Il viaggio di Holly Sykes comincia a Gravesend nel 1984, in pieno thatcherismo, quando lei ha quindici anni, strane visioni notturne, una madre insopportabile e un ragazzo che pochissimi definirebbero bravo. E finisce, più o meno, sessant'anni dopo, quando Holly si trova sulla costa atlantica dell'Irlanda, insieme alla nipotina, sull'orlo della catastrofe climatica, ancora una volta messa di fronte a un decisione epocale contro forze ultraterrene. Nel frattempo, la vita di Holly si dipana tra i luoghi più diversi e i personaggi più inaspettati, attraversando un conflitto invisibile nel quale potrebbe essere l'arma decisiva. Nell'arco di sei decenni e fino all'ultimo respiro Holly dovrà trovare la forza di sopravvivere e salvare chi ama, muovendosi sempre in quel precario, misterioso, fuggevole e struggente equilibrio tra volontà e caos, tra devozione e disperazione, tra amore e distruzione, che è la vita umana. Sulla scia di Cloud Atlas, Le ore invisibili è al contempo thriller metafisico, riflessione sulla mortalità e cronaca dei nostri tempi cannibali: un caleidoscopio di fantasia e genio, le doti che hanno fatto di David Mitchell uno dei più celebrati scrittori della sua generazione. Memorabile e incantatore.
David Mitchell Libri







The Ecology of Inclusive Education
Strategies to Tackle the Crisis in Educating Diverse Learners
- 100pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
With over 70 strategies, this book equips educators to address the challenges posed by a diverse student population. It presents a comprehensive blueprint for an education system centered on children, emphasizing the influence of school, community, bureaucracy, and society on learning opportunities and student success. The focus is on creating inclusive environments that enhance educational outcomes for all students.
Explores the craft curriculum for Years 1 to 8 and through High School, considering the benefits of particular activities for children's cognition and developing will.
A rare and important insight into the mind of an autistic child, in his own words. Translated by and with a moving introduction from the award-winning author of CLOUD ATLAS, David Mitchell
Resource Guide for Waldorf Teachers: Kindergarten Through Grade 8
- 64pagine
- 3 ore di lettura
This guide makes visible the time-tested sources for teaching in Grades 1-8 in a Waldorf school. Care has been taken to seek out the most accurate translations. References are made to background reading of Rudolf Steiner and other authors to help the teacher understand the relevance of a particular subject. This book will prove to be a real time saver for teachers.
Cloud Atlas (Movie Tie-in Edition)
- 528pagine
- 19 ore di lettura
Cloud Atlas begins in 1850 with Adam Ewing, an American notary voyaging from the Chatham Isles to his home in California. Along the way, Ewing is befriended by a physician, Dr. Goose, who begins to treat him for a rare species of brain parasite. . . . Abruptly, the action jumps to Belgium in 1931, where Robert Frobisher, a disinherited bisexual composer, contrives his way into the household of an infirm maestro who has a beguiling wife and a nubile daughter. . . . From there we jump to the West Coast in the 1970s and a troubled reporter named Luisa Rey, who stumbles upon a web of corporate greed and murder that threatens to claim her life. . . . And onward, with dazzling virtuosity, to an inglorious present-day England; to a Korean superstate of the near future where neocapitalism has run amok; and, finally, to a postapocalyptic Iron Age Hawaii in the last days of history.
Karate
- 48pagine
- 2 ore di lettura
This guide is designed to help the reader get more out of karate. It covers core skills, drills and tactics of the sport.
A fascinating and authoritative source of information on all of the major martial arts.Explanation of the principal characteristics and key techniques of the different disciplines.Over 300 action-packed photographs including step-by-step sequences.
Travellers in Spain : Spain seen through the eyes of famous travellers, from Borrow to Hemingway
- 199pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
Impressions of four centuries of foreign travellers in Spain. Outrageous, adoring, insulting, libellous, passionate, hilarious, thoughtful, bigoted eloquent remarks.
How to Fold Origami
- 159pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
The adept origamist can produce anything from a simple dog or chicken to amazing geometric models and this book shows exactly how. Showcasing techniques from around the world, there are over 25 projects to choose from, all presented with step-by-step instructions. This book will enable anyone to enjoy this amazing and popular craft.

