Auke Leistra Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

A revelatory collection of letters from the nation's favourite storyteller.

A return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN such an extraordinary hit (2.5 million copies sold). In the brief golden years before the outbreak of World War I, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other. But their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood. When the boys end up scattered along the Western Front, Rosie is left confused by her love for two young men - one an infantry soldier and one a flying ace. Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the Great War?

Lea, Avishag and Yael are school friends in a small town in northern Israel. During dull lessons they play the game Exquisite Corpse and daydream about the boys they fancy. When they hit eighteen they are conscripted into the army.

Born to the sound of one of the very earliest experimental wireless stations, Serge finds himself steeped in a weird world of transmissions, whose very air seems filled with cryptic and poetic signals of all kinds. When personal loss strikes him in his adolescence, this world takes on a darker and more morbid aspect.

David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveller. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his new book David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives - a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim finds one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today at the peak of his form.

Keuze uit de verhalen van de Amerikaanse schrijver (1962- ).

Tamara Chalabi's memoir chronicles her return to Iraq after years in exile, exploring her family's tumultuous history. Through her powerful narrative, she reveals the rich tapestry of Middle Eastern life and the impact of war on Iraq's identity, offering a unique perspective on a country and its people.

Un thriller letterario che non si dimentica facilmente! Susan Morrow ha imparato a dire sempre di sì. A non opporsi, a partecipare, ad accettare le cose come sono: il marito, un chirurgo cardiaco, che ha solo la carriera in mente e probabilmente la tradisce con un'infermiera. Il matrimonio, che si sgretola silenziosamente. I suoi doveri di casalinga e madre. Un giorno riceve una lettera dal suo ex marito Edward, di cui non ha più notizie da vent'anni. Quando lo lasciò, era un aspirante scrittore, pieno di ambizioni. Ora le ha inviato il manoscritto di un romanzo, e con riluttanza inizia a leggerlo. È la storia profondamente inquietante del professor di matematica Tony Hastings, la cui moglie e figlia vengono rapite e brutalmente uccise durante un viaggio. È la storia di un uomo la cui vita si sgretola perché ha imparato a rimanere sempre ragionevole. E perché non vuole credere che le sue peggiori paure possano diventare realtà. Susan viene risucchiata in questo romanzo angosciante e, man mano che legge, inizia a sospettare che Edward non voglia semplicemente il suo parere sul manoscritto, ma che stia raccontando in modo sottile e criptico di lei stessa...

In a New York City made phantasmagorical by the events of 9/11, Hans--a banker originally from the Netherlands--finds himself marooned among the strange occupants of the Chelsea Hotel after his English wife and son return to London. Alone and untethered, feeling lost in the country he had come to regard as home, Hans stumbles upon the vibrant New York subculture of cricket, where he revisits his lost childhood and, thanks to a friendship with a charismatic and charming Trinidadian named Chuck Ramkissoon, begins to reconnect with his life and his adopted country.--From publisher description.

Een liberale joodse vrouw uit New York keert terug naar de orthodox-joodse gemeenschap van Noord-Londen waar haar net overleden vader rabbi was.

Un po' soap opera, un po' studio sociologico, un po' scorpacciata di gossip e un po' corso accelerato di flirt. La rubrica del "New York Observer" Sex and the City che ha reso Candace Bushnell una star e ha ispirato un serial tv di successo in tutto il mondo, è diventata un libro. Un racconto a puntate sulla società degli anni Novanta che descrive con spudorata verità la vita sessuale, i vizi, i sentimenti maligni e sotterranei della high society americana e si avvale delle ricerche fatte "sul campo" dall'autrice in prima persona. Per scrivere i suoi pezzi, la Bushnell ha fatto di tutto: ha condotto indagini sulla vita sessuale delle donne sposate, ha partecipato ai parti più ambiti e si è inserita come una spia negli ambienti presi di mira. Risultato: il libro sulla vita, il sesso e gli amori dei nostri giorni.

Halley is looking into a nobleman's permanent losing streak when he discovers a murdered jockey.

De vriendschap van vier vrouwen in een Amerikaans provinciestadje.

A settant’anni, Owen Mackenzie ripercorre tutta la sua vita. Ricorda i luoghi in cui ha vissuto, la storia di una lunga carriera, ma soprattutto le donne che ha conosciuto e amato: dagli oggetti delle fantasie adolescenziali, fino ai primi baci e alla scoperta del sesso, da Elsie alla prima moglie Phyllis, per poi arrivare a Faye, Stacey, Vanessa, Alissa, tanti nomi per altrettanti amori e tradimenti. E poi Julia, l’ultima moglie, la donna che adesso, ogni mattina, si sveglia accanto a lui. E lungo questa trafila erotica che sembra non avere fine, Owen, pioniere dell’informatica in pensione, rivive anche il progresso tecnologico che ha attraversato questi ultimi cinquant’anni, dai primi IBM fino a Apple e a Windows; e naturalmente anche i villaggi che di quelle avventure e di quel progresso sono stati lo scenario quasi inconsapevole: luoghi di un’America provinciale e periferica, dalla Pennsylvania al Connecticut al Massachusetts, ognuno con i suoi segreti da custodire, ognuno con le sue relazioni ambigue e le sue donne da sedurre.

Het hoofd van een onderzoeksteam krijgt opdracht een cel van Al Quaida, die een aanval op Europa voorbereidt, te ontmantelen.

Broken music , "brandelli di musica": sono le parole con cui un'anziana signora inglese definisce i cacofonici esperimenti al pianoforte dell'irrequieto nipotino. Figlio di un lattaio e di una casalinga, il piccolo Gordon Sumner cresce a Newcastle nella dura realtà industriale degli anni Cinquanta. Gordon cerca una via di fuga e trova una chitarra, ereditata da uno zio. l'inizio di un sogno: "farcela", liberarsi dalle catene della solitudine e sfondare nel mondo della musica. Un sogno che cresce inarrestabile fino ad avverarsi oltre ogni aspettativa: dopo mille tentativi, passi falsi e delusioni Gordon finirà per diventare Sting, uno dei musicisti più apprezzati dalla critica e amati dal pubblico internazionale degli ultimi venticinque anni, prima come leader dei Police poi come solista. Un musicista capace di sorprendere anche la critica e i lettori anglosassoni con un libro che mette in luce il suo straordinario talento letterario.

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.

Kroniek van de paringsriten van een groep welgestelde New Yorkers.

For Edvard Munch (1863-1944), painting was an act of self-liberation. His explorations of fear, despair, and death continue to exert a strong visual and psychological impact on modern viewers. Among all of Munch's paintings, The Scream (1893), which depicts a figure tormented by horror, is the most famous and certainly one of the most expressive. The artist reflected his innermost feelings in his work: In reality, my art is a free confession, an attempt to clarify my own relationship with life. Although Edvard Munch cannot be clearly assigned to a single movement, he is considered a pioneer of Expressionism.

Bert Checkov, a racing correspondent, drunkenly confesses to fellow Fleet Street hack James Tyrone that he's been giving his readers bum tips for years. Five minutes later, Checkov's fallen out a seventh floor window. Tyrone has a nose for a story and he's convinced there's more to his friend's death than meets the eye.

Fargo meets Undone and the result is a gripping first novel of psychological suspense and mystery set on a snow-bound island in northern Minnesota.

Best-selling crime fiction author James Ellroy returns with the fourth in his LA Quartet.Klein's been hung out as bait, a bad cop to draw the heat, and the heat's coming from all sides: from local politicians, from LAPD brass, from racketeers and drug kingpins--all of them hell-bent on keeping their own secrets hidden.

Autobiografisch relaas van de Amerikaanse begrafenisondernemer en dichter over zijn werk en dichterschap.

Een architect wordt door zijn zes zonen bijgestaan wanneer hij met gevaar voor eigen leven de ondergang van een renbaan probeert te voorkomen.

De dood van een lifter in een paardentransportwagen heeft vérstrekkende gevolgen.

Tim Cahill reports on the road trip to end all road trips: a journey that took him from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in a record-breaking twenty three and a half days.

Een ex-soldaat en oorlogsfotograaf gelooft niet dat de jongeman, wiens lijk hij vindt op zijn landgoed, zelfmoord heeft gepleegd en gaat op onderzoek uit.

'Brace yourself. I'm going to be accused of murder and rape. A beautiful young girl i've never seen before...' Target of a ruthless frame-up, Tweed is forced to flee into snow-bound europe. Paula Grey insists on accompanying him on his journey into the unknown. The relentless manhunt is directed by Lance Buckmaster, newly appointed Minister for External Security. Europe's top security chiefs, once Tweed's friends, are alerted to arrest the fugitive. The unknown enemy hires Armand Horowitz, Europe's top assassin. His mission: kill Tweed. Racing down Germany's authobahns, Tweed and Paula face lethal ambushes. Why is it vital Tweed never returns alive? Is the key to these bizarre events Shockwave, sheet anchor of Western Europe's defence? Transported abroad the Lampedusa, sailing Britain, the giant computer could guarantee the safety of the world. And Tweed was in charge of its uninterupted passage. Joined by foreign correspondent Bob Newman, Tweed seeks desperately to elude his mysterious pursuers. Arriving at his Swiss sanctuary via the ice-cole Black Forest, Tweed hears of the catastrophe. The Lampedusa has been hijacked.... Colin Forbes 'has no equal' Sunday Mirror

In this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series, there’s something rotten in the small town of Pickax—at least to the sensitive noses of newspaperman Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum. An accident has claimed the life of the local paper’s eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder. They soon sniff out a shocking secret, but Koko’s snooping into an unusual edition of Shakespeare may prove CATastrophic... because somewhere in Pickax, a lady loves not wisely but too well, a widow is scandalously merry, and a stranger has a lean and hungry look. The stage is set for Qwilleran, Koko, Yum Yum, and the second act of murder most meow...

In een verre toekomstwereld komt de werker Kain met behulp van een magische ring in opstand tegen de wrede heersers.