Trovati 120 documenti.
London [etc.] : Bloomsbury, 2011
Titolo e contributi: Middlesex / Jeffrey Eugenides
Pubblicazione: London [etc.] : Bloomsbury, 2011
Descrizione fisica: X, 529 p. ; 18 cm
ISBN: 9781408827352
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Narrator and protagonist Cal Stephanides (initially called "Callie") is an intersex man of Greek descent with a condition known as 5-alpha-reductase deficiency, which causes him to have certain feminine traits. The first half of the novel is about Cal's family and depicts his grandparents' migration from Bursa, a city in Asia Minor, to the United States in 1922..
The chronicles of Narnia / C. S. Lewis
London : HarperCollins, 2011
Titolo e contributi: The chronicles of Narnia / C. S. Lewis
Pubblicazione: London : HarperCollins, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 766 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780007117307
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
London : Hodder, 2011
Titolo e contributi: Carrie / Stephen King
Pubblicazione: London : Hodder, 2011
Descrizione fisica: XVIII, 248 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9781444720693
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother's religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she may be picked on by her classmates, she has a gift she's kept secret since she was a little girl: she can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. Her ability has been both a power and a problem. And when she finds herself the recipient of a sudden act of kindness, Carrie feels like she's finally been given a chance to be normal. She hopes that the nightmare of her classmates' vicious taunts is over . . . but an unexpected and cruel prank turns her gift into a weapon of horror so destructive that the town may never recover.
Rosemary's baby / Ira Levin ; with an introduction by Chuck Palahniuk
London : Corsair, 2011
Titolo e contributi: Rosemary's baby / Ira Levin ; with an introduction by Chuck Palahniuk
Pubblicazione: London : Corsair, 2011
Descrizione fisica: X, 229 p. ; 21 cm
ISBN: 9781849015882
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor-husband, Guy, move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome them; despite Rosemary's reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband starts spending time with them. Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant, and the Castavets start taking a special interest in her welfare..
Lord of the flies / William Golding
Stuttgart : Klett Sprachen, 2011
Klett English editions
Titolo e contributi: Lord of the flies / William Golding
Pubblicazione: Stuttgart : Klett Sprachen, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 263 p. ; 20 cm
Serie: Klett English editions
ISBN: 9783125798540
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: Guinea-Bissau
Abstract: A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, "Lord of the Flies" is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics.
A desirable residence / Madeleine Wickham [i.e. Sophie Kinsella]
London : Black Swan, 2011
Titolo e contributi: A desirable residence / Madeleine Wickham [i.e. Sophie Kinsella]
Pubblicazione: London : Black Swan, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 332, [1] p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780552776707
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: Italia
Abstract: Liz and Jonathan Chambers were in trouble. Mortgage trouble. They'd stretched themselves to busting with their new exciting project - well, Liz thought it exciting - buying and managing the Silchester Tutorial College, and now couldn't sell their old house. Here they were, stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a miserable adolescent daughter who hadn't wanted to move anyway..
One thousand white women : <the Journals of May Dodd> / Jim Fergus
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2011
Titolo e contributi: One thousand white women : <the Journals of May Dodd> / Jim Fergus
Pubblicazione: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 436 p. ; 21 cm
ISBN: 9780312199432
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's world. Toward that end May and her friends..
New York : Berkley, 2011
Titolo e contributi: The help / Kathryn Stockett
Pubblicazione: New York : Berkley, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 534 p. ; 21 cm
ISBN: 9780425232200
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who’s always taken orders quietly, but lately she’s unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She’s full of ambition, but without a husband, she’s considered a failure. Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town..
Lord of the flies / William Golding
London : Faber and Faber, 2011
Titolo e contributi: Lord of the flies / William Golding
Pubblicazione: London : Faber and Faber, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 225 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780571273577
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, they discover fantastic wildlife and dazzling beaches, learning to survive; at night, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast. Orphaned by society, it isn't long before their innocent childhood games devolve into a savage, murderous hunt.
Swimming pool sunday / Madeleine Wickham [i.e. Sophie Kinsella]
London : Black swan, 2011
Titolo e contributi: Swimming pool sunday / Madeleine Wickham [i.e. Sophie Kinsella]
Pubblicazione: London : Black swan, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 367, [1] p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780552776714
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Stuttgart : Reclam, 2011
Reclams Universal-Bibliothek ; 9276.^Fremdsprachentexte Englisch
Titolo e contributi: Afro-American short stories / Richard Wright .. [et al.] ; herausgegeben von Barbara Puschmann-Nalenz
Pubblicazione: Stuttgart : Reclam, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 167 p. ; 15 cm
Serie: Reclams Universal-Bibliothek ; 9276.^Fremdsprachentexte Englisch
ISBN: 9783150092767
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: Guinea-Bissau
Day out of days : stories / Sam Shepard
New York : Vintage books, 2011
Titolo e contributi: Day out of days : stories / Sam Shepard
Pubblicazione: New York : Vintage books, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 282 p. ; 21 cm
ISBN: 9780307277824
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: A man traveling down Highway 90 West gets trapped alone overnight inside a Cracker Barrel restaurant, where he is tormented by an endless loop of Shania Twain songs on the overhead sound system. A wandering actor returns to his hometown against his better instincts and runs into an old friend, who recounts their teenage days of stealing cars, scoring Benzedrine, and sleeping with whores in Tijuana. A Minnesota family travels south for a winter vacation but, caught up in the ordinary tyrannies of family life, remains oblivious to the beauty of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Scoop : a novel about journalists / Evelyn Waugh
London : Penguin books, 2011
Penguin modern classics - Penguin fiction
Titolo e contributi: Scoop : a novel about journalists / Evelyn Waugh
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin books, 2011
Descrizione fisica: IX, [1], 303, [1] p. ; 20 cm
Serie: Penguin modern classics - Penguin fiction
ISBN: 9780141184029
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs. Algernon Stitch, Lord Copper feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia.
Cold comfort farm / Stella Gibbons
London : Penguin books, 2011
Penguin essentials
Titolo e contributi: Cold comfort farm / Stella Gibbons
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin books, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 232, [1] p. ; 19 cm
Serie: Penguin essentials
ISBN: 9780241951514
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: When a well-educated young socialite in 1930s England is left orphaned and unable to support herself at age twenty-two, she moves in with her eccentric relatives on their farm.
A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess
London : Penguin, 2011
Penguin essentials
Titolo e contributi: A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 144 p. ; 19 cm
Serie: Penguin essentials
ISBN: 9780241951446
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: In this nightmare vision of youth in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?
Kiss of the Chicken King / Oscar McLennon
Dublin : Livewire Publications, 2011
Titolo e contributi: Kiss of the Chicken King / Oscar McLennon
Pubblicazione: Dublin : Livewire Publications, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 174 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780956724014
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: Irlanda
Abstract: Kiss of the Chicken King is a series of short pieces of stand up comedy/ bizarre philosophy combined with a number of songs, that are all the work of a very strange man. Oscar McLennan is the Chicken King, and this is his story. The monologues form the majority of the work, and are a series of discussions and battles of the mind with a fly that is his only company in his living room. The work also dismantles the pieces of speech that you rarely think about. Focusing on phrases, clichés and colloquialisms and seeing what truth lies behind the wives tales and mixed metaphors that we blurt out in every day speech. Some of the things he comes up with are hilarious and others only mildly amusing, but it’s hard to swim against the torrent of words he unleashes on the unsuspecting audience..
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh / Michael Chabon
New York : Harper perennial, 2011
Modern classics [Harper perennial]
Titolo e contributi: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh / Michael Chabon
Pubblicazione: New York : Harper perennial, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 297, [20] p. ; 21 cm
Serie: Modern classics [Harper perennial]
ISBN: 9780062072238
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Art Bechstein steps out of the library into the summer of his graduation year. Not yet ready for respectability, he falls in with the exotic, charming Arthur Lecomte, and ricochets between a homosexual relationship and an intense affair with a strange and beautiful girl called Phlox. Before long, the world of his new friends and the underworld of his father must collide, with consequences that Art cannot control.
London : Vintage books, 2011
Titolo e contributi: Anil's ghost
Pubblicazione: London : Vintage books, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 307 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780099554455
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Enter Anil Tissera, a young woman and forensic anthropologist born in Sri Lanka but educted in the West, sent by an international human rights group to identify the victims of the murder campaigns sweeping the island. When Anil discovers that the bones found in an ancient burial site are in fact those of a much more recent victim, her search for the terrible truth hidden in her homeland begins.
Pig-heart boy / Malorie Blackman
London : Random House, 2011
Corgi books
Titolo e contributi: Pig-heart boy / Malorie Blackman
Pubblicazione: London : Random House, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 209 p. ; 20 cm
Serie: Corgi books
ISBN: 9780552551663
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: You're thirteen. All you want is a normal life. But most normal kids don't need heart transplants. So there's this doctor. He says there's a chance for you. But he also says it's experimental, controversial and risky. And it's never been done before..
London : Hodder, 2011
Titolo e contributi: The shining / Stephen King
Pubblicazione: London : Hodder, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 497 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9781444720723
Data:2011
Lingua: Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese: xx
Abstract: Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote and more sinister.
