Cultural Heritage category: 3433 books

In the twelfth century AD, Venice is little more than an agglomeration of small islands snatched from the muddy tides. The magnificent city-lagoon of Venice, the rich and powerful Serene Republic, is yet to be born. Here, in this northern backwater, a group of artisans have proven themselves to be...

Un amour fusionnel sur fond de Mai 68. Ruptures historiques et ruptures personnelles se télescopent dans ce roman qui parcourt les années 1960 à 1990 et leurs bouleversements. Ruptures… s'attarde, plus précisément, sur deux faits marquants de cette période : Mai 68 — sur rappel de...

In the late summer of 1809, Louis Cloutier, 18, is aboard the "Nancy," a schooner of the North West Fur Company, sailing from Fort Amherstburg on a journey of 400 miles, and heading for Fort St. Joseph, the furthest northern British outpost. This is a small fort, located in the wilderness, isolated from...

Inizia con questo volume una operazione totalmente nuova che e-piGraphe è lieta di presentare ai propri lettori: la riproposizione di tutte le fiabe di Luigi Capuana in una versione moderna curata da Paola Brighenti, esperta di narrativa infantile. Paola Brighenti ha operato sul testo rinnovando...

A young lady's quest to save her marriage and shield it from outside influences leads to her accepting wrong counsel. She tries surrogacy in a most unconventional form and the plan boomerangs leaving in its wake misery, dejection, a murder case and ultimately the disintegration of the marriage union she had sought desperately to uphold.

A collection of five novellas: Doctor Banner's Garden: A retired elderly professor, whose life is coming to a close, and her female cohort are rejuvenated when three young college students enter their lives. Family Agendas: A Jewish son is tricked into taking over the family business in a ruse to...

In the 18th century Dutch plantation colony of Suriname, where wealth is measured by the number of slaves one owns, the educated Free Negress Elisabeth Samson, owner of several flourishing coffee plantations, desires the one thing her wealth cannot buy: a legal marriage with her consort, a white colonial...

This is a folk tale in which a youth, representing the spirit of Haiti, fails in his job of protecting his family from the ravages of a storm and earthquake. He is washed out to sea by a tsunami and meets the Lwa of the sea. By his generous reaction to the loa he is rescued, and is returned to his...

Mary and Lisa, two little girls on the beach, find the most magical thing: a tiny red shoe. Lisa, the younger, believes the faeries left it. Mary knows better, though - there are no faeries. Only the demons are real. Read a tale based on a true occurrence, less enchanted that it might seem.

Novel dengan kisah dramatis berlatar kehidupan suku Dayak Meratus di pedalaman Kalimantan Selatan: tentang kearifan adat; cinta anak-anak kepala suku; pertarungan antara dorongan alamiah dan nilai adat leluhur; serta ambisi yang mendorong pengkhianatan. Dan, "Malapetaka itu akhirnya menghanguskan...

Two sisters: one dark, one fair – torn apart by the colour of their skin. Kathie was born as dark as her Cape Coloured father. This was a social disaster in the eyes of her mother and near-white grandmother, who rejoice when Kathie’s new baby sister Stella is fair skinned. Nothing is going to...

All communities have rules, even if that rule is not to have any rules. Often these rules do not become apparent until they are challenged either unwittingly or by a deliberate quest for change. This is the story of Tommy Jones and his journey into adulthood. Set in a typical South Wales community,...

The Taste of Water weaves history, folklore, humour, irreverence and adventure on two continents in a sweeping story spanning three generations set against the backdrop of Indian mythology and Western philosophy. Victor and Shambu, two young boys mesmerized by a performing cyclist in their...

Known as The Dean of American Letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was a realist author and literary critic best known for his tenure as one of the most influential editors of the Atlantic Monthly, which is still an important publication today. And though Howells is known mostly for his work as...