Antony Shugaar Books

A dark, gripping coming-of-age tale that explores violence, friendship, family, and masculinity unfolds in the Mafia-ruled city of Palermo during the hot summer of the early 1980s. A fatherless nine-year-old boy climbs into the boxing ring to face his first opponent, marking the beginning of a sweeping multigenerational saga. This narrative reaches back to the collapse of the Italian front in North Africa and follows young Davidù's quest to become Italy's national boxing champion, a title long elusive to his family. Davide Enia's layered, lyrical, nonchronological storytelling captivated readers when first published in Italy in 2012. The brutal struggles for dominance among Davidù's male friends, his strict yet devoted grandmother, and his charismatic, manipulative great-uncle—who becomes his trainer—are vividly portrayed. The novel is firmly rooted in the concept of "Sicilitude," reflecting the unique language and mentality of Sicily, while also addressing universal themes. A meditation on physical violence, love, friendship, and ambition, this coming-of-age story candidly explores the joys and terrors of becoming a man, revealing the complexities of life through its sometimes crude but always honest lens.

Extraordinary landscapes that speak of history, men and religious feeling... people and places that reveal the true face of Russia, with its fascinating and eventful past, turbulent present and uncertain but promising future.

The first novel, already an international bestseller, by the author of Gomorrah, set in the organized crime world of the children's gangs of Naples.

Now in paperback, an illustrated history of the wholly imaginary place on the globe: the equator, an entirely human construct that has fascinated and challenged explorers for 3,000 years. The equator—its location not only on the globe but also in the minds and exploits of navigators, travelers, poets, and dreamers since the dawn of civilization—is the magical thread on which the eminent Italian historian Gianni Guadalupi strings some of humankind’s most intriguing lore and most amazing adventures in this original and riveting intellectual history. The mysterious source of the Nile and the enigma of the Congo’s swell, the perils of the Doldrums, and the vicissitudes of El Nino, the quest for the lost Eden and the search for El Dorado, all fall within the compass of Guadalupi’s extraordinary volume. So do the names of Columbus, Magellan, Don Lope de Aguirre, Sinbad the Sailor, Henry Stanley, Charles-Marie de la Condamine, and Dante Alighieri, who placed Purgatory on an island athwart the equator. “A series of historical vignettes ... for the armchair traveler: history rendered as a libretto to the planet’s grand opera.”—Kirkus Reviews “These engagingly written stories are perfect jumping-off points for armchair adventurers or perhaps journey enough for commuting conquistadors.”—Booklist “Filled with stories that are well written and captivating”—Library Journal

New York has had many names -- "the city that never sleeps," "Gotham," the "Big Apple," New Amsterdam, "the Naked City" -- even "that tight little island." It is New York, New York -- the city they had to name twice. It is a city with a past, a city with an architecture all its own, a city that -- like San Francisco, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, and Venice -- is surrounded by water. New York's buildings, streets, people, and history are all here, described in print and captured on film by a small platoon of inspired photographers. Here, eight million stories intertwine in the web of a city populated by wise-guys, tycoons, artists, immigrants, office workers, tradesmen, and aristocrats -- a multicolored, multifaceted kaleidoscope of humanity. This, then, is New York City -- home of tall buildings, ambition, aggressive self-confidence, and abrasive humor: the city where everyone wants to make it -- and anyone can. It has been called the most interesting place in the world. Take a look

Amerika – die Neue Welt, Ziel vieler Träume und Hoffnungen. Die ersten Wolkenkratzer in New York, Schaufelraddampfer auf dem Mississippi, Wildwestromantik, das Naturspektakel der Niagarafälle – Nordamerika fasziniert seit Jahrhunderten schon Reisende und Abenteurer aus aller Welt. Spüren Sie dem Mythos Amerika nach, und entdecken Sie die atemberaubende Vielfalt dieses von Extremen geprägten Kontinents.

New York je městem, které vynalezlo mrakodrapy. Je městem, kde každý chce něco dokázat, městem velkých snů a odvážných projektů. Je nazýváno nejzajímavějším místem na světě. Naše kniha vás tímto městem provede, slovem i obrazem. Seznámí vás se životem metropole od časného, krvavě rudého rozbřesku po soumrak prostoupený třpytem kaňonů ze skla a oceli, s obrovitým velkoměstem, ve kterém se zvolna střídá vlídné jaro s dlouhým, horkým létem, svěže dokonalým podzimem a panováním zimy, kdy panensky bílý sníh a ocelově modrý led pokrývá silnice a ve sněhových čepicích a ledových krápnících se usazuje na kolosálních mrakodrapech, které rozrážejí vymetené modré nebe.