Books written by male authors (5293)
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A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
“A riveting ride through the stars.” —Kirkus Reviews Black Mirror meets What If It’s Us in this gripping, romantic, and wildly surprising novel about two boys lost in space trying to find their way home—while falling in love—from the critically acclaimed author of We Are the Ants. When Noa closes his eyes on Earth and wakes up on a spaceship called Qriosity just as it’s about to explode, he’s pretty sure things can’t get much weirder. Boy is he wrong. Trapped aboard Qriosity are also DJ and Jenny, neither of whom remember how they got onboard the ship. Together, the three face all the dangers ... continue
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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).... continue
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A Confession by Leo Tolstoy EN
RussiaDescription:
"A Confession" -- an essay by Leo Tolstoy on his religious thoughts -- shows the great author in process of looking for answers to profound questions that trouble all who take them on: "What will come of my life?" and "What is the meaning of life?": these are questions whose answers were an absolute requirement for Tolstoy. In the course of the essay, Tolstoy shows different attempts to find answers on the examples of science, philosophy, eastern wisdom and the opinions of his fellow novelists. . . . finding no workable solution in any of these, Tolstoy recognizes the deep religious conviction... continue
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A construção da personagem by Constantin Stanislavski PT
Description:
Constantin Stanislavski, mestre do teatro russo, disseca todo o trabalho que um ator deve executar para esquecer sua própria individualidade e assumir aquela à qual vai dar vida no palco. Continuação de A preparação do ator, A construção da personagem transcende o interesse estrito dos profissionais ou amantes do teatro. Na verdade, é o romance da fascinante aventura do homem em busca de um conhecimento maior de si mesmo e de seu semelhante. A ênfase da obra recai na atuação como arte e na arte como a expressão mais alta da natureza humana.
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A Country Doctor : Short Stories by Franz Kafka EN
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Written during the winter of 1916-17 when Kafka was living in one of the tiny houses on Golden Lane (formerly Alchimistengasse) at Prague Castle, and published in spring 1920 by Kurt Wolff Verlag, the 14 short fictions comprising this volume are interconnected by a persistent exploration of identity, where even animals anthropomorphize into a new identity. "Before the Law," "A Country Doctor," and "A Report for an Academy" are among the most renowned stories he produced, and Kevin Blahut has rendered them in an English that is contemporary and fresh, capturing per... continue
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A Cowrie of Hope by Binwell Sinyangwe EN
ZambiaDescription:
This reimagining of the Robin Hood legend tells the story of the young boy behind the bandit hero's rise to fame. Will Shackley is the son of a lord, and though just thirteen, he's led a charmed, protected life and is the heir to Shackley House, while his father is away on the Third Crusade with King Richard the Lionheart. But with King Richard's absence, the winds of treason are blowing across England, and soon Shackley House becomes caught up in a dangerous power struggle that drives Will out of the only home he's ever known. Alone, he flees into the dangerous Sherwood Forest, where he joins... continue
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A Cup of Coffee with My Interrogator : The Prague Chronicles of Ludvík Vaculík by Ludvík Vaculík EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Analytische annotatie: Verhalen.
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A Cup of Rage by Raduan Nassar EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
A small, furious masterpiece of dominance and submission, longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize
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A Death in Malta : An assassination and a family’s quest for justice by Paul Caruana Galizia EN
MaltaDescription:
A FINANCIAL TIMES, PROSPECT MAGAZINE and GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 An Irish Times Best Book of 2023, as chosen by Sally Hayden and Mia Levitin 'A murdered mother's fight for truth and justice lives on through the words of her youngest son' Angelina Jolie 'Essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of democracy' Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Twilight of Democracy and Red Famine 'An unforgettable profile in courage . . . Riveting and inspiring' Bill Browder, bestselling author of Freezing Order When Paul Caruana Galizia was at work in London, his e... continue
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A Death in Vienna by Frank Tallis EN
EnglandDescription:
“[An] elegant historical mystery . . . stylishly presented and intelligently resolved” set at the dawn of psychoanalysis (The New York Times Book Review). In Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, Max Liebermann, a contemporary of Sigmund Freud’s, is at the forefront of psychoanalysis, practicing the controversial new science with all the skill of a master detective. Every dream, inflection, or slip of tongue in his “hysterical” patients has meaning and reveals some hidden truth. When beautiful medium Charlotte Löwenstein dies under extraordinary circumstances, Max’s good friend, Detecti... continue