Echoes of the City

By the author of The Half-Brother, a compelling portrait of post-war Oslo as the city recovers from the German Occupation.

A breath-taking beginning to a new Norwegian trilogy based on life in post-war OsloPublisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Lars Saabye ChristensenN...

Part Two of a trilogy set in post-war Oslo, by Norway's answer to Elena Ferrante.Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Lars Saabye ChristensenTra...

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Collects the stories that combine an unsettled, probing, utterly contemporary sensibility, keenly alert to sexual politics and psychological ambigu...

A documentary titled, "Shannon Street: Echoes Under A Blood Red Moon, A Memphis Tragedy", based on the book is due to be released in the Spring of ...

'Sleek, cunning and breakneck . that echoes the best of John le Carre.' Daily Mail'You won't stop reading until the final devastating pages.' Steph...

A young girl, who is visually impaired, finds much to celebrate as she explores the city she loves.A young girl and her father spend a day in the c...

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"Read this book immediately if you like truth, drugs, generation gaps, guitars, and lifelong quests for freedom and kicks." --Craig Finn, The Hold ...

Reducere. A Murder and a MasqueradeBrianna loves her new job as maid to Lady Marguerite. Like many high nobles, Marguerite is attended by echoes, silent crea...

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DescriptionAs the Great Depression loosens its grip on New York City, Mayor La Guardia and his team meet their greatest foe in the fight against or...

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DescriptionMuch of our perception of Babylon in the West is filtered through the poignant echoes of loss and longing that resonate in the Hebrew Bi...

Is nowhere safe?Athgar and Natalia have everything they have ever dreamed of-family, friends, and a place to call home. When Athgar's long-lost sis...

Reducere. Torchlight flickers on the elegant marble walls. The sound of a mob echoes in the street. The year is 52 B.C. and the naked body of Publius Clodius...

DescriptionManhattan's past whispers for attention amongst the bustle of the city's ever-changing landscape. At Fraunces Tavern, George Washington'...

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Ex-soldier Juzo Inui has one question--who turned him into a cyborg and erased his memories? After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended w...

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DescriptionThe cultural landscape of the Hudson River Valley is crowded with ghosts--the ghosts of Native Americans and Dutch colonists, of Revolut...

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Fully updated compendium of revolt and resistance Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and ...

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Widely considered to be among the most important Italian poets of the twentieth century, Sandro Penna was born and raised in Perugia but spent most...

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DescriptionAn extraordinary novel about the ubiquitous mysteries of family, memory and music. London, 2010: Icelandic volcanoes have the city in gr...

How does a Mexican-American, the son of immigrants, a child of the border, la frontera, leave home and move to the heart of gringo America? How doe...

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This long-awaited sequel to 2006's best-selling Miami Noir offers classic noir from Elmore Leonard, Zora Neale Hurston, Damon Runyon, Lester Dent, ...

DescriptionA SEASIDE RETREAT . . . It's summer on the Jersey Shore. Children play on the beach. Husbands are off working in the city. And the surf ...

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