Biblioteche dell'Alto Adige

Abstract: Doctor Marigold was originally published in All the Year Round in 1865. A quote from the Hesperus book jacket reads, " Named after the doctor who delivered him as a baby, Doctor Marigold is a poor hawker who, after a dreadful turn of events, finds happiness with his adopted daughter Sophy. She is a deaf mute, and to help her learn to read and communicate, Doctor Marigold 'prescribes' her various stories, which he collects into a book while she is at school. These prescriptions, written by Dickens and five other distinguished Victorian writers, are tales of adventure and romance, featuring thieves, kidnappings and witchcraft. Together, they form a wonderful selection of stories that are told with the clever wit and brilliant description that characterise Dickens' writing."

Abstract: Jack London's dystopian novel The Iron Heel posits a futuristic world in which the division between the classes has deepened, creating a menacing oligarchy that rules through terror. Anticipating the science fiction novels of the 1960s and '70s, the book stresses future changes in society and politics while paying less attention to technological details. Much of the narrative is set in the San Francisco Bay Area, including events in San Francisco and Sonoma County.

Abstract: Diana Mayo is young, beautiful, wealthy, and independent. Bored by the eligible bachelors and endless parties of the English aristocrats, she arranges for a trek through the Algerian desert. Two days into the her adventure, she is kidnapped by the powerful Sheik Ahmed Ben-Hassan, who forces her into submission. Diana tries desperately to resist but finds herself falling in love with the dark and handsome stranger. What follows is a tale of mystery, power, and forbidden love fulfilled.

Abstract: The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers is a vivid account of German preparations to invade England, released at a time when tensions between the two countries were at an all time high. Often cited as one of the 100 greatest novels of all time, The Riddle of the Sands has delighted generations of sailing aficionados and thriller readers with its nautical and political verisimilitude.

Abstract: The first half (Book I) of Utopia is a dialogue, which presents a perceptive analysis of contemporary social, economic, penal, and moral ills in England; the second (Book II) is a narrative describing Utopia, a country run according to the ideals of the English humanists, where poverty, crime, injustice, and other ills do not exist. This new 2017 edition of Thomas More's complete and unabridged Utopia features a modern translation from the Latin of Gilbert Burnet.

Abstract: Regarded as the first full-length locked room mystery, The Big Bow Mystery focuses on a murder that has occurred inside a locked room, with no clear indication as to the weapon used, the perpetrator of the horrendous crime, or a possible escape route. Scotland Yard is stumped. Yet the seemingly unsolvable case has, as Inspector Grodman says, "one sublimely simple solution" that is revealed in a final chapter full of revelations and a shocking denouement.

Abstract: Još jedan zanimljiv suvremen roman Pavla Pavličića. Ovaj put je riječ o podzemnim hodnicima na Gornjem gradu u Zagrebu i o tajanstvenoj rasjelini koja dijeli Zapad od Istoka, ne samo na zemlji nego i na nebu.

Abstract: Il primo e unico "bignami" del copy persuasivo™ in lingua italiana. Questo libretto, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 2017, è pensato per professionisti, imprenditori e tutti coloro che hanno bisogno di comunicare per convincere e ottenere una risposta, in un mondo in cui è sempre più difficile attirare l'attenzione (e stimolare interesse). Nella nuova edizione, arricchita e potenziata, il testo è diviso in 10 capitoli, più nuove appendici (con approfondimenti e materiali operativi ulteriori) e una serie di procedure e dritte per scrivere messaggi chiari e convincenti e superare la sindrome del foglio bianco.

Abstract: The French Revolution comes to vivid life in Charles Dickens's famous novel about the best of times and the worst of times…The storming of the Bastille…the death carts with their doomed human cargo…the swift drop of the guillotine blade—this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in his famous work A Tale of Two Cities. With dramatic eloquence, he brings to life a time of terror and treason, a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime. With insight and compassion, Dickens casts his novel of unforgettable scenes with some memorable characters: the sinister Madame Defarge, knitting her patterns of death; the gentle Lucie Manette, unswerving in her devotion to her broken father; Charles Darnay, the lover with a secret past; and dissolute Sydney Carton, whose unlikely heroism gives his life meaning.

Abstract: The book that invented Addiction Literature. Aleister Crowley was dubbed 'The Wickedest Man in the World' by the British Press and this narcotics memoir of his, first published in 1922, spares no details. It is a fascinatingly frank account of early recreational drug use.

Abstract: Booth Tarkington's 1919 novel The Magnificent Ambersons won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was the basis for the classic movie by Orson Welles, the original negative of which remains lost. The book's heart-shattering portrait of a wealthy family destroyed from within by psychological demons continues to haunt and enthrall each new generation.The novel traces the growth of the United States through the declining fortunes of three generations of the aristocratic Amberson family in an upper-scale Indianapolis neighborhood, between the end of the Civil War and the early part of the 20th century, a period of rapid industrialization and socio-economic change in America. The decline of the Ambersons is contrasted with the rising fortunes of industrial tycoons and other new-money families, who derived power not from family names but by "doing things." Young George Amberson Minafer, the patriarch's grandson, is spoiled terribly by his mother Isabel. Growing up arrogant, sure of his own worth and position, and totally oblivious to the lives of others, George falls in love with Lucy Morgan, a young though sensible debutante. But there is a long history between George's mother and Lucy's father, of which George is unaware…"The Magnificent Ambersons is perhaps Tarkington's best novel," said Van Wyck Brooks. "[It is] a typical story of an American family and town—the great family that locally ruled the roost and vanished virtually in a day as the town spread and darkened into a city. This novel no doubt was a permanent page in the social history of the United States, so admirably conceived and written was the tale of the Ambersons, their house, their fate and the growth of the community in which they were submerged in the end." 

Abstract: Questo eBook, contiene il testo latino e la traduzione in italiano del Chronicon di Andrea da Bergamo che completa il racconto di Paolo Diacono e della Historia Langobardorum. La narrazione è molto interessante perché ci mostra una certa resistenza all'invasione Franca e il progressivo passaggio del regno da un'area di influenza francese a quella germanica che sarà costante nei secoli successivi.  

Abstract: A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. Phileas Fogg is a very ordinary gentleman living in nineteenth century England. He walks every day to the Reform Club, eats his meals at precisely the same time, in the same place. Though respected among his small circle of associates, he is viewed as a little peculiar. Jean Passepartout thinks this is just what he is looking for. Wanting to settle down into a very domestic mundane English life, he hires himself to Mr. Fogg as his valet, expecting nothing more than regular hours. But when Phileas Fogg makes a bet with his friends at the Reform Club, his routine life is suddenly turned on its head as he runs a race with time to make a trip around the world in eighty days. Adventure, misfortune and the totally unexpected meet Phileas Fogg and his faithful servant Passepartout in this tale, Around the World in Eighty Days, making for a story that has endured for over a century as one of the greatest classics of all time.

Abstract: Journey to the Center of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. Originally published in 1864, this Jules Verne classic has wowed generations of readers with its portrayal of an imaginary odyssey into a subterranean wonderland. When Axel deciphers an old parchment describing a secret passage through a volcano to the center of the earth, nothing will stop his eccentric Uncle Lidenbrock from setting out at once. With silent Hans as guide, the two men encounter natural hazards, prehistoric beasts, and other curiosities on their perilous, astonishing, terrifying trek through the underworld.

Abstract: In this thrilling adventure tale by the father of science fiction, three men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine, the Nautilus. Over the course of their fantastical voyage, they encounter the lost city of Atlantis, the South Pole, and the corals of the Red Sea. Along the way, they must battle countless adversaries both human and monstrous. This triumphant work of the imagination shows the limitless possibilities of science and the dark depths of the human mind.

Abstract: In this entertaining collection of tales and autobiographical essays, London relates the days he spent on the road. Each story details an aspect of the hobo's life -- from catching a train to cadging a meal. The wealth of experiences and the necessity of having to lie for a living brought depth London's subsequent stories. Jack London credited his skill of story-telling to the days he spent as a hobo learning to fabricate tales to get meals from sympathetic strangers. In The Road, he relates the tales and memories of his days on the hobo road, including how the hobos would elude train crews and his travels.

Abstract: La pornografia (dal greco πόρνη, porne, "prostituta" e γραφή, graphè, "disegno" e "scritto, documento" e quindi letteralmente "scrivere riguardo" o "disegnare" prostitute) è la raffigurazione esplicita di soggetti erotici e sessuali effettuata in diverse forme: letteraria, pittorica, cinematografica e fotografica.I mini-ebook di Passerino Editore sono guide agili, essenziali e complete, per orientarsi nella storia del mondo.A cura di Antonio Ferraiuolo. 

Abstract: Just as the narrator starts the ascent of his balloon, a stranger jumps into its car. The unexpected passenger only intent is to take the balloon as high as it will go, even at the cost of his and pilot's life. The intruder takes advantage of the long journey to recount the history of incidents related to the epic of lighter-than-air travel. This short story foreshadows Verne's first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon. 

Abstract: First published in Liber ABA (Part II), Aleister Crowley's Magick is essential reading for students of Thelema and the occult. This guide to the principle tenets of black magic is a concise version of the more dense four-book magnum opus Liber ABA or 'Book 4' and is recommended to initiates.

Abstract: De Bello Gallico - Gaius Iulius Caesar - (1.1 / 2019)Il libro contiene il testo integrale latino del De Bello Gallico di Giulio Cesare, è preceduto da una breve introduzione e seguito da alcune mappe ed immagini assieme a poche note web.La narrazione in terza persona della guerra gallica fatta da Giulio Cesare è un gran classico della letteratura latina, Qui vi proponiamo il testo integrale latino scritto o dettato dallo stesso Cesare. La lettura di questo testo è sempre piacevole perché chiaro e limpido, un ottimo esercizio linguistico per chi vuole migliorare il proprio latino. Ovviamente il testo è utile anche agli appassionati di storia che possono accedere in modo semplice e pratico al testo.Buona lettura