One of the New York Times ’s Ten Best Books of the These traditional stories of Italy, retold by a literary master, are “a treasure” ( Los Angeles Times ).
Quando la nuova maestra viene soprannominata Arpia Sferza, e quando ogni giorno di scuola si trasforma in un giorno di battaglia, potete credere che in IV D ne succedono davvero di tutti i colori! Ma …
"C'era una volta il ragionier Bianchi, di Varese. Era rappresentante di commercio e sei giorni su sette girava l'Italia intera vendendo medicinali. La domenica tornava a casa sua e il lunedì mattina r…
Pubblicato nell'aprile del 1950 e considerato dalla critica il libro più bello di Pavese, "La luna e i falò" è il suo ultimo romanzo. Il protagonista, Anguilla, all'indomani della Liberazione torna al…
In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements …
En nous lançant aux trousses de David Bell, l’inquiet et séduisant narrateur du roman, Don DeLillo nous entraîne dans les arcanes d’une société où l’on bascule facilement du confort de l’establishment…
Here are prayers and blessings to sanctify your daily life. They will remind you to look for the holiness of the everyday; they will show you the real presence of God in Creation.
Kenneth McIntosh, aut…
Shelve Earth Afire with God: Celtic Prayers for Ordinary Life
Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy in…
In The Timeless Way of Building Christopher Alexander presents a new theory of architecture, building, and planning which has at its core that age-old process by which the people of a society have alw…
This collection of hymns, poems, and meditations for everyday activities will help the reader connect the spiritual life with daily life -- the sacred with the profane -- and have a sense of "praying …
Canale Mussolini è l'asse portante su cui si regge la bonifica delle Paludi Pontine. I suoi argini sono scanditi da eucalypti immensi che assorbono l'acqua e prosciugano i campi, alle sue cascatelle i…
Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original and thought-provoking fiction of our time. This collection include…
A lady smuggler, an escaped slave, a maiden in a gold-mining boom town and a gothic story of a forced marriage and wicked relatives Hand-Turned Tales is designed so that readers can try Jude’s story-t…
Three intriguing World War II–era whodunits featuring the Scotland Yard detectives from the “timelessly charming” Miss Silver Mysteries (Charlotte MacLeod).
Inspector Ernest Lamb and Det. Frank Abbott…
Shelve The Ernest Lamb Mysteries: The Blind Side, Who Pays the Piper?, and Pursuit of a Parcel
Eugenia, the daughter of American expatriates, is the morganatic wife of a German prince, who is being urged to divorce her in favor of a state marriage. She and her artist brother, Felix, travel to B…
Parigi, 1832. In una sera d'inverno Sophie, nove anni, bussa alla porta della 'étoile' dell'Opéra Céline Varens per consegnarle alcune camicie confezionate dalla madre nella poverissima soffitta di Mo…
Emily Norton loves nothing more than losing herself within the pages of a good book. But the solitary pastime is poor preparation for participating in the dreaded London Season. Her trepidation over f…
Shelve The Unassuming Curator (Georgian Gentlemen #5)
Entre les Longeverne, menés par Lebrac, et les Velrans, du village voisin, la guerre est aussi acharnée qu’immémoriale. Mais, le jour où les Velrans surprennent Grangibus et Tigibus dans le bois et le…
This is the story of Pinocchio, filled with harrowing yet inspiring adventures. Carved by a poor man named Geppetto, Pinocchio is a wooden puppet that comes…
