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The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. The Kalevala was instrumental in the development of the Finnish national identity and the sense of nationality that led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917. Beginning with the traditional Finnish creation myth, the Kalevala branches out into stories of the creation of the earth, plants, creatures, and the sky. There are many stories of, romance, kidnapping, seduction, and magical spell casting and singing.

The Kalevala provides a compelling insight into the myths and folklore of Finland. Compiled by Elias Lönnrot in the 19th century, this impressive volume follows a tradition of oral storytelling that goes back some 2000 years, and it is often compared to such epic poems as Homer's Odyssey. However, The Kalevala has little in common with the culture of its Nordic neighbors: It is primarily poetic, it is mythical rather than historic, and its heroes solve their problems with magic more often than violence.

Nora Helmer has everything a young housewife could want: Beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a bright future. But when a carelessly buried secret rises from the past, Nora’s well-calibrated domestic ideal starts to crumble. Ibsen’s play is as fresh today as it was when it first stormed the stages of 19th-century Europe.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1841: Datterich, ein Lebenskünstler ohne Geld und Arbeit, ist ein Pumpgenie, immer auf der Jagd nach einer Flasche Wein, dem nächsten Schoppen, ein unverfrorener Schnorrer, weit überlegen an Wendigkeit und Witz den biederen Bürgersleuten, repräsentiert durch Familie Dummbach und den Drehergesellen Schmidt. Um den jungen Schmidt besser ausnehmen zu können verspricht ihm der Datterich Protektion und versucht den schüchternen Gesellen an Evchen, Datterichs Cousine, zu verkuppeln.

A group of entrepreneurs brings roaring back to life a defunct turbine factory and the town around it, promising a return to the days of dignity, jobs and the good life and bright future that a manufacturing center can dispense to a small town. But is a return to the days of plenty possible? And what of the changed relationships between lovers, and within families, that have transpired in the years since that earlier time? Perišić takes us there, into the past and into the future, and watches with a bemused sad smile as the inevitable wreaks havoc with the possible. 

As a novelist, Matija makes things up for a living. Not yet thirty, he’s written two well-received books. It’s his third that is as big a failure as his private life. Unable to confine his fabrications to fiction, he’s been abandoned by his girlfriend over his lies. But all Matija has is invention. Especially when it comes to his childhood and the death of his father. Whatever happened to Matija as a young boy, he can’t remember. He feels frightened, angry, and responsible....

Il mondo in cui vivevo prima era finito. Ora mi toccava iniziare una nuova partita a nascondino con l'assassino. Vince chi trova per primo mia sorella. Cho Seoran non vede la sorella minore da dieci anni, da quando la ragazzina è fuggita di casa. Però di una cosa è sicura: non è Seohee la donna nella foto che le mostra la polizia, uccisa con dieci coltelli piantati nella schiena, come la loro madre anni prima, e come è disegnato sulla carta del Dieci di Spade dei tarocchi.

Aquí se cuenta la vida de un hombre que solía despertarse, casi siempre, en un lugar diferente del que originalmente había elegido para dormir. Tenía este extraño hábito porque más de la mitad de su vida adulta, 17 años de los 30 que vivió antes de sumarse a una revolución, había sido...

Ali Eteraz’s much-anticipated debut novel is the story of M., a supportive husband, adventureless dandy, lapsed believer, and second-generation immigrant who wants nothing more than to host parties and bring children into the world as full-fledged Americans. As M.’s life gradually fragments around him - a wife with a chronic illness; a best friend stricken with grief; a boss jeopardizing a respectable career - M. spins out into the pulsating underbelly of Philadelphia, where he encounters others grappling with fallout from the War on Terror.

Con más de cuatro millones de ejemplares vendidos y traducida a más de cuarenta idiomas, Upile Chilsala está considerada por Elle, Vogue y el Huffington Post como una de las voces revelación de la prosa poética. Este es el primer audiolibro de prosa poética de la escritora malaui Upile Chisala. En él, la autora explora el yo, la alegría, el género, los asuntos del corazón, la experiencia de la diáspora, la espiritualidad y, sobre todo, aquello que nos hace sobrevivir. Una prosa poética que se convierte en un viaje de sanación compartido.