Laura Melosi Books

Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. Now he's readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, armed with a host of giants and zombies, to sail against the Norse gods and begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It's up to Magnus Chase and his friends to stop Loki's plans, but to do so they will have to sail across the oceans of Midgard, Jotunheim and Niflheim in a desperate race to reach Naglfarbefore it's ready to sail on Midsummer's Day. Along the way, they will face angry sea gods, hostile giants, and an evil fire-breathing dragon who happens to be a former acquaintance. But Magnus's biggest challenge will be facing his own inner demons. To defeat Loki, Magnus will need to use words, not force. This will require finding a magical elixir so deadly that it will either make Magnus Chase powerful enough to out-talk the silver-tongued Loki, or destroy Magnus utterly.

"Libro dei sogni poetici, d'invenzione e di capricci malinconici" le aveva definite scherzosamente il Leopardi, consegnando invece a queste pagine la dialettica drammatica del suo pensiero e della sua stessa vita. Opera filosofica, libro di poetica, sincera passione laica, le Operette morali rappresentano - scrive Paolo Ruffilli nell'introduzione - il testo limite della nostra letteratura non soltanto ottocentesca: luogo di coincidenza di poesia e di prosa, di fantasia e di ragionamento, di invenzione e di lucida analisi del reale.

My name is Magnus Chase. Two months ago I died fighting a fire giant and woke up in Hotel Valhalla as one of Odin's warriors. Time for a rest ? I wish. When I meet Otis, an informant with a lead on Thor's missing hammer, all I get is the name "Provincetown" before a wolf-masked assassin takes him out and warms me to stay away. Someone really doesn't want me to find the hammer, and even if I could it's rumoured to be underground, guarded by powerful magic. But the giant armies are on the move, preparing to invade. If I don't find it, they'll ravage the Nine Worlds, starting with the streets of Boston. There's just one person who could help. Someone who demands a very high price: the gods' worst enemy, Loki.

"How do you punish an immortal? My name is Apollo. I used to be a god. But what was before I was cast down from Olympus (a terrible misunderstanding) and woke up in a New York dumpster. I persuaded Percy Jackson to give me a lift to Camp Half-Blood. But the place is in chaos. Demigods are going missing and the all-seeing Oracles have fallen to a mysterious enemy known only as 'the Beast'. I figured that regaining Zeu's favour would involve a series of harrowing trials, and I was right (I usually am). My first task? Protect the final Oracle, hidden away for millennia. If I fail, the Beast will control the future, but worse - I'll be stuck as a teenage boy, forever . . ."

When twelve-year-old Yara finds a strange set of instructions left behind by her deceased mother, she starts on a journey to discover the truth about her mother's past and her true identity.

Annabelle e Grant sono la coppia modello: Grant è l’uomo solido, idealista, buono e fedele che tutte le donne vorrebbero accanto. Certo, ultimamente passa tutto il tempo sul libro che sta scrivendo e dedica al sesso solo il mercoledì mattina. E a volte sembra proprio non accorgersi di niente. Annabelle si sente così sola che un giorno, al reparto surgelati del supermercato, scoppia in un pianto dirotto. Ma, come confesserà alla sua analista, le ragioni di quel pianto hanno radici lontane. Quando tutto era lì, a un passo, anche la travolgente passione per Jeremiah. Una passione mai finita… Una meravigliosa storia d’amore ironica e profonda. Una commedia incantevole e intelligente.

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