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The Prague Cemetery (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author)

Nineteenth-century Europe, from Turin to Prague to Paris, abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and [...]

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Inventing the Enemy (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author)

Covers various topics on which the author has written and lectured over the years, from the discussion of ideas that have inspired his novels - exploring lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world in the process - to a disquisition on the theme that runs through [...]

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This Is Not the End of the Book (Book)

Jean-Claude Carriere (Author), Jean-Claude Carrière (Author), Umberto Eco (Author)

The perfect gift for book lovers: two of the world's great men have a delightfully rambling conversation about the future of the book in the digital era, and decide it is here to stay. 'The book is like the spoon: once invented, it cannot be bettered' Umberto Eco. These [...]

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Inventing the Enemy (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author), Eco Umberto (Author)

Collects essays written by the author over the last ten years, covering such topics as the reception of James Joyce's "Ulysses" by fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, and the implications of the recent Wikileaks scandal.

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The Book of Legendary Lands (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author)

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Stories of Legendary Lands (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author)

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Inventing the Enemy: And Other Occasional Writings (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author)

A collection of timely essays, written over the last 10 years, by Eco, internationally acclaimed and bestselling author.

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The Prague Cemetery (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author), Unberto Eco (Author)

Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own [...]

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The Infinity of Lists (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author)

A lavishly illustrated celebration of lists in art and literature by one of Europe's most influential writers and thinkers.

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The Prague Cemetery (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author)

Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Every nation has its own secret service, and conspiracies rule history. What if, behind all of these conspiracies, both real and imagined, lay one lone man?

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Belief or Nonbelief?: A Confrontation (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author), Carlo Maria Martini (Author), Carlo Maria Martini (Author)

An enlightened, spirited exchange that will resonate with believers and nonbelievers alike.

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The Prague Cemetery (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author)

Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own [...]

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Il cimitero di Praga (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author)

Mönche und Freimaurer, Verschwörer, Fälscher und Verräter walten im Paris des 19. Jahrhunderts. Ein Abt stirbt zweimal, ein paar unbekannte Tote treiben im Pariser Abwasserkanal, und am Ende tauchen die gefälschten Protokolle der Weisen von Zion auf, die eine [...]

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This Is Not the End of the Book (Book)

Jean-Claude Carriaere (Author), Jean-Claude Carriere (Author), Jean-Claude/ Eco Carriere (Author), Umberto Eco (Author)

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The Name of the Rose (Book)

Umberto Eco (Author)

One after the other, half a dozen monks are found murdered in the most bizarre of ways. A learned Franciscan who is sent to solve the mysteries finds himself involved in the frightening events.

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