Anke ten Doeschate Libri

A completely new edition of the definitive biography of Chopin, unavailable for many years, by one of the finest of contemporary European historians. Two centuries have passed since Chopin's birth, yet his legacy is all around us today. The quiet revolution he wrought influenced the development of Western music profoundly, and he is still probably the most widely studied and revered composer. For many, he is the object of a cult. Yet most people know little of his life, of the man, his thoughts and his feelings; his public image is a sugary blur of sentimentality and melodrama. Adam Zamoyski cuts through the myths and legends to tell the story of Chopin's life, and to reveal all that can be discovered about him as a person. He pays particular attention to recent revelations about the composer's health, and places him within the intellectual and spiritual environment of his day.

Twintig verhalen over het Zuid-Italiaanse kustdorpje Torre Saracena dat door de komst van vreemdelingen en toeristen onherstelbaar veranderd is.

Reginald Rockwood III, altijd gekleed in zwarte smoking, behoord tot de betere kringen van San Francisco in de jaren zestig. Maar dan komt hij bij een tragisch ongeval om het leven, en rijst er plotseling twijfel over zijn identiteit. Was hij wel die rijke, gerespecteerde zakenman? Zijn dood wordt vooral betreurd door zijn beste vriend Samuel Hamilton, met wie hij altijd in café Camelot kwam. Samuel is vastbesloten de zaak op te helderen. Maar of dat zo verstandig is... Zijn zoektocht leidt naar de kruidenwinkel van Mr. Song, een invloedrijke man die in Chinese potten het geld en belangrijke documenten van anderen beheert. Langzaam maar zeker raakt Samuel verstrikt in een crimineel netwerk van Chinese gangsters en corrupte agenten in Chinatown, een reis langs kunstsmokkel, beruchte zakenlieden, misdrijven en femme fatales. Hier geldt één duidelijke regel: nieuwsgierigheid wordt niet op prijs gesteld!

"Sara Hirsch is a nervous elderly spinster who still lives in the Florentine flat in which she was raised. Frightened, she calls Marshal Guarnaccia for help, sure that strangers have been in her apartment. The Marshal knows she is a lonely and terrified old woman, but he is preoccupied with an investigation into an Albanian prostitution ring. Before he can respond to her latest alarm, she is found dead." "The Marshal's search for the villains who precipitated her death brings him into confrontation with the past, with Albanian refugees and with English expatriates, including the ailing heir to the elegant Villa L'Uliveto, Sir Christopher Wrothesly."--BOOK JACKET

From high in the house that stands on the hill, young Meridia watches her stern father Gabriel, disappear off into a mist each night and her proud mother speaking to her pots and pans in strange language ... A haunting and mythical debut from a major new literary talent.

Il 29 giugno 1613 il rogo del Globe Theatre illumina la notte sul Tamigi e distrugge tutto: costumi, scenografie, copioni della compagnia di Shakespeare, ma anche i segreti scomodi che qualcuno vuole consegnare all'oblio una volta per tutte. Qualche traccia, però, si salva e sopravvive ai secoli, fino ai giorni nostri. Il 29 giugno 2004 il teatro elisabettiano brucia di nuovo. Fra le macerie viene trovato il cadavere di Roz Howard, eminente studiosa shakespeariana. Poco prima di morire, Roz aveva consegnato a Kate Stanley, regista dell' Amleto e sua migliore allieva, un misterioso pacchetto dicendole: "Se lo apri devi seguirne la traccia". Dentro la scatola Kate trova una spilla: è il primo elemento di un complicato puzzle che deve condurla al ritrovamento dell'opera perduta del drammaturgo inglese. Da Londra ad Harvard, dalla Spagna al New Mexico, Kate affronta una forsennata caccia al tesoro per decifrare la catena di indizi che possono svelare il più grande segreto della letteratura. Ma, un attimo dopo di lei, sulla stessa scena, entra in azione un misterioso e spietato killer...

Het hoofd van de politie van Florence komt via de dood van een oude vrouw een handel in kunstvoorwerpen en vervalsingen daarvan op het spoor.