Albert: 2833 books

New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert transports readers to the summer of 1934, when a sensational murder shakes up the small Southern town of Darling, Alabama—and pulls in the ladies of the Darling Dahlias’ garden club, who never let the grass grow under their feet when there’s...

Who are the jokers? The jokers are the government, and the biggest joker of all is the governor, a bug-eyed, strutting, rapacious character of unequaled incompetence who presides over the nameless Middle Eastern city where this effervescent comedy by Albert Cossery is set. The jokers...

A portrait of a family of proud layabouts who avoid work and sleep all day by the Egyptian writer often referred to as "the Voltaire of the Nile" Laziness in the Fertile Valley is Albert Cossery’s biting social satire about a father, his three sons, and their uncle — slackers...

The verb esperar means to wait. It also means to hope.—“The Past Was a Small Notebook, Much Scribbled-Upon”, Cora Siré Waiting, that most human of experiences, saturates all of our lives. We spend part of each day waiting—for birth, death, appointments, acceptance, forgiveness, redemption....

Susan Wittig Albert’s exciting mysteries have been praised as “unique” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and “fascinating” (Booklist). Now, a dead man’s bones are uncovered—and Texas ex-lawyer and herbalist China Bayles must dig into a pair of murders separated by time but connected by motive… When...

Alina es una joven que vive en los bosques, sus métodos para sobrevivir se basan en los pequeños hurtos de comida en la ciudad. Mientras el poder la considera como una pequeña molestia, ella se enamora de un joven herrero que tiene su forja en el bosque donde ella habita. En esta ocasión la aventura...

Esta historia relata como la inspiración afecta al mismo autor en algunas situaciones, nuevamente el espíritu gamberro y sucio del autor interfiere en el relato dejando de entrever una voluntad de continuar escondido en medias sombras, se revelan algunos datos verdaderos sobre el autor, otros no.El...

Teaching Children Histories and Stories is writing to give children an interest in reading, to enjoy my stories at the same time, to make sure that they understand the importance of education in their lives, and to stay in school. I invite everyone to visit our beautiful United States Virgin Islands...

This book has a collection of Schweitzer’s quotations on ethics and the human spirit. The emphasis is on the importance of the reverence for life and how following that ethic leads us to what is essential for civilization. The table of contents: Introductory Note; Feeling for Animal...

The Nobel Peace Prize–winning doctor, theologian, and missionary explores the essence of faith in this masterful early work on Kantian metaphysics. Famous for his medical missionary work in what is now the West African country of Gabon, Albert Schweitzer was an accomplished theologian, philosopher,...

La vida no suele ser como la pinta la publicidad o el cine, sobretodo el fantàstico... Rafael Hoffman, un joven asesino a sueldo, amante de prostitutas, quebradero de cabezas para algunas chicas y renegado de su pasado. ¿Te gustaria conocer a alguien que pueda asesinarte mientras bailas y tu no...

Diarios de Cristina Borgia: Rosas de Sangre, es una obra en paralelo a Diarios de Rafael Hoffman: Los mercenarios. Esta obra trata sobre la vida de Cristina Borgia, esa asesina que aparece en la mencionada obra y de tan peculiar carácter, aquí veremos como ella nos explica todo lo que ha vivido...

A wonderful collection of whimsical stories in rhyme, from the funny to the sad, from everyday life and everyday people, to poignant, moving comment on tragedy, love and family. Albert Cross presents an entertaining, thoughtful and often quirky commentary on life and living that will delight in places and make you pause for thought in others.

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