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Questo racconto lungo, che in Francia è stato definito un récit, tenta di dare voce a chi Venezia la abita e si trova costretto a subire gli assedi del turismo di massa. In un alternarsi fra la laguna e Saint-Nazaire, dove gran parte delle navi da crociera vengono costruite, l’io narrante e la sua compagna fanno i conti con le conseguenze di queste anomalie epocali. Cercano, come altri veneziani, una chiave possibile di resistenza in una città dove gli ostacoli aumentano giorno dopo giorno, davanti all’indifferenza delle istituzioni spesso ostacoli esse stesse.

Popular speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Woman Evolve, Sarah Jakes Roberts shows women they are not disqualified by their pain and failures and offers encouragement and strength to believe God’s best is still possible. Everyone has experiences in their lives that stop them in...

Asher Donovan é o melhor jogador de futebol do mundo, mas sua riva–lidade com um dos colegas de time acaba levando seu clube a perder o campeonato nacional. Tentando dar um fim à hostilidade entre os dois, o técnico os obriga a passar as férias de verão dando tudo de si num treinamento de... balé. Quando conhece a nova professora–uma mulher linda e talentosa–Asher não consegue tirá-la da cabeça. Só que ele tem um problema: ela também é irmã do seu arqui-inimigo e está completamente fora de seu alcance.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Allo scoccare del nuovo millennio una nuova minaccia arriva dalle tenebre. Un bambino è stato salvato, ma ora un uomo è in pericolo. Tre donne lottano. Nessuno è al sicuro. Mille e non più Mille. Duemila, e morte. Un romanzo avvincente e serrato che mescola thriller, suspense, esoterismo. Un romanzo sulla forza dei legami del passato e del presente.

La ciudad mexicana de Santa Teresa -trasunto de Ciudad Juárez- atrae como un imán a los protagonistas. Cuatro críticos literarios europeos viajan hasta Sonora tras las huellas del escritor desaparecido Benno von Archimboldi, cuya vida se refiere en la parte final de la novela.

Drugi tom cyklu opowiadającego o losach młodego człowieka, który mimo skromnego pochodzenia miał się stać jednym z najpotężniejszych cesarzy Rzymu. Tracja, 30 r. Nawet na obrzeżach rzymskiego świata Wespazjanowi nie udaje się ukryć przed burzliwą polityką pogrążonego w kryzysie cesarstwa. Na polecenie swoich patronów ma wykonać niezwykłe zadanie: potajemnie wydostać starego wroga z fortecy obleganej przez rzymski legion.

Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent conflict, The 33 Strategies of War is a comprehensive guide to the subtle social games of everyday life, informed by the most ingenious and effective military principles in war. Structured in Greene's trademark style, The 33 Strategies of War is the I Ching of conflict, the contemporary companion to Sun Tzu's The Art of War.

Jason Bourne. He has no past. And he may have no future. His memory is blank. He only knows that he was flushed out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues. A frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the flesh of his hip. Evidence that plastic...

Robert Harris' "Pompeji" war ein internationaler Triumph. Der Autor versteht es wie kein Zweiter, als Gegenwart zu beschreiben, was zweitausend Jahre zurückliegt. Auch "Imperium" spielt in der Antike und bietet erneut eine spannende Mischung aus historischen Fakten und Fiktion. Im Mittelpunkt steht ein gerissener, mit allen Wassern gewaschener Anwalt und geborener Machtpolitiker: Marcus Tullius Cicero.

“Roberto Bolaño’s oeuvre is among the great, blistering literary achievements of the twentieth century.” —Lauren Groff, author of The Vaster Wilds “[Latin America’s] most vibrant expositor: an acid-tongued, truth-telling, peripatetic genius, who lived all too briefly, wrote in a...

Le pouvoir... on le désire, on le craint, on s'en protège... "Le sentiment de n'avoir aucun pouvoir sur les gens et les événements est difficilement supportable : l'impuissance rend malheureux. Personne ne réclame moins de pouvoir, tout le monde en veut davantage."

El juguete rabioso, su primer libro, pone en juego una reflexión crítica sobre las paradojas del acceso a la cultura y presenta a uno de los personajes más inolvidables que hayan existido. Silvio Astier patea las calles bajas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires con el rencor de los desposeídos. Animado por el coraje de los héroes de sus lecturas, se convierte en delincuente con la convicción de así poder torcer el destino de una vida miserable. Pero ese no es el único movimiento que Astier está dispuesto a hacer para jugar con sus propias reglas.

"Père riche, Père pauvre" - Le meilleur ouvrage de tous les temps en matière de finances personnelles ! L'édition anniversaire mise à jour pour illustrer la réalité actuelle avec 9 séances d'étude ! Robert T. Kiyosaki fait exploser le mythe selon lequel il faut toucher un revenu élevé pour devenir riche.

How do you create your own definition of success - and reach your unique potential? Building a fulfilling life and career can be a daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to “success” as defined by those around us - and ultimately, are left feeling dissatisfied. Each of us is unique and brings distinctive skills and qualities to any situation. So why is it that most of us fail to spend sufficient time learning to understand ourselves and creating our own definition of success?

Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial deconstruction of Western dominance. This Very Short Introduction discusses both the history and key debates of postcolonialism, and considers its importance as a means of changing the way we think about the world. Robert J. C. Young examines the key strategies that postcolonial thought has developed to engage with the impact of sometimes centuries of Western political and cultural domination.

The wickedest, most wonderful science fiction story ever created in our - or any - time. Anything can begin at a party in California - and everything does in this bold masterwork by a grand master of science fiction. When four supremely sensual and unspeakably cerebral humans - two male, two female - find themselves under attack from aliens who want their awesome quantum breakthrough, they take to the skies - and zoom into the cosmos on a rocket roller-coaster ride of adventure, danger, ecstasy, and peril.

In Robert Louis Stevenson’s haunting and introspective short story “Markheim,” a chance encounter on Christmas Day leads to a chilling exploration of morality, free will, and the struggle between good and evil. With gothic atmosphere and philosophical depth, Stevenson crafts a psychological tale that lingers long after the final tick. A masterwork of Victorian horror and spiritual suspense, "Markheim" invites listeners into the dark recesses of the human soul.

"Lange schon war diese Bewegung dahergekommen, Viktoria dachte daran, ob es wohl Liebe sei. Langsam war sie gekommen. Und doch für das Zeitmaß ihres Lebens zu rasch".