Editore: Pilot Productions Ltd, Scarborough, 2019
ISBN 10: 1900064472 ISBN 13: 9781900064477
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In the sixth book in the Don Camillo series all is peaceful in the village we know so well. The people are cheerful and friendly and exercise their famous sense of humour, but then the elections are upon us, a storm breaks, and the village priest discovers that the last straw can break even a Camillo's back In the sixth book in the Don Camillo series a storm breaks and the village priest discovers that the last straw can break even a Camillo's back. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Pilot Productions Ltd, Scarborough, 2013
ISBN 10: 1900064073 ISBN 13: 9781900064071
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In Don Camillo's Little World, where eternal forces grapple with the absurd drama of everyday life, hilarious and unearthly things can happen. If you keep this in mind you will have no difficulty in getting to know the village priest and his adversary, Peppone, the communist mayor. Nor will you be surprised when a third person watches the goings-on from a big cross in the village church and not infrequently intervenes.These enchanting, wise and strangely moving tales of life in Italy's Emilia-Romagna continue to enthral millions of readers of all ages around the world. In this newly translated volume, many are available in English for the very first time. These enchanting, wise and strangely moving tales of life in Italy's Emilia-Romagna continue to enthral millions of readers of all ages around the world. In this newly translated volume, many are available in English for the very first time. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Editore: Pilot Productions Ltd, Scarborough, 2023
ISBN 10: 1900064650 ISBN 13: 9781900064651
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Vintage Don Camillo stories, all but one in English for the first time.La Bassa is the home of Don Camillo and Peppone, the lowland plain on the banks of Italys Po River where their hilarious goings-on are set. Their creator was born there and returned to live in 1952. The following years were among the happiest in his life: it was a time when he was wholly in tune with the spirit of the place and when most of the present stories were written.Many of these stories were published in Italy under the equivocal title, 'People Like Us'. There is a strong affinity between the fictional characters and the real people of la Bassa. And we like them not least because their stories espouse the instinctive humanity and fundamental compassion which it is their creators purpose to reveal.So shrewd a glimpse into the minds of the people London Evening News'Absolutely delightful in their satirical swipes at human weakness.' - Paul Merton First time publication in the English language of 26 Don Camillo stories by Giovanni Guareschi. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Pilot Productions Ltd, Scarborough, 2015
ISBN 10: 1900064189 ISBN 13: 9781900064187
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Set against the post-war backdrop of a village in the Emilia-Romagna, this is the second of the newly translated Don Camillo series with sales of more than 23 million copies worldwide.As ever, the townsfolk, divided by their respective allegiances to the hot-headed Catholic priest and his equally pugnacious adversary Peppone, the communist mayor, are relieved of their prejudices by the gentle humour and insights emanating form the crucifix high above the altar of the village church. Brand new, authorised translation of Guareschi's 2nd classic collection of tales about the hot-headed Catholic priest, Don Camillo. 12 stories never before published in English. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Pilot Productions Ltd, Scarborough, 2020
ISBN 10: 1900064510 ISBN 13: 9781900064514
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. As everyone knows, taking a serpent by the tail is not a good idea. But in the Little World of Don Camillo, where the Devil crops up in many a guise to break the quiet rhythm of everyday life (and even the village priest falls foul of him), hilarious and unearthly things can happen to draw the poison from his bite.No. 7 in the Don Camillo Series, this bumper volume of classic Tales from the Lower Plain includes many never before translated into English. Beloved of 23 million readers worldwide, their appeal is universal, to readers aged from 10 to 100.'Inimitable, delicious, full of pure fun.' The Observer'Giovanni Guareschi's tales of Don Camillo, the Italian priest with a hefty left hook, are absolutely delightful in their satirical swipes at human weakness.' Paul Merton No. 7 in the Don Camillo Series, this bumper volume of classic Tales from the Lower Plain includes many never before translated into English. Beloved of 23 million readers worldwide, the appeal is universal, to readers aged from 10 to 100. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Pilot Productions Ltd, Scarborough, 2013
ISBN 10: 1900064081 ISBN 13: 9781900064088
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Set in the 1960s in an Oxford college when being gay was still an offence punishable by imprisonment, Sandel tells the story of a love affair between an undergraduate (David Rogers), and a cathedral choir boy (Antony Sandel). Sensual, profound, often funny and never sentimental, Stewart provides a definitive analysis of same-sex love in the context of a relationship that reveals love as the one agent of the human condition that can set us free. Set in the 1960s in an Oxford college when being gay was still an offence punishable by imprisonment, this is a cult classic of gay literature. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Pilot Productions Ltd, Scarborough, 2021
ISBN 10: 1900064561 ISBN 13: 9781900064569
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A gang of Hells Angels rips through the village bringing mayhem and a generational shift to traditional enmities between Don Camillo and Peppone. The year is 1966, a time ripe for rebellion, for overturning conventions - a time, above all, to be young. Meanwhile, beset by the third young progressive leftwing priest with a mandate to steer him into the modern world, Don Camillo digs in and finds a surprise ally in Peppone as he fights to save the three-metre high figure of il Cristo through which he conducts his famous conversations with God.;'Guareschi's was one of the most prescient and perceptive voices of the twentieth century.' Tobias Jones, author of The Dark Heart of Italy.;'Guareschi's tales are absolutely delightful in their satirical swipes at human weakness.' Paul Merton Beset by the third young progressive leftwing priest with a mandate to steer him into the modern world, Don Camillo digs in and finds a surprise ally in Peppone as he fights to save the three-metre high figure of il Cristo through which he conducts his famous conversations with God. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Pilot Productions Ltd, Scarborough, 2017
ISBN 10: 1900064332 ISBN 13: 9781900064330
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In No. 4 of the newly translated Don Camillo series, Peppone loses out on a matter of conscience and must accept the presence of Don Camillo among a group of communist activists on a trip he is organising to Mother Russia. Travelling incognito, the battling priest becomes the life and soul of the Party and picks off his totalitarian comrades one-by-one in a hilarious riot of shrewd manipulation. When Peppone loses out to Don Camillo on a matter of conscience, he must accept the battling priest among a group of Italian activists on a trip he is organising to Mother Russia. They discover a surprise common denominator, more radical than any political ideology. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Pilot Productions Ltd, Scarborough, 2015
ISBN 10: 1900064162 ISBN 13: 9781900064163
Da: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Hilarious true story of Knightsbridge vet Michael Morton and the animals and owners in his care. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Editore: Pilot Productions Ltd, Scarborough, 2019
ISBN 10: 1900064499 ISBN 13: 9781900064491
Da: CitiRetail, Stevenage, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Paul Worsley QC, for 10 years a judge at the Old Bailey, revisits one of the most remarkable murder cases to be found in the annals of the Criminal Courts of England. This is a vintage whodunit, first in the Judge's Tales series and set at a crossroads in time when for the first time the Media were co-opted to run a killer to ground.The tale is told verbatim by witnesses as the author gets inside the mind of the outspoken but irresolute judge in the case, Mr Justice Grantham. The result is as compelling today as it is definitive of the era in which the murder was committed. This is a vintage whodunit, first in the author's Judge's Tales series, a grisly murder in Edwardian London as social revolution and psychiatry posed new questions for the Law and for the first time the Media were co-opted to run a killer to ground. The author draws on his own experience as a Judge at the Old Bailey. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.