Michael Nation Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Now, at last, we see where E.T. comes from -- who he really is and what his own distant world is like. Return with him to the Green Planet, whose inhabitants are the supreme masters of all growing things in the galaxy. Wander through their immense enchanted gardens, to which E.T. has returned, with Gertie's geranium, a fondness for junk food, and an all-consuming love for the earthling Elliott and his family. But things on Earth have changed since E.T. left. Elliott has begun to notice the opposite sex, and his cherished memories of E.T. are losing ground to thoughts of a girl in his class who wears a rhinestone ponytail clip. More important, he seems to have forgotten E.T.'s teachings of gentleness and peace. He is about to become the most terrible thing of all, observes E.T. from three million light years away. He is about to become -- Man.

Contemporary / American English (Available April 2008) Guy Haines is travelling through Texas on a train when a stranger invites him to share a meal. But the stranger has a terrible plan. You murder my father, and I'll murder your wife,' he suggests. So begins Guy's journey into a world of madness, lies and death.

When Kitty's mum gets a new boyfriend, everything changes for Kitty. He is taking her mother away from her, but what can Kitty do to get her old life back?

A man unjustly accused of a crime is pursued across treacherous terrain by the authorities.

"Strangers on a Train" racconta la storia di Guy Haines e Charles Anthony Bruno, due passeggeri di un treno. Haines è un architetto di successo in fase di divorzio, mentre Bruno è un misterioso parlatore affascinante che gli propone un piano sadico: uccidere la moglie di Haines in cambio dell'assassinio del padre di Bruno. Mentre Bruno porta avanti il suo piano contorto, Guy si ritrova intrappolato nel mondo pericoloso di Highsmith, dove, nelle giuste circostanze, persone comuni possono compiere crimini straordinari. Ispirato al classico film di Alfred Hitchcock del 1951, "Strangers on a Train" ha segnato l'inizio della prolifica carriera di Highsmith, dimostrando la sua maestria nel ritrarre le forze inquietanti che si agitano sotto la superficie della vita quotidiana.