Eva Masnerová Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Labeled deaf, retarded, disturbed and insane, Donna Williams lived in a world of her own. Alternating between rigid hostility and extroversion, she waged what she termed her "war against the world." She existed in a dreamlike state, parroting the voices of those around her in the hope that they would leave her alone. Few people understood her, least of all Donna helself. It was not until the age of twenty-five that Donna discovered the word- autism- that would at last give her the opportunity to understand herself and begin to build a bridge to join the world as most know it. "Nobody Nowhere, Donna Williams' extraordinary autobiography, is her heroic attempt to come to terms with autism. This eloquent memoir reveals a fierce intelligence, great creativity and much humour. It will shatter many myths and misconceptions. The poetic sensibility and extraordinary insights of "Nobody Nowhere make it inspiring reading for everyone. "From the Trade Paperback edition.

Hlavními protihráči románu jsou zámožný podnikatel, úspěšná, ambiciózní mladá žena, se kterou se nově oženil, a jeho bývalá odstrčená manželka, nečekaně mládnoucí po boku nového milence.

Scritto e pubblicato nel 1909, Martin Eden è il romanzo di maggior respiro di Jack London. Di forte impianto autobiografico, narra le vicende del rozzo marinaio Martin Eden che salva la vita del giovane Arthur, rampollo di una ricca famiglia, e viene quindi accolto in casa sua, in un ambiente totalmente diverso da quello in cui è cresciuto fino allora. Innamorato della sorella di Arthur, Ruth, e deciso a elevarsi socialmente, Martin diventerà scrittore, ma finirà per fuggire deluso dal mondo "civilizzato" e dalle sue convenzioni, per ritrovare l'autenticità perduta simboleggiata dall'oceano.Introduzione di Vito Amoruso. Traduzione di Paolo Petroni.

Jess Aarons si è allenato tutta l'estate per vincere la gara di corsa dellascuola. Non avrebbe mai pensato che a fargli mangiare la polvere sarebbe statauna ragazzina: Leslie Burke, la nuova arrivata, che si veste come un maschio eabita in una casa piena di libri. Jess non avrebbe mai immaginato neanche diessere suo amico, eppure i due diventeranno in poco tempo inseparabili. Jess eLeslie sono due outsider nella piccola scuola del villaggio, ma saranno Re eRegina nel meraviglioso mondo di Terabithia, un luogo immaginario e segretodove condividono storie e sogni, e dove nessuno può fare loro del male. Solotra gli alberi di quel magico regno Jess e Leslie riescono a vincere le paure.Finché qualcosa di terribile non romperà l'incanto...

Ronald Thompson knows he is not guilty of the murder for which he is about to be executed. There are only two days left to unmask the real villain - a terrifying psychopath who has killed before and has unfinished business with his victim's family.

Set during the end of World War II, this novel explores the lives of four very disparate people who find themselves holed up together in a ruined villa north of Florence as the war retreats around them. Michael Ondaatje is the author of Running in the Family and In the Skin of a Lion.

Ve své knize se doktor Pollar zabývá otázkami kolem eutanazie: ekonomickou stránkou zdravotní péče, úrovní léčebné péče o umírající, jak se vyrovnat s problémem po právní stránce, průzkumy veřejného mínění, otázkou defektních novorozenců. Seznamuje se situací v Holandsku, kde byla eutanazie uzákoněna a zamýšlí se nad tím, kdo by měl eutanazii provádět. Boří mýty kolem eutanazie a vyvrací některé běžné názory. Zdůrazňuje potřebu věnovat se v první řadě tomu, abychom odstranili utrpení samo, a ne člověka, který trpí.

Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, goes to war - the War to End All Wars. He finds himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare; of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, Ross performs a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death. The Wars is quite simply one of the best novels ever written about the First World War.

A savagely satirical tale of marital revenge. Madeleine wants revenge: Madeleine wants to be remembered: Madeleine wants love. Who doesn't? Madeleine is ex-wife of and chief persecutor to Jarvis, the architect. Why not? She hates him. Hilary is their daughter, growing fatter and lumpier every day under Madeleine's triumphant care, witness to the wrongs her mother suffered. For Jarvis has a clean new life with a clean new wife, Lily, and a nice new baby, Jonathan. The furniture is polished and there is orange juice for breakfast. Jarvis is content, or thinks he is, fending off Madeleine's forays as best he can. Jarvis has a part-time secretary, too, Margot, now the doctor's wife, unremembered from the days of her youth. Margot, unacknowledged wife and mother, accepting, tending, nurturing his children and her own, complaisant in her lot. Until Madeleine, hurling out her dark reproaches from the other side of violent death, uncovers new familial links in the disruption she creates.