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Una risata che sfuma nella malinconia unisce questi racconti brevi, narrativamente indipendenti ma simili nel tipo di umorismo che li anima. Dai caffè densi di fumo della Milano di metà Ottocento, Tarchetti scatta un'istantanea, nebulosa e amareggiata, di quel periodo storico. Ironia, soprannaturale e grottesco si mescolano in questo viaggio crepuscolare e umoristico nella bohème italiana e nei travagli spirituali di un artista che deve fare i conti con la sua posizione nel mondo.

Che fine ha fatto la bella cuoca Ami? Monsieur Pélardon la sta cercando disperatamente, ma sembra persa nell’immensità di Parigi. Voci incontrollate dicono che lascerà la gastronomia, che è finita in clinica. Toccherà agli investigatori improvvisati Bamalou e Mamirolle cercarla in tutti i bistrot che è solita frequentare. L’indagine è perfetta per i due, appassionati di cibo: Bamalou è grassoccio, malvestito e bulimico, non potrebbe sperare in meglio di un inseguimento tra un bar-avin e un restaurant.

Brought to you by Penguin. Learn how to rewire your attachment style and unlock stronger relationships, better health, greater resilience and a more fulfilling life in the empowering new book from the acclaimed psychiatrist and neuroscientist, and the multi-million bestselling co-author of...

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2025 'Shows us how to love one another and hold on to what matters most' Tice Cin, author of Keeping the House 'Striking, moving, subtly radical' Guardian 'Confirms Goddard as one of the best writers of our time' Lucia Osborne-Crowley, author of The Lasting...

Australia has more things that can kill you than anywhere else. Nevertheless, Bill Bryson journeyed to the country and promptly fell in love with it. The people are cheerful, their cities are clean, the beer is cold, and the sun nearly always shines.

The New York Times best-selling author of The No Asshole Rule reads his guide on how to preserve civility, sanity, and success when facing a business world full of difficult people. Since The No Asshole Rule became a national best seller a decade ago, Robert Sutton has been asked, in a thousand different ways, the best way to deal with an asshole. This new guide presents Sutton's signature prescriptive advice.

Todos os dias, Millie limpa a casa de Nina e Andrew Winchester de cima a baixo. Pega a filha deles na escola. Prepara refeições deliciosas para a família toda antes de poder se recolher e enfim comer o próprio jantar, sozinha em seu quarto minúsculo e claustrofóbico no sótão. Quando Nina passa a sujar todos os cômodos de propósito só para assisti-la limpar, Millie tenta não perder a cabeça. Quando ela conta mentiras perturbadoras sobre a própria filha e tortura psicologicamente o marido, que parece mais e mais fragilizado, Millie tenta ignorar.

From one of the world’s leading data scientists, a landmark tour ofthe new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence If the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it is MIT’s Alex “Sandy” Pentland. Over...

E. B. White's greatest stories, asides, essays, jokes, and tall tales about the city he arguably saw clearest, loved best, and skewered most mercilessly. Over more than fifty years at the New Yorker, E. B. White came to define a kind of ideal American prose: clear, casual, democratic, and urbane...

Connecting to your own authentic core will fill you and your work with strength and relevance. To those engaged in making art, an authentic voice is the most crucial yet most difficult ability to come by. Why does so much conspire to hide what is ultimately the closest, simplest thing of all? Creative Authenticity outlines 16 principles that will help you peel back the fears, misconceptions, "shoulds" and confusion around courageous creative expression.

Adam Lang has been Britain's longest serving - and most controversial - prime minister of the last half century. And now that he's left office, he's accepted one of history's largest cash advances to compose a tell-all (or at least, tell-some) memoir of his life and years of power.

Il corpo carbonizzato di un poliziotto - sottoposto a inchiesta all'interno del dipartimento - viene trovato nella sua auto, sul litorale di Southend, nell'Essex. Una ragazza fragile, abbandonata anche dai servizi sociali, cerca di scoprire la verità sulla morte improvvisa della sua migliore amica. Il sergente Frank Pearson e l'agente Cat Russell della squadra di polizia investigativa dell'Essex hanno l'incarico di risolvere il mistero che circonda la morte del loro collega, ma subiscono la forte pressione di chi non vuole danneggiare la reputazione del dipartimento.

Master Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and writer Benvenuto Cellini is best remembered for his magnificent autobiography. In this work, which was actually begun in 1558 but not published until 1730, Cellini beautifully chronicles his flamboyant times. He tells of his adventures in Italy and France, and his relations with popes, kings, and fellow artists.

This is one of the true classics in world legal literature. Written by a master of law and language, it is a primary source book for anyone interested either in legal theory or political science. For the layman, it serves to clarify the very essence of the common law, the cornerstone of our present legal system.

A satiric novel by Evelyn Waugh, published in 1930. Set in England between the wars, the novel examines the frenetic but empty lives of the Bright Young Things, young people who indulge in constant party-going, heavy drinking, and promiscuous sex. At the novel's end, the realities of the world intrude, with Adam Fenwick-Symes, the protagonist, serving on a battlefield at the onset of another world war.

Wallace D. Wattles was an American "New Thought" writer who wrote this amazing little book in 1910. It caused a sensation then, and continues to be popular today. In fact, Rhonda Byrne said that part of her inspriation for her best-selling book and film The Secret came from this book.

Rich Dad’s Investing Master Course delivers the most powerful lessons ever shared by world-renowned investor, entrepreneur, and author Robert Kiyosaki—alongside Kim Kiyosaki and the Rich Dad Advisors. This priceless audio collection brings together the very best segments from classic programs, live seminars, exclusive interviews, and studio sessions—capturing decades of financial wisdom that has transformed how millions approach money and investing.

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.

This compulsive novel wrestles with vital questions of our time: sentience, purpose, life, death, and how to make a really good commercial. Told entirely through questionably obtained company emails, chat transcripts, TED Talks, training sessions, and more, this all-too-probable future pits emotionally intelligent AI against emotionally stunted humans.

Laura ha sei anni quando i suoi genitori decidono di trasferirsi dal loro quartiere residenziale di Roma Nord al Laurentino 38, esperimento presto fallito di edilizia popolare a sud della capitale, uno dei luoghi più malfamati d’Italia. Perché i loro figli devono stare a contatto con la “vita vera”, non devono “crescere nella bambagia”. E la vita vera è lì ad accoglierli, tra eroinomani che si trascinano sofferenti e ragazzini delle medie pronti a squagliarti la faccia sulla fiamma di una candela. Laura prova a mimetizzarsi, a cantare con gli altri "Un due tre viva Pinochet".