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“anna della subin”

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  • Accidental Gods

    On Race, Empire, and Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

    de Anna Della Subin ...
    NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE, THE IRISH TIMES AND THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT**SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZEA provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age.**Ever since 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and was hailed as a heavenly ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Hospital

    de Ahmed Bouanani ...
    Traducido por Lara Vergnaud ...
    A tour de force: an utterly singular modern Moroccan classic“When I walked through the large iron gate of the hospital, I must have still been alive…” So begins Ahmed Bouanani’s arresting, hallucinatory 1989 novel The Hospital, appearing for the first time in English translation. Based on Bouanani’s own experiences as a tuberculosis patient, the hospital begins to feel increasingly like a prison ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Laziness in the Fertile Valley

    de Albert Cossery, Anna Della Subin ...
    Traducido por William Goyen ...
    A portrait of a family of proud layabouts who avoid work and sleep all day by the Egyptian writer often referred to as "the Voltaire of the Nile"Laziness in the Fertile Valley is Albert Cossery’s biting social satire about a father, his three sons, and their uncle — slackers one and all. One brother has been sleeping for almost seven years, waking only to use the bathroom and eat a meal. Another ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Immortali per caso

    Di uomini diventati divini senza volerlo

    de Anna della Subin ...
    Traducido por Francesca Pe' ...
    ««Chi può creare un dio è una questione tanto affascinante quanto quella di chi ne può uccidere uno. Subin scrive magnificamente della vita spirituale delle persone emarginate, prendendo sul serio le loro devozioni e rivelando lo scopo sovversivo e il potere di credenze e pratiche che i loro oppressori hanno così spesso frainteso. Convincente... pieno di compassione... trascinante». »«The New ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

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    Accidental Gods

    On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

    de Anna Della Subin ...
    Narrado por Xe Sands ...

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    13 hora 3 minutos

    Ever since 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and was hailed as a heavenly being, the accidental god has haunted the modern age. From Haile Selassie, acclaimed as the Living God in Jamaica, to Britain's Prince Philip, who became the unlikely center of a new religion on a South Pacific island, men made divine—always men—have appeared on every continent. And because these ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

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    The Written World

    The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization

    de Martin Puchner ...
    Narrado por Arthur Morey ...

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    12 hora 3 minutos

    The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world historyIn this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Unsettled Ground

    The Whitman Massacre and Its Shifting Legacy in the American West

    de Cassandra Tate ...
    **"By turns moving, evenhanded and lyrical in its evocation of time and place."—**Seattle TimesIn this rigorously researched and incisively written account, historian and journalist Cassandra Tate challenges generations of received wisdom about the 1847 killing of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and eleven others at their Presbyterian mission on Cayuse land near present-day Walla Walla.Far from a ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

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    The Pope at War

    The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler

    de David I. Kertzer ...
    Narrado por Arthur Morey ...

    Completo

    17 hora 33 minutos

    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The most important book ever written about the Catholic Church and its conduct during World War II.”—Daniel Silva“Kertzer brings all of his usual detective and narrative skills to [The Pope at War] . . . the most comprehensive account of the Vatican’s relations to the Nazi and fascist regimes before and during the war.”—The Washington Post**“Tolstoyan.”—Cynthia ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • All the Knowledge in the World

    The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia

    de Simon Garfield ...
    From the “deliriously clever” (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comesthe wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the present day.New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"A brilliant book about knowledge itself.” —Deirdre Mask, author of The Address Book**“Garfield’s witty history captures the... ... Leer más

    Antes $16.99 USD Ahora $2.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • A Shot in the Moonlight

    How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South

    de Ben Montgomery ...
    The sensational true story of George Dinning, a freed slave, who in 1899 joined forces with a Confederate war hero in search of justice in the Jim Crow south. “Taut and tense. Inspiring and terrifying in its timelessness.”(Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad )Named a most anticipated book of 2021 by O, The Oprah MagazineNamed a "must-read" by the Chicago ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Émilienne

    A Novel of Belle Époque Paris

    de Pamela Binnings Ewen, Janieta Eyre ...
    From the bestselling author of The Queen of Paris comes a glittering new novel about youth, beauty, and having the courage to carve your own path in a world on the brink of war.Pamela Binnings Ewen’s newest novel reveals the story of Émilienne, once the most beautiful, sought-after woman in Paris during the Belle Époque, the era of peaceful years just before World War I. As a girl, Émilienne ... Leer más

    $10.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Battle Elephants and Flaming Foxes

    Animals in the Roman World

    de Caroline Freeman-Cuerden ...
    From the hooves of chariot horses pounding the dust of the racetrack to the cries of elephants charging the battlefields, animals were a key part of Roman life. On memorials left to beloved dogs or in images of arena animals hammered onto coins, their stories and roles in Roman history are there for us to find.Why did the emperor Augustus always have a seal skin nearby?What was the most dangerous ... Leer más

    $19.49 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus