The Country Waif (Francois Le Champi)

8 best books like The Country Waif (Francois Le Champi) (George Sand): A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments, The Romance of Tristan and Iseult, French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure, The Power of a Praying Wife, Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten, The Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle, Black Wings Has My Angel, A Simple Story

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

Author	David Foster Wallace
ISBN	0316925284

In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner — David Foster Wallace...

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

Author	M. Joseph Bédier
ISBN	0679750169

A tale of chivalry and doomed, transcendent love, The Romance of Tristan and Iseult is one of the most resonant works of Western literature, as well as the basis for our enduring idea of romance. The story of the Cornish knight and the Irish princess who meet by deception, fall in love by magic, and pursue...

French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure

Author	Mireille Guiliano
ISBN	0375435484

So, two winters ago when I started to put on a little weight, I didn't sweat it at first. I figured "hey, it's normal to put on a few pounds when it's cold out." But when one morning I had difficulty zipping up my pants, I decided to get serious and apply the ideas from this book.

Confession: in the past,...

The Power of a Praying Wife

Author	Stormie Omartian
ISBN	0736957499

Stormie Omartian's bestselling The Power of a Praying series (more than 23 million copies sold) is rereleased with fresh new covers and new material to reach a still-growing market of readers eager to discover the power of prayer for their lives.

Stormie joyfully inspires you to develop a...

Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten

Author	Kjell Askildsen
ISBN	8203112609

Inneholder tre av forfatterens noveller: Thomas F's siste nedtegnelser til almenheten handler om Thomas og inneholder en rekke små kapitler som forteller om den gamle mannens oppsummering av livet. Et stort øde landskap handler om frihetens muligheter og betingelser. Hundene i Tessaloniki:...

The Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle

Author

Mike Mason

Meditate on the Spiritual Significance of Marriage

In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this Gold Medallion Award winner, Mike Mason goes on a poetic search to understand the wondrous dynamics of committed love. In highly readable, first-person style, Mason’s writing stimulates readers’...

Black Wings Has My Angel

Author	Elliott Chaze
ISBN	1596542136

Chaze's long-lost noir classic, a legend among noir buffs, is back in print for the first time in nearly half a century. The one book Black Lizard never published, it's the dream-like tale of a man after a jailbreak, who meets up with the woman of his dreams... and his nightmares. Phenomenal work of the...

A Simple Story

Author	S.Y. Agnon
ISBN	0815606184

I had expected a lot more from this Israeli Nobel Prize winner. Agnon indeed seems to bring a simple story, but it was a hell of a struggle to get through. This is mainly due to the slow rhythm, the archaic style and the dull romantic story, in which the inner soul stirrings of the protagonists Hirsjl and Blume...