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CI SONO DIVERSI MODI PER RACCONTARE UNA STORIA. UN UOMO INCONTRA UNA DONNA. IL PASSATO INCONTRA IL FUTURO. L'INIZIO INCONTRA LA FINE. Nella Londra di un futuro prossimo, un'impiegata pubblica viene coinvolta in un misterioso progetto governativo che raccoglie "espatriati" da epoche diverse con il fine di testare i limiti del viaggio nel tempo sugli esseri umani. Il suo compito è quello di fare da "ponte", ovvero agevolare l'adattamento del soggetto che le viene affidato. Il suo espatriato è noto come "1847".

Leave your preconceived notions at home as you embark on a mind-bending journey with six of today’s most visionary authors. Brimming with humor and heartache, this collection of short stories maps the roads we took to get here and the paths that lie ahead. The present may be a gift, but the...

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...

Londres, dans un futur proche. Une fonctionnaire se voit confier une mission ultra-confidentielle au sein d’un mystérieux ministère qui fait venir du passé une poignée d’« expatriés ». En tant que « passerelle », elle devra accompagner et surveiller le capitaine de frégate Graham Gore, disparu deux siècles plus tôt en Arctique. Ce parfait gentleman de l’Angleterre victorienne se retrouve soudain propulsé au vingt et unième siècle : il est scandalisé de devoir cohabiter avec une femme célibataire, abasourdi d’être transporté à l’ère de l’électroménager et de Spotify.

¿Qué pasaría si una rama secreta del gobierno probara la efectividad de una máquina del tiempo trayendo al presente a individuos de diferentes períodos históricos? A partir de esta premisa tremendamente atractiva, Kaliane Bradley alumbra Un puente sobre el tiempo, una primera novela que combina el thriller de espionaje, una historia de amor y las exploraciones polares con la reflexión sobre las perniciosas dinámicas del poder y el legado colonial. Ingeniosa y fresca, esta historia se ha convertido en un fenómeno internacional que ha cautivado tanto a la crítica como a los lectores.

Ein Mann trifft eine Frau. Die Vergangenheit trifft die Zukunft. Der Anfang trifft das Ende – Romance, Zeitreise und große Literatur vereinen sich im aufregendsten Debüt des Jahres! Als eine junge Frau einen neuen Job bei einem geheimnisvollen Ministerium antritt, ahnt sie nicht, dass dieser schwüle Sommer ihr Leben für immer verändern wird. Denn das Ministerium der Zeit hat das geschafft, was niemand jemals für möglich hielt: Menschen durch die Zeit zu transportieren.

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Nobody likes being on agricultural rotation, and with this heat wave, it’s almost more than Ester can take. She’s itching for something she can’t put words to—something she has no memory of wanting. But then, she can’t remember much beyond the past couple of years. She’s sent to the husband archive for a cure, but the man she checks out comes with baggage: stacks and stacks of paper he calls “books.” What they teach each other may prove hard to forget.