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57 produkter
Birds Without Wings
Häftad, 2005
152 kr
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Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in south-west Anatolia - a town in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully for centuries. When war is declared and the outside world intrudes, …
Smelling of Rooks
Nine Years in the Norfolk Alps
Häftad, 2026
165 kr
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The People’s Book Prize 2027 FinalistFrom the author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin comes a candid, comic and irresistibly companionable portrait of a writer’s life in rural Norfolk.Drawn from Louis de Bernières’s hugely popular Facebook posts written between 2015 and 2024, Smelling of Rooks gathers …
Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord
E-bok, 2012
79 kr
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Dionisio Vivo, a young South American lecturer in philosophy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, one of the few honest policemen in town, the message is all too clear: Dionisio’s letters to the press, exposing the drug …
Senor Vivo & The Coca Lord
E-bok, 2012
102 kr
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‘Sharp, funny, engaging’ Financial TimesDiscover the second gripping novel in Louis de Bernières' satricial tragic, hilarious South American trilogy.Dionisio Vivo, a South American lecturer in philosophy, is puzzled by the bodies that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, …
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS
Häftad, 2010
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
152 kr
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**AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS**'A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy' Daily MailIt is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals but …
Partisan's Daughter
Häftad, 2009
215 kr
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A beautiful and unlikely love story about what unites us from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.Chris is in his forties: bored, lonely, trapped in a loveless, sexless marriage. He's a stranger to the 1970s youth culture of London, a stranger to himself on the night he invites a …
Red Dog
Häftad, 2002
139 kr
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The enchanting story of a very remarkable dog from the author of the bestselling Captain Corelli's Mandolin.‘In early 1998 I went to Perth in Western Australia in order to attend the literature festival, and part of the arrangement was that I should go to Karratha to do their first ever literary …
Notwithstanding
Stories from an English Village
Häftad, 2010
149 kr
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Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding, where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a …
Dust that Falls from Dreams
Häftad, 2016
152 kr
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A return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN such an extraordinary hit (2.5 million copies sold). The very first adventure with flying ace and war hero Daniel Pitt.In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World …
Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 2:: Red Dog Audio Pack
2016
248 kr
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Perfect for use in and out of class the Oxford Bookworms Library gives you:- Students can choose from over 270 books, across a wide range of genres – from crime, fantasy and thrillers, to classics, plays and non-fiction. There’s something for everyone!- Bookworms are written to a carefully designed …
Corelli's Mandolin
A Novel
E-bok, 2012
205 kr
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Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, Corelli''s Mandolin is the story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history. The place is the Greek island of Cephallonia, where gods once dabbled in the affairs of men and the local saint periodically rises from his …
War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
E-bok, 2012
139 kr
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This rambunctious first novel by the author of the bestselling Corelli''s Mandolin is set in an impoverished, violent, yet ravishingly beautiful country somewhere in South America. When the haughty Dona Constanza decides to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, the consequences are at once …
War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
Häftad, 1991
152 kr
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‘Surreal and hilarious’ IndependentEnter Louis de Bernières' magical, tragic and hilarious South American odyssey.When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the …
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS
Häftad, 1995
152 kr
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**AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS**25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR'A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy' Daily MailIt is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the …
Senor Vivo & The Coca Lord
Häftad, 1992
139 kr
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‘Sharp, funny, engaging’ Financial TimesDiscover the second gripping novel in Louis de Bernières' satricial tragic, hilarious South American trilogy.Dionisio Vivo, a South American lecturer in philosophy, is puzzled by the bodies that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, …
Partisan's Daughter
E-bok, 2008
102 kr
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A beautiful and unlikely love story about what unites us from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.Chris is in his forties: bored, lonely, trapped in a loveless, sexless marriage. He's a stranger to the 1970s youth culture of London, a stranger to himself on the night he invites a …
Notwithstanding
Stories from an English Village
E-bok, 2009
102 kr
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Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding, where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a …
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS
E-bok, 2011
100 kr
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**AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS**25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR'A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy' Daily MailIt is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the …
War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
E-bok, 2011
102 kr
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‘Surreal and hilarious’ IndependentEnter Louis de Bernières' magical, tragic and hilarious South American odyssey.When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the …
Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
E-bok, 2011, 0-3 år
100 kr
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The epic finale of the Latin American trilogy following The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts and Senor Vivo and the Coca LordWhile the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, former guerrillas, unfrocked priests and …
Red Dog
E-bok, 2011
102 kr
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The enchanting story of a very remarkable dog from the author of the bestselling Captain Corelli's Mandolin.‘In early 1998 I went to Perth in Western Australia in order to attend the literature festival, and part of the arrangement was that I should go to Karratha to do their first ever literary …
Birds Without Wings
E-bok, 2011
102 kr
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Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in south-west Anatolia - a town in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully for centuries. When war is declared and the outside world intrudes, …
Talking to George (Storycuts)
E-bok, 2011
55 kr
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John the gardener is disillusioned with his life, past and present. Alan is John's assistant, helplessly in love with Sylvie, the stable girl. These three characters are united by their friendship and by George, the barn spider.Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published …
Death of Miss Agatha Feakes (Storycuts)
E-bok, 2011
55 kr
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Agatha Feakes looks back over her life and experiences, blissfully unaware that is her last day living . . .Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Notwithstanding.
