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Memoirs of a geisha / Arthur Golden
London : Vintage books, 2010
[S.l.] : Harper Collins, 2010
Abstract: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.' Bronte's infamous Gothic novel tells the story of orphan Jane, a child of unfortunate circumstances. Raised and treated badly by her aunt and cousins and eventually sent away to a cruel boarding school, it is not until Jane becomes a governess at Thornfield that she finds happiness. Meek, measured, but determined, Jane soon falls in love with her brooding and stormy master, Mr Rochester, but it is not long before strange and unnerving events occur in the house and Jane is forced to leave Thornfield to pursue her future.
London : Collins classics, 2010
Abstract: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open!' Written when Mary Shelley was only nineteen-years old, this chilling tale of a young scientist's desire to create life still resonates today. Victor Frankenstein's monster is stitched together from the stolen limbs of the dead, and the result is a grotesque being who, rejected by his maker, sets out on a journey to reek his revenge. In the most famous gothic horror story ever told, Shelley confronts the limitations of science, the nature of human cruelty and the pathway to forgiveness with rich language and evocative imagery.
Eight great american tales / O. Henry ; text adaptation by Bill Bowler ; illustrated by Jamel Akib
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010
The secret garden / Frances Hodgson Burnett
London : Harper, 2010
The Canterville ghost, the happy Prince and other stories / Oscar Wilde
London : Penguin, 2010
Abstract: This is a collection of stories, including two of Wilde's most famous: "The Canterville Ghost", in which a young American girl helps to free the tormented spirit that haunts an old English castle and "The Happy Prince", who was not as happy as he seemed. Often whimsical and sometimes sad, they all shine with poetry and magic.
Do androids dream of electric sheep? / Philip K. Dick
London : Gollancz, 2010
The catcher in the rye / J. D. Salinger
London : Penguin Books, 2010
Sense and sensibility / Jane Austen
London : Harper Press, 2010
Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe
London : Penguin, 2010
Abstract: Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show weakness to anyone - even if the only way he can master his feelings is with his fists. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, Okonowo takes violent action. Will the great man's dangerous pride eventually destroy him?
London ; New York : Phaidon, 2010
Abstract: Un'indagine sulla pittura nel mondo dagli anni Settanta a oggi. Tony Godfrey conduce il lettore attraverso i movimenti e i temi degli ultimi 40 anni, affrontando l'opera di centinaia di artisti astratti e figurativi provenienti da oltre 30 paesi. Ritrattistica, fotorealismo, paesaggio, natura morta, Neo-espressionismo, installazioni pittoriche e Scuola di Lipsia sono solo alcuni degli aspetti di questo fertile medium artistico analizzato dall'autore. Pittura oggi è un libro ricco di informazioni, autorevole e appassionante, una guida chiara e completa alla pittura contemporanea.
The wrong trousers / text adaptation by Bill Bowler ; based on Nick Park's Oscar-Winning Characters
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010
The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson
London : Harper Press, 2010
New York : Vintage, 2010
Abstract: It's the sweltering summer of 1944, and Newark is in the grip of a terrifying epidemic. Decent, athletic twenty-three year old playground director Bucky Cantor is devoted to his charges and ashamed with himself because his weak eyes have excluded him from serving in the war alongside his contemporaries. As polio begins to ravage Bucky's playground - child by helpless child - Roth leads us through every emotion such a pestilence can breed: the fear, the panic, the anger, the bewilderment, the suffering and the pain.
Sense and sensibility / Jane Austen
London : Arcturus, 2010
Abstract: Two sisters of opposing temperaments but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical and conventional, is the epitome of sense; Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the embodiment of sensibility. To each comes the sorrow of unhappy love: Elinor desires a man who is promised to another while Marianne loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters--and true love finally triumphs when sense gives way to sensibility and sensibility gives way to sense. Now an award-winning movie written by Emma Thompson.
The picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde
London : Arcturus, 2016
Manga impact! : il mondo dell'animazione giapponese / a cura di Carlo Chatrian & Grazia Paganelli
London [etc.] : Phaidon, 2010
Abstract: Una guida illustrata al mondo dei manga e degli anime giapponesi firmata da un team internazionale di esperti; un'opera di riferimento che presenta oltre 300 voci monografiche sui più importanti personaggi e creatori di manga e anime nonché tredici saggi tematici. Il volume passa in rassegna disegnatori e registi di successo tracciando un'esaustiva panoramica su film, sene televisive, case di produzione e artisti.
[London] : Helbling Languages, 2010
The elephant to Hollywood : the autobiography / Michael Caine
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2010
Abstract: It's been a long journey for Maurice Micklewhite - born with rickets in London's poverty-stricken Elephant & Castle - to the bright lights of Hollywood. With a glittering career spanning more than five decades and starring roles which have earned him two Oscars, a knighthood, and an iconic place in the Hollywood pantheon, the man now known to us as Michael Caine looks back over it all. Funny, warm, honest, Caine brings us his insider's view of Hollywood (where there's neither holly nor woods). He recalls the films, the legendary stars, the off-screen moments with a gift for story-telling only equalled by David Niven. Hollywood has been his home and his playground. But England is where his heart lies. And where he blames the French for the abundance of snails in his garden. A plaque now celebrates him at the Elephant in London. His handprint is one of only 200 since 1927 to decorate the hallowed pavement outside that mecca of Hollywood stars, Grauman's Chinese Theatre. A very British star, The Elephant to Hollywood is the remarkable full circle of Michael Caine's life.
Burning rubber : the extraordinary story of Formula One / Charles Jenning
London : Quercus, 2010
Abstract: A white-knuckle drive through the bends, straights, chicanes, and pit stops of Formula One’s checkered history, this the fast and dangerous story of motor sport’s premier competition. It explores the lost world of the 1950s racetrack, the irresistible rise of British constructors in the 1960s, the impact of technological changes from the late 1970s, the advent of the high-profile team boss in the 1980s, and the revolution wrought on the sport by computers in the 1990s. Throughout, there are memorable profiles of the drivers who have risked life and limb on circuits from Monte Carlo to Monza—the ebullient Stirling Moss, the champagne-gargling James Hunt, the cerebral Prost and the mercurial Senna (whose combined brilliance was exceeded only by their mutual loathing), the adenoidal Nigel Mansell, the metronomic Michael Schumacher, the precocious Lewis Hamilton, and the reborn Jenson Button