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"Tim Parks traces Garibaldi's famous journey across the Apennines in search of the country's past and present. In the summer of 1849, Giuseppe Garibaldi, the legendary hero of guerrilla wars and future architect of a united Italy, was finally forced to concede defeat to the Frenc...
Greater follows the true story of Brandon Burlsworth, the greatest walk-on in the history of college football. Brandon dreams of playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks but is told he isn't good enough to play Division 1.The awkward kid who once was an embarrassment to his teammates ...
"Why do we need fiction? Why do books need to be printed on paper, copyrighted, read to the finish? Why should a group of aging Swedish men determine what "world" literature is best? Do books change anything? Did they use to? Do we read to challenge our vision of the world or to ...
"A book that begins before Adam and ends after us. In this magisterial work, figures of the Bible and its whole outline emerge in a new light: one that is often astonishing and disquieting, as indeed is the book from which they originate"-- Provided by publisher.
After beating a murder rap for selling faulty e-cigarettes at a music festival, Tim launches a campaign for San Bernardino District Attorney despite a complete lack of experience. Fueled by ego and ignorance, he tries to surmount the obstacles facing him by personally connecting ...
"Teach Us to Sit Still is the visceral, thought-provoking, and inexplicably entertaining story of how Tim Parks found himself in serious pain, how doctors failed to help, and the quest he took to find his own way out. Overwhelmed by a crippling condition which nobody could explai...
With a history of feuding, the Franklin and Red Eagle families are well-known ravials in the lawless Western frontier. When disaster strikes, these two families will be forced to confront their many differences as lives hang in the balance.
A television journalist flees to the mountains near the Austrian border after an interview goes bad with the American president and his son releases a new book which places his father in an unfavourable light.
Six adults and nine teenagers from Britain arrive in the Italian Alps for a vacation of kayaking. Their lives intertwine in unimaginable ways as they fight for their lives on treacherous waters.
After 20 years of living in Italy, the author spent a year following the fortunes-and misfortunes-of the Verona football club. Here is his rollicking report. From Udine to Catania, from San Siro to the Olimpico, traveling with the fans and the players from the tip to the toe of I...
'In Extremis' is one of the most implacable, but also one of the funniest, novels about death and family you will ever read. Thomas knows there is something he needs to say to his mother before she dies. But will he reach her in time? And will he have the courage to say what he c...
Morris Duckworth has a dark past. Having married and murdered his way into a wealthy Italian family, he has become a respected member of Veronese business life. But it’s not enough. Never satisfied with being anything short of the best, he comes up with a plan to put on the most...
Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enough: "At fourteen I was a boarder in a school in the Appenzell." But there is nothing truly simple or innocent here. With the off-handed knowingness of a remorseless young Eve, the n...