Books written by male authors (3779)
3411.
The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic by Nick Joaquin EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
Celebrating the centennial of his birth, the first-ever U.S. publication of Philippine writer Nick Joaquin’s seminal works, with a foreword by PEN/Open Book Award–winner Gina Apostol A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Nick Joaquin is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino writers, but he has remained little-known outside his home country despite writing in English. Set amid the ruins of Manila devastated by World War II, his stories are steeped in the post-colonial anguish and hopes of his era and resonate with the ironic perspectives on colonial history of Gabriel García Már... continue
3412.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
3413.
The World According to Garp : A Novel by John Irving EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The story of T.S. Garp, the bastard son of a feminist leader who is ahead of her time.
3414.
The World of the End by Ofir Touché Gafla EN
IsraelDescription:
The American debut of a bestselling Israeli novel about a man who crosses into another world for the sake of love.
3415.
The World of Yesterday: An Autobiography by Stefan Zweig EN
AustriaDescription:
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, but it was his biographies that expressed his full genius, recreating for his international audience the Elizabethan age, the French Revolution, the great days of voyages and discoveries. In this autobiography he holds the mirror up to his own age, telling the story of a generation that "was loaded down with a burden of fate as was hardly any other in the course of history." Zweig attracted to himself the best minds and loftiest souls of his era: Freud, Yeats, Borgese, Pirandello, Gorky, Ravel, Joyce, Toscanini, Jane Addams, Anatole... continue
Serbia3417.
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany EN
EgyptDescription:
Reveals the political corruption, sexual repression, religious extremism, and modern hopes of Egypt today through the lives of several people who live in the Yacoubian building.
3418.
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna EN
FinlandDescription:
The wacky, satirical adventures of a journalist and his rabbit friend.
3419.
The Year of the Rabbit by Tian Veasna EN
CambodiaDescription:
One family's quest to survive the devastation of the Khmer Rouge Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family’s desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country’s major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the regime ultimately responsible for the deaths of one million citizens. Cartoonist Tian Veasna was born just three days after the Khmer Rouge take... continue
Armenia