After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work--a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . . The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him to America. But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption--and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone's fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Guiliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano. From the Paperback edition. Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0345441702
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- 2009
- 2001
Eine repräsentative Auswahl namhafter Fotografen, die die Hollywood-Legende ablichteten
- 2000
Set in the 21st century - a number of decades from now - The Sparrow is the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and talented linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who - in response to a remarkable radio signal from the depths of space - leads a scientific mission to make first contact with an extraterrestrial culture.In the true tradition of Jesuit adventurers before him, Sandoz and his companions are prepared to endure isolation, suffering - even death - but nothing can prepare them for the civilisation they encounter. Or for the tragic misunderstanding that brings the mission to a devastating end. Once considered a living saint, Sandoz returns alone to Earth horrifically maimed, both physically and spiritually, the mission's sole survivor - only to be blamed for the mission's failure and accused of heinous crimes.
- 2000
In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men--and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive.
- 1997
Tiefer Schlaf
- 259 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Helen West ist überzeugt, daß die Frau des Apothekers ermordet wurde – auch wenn die bei der Obduktion gefundene Dosis Chloroform nicht tödlich gewesen sein kann. Und sie ist sicher, daß der Ehemann der Toten lügt. Mit ihrer Hartnäckigkeit handelt sich Helen allerdings eine Menge Ärger ein. Denn nicht nur ihr Chef ist gegen eine weitere Untersuchung des Falls, sondern auch ihre inzwischen feste Beziehung, Superintendent Bailey ...
- 1996
East, West
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Satanic Verses comes nine stories that reveal the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between East and West. Daring, extravagant, comical and humane, this book renews Rushdie's stature as a storyteller who can enthrall and instruct us with the same sentence.
- 1991
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
The story of a young boy's quest to restore the gift of storytelling to his father.s father.__
- 1983
Shibumi
- 440 pages
- 16 hours of reading
A westerner raised in Japan, he survived the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished assassin. His greatest desire is to attain a state of effortless perfection . . . shibumi. But he is about to face his most sinister and corrupt enemy -- a supermonolith of espionage and monopoly bent on destroying him. . . . From the Paperback edition.
- 1979



