Giorgio Monicelli Books

The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by the earthmen who have come to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth

Originally published in 1941, Arthur Koestler's modern masterpiece, "Darkness At Noon," is a powerful and haunting portrait of a Communist revolutionary caught in the vicious fray of the Moscow show trials of the late 1930s. During Stalin's purges, Nicholas Rubashov, an aging revolutionary, is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the party he has devoted his life to. Under mounting pressure to confess to crimes he did not commit, Rubashov relives a career that embodies the ironies and betrayals of a revolutionary dictatorship that believes it is an instrument of liberation. A seminal work of twentieth-century literature, "Darkness At Noon" is a penetrating exploration of the moral danger inherent in a system that is willing to enforce its beliefs by any means necessary.

Montag is a fireman. He burns books which are the source of discord and unhappiness. But Montag is unhappy as there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, pursues all readers.

A small Scandinavian town is invaded, and the inhabitants find themselves exhibiting the strength of character needed to cope, with dignity, courage and defiance, with their conquerors. A novel which poignantly describes the emotions of a small community placed under an ultimate stress.

"Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking ... On ... the Day of the Dead, 1938, his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. She is determined to rescue Firmin and their failing marriage, but her mission is further complicated by the presence of Hugh, the consul's half brother, and Jacques, a childhood friend ..."--Page [4] of cover of Harper Perennial Modern Classics ed

Ellery Queen è furibondo. Gli hanno detto di partire subito da New York per Hollywood. E lui è partito. Non ha fatto in tempo ad arrivare alla mecca del cinema, che gli hanno detto di presentarsi subito al lavoro. E lui si è precipitato agli studi, ma il grande produttore si è rilevato troppo occupato per riceverlo. Sono passate alcune settimane, ed Ellery sta ancora aspettando di mettersi alla macchina per scrivere. Hollywood non gli è amica? Ma se il mondo del cinema sembra voltargli le spalle, quello del delitto ha bisogno di lui. A Hollywood ci sono tre casi che aspettano solo di essere risolti dal principe degli investigatori. Caso numero uno: il misterioso assassinio di un finanziere (Hollywood in subbuglio). Caso numero due: un clamoroso crimine nella dorata casta dei divi (Quattro di cuori). Caso numero tre: la strana morte di un ricco gioielliere (L'origine del male).