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Blue Fire
(Hardcover)
R J Mikelionis
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R605
R530
Discovery Miles 5 300
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Here is a small fact - you are going to die.
1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.
The 10th-anniversary edition features pages of bonus content, including annotated manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author's writing notebook.
At the head of the Grande Armee march the Hussars of Conflans-and
leading them is Brigadier Gerard
These are the adventures of Conan Doyle's incomparable French
hero-the finest swordsman in the Light Cavalry-Etienne Gerard.
Arranged for the first time in historical chronological order, his
many enthusiasts can now properly appreciate his colourful career
as he fights, loves and blunders his way through the Napoleonic
epoch-from his earliest adventure as a young blade determined to
reach his lady love despite the unwelcome attention of her fathers
bull-through many campaigns and special missions-to the bloody
field of Waterloo, the downfall of his beloved Emperor and beyond.
This is the complete collection of these classic stories. What
makes this edition exceptional is the inclusion of nearly 140
illustrations-mostly by the famed military artist William Barnes
Wollen-which accurately portray the spirit of the stories and the
uniforms and scenes of the events they portray. At last the modern
reader can fully appreciate the Brigadier as he originally appeared
in The Strand magazine. This unique volume will be a delight for
fans of Conan Doyle and the Brigadier-and will be a perfect
addition to the libraries of enthusiasts of the age of Napoleon in
fiction and in history alike. Available now for collectors from
Leonaur in soft back and a hardcover with dust-jacket, this book is
destined to be treasured forever by those who own it.
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All Our Yesterdays
(Paperback)
Natalia Ginzburg; Translated by Angus Davidson
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R431
R376
Discovery Miles 3 760
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From "one of the most distinguished writers of modern Italy" (New
York Review of Books), a classic novel of society in the midst of a
war. This powerful novel is set against the background of Italy
from 1939 to 1944, from the anxious months before the country
entered the war, through the war years, to the allied victory with
its trailing wake of anxiety, disappointment, and grief. In the
foreground are the members of two families. One is rich, the other
is not. In All Our Yesterdays, as in all of Ms. Ginzburg's novels,
terrible things happen--suicide, murder, air raids, and bombings.
But seemingly less overwhelming events, like a family quarrel,
adultery, or a deception, are given equal space, as if to say that,
to a victim, adultery and air raids can be equally maiming. All Our
Yesterdays gives a sharp portrait of a society hungry for change,
but betrayed by war. During the period described in the novel,
Natalia Ginzburg was married to the writer Leone Ginzburg. Because
of his underground activities, he was interned under Mussolini's
reign, along with his family, in a restricted area in the Abruzzi.
When the Ginzburgs later moved to Rome, Leone was arrested and
tortured by the fascists, and killed, leaving Natalia alone to
raise her three children. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our
Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a
broad range of books for readers interested in fiction--novels,
novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire,
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including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While
not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a
national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are
sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise
find a home.
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The Sword Myndarit
(Hardcover)
Andrew Arrowsmith; Photographs by Fiona Shuttleworth; Illustrated by Carol Arrowsmith
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R691
Discovery Miles 6 910
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