Novità: le ultime uscite

Milano, fine anni '20. Il Dirigibile Italia del generale Umberto Nobile è decollato da pochi giorni alla conquista del Polo Nord. Milano è avvolta dalla scighera, ma il commissario Carlo De Vincenzi ha bisogno di vederci chiaro. Un ragazzo è finito giù nel Naviglio in sella alla bici che aveva rubato, morendo affogato. Per molti si tratta di un incidente, il poeta del crimine, però, non è convinto. In una Gran Milan che mai come adesso appare completamente circondata dall'acqua, De Vincenzi dovrà tuffarsi a capofitto e pescare nel marcio alla ricerca della giustizia.

Tra true crime e immaginazione, le ultime ore di una donna perduta. Sicilia, provincia di Messina. Il 3 agosto del 2020, Viviana Parisi esce di casa con il figlio Gioele per andare in un centro commerciale. I due a casa non torneranno più. I loro corpi verranno ritrovati diversi giorni più tardi. Prima quello di Viviana, ai piedi di un traliccio dell'alta tensione, poi quello del bambino, ricoperto di sassi e sterpi. Cosa è accaduto in quelle ultime ore? Questo racconto cerca di inventarsi una verità, una piccola luce che spaventi le ombre.

When Spark the dragon wakes up to find a storm has destroyed his nest, he must find a new place to live. But Spark soon discovers that a house needs more than just walls to feel like home. Will he ever find the right place for him?

For as long as he can remember, it has been Galileo's dream to become a police horse. But when his dream comes true, he soon realises he's not there to solve crimes–he's just a vehicle to carry around the 'real' human detectives. When Galileo witnesses a crime, he decides to take matters into his own hands. He has a lot to learn, but each crime he solves is sure to take him one step closer to becoming a real detective ...

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The Growing Up of Cornelia: Aunt Jemima gave me this diary for a Christmas present. It's just the sort of gift a person named Jemima would be likely to make. I can't imagine why Aunt Jemima thought I should like a diary.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The Old Fellow's Letter: Ruggles and I were down on the Old Fellow. It doesn't matter why and, since in a story of this kind we must tell the truth no matter what happens or else where is the use of writing a story at all?

Der amerikanische Schriftsteller Mark Twain besucht Sherlock Holmes in London. Er möchte ihn bei seinen Ermittlungen begleiten, um Erfahrungen für einen geplanten Kriminalroman zu sammeln. Tatsächlich bietet sich bald eine doppelte Gelegenheit, Twain mit der Detektivarbeit vertraut zu machen.

Nach einer erfolgreichen Testserie kehrt der Kapitän des englischen Cricketteams aus Australien zurück. Im Londoner Hafen muss er jedoch entdecken, dass die Trophäe verschwunden ist. Sherlock Holmes kommt an Bord, um der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen.

En un bar de lujo, un hombre observa desde el otro lado de la sala abarrotada a la mujer de sus sueños sentada sola. No puede dejarla escapar. Se alisa la chaqueta, se aprieta la corbata, se acerca a ella y entabla conversación. ¿Qué sigue? La Fecha es un cuento escrito por el novelista Alfred C. Martino.

Ich dachte, Palantir sei nur ein Name – ein weiteres Tech-Unternehmen im endlosen Strom digitaler Innovation. Ich lag falsch! Was ich entdeckt habe, ist kein harmloses Start-up, sondern das Herzstück einer neuen globalen Kontrollarchitektur. Eine Software, geboren im Krieg, perfektioniert zur Überwachung und Manipulation ganzer Gesellschaften – und nun auf dem Weg in dein Leben. Ich erzähle nicht nur, was Palantir tut – ich zeige, was es mit uns macht. Mit unserem Denken, unserem Handeln, unserem Vertrauen in Demokratie, Recht und Menschlichkeit.

Step into the mighty boots of Paul Bunyan, America’s most legendary lumberjack, in this larger-than-life collection of tall tales by William B. Laughead. With his colossal blue ox, Babe, by his side, Paul fells forests with a single swing, creates great lakes with his footprints, and transforms the rugged North Woods with unmatched strength and humor.

Sick of hustle gurus bragging about 4-a.m. alarms while you’re guzzling coffee and wondering why you still feel wrecked by noon? The 8 A.M. Club flips the script—and backs it with real sleep science.

Ce sont 7 contes pour enfants de Valérie Bonenfant autour de l'écologie. On y trouvera Jetrai la poubelle, J'habite un trou de serrure, Stop l'escargot à ressorts, l'arbre Chingo, Les cheveux de la terre, J'habite une serre, Papouette la libellule. Ces contes mettent en scène de petits insectes perturbés par la pollution, et essayant avec leurs moyens d'y faire face. Instructifs, facétieux, ils amusent autant qu'ils apprennent.

When Jules Verne was born in 1828, his family had his future planned out for him. They expected him to become a lawyer, but he dreamed of writing. He started out writing more traditional poetry and plays, but then he began to create a new, unconventional kind of fiction. It combined adventure, the modern world of science and invention, and his personal view of the future. With fantastical characters, spaceships to the moon, and deep-sea submarines, his books told of things that would not actually occur for decades.

"Poems in Prose" is the collection of six prose poems by Oscar Wilde published in 1894, including, in order: "The Artist," "The Doer of Good," "The Disciple," "The Master," "The House of Judgment" and "The Teacher of Wisdom."

"The Star-Child" by the Irish author Oscar Wilde, first published in 1891, is a fantasy story about a handsome boy who for the first ten years of his life believes that he is truly the son of a star. As a result, he believes himself to be superior to everyone else and becomes vain, arrogant and cruel. When his real mother, a beggar woman, comes to the village where he lives, he wants nothing to do with her and mocks her for her ugliness. As punishment for his cruelty, he becomes monstrously ugly himself. He remains so until he shows kindness to others, even at the risk of his own life.

"A Comedy in Rubber" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1881. It tells the tale of two people, William Pry and Violet Seymour, who fall in love but miss their own wedding as they are too busy watching accidents and unusual events.

Discover the eerie brilliance of "And the Gods Laughed" by Fredric Brown, a classic science fiction novella from the Golden Age of sci-fi. Set in a future of interplanetary exploration, this suspenseful tale follows space miners who encounter a mysterious race on Ganymede—only to uncover a chilling secret about possession, identity, and alien intelligence. Blending dark humor, paranoia, and psychological intrigue, Brown crafts a compact yet powerful story that questions what it truly means to be human.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce is a gripping short story that masterfully blends psychological suspense with the brutal realities of war. Set during the American Civil War, the narrative follows Peyton Farquhar, a Southern planter condemned to hang from a railroad bridge for attempting to sabotage Union forces. As the noose tightens, Farquhar experiences a vivid and surreal escape that blurs the line between illusion and reality.

"Hearts and Hands" is a short story by O. Henry, published in 1910, which focuses on a train journey in which a pretty young woman makes the acquaintance of a former suitor who is handcuffed to another man.