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"Tutta la nostra scienza, in confronto con la realtà, è primitiva e infantile, e tuttavia è la cosa più preziosa che abbiamo". Albert Einstein. Massimo Polidoro, scrittore e divulgatore scientifico, ci conduce alla scoperta dei tanti modi in cui la scienza attraversa la nostra vita quotidiana, aiutandoci a capire quello che ognuno di noi dovrebbe conoscere.

In this tragic tale of a summer sea voyage, the narrator’s old friend, Cornelius Wyatt, is onboard the Independence, sailing from South Carolina to New York City, with his wife and two sisters and an oblong pine box. A hurricane near Cape Hatteras leads to tragedy, and the truth is revealed about Wyatt’s family.

An eccentric geology professor acquires an old book and hidden within its pages finds an ancient parchment. On it is a coded message that reveals directions to a secret passageway that leads deep within the earth's interior. The professor immediately sets off on a daring journey to Iceland, where he and his companions enter into an extinct volcano and make their way to the center of the earth.

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9-11 Commission, was created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002. This independent, bipartisan commission had the task of producing a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the attack, including preparedness and immediate response, and providing recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.

Al doctor Z ningún misterio le sorprende. Ha dedicado su vida al estudio de las ciencias ocultas y es conocido por su inmensa sabiduría. Sin embargo, la extraña existencia de Amelia, su pequeña amiga, se ha convertido para el doctor en el mayor de los acertijos. Una historia que penetra las fronteras del tiempo y el conocimiento.

Antes de morir, un rey le pide a Juan, su fiel criado, enseñarle al príncipe todos los tesoros que heredará, a excepción de uno. ¿Qué misterio guarda este último?

En ocasiones, los hechizos de las hadas no salen perfectos, ¿no es así? Roquete apenas había nacido, cuando un hada le sentenció "serás tan inteligente como feo". Y así creció Roquete, hasta que conoció a una princesa tan hermosa como torpe. ¿Podrá Roquete conquistar su corazón?

Tras la muerte de su padre, un joven recibe un gato como única herencia. Ante el desconsuelo de su amo, el gato le pide unas botas y un saco con cordones. ¿Podrá confiar el hombre en la astucia de su extravagante felino?

Gregorio Samsa despierta un día convertido en un insecto. En medio de la confusa agitación de patas y pelos viscosos, se origina su angustia y la de su familia: debe llegar a su trabajo o puede perderlo en seguida. Este relato marca la enajenación y el extrañamiento que asaltan al protagonista, quien, a su vez, debe afrontar el rechazo de los suyos.

Maailman kaunein tyttö seuraa neljää sisarta kolmella vuosikymmenellä. Tarina alkaa vuodesta 1994, kun Kurt Cobain on juuri kuollut, ja eräs täydellisen onnellinen perhe viettää kesälomaa saaressa. 14-vuotias Aliisa on maailman kaunein tyttö. Vuotta nuorempi sisko Ada vihaa häntä sydämensä pohjasta. Tapahtuu petos, jonka kaiut kiirivät pitkälle nykyaikaan. Kahdeksan vuotta myöhemmin perheen kolmas lapsi, Anni, tulee murrosikään ja on valmis tekemään melkein mitä tahansa tullakseen näkyväksi. Nykyajassa perheen nuorin tytär, Alma, on jo aikuinen.

What does it mean to claim your space in a world that’s ending? Sarah M. Sala’s Devil’s Lake breaks open the American moment of unchecked gun violence, climate changes, and the growing rift between "us" and "them" with formal daring. Like a prism, this startling debut fractures into shades of possibility and memory, queering science, nature, and form to lay bare the colors of joy despite a world that seems intent on its destruction. 

​From the New York Times bestselling author of Coffin Dancer and The Final Twist comes a gripping story about Two men of words, one who seeks only peace—the other, violence. Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman...

Two shows changed the face of Australian television forever, and rocked the nation to its foundations. Two shows changed the face of Australian television forever, and rocked the nation to its foundations. And now, the creator of Number 96 and the Executive Producer of The Mavis Bramston Show takes you behind the scenes of these two controversial, outrageously ground-breaking series for a jaunt through the industry's Golden Years.

Words are the most dangerous weapons on earth - and Tate Collier has a consummate skill with them. He can talk his way into anyone's heart, get them to do whatever he wants. This served him well when he used to defend death penalty cases in Virginia's Supreme Court; it also made him enemies...

The Convict and Other Stories is a superb collection of stories set in and around the American Deep South and its charismatic people. From New Orleans to Dallas, with excursions further afield in Korea and Vietnam, James Lee Burke's characters live out lives of laughter and tragedy, mystery and...

After its publication in 1962, Harry M. Caudill’s acclaimed portrait of the southern Appalachian Mountains became a rallying cry for action against the poverty plaguing the region. Here Caudill explores the area’s history, from its first settlement to the Civil War, and from the rise of coal barons to the economic despair of the 1950s and 1960s.

Twenty-six-year-old April Wolff doesn’t fit in with her Pennsylvania neighbors: she would rather teach women and slaves than get married. So when her pacifist father is found murdered in cold blood, and a Confederate general is seen leaving the scene, she vows to find the killer herself. As April’s search leads her through enemy camps, she survives attempts on her own life--and discovers help and love where she least expects them.

Ron Hansen has won an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters for his rich writing and poetic style. Atticus begins in the vein of a contemporary western. As it unfolds, it includes an intriguing murder mystery and a dramatic parable of the prodigal son. For years, prosperous Colorado rancher Atticus Cody has tried to understand his rootless son, Scott, who is now living a marginal life in Mexico.

One of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists offers a selection of a dozen short stories set in James Lee Burke’s most beloved milieu, the Deep South. “America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post), two-time Edgar Award winner James Lee Burke is renowned for his lush...

This gripping novel is not only one of the best books written about Vietnam; it is also one of the most powerful anti-war novels in American literature. Walter James has no face. Braiden Chaney has no arms or legs. They lost them 22 years ago, in Vietnam. Now, in the course of one long night in a V.A. hospital, these two soldiers, one black, the other white, reveal how they came to be where they are and what they can only hope to become.