Cultural Heritage category: 3433 books

In this epic historical adventure, a quest for love and enlightenment brings the Renaissance-era Florence of Leonardo da Vinci and Lorenzo de Medici to life Cardona, 1478. About to die in the dungeons of a Spanish castle, Mauricio’s father reveals the secret of his concealed Jewish ancestry....

The "him" in Make Him Look Good is Ricky Biscayne, sexy Latin singing sensation who has taken the pop world by storm. But it takes more than swiveling hips and dreamy eyes to get to the top of the charts. The women who orbit Ricky are: -- Milan, Ricky's new publicist, and her sister...

Gedagtekringe is ‘n versameling stories, staaltjies, rubrieke en motiverings artikels. Hier is iets vir elke leser: jonk en oud om te geniet. Dit sluit in 16 fiktiewe stories wat insluit verhale van verlore liefdes, ‘n nuwe begin, speurstories, ‘n drama, ‘n fantasie, om jou drome te volg en...

"Hard SF, satire, adventure, and some very strange humor combine in this intriguing, inventive, and sometimes disconcerting SF story." -Science Fiction Chronicle A wild young Chicano artist who covers Greater Los Angeles with fantastic graffiti. A beautiful African telepath who opens...

The 1920s in the United States were known as the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age, a time in the nation that glorified hard and fast living. Nobody personified the age or wrote so descriptively about it better than F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), whose name became synonymous with the times after...

"O guerreiro invisível e outros contos do tempo é uma bela coletânea que reúne contos escolhidos dentro do repertório arquimilenar da Arte da Palavra. O trabalho primoroso da coleção de histórias é fruto de longa maturação na escuta sutil do universo das narrativas de tradição oral....

First Published in a single volume in 1883, the stories collected in Little Novels of Sicily are drawn from the Sicily of Giovanni Verga's childhood, reported at the time to be the poorest place in Europe. Verga's style is swift, sure, and implacable; he plunges into his stories almost in midbreath,...

Nakon dvadeset pet godina odsustvovanja iz jezika regiona, Božidar Stanišić se vraća romanima „Žirafa u čekaonici“ i „Gost Ivana Nikolajeviča“, te ovom zbirkom pripovedaka u kojoj se prepliću motivi Stanišićevog starog (jugoslovenskog) i novog (italijanskog) prostora.

Es la dramatización de la leyenda de Medea, casada con Jasón, y movida por los celos hasta el extremo de cometer crimenes antinaturles por parte de una madre.

A heart-breaking story about a Nigerian poultry farmer who sacrifices everything to win the woman he loves, by Man Booker Finalist and author of The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma. **"It is more than a superb and tragic novel; it's a historical treasure."**-- Boston Globe Set on the outskirts...

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Livre II Pantagruel de Rabelais augmentée d'annexes (Rabelais par Anatole France; Rabelais par Clouzot). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. - Naviguez par simple clic de chapitre à chapitre ou de livre...

Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885 ) was a famous Danish novelist and poet. Niels Lyhne is Jacobsens second novel, and the story focuses on an atheist and the events that happen to him. This edition includes a Table of Contents for easier navigation.

Ordinary life in a teachers' lounge of a German high school told by the coffee machine. The coffee machine gives its insight while it observes the teachers and listens in to their stories. It has its own opinion of things and is not shy to give to us. Also it knows a lot of things especially when it comes to coffee.

Dorothy is a retired schoolteacher who has recently moved to a housing estate in a small village. Solomon is a night-watchman, an immigrant from an unnamed country in Africa. Each is desperate for love. And yet each harbors secrets that may make attaining it impossible. With breathtaking assurance...