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Appliques

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:11:58 PST

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Una villa isolata nella campagna veneta, non c’è nessuno, una luce si accende. Chi è stato? È entrato qualcuno o si tratta di uno scherzo? Tra svariati colpi di scena, fantasmi del passato e piccoli stratagemmi, il protagonista riuscirà a risolvere l’enigma e a scoprirne il mandante e il significato.

Little Novels

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:06:07 PST

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Not in the obscurity of midnight, but in the searching light of day, did the supernatural influence assert itself.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Mon, 6 May 2013 22:14:29 PST

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The chief part of the stories, however, turned upon the favorite specter of Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman, who had been heard several times of late, patrolling the country; and, it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the churchyard. The story was immediately matched by a thrice marvelous adventure of Brom Bones, who made light of the Galloping Hessian as an arrant jock ...

L'inferno avrà i tuoi occhi

Sat, 4 May 2013 14:57:32 PST

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The Lost Stradivarius

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:53:35 PST

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While practicing his violin at Oxford, John Maltravers notices a strange phenomenon: whenever a certain tune is played a mysterious presence seems to enter the room. Maltravers becomes increasingly unsettled, until he makes a startling discovery – tucked away in a hidden cupboard is a priceless Stradivarius! Obsessed with this treasure, he becomes increasingly withdrawn, unaware of the sinister ...

Vecchie Storie

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:50:26 PST

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A Memory of Light

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:47:46 PST

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Gli onori di casa

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:46:35 PST

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L'omicidio del signor Siguán è quello che Petra Delicado chiama con fastidio un "caso freddo". Cinque anni prima, l'affermato imprenditore tessile Adolfo Siguán era stato ucciso nell'appartamentino dove celebrava il suo vizio: le giovanissime prostitute, preferibilmente prese dal marciapiede. Ai tempi, la sentenza era stata sbrigativa: rapina con morto ad opera del protettore della prostituta con ...

La rivoluzione della luna

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:45:46 PST

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«Anche se solo per ventisette giorni, a partire dal 16 aprile 1677 la Sicilia vivrà l’esperienza di essere governata da una donna, la Viceregina donna Eleonora de Moura, vedova del Viceré Aniello de Gusman marchese di Castel Roderigo, il quale in punto di morte nomina suo successore la giovane moglie». Questa la notizia storica nella quale Camilleri si è imbattuto, appassionandosi alla figura di ...

Venti racconti allegri e uno triste

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:44:55 PST

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Il tuttomio

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:42:35 PST

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Arianna ha trentatré anni, ed è bellissima e deliziosamente infantile. I suoi capricci irragionevoli, le sue abitudini regressive e involontariamente lolitesche sono la gioia di Giulio, che la ha sposata e che l'ama e la protegge anche da se stessa. Ogni tanto, però, Giulio è attraversato dalla consapevolezza di non sapere tutto sulla sua moglie sensualissima e bambina: "C'è qualcosa, di te, che ...

Abrakadabra

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:30:01 PST

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Dunque, già il fatto che Ghislanzoni – il librettista dell’Aida – scrivesse un romanzo di fantascienza ambientato nella Milano nel 1982 è di per sé surreale. Se a questo aggiungete tratti di preveggenza da far venire i brividi (“a quell’epoca – parlo del 1977 – l’Unione Europea era un fatto compiuto“), fantastiche macchine steampunk, e un immaginario romantico-scapigliato degno appunto del pri ...

Racconti fantastici

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:26:34 PST

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Dall'incipit del libro: Esistono realmente esseri destinati ad esercitare un'influenza sinistra sugli uomini e sulle cose che li circondano? È una verità di cui siamo testimonii ogni giorno, ma che alla nostra ragione freddamente positiva, avvezza a non accettare che i fatti i quali cadono sotto il dominio dei nostri sensi, ripugna sempre di ammettere. Se noi esaminiamo attentamente tutte le oper ...

La Contessa di Karolystria

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:23:02 PST

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Vecchie storie d'amore

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 5:31:09 PST

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Parvenze e sembianze

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 17:54:16 PST

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I ragazzi di Milano

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 2:07:27 PST

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These Old Shades

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:22:19 PST

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Under the reign of Louis XV, corruption and intrigue have been allowed to blossom in France, and Justin Alastair, the notorious Duke of Avon and proud of his soubriquet 'Satanas', flourishes well. Then, from a dark Parisian back alley, he plucks Leon, a red-headed urchin with strangely familiar looks, just in time for his long over-due schemes of revenge on the Comte de St Vire. Among the splendo ...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:51:28 PST

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Dickens died suddenly in 1870, leaving the "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" unfinished. The novel concerns Edwin Drood and Rosa Bud, whose fathers have before their deaths betrothed their children to one another. But the understanding that they are to marry proves fatal to love between them.

The King in Yellow

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:49:17 PST

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For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format.

The Damned

Tue, 1 Jan 2013 0:21:31 PST

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I'm over forty, Frances, and rather set in my ways, I said good-naturedly, ready to yield if she insisted that our going together on the visit involved her ...

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:49:03 PST

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Unabridged Audiobook in MP3 format.

Told After Supper

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 0:12:34 PST

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Il diavolo nell'ampolla

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 3:29:46 PST

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Il Ritratto Del Diavolo

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 1:22:16 PST

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Antonina, Or the Fall of Rome

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:44:54 PST

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Antonina, or, The Fall of Rome was his first published novel, a colorful tale of ancient Rome. Of this work, Collins wrote: "To the fictitious characters alone is committed the task of representing the spirit of the age.

Walden

Fri, 7 Dec 2012 1:28:57 PST

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Thoreau's literary classic, an elegantly written record of his experiment in simple living, has engaged readers and thinkers for a century and a half. This edition of Walden is the first to set forth an authoritative text with generous annotations. Thoreau scholar Jeffrey S. Cramer has meticulously corrected errors and omissions from previous editions of Walden and here provides illuminating note ...

Salento fuoco e fumo

Sat, 1 Dec 2012 17:42:10 PST

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The Best American Mystery Stories 2011

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:40:55 PST

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Featuring twenty of the year's standout crime short stories handpicked by one of the world's best thriller writers, Best American Mystery Stories 2011 showcases not only the very best of the crime genre, but the best of American writing full stop. Within its pages, literary legends rub shoulders with the hottest new talent. Contributors in the past have included Lee Child, James Lee Burke, Jeffe ...

Il mio nome è Nessuno

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:38:59 PST

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Cloud Atlas

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 0:44:08 PST

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From David Mitchell, the Booker Prize nominee, award-winning writer and one of the featured authors in Granta’s “Best of Young British Novelists 2003” issue, comes his highly anticipated third novel, a work of mind-bending imagination and scope. A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded j ...

Mamma mia!

Sun, 4 Nov 2012 15:37:09 PST

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Questo non è un libro serio. E' un libro drammatico. Se un solo mammone può far sorridere, una generazione di mammoni deve far piangere. In Italia, il mammismo è una malattia che si avvia alla pandemia, ma nessuno ha mai affrontato l'argomento con spirito critico, forse per timore che la mamma si arrabbiasse, oppure perché la sua figura è ritenuta sacra e inviolabile. Questa denuncia di un sistem ...

Leggende del mondo emerso

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:29:53 PST

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La collina del vento

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:25:57 PST

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Impetuoso, lieve, sconvolgente: è il vento che soffia senza requie sulle pendici del Rossarco, leggendaria, enigmatica altura a pochi chilometri dal mar Jonio. Il vento scuote gli olivi secolari e gli arbusti odorosi, ulula nel buio, canta di un antico segreto sepolto e fa danzare le foglie come ricordi dimenticati. Proprio i ricordi condivisi sulla "collina del vento" costituiscono le radici pro ...

Il prigioniero del cielo

Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:59:19 PST

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Barcellona, dicembre 1957. Nella libreria dei Sempere entra un individuo misterioso che acquista una preziosa edizione del Conte di Montecristo e la lascia in custodia a Daniel perché la consegni al suo amico Fermin. Il libro porta una dedica inquietante: "Per Fermin Romero de Torres, che è riemerso tra i morti e ha la chiave del futuro", firmato "13". Tra malintesi, imbrogli e minacciosi ricordi ...

La Regina di Pomerania e altre storie di Vigàta

Fri, 5 Oct 2012 0:29:36 PST

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Si vuole che il racconto abbia la geometria di un sonetto, con una trama rigorosamente distesa su una tavola metrica «baciata» alla fine da un’arguzia, che può essere sì un colpo di scena, ma entro la prevedibilità di una catena di cause e di concause. Diversa è la meccanica dell’immaginazione che Camilleri sceglie. Lui è un orologiaio fantastico. Carica le molle, e decide che siano inavvertitame ...

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:23:22 PST

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Six bone-chilling tales of bizarre beauty and awesome horror lurk in the dark of the soul, waiting to be called upon by the demons of nightmares, and let loose in the frightened mind. Only H.P. Lovecraft could conjure up these testaments to evil that will live inside of you forever....

L'uomo e i suoi simboli

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 2:33:21 PST

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Pur essendo l'ultima opera di Jung, "L'uomo e i suoi simboli" rappresenta forse la più valida introduzione al suo pensiero, poiché si tratta dell'unico testo a carattere dichiaratamente divulgativo pubblicato dal grande psicologo svizzero. Oltre al saggio di Jung, "Introduzione all'inconscio", il volume raccoglie quattro contributi dei suoi più stretti collaboratori: Marie-Louise von Franz, Josep ...

Tre storie extra vaganti

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 2:23:31 PST

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A Rogue's Life

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:30:33 PST

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Regard for the lovers of the Old Masters, and for the moral well-being of society, forbids me to be particular about the nature of my labors, or to go into dangerous detail on the subject of my first failures and my subsequent success. I may, however, harmlessly admit that my Rembrandt was to be of the small or cabinet size, and that, as there was a run on Burgomasters just then, my subject was n ...

A House to Let

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:09:19 PST

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Please visit www.ArcManor.com for more books by this and other great authors.

Man and Wife

Mon, 3 Sep 2012 14:47:45 PST

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'This time the fiction is founded upon facts' stated Wilkie Collins in his Preface to Man and Wife (1870). Many Victorian writers responded to contemporary debates on the rights and the legal status of women, and here Collins questions the deeply inequitable marriage laws of his day. Man and Wife examines the plight of a woman who, promised marriage by one man, comes to believe that she may inadv ...

Kaputt

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:47:39 PST

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The Frozen Deep

Wed, 1 Aug 2012 21:54:50 PST

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Fantazius Mallare

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:57:25 PST

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

La casa dei sette ponti

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:56:56 PST

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Sull'Appennino tosco-emiliano, non lontano dall'Abetone, c'è una valle stretta e tortuosa, e in fondo una casa, una piccola casa con il tetto coperto di plastica colorata e due comignoli che buttano fumo sempre, estate e inverno. Un industriale della seta torna ai boschi dove un tempo andava a far funghi e la vede, quella casa. Malgrado il fuoco acceso sembra disabitata. È incuriosito. Entra. E l ...

Fallen Leaves

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:39:11 PST

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Banished from the Christian Community at Tadmor, Illinois, Amelius Goldenheart goes to England to the family of John Farnaby. While Farnaby tolerates him, his wife seeks the answer to the disappearance of her child and their niece is kept away from him. Yet after one glimpse, Amelius is captivated.

Shadowheart

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 1:03:45 PST

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Barrick Eddon, prince of Southmarch, is no longer entirely human. He has vowed to safeguard the legacy of the dark Qar race, and must now decide where his loyalties lie. His twin sister Briony has a difficult choice of her own. Her father, King Olin, is held captive by the Autarch, a mad god-king who plans to use Olin's blood to gain unlimited power. And the castle of Southmarch still remains in ...

Shadowrise

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 8:15:05 PST

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As shadows threaten to consume the kingdom of Southmarch, Barrick Eddon, heir to March throne, battles his way across the sinister Shadowlands. He must journey through this dangerous, inhuman realm to fulfil a pact - as this may be all that can prevent the atrocities of a full-scale war with the Twilight people of Qul-na-Qar. Meanwhile, the assault upon Southmarch has truly begun. Yasammez, the f ...

Shadowplay

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 8:12:36 PST

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Darkness has fallen on the lands of the sun as an army of misshapen fey spill out from beyond the Shadowline. At their head is Yasammez, dark creature of nightmare. A furtive bargain was struck at the gates of Southmarch and the castle was spared, but centuries of enmity will not be so easily appeased. Meanwhile Barrick, heir to Southmarch and cursed with madness, has crossed the Shadowline into ...

Archeologia e storia dell'arte romana in Sardegna. Introduzione allo studio

Sun, 8 Jul 2012 22:07:38 PST

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Shadowmarch

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:42:33 PST

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An epic tale of magic and mystery, duty and betrayal, Tad Williams' SHADOWMARCH trilogy is destined to become a classic of modern fantasy. At the uppermost edge of the northern kingdoms, towers shrouded in mist, lies Southmarch Castle. For hundreds of years it has remained hidden from the affairs of empire. Now its isolation can protect it no more. Southmarch is under siege; from both its neighbo ...

Nella casa del pianista

Sun, 27 May 2012 16:10:38 PST

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La sera del 30 gennaio 1980 Jan Brokken rimane folgorato da un concerto: tutti gli studi di Chopin interpretati da Youri Egorov, astro nascente del pianoforte; dalle prime battute riconosce il talento che ogni giorno sente esercitarsi nella casa vicina. Diventato amico intimo, Brokken racconta il grande pianista che fuggito dall'Unione Sovietica trova la fama e la libertà in Occidente, ma mai le ...

The Way of Kings

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:31:46 PST

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According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls.

Via Volta della morte

Tue, 22 May 2012 1:08:23 PST

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Nel cuore antico di un gioiello del Rinascimento come Urbino, in una stradache ha il nome evocativo di via Volta della Morte, vengono ritrovati icadaveri di Gisella Carboni e Sandro Bonfigli, studenti universitari,barbaramente assassinati. A indagare è il commissario Vittorio Macrì,anch'egli segnato da un delitto senza un perché: la donna che amava è statauccisa con un ...

The Alloy of Law

Tue, 22 May 2012 1:07:35 PST

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Le metamorfosi

Mon, 7 May 2012 3:19:44 PST

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Trasformato in asino da un esperimento, il protagonista riesce, nonostante le sembianze animalesche, a vivere esperienze intensissime, tra rapimenti, fughe, passioni erotiche e intrighi. Fino a quando, purificato dall'intervento della dea Iside, ritorna alla sua forma umana e viene ammesso tra gli iniziati ai misteri della dea. Con testo latino a fronte.

The Terror

Mon, 7 May 2012 3:15:15 PST

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The men on board Her Britannic Majesty's Ships Terror and Erebus had every expectation of triumph. They were part of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition - as scientifically advanced an enterprise as had ever set forth - and theirs were the first steam-driven vessels to go in search of the fabled North-West Passage. But the ships have now been trapped in the Arctic ice for nearly two years. Coal a ...

La Bohème

Mon, 7 May 2012 3:03:59 PST

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Rambles Beyond Railways or Notes in Cornwall Taken A-Foot

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:27:27 PST

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Autobiography of Mark Twain - Volume 1

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 0:38:13 PST

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"I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away--to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion--to "talk only about the thing which ...

The Way of Kings Part One

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 0:36:58 PST

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Released in two volumes due to size of book. According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms. And the Voidbringers followed ...They came against man ten thousand times. To help them cope, the Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor and myst ...

The Sea is My Brother

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 2:15:44 PST

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Published in its entirety for the first time, "The Sea is My Brother" is Jack Kerouac's first novel. Described by Kerouac as being about 'man's simple revolt from society as it is, with the inequalities, frustration, and self-inflicted agonies', the 158-page handwritten manuscript was not published during his lifetime. He wrote in his notes for the project that the characters were 'the vanishing ...

The Devil Will Come

Sat, 3 Mar 2012 20:54:29 PST

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A terrifying secret. A shocking discovery has been made deep within Rome's ancient catacombs. One that the Vatican is determined must never be made public - for the sake of all mankind. A deadly conspiracy. But there are others who want to keep the truth hidden for far more sinister reasons, others who believe that not only are the church and the faith of a billion at threat, but life as we know ...

Il diavolo, certamente

Fri, 2 Mar 2012 4:02:56 PST

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Due filosofi in lotta per il Nobel, un partigiano tradito da un topolino, un ladro gentiluomo, un magistrato tratto in inganno dal giallo che sta leggendo, un monsignore alle prese col più impietoso dei lapsus, un bimbo che rischia di essere ucciso e un altro capace di sconvolgere un'intera comunità con le sue idee eretiche... E ancora: una ragazza che russa rumorosamente, un'altra alle prese con ...

I fiori blu

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:07:21 PST

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Il venticinque settembre milleduecentosessantaquattro, sul far del giorno, il Duca d'Auge salí in cima al torrione del suo castello per considerare un momentino la situazione storica. La trovò poco chiara. Resti del passato alla rinfusa si trascinavano ancora qua e là. Sulle rive del vicino rivo erano accampati un Unno o due; poco distante un Gallo, forse Edueno, immergeva audacemente i piedi nel ...

The Steampunk Bible

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 3:07:31 PST

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Over the past fifteen years, Steampunk - a mash-up of Victorian and sci-fi aesthetics with a splash of punk rock attitude - has gone from being a literary movement to a part of pop culture and a way of life. This subculture celebrates the inventor as an artist and hero, re-envisioning and crafting retro technologies including antiquated airships and steam-powered robots. The Steampunk aesthetic n ...

Come sasso nella corrente

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:34:52 PST

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L'Aleph

Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:40:09 PST

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Un pensiero insieme lucido e appassionato guida questi racconti, nei quali un'invenzione ardente e temeraria tocca, con esito spesso drammatico e patetico, temi universali: il tempo, l'eternità, la morte, la personalità e il suo sdoppiamento, la pazzia, il dolore, il destino. Temi universali, uniti al sentimento dell'unicità irripetibile dell'esperienza individuale, in uno scrittore che si presen ...

International Short Stories

Sun, 1 Jan 2012 17:38:41 PST

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.