Books written by male authors (3634)
1031.
For a House Made of Stone : Gina's Story by Gina French, Andrew Crofts EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
All Gina wanted was to help support her family and protect them from the elements with a house made of stone. This is the true story of a girl from the Philippines who wanted to repay her family for the trouble she'd caused them and ended up on trial for murder in the UK in 2001.
1032.
For Bread Alone by Mohamed Choukri, Paul Bowles EN
MoroccoDescription:
Choukri's book has become a classic of world literature.
1033.
For Joshua: One Ojibway Father Teaches His Son by Richard Wagamese EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
“An expansive work about healing, resilience, humanity, respect, inheritance, Indigenous teachings, and most of all, love” from the author of Indian Horse (Literary Hub). “We may not relight the fires that used to burn in our villages, but we can carry the embers from those fires in our hearts and learn to light new fires in a new world.” Ojibwe tradition calls for fathers to walk their children through the world, sharing the ancient understanding “that we are all, animate and inanimate alike, living on the one pure breath with which the Creator gave life to the Universe.” In this intimate ser... continue
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Formas de morir by Zakes Mda ES
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Un hombre y una mujer en Sudáfrica. Toloki, un vagabundo feo y maloliente, una figura estrafalaria y enternecedora, con su sombrero de copa y su traje carnavalesco, va de funeral en funeral ofreciendo sus servicios de plañidero a cambio de unas pocas monedas. Noria, en cambio, es una mujer bella, fuerte y generosa, que se ha convertido en el símbolo de la resistencia de las mujeres tras años de miseria marcados por la tragedia de perder a sus dos hijos. Un día, en el entierro de un niño, Toloki reconoce a la madre: es Noria, su amiga de la infancia. Su reencuentro en la ciudad y el relato de s... continue
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Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco EN
ItalyDescription:
"As brilliant and quirky as THE NAME OF THE ROSE, as mischievous and wide-raning....A virtuoso performance." THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Three clever book editors, inspired by an extraordinary fable they heard years befoe, decide to have a little fun. Randomly feeding esoteric bits of knowledge into an incredible computer capable of inventing connections between all their entires, they think they are creating a long lazy game--until the game starts taking over.... Here is an incredible journey of thought and history, memory and fantasy, a tour de force as enthralling as anything Umberto Eco--o... continue
1036.
RussiaDescription:
As the Galactic Empire declines, psychohistorian Hari Seldon and his band of psychobiologists form the Foundation, designed to be the nucleus of an eventual ideal universal ruling corporation.
1037.
Fox Tales by Tomihiko Morimi EN
JapanDescription:
A collection of four spooky tales for the modern era, all tied to a certain Kyoto curio shop. A basket wriggles, a masked man lingers in the dark, and things are offered, lost, and forgotten. What mysteries lie hidden in the city's winding streets? Tomihiko Morimi offers a stylish glimpse into the beguiling and mysterious darkness of the old capital.
1038.
Fragile Things : Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night, taking one of the spectators along with it . . . In a novella set two years after the events of American Gods, Shadow pays a visit to an ancient Scottish mansion, and finds himself trapped in a game of murder and monsters . . . In a Hugo Award-winning short story set in a strangely altered Victorian England, the great detective Sherlock Holmes must solve a most unsettling royal murder . . . Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams—and nightmares . . . In a Lo... continue
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Fragmentos de Bagdad by Sinan Antoon ES
IraqDescription:
Cuando Yúsuf se detiene a contemplar sus viejas fotografías se dice a sí mismo que tiene «más de ochenta años, la mayor parte de los cuales son pasado». Que él, a fin de cuentas, está hecho de pasado, y no hace sino pensar en su juventud, en su familia descompuesta y en sus amores huidos. Pero también piensa en su ciudad… Bagdad es atentados, pero no solo. Bagdad es fanatismo, pero no solo. Bagdad es exaltación, pero no solo. La capital de Irak también ha sabido brillar.
Por su parte, Maha, al escuchar a ... continue
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Fram, ursul polar by Cezar Petrescu RO
RomaniaDescription:
„El nu avea nevoie de imblanzitor, de cravasa si de semnale. Intra singur in arena, ca un om. Intra in doua labe, cat era de mare. Saluta in dreapta si in stanga, inainte si indarat. Pe urma facea un semn ca vrea liniste. Si incepea singur programul lui“.
Fram, ursul polar este povestea unui urs alb, „puternic, dar bland si glumet“, care isi traieste majoritatea vietii in circ, unde ani buni fusese principala atractie. Totusi dorul de a deveni un urs ca toti ursii, adica salbatic si liber, il duce spre casa, la Polul Nord, acolo unde poate sa se bucure de gheturi, de... continue