Biblioteca civica di Merano, Biblioteca di Sinigo
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Denver : Denver Art Museum, 2020 ; Milan : 5 continents
Titolo e contributi: The american West in art : selection from the Denver Art Museum / edited by Thomas Brent Smith and Jennifer R. Henneman
Pubblicazione: Denver : Denver Art Museum, 2020 ; Milan : 5 continents
Descrizione fisica: 237 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
ISBN: 9788874399369
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Antiracist baby / Ibram X. Kendi ; Ill. by Ashley Lukashevsky
New York : Kokila, 2020
Titolo e contributi: Antiracist baby / Ibram X. Kendi ; Ill. by Ashley Lukashevsky
Pubblicazione: New York : Kokila, 2020
Descrizione fisica: [28] S. : überw. Ill. ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780593110508
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: Guinea-Bissau
Abstract: From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist comes a new 9x9 picture book that empowers parents and children to uproot racism in our society and in ourselves, now with added discussion prompts to help readers recognize and reflect on bias in their daily lives. Take your first steps with Antiracist Baby! Or rather, follow Antiracist Baby's nine easy steps for building a more equitable world. With bold art and thoughtful yet playful text, Antiracist Baby introduces the youngest readers and the grown-ups in their lives to the concept and power of antiracism. Providing the language necessary to begin critical conversations at the earliest age, Antiracist Baby is the perfect gift for readers of all ages dedicated to forming a just society.
Threads of life : a history of the world through the eye of a needle / Clare Hunter
London : Sceptre, 2020
Titolo e contributi: Threads of life : a history of the world through the eye of a needle / Clare Hunter
Pubblicazione: London : Sceptre, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 305 S. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781473687936
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: From political propaganda in medieval France to secret treason in Tudor England, from the mothers of the desaparecidos in Argentina to First World War soldiers with PTSD, from a POW camp in Singapore to a family attic in Scotland, Threads of Life is a global chronicle of identity, protest, memory and politics. Banner-maker, community textile artist and textile curator Clare Hunter chronicles the stories of the men and women, over centuries and across continents, who have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances.
Mr. Wilder & me / Jonathan Coe
London : Penguin, 2020
Titolo e contributi: Mr. Wilder & me / Jonathan Coe
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 245 S ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9780241989715
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: In the heady summer of 1977, a naive young woman called Calista sets out from Athens to venture into the wider world. On a Greek island that has been turned into a film set, she finds herself working for the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder, about whom she knows almost nothing. But the time she spends in this glamorous, unfamiliar new life will change her for good. While Calista is thrilled with her new adventure, Wilder himself is living with the realisation that his star may be on the wane. Rebuffed by Hollywood, he has financed his new film with German money, and when Calista follows him to Munich for the shooting of further scenes, she finds herself joining him on a journey of memory into the dark heart of his family history.
London : Picador, 2020
Titolo e contributi: The cofession / Jessie Burton
Pubblicazione: London : Picador, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 450 S. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781509886180
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: One winter's afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is being turned into a major Hollywood film. Elise follows Connie to LA, a city of strange dreams and swimming pools and late-night gatherings of glamorous people. But whilst Connie thrives on the heat and electricity of this new world where everyone is reaching for the stars and no one is telling the truth, Elise finds herself floundering. When she overhears a conversation at a party that turns everything on its head, Elise makes an impulsive decision that will change her life forever. Three decades later, Rose Simmons is seeking answers about her mother, who disappeared when she was a baby. Having learned that the last person to see her was Constance Holden, a reclusive novelist who withdrew from public life at the peak of her fame, Rose is drawn to the door of Connie's imposing house in search of a confession . . .
The ratline : love, lies and justice on the trail of a nazi fugitive / Philippe Sands
London : Weidenfeld Nicolson, 2020
Titolo e contributi: The ratline : love, lies and justice on the trail of a nazi fugitive / Philippe Sands
Pubblicazione: London : Weidenfeld Nicolson, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 411 S. ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781474608138
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: As Governor of Galicia, SS Brigadefuhrer Otto Freiherr von Wachter presided over an authority on whose territory hundreds of thousands of Jews and Poles were killed, including the family of the author's grandfather. By the time the war ended in May 1945, he was indicted for 'mass murder'. Hunted by the Soviets, the Americans, the Poles and the British, as well as groups of Jews, Wachter went on the run. He spent three years hiding in the Austrian Alps, assisted by his wife Charlotte, before making his way to Rome where he was helped by a Vatican bishop. He remained there for three months. While preparing to travel to Argentina on the 'ratline' he died unexpectedly, in July 1949, a few days after spending a weekend with an 'old comrade'.
London : William Heinemann, 2020
Titolo e contributi: Trace elements / Donna Leon
Pubblicazione: London : William Heinemann, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 278 S. ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9781785152443
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding. 'They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no', Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently-deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she can hear him Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni will look into what initially appears to be a private family tragedy. They discover that Fadalto worked in the field collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the cleanliness of Venice's water supply and that he had died in a mysterious motorcycle accident. Distracted briefly by Vice Questore Patta's obsession with youth crime in Venice, Brunetti is bolstered once more by the remarkable research skills of Patta's secretary, Signora Elettra Zorzi. Piecing together the tangled threads, in time Brunetti comes to realize the perilous meaning in the woman's accusation and the threat it reveals to the health of the entire region. But justice in this case proves to be ambiguous, as Brunetti is reminded it can be when, seeking solace, he reads Aeschylus's classic play The Eumenides.
The animals at lockwood mano / Jane Healey
London : Mantle, 2020
Titolo e contributi: The animals at lockwood mano / Jane Healey
Pubblicazione: London : Mantle, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 337 S. ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9781529014181
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright is tasked with the evacuation and safekeeping of the natural history museum's collection of mammals. Once she and her exhibits arrive at Lockwood Manor, however, where they are to stay for the duration of the war, Hetty soon realizes that she's taken on more than she'd bargained for. Protecting her charges from the irascible Lord Lockwood and resentful servants is work enough, but when some of the animals go missing, and worse, Hetty begins to suspect someone - or something - is stalking her through the darkened corridors of the house. As the disasters mount, Hetty finds herself falling under the spell of Lucy, Lord Lockwood's beautiful but clearly haunted daughter. But why is Lucy so traumatized? Does she know something she's not telling? And is there any truth to local rumours of ghosts and curses?
The School of Life : an emotional education / Alain de Botton and The School of Life
London : Penguin, 2020
Titolo e contributi: The School of Life : an emotional education / Alain de Botton and The School of Life
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 309 S. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9780241985830
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: This is a book about everything you were never taught at school. It's about how to understand your emotions, find and sustain love, succeed in your career, fail well and overcome shame and guilt. It's also about letting go of the myth of a perfect life in order to achieve genuine emotional maturity.
The giver of stars / Jojo Moyes
London : Penguin, 2020
Titolo e contributi: The giver of stars / Jojo Moyes
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 470 S. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9780718183240
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: 'Alice had come halfway across the world to find that, yet again, she was considered wanting. Well, she thought, if that was what everyone thought, she might as well live up to it.' England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright - restless, stifled - makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett Van Cleve and leave her home and family behind. But stuffy, disapproving Baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure - or the escape - that she hoped for. That is, until she meets Margery O'Hare, a troublesome woman - and daughter of a notorious felon - the town wishes to forget. Margery's on a mission to spread the wonder of books and reading to the poor and lost - and she needs Alice's help. Trekking alone under big open skies, through wild mountain forests, Alice, Margery and their fellow sisters of the trail discover freedom, friendship - and a life to call their own. But when Baileyville turns against them, will their belief in one another - and the power of the written word - be enough to save them?
London : Piatkus, 2020
Titolo e contributi: Under currents / Nora Roberts
Pubblicazione: London : Piatkus, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 531 S. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780349421940
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: From the outside, the house in Lakeview Terrace looks perfect and the Bigelows seem like the perfect family: the respected surgeon father, the glamorous, devoted mother and two beautiful children. A perfect family, in a perfect house living their perfect lives. But perfect surfaces can hide dark undercurrents and behind closed doors lies a very different story. Teenager Zane and his younger sister, Britt, are terrorised by their violent father and dysfunctional mother. Too afraid to speak out, Zane does his best to protect his sister and counts the days until they can finally be free. One dark, brutal night when their father's temper takes a horrifying turn for the worse, the perfect facade is exposed for the lie it is and Zane and Britt manage to escape. With the help of their beloved aunt, they rebuild their lives a day at a time, creating new families and putting their past behind them. But a childhood like that can cast a shadow the length of a lifetime. Can Zane and Britt ever be free of their past? Or will those dark undercurrents rise to the surface, forcing them to fight for their lives once again..
Summer of '69 / Elin Hilderbrand
London : Hodder and Stoughton, 2020
Titolo e contributi: Summer of '69 / Elin Hilderbrand
Pubblicazione: London : Hodder and Stoughton, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 421S. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9781529374766
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century . . . Every year the Levin children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic island home, but this year it's not to be. Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby is caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests with her friend Mary Jo Kopechne. And Tiger, the only son, has just been deployed to Vietnam. Thirteen-year-old Jessie, the youngest of them all, suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother who is hiding secrets of her own . . .
London : HarperCollins, 2020
Titolo e contributi: Postscript / Cecelia Ahern
Pubblicazione: London : HarperCollins, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 383 S. ; 18 cm
ISBN: 9780008125165
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: It's been seven years since Holly Kennedy's husband died - six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new life. She's proud of all the ways in which she has grown and evolved. But when a group inspired by Gerry's letters, calling themselves the PS, I Love You Club, approaches Holly asking for help, she finds herself drawn back into a world that she worked so hard to leave behind. Reluctantly, Holly begins a relationship with the club, even as their friendship threatens to destroy the peace she believes she has achieved. As each of these people calls upon Holly to help them leave something meaningful behind for their loved ones, Holly will embark on a remarkable journey - one that will challenge her to ask whether embracing the future means betraying the past, and what it means to love someone forever..
London : Penguin, 2020
Titolo e contributi: The Europeans / Orlando Figes
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 551 S. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9780141979434
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
So long, my queen : 4 Kurzgeschichten / Nygel G Harrot ; Alison Romer ; Sarah Trenker
München : Circon, 2020
Compact Sprachwelten : Englisch - Compact Sprachwelten 4 Kurzgeschichten
Titolo e contributi: So long, my queen : 4 Kurzgeschichten / Nygel G Harrot ; Alison Romer ; Sarah Trenker
Pubblicazione: München : Circon, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 127 S. ; 19 cm
Serie: Compact Sprachwelten : Englisch - Compact Sprachwelten 4 Kurzgeschichten
ISBN: 9783817425488
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: Guinea-Bissau
Abstract: Ein pensionierter Rosenzüchter fürchtet aufgrund neuer Nachbarn um sein grünes Paradies. Ein skrupelloser Immobilienmakler rechnet bei seinem neuesten Bauvorhaben nicht mit dem Widerstand einer rüstigen alten Frau und rege Vorbereitungen laufen in einem viktorianischen Herrenhaus, denn königlicher Besuch hat sich angemeldet …
Ghosts : a novel / Dolly Alderton
London : Fig tree, 2020
Titolo e contributi: Ghosts : a novel / Dolly Alderton
Pubblicazione: London : Fig tree, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 337 S. ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9780241465332
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he's going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan. A new relationship couldn't have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone's moving to the suburbs. There's no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who's caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia.
Redhead by the side of the road : a novel / Anne Tyler
New York : Knopf, 2020
Titolo e contributi: Redhead by the side of the road : a novel / Anne Tyler
Pubblicazione: New York : Knopf, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 178 S ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781524711740
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These surprises, and the ways they throw Micah's meticulously organized life off-kilter, risk changing him forever.
The man in the red coat / Julian Barnes
London : Vintage Books, 2020
Titolo e contributi: The man in the red coat / Julian Barnes
Pubblicazione: London : Vintage Books, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 266 S. : Ill. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781529112313
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner, who four years earlier had been the subject of one of John Singer Sargent's greatest portraits. The commoner was Samuel Pozzi, society doctor, pioneer gynaecologist and free-thinker - a scientific man with a famously complicated private life.
London : Hodder, 2020
Titolo e contributi: The guardians / John Grisham
Pubblicazione: London : Hodder, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 373 S. ; 19 cm
ISBN: 9781473684621
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
The shape of night : a novel / Tess Gerritsen
New York : Ballantine books, 2020
Titolo e contributi: The shape of night : a novel / Tess Gerritsen
Pubblicazione: New York : Ballantine books, 2020
Descrizione fisica: 350 S. ; 18 cm
ISBN: 9780593159866
Data:2020
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: After an unspeakable tragedy in Boston, Ava Collette flees to a remote village in Maine, where she rents an old house named Brodie’s Watch. In that isolated seaside mansion, Ava finally feels at peace . . . until she glimpses the long-dead sea captain who still resides there. Rumor has it that Captain Jeremiah Brodie has haunted the house for more than a century. One night, Ava confronts the apparition, who feels all too real, and who welcomes her into his world—and into his arms. Even as Ava questions her own sanity, she eagerly looks forward to the captain’s ghostly visits. But she soon learns that the house she loves comes with a terrible secret, a secret that those in the village don’t want to reveal: Every woman who has ever lived in Brodie’s Watch has also died there. Is the ghost of Captain Brodie responsible, or is a flesh-and-blood killer at work? A killer who is even now circling closer to Ava?
