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  • The Garden of Seven Twilights

    by Miquel de Palol ...
    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    Series series Catalan Literature
    As if Borges wrote The DecameronDuring an atomic alarm in Barcelona in the year 2025, the thirty-year old hero takes refuge in a luxurious mansion in the mountains where he is put up, along with other guests, awaiting the outcome of the conflict. For the following seven days the residents of the mansion spend their spare time reading and taking walks , and, above all, telling stories to each other ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Misophonia

    A Novel

    by Dana Vowinckel ...
    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    In the vein of Fleishman is in Trouble and Elif Batuman—an insightful, heartfelt, and hilarious debut coming of age novel exploring cultural diaspora through one teenager’s summer across Berlin, Jerusalem, and ChicagoIt’s another scorching summer in Chicago, and fifteen-year-old Margarita is spending her vacation as usual, under the not-so-watchful eyes of her aging maternal grandparents. All told ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • My Father's Diet

    by Adrian Nathan West ...
    The void at the heart of an economically insecure family is laid bare when an analytical son helps his oblivious father stave off despair by competing in a bodybuilding competition. Grimly hilarious; My Father's Diet is an elegy for our outmoded conceptions of manhood; as well as a reckoning with a culture incapable of introspection. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Rave

    by Rainald Goetz ...
    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    'Meet girls. Take drugs. Listen to music.' In Rave, cult German novelist Rainald Goetz takes a headlong dive into nineties techno culture. From the cathartic release on the dance floor to the intense conversations in corners of nightclubs and the after-parties in the light of dawn, this exhilarating, fragmentary novel captures the feeling of debauchery from within. Dazzling and intimate, Rave is ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When We Cease to Understand the World

    by Benjamin Labatut ...
    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    **One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2021Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize and the 2021 National Book Award for Translated LiteratureA fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining.**When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Weight of Things

    by Marianne Fritz ...
    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    “A harrowing book about the horrors of motherhood, jealousy, and war trauma.” —Kirkus ReviewsThe Weight of Things is the first book, and the first translated book, and possibly the only translatable book by Austrian writer Marianne Fritz (1948–2007). For after winning acclaim with this novel—awarded the Robert Walser Prize in 1978—she embarked on a 10,000-page literary project called “The Fortress ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Shoot For The Stars

    The 5 Dimensions of Independent Filmmaking

    by Adrian West ...
    This creative and highly informative guide is the ideal production bible for all directors, producers, and filmmakers aspiring to create world-changing art. It takes readers from the initial concept all the way through the long journey to the completion of a feature film. Projects start with an idea, which evolves into purpose, planning, collaboration, tactical execution, and total commitment. At ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Assassinations Anthology

    by Adrian Gilbert, Nigel West, Dan Mills, Peter G. Tsouras, Andy Saunders ...
    A fascinating look at what might have happened had historical assassination attempts succeeded.If Hitler had died at any stage in the Second World War, would Germany have immediately sued for peace, or would the generals have taken over and fought a far more practical war than the obdurate Führer? Equally intriguing is the possible failed assassination attempt on General de Gaulle on British soil. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pain of Others

    A Novel

    by Miguel Ángel Hernández ...
    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    In this blend of police thriller and poignant autofiction, a writer revisits a tragic crime from his adolescence and reckons with a dark, underexplored side of Spain.On Christmas Eve 1995, Miguel Ángel Hernández’s best friend murdered his sister and took his own life by jumping off a cliff. It happened in a small hamlet in the Murcia countryside. No one ever knew why. The investigation was closed, ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Open Heart

    A Novel

    by Elvira Lindo ...
    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    **Longlisted for the Dublin Literary AwardThis intimate family novel that follows the rise and fall of a great love is also a moving tribute to the generation that struggled to survive in Spain after the Civil War.**In Open Heart, Elvira Lindo tells the story of her parents—the story of an excessive love, passionate and unstable, forged through countless fights and reconciliations, which had a ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • Law as Refuge of Anarchy

    Societies without Hegemony or State

    by Hermann Amborn ...
    Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...
    Series Book 15 - Untimely Meditations
    A study of communities in the Horn of Africa where reciprocity is a dominant social principle, offering a concrete countermodel to the hierarchical state.Over the course of history, people have developed many varieties of communal life; the state, with its hierarchical structure, is only one of the possibilities for society. In this book, leading anthropologist Hermann Amborn identifies a ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Secret World of Stargazing

    Find solace in the stars

    by Adrian West ...
    The Secret World of Stargazing is the ultimate guide to set you on your epic journey around the cosmos - it's a simple guide to the skies and makes stargazing fun, easy and enjoyable for all - absolutely no equipment is required!Adrian West, AKA the internet sensation Virtual Astro, will take you through the seasons, showing you exactly what you can spot in the sky throughout the year, whether you ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook