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Łukasz Małecki

    Szukam Cię Zoe
    The Husbands
    The Witch's Boy
    No easy day. Il racconto in prima persona dell'uccisione di Bin Laden
    The Unteachables
    Fearless
    • Fearless

      The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown

      • 368pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      Go deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators. When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn’t know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan—but he was ready. In a letter to his children, not meant to be seen unless the worst happened, he wrote, “I’m not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this earth, because I know no matter what, nothing can take my spirit from me.” Fearless is the story of a man of extremes, whose courage and determination were fueled by faith, family, and the love of a woman. It’s about a man who waged a war against his own worst impulses, including drug addiction, and persevered to reach the top tier of the U.S. military. In a deeply personal and absorbing chronicle, Fearless reveals a glimpse inside the SEAL Team SIX brotherhood, and presents an indelible portrait of a highly trained warrior whose final act of bravery led to the ultimate sacrifice. Adam Brown was a devoted man who was an unlikely hero but a true warrior, described by all who knew him as…fearless. “As a rule, we don’t endorse books or movies or anything regarding the command where I work—and Adam Brown worked—but as the author writes in Fearless, ‘you have to know the rules, so you know when to bend or break them.’ This is one of those times. Read this book. Period. It succeeds where all the others have failed.” —SEAL Team SIX Operator

      Fearless
      5,0
    • The Unteachables

      • 304pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what happens when the worst class of kids in school is paired with the worst teacher-perfect for fans of Ms.

      The Unteachables
      4,3
    • Primo maggio 2011: Osama bin Laden, il Re del Terrore, è morto. Per la prima volta, un ex membro del Team Six dei SEAL racconta l'operazione di intelligence che ha portato alla sua cattura. Sotto lo pseudonimo di Mark Owen, l'autore narra la sua esperienza nei corpi speciali, dall'ingresso nei SEAL al salvataggio del capitano Richard Phillips dai pirati somali, fino alla guerra contro i talebani in Afghanistan e all'assalto al compound di Abbottabad, in Pakistan. Per due settimane, la squadra si prepara per la missione più importante della loro vita: la caccia a Bin Laden, nell'operazione Lancia di Nettuno. Il successo della missione è il risultato di anni di addestramento intenso e di partecipazione a centinaia di operazioni in tutto il mondo. Owen e i suoi compagni sono stati preparati a superare i limiti della resistenza psicofisica, affrontando qualsiasi imprevisto e nemico. Il raid nel quartier generale segreto di Bin Laden è descritto nei minimi dettagli, rivelando le sfide e le strategie che hanno caratterizzato questa storica operazione.

      No easy day. Il racconto in prima persona dell'uccisione di Bin Laden
      4,0
    • The Witch's Boy

      • 400pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      “This spellbinding fantasy begs for a cozy chair and several hours of uninterrupted reading time.” —The Washington Post When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. Across the forest that borders Ned’s village, Áine, the daughter of the Bandit King, is haunted by her mother’s last words: “The wrong boy will save your life, and you will save his.” When the Bandit King comes to steal the magic Ned’s mother, a witch, is meant to protect, Áine and Ned meet. Can they trust each other long enough to cross a dangerous enchanted forest and stop the war about to boil over between their two kingdoms? “Barnhill is a fantasist on the order of Neil Gaiman.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “[The Witch’s Boy] should open young readers’ eyes to something that is all around them in the very world we live in: the magic of words.” —The New York Times “This is a book to treasure.” —Nerdy Book Club A Washington Post Best Book of 2014 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 A Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book of 2014 A Chicago Public Library “Best of the Best” 2014

      The Witch's Boy
      3,8
    • 'The most fun I've had reading in the longest time' MARIAN KEYES * 'A time-bending gem about the way we live now' GABRIELLE ZEVIN * 'Brilliant, hilarious, surprising and wise. I devoured it' NAOMI ALDERMAN You wait ages for The One . . . then 203 come along at once One night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence - from photos to electricity bills - suggests he's right. Lauren's attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her. There's the one who pretends to play music on her toes. The one who's too hot (there must be a catch). The one who makes a great breakfast sandwich. The one who turns everything into double entendres ('I'll weed your garden'). And the one who can calm her unruly thoughts with a single touch. But when you can change husbands as easily as changing a lightbulb, how do you know whether the one you have now is the good-enough one, or the wrong one, or the best one? And how long should you keep trying to find out?

      The Husbands
      3,5
    • Szukam Cię Zoe

      • 280pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      Minął rok od śmierci nastoletniej Zo�. Jej siostra Echo wciąż boryka się ze skutkami tamtej tragedii. Jej rodzice żyją w odrętwieniu, znajomi skupili się na przyszłości, do tego niefortunny początek semestru w nowej szkole! I wtedy pojawia się Marc ? dawny chłopak Zo�, kt�ry wciąż przechowuje jej pamiętnik. Z początku Echo nie jest nim zainteresowana. Czy znalazłaby w nim cokolwiek, czego już nie wie? Jednakże ciekawość zwycięża....

      Szukam Cię Zoe
      3,2