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Uncivilized Books Ex Libris
Ex Libris revolves around a character trapped in a room with nothing but a futon and a bookcase full of comics. As they peruse covers, read stories and fragments of stories, they begin to suspect that the comics contain hidden messages and… a threat. Fiction and reality blur; sanity and madness become increasingly intertwined as the reader becomes convinced the key to their predicament is to be found between the panels of the strange books. With a dizzying array of inventive visual and narrative styles, Ex Libris continues the line of exploration and play that Madden initiated with 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style. Ex Libris is a tribute to the meta-fictional tradition of writers like Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Vladimir Nabokov, and Italo Calvino (whose novel, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, was the inspiration). MATT MADDEN (NYC 1968) is a cartoonist, teacher, and translator. His best-known book is 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style, a comics adaptation of Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style. His recent work includes the comic books Drawn Onward and Bridge. He has been living in Philadelphia since 2016.
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Éditions Libris Libris Wanderkarte 15 Maures Esterel 1 60 000
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Princeton Architectural Press Ex Libris Postcards: Fifty Postcards
Ex libris, or bookplates, are miniature artworks designed to be pasted inside books to signify ownership. A peek into the personal libraries of bibliophiles, this boxed postcard collection features designs commissioned by passionate readers including Adam Smith, Charles Dickens, Greta Garbo, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Edith Wharton. Perfect for mailing or framing, these literary prints will fascinate readers, lovers of literary ephemera, and history and art enthusiasts.
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Éditions Libris Libris Wanderkarte 14 Provence 1 60 000 Mastab 160 000
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HarperCollins Publishers Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread
**SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020** From renowned, Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic, Michiko Kakutani, comes an inspiring and gorgeously illustrated selection of the life-changing books that none of us should miss ‘Why do we love books so much?’ For legendary literary critic Michiko Kakutani, books have always been an escape and a sanctuary, the characters of some novels feeling so real to her childhood self that she worried they might leap out of the pages at night if she left the book cover open. In Ex Libris, she offers a personal selection of over 100 works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, with passionate essays on why each has had a profound effect on her life. From Homer’s The Odyssey to The Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale to Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels, Ex Libris covers a rich and vast range of classics, old and new, that will help build a well-rounded reader and citizen of the world. With gorgeous illustrations by lettering artist Dana Tanamachi that evoke vintage bookplates leafed between Kakutani’s inspiring essays, Ex Libris points us to our next great read – and proves an unmissable reminder of why we fell in love with reading in the first place.
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Éditions Libris Libris Wanderkarte 11 Monts dArdche 1 60 000 Gorges de lArdche Parc naturel rgional GPS compatible
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Oneworld Publications The Orenda: Winner of the Libris Award for Best Fiction
WINNER OF THE LIBRIS AWARD FOR BEST FICTION & BEST AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROGER WRITERS' TRUST FICTION AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 'Historical fiction at its best' Sunday Telegraph A mesmerizing epic set in the wilds of 17th century North America, from a Giller Prize-winning author 1640s, The New World In the remote winter landscape, a brutal massacre and the kidnapping of a young Iroquois girl violently re-ignites a deep rift between two tribes. The girl's captor, Bird, is one of the Huron Nation's great warriors and statesmen. Years have passed since the murder of his family, but they are never far from his mind. In the girl, he recognizes the ghost of his lost daughter, but as he fights for her heart and allegiance, small battles erupt into bigger wars as both tribes face a new, more dangerous threat. Travelling with the Huron is Christophe, a charismatic missionary who has found his calling among the tribe. An emissary from distant lands, he brings much more than his faith to this new world, with its natural beauty and riches. As these three souls dance with each other through intricately woven acts of duplicity, their social, political and spiritual worlds collide - and a new nation rises from a world in flux.
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Éditions Libris Libris Wanderkarte 10 Vercors 1 60 000 Parc naturel rgional Quatre Montagnes Royans Gervanne Vercors dromois Diois Trives
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Éditions Libris Libris Wanderkarte 01 Lman 1 60 000 Des rives du lac aux sommets Rives du Lman Genevois Pays de Gex Chablais Faucigny Giffre
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Éditions Libris Libris Wanderkarte 09 Corse du sud GR20 Porto Sagone Pays dAjaccio Valle de Taravo Alta Rocca Aiguilles De Bavella Rivages du sud 1 60 000
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Libris The Young Brecht, 1917-22
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Libris Memoir of Italo Svevo
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Libris Selected Poetry
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Âitions Libris N 03 BAUGES CHARTREUSE BELLEDONNE
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Éditions Libris N 06 QUEYRAS UBAYE
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Ex Libris Press LES MINQUIERS: Jersey's Southern Outpost
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Ex Libris Press The Mid-Wilts Way
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Ex Libris Press Walks on the Mendip Hills
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Ex Libris Press Geology of Somerset
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Ex Libris Press Jersey Rambles: Coast and Country
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Ex Libris Press CHEERS!: Drinks and drinking in Jersey through the ages
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Ex Libris Press Channel Fish: a Book of Fish Cookery from the Channel Islands
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Ex Libris Press Wildlife of the Channel Islands
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Ex Libris Press Jersey War Walks Exploring the Fortified Isle
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Ex Libris Press The Jersey Lily: Life and Times of Lillie Langtry
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Europa Editions (UK) Ltd Beautiful
“Massimo Cuomo’s writing, not the protagonist’s beauty, is what’s truly wonderful about this book.” - Coooperazione “Intense, engaging, psychologically deep. Beautiful lives up to its title.” - Ex Libris “With this Márquezian novel Massimo Cuomo outdid himself.” - Corriere del Veneto A magical tale of love and rivalry between two brothers. Miguel is beautiful. His beauty is so rare and miraculous that it has made him the object of cult-like devotion in the city. Santiago, his older brother, watches with a mix of admiration and disquiet the prodigious effect that Miguel’s looks have on his mother and father, on passersby, their neighbours, and the droves of female suitors that follow him everywhere. With Miguel constantly under the spotlight, Santiago is left to inhabit darker, hidden places, from where he will finally learn that life is not easy for anyone, even his prodigiously handsome brother. Set in Mexico, this story shines at every turn with the colours and mythical light of magical realism. The conflict between brothers, the role of the parents, the loves, the violence, the journeys are presented with realism and deep psychological insight yet possess an aura of legend. Disappointments, flights, regrets, reunions, goodbyes, epiphanies make up this story, as we follow the two brothers, and the people around them—all forever marked, each in their own way, by their extraordinary encounter with Beauty. “In contemporary Italian literature, never has the theme of the close-knit yet ambivalent relationship between two brothers been addressed with such clarity, depth, and ability to bring to light the conflict raging within each soul.” - Avvenire
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