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Varcare il confine vicino a Metz, attraversare il Württemberg e la Baviera, raggiungere in treno Vienna e Budapest, proseguire a cavallo per la steppa russa, superare gli Urali e la Siberia, costeggiare il lago Bajkal e ridiscendere il fiume Amur fino all’Oceano. Poi, fermarsi a Sabirk ad aspettare una nave di contrabbandieri olandesi. È così che nel 1861 Hervé Joncour, che compra e vende bachi da seta, arriva in Giappone. È così che arriva al suo destino, che ha il volto di una ragazzina.

Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens—every aspect of our history, science, and culture is in some way shaped by Vienna. Richard Cockett gives us the entirety of an extraordinary story of how one city made the modern world—and how we all remain inescapably Viennese.

A brilliant book by Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel, The Age of Insight takes us to Vienna 1900, where leaders in science, medicine, and art began a revolution that changed forever how we think about the human mind - our conscious and unconscious thoughts and emotions - and how mind and brain relate to art.

Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe after Napoleon, to bridge-building summits during the Cold War, it is the Austrian capital that has been the scene of key moments in European and world affairs. History has been shaped by scores of figures influenced by their time in Vienna, including: Empress Maria Theresa, Count Metternich, Bertha von Suttner, Theodore Herzl, Gustav Mahler, and many others.

Décembre 2012, Bretagne. Un nouveau meurtrier sévit au pays des contes et des sombres légendes, des vents qui malmènent les cœurs et de la brume qui étouffe les âmes. Un meurtrier sans pitié, un meurtrier sacrilège. Un meurtrier qui s’en prend à la source même de la vie : les femmes enceintes. Quatre ont été retrouvées éventrées, le fœtus arraché à leurs entrailles et porté disparu. Réquisitionné pour diriger cette sordide enquête, le commandant Gabriel Gerfaut de la Brigade Criminelle de Paris se rend à Guingamp pour tenter d’élucider ces crimes.

Prisonnier d'un mariage malheureux, Ian Jarrett est persuadé que plus jamais il ne connaîtra l'amour. Et pourtant... Lorsqu'il rencontre Marian Esguard dans un parc enneigé de Vienne, où il est venu prendre des photos pour un magazine, le coup de foudre est immédiat. De retour à Londres, Ian n'a plus qu'une idée en tête : se séparer de sa femme et rejoindre comme promis l'élue de son coeur. Mais lorsqu'il arrive enfin au rendez-vous tant attendu, sur la côte anglaise, Marian n'est pas là. Obsédé par cet amour qui a bouleversé sa vie, Ian décide alors de retrouver sa trace. Ce qu'il apprend le déconcerte davantage.

At 14, Georgia was on top of the world. Her life as a teenager was filled with hope and promise, until a mysterious pain developed in her back and leg. When doctors failed to help, she spiraled into hopelessness. This book chronicles her feelings during that dark period of her life, and follows her inspirational journey back to health and happiness.

With the end of the Second World War in sight, the Allies begin to divide up the spoils, and it proves to be a dangerous game. The British have become aware that the Soviet Union is intent on controlling Austria once the war ends. Major Edgar is given the job of establishing an espionage unit in Vienna in order to track down Austria's most respected politician. But the feared Soviet spy Viktor Krasotkin is already embarking on exactly the same mission....

A young teacher with a passion for money enters a world she never imagined... a job at the embassy, ​​a strange promotion, and rapidly growing ambitions! But is all this real? Or is there something bigger hidden? Discover the story and see the ending you won't expect!

Former intelligence expert Darren Priest tries to distance himself from his old life, and turns to a new vocation as a wine and food writer. He soon discovers that with his background, some things you can't un-volunteer for. Sent to Austria by the US President, Priest undertakes a covert mission where friend quickly turns to foe. With numerous enemies threatening his mission, can Priest figure out whom to trust - and expose the Vienna Connection?

Vienna: Years Ago includes six short stories focusing on a collection of people in 1945 Vienna, including a Vienna police inspector, an American soldier, a former SS major, an American woman doctor, and various friends, lovers, spouses, and enemies.

Un mistero si nasconde nella mente della protagonista: solo lo stato onirico indotto dal coma potrà condurla a ripercorrere le memorie di un viaggio a Vienna e giungere così alla verità

I'm a damsel in distress without health insurance and an upcoming surgery. Zane is my billionaire knight in a three-piece suit, an affectionate smile, and a stuttering voice. When I run out of all options, he proposes a gentleman's offer, generous and beautiful, exactly like him. We get into a marriage of convenience until my life is back to normal. Simple. But nothing is simple in my grand wedding and designer wedding dress. Ours is possibly the only fake wedding where every custom is followed to the word—including consummating the marriage.

Guida turistica Vienna: Vienna in tedesco Wien, in austro-bavarese Wean, in ungherese Bécs, in sloveno Dunaj) è la capitale e allo stesso tempo uno dei nove stati federali dell'Austria, completamente circondato dalla Bassa Austria.

The Battle of Vienna (1683): The History and Legacy of the Decisive Conflict Between the Ottoman Turkish Empire and Holy Roman Empire chronicles the dramatic siege, and how the Christian forces turned back the Ottomans. You will learn about the battle like never before.

He’s seen something that could get him killed. But what? Freddie Makin is a spy for hire. For a year he’s been watching Jiang Cheng, an academic whose life seems suspiciously normal. To Freddie it’s just a job: he never asks who’s paying him and why - until the day someone is sent to kill him, and suddenly the watcher becomes the watched. On the run from whoever wants him dead, Freddie knows he must have seen something incriminating. The only trouble is, he has no idea what. Is the CIA behind all this - or does it go higher than that? Have his trackers uncovered his own murky past?

Your Friend lo acompañará en su paseo por la ciudad de Viena. Con la ayuda de un aparato MP3 y unos auriculares usted obtendrá todas las informaciones acerca del centro de Viena.

Let this guide take you to the most beautiful places and landmarks of Vienna and learn historical backgrounds that are not commonplace. Your walk through the Inner City can take around 4-6 hours.

Lottie Sprigg and her employer, Mrs. Moore, are guests at Vienna's opulent Schönbrunn Palace. But their visit goes awry when the corpse of a renowned psychoanalyst is found in the grounds. There's a handful of suspects and-tragically for Mrs. Moore—one of them is her beloved Prince Manfred.

1937. Katya Komarovsky is studying medicine in Glasgow, living among friends and eager to begin her career as a doctor. But when her spendthrift parents announce that they’ve run out of money and are facing ruin—and that she’ll now have to support them by working as a governess in Vienna—the life she’s dreamed of goes up in smoke. Furiously resentful, Katya rages at her wealthy employer, Thor, for stealing her future—and saddling her with twelve-year-old Gretchen, a deeply troubled child who has only a blazing musical talent to redeem her.