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The grand master of gripping fiction is back. International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters.Revolution is in the air1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France’s neighbours are on high alert.Kingsbridge is on the edgeUnprecedented industrial change sweeps the land, making the lives of the workers in Kingbridge’s prosperous cloth mills a misery. Rampant modernization and dangerous new machinery are rendering jobs obsolete and tearing families apart.Tyranny is on the horizonNow, as international conflict nears, a story of a small group of Kingsbridge people - including spinner Sal Clitheroe, weaver David Shoveller and Kit, Sal’s inventive and headstrong son - will come to define the struggle of a generation as they seek enlightenment and fight for a future free from oppression. . .Taking the reader straight into the heart of history with the fifth novel in the ground-breaking Kingsbridge series, The Armour of Light is master storyteller Ken Follett’s most ambitious novel to date.

From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions such as- Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? How can we live on our planet? Is it true? And is it fair? What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism? In over fifty pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at the world, and reports back to us on what she finds. The roller-coaster period covered in the collection brought an end to the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young (answer- only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better guide to the many and varied mysteries of our universe.

Après Les Piliers de la Terre et Un monde sans fin, Ken Follett renoue avec la magnifique fresque de Kingsbridge, qui a captivé des millions de lecteurs dans le monde entier. Noël 1558, le jeune Ned Willard rentre à Kingsbridge : le monde qu'il connaissait va changer à tout jamais... Les pierres patinées de la cathédrale dominent une ville déchirée par la haine religieuse et Ned se retrouve dans le camp adverse de celle qu'il voulait épouser, Margery Fitzgerald. L'accession d'Élisabeth Ire au trône met le feu à toute l'Europe. Les complots pour destituer la jeune souveraine se multiplient, notamment en France où la séduisante Marie Stuart – considérée comme l'héritière légitime du royaume anglais et issue de la redoutable famille française de Guise – attend son heure. Pour déjouer ces machinations, Élisabeth constitue les premiers services secrets du pays et Ned devient l'un des espions de la reine. À Paris, il fait la connaissance de la libraire protestante Sylvie Palot dont le courage ne le laisse pas indifférent... Dans ce demi-siècle agité par le fanatisme qui répand la violence depuis Séville jusqu'à Genève, les pires ennemis ne sont cependant pas les religions rivales. La véritable bataille oppose les adeptes de la tolérance aux tyrans décidés à imposer leurs idées à tous les autres – à n'importe quel prix.

Christopher Boone ha quindici anni e soffre della sindrome di Asperger, una forma di autismo. Il suo rapporto con il mondo è problematico: odia essere toccato, detesta il giallo e il marrone, si arrabbia se i mobili di casa vengono spostati, non riesce a interpretare l'espressione del viso delle persone, non sorride mai... In compenso, adora la matematica, l'astronomia e i romanzi gialli, ed è intenzionato a scriverne uno. Sì, perché da quando ha scoperto il cadavere di Wellington, il cane della vicina, non riesce a darsi pace. E gettandosi nel «caso» con la stessa passione del suo eroe Sherlock Holmes, finisce per portare alla luce un mistero piú profondo, che gli cambierà la vita e lo costringerà ad addentrarsi nel mondo caotico e rumoroso degli altri. Primo libro di Mark Haddon destinato agli adulti, Lo strano caso del cane ucciso a mezzanotte è una detective story avvincente e tenerissima, che ha fatto incetta di premi e conquistato milioni di lettori in tutto il mondo.

A man is shunned by the people of his community because they believe him guilty of his wife's murder.

The author chronicles her eight years as First Lady of the United States, looking back on her husband's two administrations, the challenges she faced during the period, the impeachment crisis, and her own political work.