“Thou Fearful Guest. Addressing the past in four tales in Flateyjarbók”
A STRANGER APPEARS at the court of a Norwegian king known best for bringing Christianity to the North. Variations of this seene appear four times in the fourteenth-century manuseript Flateyjarbok. Thou Fearful Guest analyzes how these episodes ereate meaning by their connections to custom, law, myth, diseourses of historical and spiritual truth, typological understandings of […]
“Three Men on the Bummel”
Complete and unabridged. Some time after their eventful trip on the river, chronicled in Three Men in a Boat, the same three men suffer a renewed attack of itchy feet and decide to take off on a “bummel”. Their jaunt takes them away from the confines of domestic routine and, with a tandem and a […]
“Through A Glass, Darkly”
It is a luminous spring day in Venice, as Brunetti and Vianello come to the rescue of Vianello’s friend Marco Ribetti, who has been arrested while protesting against chemical pollution of the Venetian lagoon, only to be faced by the fury of Marco’s father-in-law, owner of a glass factory on the island of Murano. But […]
“Tibet: Roof of the World”
Panoramic China It is easy to have a quick look at China´s past and present, but it takes time to gain a panoramic knowledge of China. The “Panoramic China” series is meant to assist readers, especially those overseas, in this respect. Each volume in the series focuses on a province, municipality or autonomous region, describing, […]
“Tithe of the Saviours”
The gods will see you brought down.. The spirits of your ancestors will have their revenge upon you… The Saviours will drain you of your very soul. In claiming a place in the world, mortals have won many enemies for themselves. The ancient gods are jealous and conspire against them. The King on the Dead […]
“Types of Indic Oral Tales: India, Pakistan, and Ceylon”
The authors have analysed a corpus of oral Indian narrative material containing practically all the collections published in European languages and a selection of oral tales available only in native languages. They apply the familiar taxonomy of the Types of the Folktale by Aarne and Thompson. The work supplements the earlier motif index by Thompson […]
“Unclutter your space with FENG SHUI”
A simple and helpful book about using Feng Shui principles to make your home and personal space comfortable and uncluttered.
“Uncommon Type”
A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A World War II veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. Four friends traveling to the moon in a rocketship built in the backyard. These are just some of the stories […]
“Undead and Unwed”
It´s been a helluva week for Betsy Taylor. First, she loses her job. Then, to top things off. she´s killed in a car accident. But what really bites (besides waking up in the morgue dressed in a pink suit and cheap shoes courtesy of her stepmother) is that she can´t seem to stay dead. Every […]
“Under the Witness Tree”
After inheriting an old plantation house from an aunt she didn’t know existed, Dhari Weston heads 800 miles south to see the place and meets intriguing Dr. Erin Hughes, a local history professor with a passion for old houses. Dhari’s life is complicated enough without meeting such an attractive and intelligent woman: Her mother needs […]
“Uniform Justice”
Neither Brunetti nor his wife Paola have ever had much sympathy for the Italian armed forces, so when a young cadet is found hanged, at Venice’s elite military academy, Brunetti’s emotions are complex: pity and sorrow at the death of a boy close in age to his own son, and contempt and irritation for the […]
“Unseen Academicals: (Discworld Novel 37)”
Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork – not the old-fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing. And now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match without using magic, so they´re going to try everything else. The […]
“Väinämöinen: Eternal Sage”
Martti Haavio’s study on old Finnish-Karelian epic poems in the Kalevala metre reveals the many faces and roles of their central personage, Väinämöinen, the eternal sage. On the basis of extensive comparative material he shows that there are at least two basic roles for Väinämöinen in the poems, the shaman and the cultural her, whose […]
“Vampires through the Ages”
Lore & Legends of the World’s Most Notorious Blood Drinkers. Demonic Creatures Most Wicked and Foul. An undying legacy of bloodlust and damnation. Interred in shadows no more, the vampire mythos is illuminated in this captivating exploration of one of the world’s most sinister – and feared – creatures. Join Brian Righi as he unearths […]
“Viking. Sworn Brother”
In London in 1019, a few months have passed since Thorgils escaped the clutches of the Irish Church, only to find himself at the center of a capricious love affair with Aelfgifu—wife of Knut the Great, ruler of England, and one of the most powerful men of the Viking empire. As this passionate relationship between […]
“Waiting for the Barbarians”
For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire’s cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic […]
“Wake”
Takes you deep into a new world. Gemma Fisher seems to have it all―she’s carefree, pretty, and falling in love with Alex, the boy next door. He’s always been just a friend, but this summer they’ve taken their relationship to the next level, and now she’s falling harder for him every day. But Gemma doesn’t […]
“Walden and Civil Disobedience”
Henry David Thoreau reflects on life, politics, and society in these two inspiring masterworks: Walden and Civil Disobedience. In 1845, Thoreau moved to a cabin that he built with his own hands along the shores of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Shedding the trivial ties that he felt bound much of humanity, Thoreau reaped from the […]
“Walking Back to Happiness”
Slightly overweight, pale and discontented, Christine begins her journey from southern France to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain on a quest to fit into a deliciously skimpy silk Bellino top. Along “The Way”, she meets characters whose paths intertwine with hers for a few days or for a lifetime. In lurid detail and with […]
“Waterland”
With an introduction by John Burnside Shortlisted for the 1983 Booker prize, winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize. Children, only animals live entirely in the Here and Now. Only nature knows neither memory nor history. But man – let me offer you a definition – is the story-telling animal. Tom Crick is a passionate teacher, […]
