Epic novel by Nobel laureate Halldr Laxness, originally published in two volumes in 1934 and 1935; literally the title means “Self-standing [i.e. self-reliant] folk”. It deals with the struggle of poor Icelandic farmers in the early 20th century, only freed from debt bondage in the last generation, and surviving on isolated crofts in an inhospitable landscape
American bar game that combines statistical reasoning with bluffing, and is played with the eight digits of the serial number on U.S. dollar bills
Anthology of stories by Clarice Lispector
Short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand
Metonym used to denote a primary retail street of a village, town or small city in many parts of the world
Fantasy novel written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin and first published by the small press Parnassus in 1968. It is regarded as a classic of children’s literature and of fantasy, within which it is widely influential
1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carr
