Titoli in Urbana

"Assalto a un tempo devastato" e vile è il audiolibro cult di Giuseppe Genna, l’opera che, al momento della sua prima pubblicazione, fece gridare alla nascita di una voce potente e originalissima della letteratura italiana. Questo piccolo classico contemporaneo torna ora in una nuova edizione riveduta e ampliata. Utilizzando le forme del racconto, del saggio, del reportage, Genna esplora il cuore delle città in cui viviamo e di un paese intero, componendo un vertiginoso mosaico del nostro tempo.

The Kinseys. Four brothers and one up-and-coming sister. They got the street game on lock, but when it comes to the game of love, things ain't so easy... Tre, the oldest, has his work cut out for him, trying to win back his baby mama, Shamar, and cut ties with his ex. Shamar is determined not to settle, and if Tre can't step up, she is going to step out. Tripp is on the verge of losing the family that he and Cyn had just started to build. Cyn's mind is wary of his lifestyle, but her heart craves his love.

Xander Brown is a skilled surgeon who lives a carefree life. With him being the Chief of Surgery at GHM, his plate is always full. However, he made room for the one woman he couldn't see himself without. Zara Lyles is the hood Barbie; that's all about her family. She does what needs to be done for them to survive, all while keeping a certain elegance. As usual, she has it all together without the help of a man.

As the Zoo Boyz brotherhood teeters on the brink of collapse, the story unfolds further as Preach grapples with the ultimate choice of siding with the streets or the pulpit. Between trying to be the perfect Preacher's kid and remaining a friend to his brothers, his faith never wavers. During the Zoo Boyz's quest to understand Chevy's inexplicable desire to travel, Preach crossed paths with an individual who would alter the course of his life in ways he never imagined. Navi enters Preach's heart like a thief in the night.

Il libro ha come protagonista un giovane avvocato di successo, Luca Pertinelli, e il coro di amici (e colleghi di lavoro) che l'accompagnano "in scena". Fino a quando non arriva dall'Inghilterra la giovane Sabine, di cui Luca si innamora entrando in conflitto con il proprio ambiente, la moglie e le regole di un mondo in cui egli stesso è irrimediabilmente prigioniero. Nella seconda parte del romanzo, la scena si sposta su un'isola vacanziera dove la presenza di Sabine farà esplodere in modo drammatico le contraddizioni che dominano il circuito di sciagurati gaudenti attorno ai quali Bulgaro traccia un disegno collettivo di grande respiro.

Bangkok ist eine Stadt, die rund um die Uhr in einem Dampftopf gegart wird – mit diesen Worten beginnt Christian Callos Erzählung. Sie handelt von einem Deutschen, den es in die fernöstliche Metropole verschlagen hat und der dort einen kuriosen Tagtraum erlebt. Dieser handelt von einer exotischen Schönheit, einer ebenso geheimnisvollen Badewanne und dem unwiderstehlichen Sog fernöstlicher Magie mit all ihren touristischen Klischees zwischen Großstadtlärm, buddhistischen Tempeln und hypnotisierender Musik. Ein Hörstück, gelesen von Johannes Hitzelberger.

'Holding on to the belief that life had meaning and must go on, I, too, would carry on.' In this million-copy bestseller from Korea, the owner of a corner store takes in a homeless man who does a good deed – a kind soul whose presence will transform the whole neighbourhood. Seoul Station is...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, BROUGHT TO LIFE BY NARRATOR DIANE GUERRERO! “This was a fun, stay-up-late-to-finish read! Elle and Parker have chemistry from the jump, but a combination of forced proximity and her hatred of him is fuel for witty banter, a long, slow burn and plenty of...

Darley, la hija mayor de los Stockton, acomodada, bien relacionada y criada entre algodones, ha cambiado su trabajo y su herencia por la maternidad. Sasha, una chica normal de clase media, entra en el clan como una forastera al casarse con Cord. Y Georgiana, la más joven, se ha enamorado de alguien con quien no puede estar en un arrebato irresponsable.

THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCH 'Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. The Waiting is proof he is at the top of his game." MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of SLOW HORSES **** IN COLD CASES, IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, VOX, GOOD...

The Time Traveller's Wife meets David Mitchell meets Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow meets Kate & Leopold in this debut novel from an award-winning writer. There are several ways to tell a story. A boy meets a girl. The past meets the future. A finger meets a trigger. The beginning meets...

Siegfried Lenz' unvergleichlicher Stil in Kombination mit der angenehmen Stimme von Schauspielerin Hannelore Hoger macht dieses Hörbuch zu einem Genuss. Lenz beschreibt auf feinfühlige Art und Weise die Eigenarten der Bewohner seiner Wahlheimat Hamburg und blickt dabei auch hinter die Fassade der Hamburger Originale. Wer sich besonders hineinfühlen möchte, sollte diese Erzählung unbedingt während eines Stadtspaziergangs durch Hamburg hören.

Die junge Effi Briest ist frei, leidenschaftlich und unbeschwert. Unter der Einflussnahme ihrer Mutter heiratet sie den doppelt so alten Baron Instetten, ohne eine rechte Vorstellung von der Ehe zu haben und ohne den Baron wirklich zu lieben. In ihrem neuen Leben in einem Provinzstädtchen ist ihre Fantasie allen suspekt und sie gerät in eine Affäre mit dem Major von Crampas. Aus nüchterner Distanz schildert Fontane in einem der berühmtesten Eheromane der Weltliteratur das Schicksal einer freiheitsliebenden Frau, die an den Moral- und Ehrvorstellungen des preußischen Bürgertums scheitert.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST “A masterpiece” (The Wall Street Journal) of a novel by the era-defining author of The Bonfire of the Vanities—now a Netflix original limited series from David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) starring Jeff Daniels, Lucy Liu, and...

Julianne hasst Überraschungen. Ihr Leben ist durchgeplant, jeder Tag bis ins kleinste Detail organisiert. Als ihr launischer Vater Jean nach einem Hausbrand bei ihr einzieht, gerät ihre perfekte Struktur aus dem Takt. Jean, der schon immer ein Freigeist war, bringt seine Rente mit Teleshopping durch, hört laut Hardrock im Wohnzimmer und legt sich mit den Nachbarn an.Doch hinter seinem exzentrischen Verhalten scheint mehr zu stecken. Julianne, die das Chaos nicht mehr ignorieren kann, spürt eine lähmende Sorge in ihrem Magen – die Diagnose Alzheimer steht wie ein Schatten zwischen ihnen.

In Tokyo—one of the world's largest megacities—a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways. But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers—from a homeless man squatting in an abandoned hotel, to a shut-in hermit afraid to leave his house, to a convenience store worker searching for love. The cat orbits Tokyo's denizens, drawing them ever closer.

A woman meets her next-door neighbor and loans her a spatula, then starts suffering horrific gaps in her memory. A man, feeling jilted by an unrequited love, becomes obsessed with sorting through his neighbors' garbage in the belief that it will teach him how to better relate to people. A landlord decides to raise the rent, and his tenants hatch a plan to kill him at a team-building retreat. In 10 captivating, unnerving stories, Flowers of Mold presents a range of ordinary individuals who have found themselves left behind by an increasingly urbanized and fragmented world.

Why would anyone want to kill Penny Varnavides, best-selling author of the Teen Dreams series? Her demise can't be the freak accident it first appeared - it's an exact replica of the murder method in her forthcoming book. Only three people knew the plot of Penny's unpublished novel: her literary agent, her editor and her ex-girlfriend, Meredith. In an effort to clear Meredith, Lindsay Gordon delves beneath the glittering facade of the seemingly glamorous world of London publishing in search of a murderer. 

Johnny, aka Felix Jones, is Hollywood's go-to action star. About to film his first romantic comedy, he's looking to change his image and show he's more than just a six pack with pithy one-liners. But off screen, he’s got a reputation for other things too, and not all of them are good. Anne, aka Elizabeth Moore was, until a year ago, heiress to one of New York’s biggest business dynasties. Southern Texas is hot. And temperatures do nothing but rise when ‘Anne’ sits next to ‘Johnny’ at the bar. Add in a trip to the ER, a hairless cat, and a NASA movie set, and things get even spicier.