Bruno: 2026 books

In this bold and cheeky meditation on religion, middle-aged muscleman, uncertain Catholic and wanna-be academic Sterling de Bortoli is a self-described 'Octaroon': a one-eighth Aboriginal Australian. Neither black nor white, our part-blood Indigenous Australian hero struggles with concepts of identity,...

A short play about suicide, written in the absurdist tradition. First published in "Antithesis" by the University of Melbourne English Department, 14, 2004, pp. 151-155. There are no fees for production of this play, as long as the author is correctly attributed, no major changes are made...

"Conversion Rites and Wrongs" won the author the "Best Director" award when performed in Sydney's "Crash Test Drama" in 2012. It is a short play for a man and a woman, in which they discuss the pros and cons of converting to Islam. It is meanty to be comedic, not didactic. There are no fees for performance as long as the author is correctly attributed.

Vladimir Nabokov was a major translator and translation theorist. His idea of translation, which resembles his general view of reality, is extremely helpful when it comes to carry out a critical analysis of Chekhov’s short stories and an evaluation of the possible translation strategies to adopt....

This book assesses the untimely relevance of Marx and Freud for Latin America, thinkers alien to the region who became an inspiration to its beleaguered activists, intellectuals, writers and artists during times of political and cultural oppression. Bruno Bosteels presents ten case studies...

This two act stage-play is an English translation and stage adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1774 novella "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers". It was submitted as the creative work component (30%) of the author's Master of Creative Arts thesis entitled "Faithfully yours: Werther...

"In The Big Picture, He'll Be Happier..." is the touching story of how one family deals with a mentally challenged loved one: A short play for 2 females and two males. This play is free of charge to perform as long as authorship is correctly attributed, no major changes are made without the author's permission, and the author is kept informed regarding any public performance/s.

Nous livrons des bruits récoltés en passant au tamis la clameur du monde. Bruits de l’enfance, bruits de la vie, bruits de la mort, bruits des pas, bruits des rêves, bruits des langues, bruits du désir, bruits du silence, bruits du soleil… Voix fragiles, peuplées de rivières, de vies cheminant...

I run into people all the time who seem to be experts on all subjects. They know the best place for Chinese food and pizza, the best doctor, lawyer, mechanic, and barber. They understand global warming, the economy, politics, and Shakespeare. If they were on a game show, their subject would be “everything.”...

The Heroic Enthusiasts is a deeply allegorical dialogue by Giordano Bruno. It is a philosophical discussion of love and the nature of God and Man. This great work is reminiscent of Shakespeare.

Time weighs heavy on the shoulders of Aginol, the Guardian of the Order of Yanos. There are no ones worthy of taking his place, and when he is gone, what is there to stop the rise of Evil once more? When news of a vampire rampaging through villages under his protection arrives, he hatches a plan to solve his problem. For, can Evil not be turned to the service of Good?

Two FBI agents investigate a shady real-estate mogul and the mob in Atlantic City in this “hilarious adventure” (Publishers Weekly).   A celebrity real estate tycoon wants to open the biggest casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey—the only problem being that he still owes millions to the mob,...

Fliehende Karpfen, brennende Gänse, zähe Verwandte, entblößte Weihnachtsmänner, verweigerte Geschenke, einstürzende Christbäume, plötzliche Trennungen, gemeuchelte Kirchgänger, Teufel, Engel und Blitzeis ... Die schönsten Weihnachtskatastrophen, erzählt von: Sibylle Berg * Hans Zippert...

The conclusion to Rhett Bruno's stunning science fiction epic series The Circuit, which the San Francisco Book Review called "space opera that fans of Firefly and its ilk will appreciate." Earth is uninhabitable, but beneath its ruined surface sits massive deposits of Gravitum, a...