Celebrity chef Corran Brook scours the globe for the world's best recipes and foods, for his ambitious compendium, "The Story of Food". But when travelling through Asia and chancing on a rare and extraordinary meal he cannot decipher, his struggle to...

Not for sale in Estonia! Encountering the enigmatic dandy Count Vittorio Alta-Carrara in a Parisian eatery, the narrator finds himself invited to a "Hashish Club", where in the dim light of red-filtered candles, a roomful of "recumbent wanderers" e...

The curious paradox of romance is that, throughout its history, this genre has been dismissed as trivial and unintellectual, yet people have never ceased to flock to it with enthusiasm and even fervor. In contemporary contexts, we devour popular roma...

Not for sale in Estonia! Marcel Schwob's 1896 novella "The Children's Crusade" retells the medieval legend of the exodus of some 30,000 children from all countries to the Holy Land, who traveled to the shores of the sea, which – instead of parting...

Not for sale in Estonia! "Imaginary Lives" remains, over 120 years since its original publication in French, one of the secret keys to modern literature: under-recognized, yet a decisive influence on such writers as Apollinaire, Borges, Jarry and A...

This unique literary collection offers a window on the contemporary Levant, a region comprising most of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Cyprus, parts of southern Turkey and northwestern Iraq, and the Sinai Peninsula. Originally written in...

This gripping novel brilliantly straddles the divide between thrillers and literature. Moinul Ahsan Saber here tells the story of Kobej Lethel, a ruthless soldier of fortune employed by a corrupt village chief. Lethel has never had a problem with the...

A young woman who has been living abroad returns to her hometown of Frankfurt am Main in Germany. Her sister Ines – a beautiful, impetuous painter – who still lives there, soon appears and promptly asks for financial help. But the returning sister kn...

Each "No Fear Shakespeare" contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary.

Each "No Fear Shakespeare" contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary.