Books written by male authors (3465)
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A Message From Rosa by Quince Duncan EN
Country: North America / 
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Description:
Experience the struggle of African warriors defending their village. Travel on the slave boat with African enslaved women. Feel the tension mounting in Yanga’s heart as he leads his Afro Mexican troops in confrontation with the Spanish colonial army. Live a vivid moment of the Afro-Colombian’ struggle for freedom. Sit on the corridor and listen to a conversation between cuban heroes Jose Marti and Mariana Grajales. Visit a Jamaican Maroon battle field. Be part of Palmares’s Brazilian warriors. Witness the resistance of Afro German women during the Nazi rule. Share young Martin Luther King’s di... continue
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Shakespeare's popular comedy of love and mistaken identity is accompanied by a section on reading Shakespeare's language, information on Shakespeare's life and theater, explanatory notes, annotated reading lists, and an essay
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A MiG-15 to Freedom : Memoir of the Wartime North Korean Defector Who First Delivered the Secret Fighter Jet to the Americans in 1953 by No Kum-Sok, J. Roger Osterholm EN
Country: Asia / 
North Korea
North Korea
Description:
On September 21, 1953, U.S. airmen at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul, Korea, were startled to see landing a MiG-15, the most advanced Soviet-built fighter plane of the era, piloted by Senior Lieutenant No Kum-Sok, a 21-year-old North Korean Air Force officer. Once he landed, Lieutenant No found that his mother had escaped to the South two years earlier, and they were soon reunited. At his request, No came to the United States and became a U.S. citizen. His story provides a unique insight into how North Korea conducted the Korean War and how he came to the decision to leave his homeland.
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A Minor Chorus : A Novel by Billy-Ray Belcourt EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE* NATIONAL BESTSELLER An urgent first novel about breaching the prisons we live inside from one of Canada’s most daring literary talents. An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta in search of what eludes him: the shape of the novel he yearns to write, an autobiography of his rural hometown, the answers to existential questions about family, love, and happiness. What ensues is a series of conversations, connections, and disconnections that reveals the texture of life in a town literature has left unexplore... continue
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A Modest Proposal and Other Writings by Jonathan Swift EN
IrelandDescription:
The political dilemma of Ireland; the state of faith in England; the charms of the Beggar's Opera; the importance of puns . . . This selection gathers together some of Swift's most brilliant prose, from high politics to social gossip, from savage tirades to lighthearted social satire. In addition to his classic essays, the collection includes several of Swift's letters to Alexander Pope and other great thinkers of the age.
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A Monk Swimming : A Memoir by Malachy McCourt EN
Description:
The memoirs of Malachy McCourt who left a childhood of poverty in Ireland to live in New York where he carved out a colourful career as a writer and actor - The story of his early life was told in Angela's ashes, by his brother Frank McCourt.
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A Month and a Day : A Detention Diary by Ken Saro-Wiwa EN
KenyaDescription:
The moving last memoir of the outspoken critic of the Nigerian regime and international oil companies he held responsible for the destruction of his homeland-who lost his life in the campaign for the basic rights fo the Ogoni people of Nigeria.
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A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East by László Krasznahorkai EN
HungaryDescription:
A quiet, poetic, and exquisitely gorgeous novel describing a wandering mythic figure in a Kyoto monastery, by the 2019 National Book Award winner
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A mulher ruiva by Orhan Pamuk PT
TurkeyDescription:
O vencedor do Nobel Orhan Pamuk retorna à arte do romance com a instigante história de um garoto abandonado pelo pai. Ao se jogar em caminhos imprevisíveis, ele se aproxima de um cavador de poços e tem sua vida impactada por um incidente envolvendo uma misteriosa mulher ruiva. Anos depois ele é capaz de revisitar a cena e desvelar segredos desse passado. Orhan Pamuk nos põe na pele de Cem, jovem de classe-média abandonado pelo pai que deixa seu cotidiano ordinário para se tornar aprendiz de um pobre cavador de poços que busca encontrar água em uma planície desolada. Eles trabalham arduamente s... continue
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A Murder of Hate by Yasin Kakande EN
UgandaDescription:
A Murder of Hate is a gripping crime thriller that immerses readers in a world where murder, politics, and international diplomacy collide in a dangerous web of deceit and desire. Boston detectives Lisa Garcia and Basudde "Bus" Erias, two fierce rivals, are thrust into the heart of a chilling investigation when the niece of an African president-an exchange student in Boston-is brutally murdered. As they dig deeper into the case, they uncover more than just a killer; they expose the dark and deadly connections between Washington's power players and the ruthless dictators they secretly support. ... continue