Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black

A lyrical story of two brothers at odds with each other against a backdrop of Second World War-ravaged London. Distinctive two-colour printed artwork.

An exploration of the dark side of football, of Italy and of far right politics and organised crime: the hard core fans known as the ultras.

Reducere. In George Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucra...

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'Too often, this major cultural icon for our times has been criminally ignored'. Irvine Welsh

Publisher: Green Magic PublishingAuthor(s): James S. LeeIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 194Publication date: 2000Dimen...

Reducere. 1. Tokyo Part I 2. Tokyo Part II 3. Tokyo Part III 4. Tokyo Part IV 5. Tokyo Part V 6. Black Orpheus (Manha de Carnaval) 7. Tokyo Part VI 8. Tokyo ...

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Reducere. This collection of hymns by Orpheus also includes a biography of the great poet by the celebrated translator and scholar of antiquity, Thomas Taylo...

DescriptionThe tale begins in sixteenth-century Venice, when explorer Juan de Fuca encountered English merchant Michael Lok and relayed a fantastic...

DescriptionFrom the highly creative teams of Sideshow Collectibles and Insight Comics comes the next graphic novel installment of the Court of the ...

The incredible story of Britain's female gangsters from the seventeenth century to the present day.Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Caitl...

Costas explores the hidden underworld of Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, where cleaners seek dignity through work yet find it elusive. This book will app...

DescriptionCondemned to burn in the eighth circle of Dante's Hell, Odysseus, legendary thief and liar of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, decides he is g...

Reducere. 1. Juanita: Kiteless: To Dream Of Love 2. Banstyle / Sappys Curry 3. Confusion the Waitress 4. Rowla 5. Pearl's Girl 6. Air Towel 7. Blueski 8. Sta...

Reducere. Some flowers bloom only in the dark...In the land of the dead, Queen Hades' word is law. Hades gets what she wants-always-and what she wants is a c...

Rainer Maria Rilke's 55 Sonnets to Orpheus remain a testimony to a writer whose significance other poets continue to testify to. Don Paterson's tra...

Reducere. DescriptionBlack Renaissance, the second volume of the St. Orpheus Breviary, is the continuation of Miklos Szentkuthy's synthesis of 2, 000 years o...

Reducere. From Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter comes the captivating true-crime story of a Mafia moll--"the female counterpart of the pseudonymous Hen...

Reducere. Available for the first time in a single volume, Ranier Maria Rilke's two most beloved sequences of poems rendered by his most faithful translator....

Reducere. The present volume is a verbatim reproduction of Thomas Taylor's 2nd Edition of his Hymns of Orpheus. This 2nd edition (1824) represents Taylor's e...

Reducere. A book on the religious, mystic origins and substance of philosophy. This is a critical survey of ancient and modern sources and of scholarly works...

Description"A fascinating look at some fascinating people who show how democracy advances hand in hand with crime in Japan."--Mario Puzo In this un...

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 ...

Reducere. For twenty years Josie Washburn lived and worked in houses of prostitution. She spent the last twelve as the madam of a moderately fancy brothel in...

He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men.In this extraordinary work A...

This element identifies the important role played by Jacques Offenbach's musical stage works in Budapest musico-theatrical life in the twentieth ce...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Fred M. WalkerNumber of pages: 304Collection: Hakluyt Society, Third SeriesPublication date: 2022Dimensio...

Reducere. Rilke is one of the most widely read poets of the 20th century. In his poetry, Rilke addresses the problems of death, God, and destructive time, an...

Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingAuthor(s): Mark BrakeNumber of pages: 216Collection: The Science ofPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 18Co...

Reducere. "The final Cornish Trilogy novel from an author who "tells terrific stories that twist around and double back on themselves in surprising ways" (Th...

Michelin's Zoom collection are characterized by the high precision of their detailed scale, specially adapted for very touristy areas or with a hig...

Number 1 BestsellerGangland! investigates who is pulling the strings behind the scenes - the families that form the Irish mafia - and examines the ...

Reducere. A rebellion in space pits one boy's past against his future in this gripping adventure from the critically acclaimed author of In the Red! This out...

A survey of the social and economic conditions and events that gave Liverpool a reputation for being the most crime-ridden place in the country in ...

Home to the notorious 'Blue Book', which listed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city, New Orleans's infamous red-light di...