentic Italian recipes and colorful Mafia anecdotes is as much fun

The Killer Sicilian (Rotella Tony)(Paperback)

Are you searching for a new weapon against 1 e4? Look no further - choose the Killer Sicilian! In this book, opening expert Tony Rotella presents a Sicilian repertoire for Black, the backbone of which consists of the Kalashnikov Variation. The Kalashnikov is an ideal choice for those looking to

Sicilian Method (Camilleri Andrea)(Paperback / softback)

The twenty-sixth thrilling mystery in the Inspector Montalbano

The Art of Mafia Trilogy EN

Beautiful picture book The Art of Mafia Trilogy | | The initial Mafia game entered the videogame field as one of the first Czech franchises to conquer the international market. Taking its rightful place amongst the most iconic titles, it brought Czech Republic recognition in the world of videogames

Beginner's Sicilian (Privitera Joseph)(Paperback)

The Beginner's Series is designed to meet the bilingual needs of the traveling businessperson, tourist, and student. These language lessons cover such common situations as: passing through customs, checking into a hotel, placing phone calls, going to the post office, and extending and accepting