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Emily Sullivan
A Murder in Marylebone

After over a decade away, widowed mother of two Minnie Harper has left sunny Greece and returned to her native England at the turn of the 20th century---just as a cloud of suspicion falls over her younger…

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Georges Simenon,
Maigret and the Old Lady (Inspector Maigret)

A maid dies after sipping a poisoned drink on a country estate. Was the woman of the house the true target, as she claims, or will Maigret uncover another story?In the tranquil coastal village of Étretat,…

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Davis Smith-Brecheisen
Mode of Address

Shows how competing ideas about the reader in US literature and literary theory of the late 1960s and '70s reconfigured both reading practices and our understanding of the novel as art.Despite claims that…

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Tobias William Harris,
Flann O'Brien and the European Avant-Garde, 1934-45

Crossing the boundaries of a single-author study, this book uncovers Flann O'Brien's attempt to forge a commercially successful Irish literary project from international avant-garde influences.Situating O…

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Emily Sullivan
A Death on Corfu

Living in Greece at the turn of the twentieth century, widow Minnie Harper struggles to find her place in a swiftly changing world. But when a local woman is murdered, her resolve is put to the test in a …

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Georges Simenon,
Cécile Is Dead (Inspector Maigret)

"I've read a lot of Simenon, who's a favorite writer of mine." -Sigrid NunezIn a run-down Paris suburb, housebound widow Juliette Boynet is strangled. For Inspector Maigret, this murder hits hom…

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Georges Simenon,
Maigret (Inspector Maigret)

A gripping novel that sees Maigret brought out of his peaceful retirement. When Maigret's police officer nephew is framed for a gangland murder, the former chief inspector must swap his countryside retire…

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Georges Simenon,
Inspector Cadaver (Inspector Maigret)

"Open any of his novels-from the outset, the magic operates: from the first paragraph you are caught in the jaws of a trap that will not release you until the full-stop at the end of the last page, a…

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Joseph Mitchell,
The Bottom of the Harbor

A classic of literary reporting from one of The New Yorker's most iconic writers reveals the vibrant world of old New York and the ordinary people who made it great, now with illustrations by renowned art…

lieferbar ab 12.5.2026.

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Approaches to Teaching the Works of Toni Morrison

Essays on teaching Morrison as novelist and public intellectualToni Morrison's novels have been frequently taught and frequently honored, earning the Nobel Prize and other awards. They are also frequently…

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Dasa Drndic
Trieste

"Splendid and absorbing . . . [Drndic] is writing to witness, and to make the pain stick . . . These dense and satisfying pages capture the crowdedness of memory." - New York Times Book ReviewHa…

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Decolonizing Knowledge

Interdisciplinary scholars rethink strategies for moving contemporary decolonization politics forward by revisiting the writings of the mid-20th century anti-colonial movements' leading intellectuals.

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Approaches to Teaching the Works of George Orwell

The author who famously warned of the surveillance state and its consequencesThough students may be familiar with the themes of Orwell's works, from colonialism and class to dystopian fascism, they often …

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Approaches to Teaching the Works of George Orwell

The author who famously warned of the surveillance state and its consequencesThough students may be familiar with the themes of Orwell's works, from colonialism and class to dystopian fascism, they often …

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Georges Simenon,
Maigret's Memoirs (Inspector Maigret)

In his own words, Maigret reflects on his legacy-and storytelling itself-in this metatextual meditation on narrative, policing, and truth. Is the real Inspector Maigret the mentally agile, physically pond…

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Georges Simenon,
Maigret's First Case (Inspector Maigret)

The story of how it all began: an investigation into a dynastic family pulls a young Maigret away from his desk and into a web of fame, money, and corruption. At age twenty-six, Maigret is a secretary at …

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Georges Simenon,
Maigret Takes a Room (Inspector Maigret)

After a shooting outside a boarding house, Maigret moves in and watches the locals. Everyone seems desperately ordinary-so who is concealing a dangerous secret? While staking out a boarding house on a qui…

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Georges Simenon,
Madame Maigret's Friend (Inspector Maigret)

Maigret must wade through a media frenzy when news of a body found in a stove spreads across Paris. Who is the corpse, and how is the case connected to Madame Maigret? A gruesome mystery has the whole of …

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Dianne Freeman
A Christmas Guide to Family and Murder

A country Christmas in Victorian England takes a murderous turn in Agatha and Lefty Award winning author Dianne Freeman's delightful mystery featuring Frances Hazelton, the former Countess of Harleigh, an…

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Dianne Freeman
An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder

Filled with Victorian-era intrigue for readers of Rhys Bowen, Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, and Julia Seales, Dianne Freeman's Agatha Award-winning series takes a delightful jaunt to the City of Light…

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