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Ernest Hemingway

La trama si concentra soprattutto sulla famiglia aristocratica dei Mazzini, vista dal punto di vista di una turista intrigata dalle storie di un monaco che incontra tra le rovine del loro castello sulle coste settentrionali della Sicilia

Hai mai avuto la sensazione che qualcosa non quadri nella tua vita? Che le giornate si rincorrano tutte uguali, tra sveglie rimandate, riunioni inutili, social scrollati e sogni dimenticati? Se spesso ti sembra di vivere in una scatola - confortevole e in apparenza protetta, ma troppo stretta per chi ha ancora desideri da realizzare - questo libro è per te.

In una zona malfamata di Montelusa, la mànnara, due munnizzari trovano in un'auto il cadavere di un uomo con gli abiti discinti. E non è un uomo qualunque, ma un prominente uomo politico locale: l'ingegner Lupariello. Camilleri mette in campo per la prima volta il commissario Salvo Montalbano, poliziotto dalle straordinarie doti umane e investigative, che faranno del suo personaggio il più grande successo letterario italiano degli ultimi vent'anni.

Lila Greer is full of worries. Even the smallest things—from cabbages to cardboard—fill her with dread and What Ifs. So when her family makes a big change—moving to a new town—the worry and What Ifs only grow. What if things go wrong? What if no one likes her? At first, Lila feels right to be worried. In her new home, everything is strange. The new kids, the new smells. Lila feels alone and invisible. But there’s one person who sees her: Lila’s teacher, Ms. Kern.

In this tale from the best-selling African Fable series, the beautiful white zebra is searching for water under the hot African sun. He finds a large pool of thirst-quenching water, but the pool is guarded by a fierce baboon, who does not want to share the water without a fight. What happens next changes the zebra for life and the baboon has his share of trouble. This charming traditional African fable has been humorously retold for children from the ages of two to seven years old.

Marcus Bull. Unremarkable. Unhinged. Un…stoppable? He made my daughter's life and my life a living hell and got away with it. Broke the rules and stayed smug, hiding behind his tiny tribe, like he was untouchable. I hate him with a passion. It's the only emotion I have left - hatred. And while the police said they could do nothing, I realized that I could do something. Because they taught me, indirectly, how to exact my vengeance. They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Make that woman a mother, and hell shall look like a pilot light against a mother’s inferno.

It wasn't the kidnapping that ruined Cass Adams' life. It was the letters that came after. The pink envelopes that appear in her car, her locker, her bedroom. Notes from the man she escaped, telling her that he's always there, always watching. And that someday, he'll be back for her. The police say there's nothing they can do, and Cass resigns herself to live in fear until she reconnects with three old friends - three girls ready to exact vengeance on those who wronged them.

Emily thought magic only existed in the books she read as a child. When a handsome stranger enlists her help to uncover who tried to kill the princess of another world, she learns those books were more than just stories. She discovers the Four Regions - a realm where magical creatures fled to escape human persecution. It is there Emily finds the power, passion, and friendships she had always secretly craved.

A man at a crossroads in the middle of his life considers the place where he’s from, and where his parents have recently died. In the face of enormous personal tumult, he sits down to write. What follows is an audacious chronicle of his childhood and an unsparing account of his life’s trials, failures, and triumphs that becomes a moving look at what family gives and takes away.

Every morning, Abuelo walks Sofia to school...until the day that Abuelo hurts his ankle at a local landfill and he can no longer do so. Sofia misses her Abuelo and wonders what she can do about the dangerous Mount Trashmore. Then she gets an idea - the town can turn the slimy mess into a park! She brainstorms and plans and finally works up the courage to go to City Hall - only to be told by a clerk that she can’t build a park because she’s just a kid! Sofia is down but not out, and she sets out to prove what one kid can do.

With Earth rapidly becoming inhospitable to human life, GS Archean carries a one-way crew of courageous passengers to Uelara, an Earth-like planet in the Cieri star system. Uelara is ideal, except for one minor detail - its distance from Earth. Traveling at sub-light speed, the generation ship won’t reach Uelara within the original crew’s lifetime. Eager to reach Uelara, the second-gen crew prepares, as planned, to assume their parents’ responsibilities - that is, until someone goes missing and a devastating secret is discovered, putting the future of the human race in jeopardy.

What can a fairy-godmother-in-training do when Cinderella refuses to go to the ball? Why, go along in Cinderella's place of course! But falling in love with the prince's brother was never meant to happen. Soon a series of events into motion that will impact not only her career but also her entire life. The problem is she doesn't know if the prince's brother feels the same about her as she does about him. And giving up her wings on the chance that he might care about her in return seems reckless and foolish to the usually by-the-book Esmeralda.

Sonja und die Kinder Sara und Taio testen den neuen Spielplatz und erleben dort die ganze Bandbreite an Gefühlen: Taio ist traurig, weil er mit seinem Gipsarm nicht so gut mitspielen kann, doch über ein Eis von Sonja freut er sich trotzdem. Ein Mädchen tröstet ihren Freund, der vom Fahrrad gefallen ist, und Sara ist es unangenehm, dass sie Sonja und Taio versehentlich mit der Wasserflasche nass spritzt. Nach einem gemeinsamen Übernachtungswochenende sind sich die drei einig: Bei starken Gefühlen hilft es, mit Freundinnen, Freunden und anderen Bezugspersonen darüber zu reden.

Wie können Haare aussehen? Welche Frisuren gibt es? Was passiert beim Friseur? Dieses Hörspiel zeigt Kindern die Vielfalt von Haaren und Frisuren. Es erklärt, warum Haare waschen wichtig ist, und bereitet behutsam auf den ersten Friseurbesuch vor. So vermittelt es Spaß am Frisieren, nimmt die Angst vor dem Haareschneiden und versichert gleichzeitig: Du selbst bestimmst, wer deine Haare anfassen darf und wie du sie trägst.

Giacomo è, in apparenza, un ragazzo qualunque. Un problema comportamentale lo rende, però, diverso dagli altri: non riesce a relazionarsi con nessuna ragazza. La soluzione a questo problema si cela nella sua nuova città, dove andrà a vivere. Qui inizierà un percorso di autoguarigione, che lo porterà a riscoprire il proprio passato e ad affrontare il presente da terremotato.

When Camille Divine inherits her late husband's estate, she embarks on a gripping journey that transcends mere inheritance – it's a journey that will reshape her life forever. Supported by her steadfast friends, Cecily and Elsie, Camille endeavors to make sense of her new surroundings in the enigmatic city of Edinburgh. Eager to befriend her late husband's social circle, and perhaps discover the secrets he kept from her, she plans an extravagant soiree to captivate the city's elite.

Cuatro relatos que rescatan historias de islas reales y de ficción, reconocidas como escenarios de la literatura/infantil. Se trata de la famosa isla de Peter Pan: el País de Nunca Jamás, donde Peter se enfrenta una vez más al capitán Garfio; la ballena que Simbad confunde con una isla; Borneo, donde un dragón intenta que no le roben su hermosa perla y Ávalon, la isla adonde el Rey Arturo va a buscar sus famosas espadas. Escrito en imprenta mayúscula y minúscula, y totalmente ilustrado. Para primeros lectores.

Este cuento narra la historia de Luchito, un nene al que no le gustaba comer y todos los días se inventaba una excusa nueva para no terminar la comida. Pero las mágicas recetas del abuelo Chuque harán que su apetito se abra, su olfato se agudice y su curiosidad lo lleve a probar nuevos y deliciosos manjares. Escrito en imprenta mayúscula y minúscula, y totalmente ilustrado. Para primeros lectores.

Anthony Berkeley