Felix Holt the Radical, George Eliot

Publisher: Penguin Books

An Advertisement for Toothpaste, Ryszard Kapuscinski

The great journalist of conflict in the Third World finds an even stranger and more exotic society in his own home of post-War Poland. 

Publisher: Vintage

The Pyramid, Ismail Kadare

So the Pharaoh agrees to the construction of a pyramid colossal beyond imagining, an edifice that crushes dozens of people as each block is added and which inexorably drains the lifeblood from the country. As Egypt builds its monument to death, its neighbours plot and gloat…

Publisher: Collins Classics

Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne

In Verne’s science-fiction classic, Professor Lidenbrock chances upon an ancient manuscript and pledges to solve the mysterious coded message that lies within it. Eventually he deciphers the story – that of an Icelandic explorer who travels to the centre of the earth, finding his way there via a volcano.

Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell

Spurred by his longing to escape, Winston rebels. He breaks the law by falling in love with Julia, and, as part of the clandestine organization the Brotherhood, they attempt the unimaginable – to bring down the Party.

Pandemic, Covid 19 shakes the world, Slavoj Zizek

We live in a moment when the greatest act of love is to stay distant from the object of your affection. When governments renowned for ruthless cuts in public spending can suddenly conjure up trillions. When toilet paper becomes a commodity as precious as diamonds.

Publisher: Penguin Books

The Tinder Box, Hans Christian Andersen

'There sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheels'

Reference: 2578

Publisher: AIIS - Tirana Times

King Zog and the struggle for Stability in Albania, Bernd Fischer

Title: King Zog and the struggle for Stability in AlbaniaOriginal: King Zog and the struggle for Stability in AlbaniaCategory: HistoryAuthor: Bernd J. FischerPublisher: Tirana TimesYear: 2012Pgs. 370Weight: 0.62 kgISBN: 978-99956-80-96-1

Publisher: Penguin Books

Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut

Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of Ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness.

Publisher: Collins Classics

The War of the World, H.G. Wells

When a strange, meteor-like object lands in the heart of England, the inhabitants of Earth find themselves victims of a terrible attack. A ruthless race of Martians, armed with heat rays and poisonous smoke, is intent on destroying everything that stands in its way. 

Publisher: Collins Classics

The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane

 Fighting for the Union army, Henry Fleming is thrown into a bloody war where the harsh realities and horrors of battle quickly become evident. Fearful, occasionally vain, but always viewing the war with honest eyes, Henry eventually comes to thrive as a soldier in combat, and it is with a a new conscience and outlook that he matures into manhood.

Publisher: Collins Classics

Twelfth night, William Shakespeare

Alone in a strange land, Viola disguises herself as a male servant, Cesario, in order to work for the Duke Orsino. Orsino is in love with Lady Olivia, but it is Cesario that Olivia falls for. 

Publisher: Penguin Books

Days of reading, Marcel Proust

They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Publisher: Collins Classics

The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald

But as the money begins to fail, so does their marriage. Patch’s gradual descent into alcoholism, depression and alienation from his marriage ultimately lead to his ruin. Fitzgerald’s novel is a remorseless exploration of the horrors of an age of excess and lost innocence.

Publisher: Collins Classics

Orlando, Virginia Woolf

First published in 1928, this tale of unrivalled imagination and wit quickly became the most famous work of women’s fiction. Sexuality, destiny, independence and desire – all come to the fore in this highly influential novel that heralded a new era in women’s writing.

Reference: SKU001112

Publisher: Te tjere

The Code of Leke Dukagjini

This is the first English translation of the customary laws, still followed to various degrees, by Albanians in northern Albania, Kosova/Kosovo, Montenegro, and Macedonia. That these laws have survived, and often replaced, the impositions of the Ottoman Empire and the Albanian Communist and Yugoslav governments, attests to their importance.

Reference: SKU000224

Publisher: Te tjere

Lets Learn Albanian, A comprehensive Course of Albanian

"Let's Learn Albanian" is designed to give practical knowledge of both spoken and written standard Albanian. The course is ideal for beginners and for those who want to deepen and consolidate their language knowledge. This course can be used for self-study or by those learning with a class.