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From the moment that Gjorg's brother is killed by a neighbour, his own life is forfeit: for the kanun, the code of the blood feud that operates in the Albanian mountains, requires Gjorg to kill his brother's murderer and then in turn become an outcast to be hunted by the new victim's family.

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Heart of a Dog (Sobachye serdtse) is a novella by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting satire of Bolshevism, it was written in 1925 at the height of the NEP period, when communism appeared to be relaxing in the Soviet Union. It is generally interpreted as an allegory of the Communist revolution and "the revolution's misguided attempt to radically transform mankind." Its publication was initially prohibited in the Soviet Union, but it circ...

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From the boundlessness of space walking to the frustrating constrictions of one person's daily existence, this title paints with grace and skill the experience of needing to belong despite wanting to be alone.

What, he asks, is the origin of the state and the nature of the relationship between citizen and state? How should the citizen of a modern democracy react to the state's willingness to set aside moral considerations and civil liberties in its war on terror, a war that includes the use of torture?

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His readings are legendary and each new collection, from his collaboration with Brain Lynch, Endsville (1967) to Daddy, Daddy (winner of the 1990 Whitbread Poetry Award), Crazy about Women (1991) and Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil (1999) has borne out the truth of Ezra Pound's dictum that "literature is news that stays news".

Marta is raised by her grandmother in her house in Trieste, a safe haven of stories, books and enchantment. Feeling the need to escape her grandmother's house, which is populated by secrets, Marta embarks on a journey to Israel, seeking what is left of her mother's family in an attempt to make sense of where she came from.

Presents a meticulously detailed and totally candid account of the highs and lows of a physical and spiritual relationship of a woman with a man, Julien, that overwhelmed and obsessed her, and of their secret meetings and rituals in a white bedroom. This book analyses sexuality, both male and female, from a woman's perspective.

Cricket writer, acclaimed biographer, editor of the "London Magazine, " and one of the central figures in British literary life for the past four decades, Alan Ross was foremost a poet of high elegance whose work is selected and introduced here by his friend David Hughes.

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With a profound sense of the sweep of history, Jensen contemplates the rise and fall of empires and cultures, the birth of new generations, new societies, and indeed a whole new world.