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Come si dà voce ai personaggi di un audiolibro? Come si entra nello spirito di una trama? Sono alcune delle domande che rivolgiamo a chi gli audiolibri li scrive, li pubblica e, soprattutto, li legge - attrici, attori, doppiatori e speaker -, in questo podcast che ogni 15 giorni racconterà due titoli (una novità uscita da poco e un classico della letteratura, o uno dei libri che hanno appassionato di più gli ascoltatori negli ultimi anni).

As tragedy strikes his multicultural family, Martin struggles to maintain his place in his adapted culture, and to provide for his child. Zendigi explores what it means to be human, and the lengths one will go to in order to provide for ones children. This emotional roller coaster explores a non-Western-European near future that both challenges ideas of global monoculture and emphasizes the humanity we all share.

While vacationing in Egypt, Pia Byrd finds herself transfixed by a miniature crystal pyramid. Roused by her intrigue, a handsome Greek sailor purchases it and, before she can protest, breaks it in two. Suddenly she finds herself plunged back through time and into the body of a queen. Standing before her is a golden-eyed Darius, a man with features - and the yearning - of a god. Caught between her life in the present and the primal desires of her past, Pia will find a love both passionate and primitive, but can it exist in two ages?

She dreams of excitement in faraway lands. She is Persia Whiddington, astonishingly beautiful, voluptuous, and on the brink of womanhood. He is Zachariah Hazzard, handsome, lustful, and ambitious, a sailor destined to be captain of a merchant vessel.The night they meet, they find passion in each other's arms - with a tempestuous desire too briefly realized before fate wrenches them apart.

In this New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a strange new life form threatens all of humanity, and only a fool would stand in its way. Katmer Al Shei has done well with the starship Pasadena, cutting corners where necessary to keep her crew paid and her journeys profitable. But there are two things she will never skimp on: her crew - and her fool. For a long space journey, a certified Fool’s Guild clown is essential, to amuse, excite, and otherwise distract the crew from the drudgeries of interstellar flight.

Faith is the name humanity has given to the unknown, seemingly invincible alien ship that has begun to harass the newly emergent Commonwealth. Three hundred years earlier, the same ship destroyed the Sakhran Empire, allowing the Commonwealth to expand its sphere of influence. But now Faith has returned! The ship is as devastating as before, and its attacks leave some Commonwealth solar systems in chaos.

Follow the exploits of the Etchison family as their mortal world is rehaped by warring dragon-children under the control of the Darkling King Strang. Within Theo Etchison lies the power of a Turthsayer, a power the Darklings need to dominate the universe.

Do not go gentle into that good night, wrote Dylan Thomas, and Canadas notorious Ladies Killing Circle has taken his advice to heart. In Going Out with a Bang, the dangerous dames have brought together an explosive mix of authors from across the country. Whether its the boom of drums, the cacophony of a train wreck, or the thud of a body crashing down the stairs, no one goes out without a fight. Twenty authors, along with poet Joy Hewitt Mann, will chill you, entertain you or plain blow you away in this eclectic fictional brew.

La vita di Loris Capirossi comincia in mezzo alla polvere e alle colline romagnole: Borgo Rivola ha cinquecento anime e ci si arriva per strade che a vederle sono tutto un programma. Curve cieche e saliscendi, asfalto da piega e pochi rettilinei, ma l'odore del gas lo senti subito. È il 1990: un ragazzino di diciassette anni - al suo esordio nel Motomondiale classe 125 - è campione del mondo in sella a una Honda. Il più giovane di sempre. L'anno seguente - prima ancora di avere l'età per prendere la patente - si può fregiare del secondo titolo iridato. E non sarà l'ultimo.

Cronaca dell'innamoramento, esplorazione del discorso amoroso, anatomia del sentimento al tempo della crisi, il nuovo romanzo di Giorgio Fontana disegna la geografia emotiva di un personaggio che trova se stesso per poi disorientarsi, smarrendosi in un movimento interminabile. Il suo, dettato dal desiderio e dal senso della fine, sarà un itinerario incessante in una città in cui sparire e nascondersi, e che di continuo si rivela, sorprende e inganna. Così come inganna quella passione, quella speranza, che per un momento ha illuminato, violenta e paradisiaca, la mente e il cuore.

Lui ha quasi cinquant'anni ed è uno storico, in fuga perenne dal presente e da ogni obbligo; lei ha sedici anni, legge moltissimi libri e vuole sapere come funziona il mondo. Viaggiano insieme in Francia verso la Camargue, parlando di tutto ciò che passa loro per la mente: i sentimenti che legano un uomo a una donna, la famiglia tradizionale e quella frantumata, i problemi della specie umana, i loro ricordi personali, le loro similitudini e le loro distanze. Sviscerando la realtà, analizzandola, sezionandola e traendone regole generali, interrogandosi a vicenda.

Pietro e Astrid vivono in una casa di campagna nelle Marche, dove producono tessuti con i loro telai a mano. Hanno realizzato il sogno di abbandonare la città. In un caldo giorno di maggio arriva nella zona uno sconosciuto, che trova lavoro presso un agriturismo come istruttore di equitazione: Aldo Durante. Con un passato non chiaro, pochissimi bagagli e uno splendido cavallo nero, non conosce il senso del possesso, e sembra del tutto incapace di mentire. Le donne che lo incontrano ne sono affascinate, mentre gli uomini, compreso Pietro, ne sono profondamente irritati.

Souvent la vie s'amuse. Elle nous offre un diamant, caché sous un ticket de métro ou le tombé d'un rideau. Embusqué dans un mot, un regard, un sourire un peu nigaud. Il faut faire attention aux détails. Ils sèment notre vie de petits cailloux et nous guident.

In recent years, professional services providers have had to rethink their sales methods and adapt to profound changes in the way clients buy services. In response, Winning the Professional Services Sale argues for fundamental changes in the seller's mindset and sales strategies. Rather than pressing the sale, salespeople must help clients buy - the way that works best for each client. This new approach gives buyers what they now want in a services seller: a consultative problem solver, change agent, and solution integrator, all rolled into one. 

What do the world's most successful companies and organizations have in common? And what can you actually take away and use from their examples? Distilling the best fundamental business strategies, trusted advisor and strategist John Spence helps you take a hard look at your business and then to develop specific plans and action steps that will allow you to dramatically improve the success of your company. Delivered in Spence's approachable and straightforward manner, Awesomely Simple reveals the six key strategies that create a foundation for achieving business excellence.

A satirical tall tale presented as the drug and alcohol fuelled conversation of two old friends getting reacquainted over one night. It's also a boy-meets-girl story of the worst kind and a time-travel story about a future where the world is ruled by robots and humans are vermin. When timelines cross, the world as we know it bends.

Winner of the National Book Award, Pete Hautman pens a futuristic satire brimming with wry humor and honored by a Booklist starred review. Welcome to the United Safer States of America in 2076! Here, prisoners perform all manual labor. And the country is finally safe. Sixteen-year-old Bo ignores governmental protective devices capturing every action and word. He endures the avalanche of safety regulations. But when he’s accused of spreading a rash at school, anger and jealousy threaten to override his daily dose of calming Levulor and earn him a "job" in the Canadian tundra.

Two years ago, on the same day but miles apart, Finn Darby lost two of the most important people in his life: his wife Lorena, struck by lightning on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, and his abusive, alcoholic grandfather, Tom Darby, creator of the long-running newspaper comic strip Toy Shop.

Acclaimed musician and painter Stephen Tunney is also the author of Flan—a surprise hit that drew positive comparisons to William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch and Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Sixteen-year-old Hieronymus Rexaphin has an amazing talent—he has the ability to see the fourth primary color, and therefore the unique future paths of time and matter.

Two-time Nebula Award winner Catherine Asaro takes her immensely popular Skolian Empire saga to new heights. The renegade son of the Ruby Dynasty, Del prefers rock music to interstellar politics. His singing career has recently gained momentum on Earth, which has an uneasy relationship with his family's empire. But with intergalactic tensions running high, Del finds it harder and harder to avoid family expectations.