Books like 'The Money Order; With, White Genesis'
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Hurry Up, Franklin by Paulette Bourgeois
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this Franklin Classic Storybook, Franklin sets off to Bear's house for a birthday party, but it's far from a straightforward journey. Like most preschoolers, Franklin is a dawdler, slow even for a turtle. The trip becomes an opportunity to play leapfrog with Rabbit, slip and slide in the mud with Otter, and maybe even play hide-and-seek with Fox... -
![পুতুলনাচের ইতিকথা by Manik Bandopadhyay, Zakir Talukder]()
পুতুলনাচের ইতিকথা by Manik Bandopadhyay, Zakir Talukder
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsপুতুলনাচের ইতিকথা মানিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের তৃতীয় উপন্যাস এবং চতুর্থ মুদ্রিত গ্রন্থ। উপন্যাসটি ভারতবর্ষ পত্রিকায় বাংলা ১৩৪১ সালের পৌষ থেকে ১৩৪২ সালের অগ্রহায়ণ পর্যন্ত ধারাবাহিকভাবে প্রকাশিত হয়। পরবর্তীতে ১৯৩৬ সালে এটি বই আকারে প্রকাশিত... -
![Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad]()
Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwin children Jeanne and Simon want to solve the mystery of their origins. In retracing the bitter history of their mother, who is about to die, other characters come into the story—witnesses or key players able to assist in the investigation. Carried aloft by poetic language, the inquiry pursued by Jeanne and Simon unfolds in a dreamlike atmosphere... -
![Iliad, Books 1–12 by Homer]()
Iliad, Books 1–12 by Homer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHere is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions... -
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![Rain Man by Leonore Fleischer, Kieran McGovern]()
Rain Man by Leonore Fleischer, Kieran McGovern
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCharlie Babbitt thinks he will get a lot of money when his father dies. However the money goes to someone he doesn't know - a man who lives in hospital and is the brother Charlie never knew he had. The two meet and so starts a surprising new life for both of them. A deeply emotional story and also a major film starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman... -
![The Stories of Raymond Carver by Raymond Carver]()
The Stories of Raymond Carver by Raymond Carver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill You Please Be Quiet, Please? What We Talk About When We Talk About Love... -
![The Collected Poems, Vol. 2: 1939-1962 by William Carlos Williams]()
The Collected Poems, Vol. 2: 1939-1962 by William Carlos Williams
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings'And when the second and final colume of Williams' 'Collected Poems' is published, it should become even more apparent that he is this century's major American poet... -
![War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad by Christopher Logue]()
War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad by Christopher Logue
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA remarkable hybrid of translation, adaptation, and inventionPicture the east Aegean sea by night,And on a beach aslant its shimmering Upwards of 50,000 menAsleep like spoons beside their lethal Fleet. “Your life at every instant up for— / Gone. / And, candidly, who gives a toss? / Your heart beats strong... -
![Seiobo There Below by László Krasznahorkai]()
Seiobo There Below by László Krasznahorkai
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeauty, in László Krasznahorkai’s new novel, reflects, however fleeting, the sacred — even if we are mostly unable to bear it.In Seiobo There Below we see the goddess Seiobo returning to mortal realms in search of perfection... -
![Dialogues with Leucò by Cesare Pavese]()
Dialogues with Leucò by Cesare Pavese
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA series of dialogues between mythological figures, treating the question of human destiny as the personal content of myths. In his foreword, Pavese elaborates on his method in the Dialogues: "What is more acutely disturbing than to see familiar scenes troubled into new life? . . . A true revelation, I am convinced, can only emerge from stubborn concentration on a single problem... -
![Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals by Pavel Bazhov]()
Malachite Casket: Tales from the Urals by Pavel Bazhov
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe "Malachite Casket" is a delightful series of interlinking stories written by Pavel Bazhov (1879-1950). These have served as the theme for cultural groups ?Sergei Prokofiev was inspired by these for his ballet "The Flower of Stone"? and the themes for operas, symphonies and films have originated here... -
![The Wild Iris by Louise Glück, Jonas Brun]()
The Wild Iris by Louise Glück, Jonas Brun
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWinner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück, a stunningly beautiful collection of poems that encompasses the natural, human, and spiritual realmsBound together by the universal themes of time and mortality and with clarity and sureness of craft, Louise Glück's poetry questions, explores, and finally celebrates the ordeal of being alive... -
![O Sítio do Picapau Amarelo by Monteiro Lobato]()
O Sítio do Picapau Amarelo by Monteiro Lobato
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo Sítio do Picapau Amarelo as crianças descobrem um ninho de João-de-Barro na paineira grande. Durante vários dias os meninos se divertem, acompanhando de longe o trabalho dos passarinhos... -
![Poe: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Poe: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPoe's poems have been memorized and recited by millions. Among his best-loved works are "The Raven" with its hypnotic chant of "nevermore, " and the sensuous and lyrical "Annabel Lee." This collection includes all of Poe's most popular rhymes... -
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![Fully Empowered by Pablo Neruda]()
Fully Empowered by Pablo Neruda
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn engaging and accessible collection that includes some of the Nobel Prize winner's own favorite poems, with the English translations and original Spanish presented on facing pages."The Sea"A single entity, but no blood.A single caress, death or a rose.The sea comes in and puts our lives togetherand attacks alone and spreads itself and singsin nights and days and men and living creatures... -
![The Clean House and Other Plays by Sarah Ruhl]()
The Clean House and Other Plays by Sarah Ruhl
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThis volume is the first publication of Sarah Ruhl, “a playwright with a unique comic voice, perspective, and sense of theater” (Variety), who is fast leaving her mark on the American stage... -
![The Right Man by Michelle Mankin]()
The Right Man by Michelle Mankin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA pretty woman and a handsome rock star.A modern retelling of Cinderella by New York Times bestselling author Michelle Mankin.A once upon a time with a hooker who used to be a good girl and a bad boy lead singer living a lie.Two lost and lonely souls and a chance encounter on a dark street corner in LA... -
![The Christmas Tree by Julie Salamon]()
The Christmas Tree by Julie Salamon
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Christmas Tree is the tale of a little girl named Anna, who is orphaned and sent to live in a convent. The lonely girl befriends, as only a child can, a tiny fir tree. Anna and Tree, as she calls him, grow up together, unlocking the secrets of friendship and sharing the wonders of nature... -
![The Witch in the Broom Cupboard and Other Tales by Pierre Gripari]()
The Witch in the Broom Cupboard and Other Tales by Pierre Gripari
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAbsurd fairy tales, very sensibly told There once was a good little devil - did you read that right? Yes you did: not a wicked little devil but a good one, and boy, was he in a fix! Instead of doing bad things like forgetting his homework and playing tricks on his teachers, this little devil kept trying to be good... -
![Nine Fairy Tales and One More Thrown in for Good Measure by Karel Čapek]()
Nine Fairy Tales and One More Thrown in for Good Measure by Karel Čapek
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKarel Čapek, author of the acclaimed War with the Newts, is one of the great Czechoslovak writers of the twentieth century. These fairy tales bear Čapek's combination of the fantastic and the satirical, offering fairies, elves, and talking animals alongside references to detectives, secret police agents, luxury automobiles, and Hollywood starlets... -
![The Little Mermaid by Deborah Hautzig]()
The Little Mermaid by Deborah Hautzig
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIllus. in full color. Andersen's sweet, sad story is beautifully retold for young readers. When the little mermaid gives up her voice in exchange for legs and a chance to meet her beloved human prince, she earns a real human soul... -
![Bloodhoof by Gerður Kristný]()
Bloodhoof by Gerður Kristný
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBloodhoof is the re-casting into compulsively spare modern verse of an ancient Eddic poem - but this only begins to hint at its attractions. It is a minimalist epic telling of the abduction of Gerdur Gymisdottir from the land of giants to the court of Freyr of the 'wolf-grey eyes', and the subsequent events culminating in the birth of her son and her hopes of being saved by her own kin... -
![The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges, George Guidall]()
The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges, George Guidall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Selection from The Collected Fictions of Jorge Luis... -
![The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories by Theodore W. Goossen]()
The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories by Theodore W. Goossen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis collection of short stories, including many new translations, is the first to span the whole of Japan's modern era from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day...Categorized as:
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![The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry by Rita Dove]()
The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry by Rita Dove
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPenguin’s landmark poetry anthology, perfect for learning poems by heart in the age of ephemeral media Recipient of the Academy of American Poets' Wallace Stevens Award (Dove)Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, introduces readers to the most significant and compelling poems of the past hundred years in The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century... -
![Meadowlands by Louise Glück]()
Meadowlands by Louise Glück
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLouise Glück sows the fertile subject ground of marital discord in harvesting this crop of gems. The poems zing back and forth as the verses alternate between man and woman. "Flaubert had more friends and Flaubert was a recluse" says he, followed by her response, "Flaubert was crazy; he lived with his mother," In one scene they argue over dead French writers; later they discuss football... -
![The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966 by Charles Bukowski]()
The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966 by Charles Bukowski
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Roominghouse Madrigals is a selection of poetry from Charles Bukowski's early work. It shows a slightly softer side to the beloved barfly.Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years... -
![Bir Süre Yere Paralel Gittikten Sonra by Barış Bıçakçı]()
Bir Süre Yere Paralel Gittikten Sonra by Barış Bıçakçı
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Bir şey sunulmuştu bana, bir hediye, bir meyve. Ama ben o meyveden tadamadım, gök erik gibi kaldı avcumda dünya. Şimdi ben uykusuzum, yalınayağım, kendimle meşgulüm. Kapımın önünde boş peynir tenekeleri, yağmur suyu biriktiriyorum... -
![The People Look Like Flowers at Last by Charles Bukowski]()
The People Look Like Flowers at Last by Charles Bukowski
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe People Look like Flowers at Last is the last of five collections of never-before published poetry from the late great Dirty Old Man, Charles Bukowski.In it, he speaks on topics ranging from horse racing to military elephants, lost love to the fear of death. He writes extensively about writing, and about talking to people about writers such as Camus, Hemingway, and Stein... -
![Morning in the Burned House by Margaret Atwood]()
Morning in the Burned House by Margaret Atwood
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThese beautifully crafted poems - by turns dark, playful, intensely moving, tender, and intimate - make up Margaret Atwood's most accomplished and versatile gathering to date, " setting foot on the middle ground / between body and word." Some draw on history, some on myth, both classical and popular... -
![A Man Asleep by Georges Perec]()
A Man Asleep by Georges Perec
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Man Asleep (French: Un homme qui dort) is a 1967 novel by the French writer Georges Perec. It uses a second-person narrative, and follows a 25-year-old student, who one day decides to be indifferent about the world. A Man Asleep was adapted into a 1974 film, The Man Who Sleeps... -
![Hansel and Gretel by Ian Wallace, Jacob Grimm]()
Hansel and Gretel by Ian Wallace, Jacob Grimm
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe classic fairy tale that celebrates Hansel and Gretel's strength and spirit over the malevolence of the world around them. Set in Atlantic Canada... -
![Rimas y leyendas by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]()
Rimas y leyendas by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsDepicting the beauty of the written word, the handsome books in this series present an assortment of universal literature from the drama of Shakespeare to the words of many well-known authors from the first half of the 20th century... -
![Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman]()
Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCalled by Time the "theater event of the year," Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses brings Ovid's tales to stunning visual life. Set in and around a large pool of water onstage, Metamorphoses juxtaposes the ancient and the contemporary in both language and image to reflect the variety and persistence of narrative in the face of inevitable change... -
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![Junge Verlierer by Emrah Serbes]()
Junge Verlierer by Emrah Serbes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEmrah Serbes erzählt davon, wie es ist, ein Mann zu werden: vom Fingerspiel in Mädchenhaaren, von tränenloser Starre, als der Bruder beim Militär ums Leben kommt, und davon, warum einer mit „Terroristen“ aus der Nachbarschaft zur Demo geht. Er erzählt von Fußballspiel, Nachhilfeunterricht und der Verwirrung wenn Lehrerinnenbeine plötzlich vom Wind freigeweht werden... -
![Roots by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]()
Roots by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIncreasingly possessed by a yearning to escape the ennui of an indifferent marriage and the empty but comfortable lifestyle of a bureaucrat, Raghu decides to visit the small patch of ancestral property in his native village. The novel moves between the two worlds - the past and the present - with pungent, earthy humour and sharp insights... -
![Tina's Web by Alki Zei, Άλκη Ζέη]()
Tina's Web by Alki Zei, Άλκη Ζέη
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWinner of the Ibby Prize for Best Book for Teenagers, the Bookworms Prize for Teen Readers and shortlisted for the Marsh Award, this is the English version of the Greek children's classic 'Constantina and her Spiders'. Tina refused to listen to her gran or her gran’s three annoying friends any more. Hey, what do they know about teenagers? They grew up way back, in the Second World War... -
![Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Library: A Collection of Literary Quotes and Inspirational Musings by Linda Woolverton, Brittany Rubiano]()
Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Library: A Collection of Literary Quotes and Inspirational Musings by Linda Woolverton, Brittany Rubiano
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDisney's Belle is one of the best fictional bookworms around. But what exactly is on her reading list? In this unique literary journal, enjoy inspiring quotes from some of Belle's favorite books, as well as her insightful notes and colorful drawings. Includes a forward by noted Disney screenwriter Linda Woolverton...Categorized as:
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![By the Bog of Cats - Acting Edition by Marina Carr]()
By the Bog of Cats - Acting Edition by Marina Carr
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLoosely based on Euripides' tragedy , this is the prophetic tale of Hester Swane, an Irish Traveller, who attempts to come to terms with a lifetime of abandonment in a world where all whom she has loved have discarded her... -
![Белая голубка Кордовы by Dina Rubina, Дина Рубина]()
Белая голубка Кордовы by Dina Rubina, Дина Рубина
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsДина Ильинична Рубина - израильская русскоязычная писательница и драматург. Родилась в Ташкенте. Новый, седьмой роман Д. Рубиной открывает особый этап в ее творчестве.Воистину, ни один человек на земле не способен сказать - кто он.Гений подделки, влюбленный в живопись. Фальсификатор с душою истинного художника... -
![El señor llega by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester]()
El señor llega by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPrimera novela de la trilogía Los gozos y las sombras, «El señor llega» narra el regreso al imaginario pueblo gallego de Pueblanueva del Conde, tras una larga ausencia, de Carlos Deza, uno de los últimos descendientes de la familia más aristocrática de la localidad, desafiada en sus aspiraciones a la hegemonía por Cayetano Salgado, un burgués enriquecido... -
![Of Love and Hunger by Julian Maclaren-Ross]()
Of Love and Hunger by Julian Maclaren-Ross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe key literary figure in the pubs of post-war Fitzrovia, Maclaren-Ross pulled together his dispersed energies to write two great books: the posthumously published Memoirs of the Forties and this spectacular novel of the Depression, Of Love and Hunger - harsh, vivid, louche, and slangy, it deserves a permanent place alongside 'Coming Up for Air' and 'Hangover Square'... -
![La Pascua triste by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester]()
La Pascua triste by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings«La Pascua triste» cierra la gran trilogía de Los gozos y las sombras que abre «El señor llega» y prosigue «Donde da la vuelta el aire»... -
![The Monster Bed by Jeanne Willis, Susan Varley]()
The Monster Bed by Jeanne Willis, Susan Varley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA little monster is afraid to go to bed because he thinks humans will get him while he is asleep... -
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![Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner]()
Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElfindom is an aristocratic society, jealous of its privileges. The ruling classes engage in such pursuits as patronizing the arts or hunting with the Royal Pack of Werewolves, while the lower orders take pleasure in conducting brutal raiding parties into the world to torment mortals... -
![The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin]()
The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAida is the defining rock star of her age; her every move observed, examined and owned by a devoted, cultish fanbase. When she disappears without a trace into a complicated love affair they are determined to find her, uncover her truths and own her once more.Aida and Ehsan reconnect after a decade apart, hoping to recapture the innocent, lost love of their youth...Categorized as:
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![The Eternal Smile by Pär Lagerkvist]()
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![To je bilo jedne noći na Jadranu by Milica Jakovljević Mir-Jam]()
To je bilo jedne noći na Jadranu by Milica Jakovljević Mir-Jam
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOvaj roman bogat je neocekivanim zapletima. Njegova fabula puna bezgranicne, nezne,sentimentalne i uzbudljive ljubavi,mami citaoca da ga cita bez daha. Krinku i Lolu, dve rodjene sestre, zivot nije mazio. Ali to im nije smetalo da izrastu u lepo vaspitane, pametne i odgovorne devojke, ponos svojih roditelja. Za nagradu, otac ih je poslao na more... -
![The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ]()
The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampâté Bâ
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Fortunes of WangrinAmadou Hampâté BâTranslated by Aina Pavolini Taylor with an Introduction by F. Abiola IreleWinner of the Grand Prix Litteraire de l'Afrique Noire"I think this is perhaps the best African novel on colonialism and it draws very richly on various modes of oral literature...Categorized as:
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![Philip Larkin Poems: Selected by Martin Amis by Philip Larkin]()
Philip Larkin Poems: Selected by Martin Amis by Philip Larkin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the first time, Faber publish a selection from the poetry of Philip Larkin. Drawing on Larkin's four collections and on his uncollected poems. Chosen by Martin Amis...
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