World Literature

This is young Palestinian author Shada Mustafa's debut novel - a free-flowing narrative that interrogates, in short, direct sentences, the memories of growing up, falling in love, that keep forcing themselves out to be reckoned with. Through ceaseless...

Long anticipated and hugely welcome, Paul Holberton's A History of Arcadia is a close and thorough examination of a great number of original texts of classical and early and later modern pastoral poetry, literature and drama in ancient Greek, Latin,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949641325Author Zechen XuFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Two Lines PressPublisher Two Lines PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 124mm *...

A paraplegic wakes to find he is the sole survivor of an unknown apocalypse. He decides to survive and spends a year navigating the empty motorways of England to see if he really is the only one left alive. He sets off with only his wheelchair and enough...

Trapped in a loveless marriage and weighed down by poverty, Ethan Frome's days are enlivened by the presence of Mattie, his ailing wife Zeena's youthful and charming cousin, who provides help to the household. When Zeena realizes that her husband's...

'I rose from the furnace, the molten and the boiled, my body crossing the thin veil that separates our very different worlds, and yet you believe that I am nothing but a vision? No, Luke. I'm afraid I am very real; very real indeed.' Luke Raven, a...

This bestseller and winner of every major literary award in Taiwan is an elegiac novel about love and loss, broken dreams and desolate hearts-and music: "A delightful read."-Ha Jin A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a...

By profession I am a soldier, a general in the glorious Roman army. As a playwright, I think of myself as a sublime amateur. In Cesar Aira's new novel, Fulgentius, a sixty-seven-year-old imperial Roman general-"Rome's most illustrious and experienced"-is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846533372Author Kalinda VazquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Panini BooksPublisher Panini Publishing Ltd

Love has been the subject of much fascination. It is indeed one of those things which elude us in many ways. The long-lasting disagreement over love's nature is unsurprising. In light of this, a piecemeal approach to love is in order. Instead of asking...

An emotive love story written by Tew Bunnag. Set in recent times, pre-pandemic, an ageing privileged writer, blocked and disillusioned, meets Yai Li, a healer from the slums, herself suffering from past trauma, and together they begin the gradual process...

The story of Lili Pohlmann's childhood and survival. During the Second World War she was helped by many people, including a German woman working for the Nazi occupying forces in Lemberg, and a Greek Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop. After the war Lili...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850773436Author Jabra Ibrahim JabraFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Darf Publishers LtdPublisher Darf Publishers Ltd

This abridged edition introduces readers to the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel. One of the great works of Chinese literature, beloved in East Asia but virtually unknown in the West, Kingdoms in Peril is an epic historical...

An absorbing, joyous, and colorful collection of stories from the qissa genre. Fabulous Machinery for the Curious presents the first English translation of some of the finest texts from the qissa genre. In this book, acclaimed translator Musharraf Ali...

The International Conference on Insular Art (IIAC) is the leading forum for scholars of the visual and material culture of early medieval Ireland and Britain, including manuscript illumination, sculpture, metalwork, and textiles, and encompassing the...

Data Science, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence are currently some of the most talked-about concepts in industry, government, and society, and yet also the most misunderstood. This book will clarify these concepts and provide you with practical...

Multi award-winning author Chae Strathie teams up with illustrator Francis Martin for this fabulously funny story about a feisty little girl, her toy monkey and the mischievous adventures they get up to. Francis's vibrant, quirky illustrations bring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949641400Author Dorothee ElmigerFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Two Lines PressPublisher Two Lines PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914914287Author Karl KnightsFormat PaperbackImprint SmithDoorstop BooksPublisher SmithDoorstop BooksWeight(grams) 148g

Following a survey of the biblical and classical background, Wisdom in Christian Tradition offers a detailed exploration of the theme of wisdom in patristic, Byzantine, and medieval theology, up to and including Gregory Palamas and Thomas Aquinas in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398812949Author Suzanne EdwardsFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

The problem of evil has generated varying attempts at theodicy. To show that suffering is defeated for a sufferer, a theodicy argues that there is an outweighing benefit which could not have been gotten without the suffering. Typically, this condition...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760984120Author George GeorgievskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint PlumPublisher Pan Macmillan AustraliaWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 240mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622826308Author Fr Thomas MorrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Sophia Institute PressPublisher Sophia Institute PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914958342Author Jean GraingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Jean GraingerPublisher Jean GraingerWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

A heartwarming true story of how Villain, a cuddly German Shepherd puppy, grew into an award-winning police dog. Answering the frequently asked question about working dogs, 'How do they do it?', this well-researched account of Villain's brave and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954404168Author Agur SchiffFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint New Vessel PressPublisher New Vessel Press

The United States today is a divided nation and some say the country may be heading toward breakup, or possibly civil war. That has happened before and the result was disastrous. As many as 750,000 Americans perished during the Civil War. A study of the...

In the early hours of 26 February 1918, the British hospital ship Glenart Castle steamed into the Bristol Channel, heading for France to pick up wounded men from the killing fields of the Western Front. Onboard was 32-year-old Australian nurse, Edith...

In three interconnected scenes, Hiroko Oyamada revisits the same set of characters at different junctures in their lives. In the back room of a pet store full of rare and exotic fish, old friends discuss dried shrimp and a strange new relationship. A...

'I'm going to answer all your wishes, bubba! Big or small, it'll be me who makes them come true, no one else.' Leila is happy living at home with Noor, her loving but traditional grandmother. But when Aleena, her fiercely independent mother, returns...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936716869Author David H SternPage Count 1728Imprint Messianic Jewish PublishersPublisher Messianic Jewish PublishersWeight(grams) 1089gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953021021Author Abu B RafiqueFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Brandylane Publishers, Inc.Publisher Brandylane Publishers, Inc.Weight(grams)...

Featuring 280 of Australia's most beautiful, unusual and commonly encountered lizard species, this lavishly illustrated guide provides a thorough introduction to the land of the lizard. Stunning photographs from Australia's top nature photographers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913996369Author Harri ParriFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Gwasg y Bwthyn CyfPublisher Gwasg y Bwthyn Cyf

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949641554Author Rebecca GislerFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Two Lines PressPublisher Two Lines PressWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 178mm *...

We are still here on earth. With a troubled sense of wonder, Jeffrey Wainwright's new book witnesses to that earth's ordinariness, profusion and mystery. The collection begins with his beginning, a poem that evokes his own birth: 'Here I Come'. He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805243611Author Aharon AppelfeldFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 146mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845278076Author Rebecca RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Gwasg Carreg GwalchPublisher Gwasg Carreg Gwalch