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1812: continuano le avventure di mare di Aubrey e Maturin, tra naufragi, salvataggi di fortuna, attacchi, la cattura, la malattia e l'amore, dalla Malesia a Boston.

This tale begins with Jack Aubrey arriving home from his exploits in the Mediterranean to find England at peace following the Treaty of Amiens. He and his friend Stephen Maturin, surgeon and secret agent, begin to live the lives of country gentlemen, hunting, entertaining and enjoying more amorous adventures. Their comfortable existence, however, is cut short when Jack is overnight reduced to a pauper with enough debts to keep him in prison for life. He flees to the continent to seek refuge: instead he finds himself a hunted fugitive as Napoleon has ordered the internment of all Englishmen in France. Aubrey's adventures in escaping from France and the debtors' prison will grip the reader as fast as his unequalled actions at sea.

"Irfan Orga was born into a prosperous family of the old Turkey under the Sultans. His mother was a beauty, married at thirteen, and lived in the total seclusion befitting her class. His grandmother, who also lived in their home, was an eccentric autocrat, determined at all costs to maintain her traditional habits. The 1914 War, however, brought ruin to the family and a transformation to Turkey. The red fez was ousted by the cloth cap, and the family was forced to adapt to an unimaginably impoverished life. In 1941 Irfan Orga arrived in London where, seven years later, he wrote his extraordinary story of his family's survival."--Back cover

De oorlog is voorbij, maar voor de Cazalets is het leven er niet per se makkelijker op geworden. Rupert moet weer wennen aan het burgerbestaan in Engeland. Zijn vrouw Zoë en hij koesteren allebei een ongemakkelijk geheim. Louise zit vast in een liefdeloos huwelijk en is naarstig op zoek naar een uitweg, terwijl Clary en Polly volwassen worden in een wereld die voorgoed is veranderd. Ondertussen moeten hun ouders beslissen waar ze in Londen gaan wonen en breekt voor Edward het uur der waarheid aan ten aanzien van zijn huwelijk. En op de achtergrond valt het Engelse wereldrijk uit elkaar.

From Indonesia comes a record-breaking bestseller and modern fairy tale. Published in 2005, this autobiographical debut novel sold over five million copies and is now set to enchant global audiences. Ikal is a student at the poorest village school on Belitong Island, where graduating sixth grade is a significant achievement. His school faces constant threats of closure, and Ikal, along with his friends known as the Rainbow Troops, confronts numerous challenges: skeptical officials, greedy corporations, deepening poverty, and their own self-doubt. Yet, hope shines through in the form of two extraordinary teachers, making Ikal's educational journey uplifting. We root for him as he stands up to the island's tin mine officials and experience his first love for a girl selling chalk behind a shop screen. We cheer for Lintang, the class's barefoot math genius, as he triumphs over students from the mining corporation's school in an academic competition. Above all, we gain insight into the customs and people of the world's largest Muslim society. This narrative, reminiscent of Khaled Hosseini's work, offers a captivating glimpse into a unique milieu, filled with charm and vitality.

In this candid and revealing memoir, Elizabeth Jane Howard looks back over the course of her eventful life, providing a story of as full of love, passion and betrayal as her novels.

È l'estate del 1937 e la famiglia Cazalet si riunisce nella dimora di campagna per le vacanze. In questo mondo d'altri tempi, tutto avviene secondo rituali immutabili, con domestici che servono il tè a letto e cene in abito da sera. Tuttavia, sotto la rigida morale vittoriana dei capostipiti, il Generale e la Duchessa, si avverte un cambiamento. Le dinamiche di coppia tra i figli e le loro consorti si svelano: Edward ha numerose amanti, mentre Villy vive nel sospetto e nella noia; Hugh, segnato dalla guerra, e Sybil formano una coppia perfetta, ma ignari dei desideri reciproci; Rupert, vedovo e pittore mancato, si è risposato con Zoe, un'attrice che fatica a essere madre; infine, Rachel, devota ai genitori, non si è mai sposata per un motivo ben preciso. I nipoti, descritti nei loro giochi e sogni, vivono le loro ingenuità infantili e inquietudini adolescenziali. Intanto, il mondo esterno si fa sentire, e la vita dei Cazalet si intreccia con le tensioni di un paese sull'orlo di una crisi epocale. Le vicende private si complicano, mentre si mormora di una minaccia crescente dal continente: la seconda guerra mondiale è alle porte. La prosa di Elizabeth Jane Howard, con il suo sguardo acuto e ironico, ci guida attraverso queste pagine, lasciandoci desiderosi di proseguire nella saga.

De avonturen van een jong meisje aan het begin van de 20e eeuw op weg naar volwassenheid.

'I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silence...'To the authorities in pursuit of him, outlaw Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber and police-killer. But to his fellow ordinary Australians, Kelly is their own Robin Hood. In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey brings the famous bushranger wildly and passionately to life.

A fascinating book in which Hudson recalls memories of his childhood spent in South America.

Trawler Describes the author's three-week trip on an Orkney trawler as it journeys far into the north Atlantic in search of its catch. Combining humour with erudition, this title provides an account of this journey. Full description

Once it had been the great forest of Lythe - a vast and impenetrable thicket of green.And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor, visited once by the great Gloriana herself.But over the centuries the forest had been destr

Lee Fiora, quattordicenne cresciuta in una cittadina dell'Indiana, ottiene una borsa di studio per la preparatory ("prep") school di Ault, nel Massachusetts,un prestigioso liceo che prepara all'università. È - come prometteva il dépliant - un ambiente esclusivo di antichi edifici e prati curatissimi, di ragazzi dai sorrisi smaglianti e belle ragazze in kilt. Ciò che non diceva il dépliant, e che Lee capisce subito, è che lei sarà sempre un'outsider tra irampolli delle ricche famiglie della East Coast, intimidita e attratta dai suoi compagni. Proprio perché è un'estranea, un pesce fuor d'acqua, Lee riesce acogliere con spietata acutezza i tratti essenziali dei caratteri, delle relazioni, dei rituali di alunni e insegnanti.

After a separation of many years, Emily 'Fido' Faithfull bumps into her old friend Helen Codrington on the streets of Victorian London. Much has changed since then. But, for all her independence of mind, Fido is too trusting of her once-dear companion and finds herself drawn into aiding Helen's obsessive affair with a young army officer.

In de loop van het onderzoek naar de moord op de echtgenote van een plaatselijke projectontwikkelaar krijgt de politie toch twijfels over de identiteit van de mogelijke dader.