Book type: non-fiction (1985)
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Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks EN
EnglandDescription:
It doesn't take much - "£100 is usually sufficient" - to persuade Tony Hawks to take off on notoriously bizarre and hilarious adventures in response to a bet. And so it is, a pointless argument with a friend concludes in a bet - that Tony can't beat all eleven members of the Moldovan soccer team at tennis. And with the loser of the bet agreeing to strip naked on Balham High Road and sing the Moldovan national anthem, this one was just too good to resist. The ensuing unpredictable and often hilarious adventure sees him being taken in by Moldovan gypsies and narrowly avoid kidnap in Transnistria... continue
1172.
Pleidooi voor leven by Denis Mukwege NL
Country: Africa / 
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Description:
Leven en werk van de Congolese gynaecoloog Denis Mukwege, Nobelprijswinnaar voor de Vrede 2018, die vrouwen behandelt die het slachtoffer zijn geweldadige verkrachtingen en genitale verminking.
1173.
Plotted : A Literary Atlas by Andrew DeGraff, Daniel Harmon EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
This incredibly wide-ranging collection of maps - all inspired by literary classics - offers readers a new way of looking at their favorite fictional worlds. Andrew DeGraff's stunningly detailed artwork takes readers deep into the landscapes from The Odyssey, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice, Invisible Man, A Wrinkle in Time, Watership Down,A Christmas Carol, and more. Sure to reignite a love for old favorites and spark fresh interest in more recent works as well, Plotted provides a unique new way of appreciating the lands of the human imagination.
1174.
Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke EN
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
This compilation includes the poems of Bohemian-Austrian novelist and poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. Included in this collection is: "First Poems", "The Book of Pictures", "New Poems", and "The Book of Hours: The Book of a Monk's Life",.
1175.
Poems of Nazim Hikmet by Nazim Hikmet EN
GreeceDescription:
The definitive selection by the first and foremost modern Turkish poet.
1176.
Description:
Translated by S.H. Butcher. Show Excerpt ely, Plot, Character, Diction, Thought, Spectacle, Song. Two of the parts constitute the medium of imitation, one the manner, and three the objects of imitation. And these complete the list. These elements have been employed, we may say, by the poets to a man; in fact, every play contains Spectacular elements as well as Character, Plot, Diction, Song, and Thought. But most important of all is the structure of the incidents. For Tragedy is an imitation, not of men, but of an action and of life, and life consists in action, and its end is a mode of action... continue
1177.
Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats by Courtney Gustafson EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An intimate memoir about the importance of community and care in a world that can feel impossibly broken—and a story about accidentally going viral while tending to a colony of feral cats. When Courtney Gustafson moved into a rental house in the Poets Square neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona, she didn’t know that the property came with thirty feral cats. Focused only on her own survival—in a new relationship, during a pandemic, with poor mental health and a job that didn’t pay enough—Courtney was reluctant to spend any of her own time or money caring for the wayward a... continue
1178.
Política para Amador by Fernando Savater ES
SpainDescription:
Se dice que los jóvenes pasan actualmente de la política. Pero ¿qué sabe un joven hoy de política? Aparte de los escándalos aireados por la prensa, las zancadillas que los partidos se ponen unos a otros y las exaltadas prédicas utópicas de los demagogos, saben muy pocas cosas más.
En este libro se pretenden plantear de forma elemental pero rigurosa las cuestiones básicas que interesan al pensamiento político, tanto a nivel teórico como práctico: qué tipo de relación vincula y enfrenta al... continue
1179.
Pomegranates & Artichokes : Recipes and Memories of a Journey from Iran to Italy by Saghar Setareh EN
IranDescription:
Beautiful cookbook and personal history following the authors journey from Iran to Italy.
1180.
Poor Richard by James Daugherty EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A biography of Benjamin Franklin from his birth in Boston in 1706 through his years as printer, statesman, inventor, author, and reformer.