Trovati 108 documenti.
A little life / Hanya Yanagihara
London : Picador, 2015
Titolo e contributi: A little life / Hanya Yanagihara
Pubblicazione: London : Picador, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 720 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9781447294832
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
To kill a mockingbird / Harper Lee
London : Arrow books, 2015
Titolo e contributi: To kill a mockingbird / Harper Lee
Pubblicazione: London : Arrow books, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 309 p. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781784752637
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.
Murder on the Orient Express / Agatha Christie
London : HarperCollins, 2015
Poirot ; 10
Titolo e contributi: Murder on the Orient Express / Agatha Christie
Pubblicazione: London : HarperCollins, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 274 p. ; 20 cm
Serie: Poirot ; 10
ISBN: 9780007119318
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Bull Mountain / Brian Panowich
New York : Putnam's Sons, 2015
Titolo e contributi: Bull Mountain / Brian Panowich
Pubblicazione: New York : Putnam's Sons, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 311 p. ; 21 cm
ISBN: 9780425282281
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Clayton Burroughs is sheriff of Bull Mountain and black sheep of the brutal and blood-steeped Burroughs clan. In the forties and fifties, the family ran moonshine over six state lines. In the sixties and seventies, they farmed the largest marijuana crop on the East Coast, and now they are the dominant suppliers of methamphetamine in the South.
All the light we cannot see : a novel / Anthony Doerr
London : Fourth estate, 2015
Titolo e contributi: All the light we cannot see : a novel / Anthony Doerr
Pubblicazione: London : Fourth estate, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 530 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780008138301
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: For Marie-Laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazes. The miniature of a Paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home. The microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the Museum of Natural History. The walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the Nazis invade Paris..
All the light we cannot see : a novel / Anthony Doerr
London : Fourth estate, 2015
Titolo e contributi: All the light we cannot see : a novel / Anthony Doerr
Pubblicazione: London : Fourth estate, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 531 p. ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780007548675
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their Paris neighbourhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. But when the Nazis invade, father and daughter flee with a dangerous secret. Werner is a German orphan, destined to labour in the same mine that claimed his father’s life, until he discovers a knack for engineering. His talent wins him a place at a brutal military academy, but his way out of obscurity is built on suffering. At the same time, far away in a walled city by the sea, an old man discovers new worlds without ever setting foot outside his home. But all around him, impending danger closes in.
The cousins' war.. volume 6. The King's curse / Philippa Gregory
London [etc] : Simon & Schuster, 2015
Fa parte di: The King's curse
Titolo e contributi: The cousins' war.. volume 6. The King's curse / Philippa Gregory
Pubblicazione: London [etc] : Simon & Schuster, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 610 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9781847394644
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Heir to the Plantagenets, Margaret Pole, is a rival claimant to the Tudor throne. Buried in marriage to a loyal Tudor supporter, she becomes guardian to Arthur, the young Prince of Wales, and his beautiful bride, Katherine of Aragon. But her destiny is not for a life in the shadows. Tragedy throws Margaret into poverty..
Little women / Louisa May Alcott ; introduced by Louise Rennison
London : Puffin books, 2015
Puffin classics
Titolo e contributi: Little women / Louisa May Alcott ; introduced by Louise Rennison
Pubblicazione: London : Puffin books, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 368, [1] p. ; 18 cm
Serie: Puffin classics
ISBN: 9780141321080
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Meg the sweet tempered one. Jo the smart one. Beth the shy one. Amy the sassy one. Together they're the March sisters. Their father is away at war and times are difficult, but the bond between the sisters is strong. Through sisterly squabbles, happy times and sad, their four lives follow different paths, and they discover that growing up is sometimes very hard to do ..
The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain ; introduced by Richard Peck ; illustrations by Neil Reed
London : Puffin books, 2015
Puffin classics
Titolo e contributi: The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain ; introduced by Richard Peck ; illustrations by Neil Reed
Pubblicazione: London : Puffin books, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 320, [1] p. : ill b/n ; 18 cm
Serie: Puffin classics
ISBN: 9780141321103
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: On the banks of the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night they witness a murder. The boys swear never to reveal the secret and run away to be pirates and search for hidden treasure. But when Tom gets trapped in a cave with the murderer, can he escape unharmed?
100 years of the best American short stories / edited by Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015
Titolo e contributi: 100 years of the best American short stories / edited by Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor
Pubblicazione: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015
Descrizione fisica: XXI-723 p. ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780547485850
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Ada or ardor : a family chronicle / Vladimir Nabokov
London : Penguin books, 2015
Penguin classics - Penguin fiction
Titolo e contributi: Ada or ardor : a family chronicle / Vladimir Nabokov
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin books, 2015
Descrizione fisica: [12], 478 p. ; 20 cm
Serie: Penguin classics - Penguin fiction
ISBN: 9780141181875
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: It tells a love story troubled by incest. But more: it is also at once a fairy tale, epic, philosophical treatise on the nature of time, parody of the history of the novel, and erotic catalogue. Ada, or Ardor is no less than the supreme work of an imagination at white heat.
Tropic of cancer / Henry Miller
London : Penguin books, 2015
Penguin modern classics - Penguin fiction
Titolo e contributi: Tropic of cancer / Henry Miller
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin books, 2015
Descrizione fisica: [4], 255, [1] p. ; 20 cm
Serie: Penguin modern classics - Penguin fiction
ISBN: 9780141399133
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Set in France (primarily Paris) during the late 1920s and early 1930s, Tropic of Cancer centers on Miller's life as a struggling writer. Combining autobiography and fiction, some chapters follow a narrative of some kind and refer to Miller's actual friends, colleagues, and workplaces; others are written as stream-of-consciousness reflections that are occasionally epiphanic. The novel is written in the first person, as are many of Miller's other novels, and does not have a linear organization, but rather fluctuates frequently between the past and present.
The forty rules of love / Elif Shafak
London : Penguin books, 2015
Titolo e contributi: The forty rules of love / Elif Shafak
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin books, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 350 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780241972939
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love. So when Ella reads a manuscript about the thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, and his forty rules of life and love, her world is turned upside down. She embarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author of this work. It is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse, taking Ella and us into an exotic world where faith and love are heartbreakingly explored.
God help the child / Toni Morrison
London : Vintage, 2015
Vintage fiction
Titolo e contributi: God help the child / Toni Morrison
Pubblicazione: London : Vintage, 2015
Descrizione fisica: [8], 178 p. ; 20 cm
Serie: Vintage fiction
ISBN: 9780099555926
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: The story of a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms of love.
I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou
New York : Ballantine books, 2015
Titolo e contributi: I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou
Pubblicazione: New York : Ballantine books, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 289 p. ; 18 cm
ISBN: 9780345514400
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover..
Blood meridian, or The evening redness / Cormac McCarthy ; mit an introduction by Philipp Meyer
London : Picador Classic, 2015
Titolo e contributi: Blood meridian, or The evening redness / Cormac McCarthy ; mit an introduction by Philipp Meyer
Pubblicazione: London : Picador Classic, 2015
Descrizione fisica: XIV, [4], 352, [1] p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9781447289456
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving.
Emma / Jane Austen ; edited with an introduction and notes by Fiona Stafford
London : Penguin books, 2015
Penguin classics
Titolo e contributi: Emma / Jane Austen ; edited with an introduction and notes by Fiona Stafford
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin books, 2015
Descrizione fisica: XXXVI, 476 p. ; 20 cm
Serie: Penguin classics
ISBN: 9780141439587
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Beautiful, clever, rich—and single—Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans..
A history of loneliness / John Boyne
London : Black Swan, 2015
Titolo e contributi: A history of loneliness / John Boyne
Pubblicazione: London : Black Swan, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 470, [1] p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780552778435
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Propelled into the priesthood by a family tragedy, Odran Yates is full of hope and ambition. When he arrives at Clonliffe Seminary in the 1970s, it is a time in Ireland when priests are highly respected, and Odran believes that he is pledging his life to "the good." Forty years later, Odran's devotion is caught in revelations that shatter the Irish people's faith in the Catholic Church. He sees his friends stand trial, colleagues jailed, the lives of young parishioners destroyed, and grows nervous of venturing out in public for fear of disapproving stares and insults.
London : Vintage books, 2015
Titolo e contributi: Restoration / Rose Tremain
Pubblicazione: London : Vintage books, 2015
Descrizione fisica: [8], 412 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780099598428
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Robert Merivel, son of a glove maker and an aspiring physician, finds his fortunes transformed when he is given a position at the court of King Charles II. Merivel slips easily into a life of luxury and idleness, enthusiastically enjoying the women and wine of the vibrant Restoration age. But when he’s called on to serve the king in an unusual role, he transgresses the one law that he is forbidden to break and is brutally cast out from his newfound paradise. Thus begins Merivel’s journey to self-knowledge, which will take him down into the lowest depths of seventeenth-century society.
A banquet of consequences : a Linley novel
New York : Viking, 2015
Titolo e contributi: A banquet of consequences : a Linley novel
Pubblicazione: New York : Viking, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 576 p. ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780525954330
Data:2015
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Inspector Lynley investigates the London end of an ever more darkly disturbing case, with Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit. The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind. But what was the cause of his tragedy and how far might the consequences reach? Is there a link between the young man's leap from a Dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in Cambridge?
