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Nizza, 2008. Dopo averla inseguita per tutto il mondo, le ragazze D'Aplièse hanno finalmente trovato la sorella perduta e sono riunite a bordo dello yacht di famiglia, pronte a salpare per commemorare la morte di Pa' Salt. Merope, però, è arrivata portando con sé il prezioso diario del padre e cosi, nelle lunghe ore di navigazione per raggiungere il Mar Egeo, le sorelle, circondate dai loro cari, potranno scoprire la verità sull'uomo che le ha accolte e cresciute. Un uomo che, in fondo, conoscevano appena. Parigi, 1928.

È stata una delle più strazianti immagini del Ventesimo secolo: due ragazzini, due principi, che seguono il feretro della madre sotto gli occhi addolorati e inorriditi del mondo intero. Mentre si celebrava il funerale di Diana, principessa del Galles, miliardi di persone si chiedevano quali pensieri affollassero la mente dei principi, quali emozioni passassero per i loro cuori, e come si sarebbero dipanate le loro vite da quel momento in poi. Finalmente Harry racconta la sua storia. Con la sua cruda e implacabile onestà, "Spare. Il minore" è una pubblicazione epocale.

An anything-but-dry history textbook, Washington's History is a fascinating walk through the sweeping story of a place and its people. For centuries, the natural beauty and riches of the Northwest have excited the human imagination, from its first peoples to seafaring explorers, to westward-thinking pioneers, to technological thinkers and giants. A Washington resident himself, author Harry Ritter offers fifty-five vignettes that comprise an entertaining and informative picture of life in the Far Northwest.

"C'era una volta in America" è il romanzo dello scrittore americano Harry Grey dal quale Sergio Leone ha tratto ispirazione per l'omonimo e celeberrimo film...

One of the most prominent features of our world is that there is so much bullshit. Yet we have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, how it’s different from lying, what purposes it serves, and what it means. In his acclaimed bestseller On Bullshit, which was featured on The Daily Show and 60 Minutes, Harry Frankfurt, who was one of the world’s most influential moral philosophers, explores one of the most serious problems of our politics and our world.

Communist China, Japan, Nazi Germany, the United States: they began World War II as mortal enemies. But suddenly their only hope for survival - never mind victory - was to unite to stop a mighty foe: one whose frightening technology appeared invincible. Far worse beings than the Nazis were loose. From Warsaw to Moscow to China's enemy-occupied Forbidden City, the nations of the world had been forced into an uneasy alliance since humanity began its struggle against overwhelming odds.

Der große abschließende Band der international gefeierten "Sieben Schwestern"-Reihe! "Atlas – Die Geschichte von Pa Salt", mit Harry Whittaker als Co-Autor, bringt die "Sieben Schwestern"-Serie zu ihrem krönenden Abschluss.

Read by actress Jessie Buckley (Hamnet, Wicked Little Letters) and featuring a foreword read by Harry Whittaker. This audiobook also includes a song composed and performed for this edition. Falling in love could be the biggest risk of all . . . When Sorcha O’Donovan encounters struggling...

Sir Alex Ferguson CBE, born 31st December 1941, is a former Scottish football player and was manager of Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. During his 26 years in charge of United, he won more trophies than any other manager in the history of football. Packed with nearly 80 entertaining and exclusive interviews from those who know Ferguson best - friends, colleagues, associates and those who worked with him at both Aberdeen and Manchester United share their unique insight into the innermost secrets of Ferguson’s fascinating life and hugely successful career.

With his epic novels of alternate history, Harry Turtledove shares a stunning vision of what might have been - and what might still be - if one moment in history were changed. In the Worldwar and Colonization series, an ancient, highly advanced alien species found itself locked in a bitter struggle with a distant, rebellious planet: Earth. For those defending the Earth, this all-out war for survival supercharged human technology, made friends of foes, and turned allies into bitter enemies.

Sometime in the latter half of 1911, Harry A. Franck jumped out of a box-car and crossed the Rio Grande, from Laredo. Thus began a journey, often afoot, that Harry estimated would take him 8 months. It ended up occupying four years of his life. The first leg of his Latin American epic is recorded in "Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras; Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond" (The Century Company, 1916). He then headed south to the Canal Zone, Teddy Roosevelt's grand experiment in socialism, and applied within the Zone police force for a position as a census taker (...

The second son of the Baron of Fox Keep, Gerin never wanted title or responsibility, but both were thrust on him when his father and brother were ambushed and slain by enemy Trokmê raiders. Leaving behind the urban bustle of Cassat and his studies in philosophy and magic, Gerin the Fox returned home to accept his place among the other barons of the Northern marches—a region secluded from the rest of the Empire of Elabon.

At the bloody height of World War II, the deadliest enemies in all of human history were forced to put aside their hatreds and unite against an even fiercer foe: a seemingly invincible power bent on world domination. With awesome technology, the aggressors swept across the planet, sowing destruction as Tokyo, Berlin, and Washington, D.C., were A-bombed into submission.

Esta foi uma das imagens mais tocantes do século XX: dois jovens, dois príncipes, caminhando atrás do caixão da mãe, enquanto o mundo acompanhava os eventos com tristeza – e horror. Conforme Diana, a Princesa de Gales, era sepultada, bilhões de pessoas se perguntavam como se sentiam, e o que pensavam, os príncipes – e como a vida deles iria se desenrolar a partir daquele momento. Para Harry, esta é enfim a sua história.

Fue una de las imágenes más desgarradoras del siglo XX: dos niños, dos príncipes, caminando detrás del féretro de su madre mientras el mundo contemplaba la escena con pesar... y horror. A la vez que se daba sepultura a Diana, princesa de Gales, miles de millones de personas se preguntaron qué debían de pensar y sentir esos príncipes y qué rumbo tomarían sus vidas en adelante.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, courage, and healing. “Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”—The New Yorker (Best Books of the Year) It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century...

Mit der Person Walther Rathenau kann die deutsche Geschichte vom Beginn der Industrialisierung, die Politik unter dem Kaiser, der erste Weltkrieg und der Anfang der Weimarer Republik verfolgt werden. In Zeitgenossenberichten, Parlamentsreden, Selbstzeugnissen, Briefen holt Harry Graf Kessler den komplizierten (jüdischen) Charakter sehr nah heran. Noch näher aber durch die Werke des Denkers und Bestsellerautors Rathenau, und deren tiefgreifende Ausdeutung. Ein genialer Deutscher, der zu früh starb.

As Rabbi David Small’s 5-year contract winds down at the synagogue in Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts, some members of the congregation are plotting to remove him; others are whispering about starting a new temple of their own across the street.

The invaders had cut the United States virtually in half at the Mississippi, vaporized Washington, D.C., devastated much of Europe, and held large parts of the Soviet Union under their thumb. But humanity would not give up so easily....

The 5th volume of Great Sci-Fi Stories includes stories by Lester Del Ray, Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison, and others.