When Nietzsche wept
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A richly evocative novel that portrays an astutely imagined relationship between Europe's greatest philosopher and one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis.
Mario Biondi Book order (chronological)
Mario Biondi is an Italian author, renowned for his engagement with Anglo-American fiction. A skilled reviewer and translator of notable writers, he has lent his distinctive literary voice to numerous works. His own writing, encompassing both poetry and prose, offers profound insights into the human psyche and societal themes, establishing him as a unique figure in the literary landscape.
Una porta di luce
- 278 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Italian
Rebecca Navarro, Best-Selling Authoress Of Regency Romances, Suffers A Paralysing Stroke. Assisted By Her Nurse, Rebecca Plans Her Revenge On Her Unfaithful Husband. But Will Freddy Royle, Hospital Trustee, Celebrity And Necrophiliac, Thwart Those Plans? Dave Thornton, Soccer Thug, Has Lost His Heart To Flawed Beauty Samantha Worthington. Together They Go In Search Of The Man Who Marketed The Drug That Crippled Her - In Order To Cripple Him. Lloyd From Leith Has A Transfiguring Passion For The Unhappily Married Heather. Together They Explore The True Nature Of House Music And Chemical Romance. Will Their Ardour Fizzle And Die In The Grim Backstreets Of Edinburgh, Or Will It Ignite And Blaze Like A Thousand Suns?
[Longman Simplified Fiction]Contemporary / British English It is 1954 and Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder. He is a Japanese American living on the island of San Piedro, off the north-west coast of America. The Second World War has left an atmosphere of anger and suspicion in this small community. Will Kabuo receive a fair trial? And will the true cause of the victim's death be discovered?
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerilla band operating behind the lines of Franco's army prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, has been sent from the Republic to handle the dynamiting. In the mountains he finds the dangers and the intense comradeship of war - and he discovers Maria, a young woman who has escaped from Franco's rebels...
When the lion feeds
- 544 pages
- 20 hours of reading
"Sean Courtney was raised in cattle country, and accidently maimed his twin brother Garry as a boy. In inflicting weakness, Sean came to despise weakness in all. This, plus his own strength, was to dictate Sean's iron resolve to win, no matter how much the gamble cost. After a stint fighting the Zulu tribes, Sean trys his luck in the gold fields. Venturing an impossible claim which miraculously proves out, Sean gains wealth beyond counting and power. Power that was unmanageable without cunning. But cunning was an art he was to learn the hard way."
Romanzi italiani: Crudele amore
- 351 pages
- 13 hours of reading
. 8vo pp. 352 Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket) Ottimo (Fine)
In 1860 Robyn Ballantyne and her brother return to Africa to search for their missing father and face the terrors of near certain death and the uncertainties of love in the heart of the Dark Continent
A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories
- 319 pages
- 12 hours of reading
These richly hypnotic tales enfold the reader into Isaac Bashevis Singer's special world of imps, demons, lovers, and other mischievous creatures. His world is a world of feelings, driven by lust, lechery, greed, madness, and love. All of his creatures are seen with a clear but loving eye; all seem and are in fact possessed by good and evil, caught in fascinating dilemmas, now terrible, now wryly comic. Here is a dazzling new collection of stories from the fertile genius of Isaac Bashevis Singer, one of today's most entertaining and original writers. (from back cover)
