Commissario Ricciardi is investigating the death of one of the many street urchins who live in the dark alleys of 1930s Naples. His sixth sense is no help to him this time. Has his unwelcome gift...
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Auteur: De Giovanni, MaurizioSommaire: -
Auteur: Steigerwald, BillSommaire:In 1948, most white people in the North had no idea how unjust life was for the ten million African Americans living in the South. But that suddenly changed after Ray Sprigle, a white journalist...
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Auteur: Shinkle, PeterSommaire:This Cold War narrative takes listeners from top secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages of a powerful man's intimate diary to bring new dimension to our...
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Auteur: King, Laurie R., Klinger, Leslie S.Sommaire:The latest volume in the award-winning series from New York Times bestselling editors Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger, with stories of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and friends in a variety of...
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Auteur: Camilleri, AndreaSommaire: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...
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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...
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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,...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Auteur: Hughes, Patrick HenrySommaire:Patrick Henry Hughes was born blind and physically disabled. But he was also blessed with exceptional musical talent. Here, he shares his courageous lessons for living with faith and defying the...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.