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The Hobbit

Fri, 10 May 2013 1:39:00 PST

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Bilbo Baggins is a Hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day, to whisk him away on a journey 'there and back again'. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a larg ...

Il regno dei lupi

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 2:28:46 PST

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Nel terzo capitolo della saga delle "Cronache del ghiaccio e del fuoco" una rossa cometa apparsa nel cielo dei Sette Regni sembra annunciare tremende sciagure. La lunga estate dell'abbondanza sta per finire, mentre quattro pretendenti, in aperta guerra gli uni contro gli altri, si contendono il Trono di Spade.

The Long Earth

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 5:32:14 PST

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It's 1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where have the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone? 2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive - some said mad, others dangerous - scientist when she finds a curious gad ...

Stone Of Tears

Sat, 2 Feb 2013 4:08:07 PST

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First rate epic fantasy from the man who deserves to become the Tolkien of his day. The young hero is just beginning to understand the magic he has at his command, and only under the tutelage of the Sisters of Light can he control the Gift to combat the dark powers still arrayed against him.

Prophet of Yonwood

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:16:39 PST

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It's 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember, and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town's respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. Her garbled words are taken as prophetic instruction on how to avoid the coming disaster. If only they ca ...

Anansi Boys

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:20:34 PST

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Fat Charlie Nancy is not having a good week. His estranged father recently dropped dead on a karaoke stage and has left Fat Charlie with much more than embarrassment. Because, you see, Charlie has discovered that his dad wasn't just any dad. He was Anansi the trickster spider-god. Anansi is the spirit of rebellion, able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and even baffle ...

Saltatempo

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:32:54 PST

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Lo incontriamo da ragazzino mentre "scarpagna" verso le Bisacconi (le scuole elementari del paese). Sono gli anni '50 e mentre ruba in una vigna un grappolo di schizzozibibbo, Lupetto, così lo chiamano, vede un uomo alto, con una barba immensa e un vecchio cane. E' una divinità pagana, sporca come un letamaio, che gli regala una facoltà meravigliosa: un orologio interno, un orobilogio, che gli co ...

The Last Continent

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:01:54 PST

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On the Discworld’s last continent, it’s hot. It’s dry. . . very dry. There was this thing once called the Wet, which no one now believes in. Practically everything that’s not poisonous is venomous. But it’s the best bloody place in the world, all right? And it’ll die in a few days, except. . . Who is this hero striding across the red desert? Champion sheep shearer, horse rider, road warrior, beer ...

Maskerade

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:01:43 PST

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The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork: a huge rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely familiar evil mastermind in a hideously deformed evening dress. But Granny Weatherwax is in the audience, and she doesn’t hold with that sort of thing. So there’s going to be trouble (but nevertheless a good evening’s entertainment with murders you can really hum.) Fr ...

Lords and Ladies

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:01:34 PST

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THE FAIRIES ARE BACK--BUT THIS TIME THEY DON'T JUST WANT YOUR TEETH... Granny Weatherwax and her tiny coven are up against realelves. It's Midsummer Night. No time for dreaming... With full supporting cast of dwarfs, wizards, trolls, Morris dancers and one orang-utan. And lots of hey-nonny-nonny and blood all over the place.

Pyramids (The Book of Going Forth)

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:01:20 PST

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Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn't too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems...

Strata

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:01:07 PST

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The Company builds planets. Kin Arad is a high-ranking official of the Company. After twenty-one decades of living, and with the help of memory surgery, she is at the top of her profession. Discovering two of her employees have placed a fossilized plesiosaur in the wrong stratum, not to mention the fact it is holding a placard which reads 'End Nuclear Testing Now', doesn't dismay the woman who b ...

The Children of Hurin

Wed, 9 Jan 2013 23:07:11 PST

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Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, this illustrated paperback of the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves, dragons, Dwarves and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien. It is a legendary time long before The Lord of t ...

Debiti illegittimi e diritto all'insolvenza

Sat, 5 Jan 2013 4:34:39 PST

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The Songs of Distant Earth

Sun, 9 Dec 2012 4:09:01 PST

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The countdown to doomsday began with the discovery in 1956 of the neutrino, a particle with no mass and no charge. By the year 2001, the significance of this phantom particle was understood: it was a harbinger. A cosmic event was imminent, and would be close enough to touch. Soon the Sun would go nova; the demolition of Earth was assured. And so it happened in the year 3620. Over the centuries o ...

The Long Earth

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 7:19:58 PST

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1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where has the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone? 2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive (some said mad, others dangerous) scientist when she finds a curious gadget ...

Freedom

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 7:17:40 PST

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The Daemon is now firmly in control and moving towards its endgame, using an expanding network of real-world, dispossessed darknet operatives to tear civilization apart and build it anew. As the global economy begins to fail, the world's most powerful organizations - monolithic corporations, complete with armies of their own - prepare to fight their unseen enemy. When a brutal civil war breaks ou ...

Brisingr

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 7:11:02 PST

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Oaths sworn . . . Loyalties tested . . . Forces collide. Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives after the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors on the Burning Plains. Now Eragon finds himself bound by promises he may not be able to keep. He must help rescue his cousin Roran's beloved from King Galbatorix's clutches. But he also owes his loyalty t ...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:59:56 PST

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Copyright free ebook of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Estasia

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 3:54:10 PST

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Estasia è in pericolo. Il Caos è in agguato. La più grande battaglia di tutti i tempi sta per iniziare. Il Decimo Cancello sta per essere aperto. La trama si arricchisce di tanti particolari e molti misteri vengono alla luce. Nuovi personaggi affiancheranno il giovane Danny Martine. Una ragazza forte e spavalda è pronta a irrompere nella sua vita: abile con le fruste, riuscirà a superare ...

Torment

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 2:17:15 PST

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Sua Santità

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 2:15:44 PST

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Non era mai successo. Nessuno era riuscito ad accedere nella stanza del papa e a leggere le sue carte riservate. Centinaia di documenti che svelano la quotidiana precarietà della Chiesa, tra affari assai poco trasparenti e congiure di palazzo. Gianluigi Nuzzi, dopo il successo di VATICANO SPA sullo scandalo dello Ior, racconta, grazie alle carte fornite da una fonte segreta, le storie, i persona ...

Wizard's First Rule

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:47:03 PST

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One man, Richard Cypher, holds the key to the fate of three nations, of humanityBut until he learns the Wizard's First Rule his chances of succeeding in his task are slim. And his biggest problem is admitting that magic exists at all...A novel of incomparable scope and brimming with atmospheric detail: in a world where heart hounds stalk the boundaries for unwary human prey, blood-sucking flies h ...

The Graveyard Book

Sat, 5 May 2012 3:13:15 PST

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Newbery Medal Winning Novel When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the ...

Neverwhere

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 2:36:23 PST

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The stunningly original and brilliant first novel from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman. Under the streets of London there's a world most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, and pale girls in black velvet. Richard Mayhew is a young businessman who is about to find out more than he bargained for about this other London. A single act of kindness cat ...

Inheritance

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 2:34:50 PST

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The final stunning book in the Inheritance cycle

Interesting Times

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 2:32:44 PST

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MIGHTY BATTLES! REVOLUTION! DEATH! WAR! (AND HIS SONS TERROR AND PANIC, AND DAUGHTER CLANCY) The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the Discworld is in turmoil, brought about by the revolutionary treatise WHAT I DID ON MY HOLIDAYS. Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water bufffaloes. War (and Clancy) are spreading throughout the ancienct cities. And all that stands i ...

The Princess Bride

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 2:30:24 PST

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What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams? As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the "S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "g ...

Android

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 6:52:15 PST

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La piattaforma Android ha conquistato un ruolo di primissimo piano nel mercato della telefonia mobile e ha recentemente fatto il suo ingresso nel nascente settore dei tablet: l’architettura moderna e la licenza opensource ne hanno incoraggiato la diffusione tra i manufacturer e gli sviluppatori. Per chi progetta e realizza software per dispositivi mobili, Android rappresenta una grande opportunit ...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 3:39:33 PST

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It is the summer holidays and soon Harry Potter will be starting his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is counting the days: there are new spells to be learnt, more Quidditch to be played, and Hogwarts castle to continue exploring. But Harry needs to be careful – there are unexpected dangers lurking… J.K. Rowling continues to surprise and delight with the power of ...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 3:39:05 PST

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Harry Potter, along with his best friends, Ron and Hermione, is about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry can’t wait to get back to school after the summer holidays. (Who wouldn’t if they lived with the horrible Dursleys?) But when Harry gets Hogwarts, the atmosphere is tense. There’s an escaped mass murderer on the loose, and the sinister prison guards of ...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Tue, 6 Mar 2012 3:37:53 PST

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Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last...

Elianto

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 5:30:24 PST

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Riusciranno i nostri intrepidi eroi a superare tutte le prove e trovare l'elisir che guarisca il giovane Elianto e gli faccia salvare la contea? Se si fugge di notte da Villa Bacilla sulle ali di una diavolessa sexy, sorvolando Tristalia, assieme a tre equipaggi che si spostano contemporaneamente, può accadere di visitare gli otto mondi alterei della mappa nootica. Capita così di conoscere la ter ...

Spiriti

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 5:29:26 PST

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Una legione di spiriti diabolici, malvagi, virtuosi, paranoici e sexy contro il conformismo del Megaconcerto di Beneficenza e la violenza dei signori della guerra. Non si sa chi vincerà, ma come dice Stan Hakaleimekalahani "ci sarà gran piagnanza e gran ridanza".

Inkheart

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 5:06:27 PST

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Meggie loves books. So does her father, Mo, a bookbinder, although he has never read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared. They live quietly until the night a stranger knocks at their door. He has come with a warning that forces Mo to reveal an extraordinary secret - a storytelling secret that will change their lives forever.

Le cronache del ghiaccio e del fuoco

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 4:27:35 PST

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In una terra fuori dal mondo, dove le estati e gli inverni possono durare intere generazioni, sta per esplodere un immane conflitto. Ha inizio qui, nei Sette Regni, una delle più famose saghe del fantasy: "Le cronache del Ghiaccio e del Fuoco". Nel Sud caldo e opulento, sul Trono di Spade siede Robert Baratheon, irruente e impulsivo sovrano. La lunga pace che ha accompagnato il suo regno sta per ...

Daemon

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 4:23:45 PST

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We'll Always Have Paris

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:49:18 PST

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From one of the greatest living literary imaginations and the celebrated author of FAHRENHEIT 451 comes a collection of never-before-published effortlessly beautiful tales. Recently described in The Times as 'the uncrowned poet laureate of science fiction' Ray Bradbury has won numerous awards including a Pulitzer Prize special citation in 2007 and an Emmy. In this new volume of never-before-publi ...

Zap Gun

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:19:17 PST

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ALIEN SATELLITES CIRCLE THE EARTH - AND MAN'S ONLY HOPE IS A MAD CARTOONIST! The terrifying arms race roared on. Daily, East and West produced more dreadful weaponry. And, daily, yesterday's weapons were turned into toys, souvenirs, egg beaters, furniture ... and never, ever used as weapons. Which was just as well, since they wouldn't have worked. It may have looked crazy, but it kept the 21st ...

Fallen

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 5:59:33 PST

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Dangerously exciting and darkly romantic, Fallen is a page turning thriller and theultimate love story. From the Hardcover edition.

The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 5:25:30 PST

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When a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shot up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame the usual people tried to claim responsibility. First the IRA, then the PLO and the Gas Board. Even British Nuclear Fuels rushed out a statement to the effect that the situation was completely under control, that it was a one in a million chance, that there was hardly any ...

Mort

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 1:01:56 PST

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Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice...

Wintersmith

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 1:01:03 PST

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Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for the seriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the Dark Dance — the crossover from summer to winter — she does what no one has ever done before and leaps into the dance. Into the oldest story there ever is. And draws the attention of the wintersmith himself. As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffany deal w ...

Le pietre magiche di Shannara

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:44:30 PST

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La spada di Shannara, vol.2 Ad Arborlon, la mitica capitale del regno degli Elfi, la popolazione sta per essere investita da uno spaventoso cataclisma. L'Eterea, la pianta magica che protegge tutto l'antico popolo dalle forze del male, sta soccombendo sotto un magico attacco. Da ogni parte stanno per irrompere mostri delle tenebre e demoni spaventosi. Solo il giovane Lauren, alla testa di un pug ...

La canzone di Shannara

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 4:44:27 PST

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La compagnia dei Celestini

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 4:40:59 PST

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Un'oscura e crudele profezia che appare sui muri, scritta da una mano invisibile, incombe sulla ricca e corrotta terra di Gladonia. Anno 1990 e rotti: Memorino, Lucifero a Alì, gli spiriti più ribelli dell'orfanotrofio dei Celestini, fuggono per poter rappresentare Gladonia al Campionato Mondiale di Pallastrada, organizzato dal Grande Bastardo in persona, protettore degli orfani di tutto il mondo ...

Achille piè veloce

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 4:35:55 PST

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Ulisse è un giovane scrittore in crisi creativa (un tempo ha scritto un libroma si è fermato lì), lavora in una casa editrice sull'orlo del collasso ed èinnamorato di Pilar-Penelope, una bellissima immigrata senza permesso disoggiorno (ma non rinuncia alla sua inveterata poligamia). Un giorno ricevela lettera di uno sconosciuto che lo invita a un misteriosoappuntamento ...

Bar sport Duemila

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 4:34:44 PST

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Ma che cos'è? Un seguito? Un sequel? Una saga? Chiamatelo "Bar Sport Duemila". Sono passati vent'anni e il bar di una volta ha la faccia familiare di un vecchio eroe. Il nuovo bar, i molti bar che sono venuti dopo hanno un'altra faccia: quella a volta allegra, a volte goffa e volgare di un'altra Italia, di un altro paesaggio terrestre (o extraterrestre?). Stefano Benni ci racconta come è andat ...

Terra!

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 4:33:47 PST

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Un romanzo, un viaggio, un divertimento scatenato. E ormai, un caso letterario: arriva in edizione economica, mantre sono in preparazione le traduzioni americana, tedesca, francese, spagnola, olandese, svedese e perfino giapponese. E' l'anno 2156: da una Parigi sotterranea e da un mondo ghiacciato dalle guerre nucleari, parte un'incredibile corsa spaziale, verso una nuova Terra più vivibile. Con ...

Il testo narrativo

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 4:08:42 PST

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Tracciare una mappa dello spazio complesso del racconto significa non solo classificare ogni anello della catena logica che lo sostiene, ma anche analizzare l'interazione delle voci e dei punti di vista attraverso cui quella catena viene offerta all'attenzione del lettore. Questo volume, dopo aver tentato di compiere entrambe le operazioni corredandole puntualmente di esempi, si chiude con un bre ...

Le Beatrici

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 4:41:15 PST

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Otto monologhi al femminile. Una suora assatanata, una donna ansiosa e una donna in carriera, una vecchia bisbetica e una vecchia sognante, una giovane irrequieta, un'adolescente crudele e una donna-lupo. Un continuum di irose contumelie, invettive, spasmi amorosi, bamboleggiamenti, sproloqui, pomposo sentenziare, ammiccanti confidenze, vaneggiamenti sessuali, sussurri sognanti, impettite deliber ...

Nuovo compendio del Capitale

Thu, 1 Sep 2011 5:42:51 PST

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Negli ultimi anni il marxismo è stato messo in soffitta come una anticaglia del passato. Perché allora riproporre la lettura del compendio del Capitale di Marx, a quasi un secolo e mezzo dalla sua prima pubblicazione? Perché, secondo l'autore del compendio, il Capitale può essere una straordinaria chiave di lettura per l'interpretazione di una realtà sociale in continua e contradditoria evoluzion ...

Storia di una gabbianella e del gatto che le insegnò a volare

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 5:25:41 PST

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I gabbiani sorvolano la foce dell'Elba, nel mare del Nord. "Banco di aringhe a sinistra" stride il gabbiano di vedetta e Kengah si tuffa. Ma quando riemerge, il mare è una distesa di petrolio. A stento spicca il volo,raggiunge la terra ferma, ma poi stremata precipita su un balcone di Amburgo. C'è un micio nero di nome Zorba su quel balcone, un grosso gatto cui la gabbiana morente affida l'uovo c ...

Sourcery

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 3:58:42 PST

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There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we'd better not go into), he had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son...a wizard squared...a source of magic...a Sourcerer. SOURCERY SEES THE RETURN OF RINCEWIND AND THE LUGGAGE AS THE DISCWORLD FACES ITS GREATEST-AND FUNNIEST-CHALLENGE YET.

L'odore dei soldi

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:31:19 PST

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L'ascesa di Silvio Berlusconi ha affascinato milioni d'italiani. [...] Questo libro illustra alcuni aspetti cruciali della storia di S.B. attraverso una scelta commentata di documenti "pesanti". L'intervista che Paolo Borsellini rilasciò, due mesi prima di morire, a una tv francese sulle indagini della sua procura sui rapporti tra B. Marcello Dell'Utri e il mafioso Vittorio Mangano. [...]

Necronomicon

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:37:08 PST

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Oggi, in seguito a straordinare scoperte archeologiche effettuate nell'Iraq sud orientale, Fanucci Editore pubblica una nuova edizione del Necronomicon, completamente aggiornata rispetto a quella precedente, sia per quanto riguarda l'apparato critico, sia per quanto riguarda il materiale magico ampliato con la traduzione delle tavolette di Kutu. Le tavolette di Kutu sono state tradotte dal prof. ...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:36:59 PST

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Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that come in every flavor, including strawberry, curry, grass, and sardine. Not only that, but you discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactl ...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 4:43:32 PST

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In spite of the fact that L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) is one of the most popular stories in America, relatively few people have actually read the book. It's well worth the effort! Young readers expecting rainbows, Munchkin songs, and wicked witches with burning brooms will instead find a complex country populated with mocking Hammerhead men, dainty people made out of china, ...

La notte dei desideri

Fri, 4 Mar 2011 4:04:45 PST

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Le sorti dell'umanità sono nelle mani di un vecchio corvo spelacchiato e di un piccolo gatto grasso: prima della mezzanotte del 31 dicembre i due devono sventare le perfide tramo di Belzebù Malospirito e della sua crudele spia Tirannia Vampiria. Infatti nella notte di San Silvestro, grazie al leggendario Grog satanarchibugiardinfernalcolico essi possono formulare i loro piùraccapriccianti desider ...

The People of Sparks

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 4:42:26 PST

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When the people of the underground city of Ember follow Lina and Doon to the surface, little prepares them for what they will encounter. Leaving behind the darkness that has been their home for generations, they discover a world of colour, warmth and light. The people of the small village of Sparks seem willing to help them ...at first ...but life on the surface has it's dark side too. Before lon ...

Streghe all'estero

Sat, 5 Feb 2011 3:54:11 PST

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C'era una volta una fata madrina di nome Desiderata che aveva un cuore d'oro, una mente saggia e una scarsissima capacità di fare piani a lungo termine. Così, quando Morte venne per lei, si trovò a dover lasciare la sua figlioccia nelle mani di un'altra - molto ma molto meno buona e saggia - fata madrina sostituta... Così adesso spetta alle tre streghe Magrat Garlick, Nonna Weatherwax e Tata Ogg ...

The Diamond of Darkhold

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 5:41:10 PST

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American Gods

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 5:40:48 PST

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Days before his release from prison, Shadow’s wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday, who claims to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and king of America. Together they embark on a profoundly strange journey across the heart of the USA, whilst all around them a storm or preternatural and e ...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: AND Through the Looking Glass

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 5:39:35 PST

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Collecting Alice's complete adventures, a source of delight to children and adults alike for generations, the "Penguin Classics" edition of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass" is edited with an introduction and notes by Hugh Haughton. Conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain Alice Liddell, the daughter of the dean of Carroll's college, ...

Eric

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 5:39:05 PST

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Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he's not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff. But what he gets is Rincewind, and Rincewind's Luggage into the bargain. Terry Pratchett's hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discwor ...

Hogfather

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 4:14:22 PST

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ITS THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH. AND IT'S TOO QUIET. Where is the big jolly fat man? Why is Death creeping down chimneys and trying to say Ho Ho Ho? The darkest night of the year is getting a lot darker... Susan the gothic governess has got to sort it out by morning, otherwise there won't be a morning. Ever again... The 20th Discworld novel is a festive feast of darkness and Death (but w ...

Nation

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 6:17:47 PST

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On the day the world ends... ...Mau is on his way home from the Boys' Island. Soon he will be a man. And then the wave comes - a huge wave, dragging black night behind it and bringing a schooner which sails over and through the island rainforest. The village has gone. The Nation as it was has gone. Now there's just Mau, who wears barely anything, a trouserman girl who wears far too ...

Going Postal

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 6:17:03 PST

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Terry Pratchett puts his stamp on the new Discworld novel. Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork’s ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. But he’s got to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of th ...

Moving Pictures

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 6:16:47 PST

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The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood Hill? It’s up to Victor Tugelbend (“Can’t sing. Can’t dance. Can handle a sword a little”) and Theda Withel (“I come from a little town you’ve probably never heard of”) to find out.

Equal Rites

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 6:16:30 PST

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The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-born baby's sex...

M Is for Magic

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 6:16:10 PST

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Getting Started with Arduino

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 6:15:32 PST

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This valuable little book offers a thorough introduction to the open-source electronics prototyping platform that's taking the design and hobbyist world by storm. Getting Started with Arduino gives you lots of ideas for Arduino projects and helps you get going on them right away. From getting organized to putting the final touches on your prototype, all the information you need is right in the bo ...

Sunshine

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 6:14:20 PST

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There hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and Sunshine just needed a spot where she could be alone with her thoughts. Vampires never entered her mind. Until they found her.

La palestra dello scrittore

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 6:13:20 PST

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La Palestra è il corso di narrativa che è stato testato con successo, come si fa per shampoo e creme, su decine di partecipanti ai laboratori in aula e ai corsi via Internet della Scuola Omero. Utilizzato nei work-shop svolti nella scuola pubblica, dedicati sia ai professori che agli studenti di medie e superiori. Nel libro vengono trattati gli argomenti principali di un laboratorio di scrittur ...

Fahrenheit 451

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:25:25 PST

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In un'allucinante società del futuro si cercano, per bruciarli, gli ultimi libri scampati a una distruzione sistematica e conservati illegalmente. Il romanzo più conosciuto del celebre scrittore americano di fantascienza.

Morty l'apprendista

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 0:57:24 PST

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Mortimer, detto Morty, non ha le idee chiarissime su quel che vuol fare da grande. Almeno fin quando non diventa l’apprendista di un insolito maestro: la Morte, proprio quella con la falce, in persona. Una volta appurato, con notevole sollievo, di non dover essere necessariamente morto per poter svolgere il lavoro, Morty si appassiona alla nuova «materia», anche se ben presto scoprirà che essere ...

La spada di Shannara

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 0:56:39 PST

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La spada di Shannara, vol.1 Il villaggio di valle d'Ombra è sempre vissuto in pace, ma ora anche su di esso grava una terribile minaccia. Il Signore degli Inganni, che molti ritenevano morto da secoli, è di nuovo all'opera. Solo un meraviglioso talismano, la spada di Shannara, può riuscire a sconfiggerlo per sempre, ma la mitica arma può essere ritrovata ed impugnata solo da un discendente di an ...

Java 2

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:57:56 PST

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Le due lune

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:50:55 PST

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Milano, notte di luna piena. Un morso misterioso alla caviglia, e la vita di Veronica non è più la stessa. Da quel momento i suoi sensi sono potenziati, il suo corpo pervaso da un’energia senza limiti e strani sogni di un passato lontano la perseguitano. Cosa le sta succedendo? Giorno dopo giorno, il suo mondo di liceale diciassettenne, fatto di Parini, fumetti, piscina, amiche e problemi d ...

Coraline

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 3:42:20 PST

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Coraline is not the kind of girl to be put off by a sign of danger read in some tea-leaves or indeed a message sent to her by some very talented mice! No, she is the kind of girl who faces a challenge with bravery, intelligence and a lot of determination. Which is just as well because she is going to need all those skills, and more, in this wonderful, spooky tale of a girl caught on the wrong sid ...

The City of Ember

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 3:41:33 PST

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The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she’s sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must decipher the message before the lights go out on Ember forever! This stunning debut novel offers refreshingly clear writ ...

Il cannocchiale d'Ambra

Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:42:34 PST

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Dopo la "Bussola d'oro" e "La lama sottile" Philip Pullman conclude latrilogia con un nuovo libro, arricchendo il suo universo di nuovi personaggi -i gallivespiani, orgogliosi guerrieri a cavallo di libellule dai colorisgargianti; i mulefa, strani animali che viaggiano su ruote, dotati di unlinguaggio e della capacità di vedere la Polvere - e apre nuovi mondi,arrivando perfino nella terra della m ...

I draghi del crepuscolo d'autunno

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:23:56 PST

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Le cronache - vol. 1 Dopo il ritorno dei draghi di Takhisis, gli abitanti del mondo di Krynn disperano di poter trovare la pace, ma anche nell'oscurità delle tenebre brilla l'esile bagliore della fiamma della speranza. Un pugno di eroi stringe un'alleanza per sconfiggere i draghi malvagi: la Regina delle Tenebre,cavalieri, barbari, gnomi, elfi intraprendono dunque la perigliosa ricerca della leg ...

Baol

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:43:20 PST

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Small Gods

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:26:14 PST

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In the beginning was the word. And the word was "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please...

La lama sottile

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:19:26 PST

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Lyra, la protagonista della "Bussola d'oro" è giunta nel nostro mondo, dove l'aspettano altri incredibili incontri e la soluzione di alcuni misteri.Insieme al suo nuovo compagno di avventura, Will Parry, Lyra rimarrà coinvolta nella più ardita delle guerre e, malgrado i pericoli e le fatiche cui è sottoposta, non esiterà nella sua marcia verso il vero. Ma questa volta non saranno né lei né l'alet ...

The Last Wish

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 16:52:55 PST

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Geralt de Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer. His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good. . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

Un manifesto hacker

Sat, 29 May 2010 18:11:07 PST

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Negli ultimi decenni, due filoni di pensiero critico e radicale si sono spessoaffiancati senza mai trovare una sintesi comune. Da una parte la critica dellemerci, della società dello spettacolo e della globalizzazione propria delpensiero neomarxista, dall'altra la critica alla società digitale, lademocrazia dell'informazione che invece ha connotato il pensiero libertario ehacker. Il ...

La fine dell'eternità

Thu, 6 May 2010 5:48:52 PST

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In un futuro ancora molto lontano l'uomo ha imparato a viaggiare nel tempo, spostandosi con disinvoltura da un secolo all'altro e organizzando traffici commerciali tra ere diverse. Il viaggio nel tempo permette anche di tenere l'umanità sotto rigido controllo, modificando tutto ciò che potrebbe provocare gravi turbamenti nella storia. A effettuare i cambiamenti sono delegati gli analisti e i tecn ...

Inkdeath (Inkheart trilogy)

Thu, 6 May 2010 5:47:32 PST

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The Little White Horse

Thu, 6 May 2010 5:46:01 PST

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When orphan Maria arrives at Moonacre Manor, she feels as if she's come home. Her new guardian is kind and funny, and everyone there is like an old friend. But beneath the beauty and comfort lies a tragedy. Maria is determined to find out about it, change it, and give her own life story a happy ending. This new-fashioned story is just as satisfying and memorable as your favorite fairy tale. ...

Ubik

Thu, 6 May 2010 5:45:27 PST

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Glen Runciter comunica con la moglie defunta per avere i suoi consigli dall’aldilà. Joe Chip scompare dal mondo del 1992 e si ritrova nell’America degli anni Trenta, mentre riceve misteriosi e cupi messaggi. Una trappola mortale sembra aver annientato i migliori precognitivi del sistema solare. È in corso una lotta per scrutare il futuro nel corso di un’impossibile dissoluzione del presente; mond ...

The Graveyard Book

Thu, 6 May 2010 5:44:52 PST

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Winner of the Carnegie Medal 2010. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts. There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard. But it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks for it is there that the man Jack lives and he has already killed Bod's family. A del ...

Altai

Thu, 6 May 2010 5:43:48 PST

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Venezia, anno Domini 1569. Un boato scuote la notte, il cielo è rosso e grava sulla laguna: è l'Arsenale che va a fuoco, si apre la caccia al colpevole. Un agente della Serenissima fugge verso oriente, smarrito, "l'anima rigirata come un paio di brache". Costantinopoli sarà l'approdo. Sulla vetta della potenza ottomana conoscerà Giuseppe Nasi, nemico e spauracchio d'Europa, ponte giudeo che da ...

Estasia

Thu, 6 May 2010 5:42:50 PST

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È trascorso un anno dalla morte di Danny Martine, e la Torre Bianca è di nuovo in pericolo. La Regina Darmha non riesce a superare il dolore per la perdita di Slicha, i Paladini stanno smarrendo la fiducia in se stessi e faticano a ottenere l’appoggio dei popoli del Regno. Anche il Primo Canuto è in difficoltà, straziato dal rimorso per una colpa antica. Dopo il furto di atavici manufatti e il co ...

Inkspell

Thu, 6 May 2010 5:40:55 PST

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The captivating sequel to Inkheart, the critically acclaimed bestseller! Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of Inkheart, the book whose characters came to life. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds Orpheus, a crooked storyteller with the magical ability to read him ...