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PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler: the essential stories across three decades that showcase his indomitable imagination. • "A book of astonishin……続きを見る

The story of a friendship between two children, one whose parents employ the other's parents, who are of different religious faiths, different cultures, and different races,set in a time during Amer……続きを見る

This study examines the development and characteristics of various historical and contemporary genres of Korean literature. It presents explanations on the development of Korean literacy and offers ……続きを見る

When web-series star, Mitch Ephraim gets selected to host a new cable-TV series, called Showboys, he has no idea how the cutting edge topics and informal format will be received. His co-host, a man……続きを見る

De Lof der zotheid (Moriae encomium, sive Stultitiae laus) is het bekendste werk van de Nederlandse humanist Desiderius Erasmus. Het is een satire die in 1511 werd gepubliceerd. De titel bevat een d……続きを見る

Harold knew he couldn't in good conscience accept his orders to Vietnam after advanced Army training. After going home on leave before his scheduled travel to Oakland for shipment to Nam, he goes to……続きを見る

Some three thousand years ago, in a time before history, the warriors of Greece journeyed to the ends of the earth in the greatest expedition the world had ever seen. One woman fought alongside them……続きを見る

Ethan Emerson felt like a cliché. Living in Los Angeles, good looking, and of course, dying to get into acting, Ethan was a part of the filmmaking world, but behind the camera, when he wanted to be ……続きを見る

Two brothers, one man. Though there was a five year difference in their ages, thirty-year-old Joel Vaughn and his younger brother, Tim, couldn’t have been more opposite, except for one thing; they w……続きを見る

Thirty-five year old, African American Noah Hopkins loved his job as a nurse. He worked late nights and long hours, so that wasn’t conducive to meeting and dating. But inevitably on his shift, the p……続きを見る

The Ugly Truth- Sequel to The Reunion- Jon Ross and Trae Ambrose shared a secret kiss behind the high-school at sixteen. But it wasn’t until twenty years later, after Jon had moved to LA and started……続きを見る

  Nicolai Vetrov, or ‘Nico’, had been bullied through most of his years in school. Slight of build, fair-haired with blue-eyes, not to mention, of Russian descent, Nico was very shy. He was al……続きを見る

In Praise of Folly is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511. Inspired by Italian humanist Faustino Perisauli's De Triumpho Stultitiae, it is ……続きを見る

The letters in this volume reflect Erasmus’ anxiety about the endemic warfare in Western Europe, the advance of the Ottoman Turks into Europe, and the increasing threat of armed conflict between Cat……続きを見る

Young Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store. In the course of his restless young manhood, he makes a swift and eventful rise to the top, accompanied ……続きを見る

Thomas Hauser is well known to readers as Muhammad Ali’s biographer and for his recording of the contemporary boxing scene. But Hauser began his writing career in the political arena as the author o……続きを見る

Wachtmeister Studer von der Berner Kantonspolizei muß für einen neuen Fall zu einem marokkanischen Garnisonsposten der Fremdenlegion. Verschiedene Kulturen prallen in der Wüste aufeinander. Viele ve……続きを見る

Der Kriminalroman der Extraklasse - ein Meisterwerk von Friedrich Glauser: Pfründisberg, Armenanstalt, Gartenbauschule, Dorfwirtschaft und zwei Tote. Die Taschentücher der einen Toten, Anna Hungerlo……続きを見る

Ein Mord im Gerzensteiner Wald. Der Tote: der Handelsreisende Witschi. Er wurde erschossen. Der Verdächtige, der Vorbestrafte Schlumpf, stand im Liebesverhältnis mit der Tochter des Ermordeten. Der ……続きを見る

By Amanda Winters ‘Reality is a living dream. Dreams are the key to our secret world.’ While on vacation in Gran Canaria, lying on the beach under the stars, thirty-year-old elementary school teache……続きを見る

Many of the letters in this volume, which covers the period August 1530 to March 1531, reflect Erasmus' anxieties over events at the Diet of Augsburg (June-November 1530), at which the first of many……続きを見る

For fans of the series- The undeniable attraction between Chief of Police William P Sharpe, and top model Mark Antonious Richfield is a force more powerful than nature. Mark’s superstar son, Alexand……続きを見る

For fans of the series- The undeniable attraction between Chief of Police William P Sharpe, and top model Mark Antonious Richfield is a force more powerful than nature. Mark’s superstar son, Alexand……続きを見る

Erasmus' Adagia has been called 'one of the world's biggest bedside books,' and certainly the more than 4000 proverbs and maxims gathered and commented on by Erasmus, sometimes in a few lines and so……続きを見る

In this episode of the Action! Series we find the men busy with the coming holiday season. Mark Antonious Richfield and his superstar son Alexander Mark Richfield get to costar in a feature film tog……続きを見る

Keith O’Leary tente de percer en tant qu’acteur depuis une éternité. Lorsqu’un rôle dans la récente série jouée sur le câble « Forever Young » lui est offert, Keith a du mal à se faire à l’idée d’in……続きを見る

"Thomas Couser's Signifying Bodies comes at a crucial moment when debates about physician assisted suicide, genetic engineering, and neo-natal screening are raising the question of what constitutes ……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Gesammelte Krimis" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Friedrich Glauser (1896-1938) war ein Schweizer Schri……続きを見る

Il est intéressant d’observer le travail qui s’opère aujourd’hui dans l’art musical. Quelques compositeurs, entraînés par ce besoin de changement qui caractérise notre époque, cherchent à tout prix ……続きを見る

If you've been gripped by Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls, then For the Most Beautiful is a must-read for you . . . Three thousand years ago a war took place that gave bi……続きを見る