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Since the time of prehistory, carpet makers have tied intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of their makers' wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpet- maker...

A towering figure in the pantheon of twentieth-century literature, Thomas Mann has often been perceived as a dry and forbidding writer-"the starched collar," as Bertolt Brecht once called him. But in fact, his fiction is lively, humane, sometimes...

Depicting German life from WW1 until the early 1970s, Boll's novel follows Leni Pfeiffer and her illegitimate son, Lev, as they fight against the demolition of their Cologne apartment building.About the AuthorHeinrich Boell was one of the trio of great...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800350274Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681377582Author Gert HofmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

This book will provide you with the long-lost key to the traditional Western lunar mansions, also once known as the Manzils. In 'The Lunar Mansions Guide: Rediscovering the Western Lunar Zodiac', Oscar Hofman retrieves and regenerates this old and...

A modern-day Wuthering Heights from the author of international bestseller The Eighth Life. Two families, one devastating secret, and an epic story of forbidden love. Eight years have passed since Stella last saw Ivo, but when he returns, the reunion...

The terrifying new psychological thriller by internationally bestselling phenomenon Sebastian Fitzek. Walk Me Home is Fitzek's most enthralling work to date. The Walk Me Home telephone helpline service has proved indispensable. Staffed by volunteers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312278670Author H. HesseFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Simplicius Simplicissimus - the towering achievement of H.J.C. von Grimmelshausen, one of the earliest novelists in the German language - charts the adventures of its hero, Simplicius, through the horrors of battle, murder, fire and famine, ...

How can you tell who's insane when the world has gone mad? Originally translated into English by Robert Kee in 1957, the new edition includes an Introduction by Sinclair McKay and an Afterword by Chris Maloney. Who can tell exactly where the...

Four estranged friends reunite for a motorcycle trip up the Isle of Skye, in the hope of coming to terms with how their lives have splintered since a transformative ride in Northern India fourteen years earlier. In their fumbling attempts to...

The publication of Martin Popoff's Uriah Heep: A Visual Biography is something of a bitter-sweet pill given recent events. Following the sad loss of Lee Kerslake in September 2020, Popoff - having interviewed various band members over the past few years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681376318Author Felix SaltenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of German Book Prize 2002 and Carl Amery Literature Prize 2005 and Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2018 and Deutscher Buecher Preis 2002 and Thomas...

This 11th edition contains final league tables for the Scottish Professional Football League from 2013-21 and its predecessors from 1890-2013. Also includes the Scottish Lowland Lge to 2021, Highland Lge 1893-2021, East of Scotland Lge 2014-21 and Cup...

A ground-breaking masterpiece of early European modernism originally published in 1910, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge unspools the vivid reflections of the titular young Danish nobleman and poet. From his Paris garret, Brigge records his...

Unique visual exploration of this glorious corner of England. Let this new collection of 500 stunning, full colour photographs of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight guide you around this beautiful southern region of England. Discover the maritime past of...

Peter Weiss's first prose work, The Shadow of the Coachman's Body, was unanimously praised as an original and perfect work of art by critics when it appeared in 1960. Here, in poet Rosmarie Waldrop's stunning translation, Weiss arranges a dark, vividly...

for organ solo Fiducie, which can be translated as 'Faith', voices the vitality of Rotterdam, as witnessed in the recovered hope of the inhabitants after the bombardment of 14 May 1940. Ostinato patterns and energetic syncopations drive the music...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925927740Author Cathy Phelan and Illust. by Danielle McdonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Wilkinson PublishingPublisher Wilkinson Publishing

Conversation of the Three Wayfarers is a tale overheard, rather than told directly. Abel, Babel, and Cabel, the wayfarers, carry on a three-sided monologue, each reporting curious incidents-the effect is of three capers rolled into one: a steeplechase...

Following on the explorations of culture and politics in his previous collection The Good European, the writings in Zest delve into less obvious but important aspects of social life-into manual work and 'dolce far niente', into ancient vernacular craft...

We live in a world teeming with parasites. Many animal behaviors, including social interactions, mating displays, and decisions about where to move, nest, and forage are shaped by interactions with parasites. The same is true for humans, where our...

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 *...

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 9781914914287Author Karl KnightsFormat PaperbackImprint SmithDoorstop BooksPublisher SmithDoorstop BooksWeight(grams) 148g

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 9781398466760Author Sinead Huggins-YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

In Say, Sarala Estruch explores the limits of language in the face of overwhelming loss and attempts to forge a language with which to probe subjects that still remain largely taboo: grief, childhood bereavement, the challenges and possibilities of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953861702Author E.T.A. HoffmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Archipelago BooksPublisher Archipelago Books

Transforming World Trade and Investment Law for Sustainable Development explains why the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda for "Transforming our World"--aimed at realizing universal human rights and the17 agreed sustainable development goals...

Plural expressions found in natural languages allow us to talk about many objects simultaneously. Plural logic -- a logical system that takes plurals at face value -- has seen a surge of interest in recent years. This book explores its broader...

The biggest challenge of the twenty-first century is to bring the effects of public life into relation with the intractable problem of global atmospheric change. Climate and the Picturesque in the American Tropics explains how we came to think of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780752903293Author Michael WarrFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Leopard BooksPublisher Random House UK Ltd (A Division of Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780099450603Author W. BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Arrow Books LtdPublisher CornerstoneWeight(grams) 210g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910764954Page Count 12Imprint Centum Publishing LtdPublisher Centum BooksWeight(grams) 163g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780464844334Author Modise TlharesagaeFormat HardbackPage Count 84Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434311887Author Jefferson R. WeekleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 398g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966978377Author Cindy Preston-PileFormat PaperbackPage Count 283Imprint Pace E Bene PressPublisher Pace E Bene Press