Titoli in Politica

From the Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author of Snow and My Name Is Red, a fable of fathers and sons and the desires that come between them. On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As...

William S. Cohen, the former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defense, has walked the most powerful corridors in the world. Now, in the intricately woven Dragon Fire where it's nearly impossible to distinguish fact from fiction, he takes listeners into the top secret rooms where the fate of the...

A brilliantly funny novel about ambition and marriage from the best-selling author of Girls in White Dresses, The Hopefuls tells the story of a young wife who follows her husband and his political dreams to Washington, D.C., a city of idealism, gossip, and complicated friendships among the...

October 1502. As Cesare Borgia sets out to invade the Florentine Republic, Niccolò Machiavelli is sent to spy on him and to glean details of his nefarious plan. But when Borgia asks Machiavelli to write his life story, their bond gains complexity and nuance: ultimately, they both aspire to everlasting fame and to achieve it, they need each other, for the one's sword can only rule in eternity via the pen of the other.

In a luckier universe, in which the Kennedys were not assassinated and the Vietnam War ended before it began, we find President Richard Nixon and Dr. Timothy Leary, the escaped convict Nixon calls “the most dangerous man in the world” for turning America’s youth into no-good hippies. Nixon is the same profane, venal S-O-B that made him such a hit in our universe, but here he is unleashed in a world where there was no Vietnam war to slow him down and Watergate is just a fancy hotel.

Imprisoned by the apartheid regime in South Africa, Verity Saunders endures the daily degradation of her incarceration whilst coming to terms with the disappearance of her activist lover, Tariq Randeree. Thirty years later, Verity sets out to uncover the truth about her past and to confront those who brutalized and betrayed her. As secrets are exposed, she learns that in order to truly heal she must embrace the path of forgiveness.

The acclaimed author of Red Clocks returns with a biting, lyrical novel about an intergenerational group home run by an ex-musician determined to make a place for those without one On a bluff above a river rises The House, where elderly and disabled residents live alongside young people who help...

Veracruz, México. Hércules Guzmán Fox, uno de los inves-tigadores más importantes del mundo, tiene que resolver la extraña muerte de un senador norteamericano en el barco en el que viajan hacia los Estados Unidos. Durante la travesía descubrirá que los culpables son un extraño grupo que se creía desaparecido hacía siglos. Las pistas de una antigua reliquia lo llevarán, junto a George Lincoln y Alicia Mantorella, sus inseparables amigos, a Washington, donde se encuentra la clave de un asombroso misterio, asociado a uno de los objetos más poderosos de la historia.

Irritabilidade, raiva e um humor peculiarmente malicioso caracterizam as férias em família do narrador de Mário e o mágico em Torre di Venere, na Itália. A inquietação dos personagens aumentará pela presença do infausto Cipolla, um ilusionista cuja performance é aterrorizar e humilhar seu público, subjugando-o à sua própria revelia. Em um ataque direto à dignidade humana, a apresentação encontra sua vítima perfeita no garçom Mário, que deve se submeter às vontades do mágico sem restrições — até que uma tragédia se instaura.

1900: Aufbruch, Fortschritt, Optimismus – die Heirat der englischen Industriellentochter Claire mit dem Berliner Unternehmersohn Friwi ist ein Sinnbild des modernen Europas. Doch während Friwi in China und Afrika für Deutschlands Aufstieg zur Weltmacht kämpft, streitet Claire für die Rechte der Frauen. Wird sie Kaspar je vergessen, der sich in Paris und St. Petersburg der Revolution verschrieben hat? Noch wetteifern bei Segelregatten nur die Jachten der Könige um den Sieg.

“A republic, if you can keep it.” Those were Benjamin Franklin’s words following the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when asked what system of government the new America would follow. Unfurled is a futuristic novel which takes place in the United States following the collapse of the federal government. After decades of political stagnation, division among Americans, and the disconnect between the governed and those elected, America is forced to rebuild itself in the wake of total capitulation.

Del otro lado de las nubes, la pequeña ciudad de Davos, rodeada de montañas nevadas, amanecía blanca y billonaria aquel miércoles de enero. Ahí empezaban a llegar el 1% de los primates habladores más ricos y poderosos de la tribu humana. Los así llamados líderes globales. En un mundo donde las diferencias entre ricos y pobres son cada vez más abismales y los cambios tecnológicos y ecológicos tienen efectos expansivos, encontrar soluciones a la crisis humanitaria se convierte en algo urgente.

On a mysterious green planet regenerated by fire, vibrant communities live in harmony with both its strange ecosystem and each other—until the day imperialist forces arrive. Char and her family are among the nomadic Summer people of Germinal who tend to the rich biodiversity of their world through reciprocity and ritual. They must forever travel to stay ahead of the walls of fire that approach like clockwork, bringing with them both loss and renewal.

Resurrección es una novela profundamente espiritual y crítica, donde Tolstói narra la historia de Dmitri Nejlúdov, un noble que busca redimirse tras arruinar la vida de Katiusha Maslova, una joven que termina en prisión por su culpa. Este viaje de redención lo enfrenta a su conciencia, a la hipocresía social y a la injusticia del sistema.

Set against industrial action that beset the NHS in the 1970's, the normal healthy camaraderie of the City Hospital is lost as the dispute sets nurse against nurse and doctor against doctor. Operations are cancelled, waiting lists spiral out of control and patient's lives are put at risk. Kate and Paul are saddened that so many of their colleagues are prepared to become involved. Hadn't they agreed to abide by the Hippocratic Oath with its simple message 'First do no harm'?

"তথাকথিত 'উদ্বাস্তু' শঙ্খর পরিবার দেশভাগের সময় ওপার বাংলার ভিটে ছেড়ে চলে আসে উত্তর চব্বিশ পরগনার সীমান্ত লাগোয়া গ্রাম ঈশ্বরীপুরে। শুরু হয় আবার নতুন করে বাঁচার লড়াই। শিকড়ের খোঁজে লড়াই, যে লড়াই শঙ্খ শেখে তার ঠাকুর্দাকে দেখে এবং নানা অভিজ্ঞতার মধ্যে দিয়ে বড়ো হতে হতে নিজের অজান্তেই কখন যেন সেই লড়াইয়ে শামিল হয়ে যায়। তপন বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের লেখায় বারবার উঠে এসেছে পূর্ববাংলা থেকে পশ্চিমবাংলায় অভিপ্রয়াণ করা মানুষদের কথা। শুধু তাই নয়, বাংলার মানুষের জীবনে রাজনীতির প্রভাবও তাঁর লেখায় সুস্পষ্ট; "সমগ্র শঙ্খচিল" পড়ে আমরা বাংলার তৎকালীন রাজনৈতিক প্রেক্ষাপট ও তার শৈলীর পরিবর্তন লক্ষ্য করতে পারি।"

The first in the Elsie Hawkins series blending the charm of Stephanie Plum with a witty romance where opposites attract, featuring a mysterious woman, a carpenter hero, laugh-out-loud moments, and irresistible chemistry from # 1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. For months...

Eine unvergessliche Heldin in Rom – Das perfekte Sommerhörbuch! Teddy Carlyle hat einen Neuanfang verdient, aber manche Geheimnisse lassen sich nicht verbergen ... Teddy entstammt einer texanischen Familie mit großen politischen Ambitionen. Die Familie atmet auf, als Teddy mit Mitte 30 endlich heiratet und nach Rom zieht. Die Stadt, in der die Stars der Cinecittà auf der Via Veneto flanieren, erscheint Teddy wie ein Versprechen von Freiheit, hier will sie ihre unruhige Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen und eine gute Diplomatengattin sein: glamourös, diskret, stilsicher und stets höflich.

Ein ergreifender Roman über drei junge Schauspieler im Warschauer Ghetto von Bestsellerautor David Safier. Im Warschauer Ghetto 1942 erklingt aus einer kleinen Seitenstraße Musik, Gelächter und Applaus. Ein Theaterstück feiert Premiere, eine heitere Musikkomödie namens Die Liebe sucht ein Zimmer. Die junge Schauspielerin Sara wartet nervös auf ihren Auftritt. Mit leuchtenden Augen schaut sie vom Bühnenrand ihrer großen Liebe Edmund zu, wie er die Zuschauer in den Bann schlägt und sie ihr Elend vergessen lässt.

ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯಸ್ಥ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಮ್ ಕುಟುಂಬದಿಂದ ಬಂದ ಸಫಿಯಾ ತನ್ನ ಉದಾರವಾದಿ ಪತಿ ಅಬ್ಬಾಸ್ ಉತ್ತೇಜನದಿಂದ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ನಿಲುವು ಮತ್ತು ಆತ್ಮಸ್ಥೈರ್ಯವನ್ನು ತಾಳಿ, ಎಲ್ಲ ಬಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಮೋಚಿತರಾದ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ ಸಬಲತೆಯಿಂದಲೇ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಪಡೆಯುವ ಮುಕ್ತ ಭಾರತದ ಕನಸನ್ನು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಪೂರ್ವದ ಒಂದೆರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಶಾಹ್‍ಬಾನೂ ಪ್ರಕರಣದವರೆಗಿನ ಪ್ರಕ್ಷುಬ್ಧ ಭಾರತದ ಪರಿಸರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಥೆಯು ನೆಲೆಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ. ಹೋರಾಟದ ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪತಿ-ಪತ್ನಿ ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಸಾಯುತ್ತಾರೆ: