Magnus Magnusson
Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness's is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provocative novel at once earthy and otherworldly. At its outset, the Bishop of Iceland dispatches a young emissary to investigate certain charges against the pastor at ... [... more]
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Nadine Gordimer
Three Novels of Ancient Egypt Khufu's Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War From Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz: the three magnificent novels-published in an omnibus edition for the first time-that form an ancient-Egyptian counterpart to his ... [... more]
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Richard P. Feynman
Richard Feynman was one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century - from his work on the atomic bomb to his solution to the puzzle of the Challenger disaster; Feynman helped to shape the world as we know it. Nobel laureate, iconoclastic ... [... more]
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Humphrey Davies
Three Novels of Ancient Egypt Khufu's Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War From Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz: the three magnificent novels-published in an omnibus edition for the first time-that form an ancient-Egyptian counterpart to his ... [... more]
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Raymond Stock
Three Novels of Ancient Egypt Khufu's Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War From Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz: the three magnificent novels-published in an omnibus edition for the first time-that form an ancient-Egyptian counterpart to his ... [... more]
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Anthony Calderbank
Three Novels of Ancient Egypt Khufu's Wisdom, Rhadopis of Nubia, Thebes at War From Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz: the three magnificent novels-published in an omnibus edition for the first time-that form an ancient-Egyptian counterpart to his ... [... more]
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A Life's Wisdom: From the Works of the Nobel Laureate
 Author: Naguib Mahfouz Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 808 EAN: 9789774160202 Edition: 1 ISBN: 9774160207 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 2007-01-01 [... more]
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Philip Roughton
Sometimes grim, sometimes uproarious, and always captivating, by Nobel Laureate Halldór Laxness is at once an updating of the traditional Icelandic saga and a caustic social satire. At the close of the 17th century, Iceland is an oppressed Danish . [... more]
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Yiddish: A Nation of Words
From Amazon.com: "Positive, upbeat, practical, deeply rooted in Jewish history. That's our language. That's Yiddish." These words refer to the first recognizable Yiddish sentence extant, dated 1272, translated as "A good day will happen to [... more]
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La Symphonie Pastorale
Writing in a state of grace.: La Symphonie Pastorale deals with the semi-acknowledged love affair between a married Protestant priest and Gertrudes, a blind girl he takes into his home and educates. Blinded by love, the priest continually neglects his [... more]
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Passover Haggadah: As Commented Upon By Elie Wiesel and ...
From Amazon.com: A Passover Haggadah, retelling the Exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt, guides families every year through their Passover Seder. A Passover Haggadah faithfully renders the entire text of story, prayer, and song, with commentary [... more]
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The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for ...
excellent introduction: If you have high-school level biology background. This book will be a great book to know about the way people are trying to know the brain. Nothing Ado About a Lot.: A most interesting and revealing unconscious account of a Nobel [... more]
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