Narratives of Singleness Fluid Female Identities in Postmodern Times ♡ 33 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The author's interdisciplinary study combines feminist ideology and theory with narratology and a social-psychoanalytical perspective in order to achieve a refined analysis of the female
Eat, Pray, Love ♡ 25 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 'It's what I'm giving all my girl friends' Julia Roberts 'Every woman should read it' Elle Macpherson 'I adore it' Sophie Dahl 'I loved it
One Hundred Years of Solitude ♡ 21 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buenedia family and of Mocondo, the town they have built. Though little
Nineteen Eighty-Four ♡ 27 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party.
Think Like a Freak: How to Think Smarter about Almost Everything ♡ 22 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 The Freakonomics books have come to stand for something: challenging conventional wisdom using data rather than emotion to answer questions and learning to unravel the
My Name is Red ♡ 21 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 In Istanbul, in the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by
Revenge ♡ 27 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 A woman goes into a bakery to buy a strawberry cream tart. The place is immaculate but there is no one serving so she waits.
Locked On (Jack Ryan Book 14) ♡ 33 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Privately training with special forces, he’s honing his combat skills to continue his work within the Campus, hunting down and eliminating terrorists wherever he can—even
A Murder of Quality ♡ 26 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Being the second novel by John le Carre starring George Smiley, it is a departure from the world of espionage to that of a very
Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust ♡ 38 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that both he and others in Auschwitz coped (or
El tunel ♡ 18 46 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 El amor ilimitado truncado por un engano convertira el corazon de un hombre en un pedazo de duro y frio hielo y colocara en sus
The Razing of Romania's Past ♡ 30 45 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The programme, only halted by the regime's downfall at the end of 1989, has meant the almost complete destruction of at least 29 towns, with
Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality (Basic Art) ♡ 20 45 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Les portfolios TASCHEN proposent des impressions de grande qualite qui ne demandent qu'a etre encadrees. Chaque portfolio contient 14 reproductions en grand format, chacune decrite
Trainspotting ♡ 22 45 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Irvine Welsh's controversial first novel, set on the heroin-addicted fringe of working-class youth in Edinburgh, is yet another exploration of the dark side of Scottishness.
A Certain Justice ♡ 20 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Commander Adam Dalgliesh, called in to investigate, finds motives for murder among the clients Venetia has defended, her professional colleagues, her family - even her
Aventuras de Don Quijote de la Mancha. Versión infantil ♡ 28 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Para ello, una vez seleccionados los capitulos mas emblematicos, pero manteniendo siempre su hilo conductor, el lenguaje, depurado de toda afectacion y dificultad semantica, facilita
Amuleto ♡ 20 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 La voz arrebatada de Auxilio Lacouture narra, e indaga, un crimen atroz y lejano. Auxilio, uruguaya de mediana edad, se oculta en los lavabos de
El peregrino de Compostela ♡ 23 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 En compania de su guia espiritual, el misterioso y enigmatico Petrus, Paulo se enfrenta a una serie de pruebas y ejercicios, conoce a figuras que
Robert Doisneau ♡ 36 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Doisneau's gift was the ability to seek out and capture, with humanity and grace, those little epiphanies of everyday Parisian life. This book traces Doisneau's
A Taste for Death ♡ 32 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently resigned Minister of the Crown, the other an alcoholic vagrant. Dalgliesh and his team, set up
In Praise of the Stepmother ♡ 28 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 In Praise of the Stepmother is a witty and subtle meditation on the mysterious nature of human happiness and the corrupting power of innocence
El último cuaderno ♡ 18 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Nos acerca al mundo de Kafka, o a la inevitable tristeza de Charlot, o nos describe la soberbia aventura de coronar la cima de la
Portugheza pentru incepatori cu CD audio ♡ 29 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Asigurand exersarea lexicului util unei viitoare calatorii in capatul celalalt al Europei, in Portugalia, poate chiar in mai indepartata Brazilie, sau, in orice caz, in
Tierra de nadie ♡ 20 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 El presente puro, sin vestigios del pasado ni atisbos del futuro, y la accion, casi siempre nimia, caracterizan a estos personajes que circulan por esa
España en los diarios de mi vejez ♡ 20 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Este es un libro que se lee con el deleite de quien sacia la sed. Un texto hecho de pinceladas de infancia, de lecturas, de
Tiempo de un centenario ♡ 17 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 Escrita en la decada de 1970, Tiempo de uncentenario –que ha servido de inspiracion para una pelicula de Francis Ford Coppola– auna la ciencia-ficcion y
RO-KIT. Identitate romaneasca in 50 de componente ♡ 30 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 RO KIT are ca sursa de inspiratie un proiect similar, „idarg“, descoperit de Alexe Popescu la Buenos Aires, in anul 2009. Ambele incearca prin mijloace
Masters of Italian Art: Caravaggio ♡ 30 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The volumes in this series provide unique portraits of European art history. Authoritative texts illuminate the decisive stages in the artists' lives and the development
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919: A Dream of Harmony ♡ 29 45 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 I like pictures which make me want to wander through them when it's a landscape, he said, or pass my hand over breast or back
The Noise of Time ♡ 37 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 A compact masterpiece dedicated to the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich: Julian Barnes’s first novel since his best-selling, Man Booker Prize–winning The Sense of an Ending.In 1936,
Sputnik, mi amor ♡ 19 47 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 El narrador, un joven profesor de primaria, esta enamorado de Sumire pero ella, quien se considera la ultima rebelde, tiene una unica obsesion: ser novelista.
Raphael ♡ 25 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 This overview traces the life's work of this Renaissance master who achieved the height of greatness in only two decades of creation and whose influential
In a Glass Darkly ♡ 36 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Thus Henry James described the style of supernatural tale of which Sheridan Le Fanu was a master. Known in nineteenth-century Dublin as `The Invisible Prince'
Living in Greece ♡ 26 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Go island hopping with the Stoelties and discover the best of Greece's hidden treats, such as the hilltop vacation house of Robert Browning, descendent of
Vermeer: The Complete Paintings ♡ 26 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Vermeer's women, their duties and unspoken dreamsLittle is known of Vermeer's early life and training, though we can be certain that he never knew great success
See Inside London ♡ 23 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Colourful scenes with flaps to reveal details of life in different universes
Man Ray ♡ 23 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Born under the name of Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia, he began his artistic career in New York. In 1921 he moved to Paris, where he
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories ♡ 34 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 This selection of 21 stories represents the best of James's work, and includes three stories which are not in the Collected Edition
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ♡ 29 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Their struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but was also to lead to his immortality
Tess of the d'Urbervilles ♡ 34 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 New introduction by Penny Boumelha describes the novel's controversial publication, the figure of Tess,class, and nature, and the female body, in an original and compelling
North and South ♡ 30 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 North and South is a novel about rebellion. Moving from the industrial riots of discontented millworkers through to the unsought passions of a middle-class woman,
Illustrated Stories from Around the World ♡ 25 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 A collection of stories ideal for young readers. Full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme
Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings ♡ 29 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense (1776) was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution his Rights of Man
Fashion: A Very Short Introduction ♡ 33 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 This book introduces fashion's myriad influences and manifestations. Fashion is explored as a creative force, a business, and a means of communication. From Karl Lagerfeld's
SimsalaGrimm - Hans im Glück ♡ 43 44 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Auf ihrem fliegenden Marchenbuch landen Yoyo und Doc Croc direkt bei dem jungen Mullersburschen Hans. Der bekommt von seinem Meister fur seine Arbeit einen Klumpen
The Mystery of Edwin Drood ♡ 41 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dickens's last novel, lay unfinished at his death. Speculation remains rife as to its probably conclusion evidence suggests that, fascinated
SimsalaGrimm - Frau Holle ♡ 35 44 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Das fliegende Marchenbuch bringt Yoyo und Doc Croc in die Marchenwelt von Simsala. Dort treffen sie die fleisige Anna. Als Anna in einen verzauberten Brunnen
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings ♡ 30 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) launched a fascination with drug use and abuse that has continued from his day to ours.
The man with three minds and other meaningful tales ♡ 35 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The man with three minds and other meaningful tales. Romania tales retoldChildren and adults alike will discover the magical world of Romanian folk tales. They
Der Zauberer von Oz ♡ 36 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Die kleine Dorothy wird im Traum von einem Wirbelsturm in das Land des Zauberers entfuhrt. Dank ihres Mutes, ihrer Tatkraft und Hilfsbereitschaft und mit Hilfe
SimsalaGrimm - Aladin und die Wunderlampe ♡ 34 44 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Auf ihrem fliegenden Marchenbuch reisen Yoyo und Doc Croc in die geheimnisvolle Marchenwelt von Simsala, wo sie fantastische Abenteuer erleben. Diesmal helfen sie Aladin, den
Alchemy & Mysticism: The Hermetic Museum ♡ 22 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 The enigmatic hieroglyphs of cabbalists, Rosicrucians and freemasons are shown to be closely linked with the early scientific illustrations in the fields of medicine, chemistry,
Animal Farm ♡ 17 44 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the
Caravaggio ♡ 29 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Caravaggio's great work had the misfortune of enduring centuries of disrepute. It wasn't until the end of the 19th century that he was rediscovered and,
Case Study Houses ♡ 20 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Highly experimental, the program generated houses that were designed to redefine the modern home, and thus had a pronounced influence on architecture American and international
Dali ♡ 24 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 Dali brought extraordinary sensitivity, imagination and concern for precision to bear upon submerged levels of consciousness.This lively biography presents the infamous Surrealist Dali in full
de Lempicka ♡ 21 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Simultaneously with her career as artist, Tamara de Lempicka pioneered a new image of life on the screen, evident in the new, self-confident woman and
Chagall ♡ 19 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 Chagall's paintings, steeped in mythology and mysticism, portray colourful dreams and tales that are deeply rooted in his Russian Jewish origins. The memories and yearning
Cezanne ♡ 21 48 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 In Paris, but above all in Provence, Cezanne quested tirelessly for a harmony parallel to Nature—discovering it in still lifes of apples, in bathers, or