Rebecca Stott Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Set in AD 500 on an island in the Thames, the story follows Isla, who secretly masters her father's sword-making skills, defying the prohibition against women in forges. Her sister, Blue, harbors her own secret, visiting the bones of the mud woman, a victim of tribal elders seeking to silence dissent. When the local Seax overlord uncovers Isla's talent, the sisters flee to Londinium, a ghost city where they find refuge among a community of squatters, emigrants, and looters led by the enigmatic Crowther. However, danger continues to shadow them in this haunted city. The narrative delves into the struggles of women seeking connection in a world dominated by blood ties, feuds, and male ambition. Critics have praised the work as "superb" and "radically new," describing it as "magical and evocative" and "heartachingly poignant." The novel pulses with the energy of a vibrant yet perilous world, where belief in myth and magic can be a lifeline. It reimagines ancient legends and explores the challenges faced by women in their quest for kinship and identity amidst the tumult of a nascent nation.

Rebecca Stott both adored and feared her father, Roger Stott, a high-ranking minister in the Brighton, England, branch of the Exclusive Brethren, a separatist fundamentalist Christian sect. A father-daughter story as well as a memoir of growing up in a closed-off community and then finding a way out of it

An account of the collective daring of a few like-minded men who had the imagination tp speculate on nature's ways and the courage to publish at a time when doing so, for political as well as religious reasons, was to risk everything.

Der gerissenste Meisterdieb der Literaturgeschichte ist eine Frau: Lucienne Bernard 1815: Der junge Medizinstudent Daniel Connor reist von Edinburgh nach Paris, um ein Jahr lang die Arbeit des berühmten Naturwissenschaftlers Georges Cuvier am Jardin des Plantes zu begleiten. In der Postkutsche trifft er auf eine geheimnisvolle Frau, deren Schönheit, Wissen und radikale Ideen ihn zutiefst beeindrucken. Als Daniel nach einem kurzen Schlaf am Ziel seiner Reise aufwacht, ist sowohl die Frau weg als auch sein größter Schatz: eine Koralle, ein Mammutknochen und zwei Notizbücher - alles Referenzen, die ihm Zugang zur renommiertesten Forschungsstätte seiner Zeit verschaffen sollten. Fieberhaft sucht Daniel in den verwinkelten Straßen von Paris nach der geheimnisvollen Fremden, und er ist nicht der Einzige: Bei seiner Reisebekanntschaft handelt es sich nämlich um die Philosophin und Meisterdiebin Lucienne Bernard, der die französische Justiz seit Jahren auf den Fersen ist. Als sie erneut in Daniels Leben auftaucht, gerät er endgültig in ihren Sog und verliebt sich haltlos. Nun ist die Polizei auch hinter ihm her, und trotzdem wird er zu Luciennes Komplizen. „Die Korallendiebin“ ist ein farbenfrohes und spannendes Abenteuer und eine wunderbare Liebesgeschichte, angesiedelt in dem von Libertinage und Freigeistigkeit geprägten Paris des beginnenden 19. Jahrhunderts.

A Cambridge, in una fredda mattina di pioggia, un corpo viene ritrovato nel fiume limaccioso che scorre intorno all'università. Galleggia tra i giunchi avvolto in un cappotto rosso; stretto in mano, un antico prisma di vetro. Si tratta di Elizabeth, storica inglese ossessionata dal XVII secolo e dall'alchimia, che stava indagando sulle misteriose circostanze legate all'assegnazione di una cattedra del Trinity College a Isaac Newton, nel 1667. Quell'anno, due docenti erano morti cadendo dalle scale, in apparente stato di ubriachezza; un terzo era morto di polmonite, dopo aver passato la notte in un campo sempre sotto gli effetti dell'alcol; e l'ultimo era stato espulso per malattia mentale, lasciando liberi dei posti all'interno della confraternita. Una semplice coincidenza forse, che però aveva fatto la fortuna del giovane scienziato. Ora il libro di Elizabeth, "l'Alchimista", resta incompiuto: quando Lydia, giovane amica di Elizabeth, acconsente a terminare l'opera in qualità di ghost-writer, strani episodi iniziano a tormentarla. Improvvisi lampi di luce che danzano sui muri, documenti che spariscono e ricompaiano altrove e la sagoma di una figura umana, avvolta in una pesante cappa. Rossa come le toghe che indossavano i professori emeriti nel Seicento.

The story of one tiny creature and history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough. In 1846, Charles Darwin has a secret: an essay, sealed in an envelope and locked in his study drawer, which will overturn human understanding of time and nature forever.

Grammar and Writing is a practical book designed to be used by writers of all kinds who want to improve their knowledge of language in order to develop and improve their writing skills.