The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald
By: Unknown
3.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
. . . .He was the mightiest of champions, and had been with King Harald in many battles. He had a s…
Want to Read $ 6.64"Nay, many a maiden has loved me, Thou may of the glittering armlet: For I've tricks of the tongue to beguile them And turn them from handsomer lads."-Unknown, The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald
"Nay, many a maiden has loved me, Thou may of the glittering armlet: For I've tricks of the tongue to beguile them And turn them from handsomer lads."-Unknown, The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald
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1. A Sentimental Journey
By: Laurence Sterne , Paul Goring
3.31
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
A furiously witty response to Tobias Smollett's curmudgeonly 'Travels through France and Italy', La… read more
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"It had ever, as I told the reader, been one of the singular blessings of my life, to be almost every hour of it miserably in love with some one...."-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
"Dear sensibility! Source inexhausted of all that's precious in our joys, or costly in our sorrows! Eternal fountain of our feelings! 'tis here I trace thee and this is thy divinity which stirs within…"-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
"I could wish to spy the nakedness of their hearts, and through the different disguises of customs, climates, and religion, find out what is good in them, to fashion my own by. It is for this reason t…"-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey
2. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
3. Dead Souls
By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire
3.98
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more
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"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
4. Los suicidas del fin del mundo: Crónica de un pueblo patagónico
By: Leila Guerriero
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Entre 1997 y 1999, una oleada de suicidios conmovio a la pequena localidad petrolera de Las Heras, … read more
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5. Angels of the Universe
By: Bernard Scudder , Einar Már Guðmundsson
4.18
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Born on the day Iceland joined NATO, this novel's unstable narrator worries this and other incident… read more
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6. Hedda Gabler
By: Henrik Ibsen , William Archer
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a deceased General, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of… read more
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7. The Tale of Genji
By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu
3.90
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
See an alternate cover edition . Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in… read more
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8. The Swimmer
By: John Cheever
3.56
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Neddy Merrill decides to swim home from a friend's pool party, traveling from fashionable swimming … read more
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9. The Blue Fox
By: Victoria Cribb , Sjón
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE NORDIC LITERARY PRIZE AND NOMINATED FOR THE ICELANDIC LITERATURE PRIZE The year is 18… read more
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10. Moderato cantabile
By: Marguerite Duras
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A distressed young man murders the woman he loves in a cafe, watched by a large crowd. Fascinated b… read more
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11. Vera
By: Elizabeth von Arnim
3.00
Format: 285 pages,
First published in 1921, Verais a darkly comic story about Lucy Entwhistle and Everard Wemyss. Both… read more
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12. Ragnarok
By: A.S. Byatt
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Recently evacuated to the British countryside and with World War Two raging around her, one young g… read more
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13. Perceval, or, The Story of the Grail
By: Chrétien de Troyes , Ruth Harwood Cline
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this verse translation of Perceval; or, The Story of the Grail, Ruth Harwood Cline restores to l… read more
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14. Das Muschelessen
By: Birgit Vanderbeke
3.64
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Angespannt wartet die Familie am gedeckten Tisch auf den Vater. Mutter, Tochter und Sohn sitzen vor… read more
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15. Bel-Ami
By: Guy de Maupassant , Douglas Parmée
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Guy de Maupassant's scandalous tale of an opportunistic young man corrupted by the allure of power,… read more
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"In fact living is dying."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"Vivre enfin, c'est mourir!"-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"The only certainty is death."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"I drink to the victory of the mind over the millions."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
16. The Spectre of Alexander Wolf
By: Gaito Gazdanov
4.28
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
"Among all my recollections, among all the numberless sensations of life, the memory of the one mur… read more
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17. Go, Went, Gone
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
4.13
Format: None pages,
One of the great contemporary European writers takes on Europe's biggest issue. Richard has spent h… read more
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18. Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart
By: Chrétien de Troyes , Burton Raffel , None
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this outstanding new translation of Lancelot, Burton Raffel brings to English language readers t… read more
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19. Elective Affinities
By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , David Constantine , None
4.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
Elective Affinitieswas written when Goethe was sixty and long established as Germany's literary gia… read more
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20. Te di ojos y miraste las tinieblas
By: Irene Solà
3.91
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Escondida entre riscos lejanos, en algún remoto lugar de las Guillerías transitado por cazadores de… read more
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"Aunque lo peor de todo, musitó, no es morirse. Todos nos tenemos que morir un día u otro. Lo peor es la soledad."-Irene Solà, Te di ojos y miraste las tinieblas
21. Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof
By: Ágota Kristóf
3.65
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Una mujer le explica al doctor que su marido se ha partido el cráneo con un hacha al caerse de la c… read more
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"È lì, accanto al letto , sul tappeto. Ha una scure piantata nella testa. Vuole visitarlo? Sì, lo visiti pure. Un incidente davvero stupido, non trova? È caduto dal letto nel sonno, ed è caduto su que…"-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof
"– Allora a domani, Lucien, – dice. E prima di riattaccare aggiunge: – Trovo tutto ciò appassionante. Appassionante! C’è gente che usa certe parole con grande facilità. Io non potrei mai parlare così.…"-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof
"Chiudete bene la porta. Io arrivo senza rumore, con le mani guantate di nero. Non sono il tipo brutale. E neppure vorace e stupido. Sulle mie tempie e sui polsi potreste ammirare il disegno delicato …"-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof
"A quei tempi consumavo un'enorme quantità di gesso, per via di una carenza di calcio. La cosa mi causava un po' di febbre, ma non ne ho mai approfittato per trascurare la scuola, poiché – come dico s…"-Ágota Kristóf, Da igual: Los veinticinco cuentos despiadados de Agota Kristof
22. Lyon’da Düğün
By: Stefan Zweig
3.79
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Lyon’da Düğün Fransız Devrimi sırasında yaşanan kargaşa ve zulüm günlerinde ölüme yaklaşan insanlar… read more
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23. Ocàs i fascinació
By: Eva Baltasar
3.45
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Flotes, això és el màxim que has aconseguit. Tens mitja feina, una habitació rellogada i un títol q… read more
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24. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
By: Haruki Murakami
3.82
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessen… read more
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"Vielleicht ist das einer der Problempunkte an der Ewigkeit. Dass man nun mal nicht weiß, wohin man sich fortan wenden soll. Aber was ist eine Liebe wert, die nicht nach Ewigkeit strebt?"-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls
"Später war er so freundlich, mir in einem Satz zu erklären, warum er im Alltag immer einen Rock trug. "Vor allem fühle ich mich, wenn ich einen Rock trage, wie die Zeilen eines schönen Gedichts."-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls
25. Un brindis per Sant Martirià
By: Albert Serra
3.81
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Els seus orígens banyolins, el sentit lúdic de l’art, la vida com a festa diària, Barcelona, Canes,… read more
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26. Teatro da camera: Temporale - Casa bruciata - Sonata di fantasmi - Il pellicano - L’isola dei morti - Il guanto nero
By: August Strindberg
3.84
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Nei primi mesi del 1907, dopo una già lunga e accidentata carriera di autore drammatico, Strindberg… read more
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27. The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald
By: Unknown
3.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
. . . .He was the mightiest of champions, and had been with King Harald in many battles. He had a s… read more
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- medieval
- classics
- fiction
"Nay, many a maiden has loved me, Thou may of the glittering armlet: For I've tricks of the tongue to beguile them And turn them from handsomer lads."-Unknown, The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald
28. Den Blå Pekingeser
By: Kjeld Abell
3.10
Format: 147 pages, None
André sidder på den café, som han med sin ungdomskæreste Tordis ofte besøgte. I dag er han gift og … read more
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29. Mentides sobre la mort
By: Premee Mohamed
3.35
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
La Win ha tornat d’entre els morts per venjar-se de l’home que la va assassinar i d’aquells que el … read more
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30. La riada (Blackwater, #1)
By: Michael McDowell
3.74
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Descubre el primer volumen de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal. Mujeres poderosas que luc… read more
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