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Duca della città di Carmona, Fosca viene al mondo nel 1279. Un vecchio mendicante, in cambio della vita, gli offre in dono l'elisir dell'immortalità. Avido, bramoso di gloria, conoscenza e potere, Fosca ora sembra non avere più limiti. In realtà, nel tempo umano, qualunque sua impresa è destinata al fallimento. I figli muoiono, gli amori si spengono, e così gli entusiasmi. Ogni cosa rivela il suo volto di sangue e distruzione, miseria, violenza, inutilità. L'unico principio assoluto dell'universo è lo spettacolo eterno della morte.

Guardatevi intorno. Quanto di ciò che vedete – oggetti, persone, discorsi – ha a che fare con la globalizzazione? Provate a darvi una risposta. E poi fate la stessa domanda a qualcuno vicino a voi. Molto probabilmente, otterrete una risposta diversa. Perché la globalizzazione è tanto tangibile e pervasiva, quanto sfuggente e personale. Per alcuni definisce il nostro tempo. Per altri è in crisi. Per altri ancora è già morta e poi risorta. Quello che sappiamo è che ha una lunga storia, di almeno 500 anni. E che nel tempo si è trasformata, ramificata. Moltiplicata negli oggetti delle ...

Le grandi questioni di politica internazionale trovano un nuovo spazio, coordinato dalla Stampa e dall'Istituto Affari Internazionali di Roma.

A little boy getting ready for bed looks up at the moon and wonders whether it can speak English as it shines all over the world. He tells the moon about his day - it's not lonely falling asleep when you share your day's adventures with the moon...

Dizzy the dog loves to sing, but the mean old Alley Cats won't let him join their chorus. But what do cats know about singing anyway? It's time to show them just what the dogs can do!...

Snakes and snails and spiders for dinner! Kate was having a bad day. Her first morning at her new school and already her clothes have gone missing, her best friend has disappeared, and her new teacher is a comic-reading gorilla. Something is very wrong! Francesca Simon brings every child's worst nightmare to life in this funny, original story.

AARDVARK: shouts at BAKED BEANS: drops on cat KETCHUP: decorates mother with Mr Punishment has the perfect punishment for every naughtiness in the world and every day his telephone rings with parents desperate for his advice. But Mr Punishment never seems to get it quite right - with chaotic...

Ava is sick and tired of her parents always telling her what to do. Nag nag nag. Why can't she have the kind of parents that let her eat sweets all day? Or parents who never make her go to bed, or eat vegetables? Then she sees an advert for the Parent Swap Shop, and Ava knows it's time to trade...

Horrid Henry helps himself to all the money he needs to win his favourite board game, comes up with another spectacular money-making scheme for launching a newspaper with all the school gossip, vows vengeance on Perfect Peter when Peter nicks his birthday party theme and has his own Pirate Party...

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. It's a dreadful shock for Horrid Henry when Perfect Peter is born, and despite his best - or worst...

Four hilarious stories, in which Horrid Henry hits on a brilliant way to write thank you letters, negotiates over vegetables, competes with Perfect Peter over which of them is sickest, and finds himself wearing the wrong underpants, with dreadful consequences. Read by Miranda...

It's just an ordinary day at Mother Goose's Academy. There's Miss Good Fairy teaching the Three Little Pigs, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood to read and write, while Miss Bad Fairy is inciting the Ugly Sisters, the Big Bad Wolf, Troll, Wicked...

Here are the Greek myths as you've never heard them before. Susan is whisked back through time to Ancient Greece, and finds that helping Hercules clean the Augean stables is much, much worse than tidying her room. One hair-raising experience follows another as she goes down into the Underworld...

Slightly rustic/ancestral vibe: Faith-fuelled fitness & ancestral living. 🎧 Fear Free | Faith First | Food & Fitness Hosted by Simon & Francesca

Salka, the faerie Lady of the Lake, can't help but appear to Owain, a shepherd who has already captured her heart. Despite their married bliss, Salka is not like the other inhabitants in this small village. Gossip turns against her and as prejudice and suspicion breed, Owain finds himself wishing his wife was more ordinary, that she tried harder to fit in, that she was less ... herself.

Hack and Whack babysit a toddler – Fire Hazard – and discover to their horror that they might not be the worst Vikings in the village after all. Then they manage to secure an exciting invite to feast with the visiting king, but discover that it's three days of having to be on their best behaviour...until the new teenage king turns out to be a lout – food fights ensue, and he loves them. Unfortunately, that's when the snotty, privileged, wealthy winter guests turn up – distant cousins who can't be turned away. Can Hack and Whack find a way to get rid of them?

It's not easy being the WORST at everything! Hack and Whack are the very worst Vikings in the village—until a fierce and stinky berserker moves in next door! Will the brand-new school help the twins outwit this villain and his vicious dog, Muddy Butt? And will Twisty Pants, Dirty Ulf and Elsa Gold-Hair help vanquish this foul fiend?

What if your parents wanted you to behave badly? Set in the snowy fjords of a Viking kingdom, the terrible twins, Hack and Whack, are proud to be the best worst vikings. Nothing stops the marauding pair as they steal boats, loot a birthday party, track a troll and sail off to raid Bad Island with their friends Twisty Pants and Dirty Ulf. Well, almost nothing.

Twelve classic Horrid Henry stories - perfect lockdown listening for children who love mischief and mayhem! Horrid Henry has been up to no good in these 12 mischievous stories. He's planned a not-so-great escape, started a money-making scheme, outwitted a demon dinner lady and annoyed his little brother! 

A book of Farmyard stories from the bestselling author Francesca Simon introduces the animals from Buffin Street. Being on audiobook gives the opoportunity to create entertaining and funny animal sound effects that children will delight in reading along with. 1) Runaway Duckling 2) Baa Baa!...