When a shop burns down, and its owner vanishes into thin air, Montalbano at first thinks it a trivial case, but a string of abductions and the discovery of a body hints at something far more...
Search Results
Search found 78 item
-
Auteur: Camilleri, AndreaSommaire: -
Auteur: Faulkner, WilliamSommaire:ABSALOM, ABSALOM! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. With a French architect and a band of wild Haitians, he wrung a...
Genre: Domestic fiction, Historical fiction -
Auteur: Oates, Joyce CarolSommaire:Princeton, New Jersey, at the turn of the twentieth century: a tranquil place to raise a family, a genteel town for genteel souls. But something dark and dangerous lurks at the edges of the town,...
Genre: Horror fiction, Paranormal fiction -
Auteur: Shirer, William L.Sommaire:The prominent journalist, author, and historian of some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century describes a post-Hitler world, including the McCarthy years and its blacklists.
-
Auteur: Camilleri, AndreaSommaire:Vigàta is bustling as the new filming location for a Swedish television series set in 1950. The director asks locals to track down movies and vintage photos to faithfully recreate the air of...
-
Auteur: Szwed, John F.Sommaire:John Szwed takes listeners on a tour of the varied and nonlinear history of jazz, exploring how it developed from an ethnic music to become America's most popular music and then part of the...
Genre: Music -
Auteur: Heinlein, Robert A.Sommaire:As he stands on the auction block, the ragged, starving boy, Thorby, is purchased by the crippled beggar Baslim, who leads him into adventures on the starship Sisu.
Genre: Science fiction -
Auteur: Bujold, Lois McMasterSommaire:Cordelia Vorkosigan stands ready to spin her life in a new direction, and Oliver Jole finds himself caught up in her web of plans. Wills and expectations collide in this sparkling science fiction...
Genre: Science fiction -
Auteur: Camilleri, AndreaSommaire:Lawyer and journalist Matteo Teresi discovers the existence of a secret sect which initiates devout virgins into the rites of married life, preying on their naivete while promising them divine...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Historical fiction -
Auteur: Wilson, Edward O.Sommaire:
In this memoir, Edward O. Wilson describes for the first time both his growth as a scientist and the evolution of the science he has helped to define.
-
Auteur: Rosenfelt, DavidSommaire:
"There is nothing like a golden retriever. I know, I know, it's a big planet with a lot of wonderful things, but golden retrievers are the absolute best. Mine is named Tara . . . The only problem...
-
Auteur: Rosenfelt, DavidSommaire:
Edgar-nominated author David Rosenfelt returns with his hero, Andy Carpenter, who must defend a football player accused of murder. The Giants' running back Kenny Schilling stands accused of...
-
Auteur: Swann, S. AndrewSommaire:When young Uldolf discovers an injured and frightened young woman in the woods, he brings her to live with his adoptive family. But Lilly is not quite human, and the danger is greater than they...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Paranormal fiction -
Auteur: Camilleri, AndreaSommaire:Montalbano investigates the death of wealthy accountant Cosimo Barletta in a case involving a string of mistresses, family secrets, and a history full of extortion, greed, and corruption.
-
Auteur: Allen, Frederick LewisSommaire:Jazz, flappers, flasks, rumble-seats, Rudolph Valentino, and Lucky Lindy-these were the catchwords of the Roaring Twenties. But so were the KKK, women's suffrage, Freud, and Black Tuesday....
Genre: History and geography