Roberta Rambelli was a significant Italian translator, writer, and editor, recognized as one of the country's foremost literary translators. She is also noted as one of the earliest Italian science fiction writers, profoundly influencing the genre's establishment in Italy. Her work demonstrates a deep engagement with literature, adeptly bridging cultural and narrative worlds through her translations and original stories. Her impact on Italian science fiction remains notable.
Walter Tevis is the acclaimed author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Queen's Gambit.'A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman and Star Wars' LA TIMES
A story of passion and idealism, which describes a group of men and women in the Middle Ages whosedestinies are fatefully linked with the building of a cathedral.
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway witnesses the bizarre suicide of a New Orleans attorney and is left with a deadly secret concerning the recent murder of a Louisiana senator.
Evocatively written as Henry VIII's private journals, Margaret George tells the former king's life, using her now trademark mix of history and imagination to tell the story as he might have told it.
Foreign correspondent Stephanie Ryder falls in love with the dedicated surgeon, Dr. Jen Yong, and struggles to find happiness amid the turmoil of the Communist revolution in China
The story revolves around two twin sisters, each envious of the other's life. One enjoys a glamorous lifestyle filled with parties and suitors, while the other is settled in a stable family life. Their decision to switch places as a playful escape spirals into a web of deception, leading to unforeseen complications and challenges. As they navigate their swapped lives, both sisters confront their desires and the realities of their choices, revealing the complexities of identity and fulfillment.
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A #1 New York Times bestseller--and an American classic--now in trade paperback... A groundbreaking bestseller with two and a half million copies in print, " ...And Ladies of the Club " centers on the members of a book club and their struggles to understand themselves, each other, and the tumultuous world they live in. A true classic, it is sure to enchant, enthrall, and intrigue readers for years to come.
In John T. Lescroart's brilliant new novel, The 13th Juror, Dismas Hardy, lawyer/investigator, undertakes the defense of Jennifer Witt, accused of murdering her husband and their eight-year-old son as well as her first husband, who had died nine years earlier from an apparent drug overdose. While preparing his case, Hardy learns that both of Jennifer's husbands had physically abused her. But Jennifer refuses to allow a defense that presumes her guilt. She is not guilty, she claims. Hardy is now driven to seek an alternative truth a jury can believe. As the trial progresses, the complex truth itself begins to change, to bend, to fade in and out of focus as the clock keeps ticking on Jennifer's fate, until there seems only one person left to convince, and she is "the 13th juror"—the judge. The 13th Juror is a stunning and suspenseful novel of moral ambiguity, of good intentions, bad judgements and the tortuous path to ultimate justice.
Hannibal Lecter. The ultimate villain of modern fiction who scared the world silent. A young FBI trainee. An evil genius locked away for unspeakable crimes. A plunge into the darkest chambers of a psychopath's mind -- in the deadly search for a serial killer . . . An instant classic of chilling psychological suspense . . . a critically acclaimed audio production of unforgettable intensity . . . From the tormenting words of the homicidal maniac Dr. Hannibal Lecter and the flesh-rending depravity of an elusive killer to the sheer courage of a young FBI novice, who risks her life to track him down and stop the bloodshed.
Ambientata in un mondo di arcipelaghi e vasti oceani, la Saga di Earthsea narra la storia di Ged, un giovane pastore dell'isola di Gont con misteriosi poteri, destinato a diventare un grande arcimago. Il racconto si divide in tre parti. Ne "Il mago di Earthsea", Ged, ancora fanciullo, inizia a imparare le arti magiche come apprendista. Spinto dal desiderio di apprendere rapidamente, commette errori che lo portano a evocare l'Ombra della sua stessa morte. In "Le tombe di Atuan", intraprende la ricerca della metà mancante dell'anello di Erreth-Akbe, essenziale per riportare pace e unità in Earthsea. Infine, in "La spiaggia più lontana", Arren, giovane principe, avverte Ged di un terribile flagello: la scomparsa della magia nel Nord. Insieme, partono per un viaggio attraverso le isole di Earthsea, fino a Selidor, l'isola all'estremità del mondo, dove risiedono i draghi e oltre, in un luogo desolato. L'allegoria delle gesta di Ged esplora il complesso rapporto tra luce e tenebre, paragonando questo ciclo narrativo ai capolavori della letteratura fantastica, come "Il Signore degli Anelli". Ursula Le Guin sottolinea che "il mondo e l'ombra, la luce e le tenebre sono un tutt'uno", evidenziando l'equilibrio tra vita e morte.
A Miriam, splendida e inquieta adolescente sfuggita alla miseria di un ghetto in Germania e sbarcato nella scintillante New Orleans, il futuro sembra schiudere mille promesse di felicità. Ma quando il suo ambizioso matrimonio fallisce e la guerra civile diventa una minaccia sempre più reale e vicina, il destino dell'intera famiglia e di tutto ciò che ha di più caro è nelle sue mani.
The magical saga of the women behind King Arthur's throne. “A monumental reimagining of the Arthurian legends . . . reading it is a deeply moving and at times uncanny experience. . . . An impressive achievement.”—The New York Times Book Review In Marion Zimmer Bradley's masterpiece, we see the tumult and adventures of Camelot's court through the eyes of the women who bolstered the king's rise and schemed for his fall. From their childhoods through the ultimate fulfillment of their destinies, we follow these women and the diverse cast of characters that surrounds them as the great Arthurian epic unfolds stunningly before us. As Morgaine and Gwenhwyfar struggle for control over the fate of Arthur's kingdom, as the Knights of the Round Table take on their infamous quest, as Merlin and Viviane wield their magics for the future of Old Britain, the Isle of Avalon slips further into the impenetrable mists of memory, until the fissure between old and new worlds' and old and new religions' claims its most famous victim.
#1 New York Times Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles The vampire hero of Anne Rice’s enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story—passionate, complex, and thrilling. Praise for The Vampire Lestat “Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires.”—The Village Voice “Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive.”—The New York Times Book Review “Luxuriantly created and richly told.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War-reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished, their fate seen through the eyes of Kassandra-priestess, princess, and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior.
"New York Times" bestselling author Wilbur Smith captures the agony, beauty, and hope of men and women who have given their lives to a land in this breathtaking third novel in his Ballantyne series--an epic set in the former African nation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
Scott Turow's #1 runaway bestseller comes to theaters everywhere as a major motion picture from Warner Bros., starring Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, and Bonnie Bedelia, directed by Alan Pakula, best known for his award-winning work in "Klute".
Un mondo in transizione dal paganesimo al cristianesimo. Territori popolati da creature misteriose e arcane. Dame che possono penetrare nel magico regno di Avalon e influire sulle vite degli eroi. Un capolavoro dal respiro epico nella grande tradizione ispirata alla leggenda di Artù.
This is a story of intrigue and revenge. Tracy Whitney is young, beautiful and intelligent - and about to marry into wealth and glamour. Until, suddenly, she is betrayed, framed by a ruthless Mafia gang, abandoned by the man she loves. Only her ingenuity saves her and helps her fight back.
He was framed for murder.Now he needs a miracle. 22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith Russo, a lawyer in a small Florida town. But there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. Just the fact that Russo had botched Quincy's divorce case, that Quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of Quincy's car. A torch he swore was planted. A torch that was conveniently destroyed in a fire just before his trial.The lack of evidence made no difference to judge or jury. In the eyes of the law Quincy was guilty and, no matter how often he protested his innocence, his punishment was life in prison.Finally, after 22 years, comes Quincy's one and only chance of freedom. An innocence lawyer and minister, Cullen Post, takes on his case. Post has exonerated eight men in the last ten years. He intends to make Quincy the next.But there were powerful and ruthless people behind Russo's murder. They prefer that an innocent man dies in jail rather than one of them. There's one way to guarantee that. They killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they'll kill another without a second thought.
A title first published in 1984, in which MI5 investigator John Preston works against an urgent deadline in an operation to prevent an act of destruction aimed at casting Britain into revolution.
By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune. 'A full-blooded melodrama, complete with moustache-twirling villains, saintly heroes, wronged women, and a lot of plot' Irish Times 'Banks, brothels, and a high body count . . . it's all there' Financial Times 'A compulsively readable, enjoyable thriller-cum-saga' Sunday Times
Marty McFly è un ragazzo come tanti: vive in una cittadina di provincia, frequenta svogliatamente la scuola, ama il rock degli anni Ottanta, ha ovviamente un paio di genitori, anche se non della miglior specie. Se non ci fosse la tenerezza di Jennifer, la bella e spigliata compagna di scuola, e soprattutto la complice amicizia con "Doc" Brown, un eccentrico scienziato, per Marty la vita sarebbe qualcosa da cui sfuggire. La fuga, ma un'incredibile fuga all'indietro, avverrà comunque, grazie a un ardito esperimento dell'amico scienziato e a una ruggente DeLorean a propulsione nucleare che funge da "macchina del tempo". Marty si ritrova così scaraventato nel 1955, addirittura prima della sua nascita, nella sua cittadina com'era una volta. Non penserebbe che a "ritornare al futuro", se non ci fosse l'occasionale incontro con due coetanei destinati a diventare i suoi genitori.
Frederick Forsyth, master of the international thriller, retums with an electrifying story of a man of immense power and a conspiracy to crush the President of the United States. Only one man—Forsyth's most unforgettable hero yet—can prevent the plan from succeeding. His name is Quinn. He is the Negotiator. President Cormack is bent on a signing a sweeping U.S.-Soviet disarmament treaty, and the master conspirator is determined to stop him. The kidnapping of a young man on a country road in Oxfordshire is but the first brutal step in the explosive plot engineer the president's destruction. Enter Quinn. Quinn plays the kidnappers like a master musician. . . until, in a shocking tumabout, he discovers that ransom was not their objection after all—and that he has been lured into a cunningly woven web. Now he must draw upon his deepest strengths—to save not only the victim but the entire free world.
Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has won the Second World War. And, with the Gestapo just one step behind, March, together with an American journalist, is caught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth - a truth that has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, a truth that will change history.
Sam McCready serves Britain as Chief of Covert Operations for the Secret Intelligence Service. He's competent, dedicated, in his prime. Why then this push to get him out? The options are painful -- early retirement or an administrative backwater. But he has one other option: it's a wild card, confrontational, risky. Risky because McCready knows too much. He senses the move is more about destabilizing SIS than settling a score with him. Who wants him out, and why? And what happens if he refuses to go quietly?
Based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan The adventures of Luke Skywalker did not end with the destruction of the Death Star. Though the Rebel Alliance won a significant battle, the war against the Empire has only just begun. Several months have passed, and the Rebels have established a hidden outpost on the frozen wasteland of Hoth. But even on that icy backwater planet, they cannot escape the evil Darth Vader’s notice for long. Soon Luke, Han, Princess Leia, and their faithful companions will be forced to flee, scattering in all directions—with the Dark Lord’s minions in fevered pursuit.
In this magnificent return to the world of Evergreen, Henrietta Roth, an extraordinary woman, fights to control her destiny; and three turbulent generations come vividly to life against a background of immigrant struggle, war, and passion.
Benazir Bhutto is the daughter of Pakistan's former President Bhutto, who was executed by General Zia in 1979. At his death, she inherited the leadership of the Pakistan People's Party, the largest and most powerful mass-based group in the country.
Returning to the now-renowned locale of Kindle County, Scott Turow gives us Mack Malloy, ex-cop, not-quite-ex-drunk, and partner-on-the-wane in one of the country's most high-powered law firms. A longtime ally of the wayward, Mack is on the trail of a colleague, his firm's star litigator, who has vanished with more than five million dollars of a client's money. Mack will descend into the enthralling and ominous heart of a city...taking you with him on his final, desperate, and courageous crusade to reinvent himself from the depths of his own shattered soul.
The Forest House, home to the virgin priestess of the Great Goddess, was built by the Druids to keep the women safe from the power of Rome. Yet the seeds of conflict and destruction lie at its very heart, for secret rebellion is rising.
Adam Hill is in his first year at a top Chicago law firm. He volunteers for the toughest assignment any lawyer could ask for. His prospective client doesn't want Adam or his law firm. He is an unrepentent and outspoken racist with a violent past. He is on Death Row for the murder of two Jewish children in a horrific bombing in 1967. Why would he take on Adam, a complete novice, to defend him? And why would Adam want his case so desperately? The answer lies in the past, in a twenty-year-old secret buried in the madness of another time. . .
This story describes the dramatic lives of Prince Dmitri Korolev and his family caught up in the upheavals of European revolution and war. They flee Russia in 1919, escape to Switzerland and then Paris, but, with the Second World War, they come under further pressure from the Communist police. The author worked for many years in Paris as a foreign correspondent and wrote several novels including "Tanamera", "A Farewell to France", "A Woman of Cairo" and "The Other Side of Paradise".
Des livres au contenu prodigieux ont été systématiquement détruits tout au long de l'Histoire, d'autres ont été rendus inaccessibles au public grâce à des méthodes de chiffrage. C'est le casdu livre de Thoth, des stances de Dzyan, du manuscrit Voynich et d'Excalibur, le livre qui rend fou. Ils sont successivement étudiés par Jacques Bergier, dans cet ouvrage inédit, qui examine également le pourquoi des destructions massives d'ouvrages ésotériques, commece fut le cas dans l'incendie de la Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie. Une conclusion s'impose: il existe une conspiration contre un certain type de savoir, faussement appelé occulte, une conspiration qui couvre tous les pays et se rencontre à toutes les époques. Qui donc brûle les livres maudits ?
A metà del Settencento i gemelli Colin e Bea lasciano la Svizzera per intraprendere un lungo viaggio che li condurrà in Cina: lui è dotato di un eccezionale talento di orologiaio e l'imperatore ha bisogno della sua abilità; lei ha avuto in dono una bellezza ammaliante. Ma è solo quando raggiungono la favolosa città di Ayuthia, con le sue mille cupole dorate, che i due fratelli incontrano il loro destino: Colin s'innamora di una donna che il sovrano vuole invece tutta per sé, mentre Bea si lascia trascinare da una passione che la condurrà al tradimento...
The twelfth hair-raising Dirk Pitt thriller, which sees the adventurer hunt for a fabulous hoard of Inca gold, before the richest prize known to man is lost forever.
Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is taking a brief respite from publicity on the Norfolk coast, in a converted windmill left him by his aunt. But he cannot easily escape murder - a psychopathic strangler is at large in Norfolk.
Ayla, the heroine first introduced in The Clan of the Cave Bear, is known and loved by millions of readers. Now, in The Plains of Passage, Ayla’s story continues.Ayla and Jondalar set out on horseback across the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe. To the hunter-gatherers of their world--who have never seen tame animals--Ayla and Jondalar appear enigmatic and frightening. The mystery surrounding the woman, who speaks with a strange accent and talks to animals with their own sounds, is heightened by her uncanny control of a large, powerful wolf. The tall, yellow-haired man who rides by her side is also held in awe, not only for the magnificent stallion he commands, but also for his skill as a crafter of stone tools, and for the new weapon he devises, the spear-thrower.In the course of their cross-continental odyssey, Ayla and Jondalar encounter both savage enemies and brave friends. Together they learn that the vast and unknown world can be difficult and treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful and enlightening as well. All the pain and pleasure bring them closer to their ultimate destination, for the orphaned Ayla and the wandering Jondalar must reach that place on earth they can call home.As sweeping and spectacular as the land she creates, Jean M. Auel’s The Plains of Passage is an astonishing novel of discovery, danger, and love, a triumph for one of the world’s most original and popular authors.
Over thirty years ago, on an ultra-secret flight to the South Pacific, the transport plane Vixen 03 vanished. It was believed to be lost at sea. And carrying canisters of the most lethal substance known to man. Now Vixen 03 has returned to haunt the world. Dirk Pitt, the ace maritime troubleshooter who raised the Titanic, is the only man who can overcome the nightmarish problems involved in retrieving her cargo. And the price of failure is terrifying.
The law-student author recounts the workload, conflicts, pressures, anxieties, relationships, and educational content of the critical and difficult first year at Harvard's prestigious and demanding law school
Robert and Lynn Ferguson are a picture-perfect couple with two beautiful daughters and a lovely home in an exclusive Connecticut community. Robert is on the fast track of a major corporation. Lynn is devoted to her family and good works. But in the Ferguson's closed doors hide a painful secret Lynn must keep from the world-and her children-at any cost... Not even the Fergusons's best friends, Josie and Bruce Lehman, know of Lynn's shame. Social worker Josie sees her bruises distrusts the too-ambitious, too perfect Robert, and suspects the real cause of the children's increasingly disturbed behavior. But not even Josie can pierce Lynn's wall of silence, a wall that will not crumble until Lynn is forced to face herself-and the truth-at last. Belva Plain's searing novel of a family's heartbreak, a woman's courage, and a subject too often talked about only in whispers.
An art historian's devious plans regarding secretly stored artwork become derailed when his new girlfriend opens a new gallery and he ponders the mystery surrounding the year-old murder of an artist.
"Hollywood, 1945. Shipping heir Ward Thayer and screen star Faye Price are reunited after a chance meeting two years earlier. Unable to forget the connection they shared and helpless to resist it, romance quickly sparks. But for Faye, daring and passionate, the life she's heading for with Ward is a threat to her ambition. How can she decide between Hollywood and motherhood? Is it right to choose fame over family? Faye is on the brink of an impossible choice that will shape her life - and the lives of those she loves - in ways she could scarcely have imagined."--Publisher's description.
Maris of Amberly, a fisherman's daughter, wants to be a silver-winged flyer, crossing oceans, braving shiftng winds, to bring news, gossip, songs, and stories to a waiting populace. But when she challenges tradition, a revolution is sparked that threatens to destroy the world she fought to join.
A law student in New Orleans writes a legal brief that ends up making her enemies in high places. Movie tie-in. Reprint.
A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village which enables him to amass a fortune of. This tale begins with buried treasure and turns into a historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, and the Knights Templar.
Movie producer Sy Spencer -- one of the premier summer residents of the Hamptons, Long Island's oh-so-fashionable beach resort for everyone who is anyone -- has hosted his last power clambake, thanks to whoever shot him dead beside his oceanfront pool. Heading the investigation is Hamptons native Steve Brady. His prime suspect is Sy's ex-wife Bonnie, a strangely appealing and energetic woman both in and out of bed. As the case against Bonnie builds, so does Brady's obsession with her. Before long, he's laying the case and his career on the line for her, ignoring all the rules, all the evidence, and all common sense
A serious crisis in the environment assumed the proportions of a global menace. This was pinpointed by the U.N. Commission's report, Our Common Future. The global challenge involved in this crisis was aggravated by the economic crisis of monetarism and debt. Gorbachev addressed the same themes in a powerful message to the U.N. The power of separate nation states was no longer sufficient to meet the world-wide threat.
The psychiatrist's couch holds many secrets. Can it also hold the key to a series of brutal murders? The thrilling first novel from the internationally bestselling Master of Suspense. Two murders, one victim murdered in the street in a gruesome but apparently arbitrary attack. The other brutally tortured and left to die in agony. Now it's the turn of psychoanalyst Dr Judd Stevens... In a chilling game of cat and mouse, Judd must become the hunter rather than the hunted if he wants to stay alive. Working with the mindset of a detective, he must analyse his patients, searching for a motive, clues, reasons. Could it be Teri Washburn, Hollywood starlet, thrown out of tinsel town in scandal and now addicted to sex? Could it be Harrison Burke, top business man and disturbed paranoiac? Or could it be Alexander Fallon, a crazed evangelist, convinced that God has chosen him to avenge all sin in the world? In this deadly game, there can only be one winner...If Judd is to survive he must play the game to win. This is Sidney Sheldon's first novel - a gripping, intense thriller that brought him fame as a bestselling novelist.
Sconcertante, misterioso, imprevedibile, Il Santo Graal è un giallo storico che prende avvio da alcuni incredibili indizi ritrovati a Carcassone, centro della Francia meridionale. Il quadro che ne emerge è quanto mai sconvolgente: Gesù non morì sulla croce, sposò Maria Maddalena - da cui ebbe alcuni figli - e, con la famiglia, si rifugiò in Francia presso una comunità ebraica. I suoi discendenti regnarono con il nome di Merovingi, creando successivamente il Sacro Romano Impero, maestoso disegno di un'Europa finalmente unita. Fallito sul piano politico questo progetto si sarebbe invece alimentato grazie a sette religioso-esoteriche come i Templari e a società segrete come il "Priorato di Sion".
From number one bestseller Ken Follett, The Modigliani Scandal is a novel about a lost masterpiece and bitter revenge.
Out of the fire-wracked ruins of Manderley, could love and renewal rise phoenix-like from the ashes of the embittered past? First published in 1993, this is the story of Maxim and the second Mrs de Winter. After ten years it seemed as if happiness could be theirs, but the vengeful ghost of Rebecca was still there, casting its long shadow over them.
Contiene un meraviglioso mazzo di 22 carte (gli arcani maggiori) stampato a 6 colori. Wirth esamina e spiega tutti gli aspetti occulti ed esoterici dei tarocchi, risalendo alle origini della loro complessa simbologia e presentandone il lato alchemico, quello astrologico, quello magico-religioso e quello esoterico moderno. Certamente, i tarocchi possono venire usati anche come strumento divinatorio, e l'autore infatti illustra anche questo loro aspetto, chiarendo i molteplici significati di ciascun arcano e il modo in cui farne uso, tuttavia questa non è che una faccia, forse la più popolare, di un poliedro.
At the end of the journey, Sam Clemens and his crew, including the giant Joe Miller, embark on the iron riverboat Not for Hire to reach the river's headwaters, where humanity has been resurrected. After 33 years on the river, they face their final challenge: the evil king John Lackland, who waits upriver on the Rex Grandissimus, the first riverboat Sam built and which John hijacked. Their conflict is complicated by the presence of agents from the Ethicals, advanced beings who created Riverworld for unknown reasons, and the involvement of the Mysterious Stranger, a rebel Ethical enlisting humans for a cause that may lead to salvation. The impending battle occurs along the shores inhabited by the Church of the 2nd Chance, a group pursuing ethical perfection to advance to the next phase of existence. Though non-violent, their leader, La Viro, may attempt to sink the ships to prevent conflict. Among the 2nd Chancers is former Nazi officer Hermann Goring, who previously encountered Sir Richard Burton. Burton and others, contacted by the Mysterious Stranger, are reluctantly aboard John’s boat to reach the headwaters. Will any of X's humans survive the battle, and how can they confront the Ethicals, who possess the power to reshape planets and resurrect humanity?
Twenty-four-year-old Alexa Walden secretly married 64-year-old millionaire Arthur Bannerman. And after his death, Alexa finds herself tainted with scandal and pitted against the powerful and privileged world of the New York rich, where she must fight the entire Bannerman dynasty for control of The Fortune.
