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Tree of the Toraja
A middle-aged filmmaker visits Indonesia and becomes entranced by the Toraja custom of interning the bodies of very young deceased children in the trunks of trees. In time, the …
New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 3, From 1450 to 1750
This volume charts the Bible's progress from the end of the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. During this period, for the first time since antiquity, the Latin Church focused on …
Early Modern Europe
'Early Modern' is a term applied to the period which falls between the end of the middle ages and the beginning of the nineteenth century. This book provides a comprehensive …
Life of Irene Nemirovsky
Ir ne N mirovsky's own life was as dramatic as any fiction. Few writers enjoy posthumous success as astonishing as hers after the international triumph of Suite Fran aise. She was …
Dog Island
From the author of Grey Souls and Brodeck's Report: a chilling island fable of murder, exploitation and complicity"e;A parable about modern migration that is also the kind of …
Office of Gardens and Ponds
A mesmerising fable with a difference, set in Japan over 1000 years agoFor readers of Alessandro Baricco's Silk, Patrick S skind's Perfume and Takashi Hiraide's The Guest Cat.The …
Allure of Chanel (Illustrated)
Coco Chanel invited Paul Morand to visit her in St Moritz at the end of the Second World War when he was given the opportunity to write her memoirs; his notes of their intimate …
Enchanted Europe
Since the dawn of history people have used charms and spells to try to control their environment, and forms of divination to try to foresee the otherwise unpredictable chances of …
MAN IN A HURRY
A feverish classic from one of the modern masters of French prose. No one can keep up with Pierre Niox, the speediest antiques dealer in Paris, although not necessarily the most …
In the Caf of Lost Youth
Four narrators, a student from a caf , a private detective hired by an aggrieved husband, the heroine herself and one of her lovers, construct a portrait of Jacqueline Delanque, …