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Pier Francesco Paolini

    Waiting to Exhale
    Jonathan Livingston Seagull
    La pietra del vecchio pescatore
    The Second Ring of Power
    A son of the circus
    Watership Down
    • Under the Roofs of Paris

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      In 1941, Henry Miller, the author of Tropic of Cancer, was commissioned by a Los Angeles bookseller to write an erotic novel for a dollar a page. Under the Roofs of Paris (originally published as Opus Pistorum) is that book. Here one finds Miller’s characteristic candor, wit, self-mockery, and celebration of the good life. From Marcelle to Tania, to Alexandra, to Anna, and from the Left Bank to Pigalle, Miller sweeps us up in his odyssey in search of the perfect job, the perfect woman, and the perfect experience.

      Under the Roofs of Paris2012
      3.5
    • La via del samurai

      • 198 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      "Una straordinaria meditazione sulla morte e un'amara riflessione sulla perdita di tradizioni e valori antichissimi, nel racconto di un grande rappresentante della letteratura contemporanea." [dalla pagina web di Bompiani]

      La via del samurai2000
    • A son of the circus

      • 832 pages
      • 30 hours of reading

      Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen - a 59-year-old orthopedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Periodically, the doctor returns to India; in Bombay, most of his patients are crippled children. Once, twenty years ago, Dr Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, twenty years later, the doctor will be reacquainted with the murderer.

      A son of the circus1994
      4.3
    • The classic novel of triumph, revenge, and friendship-now in a premium edition From the critically-acclaimed author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back comes this wise, down-to-earth story of a friendship between four African American women who lean on each other while "waiting to exhale"-waiting for that man who will take their breath away.

      Waiting to Exhale1993
      3.7
    • The Second Ring of Power

      • 328 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Transformed by Don Juan from a bent, gray-haired old woman into a sensual sorceress whose mission is to test Castaneda, Dona Soledad turns her mysterious and awesome powers against Castaneda in a struggle that nearly consumes him.

      The Second Ring of Power1990
      4.1
    • Un viaggio senza tempo nel magico scenario della verde Irlanda. Una storia fantastica in cui rivive la tradizione dell'antica mitologia celtica. Un capolavoro della narrativa fantastica.

      La pietra del vecchio pescatore1988
      4.0
    • Watership Down

      • 478 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      One of the most beloved novels of our time, Richard Adams's Watership Down takes us to a world we have never truly seen: to the remarkable life that teems in the fields, forests and riverbanks far beyond our cities and towns. It is a powerful saga of courage, leadership and survival; an epic tale of a hardy band of adventurers forced to flee the destruction of their fragile community...and their trials and triumphs in the face of extraordinary adversity as they pursue a glorious dream called "home." Watership Down is a remarkable tale of exile and survival, of heroism and leadership...the epic novel of a group of adventurers who desert their doomed city, and venture forth against all odds on a quest for a new home, a sturdier future,

      Watership Down1987
      4.4
    • Because he spends so much time perfecting his flying form instead of concentrating on getting food, a seagull is ostracized by the rest of the flock

      Jonathan Livingston Seagull1987
      3.8