The third book in the Time of Legends series begins the epic tale of the Sundering. Malekith triggers a tragic sequence of events that plunges the realm of the elves into a civil war from which they will never recover.
The Kaiser's Coolies (1930) is an anti-militarist novel by Theodor Plievier. Based on his own experience, it depicts the brutal life of ordinary sailors in the German navy during World War I and the sailors' mutiny of 1917.
Naklada Binoza, 1934.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
5.26 €
Fantastic literature • Humor and Satire • Russian literature
A selection of satirical fables by Mikhail E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, through allegorical stories, ridicules the arbitrariness of government, bureaucracy, social injustices, and human weaknesses, with sharp humor and irony.
The third volume of Milutin Nehajev's collected works brings together his plays that trace the author's development from youthful enthusiasm to mature introspection: Prielom, Svjećica, Život, Spasitelj and Klupa na mješečini.
Hrvatski izdavalački bibliografski zavod (HIBZ), 1944.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.32 €
American literature • Documentary literature • Humor and Satire • Travel Books
Twain's Naives on the Road, or The New Pilgrimage is a humorous and sharp travelogue about American travelers in Europe and the Holy Land, with much satire, observation, and mockery of tourist clichés.
Matica hrvatska, 1964.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
The book consists of two volumes
18.42 €
Plays • Croatian literature • Poetry
Judith by Marko Marulić is an epic poem about a brave widow who, through her beauty, faith, and wisdom, saves her people by seducing and killing the Assyrian military leader Holofernes.
Zagrebačka stvarnost, 1995.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
9.36 €
American literature • Documentary literature • Documents and records
The book describes the sinking of the whaler Essex in 1820 after a whale attack and the crew's struggle for survival in the Pacific, which served as inspiration for the novel Moby Dick.