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Books by Shaun Whiteside
  | | Maigret and the Killer Inspector Maigret #70 by Georges Simenon, Shaun Whiteside Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2020 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-241-30426-6, ISBN: 0-241-30426-1 "When a dinner between Inspector Maigret and friends ends abruptly at the discovery of a body, the detective must plumb the darker side of human nature to discover what motivates a killerMaigret and wife have always enjoyed their occasional dinners with Mr. and Mrs. Pardon on the Boulevard Voltaire. But one of the congenial meals is interrupted by a neighbor who has stumbled across the body of a young man in the nearby Rue Popincourt. Ma ..." |
 | | Paris Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series) by Shaun Whiteside, Theodore Zeldin Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2016 by Everyman's Library ISBN-13: 978-1-101-90756-6, ISBN: 1-101-90756-8 "Paris Stories gathers classic stories about the City of Light by a wide range of writers across four centuries. Perhaps no other European city has so captured the imagination of the artistically and romantically minded. Laurence Sterne explores the temptations of the French capital in a teasing study of foreign mores, and Restif de la Bretonne provides an eyewitness account of the horrors and glories of the French Revolution. Hugo, Balz ..." |
 | | In the Closet of the Vatican(1st Edition) Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy; THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER by Frederic Martel, Shaun Whiteside Hardcover, 576 Pages, Published 2019 by Bloomsbury Continuum ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-6614-8, ISBN: 1-4729-6614-7 "The New York Times bestselling account of corruption and hypocrisy at the heart of the Vatican.In the Closet of the Vatican exposes the rot at the heart of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church today. This brilliant piece of investigative writing is based on four years’ authoritative research, including extensive interviews with those in power. The celibacy of priests, the condemnation of the use of contraceptives, countless cases o ..." |
 | | The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music (Penguin Classics) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Shaun Whiteside, Michael Tanner, Friedrich /. Whiteside Nietzsche Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1994 by Penguin Classics Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-043339-5, ISBN: 0-14-043339-2 "A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner, to whom this work was dedicated. Nietzsche outlined a distinction between its two central forces: the Apolline, representing beauty and order, and the Dionysiac, a primal or ecstatic reaction to the sublime. He believed the combination of these st ..." |
 | | My Grandfather's Gallery(1st Edition) A Family Memoir of Art and War by Anne Sinclair, Shaun Whiteside Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2014 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-25162-8, ISBN: 0-374-25162-2 "A singular man in the history of modern art, betrayed by Vichy, is the subject of this riveting family memoirOn September 20, 1940, one of the most famous European art dealers disembarked in New York, one of hundreds of Jewish refugees fleeing Vichy France. Leaving behind his beloved Paris gallery, Paul Rosenberg had managed to save his family, but his paintings--modern masterpieces by Cézanne, Monet, Sisley, and others--were not so for ..." |
 | | Perlmann's Silence by Pascal Mercier, Shaun Whiteside Hardcover, 624 Pages, Published 2012 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-1957-5, ISBN: 0-8021-1957-3 "A tremendous international success and a huge favorite with booksellers and critics, Pascal Mercier’s Night Train to Lisbon has been one of the best-selling literary European novels in recent years. Now, in Perlmann’s Silence, the follow up to his triumphant North American debut, Pascal Mercier delivers a deft psychological portrait of a man striving to get his life back on track in the wake of his beloved wife’s death.Philipp Perlmann, ..." |
 | | Sorry by Zoran Drvenkar, Shaun Whiteside Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2011 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-307-27355-0, ISBN: 0-307-27355-5 "One. Two. Three. That’s all it takes to drive the nail into her head, to leave her hanging on the wall. She deserved to die. Now all he needs is absolution for his sins, and he knows just the people who can help.We know what you should say. We say what you want to hear. Kris, Tamara, Wolf, and Frauke. Four young friends with too much time on their hands and one big idea: an agency called Sorry. Unfair dismissals, the wrongly accused, ji ..." |
 | | The Weekend(1st Edition) A Novel by Bernhard Schlink, Shaun Whiteside Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2010 by Pantheon Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-307-37815-6, ISBN: 0-307-37815-2 "Old friends and lovers reunite for a weekend in a secluded country home after spending decades apart. They excavate old memories and pass clandestine judgments on the wildly divergent paths they’ve taken since their youth. But this isn’t just any reunion, and their conversations about the old days aren’t your typical reminiscences: After twenty-four years, Jörg, a convicted murderer and terrorist, has been released from prison. The anno ..." |
 | | My Father's Country Story of a German Family by Wibke Bruhns, Shaun Whiteside Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2008 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-307-26281-3, ISBN: 0-307-26281-2 "On August 15, 1944, Major Hans Georg Klamroth was tried for treason for his part in the July plot against Hitler. Eleven days later, he was executed. Wibke Bruhns, his youngest daughter, was six years old. Decades later, watching a documentary about the events of July 20, she saw images of her father in court suddenly appeared on-screen. “I stare at this man with the empty face. I don’t know him. But I can see myself in him—his eyes are ..." |
 | | The Last Dragon(Reprint) by Silvana De Mari, Shaun Whiteside Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2007 by Miramax Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4231-0405-6, ISBN: 1-4231-0405-6 "Paperback. Pub Date: October 2007 Pages: 368 Language: English Publisher: Miramax When the last dragon and the last elf eak the circle. the past and the future will meet. and the sun of a new summer will shine in the sky . In a world shrouded in darkness and continually lashed by rain. a young elf named Yorsh struggles to survive. His village has been destroyed by the torrential waters. leaving Yorsh suddenly orphaned and alone-the eart ..." |
 | | Q(1st Edition) by Luther Blissett, Shaun Whiteside Hardcover, 768 Pages, Published 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101063-9, ISBN: 0-15-101063-3 "The story of Q begins with the mystery surrounding the author(s). Luther Blissett, the "author" of Q is the name of a Jamaican soccer player who played for AC Milan in the early l980s. He was victimized by Italian fans, whose racist and nasty comments caused his career to take a dive. This hapless fellow inspired a group of Italian artists to appropriate his name and attach it to all manner of projects. There are Luther Blissetts writin ..." |
 | | The Flemish House (Inspector Maigret: Penguin Classics) by Georges Simenon Shaun, Shaun Whiteside Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-139477-0, ISBN: 0-14-139477-3 "A new translation of this chilling novel, set on the Belgian border. Book fourteen in the new Penguin Maigret series. She wasn't an ordinary supplicant. She didn't lower her eyes. There was nothing humble about her bearing. She spoke frankly, looking straight ahead, as if to claim what was rightfully hers. 'If you don't agree to look at our case, my parents and I will be lost, and it will be the most hateful legal error...' Maigret i ..." |
 | | Swansong 1945(1st Edition) A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich by Walter Kempowski, Shaun Whiteside, Alan Bance Hardcover, 512 Pages, Published 2015 by W. W. Norton & Company Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-393-24815-9, ISBN: 0-393-24815-1 "A monumental work of history that captures the last days of the Third Reich as never before.Swansong 1945 chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler’s birthday on April 20, American and Soviet troops meeting at the Elbe on April 25, Hitler’s suicide on April 30, and finally the German surrender on May 8. ..." |
 | | Altai(Reprint) A Novel by Wu Ming, Shaun Whiteside Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2014 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-78168-167-1, ISBN: 1-78168-167-8 "When Q was first published in 1999, it was an international sensation; returning to the same world of that extraordinary novel, Altai is a captivating story of betrayal, beliefs and the clash of civilizations. When a fire breaks out in the Arsenal of Venice in 1569, the enigmatic Emmanuele De Zante, spy catcher and agent of the Venetian secret service, finds himself in jail accused of treason, having been betrayed by his lover. He escap ..." |
 | | Serotonin (Paperback or Softback) by Michel Houellebecq, Shaun Whiteside Paperback, Published 2020 by Picador Usa, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-250-75808-8, ISBN: 1-250-75808-4 |
 | | Melnitz by Charles Lewinsky, Shaun Whiteside Paperback, 656 Pages, Published 2015 by Atlantic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84887-766-5, ISBN: 1-84887-766-8 ""1871. Cattle-dealer Solomon Meijer has made a reputation for himself as one of the few honest Jews in Endingen, a rare Swiss town in which Jews are allowed to reside. He leads a largely untroubled life, rewarded by his work and comforted at home by his wife and two daughters. But all of this is set to end when he answers a knock at the door in the middle of the night. On the doorstep stands his young distant cousin, Janki, half-dead ..." |
 | | Post-War Lies Germany and Hitler's Long Shadow by Malte Herwig, Shaun Whiteside, Jamie Lee Searle 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Scribe Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-925113-28-0, ISBN: 1-925113-28-0 "'without ties and entangled', as the sociologist Heinz Bude writes: 'Ensnared as children, betrayed as young adults, they retreated, disappointed and insecure but functioning, back into the private and concrete, dedicating themselves quietly ..." |
 | | Love Life(1st Edition) A Novel by Ray Kluun, Shaun Whiteside Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2007 by St. Martin's Griffin Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-312-36681-0, ISBN: 0-312-36681-7 "Dan and Carmen have it all, it seems: They are young, rich, good-looking, satisfied in their work and love life, and are the parents of a beautiful three-year-old daughter. When Carmen is diagnosed with breast cancer, Dan is unable to cope with her illness and the changes this brings to their happy, yuppie family life. While the beautiful and optimistic Carmen submits to chemotherapy and eventually a mastectomy, hedonistic Dan tries to ..." |
 | | The Book of Proper Names A Novel by Amelie Nothomb, Shaun Whiteside, AmLie Nothomb Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2004 by St. Martin's Press ISBN-13: 978-0-312-32055-3, ISBN: 0-312-32055-8 "The Book of Proper Names is set in contemporary Paris, its main character an orphan named Plectrude. Before the child's birth her nineteen-year-old mother shoots and kills her nineteen-year-old (and somewhat feckless) father because she hates the names he's devised for their child--she fears they will doom their unborn child to mediocrity. The mother confesses openly to what she has done, and why. She is arrested and thrown into prison ..." |
 | | Magdalena the Sinner(Updated) by Lilian Faschinger, Shaun Whiteside Paperback, 286 Pages, Published 1997 by Headline Review ISBN-13: 978-0-7472-5459-1, ISBN: 0-7472-5459-1 "Written with pace, humor, and startling literary allusion, Lilian Faschinger's novel is the story of the sensual Magdalena, who, disguised in a nun's habit, kidnaps a priest at gunpoint and drives him in the sidecar of her Puch motorbike to ..." |
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