Books written by male authors (3574)
1701.
Mendelssohn en el tejado by Jiri Weil ES
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Mendelssohn en el tejado ofrece una mirada satírica de la vida cotidiana en una Praga asolada por la ocupación nazi. En el año 1.942, cuando la capital checa se encontraba ocupada por el ejército nazi, Julius Schlesinger, aspirante a oficial de las SS, ha recibido de sus superiores la orden de retirar del tejado del Rudolfinum la estatua del judío Felix Mendelssohn. Pero ¿cuál de las efigies es la del insigne compositor? Schlesinger decide llevar a la práctica las enseñanzas recibidas en un curso de «ciencia racial», y ... continue
1702.
Mendelssohn is on the Roof by Jiri Weil EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
SS Officer Juliyus Schlesinger is ordered to remove the statue of the Jewish composer Mendelssohn from the roof of the Prague Academy of Music before an official concert. Unsure which of the statues is Mendelssohn, he tells his men to remove the one with the biggest nose. Unfortunately, this is the statue of Wagner.
1703.
Menino de Engenho by José Lins do Rego PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Primeiro romance de José Lins do Rego, Menino de engenho traz uma narrativa cativante composta pelas aventuras e desventuras da meninice de Carlos, garoto nascido num engenho de açúcar. No livro, o leitor se envolverá com as alegrias, inquietações e angústias do garoto diante de sensações e situações por ele vivenciadas pela primeira vez. Publicado originalmente em 1932, o romance comprova, sem sombra de dúvidas, o talento monumental de um escritor, cuja obra nortearia os rumos do moderno regionalismo brasileiro.
1704.
Menneskefluene (The human flies) by Hans Olav Lahlum NO
NorwayDescription:
This is the first mystery in the hugely compelling, bestselling Norwegian crime series. Oslo, 1968. Ambitious young detective Inspector Kolbjorn Kristiansen is called to an apartment block, where a man has been found murdered. The victim, Harald Olesen, was a legendary hero of the Resistance during the Nazi occupation and at first it is difficult to imagine who could have wanted him dead. But as Detective Inspector Kolbjorn Kristiansen (known as K2) begins to investigate, it seems clear that the murderer could only be one of Olesen's fellow tenants in the building. Soon, with the help of ... continue
1705.
Mere Christianity : Comprising The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality by C. S. Lewis EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Discusses the essence of Christian faith and the doctrine of the Trinity.
1706.
Mesopotamia by Serhiĭ Z︠H︡adan EN
UkraineDescription:
A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation's post-independence years "One of the most astounding novels to come out of modern Ukraine. Mesopotamia is seductive, twisted, brilliant, and fierce."--Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Absurdistan This captivating book is Serhiy Zhadan's ode to Kharkiv, the traditionally Russian-speaking city in Eastern Ukraine where he makes his home. A leader among Ukrainian post‑independence authors, Zhadan employs both prose and poetry to address the disillusion... continue
France1708.
Metro: A Story of Cairo by Magdy El Shafee EN
EgyptDescription:
Depicting the financial and social insecurity afflicting young people in modern Cairo, Metro was the first adult graphic novel published (and subsequently banned) in Egypt, just three years before the Arab Spring. In art as pulsing and immediate as Cairo itself, Magdy El Shafee delivers a prescient portrait of a crumbling society and Egypt's coming eruption. A powerful story of young men with nothing left to lose, Metro sounds the cry for a better, freer future. When Shehab, a young software designer, runs afoul of a loan shark, all avenues of escape in Mubarak's corrupt, chaotic Egypt seem to... continue
1709.
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award Longlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award'Imagined with an impressively detailed three-dimensional solidity' Sunday Times'I loved it ... You could feel the chill of the wind ... Fantastic; it's a great book' Sara Cox, BBC Two 'Between the Covers''Stylish and thoughtful ... The eerie claustrophobia of the setting will stay with the reader for a long while.' Literary Review 'Unputdownable ... An extraordinary book ... as insightful and as premonitory as Orwell's 1984' Litro___________________________________________________Not all that is hidd... continue
1710.
Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy EN
HungaryDescription:
A haunting Hungarian novel, and a vision of hell unlike any previously imagined.