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December

Kluge Alexander, Richter Gerhard

ISBN: PB: 9780857424440, Seagull Books, February 2017
130 pp., 19.8x13.9 cm, 39 colour illus.

In the historic tradition of calendar stories and calendar illustrations, author and film director Alexander Kluge and celebrated visual artist Gerhard Richter have composed "December", a collection of thirty-nine stories and thirty-nine snow-swept p...

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The Arab List

Maryam Keeper of Stories

Sobh Alawiya

ISBN: HB: 9780857423252, Seagull Books, February 2017
400 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm

This acclaimed novel is set during the Lebanese Civil War and offers a rare depiction of women's experiences amid this sprawling, region-defining conflict. In Alawiya Sobh's hands, the details of everyday life mix with female voices from across class...

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Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Children's Classics

Andersen Hans Christian

ISBN: HB: 9781435163683, GMC Group, Barnes & Noble, February 2017
320 pp., 21.6x15.3 cm, illus.

This book collects 17 of Andersen's incomparable stories, among them "The Little Mermaid", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Red Shoes", "The Wild Swans" and his fantasy masterpiece, "The Snow Queen". The book is illustrated in full colour by W. Heath...

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Les Miserables Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection

Hugo Victor

ISBN: HB: 9781435163690, GMC Group, Barnes & Noble, February 2017
928 pp., 27.6x21.6 cm

One of the most widely read novels of all time, "Les Miserables" was the crowning literary achievement of Victor Hugo's career. An enormous melodrama set against the background of political upheaval in France following the rule of Napoleon I, the nov...

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At Twilight They Return A Novel in Ten Tales

Zateli Zyranna, Connolly David

ISBN: HB: 9780300200713, Yale University Press, January 2017
528 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

The powerful and stylistically brilliant saga of a family by one of contemporary Greece's most acclaimed literary masters Zyranna Zateli's ambitious, multigenerational saga is the story of Christoforos, who first weds Petroula, and then Eftha, follow...

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Summer of Caprice

Vancura Vladislav

ISBN: PB: 9788024632896, ISBN: HB: 9788024611952, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, January 2017
204 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, 8 colour plates, 90 line drawings

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! "Summer of Caprice", a captivating comic novel first published in 1926, is a classic of Czech literature, yet it is little known elsewhere. Commonly considered untranslatable due to the co...

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We Were a Handful

Polacek Karel

ISBN: PB: 9788024632858, ISBN: HB: 9788024614496, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, January 2017
400 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! A favorite work of Czech humor, "We Were a Handful" depicts the adventures of five boys from a small Czech town through the diary of Petr Bajza, the grocer's son. Written by Karel Polacek...

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