Books written by male authors (2184)


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How the Word Is Passed : A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith, III EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks-those that are honest about the past and those that are not-that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves. It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving... continue

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How to Cure a Fanatic by Amos Oz EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
Proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, Sen presents a vision of a world that can be made to move toward peace as firmly as it has spiraled in recent years toward brutality and war. - from publisher information.

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How to Use Your Enemies by Baltasar Gracián EN

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Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
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A seventeenth-century Spanish priest's shrewd maxims on using guile and pragmatism to succeed in a dangerous world.

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Huasipungo by Jorge Icaza ES

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A classic of Ecuadorian literature published in 1934. Knows as 'The Villagers' in English.

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Huasipungo by Jorge Icaza EN

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An indispensable analysis of great Spanish literature is offered. The objective is to permit teachers & students of Spanish literature an access for a clear understanding of the author & his work.

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Huida a las tinieblas by Arthur Schnitzler ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
Una trágica historia sobre un hombre que sufre de paranoia. Cuando Robert se da cuenta de que tiene una enfermedad mental y ya no puede separar la realidad de la fantasía, deja a su prometida, pero pronto busca una nueva amante. Su hermano Otto, médico, al principio no se toma muy en serio la enfermedad de Robert, pero cuando el estado de su hermano empeora y él intenta ansiosamente comprobar que todo va bien, esto se convierte en su perdición.
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Humankind : A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman EN

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Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
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From the author of New York Times bestseller UTOPIA FOR REALISTS, a revolutionary argument that the innate goodness and cooperation of human beings has been the greatest factor in our success. If one basic principle has served as the bedrock of bestselling author Rutger Bregman's thinking, it is that every progressive idea -- whether it was the abolition of slavery, the advent of democracy, women's suffrage, or the ratification of marriage equality -- was once considered radical and dangerous by the mainstream opinion of its time. With Humankind, he brings that mentality to bear against one of... continue

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Humo de mariposa by Mohsin Hamid ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Pakistan flag Pakistan
Description:
En "Humo de mariposa" asistimos a la gradual caída de un joven autodestructivo de clase acomodada en un Pakistán moderno y sorprendente a los ojos de un occidental, más allá de la novela de denuncia o costumbrista, no por ello sin dejar de lado aspectos muy concretos de su sociedad (diferencia de clases y de género, avance del fundamentalismo, clima bélico, corrupción...), que se cuelan por los resortes de la trama. El autor, a su vez, juega hábilmente con diferentes niveles narrativos, intercalando varios puntos de vista acorde con sus personajes y creando un puzle que un lector astuto habrá ... continue

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Hunger by Knut Hamsun EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
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A modernist masterpiece: the Nobel Prize winner’s first and most important novel A Penguin Classic First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Contemptuous of novels of his time and what he saw as their stereotypical plots and empty characters, Knut Hamsun embarked on “an attempt to describe the strange, peculiar life of the mind, the mysteries of the nerves in a starving body.” Like the works of Dostoyevsky, it marks an extraordinary break with Western literary and humanistic traditions. For more than seventy years, Penguin... continue

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Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
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_____________________________ * A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 * 'A shimmering slice of Trinidadian gothic . . . Sumptuous, brilliantly written' THE TIMES 'An astonishing novel – linguistically gorgeous, narratively propulsive and psychologically profound' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'Deeply impressive . . . Energy and inventiveness distinguish every page' HILARY MANTEL 'The biggest, most frightening, beautiful and alive novel I've read in as long as I can remember' EVIE WYLD _____________________________ A 2023 highlight for: Financial Times * Guardian * Evening Standard * Daily... continue