The Book of Rio. A City in Short Fiction, Paperback - Rafael Cardoso Denis

This anthology brings together ten short stories that go beyond the postcards and snapshots, and introduce us to real residents of Rio - young danc...

DescriptionBirmingham is a writer's city with a long tradition of distinctive literary subcultures. Long-established novelists such as David Lodge ...

DescriptionTbilisi is the largest city and capital of Georgia, with a population of more than 1.5 million people. Situated at the boundary between ...

Bringing together fiction from celebrated writers, The Book of Barcelona is an anthology of short stories charting the social and and cultural chan...

Bringing together fiction from some of the city's most celebrated writers, The Book of Liverpool traces the unique contours that decades of social ...

Iceland is a land of stories; from the epic sagas of its mythic past, to its claim today of being home to more writers than anywhere in the world. ...

DescriptionA corrupt police officer trawls the streets of Cairo on the most important assignment of his career: the answer to the truth of all exis...

DescriptionA city of stories--short, fragmented, amorphous, and at times contradictory--Tehran is an impossible tale to tell. For the capital city ...

DescriptionNestled on the confluence of the Blue and White Niles, the city of Khartoum has, for two centuries, been a focal point for both imperial...

DescriptionRiga may be over 800 years old as a city, but its status as capital of an independent Latvia is only a century old, with half of that ti...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Comma Press's popular 'Reading the City' series goes North East in this book of short stories exploring the history and variety of Newcastle-upon-T...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Bringing together fiction from celebrated writers, The Book of Venice is an anthology of short stories charting the social and and cultural change ...

DescriptionThe stories gathered in this anthology reflect the many complex challenges Havana's citizens have had to endure as a result of their cou...

Enjoy the beautiful curated photographs (in color) of Rio de Janeiro in BrazilThe photos captures the quintessential stunning landmarks, scenery an...

Reducere. Rafael Sabatini is a master storyteller. The Daily Telegraph described him thus: 'One wonders if there is another storyteller so adroit at filling ...

By focusing on the textually mediated reactions of local residents, social movements, and media producers to policy changes implemented in the fave...

Reducere. My Gaza offers a startling perspective on contemporary Gaza. Photographer Jehad al-Saftawi documents his life there up until his escape, in 2016. H...

DescriptionLondon: A City in Pictures forms a tour of the city s historic streets of medieval and classical architecture, sumptuous palaces and dis...

One of the world's great cities, Britain's capital has long been an icon not only for the seven million inhabitants who live and work there, but al...

Following the creation of the viceroyalty of R o de la Plata in 1776, the elites of Buenos Aires, C rdoba, and Montevideo turned time and again to ...

Reducere. In The Ancient City, Fustel de Coulanges hands us the skeleton key unlocking classical civilization: the Indo-European domestic cult. With a formid...

Reducere. Anti-black racism still infects American society. African Americans are more likely than whites to be killed by police, to be pulled over, arrested...

Never before available to readers in the UK, these brilliant and idiosyncratic short stories stand alongside the fictions of Borges, Beckett and Na...

Publisher: ScribnerAuthor(s): Stephen KingNumber of pages: 800Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 145 x 221 x 59Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farm...

Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of...

Mid-March 2020: native New Yorker Gregory Peterson is on an early evening walk through the city, suddenly shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. Us...

Reducere. A reluctant assassin is born. A con man tries to sell the Grand Central clock. A superhero is dying to lose her powers. In thirteen fast-moving sto...

Publisher: Short Books LtdAuthor(s): Dr Dr Denis MukwegeNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 30Cover type: Paperback /...

Reducere. One of the most enigmatic figures in history, Nostradamus - apothecary, astrologer and soothsayer - is a continual source of fascination. Indeed, h...

A young PR man working at General Electric sold his first magazine piece. That young man was Kurt Vonnegut. Bagombo Snuff Box collects Vonnegut's f...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: New World LibraryAuthor(s): Joseph CampbellNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140 x 214 x 21Cover type: Paperback / s...

Reducere. The Art of Expression in Poetry: A Book of Short Poems, A-Z is a compilation of fifty-three poems derived from experiences and knowledge obtained d...

Suncranes and Other Stories showcases a range of powerful voices from Mongolia's modern literary traditions. Spanning the years following the socia...

Boys & Murderers is the first collection of novellas and stories in English translation from Hermann Ungar, author of the highly-acclaimed novel Th...

Drawing on ethnographic research with policy makers, politicians, activists, scholars, and the public in Manchester, England, Hannah Knox confronts...

On September 9, 1919, an American nightmare came true. The entire Boston police force deserted their posts, leaving the city virtually defenseless....

Reducere. Throughout her life, Virginia Woolf worked and reworked short story ideas, trying to enacapsulate her thoughts perfectly in a concise form, but rar...

Reducere. When Thomas Jefferson moved his victorious Republican administration into the new capital city in 1801, one of his first acts was to abolish any fo...

Reducere. DescriptionRio Duncan's personality and flair instantly gain him popularity in Baltimore, but violence erupts, and all eyes are on him. Now he's go...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Carlos SandroniIllustration(s): 50 music examplesNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimens...

Reducere. Reviewers are giving this new mystery series five stars! Perfect for fans of Christy Barritt and Molly Fitz.A heated religious argument. A murder t...

A courageous and heart-wrenching book from Nobel Peace Prize laureate, world-renowned doctor and human rights activist Dr Denis MukwegePublisher: S...

Reducere. Gene Wolfe's In Green's Jungles is the second volume, after On Blue's Waters, of his ambitious SF trilogy, The Book of the Short Sun. It is again n...

Publisher: Mage PublishersAuthor(s): Houshang GolshiriNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 230 x 154 x 15Cover type: Paperback / s...

Reducere. Experience the exciting breadth of #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins's wild imagination and adventurous spirit in this anthology o...