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Povere creature!
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Gray, Alasdair

Povere creature! / Alasdair Gray ; traduzione di Sara Caraffini ; prefazione di Enrico Terrinoni ; illustrazioni di Alasdair Gray

Pordenone : Safarà, 2023

Abstract: Chi è veramente Bella Baxter, giovane donna ritrovata nelle fredde acque del Clyde nella Glasgow tardovittoriana e riconsegnata alla vita grazie agli oscuri esperimenti di Godwin Baxter, tormentato genio della chirurgia? Sarà arduo, quasi impossibile, dare una risposta, perché Bella è molto più della donna che è stata: oggetto di folli passioni amorose, la vedremo attraversare la sua epoca passando per salotti austeri, casinò decadenti e bordelli parigini, con lo stupore di chi per la prima volta vede il mondo nella sua prodigiosa follia, incarnando – con il medesimo desiderio che desta al suo passaggio – i più alti ideali umani, senza mai smettere di suscitare scandalo per l’oltraggio più grave di tutti: vivere un’esistenza radicalmente libera. Da questo romanzo, il nuovo film di Yorgos Lanthimos prodotto da Searchlight pictures. Prefazione di Enrico Terrinoni.

The Running Grave
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Rowling, J. K.

The Running Grave : a strike novel / Robert Galbraith

London : Sphere, 2023

Abstract: Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths. In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner, Robin Ellacott, decides to infiltrate the cult, and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito among its members. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her

Catch your death
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Guron, Ravena

Catch your death / Ravena Guron

Londra : Usborne, 2023

Abstract: Età di lettura: da 12 anni.

I chiostri di New York
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Hays, Katy

I chiostri di New York / Katy Hays ; traduzione di Paola Moretti

Milano : Rizzoli, 2023

Abstract: Per Ann Stilwell passare l’estate a lavorare per il Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York è un sogno che si avvera. Ma il destino scompagina i suoi piani quando per un disguido si vede assegnata a una sede distaccata del Met: il Cloisters, una serie labirintica di chiostri spagnoli ricostruiti lungo le rive dell’Hudson, rinomato per la sua collezione di arte medievale e per un giardino ricco di piante medicinali. La giovane studentessa trova ad accoglierla Patrick Roland, l’eccentrico direttore del museo, e Rachel Mondray, la sua magnetica e ricchissima assistente. Da subito i due la coinvolgono nelle loro ricerche sulla storia della divinazione, e Ann sembra disposta a tutto pur di entrare nelle loro grazie. Ma tra gli incunaboli della biblioteca, mentre la curiosità accademica muta pian piano in ossessione, Ann scoprirà qualcosa capace di incrinare gli equilibri: un mazzo di tarocchi italiani risalente al Quattrocento, da secoli ritenuto perduto, in grado, secondo Patrick, di aprire una visione sul futuro a chi sa leggerlo. Mentre segreti e mire personali trascinano i tre studiosi in un gioco mortale di seduzioni e prevaricazione, Ann dovrà fare una scelta: credere in un destino già scritto o diventarne l’unica artefice. Tra relazioni tossiche, arcani maggiori e codici miniati, Katy Hays mette in moto un meccanismo letterario spietato; un esordio brillante che racconta il lato oscuro della nostra fame di conoscenza, in una New York sospesa tra modernità e occulto.

The armour of light
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Follett, Ken

The armour of light / Ken Follett

London : Macmillan, 2023

Hopeless
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Hoover, Colleen

Hopeless / Colleen Hoover

London : Simon & Schuster, [2023]

Klara and the sun
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Ishiguro, Kazuo

Klara and the sun / Kazuo Ishiguro

London : Faber, 2022

Abstract: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021'The Sun always has ways to reach us.'From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside.

Red, white & royal blue
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McQuiston, Casey

Red, white & royal blue / Casey McQuiston

London : Macmillan, 2022

Abstract: First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep's genius granddaughter, they're the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. International socialite duties do have downsides-namely, when photos of a confrontation with his long time nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids and threaten American/British relations. The plan for damage control: staging a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince. As President Claremont kicks off her re-election bid, Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret relationship with Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations. What is worth the sacrifice? How do you do all the good you can do? And, most importantly, how will history remember you?

Beautiful world, where are you
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Rooney, Sally

Beautiful world, where are you / Sally Rooney

London : Faber, 2022

Ulysses
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Joyce, James

Ulysses / James Joyce

London : Vintage, 2022

Abstract: Celebrating 100 Years of Joyce's masterpieceWith a new introduction by Anne EnrightSet entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin.

The Paris apartment
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Foley, Lucy

The Paris apartment / Lucy Foley

London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2022

Abstract: In a beautiful old apartment block, deep in the backstreets of Paris, secrets are stirring behind every resident's door. The lonely wife The party animal The curtain-twitcher The secret lover The watchful caretaker The unwanted guest There was a murder here last night. Who holds the key to the mystery of apartment three?

Klara and the sun
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Ishiguro, Kazuo

Klara and the sun / Kazuo Ishiguro

London : Faber, 2021

Abstract: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021'The Sun always has ways to reach us.'From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside.

The song of Achilles
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Miller, Madeline

The song of Achilles / Madaleine Miller

London ...[etc.] : Bloomsbury, 2022

Un cucchiaio intagliato
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Davis, Jayne

Un cucchiaio intagliato / Jayne Davis ; traduzione di Lucia Paltera ; illustrazioni di Moreno Paissan

Bari : Vintage, 2021

Abstract: Galles, 1817. Dopo aver rifiutato ogni proposta di matrimonio che le è stata fatta, Isolde Farrington, Izzy per tutti, viene spedita in Galles dalla zia come punizione, volendo il padre darle un assaggio della vita da zitella, con una misera rendita e nessun membro della servitù ad aiutarla. Quando Izzy arriva, scopre, con sua grande sorpresa, che sua zia Genie è sposata con un uomo di mestiere, chiaramente non approvato dalla famiglia di lei, ma che nonostante la situazione economica persino più limitata di quella di Izzy, vive una vita dignitosa e, soprattutto, soddisfacente e felice, prendendo parte al lavoro del marito. Rhys Williams, si trova in Galles per affari e durante il suo primo incontro con Izzy, questa lo scambia per un servitore. Il nuovo ambiente di Izzy le fa guardare la vita con occhi nuovi e non ci vorrà molto prima che guardi con un nuovo sguardo anche Rhys. Quando suo padre, però, scopre che la situazione in Galles è ben diversa da quella che pensava e che Rhys è nel commercio, si apre un abisso per una coppia che ha imparato ad amarsi oltre ogni diseguaglianza. Riuscirà la differenza di classe a tenerli separati?

Finding Ashley
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Steel, Danielle

Finding Ashley / Danielle Steel

London : Macmillan, 2021

Abstract: Melissa Henderson leads a quiet life. Once a bestselling author, she now pours all her energy into renovating a Victorian house in the foothills of rural New England. Six years ago, her life was derailed by tragedy and she stopped writing. The house has given her new purpose. When her beloved home appears on the news, Melissa receives a call from her estranged sister, Hattie. They were close once, but that was before Melissa withdrew from the world. Now Hattie is determined to help Melissa turn a new page, even if it means reopening one of the most painful chapters of her life. All these years later, Hattie feels compelled to embark on a journey that will change both their lives forever, to find the child that Melissa was forced to give up when she was only a teenager in Ireland. . Finding Ashley is a powerful love story of two strong, brave women turning loss into reconnection, and a family reunited.

The devil and the dark water
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Turton, Stuart

The devil and the dark water / Stuart Turton

London : Bloomsbury, 2021

Abstract: Samuel Pipps is the greatest detective of his day...but now he's a prisoner, accused of an unknown crime by one of the world's most powerful men. Along with his faithful sidekick, Arent Hayes, they're sailing back to Amsterdam from the East Indies, where he'll stand trial. But no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. Still shackled in his cell, Pipps sends Hayes to solve a mystery that connects every passenger on board. All hope is pinned on Hayes solving the mystery, but when he goes missing, Pipps is faced with the most dangerous puzzle of his career...All the while, voices whisper to him in the dark. But are those whispers clues? Warnings? Or the devil himself...

1984 and Animal Farm
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Orwell, George

1984 and Animal Farm / George Orwell

London : Collins, 2021

Abstract: Two modern classics in one volume. George Orwell is one of the finest and most influential writers of the twentieth century. Here in one volume, are two of his best-known works of electrifying political fiction, 1984 and Animal Farm. Winston Smith rewrites history. It's his job. Hidden away in the Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party and the omnipresent Big Brother control the people of Oceania. But a seed of rebellion has begun to grow in Winston's heart - one that could have devastating consequences. The animals of Manor Farm have tired of Farmer Jones. When the boar, Old Major, shares his revolutionary plans, the animals are convinced they can thrive on their own. But as the pigs vie for power, they begin to bear an uncanny resemblance to the very tyrants they had overthrown ... Captivating readers since the mid-twentieth century, the enduring popularity of 1984 and Animal Farm are testament to Orwell's powerful, prophetic prose.

Death on the Nile
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Christie, Agatha

Death on the Nile / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2020

Charlie Savage
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Doyle, Roddy

Charlie Savage / Roddy Doyle

London : Vintage, 2020

The Titanic Secret
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Cussler, Clive

The Titanic Secret / Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul

London : Penguin, 2020

Abstract: A century apart, Dirk Pitt and Isaac Bell team up to unlock the truth about the most famous maritime disaster of all time. In the present day, Dirk Pitt must make a daring rescue from inside an antiquated submersible in the waters around New York City. His reward afterwards is a document left behind a century earlier by legendary detective Isaac Bell--a document that re-opens a historical mystery... In 1911 Colorado, Isaac Bell is asked to look into an unexplained tragedy at Little Angel Mine, a disaster in which nine people died. His dangerous quest to answer that riddle leads to a larger one centered on a rare element with extraordinary powers and of virtually incalculable value. As he discovers that there are people who will do anything to control the substance, Isaac Bell will find out how far he'll go to stop them.