Cultural Heritage category: 3433 books

Pierrot ist ein Außenseiter, ein Grenzgänger, ein "Idiot". Eines Tages beschließt er, einen Ort zu gründen, an dem Sonderlinge wie er leben können, ohne angefeindet zu werden. Sein Plan löst ein gewaltiges Echo aus, und in einer wunderbar absurden Tour durch Frankreich werden Mitbewohner...

A fictionalized account of the exile of the Chagossian Islanders from the Chagos Archipelago in the 1970’s, this story follows youth, Ti Jean, through exile from his island Diego Garcia and on into adulthood. With “old ways” understanding and a true heart filled with the song of Chagos he brings...

"We were a family of three girls. By Chinese standards, that wasn't lucky. In Chinatown, everyone knew our story. Outsiders jerked their chins, looked at us, shook their heads. We heard things." In this profoundly moving novel, Fae Myenne Ng takes readers into the hidden heart of...

It’s the Last Thing She Expects to Find   Sally Bingham needs some time away to sort through the changes in her life and to rethink her upcoming marriage. Despite her ailing father’s hesitations, she takes off for a bed and breakfast in Lancaster County for a weekend away. But her...

Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 11 January 1928) was an English writer and poet who is most well known for his contributions to the naturalism movement. Hardys work also had traces of the Romantic and Enlightenment periods which had preceded him, even though his protagonists are often depicted as tragic...

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer whos considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form's best at that. A protégé of Flaubert, Maupassant's stories are economical and efficient, with not a single word...

Tina has been putting up with no running water on their farm for over twelve years. Jimmy gets her out of the house for a week. His aim is to build a bathroom for his wife. Nothing and no one will sidetrack his surprise for his wife, and that includes teen angst and broken equipment.A self-described...

What do an immigrant, a black agnostic, a Christian Arab, and una latina morena have in common?As of 2017, in the United States, they are systematically oppressed. Rose Thompson has a camera and a dream to capture the stories of these marginalized teenagers to put together a documentary.Just...

The Tainos were an Arawak people, who were the indigenous people of the Caribbean. The Tainos were my people. My name is Anacaona from the Taino language,  Anacaona meaning 'Golden Flower.' Ana meaning flower and Caona meaning golden. I am one of the first women to lead my tribe. I am a Cacica (chief)....

The Santuzzus are poor Sicilian farm laborers at the turn of the century who endure back-breaking work in the fields of a tyrannical landlord. Wanting more for their children and grandchildren than a lifetime of servitude, Papa Santuzzu and his wife Adriana push their seven sons and daughters, one...

Book II Song of Chagos: Hunger and Heroes, Songs Across the Sea A long sea voyage to a distant land after losing hearth and home… broken hearts adrift at sea… a storm of memories in the midst of treacherous weather… an imagination running wild releasing the bonds of a world entrapped by greed a...

Relive the magic of classic fairy tales in this beautiful leather bound edition. For centuries fantastical stories of witches, giants, princesses, talking animals, and magical kingdoms have been passed from generation to generation. Many of the fairy tales we are most familiar with today have their roots...

Roman d'initiation, de conquête de soi, malgré les déterminismes et les écueils de départ. Négropolitain, roman sur l’outre-mère, mais aussi adieu au père. Roman d'initiation, de conquête de soi, malgré les déterminismes et les écueils de départ, ou, plutôt, grâce à eux ?...

L'histoire d'amour impossible de deux adolescents que tout sépare. André et Pépita sont les deux personnages centraux de cette nouvelle tragédie de Roméo et Juliette. Dans la Tunisie de la fin des années 50, c'est l'histoire d'amour impossible de deux adolescents que tout sépare : leur...