Tabucchi’s masterpiece “conjures a state between waking and dreaming” (The New York Times) Dr. Pereira is an aging, lonely, overweight journalist who has failed to notice the menacing cloud of fascism over Salazarist Lisbon.

The role of the Portuguese and Spanish missionaries in the overseas expansion of the Iberian powers.

A marvelous story, a challenging mystery, and a telling tale of the evils of intolerance, The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon both compels and entertains. “The story moves quickly . . . a literary and historical treat.” —Library Journal ' ...

In 1938 Portugal is ruled by the dictator Salazar and the press works in a climate of censorship, distortions and half-truths.

The work includes cross-references, bibliographies for each article, and a comprehensive index. The work is fully illustrated, with hundreds of maps, drawings and photographs.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

A young boy forms a remarkable friendship with an African mystical healer called Midnight, until a terrible betrayal forever changes the course of John Zarco Stewart's life, sending him on a quest that takes him from Africa to the ...

The Basque History of the World is the illuminating story of an ancient and enigmatic people.

Über einen Helden Die Geschichte eines Sommers im Jahre 1938, die Geschichte des unscheinbaren Lissabonner Kulturredakteurs Pereira, der ganz unversehens zum Helden wird...