Search Results: Titles starting with M from Ivy Court Books

LIEVE JORIS, born in Belgium, is one of Europe's foremost travel writers. In addition to an award-winning book on Hungary, she has published widely acclaimed accounts of her journeys to the Middle East and Africa.

'Magnificent... Reminiscent of Marquez and Allende'.
Guardian
'Rich with historical detail and debate. Egypt emerges as the true heroine of this novel'.
Independent

A crazy quilt of oddballs, poseurs, snobs, sorceresses and outlaws, John Berendt's seductive portrait of Savannah society, framed by the notorious trial of antiques dealer Jim Williams for murder, became an international bestseller and an instant classic.
'THE BEST NON-FICTION NOVEL SINCE IN COLD BLOOD'
Edmund White

Miles Davis made his brilliant musical debut in the seminal bebop bands of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. With his own innovative band he created the 'Birth of the Cool' era of the early 1950s and recorded such classic albums as 'Porgy and Bess' and 'Sketches of Spain'. As his music evolved, Miles organised one sensational group after another, featuring such musical giants as Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley. It was Miles's great bands of the 1960s that pioneered the fusion movement.
Miles Davis died in September 1991.

'Whatever final judgement may be made on Genet's achievement as a writer, it is certainly true to say that not even the Marquis de Sade went further in exploring the potentialities and disappointments of evil'.
The Times Obituary (1986)

DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, Modern Baptists by James Wilcox appears as a book on Antiques. Apparently these two books share an identical ISBN. Please be sure that my book is MODERN BAPTISTS.
'A wonderfully funny explosion of comedy'
NEW YORKER

It is no accident that the surname of the narrator recalls the famous telescope, for Palomar is an obsessive observer, capable of turning his alarmingly concentrated focus from the Milky Way to the cheese counter of a local delicatessen.
This story sequence displays yet another aspect of Calvino's mastery of technique. The colloquial shape and deceptive charm disguise a razor-sharp purpose.