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Le figlie delle onde di Valentina Madonna (i Quaderni del Bardo edizioni di Stefano Donno)
Andare per l'Italia di Napoleone di Paola Bianchi e Andrea Merlotti (Il Mulino)
L'itinerario ripercorre le tappe dell'Italia napoleonica lasciando in
sottofondo i campi di battaglia e restituendo, piuttosto, la fitta rete
dei luoghi della memoria: monumenti, edifici, ma anche tracce di civiltà
materiale. Accanto all'Italia di Napoleone vi fu, però, anche un'Italia
dei Bonaparte (i Napoleonidi, come furono chiamati), che popolarono
l'Italia della Restaurazione assai più della Francia. Molte città furono
luogo d'azione dei fratelli di Napoleone e dei loro figli, così come
delle sorelle Elisa, Carolina e Paolina. Non solo Roma e Firenze, ma
anche Trieste, Bologna, Macerata, Viareggio, Senigallia e altre città
ancora videro nascere e morire ville e palazzi dei Bonaparte. Una
presenza giunta sino agli anni Venti del Novecento e che rese l'Italia -
dopo la Francia - il paese più napoleonico d'Europa.
La caduta di Napoleone di Stefan Zweig e Giulia Frare (Garzanti)
"La caduta di Napoleone" ("L'ora fatale di Waterloo" è il titolo
originale) è una delle «quattordici miniature storiche» che compongono
la raccolta "Momenti fatali" di Stefan Zweig. Nel giorno della battaglia
di Waterloo il generale Grouchy, uomo fidato dell'imperatore, anziché
accorrere in suo aiuto facendosi guidare dal rumore dei cannoni, fin
troppo diligentemente esegue l'ultimo ordine ricevuto dal suo
comandante: così, mentre Grouchy rimane impegnato in un'azione militare
che si rivelerà perfettamente inutile, Napoleone va incontro alla
propria definitiva sconfitta. In questo volume, che contiene anche La
conquista di Bisanzio , Stefan Zweig ci consegna il racconto inedito e
fulminante di due snodi cruciali - due «momenti fatali», per l'appunto -
in cui la «storia universale si condensa in un istante».
Vita di Napoleone di Stendhal e Piero Bertolucci (Garzanti)
Waterloo e la definitiva caduta di Napoleone, deluso dall'atteggiamento
della Francia della Restaurazione nei confronti dell'imperatore in
esilio, il trentaquattrenne Stendhal decise di scriverne una biografia,
cui lavorò a più riprese a Milano fra il 1817 e il 1818, ma che lasciò
incompiuta, ferma agli accadimenti del 1815. La Vita di Napoleone è ben
lontana dal rigore documentario e dall'oggettività degli storici di
professione, ma ha il pregio della vivacità e dello stile avvincente di
chi nel narrare le imprese militari e gli episodi della vita privata del
grande generale prende sempre le mosse da un fatto concreto, da un
aneddoto ascoltato dal vivo. L'aspetto più affascinante di questo
resoconto sta nel fatto che la più importante personalità politica del
tempo è giudicata da un testimone diretto degli avvenimenti destinato a
diventare un grande scrittore. La biografia di Napoleone è anche, in
qualche misura, l'autobiografia di Stendhal: un congedo dalla
giovinezza, un omaggio ai propri ardenti ideali bonapartisti, il
rimpianto di un'epoca eroica irrimediabilmente perduta. Introduzione di
Lanfranco Binni.
Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind by Judson Brewer
A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits
We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can
remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal
as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine
bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But
in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its
source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to
anyone.
We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to
full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and
bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom
scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain
that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops
that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr.
Brewer teaches us map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them
with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our
brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can
work.
Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on
work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches,
and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear,
solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no
matter how anxious they feel.
*This audiobook includes a PDF of the behavioral tendencies questionnaire from the book.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.
A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.
Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.
Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
In the tenth book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard take on their most controversial subject yet: The Mob.
Killing the Mob is the tenth book in Bill O'Reilly's #1 New York Times bestselling series of popular narrative histories, with sales of nearly 18 million copies worldwide, and over 320 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
O’Reilly
and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century
organized crime in the United States, and expertly plumb the history of
this nation’s most notorious serial robbers, conmen, murderers, and
especially, mob family bosses. Covering the period from the 1930s to the
1980s, O’Reilly and Dugard trace the prohibition-busting bank robbers
of the Depression Era, such as John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde,
Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby-Face Nelson. In addition, the authors
highlight the creation of the Mafia Commission, the power struggles
within the “Five Families,” the growth of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover,
the mob battles to control Cuba, Las Vegas and Hollywood, as well as
the personal war between the U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and
legendary Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.
O’Reilly and Dugard turn
these legendary criminals and their true-life escapades into a read that
rivals the most riveting crime novel. With Killing the Mob, their hit series is primed for its greatest success yet.
Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by Christian by E L James
Relive the sensuality, the romance, and the drama of Fifty Shades Freed through the thoughts, reflections, and dreams of Christian Grey.
E L James revisits the world of Fifty Shades with a deeper and darker take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe.
You are cordially invited to the wedding of the decade, when Christian Grey will make Anastasia Steele his wife. But is he really husband material? His dad is unsure, his brother wants to organize one helluva bachelor party, and his fiancée won't vow to obey...
And marriage brings its own challenges. Their passion for each other burns hotter and deeper than ever, but Ana's defiant spirit continues to stir Christian's darkest fears and tests his need for control. As old rivalries and resentments endanger them both, one misjudgment threatens to tear them apart.
Can Christian overcome the nightmares of his childhood and the torments of his youth, and save himself? And once he's discovered the truth of his origins, can he find forgiveness and accept Ana's unconditional love?
Can Christian finally be freed?
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller *
* GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 *
* BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! *
What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?
When
his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as
the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic,
genius―his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House.
There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry,
across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an
Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the
worse.
Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan
for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at
first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more
dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex
finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly
unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and
begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find
the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how
can we learn to let our true colors shine through? Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic.
"I
took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read!
Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy―this book had everything I crave.
I’m jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners
"Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six
The Butler: A Novel by Danielle Steel
Two different worlds and two very different lives collide in Paris in this captivating novel by Danielle Steel.
Joachim
von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German
mother, inseparable from his identical twin. When Joachim moves to Paris
with his mother in his late teens, his twin stays behind and enters a
dark world. Meanwhile, Joachim begins training to be a butler,
fascinated by the precision and intense demands, and goes on to work in
some of the grandest homes in England. His brother never reappears.
Olivia White has given ten years of her life to her magazine, which
failed, taking all her dreams with it. A bequest from her mother allows
her a year in Paris to reinvent herself. She needs help setting up a
home in a charming Parisian apartment. It is then that her path and
Joachim’s cross.
Joachim takes a job working for Olivia as a
lark and enjoys the whimsy of a different life for a few weeks, which
turn to months as the unlikely employer and employee learn they enjoy
working side by side. At the same time, Joachim discovers the family
history he never knew: a criminal grandfather who died in prison, the
wealthy father who abandoned him, and the dangerous criminal his twin
has become. While Olivia struggles to put her life back together,
Joachim’s comes apart.
Stripped of their old roles, they strive
to discover the truth about each other and themselves, first as
employer and employee, then as friends. Their paths no longer sure, they
are a man and woman who reach a place where the past doesn’t matter and
only what they are living now is true.
Because I Had a Teacher by Kobi Yamada and Natalie Russell
We all remember our favorite teacher.
Where would we be without them those special people who inspire us, support us, and encourage us? Whether they're an educator, a coach, or a mentor, this book is for them. To celebrate the worlds they open up for us and to thank them for the difference they make.
This heartwarming book is a thank you gift for great teachers everywhere. Perfect for National Teacher Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, the end of the school year, or just because.
It Ends with Us: A Novel by Colleen Hoover
Instant New York Times Bestseller
Combining a captivating romance with a cast of all-too-human characters, Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us is an unforgettable tale of love that comes at the ultimate price.
Lily
hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working
hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town
in Maine where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston,
and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous
neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly
seems almost too good to be true.
Ryle is assertive, stubborn,
maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a
total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly
doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete
aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself
becoming the exception to his “no dating” rule, she can’t help but
wonder what made him that way in the first place.
As questions
about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas
Corrigan—her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was
her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears,
everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened.
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
Stanley
Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night
around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them.
Taste is
a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with
anecdotes about his growing up in Westchester, New York; preparing for
and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia;
falling in love over dinner; and teaming up with his wife to create
meals for a multitude of children. Each morsel of this gastronomic
journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burned dishes,
is as heartfelt and delicious as the last.
Written with Stanley’s signature wry humor, Taste is for fans of Bill Buford, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Ruth Reichl—and anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
Soon to be adapted at Netflix for TV with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground.
“One of this year's most buzzed about young adult novels.” ―Good Morning America
A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection
An Amazon Best Book of the Month for March Selection
An Entertainment Weekly Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Selection
A PopSugar Best March 2021 YA Book Selection
With four starred reviews, Angeline Boulley's debut novel, Firekeeper's Daughter, is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, perfect for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange.
Eighteen-year-old
Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the
nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but
when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look
after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the
charming new recruit on her brother Levi’s hockey team.
Yet even
as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding
something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking
murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.
Reluctantly,
Daunis agrees to go undercover, drawing on her knowledge of chemistry
and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source. But the search
for truth is more complicated than Daunis imagined, exposing secrets
and old scars. At the same time, she grows concerned with an
investigation that seems more focused on punishing the offenders than
protecting the victims.
Now, as the deceptions―and deaths―keep
growing, Daunis must learn what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe
(Ojibwe woman) and how far she’ll go for her community, even if it tears
apart the only world she’s ever known.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
#1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER
#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
#1 INDIE BESTSELLER
"The Four Winds
seems eerily prescient in 2021 . . . Its message is galvanizing and
hopeful: We are a nation of scrappy survivors. We’ve been in dire
straits before; we will be again. Hold your people close.”―The New York Times
"A
spectacular tour de force that shines a spotlight on the indispensable
but often overlooked role of Greatest Generation women."―People
"Through
one woman’s survival during the harsh and haunting Dust Bowl, master
storyteller, Kristin Hannah, reminds us that the human heart and our
Earth are as tough, yet as fragile, as a change in the wind." ―Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing
From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes
a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during
the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war
with itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to
have turned against them.
“My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.”
Texas,
1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the
land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic
era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when
marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the
night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of
her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable
choice: marriage to a man she barely knows.
By 1934, the world
has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the
Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their
livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open.
Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the
Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is
a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children
alive.
In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsa―like so many of
her neighbors―must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she
loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a
better life for her family.
The Four Winds is a rich,
sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and
the people who lived through it―the harsh realities that divided us as a
nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A
testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to
survive adversity, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of
America and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one
indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a
generation.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
USA TODAY BESTSELLER
NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER
THE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER
Recommended by Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, NPR, Slate, and Oprah Magazine
#1 Library Reads Pick―October 2020
#1 Indie Next Pick―October 2020
BOOK OF THE YEAR (2020) FINALIST―Book of The Month Club
A “Best Of” Book From: Oprah
Mag * CNN * Amazon * Amazon Editors * NPR * Goodreads * Bustle *
PopSugar * BuzzFeed * Barnes & Noble * Kirkus Reviews * Lambda
Literary * Nerdette * The Nerd Daily * Polygon * Library Reads * io9 *
Smart Bitches Trashy Books * LiteraryHub * Medium * BookBub * The Mary
Sue * Chicago Tribune * NY Daily News * SyFy Wire * Powells.com *
Bookish * Book Riot * Library Reads Voter Favorite *
In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.
A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.
France,
1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian
bargain to live forever―and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she
meets.
Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a
dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents,
across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to
leave her mark on the world.
But everything changes when, after
nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden
bookstore and he remembers her name.
The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent by Ben Shapiro
“It is easy to lose heart when we see tribalism and moral relativism washing across America. Ben Shapiro’s The Right Side of History is a ray of hope, showing a new generation of leaders how to defend the values that have made our country free and prosperous, and to do so with confidence and generosity.” -- Arthur Brooks, author of The Conservative Heart and Love Your Enemies, on The Right Side of History
“Ben Shapiro knows the power of his voice. He stands up and fights for what he believes with time-tested ideas. The Right Side of History is thoughtful and well-reasoned - exactly what Shapiro’s critics don’t want you to hear.” -- Nikki Haley, former permanent representative of the U.S. Mission of the United Nations, on The Right Side of History
About the Author
Nine Lives: A Novel by Danielle Steel
A woman who longs to avoid risk at all cost learns that men who love danger are the most exciting in this moving novel from New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.
After
a carefree childhood, Mary Margaret Kelly came of age in the shadow of
grief. Her father, a dashing daredevil Air Force pilot, died when she
was nine. Maggie saw her mother struggle to put their lives back
together. As the family moved from one city to the next, her mother
warned her to beware of daredevil men and avoid risk at all cost.
Following her mother’s advice, and forgoing the magic of first love
with a high school boyfriend who was too wild to feel safe, Maggie
instead sought out all the things her mother had lost—a predictable
partner, a stable home, and a regular paycheck. She chose to marry a
dependable, kind man who was a reliable husband and successful
accountant. Together they had a son and found happiness in a
conventional suburban life. Until tragedy struck again.
Now on
her own, feeling a sense of adventure for the first time, Maggie decides
to face her fears, setting off on a whirlwind trip from San Francisco
to Rome, Paris, and Monaco. But when her travels reconnect her with the
very same irresistible, thrill-seeking man she’s spent thirty years
trying to forget, Maggie becomes terrified that rushing into love and
sharing his life may very well end in disaster. But ultimately, while
Maggie tries to outrun her fears and painful memories of her past, fate
will surprise her in the most astounding of ways, as she walks the
tightrope between danger and courage, and between wisdom and love.
Faucian Bargain: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Bureaucrat in American History by Steve Deace and Todd Erzen
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller
As seen on Tucker Carlson Tonight
As heard on Glenn Beck and Mark Levin
“In his famous Farewell Address, President Eisenhower warned about allowing public policy to become captive to a scientific elite without regard to the principles of our constitutional system and the goals of a free society. Eisenhower was prescient. During the COVID crisis, states like New York that embraced unadulterated Faucism saw poor results across the board, while states that pursued an Eisenhower-style approach like Florida protected freedom and performed better in education, economy and health outcomes. Executives are elected to lead and make tough decisions, and such leadership cannot be outsourced to health bureaucrats like Fauci.” —Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
“In this important book the authors do the job our uninquisitive media has failed to do throughout this ordeal. Confirming with cited and sourced details the enemy of both liberty and logic the lockdowns have proven to be. Which also proves too much power in the hands of an unelected bureaucrat, regardless of his intentions, can no longer be our new normal.” —U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)
Can liberty survive in the hands of one all-powerful, unchallenged, and unelected bureaucrat?
It wasn’t too long ago that the average American didn’t know who Anthony Fauci was. Now, after the coronavirus has spread nationwide, he’s arguably the most powerful bureaucrat in American history. But is it dangerous for a free society to concentrate so much power in the hands of an unelected official? Who or what holds Fauci accountable?
“Steve Deace is a true patriot whose zeal for liberty is undeniable. Every day, Steve walks the walk when it comes to fighting for Americans' fundamental rights. This book is written with a keen understanding of the pain and devastation we've all seen throughout this pandemic. Throughout, Steve's passion for protecting Americans' freedoms is ever-present.” —U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (TX)
“This is an important book, to both get answers to how we got here and to help us never succumb to something like this ever again. Permitting unelected bureaucrats to hold this much power indefinitely doesn't end well.” —Mark Levin, New York Times best-selling author and talk show host
“In their typical fashion, Steve Deace and Todd Erzen spare no expense in pursuit of truth. We’ve been told a lot of things during this pandemic, and a lot of them contradict each other. This book uses documented data and sources to cut through the clutter, most of it Fauci’s, and bring us to a place of reason and science.” —Glenn Beck, New York Times bestselling author and Radio Hall of Fame broadcaster
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone: A Novel - Book 9 of 9: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
#1 New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon returns with the newest novel in the epic Outlander series.
The past may seem the safest place to be . . . but it is the most dangerous time to be alive. . . .
Jamie
Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising in
1746, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the
American Revolution threatens to do the same.
It is 1779 and
Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her
husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser’s Ridge. Having the family
together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible.
Yet even
in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt.
Tensions in the Colonies are great and local feelings run hot enough to
boil Hell’s teakettle. Jamie knows loyalties among his tenants are split
and it won’t be long until the war is on his doorstep.
Brianna
and Roger have their own worry: that the dangers that provoked their
escape from the twentieth century might catch up to them. Sometimes they
question whether risking the perils of the 1700s—among them disease,
starvation, and an impending war—was indeed the safer choice for their
family.
Not so far away, young William Ransom is still coming to
terms with the discovery of his true father’s identity—and thus his
own—and Lord John Grey has reconciliations to make, and dangers to meet .
. . on his son’s behalf, and his own.
Meanwhile, the
Revolutionary War creeps ever closer to Fraser’s Ridge. And with the
family finally together, Jamie and Claire have more at stake than ever
before.
Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope by Carmelo Anthony and D. Watkins
From iconic NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony comes a raw and
inspirational memoir about growing up in the housing projects of Red
Hook and Baltimore—a brutal world Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised.
For
a long time, Carmelo Anthony’s world wasn’t any larger than the view of
the hoopers and hustlers he watched from the side window of his
family’s first-floor project apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn. He
couldn’t dream any bigger than emulating his big brothers and cousin,
much less going on to become a basketball champion on the world stage.
He
faced palpable dangers growing up in the housing projects in Red Hook
and West Baltimore’s Murphy Homes (a.k.a. Murder Homes, subject of HBO’s
The Wire). He navigated an education system that ignored,
exploited, or ostracized him. He suffered the untimely deaths of his
closely held loved ones. He struggled to survive physically and
emotionally. But with the strength of family and the guidance of key
mentors on the streets and on the court, he pushed past lethal odds to
endure and thrive.
By the time Carmelo found himself at the NBA
Draft at Madison Square Garden in 2003 preparing to embark on his
legendary career, he wondered: How did a kid who’d had so many hopes,
dreams, and expectations beaten out of him by a world of violence,
poverty, and racism make it here at all?
Carmelo’s story is
one of perseverance and determination; of dribbling past players bigger
and tougher than him, while also weaving around vial caps and needles
strewn across the court; where dealers and junkies lined one side of the
asphalt and kids playing jacks and Double Dutch lined the other; where
rims had no nets, and you better not call a foul—a place Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised.
lunedì 3 maggio 2021
Ragazzo di luna di Alexander Korotko (I Quaderni del Bardo Edizioni di Stefano Donno)
Korotko si riferisce alla demenza del tempo in modo trascendente, mentre l’intelligenza e la coscienza sono il frutto di uno sforzo che è necessario compiere: bisogna interrompere il sogno per potersi svegliare. Svegliarsi per poter incontrare il procuratore, il capo-redattore che incarna una forza distruttrice e al tempo stesso creatrice. Tuttavia, quando nulla dipende da te, hai paura. Ti si corregge, ti si dà un altro nome, ti si dà e ti si toglie il denaro, la posizione, la condizione e non rimane nulla all’infuori del sogno lunare, che sicuramente ti salva e allora nemmeno la morte di un vicino ti sconvolge più. Siamo davvero esseri umani? Cantiamo l’inno alla nobile follia dei temerari e ci logoriamo perché ci è stato cambiato il nome o è stato tolto un paragrafo al nostro testo. (dalla prefazione di Andreï Bitov)
Bruxelles. Terra di frontiera tra mondo latino e tedesco di Beda Romano
Una capitale originale e insolita, vero melting pot di culture ed
esperienze diverse, che meglio di altre incarna le molte anime del
continente europeo, Bruxelles si situa esattamente alla frontiera tra
mondo latino e mondo tedesco e vive di compromessi incredibili e
convivenze inaspettate. Il 30% dei suoi abitanti è straniero (di questi
il 70% sono europei), conta due lingue ufficiali, tre con l'inglese come
lingua franca, è attraversata da un confronto acceso tra laici e
cattolici, oltre che da quello di lunga data tra fiamminghi e valloni.
Da Marx a Baudelaire, Bruxelles è stata terra d'esilio di numerosi
intellettuali europei, e ha nutrito grandi artisti, da Van Eyck a
Magritte, ma è stata anche culla di una straordinaria rivoluzione
industriale e capitale di un grande impero coloniale. Come tutto questo
trovi una sua sintesi imperfetta nella città, metafora di un'Europa
incompiuta, è il racconto coinvolgente che ci offrono queste pagine.
Brugge e Bruxelles. Con cartina di Benedict Walker e Helena Smith
Perfetta per un breve soggiorno, questa guida pratica e facile da usare
raccoglie il meglio delle città: che cosa vedere, itinerari e segreti
del posto per vivere un'esperienza indimenticabile. In questa guida:
cartine per ogni zona; itinerari a piedi; i consigli di chi ci vive; i
suggerimenti degli esperti.
L'entrata di Cristo a Bruxelles di Amélie Nothomb e Monica Capuani
Due racconti di Amelie Nothomb mai apparsi in libreria. Nel primo,
"L'entrata di Cristo a Bruxelles", il giovane protagonista Salvator
commette per gelosia un'azione orribile, fugge da Parigi e arriva a Hong
Kong, dove diventa smisuratamente ricco. Torna nella sua città dopo
diciotto anni e si innamora della bellissima Zoe, dai lunghi capelli e
dalle fragranze intense... Nel secondo, "Senza nome", si narra del
viaggio di un uomo nel "grande Nord" alla ricerca della donna dei suoi
sogni...
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
"A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."—The Washington Post
The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book.
Somewhere
out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an
infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One
tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the
other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at
any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have
been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for
yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?
In The Midnight Library,
Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced
with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for
a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups,
realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within
herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is
truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first
place.
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