Titoli in Narrativa biografica

From “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory comes this instant New York Times bestseller that tells the story of the remarkable Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen, and mother to the House of Tudor. When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of...

Alfred de Musset, una delle figure emblematiche del romanticismo letterario, nacque a Parigi nel 1810 e morì a 47anni per una malattia cardiaca aggravata dall’alcolismo e dalla sua dedizione all’assenzio. In questa sua opera autobiografica, scritta a 26 anni, narra il suo amore con la scrittrice George Sand. Cornice musicale: Notturno Op 37 No 2 di Chopin. Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

Kathryn Janeway reveals her career in Starfleet, from her first command to her epic journey through the Delta Quadrant leading to her rise to the top as vice-admiral in Starfleet Command. Discover the story of the woman who travelled further than any human ever had before, stranded decades from home, encountering new worlds and species.

The world's most intelligent and well-read dog, the famously mute Gromit, finally breaks his silence, presenting his memoir to Nick Park, the four-time Academy...

With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers whom the system has mostly abandoned. When his efforts to reach these troubled students are met with threats, suspicion, and derision, Braithwaite takes a radical new approach. He will treat his students as people poised to enter the adult world.

Acabada la guerra civil española, el continente se hunde en un nuevo conflicto internacional apenas veinte años después del fin del anterior. Estos son los últimos días de Europa: la culminación del autoengaño de una Italia fascista doblegada ante la infamia de las leyes raciales y el pacto con la Alemania nazi.

"Lorsque la dernière plaque, la plus à droite, a été retirée, un nom est apparu, gravé à la pointe en lettres majuscules dans le crépi grège : ANDRÉ CHAIX. Le R d’André, à mieux regarder, est une grande minuscule. Lorsque l’on déjeune dans cette cour, au frais, à l’ombre du grand platane, on distingue à peine les lettres. Je doute que le crépi, qui s’est ici et là détaché de la pierre, ait été repris jamais. Je me suis habitué à ce nom sur le mur, et j’ai fini par l’oublier.” Charles Berling s’empare avec talent de ce récit poignant et lumineux, et révèle le destin tragique et fulgurant d’André Chaix, jeune résistant tué pendant l’Occupation.

Family and friends know Marty McClure as a kind, peaceful man. They aren't aware that when he was young, he plumbed the depths of despair with no assurance he'd ever surface again. Now he needs to reveal what happened in Vietnam and how, with the help of Patti, his wife Corrie Corrigan, a disabled vet, and Doc Matheson, a corpsman turned trauma surgeon, he made peace with the ghosts that have visited his dreams all these years. 

This imagined retelling of Jho Low’s story, based on real events, gives listeners an insider’s view of the glitzy, glamorous world of wealth and privilege, as well as a close-up look at this enigmatic protagonist’s high-stakes fall from grace. The narrator is quirky yet eloquent, at times thoughtful and other times brash, as he leads readers through the corridors of power, where the line between friend and foe blurs. As secrets unravel and fortunes teeter on the edge, readers get a front-row seat to the dark underbelly of high finance and the price of unchecked ambition and greed.

Cierto día, el narrador recibe una inesperada carta de su abuela, iniciando una aventura literaria que lo convertirá en testigo de todo aquello que no ha visto.

Nei suoi romanzi, Salgari racconta di giovani eroi ed eroine che vivono avventure al cardiopalma, tra giungle misteriose e mari cristallini, ma come aveva vissuto la sua giovinezza il papà di Sandokan? In questo romanzo autobiografico, un unicum nella produzione salgariana, lo scrittore veronese ci introduce nel mondo della Topaia, la comunità artistica bohémien che aveva fondato da giovane insieme ad alcuni compagni, ripercorrendo le orme degli scapigliati intellettuali parigini celebrati dalla 'Bohème' di Puccini.

Emma, seduta alla sua cattedra, ricorda con nostalgia il suo passato di alunna guardando la sua alunna Eva, una bimba che siede al banco di fronte a lei. Due generazioni messe a confronto con vissuti diversi. Le varie circostanze quotidiane, a scuola, riportano Emma al passato facendole rivivere le emozioni di un tempo lontano. L'amore e la passione per la scuola da alunna, oggi manifestati nel ruolo di maestra.

« Vous ne pensez qu’à l’amour. Ne soyez pas si bourgeoise. » Christine Orban invite le lecteur à plonger dans la déchirante confession de Diana, pauvre créature sacrifiée à la royauté, et l’invite dans les coulisses d’un mariage somptueusement raté...

Obra fundamental de la literatura argentina y latinoamericana, El Juguete Rabioso cuenta la infancia y adolescencia de Silvio Astier, ladrón, fabricante de explosivos, empleado de librería, y traidor. Con tintes autobiográficos, la novela cumbre de Roberto Arlt narra la difícil vida de la clase baja porteña, la problemática del inmigrante, y el clima de incertidumbre propio de comienzos de siglo veinte. La soledad en las grandes ciudades, la melancolía, la incomunicación pero también la esperanza y el valor de la lealtad, son temas que esta genial obra abarca.

La novela que influenció toda una generación. El Lobo estepario es una de las grandes novelas del premio Nobel de 1946 Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), por tratar en forma profunda el tema del antagonismo entre las dos naturalezas de un individuo, en este caso Harry Haller, una persona desilusionada de la vida, que alterna la que se considera naturaleza bondadosa del ser humano con la ferocidad que caracteriza al lobo estepario.

Исабель Альенде называют королевой магического реализма и достойной продолжательницей традиций Маркеса. В романе 2005 года главным героем становится неожиданный персонаж - красавец и авантюрист, герой многочисленных книг, фильмов и комиксов: дон Диего де ла Вега по прозвищу Зорро.

"The others form the human being, I depict him; and here I present an individual who is quite poorly formed and whom I would certainly make largely differently if I had to reshape him. But now that's the way he is." This phrase from the famous essays of Michel de Montaigne outlines the character of the author and his work. Montaigne wrote his essays not from a position of certainty but from an awareness of his inadequacy. He thus reveals a level of critical self-reflection that, before his time, was rarely put on paper.

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the million-copy bestseller The...

"Una vita" è il primo romanzo di Italo Svevo, scritto nel 1888 in corrispondenza della morte del padre. Originariamente venne intitolato "Un inetto", forse per meglio evidenziare la psicologia del personaggio, ma il titolo venne poi rifiutato dall'editore e modificato in "Una vita".

« J'ai une dette envers mes parents. Je leur dois la vie. Mais pas le pardon. Pardonner m'est impossible. Le long chemin de l'immigration est un lourd héritage, j'ai dû m'inventer contre eux, contre tous ceux présents sur ma photo de famille. » F.K A la mort de sa mère, découvrant les...