Books written by male authors (3465)
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Zealot by Reza Aslan EN
IranDescription:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A lucid, intelligent page-turner” (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus, from the host of Believer Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was executed as a state criminal. Within decades after his death, his followers would call him God. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most eni... continue
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Zealot : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan EN
Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A lucid, intelligent page-turner” (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus, from the host of Believer Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was executed as a state criminal. Within decades after his death, his followers would call him God. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most eni... continue
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Zebra Crossing by Meg Vandermerwe EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Ghost. Ape. Living dead. Young and albino, Chipo has been called many things, but to her mother – Zimbabwe’s most loyal Manchester United supporter – she had always been a gift. On the eve of the World Cup, Chipo and her brother flee to Cape Town, hoping for a better life and to share in the excitement of the greatest sporting event ever to take place in Africa. But the Mother City’s infamous Long Street is a dangerous place for an illegal immigrant and an albino. Soon Chipo is caught up in a get-rich-quick scheme organised by her brother and the terrifying Dr Ongani. Exploiting gamblers’ supe... continue
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Zeit der Nordwanderung by Tajjib Salich DE
SudanDescription:
Tajjib Salichs erster Roman machte ihn über Nacht berühmt und das Buch wurde zum Kultbuch der arabischen Intellektuellen.
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M Pirsig EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
One of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live . . . and a breathtaking meditation on how to live better. Here is the book that transformed a generation: an unforgettable narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father and his young son. A story of love and fear -- of growth, discovery, and acceptance -- that becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental question... continue
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BelgiumDescription:
Een tienermeisje praat met haar studiebegeleider over haar depressieve vader en haar moeder wier minnaar de vader van haar vriendje is.
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Zile liniştite la Clichy by Henry Miller RO
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
raducere din limba engleză de Alexandru Vlad
Rescrisă la cincisprezece ani de la prima versiune, Zile liniștite la Clichy dezvăluie o latură nouă a lui Miller, în care verva din Tropicul Capricornului lasă loc boemiei din perioada tinereții la Paris.
Zile liniștite la Clichy, un roman în miniatură, și continuarea sa, Mara-Marignan, cuprinse în volumul de față, au fost publicate în 1956. Sunt două povești nostalgice, despre un timp în care lumea era mai simplă și se învârtea cu lentoare, iar Henry Miller era abia un tânăr scriitor obscur, fă... continue
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JapanDescription:
L to R (Western Style). Ten stories of horror and science fiction from Japan’s hottest young author. In one story, the last man on Earth turns out to be a robot. In another story, a man builds a house from the bodies of his murder victims. And in the book’s eponymous story, a man sees his girlfriend’s corpse decompose… one Polaroid snapshot at a time!
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Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis EN
GreeceDescription:
First published in 1946, "Zorba the Greek," is, on one hand, the story of a Greek working man named Zorba, a passionate lover of life, the unnamed narrator who he accompanies to Crete to work in a lignite mine, and the men and women of the town where they settle. On the other hand it is the story of God and man, The Devil and the Saints; the struggle of men to find their souls and purpose in life and it is about love, courage and faith.
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Zumbidos en la cabeza by Drago Jancar ES
SloveniaDescription:
En la prisión de Maribor, en Eslovenia, Keber, líder histórico de la revuelta de Livada (una penitenciaría en Montenegro), fue encarcelado en el verano de 1975. Se confía con gran detalle al narrador, deseoso de transcribir la crónica de este heroico levantamiento, desencadenado durante la retransmisión de un partido de baloncesto. Keber, que tiene sentido de leyenda, no puede evitar establecer un paralelo con el asedio de Masada en Judea, en el siglo I. Durante siete meses, mil judíos se enfrentaron a ocho mil romanos que los rodearon en... continue