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  • You Have Me to Love

    by Jaap Robben ...
    Translated by David Doherty ...
    "You Have Me to Love is an intense and dramatic novel filled with meticulous use of detail and a forensic psychological accuracy. Its power comes from the fierce energy of the narrative structure, the way of handling silence and pain, and the ability to confront the darkest areas of experience with clear-eyed sympathy and care. Jaap Robben handles delicate, dangerous material with subtlety and ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Biography of a Fly

    by Jaap Robben ...
    Translated by David Doherty ...
    For readers of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse comes a beautifully illustrated philosophical book on the value of friendship and life, told from the perspective of a fly, and a gift book for all ages.What if you were thrown into existence in the middle of your life, with numbered days left ahead of you? Would you see the world in the same way? In his inimitable style, Jaap Robben answers ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Summer Brother

    by Jaap Robben ...
    Translated by David Doherty ...
    • Great reviews for Jaap’s last book: o “You Have Me to Love explores raw and unsettling psychological territory. It is a story that once read will stick with the reader for a long time.” Literary Review o “Moving between child-like speculation and shocking realism, Robben’s novel transports the reader into lives almost beyond imagining in the contemporary world. With echoes of Ian McEwan and ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Know Everything

    Ask better questions, get better answers

    by Elke Wiss ...
    Translated by David Doherty ...
    The international bestseller that will sharpen your mind, broaden your perspective and transform your relationships._____________________________________________________WHY ARE WE SO BAD AT ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS?In an increasingly polarized world, asking better questions in our daily and working lives is a radical shortcut to personal and professional success. It can create space for us to rethink ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Sleepless Night

    Translated by David Doherty ...
    """Compact, haunting, and lovely ... it is unhurried and assured; no word is wasted ... In both its rich and unapologetic descriptions of domesticity and frank attitude toward sex ... the book is a treatise on one individual's womanhood.""— Kirkus ReviewsA woman gets up in the middle of a wintry night and starts baking a Bundt cake while her lover sleeps upstairs. When it's time for her to take ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • O, Louis

    In Search of Louis van Gaal

    by Hugo Borst ...
    Translated by David Doherty ...
    ‘Am I so smart or are you so stupid?’ – Louis van GaalI started out wanting to write a book about Marco van Basten. I still do, but I dread the moment when I have to write something I know will make him unhappy. He’s not a man you wage war on. With Louis van Gaal it’s different: as a journalist he leaves you no choice. You’re not worthy of the name if you aren’t prepared to return fire when he ... Read more

    $17.89 USD

  • Baltic Souls

    remarkable life stories from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

    by Jan Brokken ...
    Translated by David Doherty ...
    A monumental journey through Baltic history and culture, in which we encounter well-known personalities and forgotten ones, and a disconcerting picture of Europe in the twentieth century.From 1999 to 2010, Jan Brokken explored life stories in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The result was his masterly Baltic Souls, available here for the first time in English. Brokken uncovered the stories of ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Hiding in Plain Sight

    how a Jewish girl survived Europe’s heart of darkness

    by Pieter van Os ...
    Translated by David Doherty ...
    An extraordinary Holocaust survival story about an Orthodox Jewish woman who managed to survive in wartime Poland by pretending to be a Catholic.Polish Catholics believed she was one of them. A devoted Nazi family took her in as if she was their own daughter. She fell in love with a German engineer who built aeroplanes for the Luftwaffe. What none of these people knew was that Mala Rivka Kizel had ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • Afterlight

    by Jaap Robben ...
    Translated by David Doherty ...
    Inspired by true events, the novel pulls back the veil on the experiences of countless women between the 1950s and 1980s who were forced to give up their children born out of wedlock. The result is an impressive story about buried female trauma, caused by society, organized religion and the dominant social mores.Jaap himself about Afterlight: “This novel stems from a poem I once wrote for deceased ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Monte Carlo

    by Peter Terrin ...
    Translated by David Doherty ...
    It is the Monaco Grand Prix in May 1968. Jack Preston, a mechanic for Team Sutton, is making the final checks on his car as the beau monde mingles with the drivers under the eyes of the world's press and the galleries of spectators. DeeDee, a starlet of great beauty, seems to be walking towards him, or perhaps towards the royal box. Without warning a fireball rips across the starting grid. Preston ... Read more

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  • The Man and His Bike

    Musings on life and the art of cycling

    Translated by David Doherty ...
    The world as seen from a bike**'Understated, comic and melancholic... It’ll inspire you to get back on your bike.' Martin Love, The Guardian‘One of the most entertaining sports books I have ever read’ Joe Short, The Daily Express**In this award-winning collection of cycling tales, Wilfried de Jong uncovers the true soul of cycling – why we do it, why we watch it, why we hate it, why we love it – ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Small Power

    How Local Parties Shape Elections

    An insider's look into the largely anonymous volunteers in local party organizations who make decisions in elections with profound implications for American democracy. Although scholars have long recognized that local American parties play an important role in elections, surprisingly little is known about the individuals who lead these typically small, volunteer-based organizations. As David ... Read more

    $24.69 USD