Daniel Handler Libri

Una storia d'amore che finisce. Due persone che si lasciano. Min e Ed hanno 16 anni e stanno insieme. Min ha la passione del cinema e vorrebbe diventare regista, Ed è il capitano della squadra di basket. Parlano due lingue diverse, sono l'una l'antitesi dell'altro. All'inizio la sfida è entusiasmante, ma presto si rivela per quello che si sapeva già fin dall'inizio: impossibile. Min lascia Ed, e per spiegargli il perché gli scrive una lettera destinata ad accompagnare una scatola contenente tutti gli oggetti che hanno segnato la loro breve, intensa storia d'amore.

A bold, candid, vulnerable, and entertaining memoir of a literary life by the writer otherwise known as Lemony Snicket.?

Want to dress like the Pope? Well, why not? After all, the Pope is one of the most important people in the world, and gets invited to state dinners and stuff like that, and lives in an ornate place called the Vatican. You, meanwhile, are often dressed like a slob, and spend your days serving coleslaw. (Note: the last part of the preceding sentence applies only to coleslaw servers.) At long last, the Pope presents a book teaching you how to dress for every occasion, called How To Dress For Every Occasion. Get ready, get set, get into snappy dressing!

'Adverbs' is a novel about love - a bunch of different people, in and out of different kinds of love.

Imagine what a dictionary might look like about thirty years hence, when all of the world's problems are solved and our current dictionaries are a distant memory. Dave Eggers, Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss have lined up an incredible array of writers to bring you that futuristic dictionary and a vision of the world as it might be. Think of it as a dictionary of language for describing what the future could look like a dictionary that is both useful and romantic, hopeful and necessary, pragmatic and idealistic, and frequently funny. This is science fiction but with a difference.

Joseph goes to stay with his girlfriend's family for the summer, and is touched by their closeness and affection for one another. As the atmosphere in the family home grows hotter, the warning signs become hard to ignore. They love each other too much.

This is the second volume in a new series of collaborations between artist Maira Kalman, writer Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket), and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This time a whimsical collection of images captures people in motion--or not. In snapshots by some of the world's most celebrated photographers, some people stride forth, dash across streets, race on bicycles, and jump over puddles, while others form snaking lines, daydream on park benches, and linger on sidewalks with friends.

Lemony Sniket prohlásil, že tato kniha je velmi nebezpečná. „Kdyby vás s tímto podezřelým rukopisem spatřili nesprávní lidé, mohlo by to pro vás mít nedozírné následky. Proto je kniha z bezpečnostních důvodů opatřena oboustrannou obálkou. Co nejrychleji ji tedy přebalte. Tato kamufláž totiž může být vaší jedinou nadějí“.

The siblings endure a car accident, a terrible smell, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a brass reading lamp, and the re-appearance of a person they hoped to never see again.

In questo primo tremendo episodio i tre fratelli diventano subito tre orfani, incontrano l'individuo più viscido e malvagio del mondo, rischiano di perdere tutta l'eredità e sono guardati a vista da un uomo con due uncini al posto delle mani. Siete sicuri di volerlo leggere?