Gisela Stege Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Michael Corleone, il figlio del "Padrino", sta per concludere i suoi due anni di esilio in Sicilia e rientrare negli Stati Uniti, quando lo raggiunge un ordine di suo padre: deve portare con sé Salvatore Giuliano, sottraendolo al destino di morte che già si prepara per lui. Comincia così la storia del Siciliano, il giovane fuorilegge che ha osato sfidare i rappresentanti del governo di Roma e la mafia stessa in nome dei diritti e della libertà dei suoi conterranei. Le imprese di Giuliano hanno leso interessi troppo ingenti, smascherato alleanze di potere inconfessabili, infranto patti insanguinati di oppressione scritti nel codice distorto dell'onore. Per la mafia, e per chi con essa domina e sfrutta la Sicilia, è troppo: don Croce, il 'capo dei capi' ha emesso la condanna a morte sulla testa di Giuliano. Riuscirà Michael Corleone a salvare il Siciliano?

As Norma Jeane Baker, who would later become Marilyn Monroe, began her career as a modest photographic model in the summer of 1945, one of the most passionate love stories unfolded: Marilyn Monroe's lifelong and unparalleled affair with the photographic camera. Over a whirlwind of seventeen years, Marilyn rose from pin-up model and starlet to megastar. Her early and tragic death elevated her to mythic status. This volume reflects that journey, gathering 152 of the most beautiful photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken by nearly forty photographers from 1945 to 1962. In addition to detailed captions for each image, the book includes an interview conducted by French writer, journalist, and translator Georges Belmont with Marilyn in 1960.

Set in the 21st century - a number of decades from now - The Sparrow is the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and talented linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who - in response to a remarkable radio signal from the depths of space - leads a scientific mission to make first contact with an extraterrestrial culture.In the true tradition of Jesuit adventurers before him, Sandoz and his companions are prepared to endure isolation, suffering - even death - but nothing can prepare them for the civilisation they encounter. Or for the tragic misunderstanding that brings the mission to a devastating end. Once considered a living saint, Sandoz returns alone to Earth horrifically maimed, both physically and spiritually, the mission's sole survivor - only to be blamed for the mission's failure and accused of heinous crimes.

In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men--and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive.

Die Ehefrau eines angesehenen Londoner Apothekers wird in ihrem Bett tot aufgefunden. Staatsanwältin Helen West ist überzeugt, dass es kein natürlicher Tod war und beginnt zu recherchieren.

A collection of six short stories in which Rushdie explores the relationship, the shared history, and the misunderstandings that both bind and separate East and West. From the winner of the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children, and the Booker of Bookers in 1993.

A captivating fantasy novel for readers of all ages, by the author of Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses “This is, simply put, a book for anyone who loves a good story. It’s also a work of literary genius.” —Stephen King Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Haroun and the Sea of Stories inhabits the same imaginative space as The Lord of the Rings, The Alchemist, The Arabian Nights, and The Wizard of Oz. Twelve-year-old Haroun sets out on an adventure to restore his father’s gift of storytelling by reviving the poisoned Sea of Stories. On the way, he encounters many foes, all intent on draining the sea of all its storytelling powers. In this wondrously delightful story, Salman Rushdie gives us an imaginative work of extraordinary power and endearing humor that is, at its heart, an illumination of the necessity of storytelling in our lives.

Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and the dark secrets of a lost city in the Brazilian jungle, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

A westerner raised in Japan, he survived the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished assassin. His greatest desire is to attain a state of effortless perfection . . . shibumi. But he is about to face his most sinister and corrupt enemy -- a supermonolith of espionage and monopoly bent on destroying him. . . . From the Paperback edition.