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Un romanzo che fa esplodere la storia, i miti e la vita quotidiana dell'America del dopoguerra e ne ricompone i resti. In una vorticosa alternanza di epoche e figure, DeLillo costruisce un puzzle di sequenze narrative dove protagonisti e comparse hanno lo stesso spazio, dove personaggi di finzione convivono con Lenny Bruce e con J. Edgar Hoover, il potente capo dell'Fbi.

Richly complex, darkly comical, and irresistibly charming. Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist is one of the greatest novels of the 19th century, from one of literature's most esteemed craftsmen. Published serially between 1837 and 1839, it secured Dickens' reputation as a writer of exceptional skill and talent.

A workhouse orphan, Oliver experiences the terror and brutality of the criminal underworld. His companions, a thief, a whore, a pickpocket, and a fence, are destined for gruesome ends, but Oliver emerges unscathed from the darkness of the underworld.

Kevin Canty tells a story based on a real incident that begins with a disastrous fire in an isolated silver-mining town in Idaho in the 1970s. Everyone in town had a friend, lover, brother, or a husband killed in the mine. The Underworld traces the lives of the handful of survivors and their loved ones - a young widow with twin children, a college student trying to make a life for himself in another town, a lifelong hard-rock miner - as they struggle to come to terms with the loss.

'Just read it. Flippin' amazing.' TRENT DALTON Martha Mullins is a misfit. Her mother is glamorous, aloof and judgemental. Her father, mostly absent. If only she had brothers and sisters with whom she might share her feelings, her confusion . Academic and shy, Martha finds herself fascinated by...

Set in the Parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, Les Miserables follows Jean Valjean, originally an honest peasant, who has been imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's starving family. A hardened criminal upon his release, he eventually reforms, becoming a successful industrialist and town mayor. Despite this, he is haunted by an impulsive former crime and is pursued relentlessly by the police inspector Javert.

Daughter of a Don is the story of Sara King, daughter of the notorious don, Nasir King, head of The Underworld. This exclusive spin-off revolves around intense drama, crime, suspense and romance.

Elorions Sieg über Lord Darius hat einen Preis: Sein Level schießt in die Höhe, und Liliths Labyrinth kann ihn nicht länger halten. Vor ihm gähnt die wahre Unterwelt - ein endloser Dungeon um einen Knochenpalast, in dem ein einziger Fehler alles kostet. Drei Wege liegen vor ihm: Er könnte jegliche Blaue Magie an sich reißen, die ihm in die Finger kommt, und so zu einer wandelnden Naturgewalt werden. Oder er investiert seine hart erkämpften Erfahrungspunkte in die anderen Gefangenen und schmiedet aus verängstigten Opfern ein Team.

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the National Book Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award Winner of the Howell’s Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters “A great American novel” (San Francisco Chronicle) that spans five decades of American history...

The second installment story of Sara King... This novel explores the journey that Sara King takes to becoming a woman. 

With her loving partner Rohan, her daughter Dixie-Lee, and a stunning new home, Georgie Deacon should at last be content – but she isn’t . . . She senses she is being watched, and frightening flashbacks come back to haunt her. But worse is yet to come . . . After only two days working in a...

Fourteen-year-old girls are disappearing, and it is hardly headline news. Before leaving prison, having served twelve years, Harper Kane makes a promise – to find out what happened to an inmate’s missing teenage daughter. But first, she must secure a well-paid job and a place of her own to...

Set in London's backstreet slums, Oliver Twist is the story of a workhouse orphan captured and thrust into a den of thieves, where some of Dickens' most depraved villains preside: the incorrigible Artful Dodger; the barbarous bully Bill Sikes; and the terrible Fagin, whose knavery threatens to send them all to the gallows. This was the first of Dickens' works to depict realistically London's impoverished underworld, and to illustrate his belief that poverty leads to crime.

A BRAND NEW gripping gangland read, perfect for fans of Mobland, House of Guinness and Peaky Blinders, from the bestselling author of Double Trouble. Meet the O'Connors... 🍀🩸 London, 1975. Dublin-born Sean O’Connor rules the streets of Kilburn with his charm and his fists. But the locals...

Empires don’t need kings. They need queens. Freshly paroled from Holloway Prison, Pearl Armstrong returns to Soho not for nostalgia — but to reclaim the empire she built with blood, cunning and grit. Her sons, Kristian and Daniel, have turned the Armstrong legacy into a shadow of its former...

Discover the first in this breathtaking, unputdownable series from bestselling author Tom Bale. If you're a fan of Reacher - you will LOVE Clayton! 💥‘A gripping, expertly crafted page-turner’ - Bestselling author Rob Sinclair Suddenly Joe was back in the job and doing what he did best…...

A BRAND NEW gripping Victorian East End saga of courage, crime and survival from Kay Brellend. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Jean Fullerton and Elaine Everest! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Kay Brellend is a new star in the making!' bestselling author Rosie Clarke In 1889 London, the streets are as...

1862: With London in the grip of the Industrial Revolution, the world's first underground railway is under construction. When a body is discovered at the dig, it sparks the beginning of the latest deadly chapter in the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and Templars.

The BRAND NEW instalment in Stephanie Harte's gripping, gritty new gangland series, perfect for fans of Mobland, House of Guinness and Peaky Blinders, from the bestselling author of Double Trouble. Meet the O'Connors... 🍀🩸 She danced with the devil once...now she’s back for more. 💥 A...

A BRAND NEW gripping gangland series from Heather Atkinson, bestselling author of the Savage Sisters series. Meet the Bloody MacGregors...💪💥 They’re feared in the streets and fury runs in their veins. The MacGregors don’t back down from a fight—and they never forget a grudge. Known...