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Small Island
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Levy, Andrea, PUBLISHER: Review/Headline, Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction A Picador Original Trade Paperback Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be received as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmer's daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and courage, until the unexpected arrival of her husband, Bernard, who returns from combat with issues of his own to resolve. Told in these four voices, "Small Island "is a courageous novel of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers---in short, an encapsulation of that most American of experiences: the immigrant's life.
Dogs, Volume 0: Prelude
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miwa, Shirow, PUBLISHER: Viz Media, R to L (Japanese Style) Boasting furious action, switchback plotting, magnetic characters and dazzling art, Dogs tells the story of four individuals struggling to survive a dystopian urban future by gun and sword and courage and luck. Haine, the "Stray Dog": a cipher of a young man with a mysterious metal collar bolted to his neck and a disturbing talent for mayhem. Badou: a hired gun for petty jobs legal and non, whose reckless facade hides a serious intent. Naoto: a preternaturally skilled swordswoman searching for the assassin who cut down her family and mentor. Mihai: a middle-aged former hitman, trying live a quiet life but haunted by the deaths of his lover and protege. Driven by their ghosts--both dead and alive--and a desire for truth, all are inexorably drawn to the "Underground," the dark and dangerous sector below the city that holds all the secrets--but secrets that can only be had for a price.
The Family Corleone
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Falco, Edward, PUBLISHER: Random House, New York, . The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organizations will rise and which will face a violent end. For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important that his family's future. While his youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation, and his adopted son Tom Hagen is a college student, he worries most about Sonny, his eldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but Sonny-17 years-old, impatient and reckless-wants something else: To follow in his father's footsteps and become a part of the real family business. An exhilarating and profound novel of tradition and violence, of loyalty and betrayal, The Family Corleone will appeal to the legions of fans who can never get enough of The Godfather, as well as introduce it to a whole new generation.
What Is America?: A Short History of the New World Order
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wright, Ronald, PUBLISHER: Knopf Canada, From the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of A Short History of Progress comes another surprising, frightening and essential book. The USA is now the world's lone superpower, whose deeds could make or break this century. For better and worse, America has Americanized the world. How did a marginal frontier society, in a mere two centuries, become the de facto ruler of the world? Why do America's great achievements in democracy, prosperity and civil rights now seem threatened by forces within itself? Brimming with insight into history and human behaviour, and written in Wright's captivating style, What Is America? shows how this came to pass; how the United States, which regards itself as the most modern country on earth, is also deeply archaic, a stronghold not only of religious fundamentalism but of "modern" beliefs in limitless progress and a universal mission that have fallen under suspicion elsewhere in the west, a rethinking driven by two World Wars and the reckless looting of our planet. A fresh, passionate look at the past and future of the world's most powerful nation, What Is America? will reframe the debate about our neighbour and ourselves.
Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Owen, Frank, PUBLISHER: Broadway Books, Outrageous parties. Brazen drug use. Fantastical costumes. Celebrities. Wannabes. Gender-bending club kids. Pulse-pounding beats. Sinful orgies. Botched police raids. Depraved criminals. Murder. Welcome to the decadent nineties club scene. In , journalist Frank Owen began researching a story on Special K, a designer drug that fueled the after-midnight club scene. He went to buy and sample the drug at the internationally notorious Limelight, a crumbling church converted into a Manhattan disco, where mesmerizing music, ecstatic dancers, and uninhibited sideshows attracted long lines of hopeful onlookers. Owen discovered a world where reckless hedonism was elevated to an art form, and where the ever-accelerating party finally spun out of control in the hands of notorious club owner Peter Gatien and his minions. In" Clubland," Owen reveals how a lethal drug ring operated in a lawless, black-lit realm of fantasy, and how, when the lights came up, their excesses left countless victims in their wake. Praised for his risk-taking and exhilarating writing style, Frank Owen has spawned a hybrid of literary nonfiction and true crime, capturing the zeitgeist of a world that emerged in the spirit of "peace, love, unity and respect," and ended in tragedy.
30 e oltre CD
Vendo collezione di oltre 30 CD al prezzo di 5 Euro/cadauno, con minimo d'acquisto di n. 10 CD; tutti i cd sono in ottimo stato d'uso e conservazione, usati pochissimo; chi acquista l'intera collezione sarà esentato dal pagamento delle spese di spedizione. Di seguito i titoli (chiedo scusa per l'ordinamento ma il sito non incolonna la lista): -Kuschelrock vol.1-36 super love songs(2CD) -Love on the dance floor CD) -Kuschelrock vol.2-33 super love songs(2CD) -james bond 13 original themes -michael jackson off the wall -frank sinatra duets -pink floyd 2 live in london -genesis -sting ten summoner's tales -stanley clarke-george duke the clarke/duke project -donald fagen kamakiriad -UB40 labour of love -grace jones island life -madonna the immaculate collection -chic sister sledge -lambadas of brazil -baden powell bossa nova -the mambo kings the original picture soundtrack -bryan adams reckless -huey lewis and the news small world -george michael faith -sade love deluxe -michael franks blue pacific -michael franks the camera never lies -george michael vol1 -the very best of elton john(2 CD) -elton john sleeping with the past -stevie wonder's original musiquarium vol.1-2(2CD) -michel petrucciani power of three -pink floyd live at pompei
Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You've Been Told
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conard, Edward, PUBLISHER: Portfolio, In the aftermath of the Financial Crisis, many commonly held beliefs have emerged to explain its cause. Conventional wisdom blames Wall Street and the mortgage industry for using low down payments, teaser rates, and other predatory tactics to seduce unsuspecting home owners into assuming mortgages they couldn't afford. It blames average Americans for borrowing recklessly and spending too much. And it blames the tax policies and deregulatory environment of the Reagan and Bush administrations for encouraging reckless risk-taking by wealthy individuals and financial institutions. But according to "Unintended Consequences," the conventional wisdom masks the real causes of our economic disruption and puts us at risk of facing a slew of unintended--and potentially dangerous--consequences. "Unintended Consequences" is not a book that takes a couple of insights and expands them into 300 pages; rather, it covers the entire scope of the economy. It's a fascinating and contrarian case for how the economy "really" works, what went wrong over the past decade, and what steps we can take to start growing again. Whether you agree with the book's provocative and counterintuitive conclusions or not, "Unintended Consequences" will reward you with a sophisticated understanding of the contemporary economy, one no other book has yet provided. To read an excerpt from "Unintended Consequences," please visit http: //www.edwardconard.com/book-excerpt For up-to-date information on everything related to "Unintended Consequences," visit www.edwardconard.com
The Chief
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McCarty, Monica, PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books, AN ELITE FIGHTING FORCE UNLIKE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN... Scouring the darkest corners of the Highlands and Western Isles, Robert the Bruce handpicks ten warriors to help him in his quest to free Scotland from English rule. They are the best of the best, chosen for their superior skills in each discipline of warfare. And to lead his secret Highland Guard, Bruce chooses the greatest warrior of all. The ultimate Highland warlord and a swordsman without equal, Tor MacLeod has no intention of being drawn into Scotland's war against the English. Dedicated to his clan, the fiercely independent chief answers to no one--especially not to his alluring new bride, bartered to him in a bid to secure his command of the deadliest fighting force the world has ever seen. The treacherous chit who made her way to Tor's bed may have won his hand, but she will never claim his heart. Although her husband's reputation is as fierce as his manner, Christina Fraser believes that something softer hides beneath his brutal shell. But the only warmth she feels is in their bed, in glorious moments of white-hot desire that disappear with the dawn. When Christina's reckless bid to win her husband's love goes awry and thrusts them into danger on the eve of war, Tor will face his ultimate battle: to save his wife and to open his heart--before it's too late.
Collection !8 LP folk rock & pop jazz america
Vendibili singolarmente a 1.MEISBURG & WALTERS �Love's an aesy song CASABLANCA records LP USA copertina ottima LP ottimo euro 8 2.ERIC ANDERSEN - Blue River LP USA COLUMBIA records cat PC copertina ottima LP ottimo euro 16 3.GRAM PARSONS �GP LP UK REPRISE Records cat K copertina ottima LP ottimo euro 16 4.TERENCE BOYLAN - omonimo LP USA ASYLUM records cat 7E copertina ottima LP ottimo euro 12 5.CAROL GRIMES-Warm Blood- UK Virgin Caroline LP cat CA copertina buona LP ottimo euro 8 6.SEATRAIN~MARBLEHEAD MESSENGER~ USA LP CAPITOL RECORDS cat SMAS-829 copertina buona LP ottimo euro 10 7.SEAWIND - Window Of A Child LP USA CTI RECORDS cat CTI copertina (doppia) buona LP ottimo euro 10 8.JOHN DENVER J.DENVER?S GREATEST HITS Vol. 2 LP RCA Victor USA cat CPL copertina buona LP ottimo euro 8 9.TOWNES VAN ZANDT, Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas 2 LP USA Tomato Records cat TOM- copertina (doppia) ottima LP ottimo euro .JERRY JEFF WALKER, MR. BOJANGLES LP CANADA Atco/WEA MUSIC CANADA Cat SD- copertina buona LP ottimo euro .MARIA MULDAUR, Sweet Harmony LP USA REPRISE records cat MS copertina buona LP ottimo euro 8 12.DAVID BROMBERG BAND,~RECKLESS ABANDON~ LP USA FANTASY RECORD~ cat F- copertina buona LP ottimo euro ..DAVID BROMBERG, LP USA COLUMBIA Records cat copertina buona LP ottimo euro .DAVID BROMBERG - Wanted Dead Or Alive 12" LP USA Columbia records cat C copertina ottima LP ottimo euro .STEELY DAN �aja LP USA ABC Records cat AB copertina buona LP ottimo euro .STEELY DAN, The Royal Scam LP USA ABC Records- cat ABC D 931-ABC copertina buona LP ottimo euro .JESSE COLIN YOUNG Love on the Wing LP USA WARNER BROS records cat BS (praticamente nuovo mai ascoltato) copertina ottima LP ottimo euro .STEFAN GROSSMAN Yazoo Basin Boogie kicking mule LP USA USA cat KM 102 copertina: buona LP: ottimo euro 10 + spese postali
A Death in Summer
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Black, Benjamin / Black, PUBLISHER: Picador USA, One of The "Chicago Tribune"'s Best Reads of . One of Dublin's most powerful men meets a violent end--and an acknowledged master of crime fiction delivers his most gripping novel yet. On a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell--known to his many enemies as Diamond Dick--is discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast. But is it suicide or murder? For help with the investigation, Detective Inspector Hackett calls in his old friend Quirke, who has unusual access to Dublin's elite. Jewell's coolly elegant French wife, Francoise, seems less than shocked by her husband's death. But Dannie, Jewell's high-strung sister, is devastated, and Quirke is surprised to learn that in her grief she has turned to an unexpected friend: David Sinclair, Quirke's ambitious assistant in the pathology lab at the Hospital of the Holy Family. Further, Sinclair has been seeing Quirke's fractious daughter Phoebe, and an unlikely romance is blossoming between the two. As a record heat wave envelops the city and the secret deals underpinning Diamond Dick's empire begin to be revealed, Quirke and Hackett find themselves caught up in a dark web of intrigue and violence that threatens to end in disaster. Tightly plotted and gorgeously written, "A Death in Summer "proves to the brilliant but sometimes reckless Quirke that in a city where old money and the right bloodlines rule, he is by no means safe from mortal danger.
Vari libri nuovi e usati
Causa mancanza di spazio vendo libri nuovi ed usati! I primi sono in ottime condizioni, appunto nuovi. I secondi in perfette condizioni, possibilità di vedere foto singole dei libri, se interessati! Ecco una lista parziale: - Nuovi a 5 euro - Il matematico indiano - David Leavitt Al limite della notte - Michael Cunningham Dio di illusioni - Donna Tartt In una sola persona - John Irving Splendore - Margaret Mazzantini La battaglia degli albi - Markus Heitz La leggenda degli albi - Markus Heitz Shadowhunters: città di ossa (vol.1) - Cassandra Clare Noi siamo infinito / Ragazzo da parete - Stephen Chbosky Le sparizioni - Scott Heim - usati prezzati tra parentesi - Martin Bauman - David Leavitt (4,50 euro) Il discepolo - Elizabeth Kostova (4,50 euro) Narciso e Boccadoro - Hermann Hesse (4 euro) Intervista col vampiro - Anne Rice (4 euro) Il giovane Törless - Robert Musil (4 euro) Il vampiro Marius - Anne Rice (4 euro) Reckless - Cornelia Funke (4 euro) Lo scudo di Talos - Valerio Massimo Manfredi (4 euro) Gatti, burro e marmellata - Doreen Tovey (3,5 euro) Il piccolo principe - Saint Exupéry (3,50 euro) Sovvertimento dei sensi - Stefan Zweig (3,50 euro) I diari del diavolo (3,50 euro) I racconti di San Francisco - Armistead Maupin (3 euro) Il guardiano del faro - Sergio Bambaren (3 euro) Il deserto della Libia - Mario Tobino (2 euro) Diario clandestino - Giovannino Guareschi (2 euro) Il sergente nella neve/Ritorno sul Don - Mario Rigoni Stern (1,50 euro) La bella primavera - Mario Barbieri (1,50 euro) I racconti del terrore - Edgar Allan Poe (1 euro) Lady Susan - Jane Austen (1 euro) Per informazioni o foto non esitate a contattarmi!!
The Lion's Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Renehan, Edward J., Jr., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, In The Lion's Pride, Edward J. Renehan, Jr. vividly portrays the grand idealism, heroic bravery, and reckless abandon that Theodore Roosevelt both embodied and bequeathed to his children and the tragic fulfillment of that legacy on the battlefields of World War I. Drawing upon a wealth of previously unavailable materials, including letters and unpublished memoirs, The Lion's Pride takes us inside what is surely the most extraordinary family ever to occupy the White House. Theodore Roosevelt believed deeply that those who had been blessed with wealth, influence, and education were duty bound to lead, even--perhaps especially--if it meant risking their lives to preserve the ideals of democratic civilization. Teddy put his principles, and his life, to the test in the Spanish American war, and raised his children to believe they could do no less. When America finally entered the "European conflict" in , all four of his sons eagerly enlisted and used their influence not to avoid the front lines but to get there as quickly as possible. Their heroism in France and the Middle East matched their father's at San Juan Hill. All performed with selfless--some said heedless--courage: Two of the boys, Archie and Ted, Jr., were seriously wounded, and Quentin, the youngest, was killed in a dogfight with seven German planes. Thus, the war that Teddy had lobbied for so furiously brought home a grief that broke his heart. He was buried a few months after his youngest child. Filled with the voices of the entire Roosevelt family, The Lion's Pride gives us the most intimate and moving portrait ever published of the fierce bond between Teddy Roosevelt and his remarkable children.
Low Pressure
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Sandra, PUBLISHER: Grand Central Publishing, Bellamy Lyston was only 12 years old when her older sister Susan was killed on a stormy Memorial Day. Bellamy's fear of storms is a legacy of the tornado that destroyed the crime scene along with her memory of what really happened during the day's most devastating moments. Now, 18 years later, Bellamy has written a sensational, bestselling novel based on Susan's murder. Because the book was inspired by the tragic event that still pains her family, she published it under a pseudonym to protect them from unwanted publicity. But when an opportunistic reporter for a tabloid newspaper discovers that the book is based on fact, Bellamy's identity is exposed along with the family scandal. Moreover, Bellamy becomes the target of an unnamed assailant who either wants the truth about Susan's murder to remain unknown or, even more threatening, is determined to get vengeance for a man wrongfully accused and punished. In order to identify her stalker, Bellamy must confront the ghosts of her past, including Dent Carter, Susan's wayward and reckless boyfriend -- and an original suspect in the murder case. Dent, with this and other stains on his past, is intent on clearing his name, and he needs Bellamy's sealed memory to do it. But her safeguarded recollections -once unlocked-pose dangers that neither could foresee and puts both their lives in peril. As Bellamy delves deeper into the mystery surrounding Susan's slaying, she discovers disturbing elements of the crime which call into question the people she holds most dear. Haunted by partial memories, conflicted over her feelings for Dent, but determined to learn the truth, she won't stop until she reveals Susan's killer. That is, unless Susan's killer strikes her first...
Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives Are Putting
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eisendrath, Craig R. / Goodman, Melvin A., PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books, Fifty years ago, the United States founded the United Nations, promoted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, used economic aid as a tool for creating stability, and viewed collective agreements and cooperation as the principal methods of sharing the costs and the risks of security. Today, under the leadership of George W. Bush, the main tool of foreign policy is military force, not diplomacy. America is going it alone, and paying the price, both abroad and at home, for the reckless endangerment of both national and international security. In this comprehensive critique of the Bush administration's handling of international relations, Craig R. Eisendrath and Melvin A. Goodman, both senior fellows at the Center for International Policy, demonstrate the folly and the dangers of abandoning diplomacy and relying on military force as the chief means of conducting U.S. foreign policy. The authors argue that a policy of bullying will sow seeds of resentment and mistrust among our potential allies and encourage nations hostile to our interests to seek nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction as a last-resort method of protecting themselves against a belligerent world power. Eisendrath and Goodman foresee the international community becoming dangerously unstable, not more secure, under a Pax Americana maintained by military might. On the domestic front, the authors warn that a policy emphasizing the power of the executive branch at the expense of Congress, and suspending long-standing civil rights under the pretext of national security, threatens the Constitution. Finally, the decline of government services for education, health, and the elderly, and the economic effect of hugemilitary expenditures financed by deficit spending are already causing distress in large parts of our society. This trenchant critique by two experienced foreign policy analysts will serve as a wake-up call to the dangerous militarism at the heart of the Bush agenda.
Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Saga
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bear, Greg, PUBLISHER: Tor Books, " years ago, the galaxy was populated by a great variety of beings. But one species--eons beyond all others in both technology and knowledge--achieved dominance. They ruled in peace but met opposition with quick and brutal effectiveness. They were the Forerunners--the keepers of the Mantle, the next stage of life in the Universe's Living Time. And then they vanished. This is their story." "" "Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting" is a young rebellious Forerunner. He is a Manipular, untried--yet to become part of the adult Forerunner society, where vast knowledge and duty waits. He comes from a family of Builders, the Forerunners' highest and most politically powerful rate. It is the Builders who create the grand technology that facilitates Forerunner dominance over the known universe. It is the Builders who believe they must shoulder the greatest burden of the Mantle--as shepherds and guardians of all life. Bornstellar is marked to become a great Builder just like his father. But this Manipular has other plans. He is obsessed with lost treasures of the past. His reckless passion to seek out the marvelous artifacts left behind by the Precursors--long-vanished superbeings of unknowable power and intent---forces his father's hand. Bornstellar is sent to live among the Miners, where he must come to terms with where his duty truly lies. But powerful forces are at play. Forerunner society is at a major crux. Past threats are once again proving relentless. Dire solutions--machines and strategies never before contemplated--are being called up, and fissures in Forerunner power are leading to chaos. On a Lifeworker's experimental planet, Bornstellar's rebellious course crosses the paths of two humans, and the long lifeline of a great military leader, forever changing Bornstellar's destiny...and the fate of the entire galaxy. This is a tale of life, death, intergalactic horror, exile, and maturity. It is a story of overwhelming change--and of human origins. For the Mantle may not lie upon the shoulders of Forerunners forever.
Lotto 68 lp da 33 e 126 lp da 45
Lotto di vinili di musica italiana e straniera anni da 33 e 45 giri in buone condizioni da collezione privata. Alcuni rari e alcuni con più di un disco. Tra questi ci sono:Robin Gibb - How old are you Freeway estate 88 Cyndi Lauper - Shes' so unusual Joe Cocker - One night of sin Keith Richards - Talk is cheap Carlos Santana - Viva Santana Frank Zappa - You are what you is Pet shop boys - Introspective Chris Rea - Dancing with strangers Mix time hip hop Michael Jackson - Bad The style council - The singular adventures of the Style Council Papa Winnie - Rootsie e Boopsie Simon and Garfunkel - The concert in central park lp Tracy Chapman - Cross roads U2 - Rattle and Hum 9 1/2 Weeks La musica di moda international Less than zero Freeway estate 87 Enya - Watermark The alan parsons project - The best of alan parsons project Miami vice III Batman prince Roxette - Joyride Fame saranno famosi Madonna - You can dance Skid Row - Skid Row Full Metal Jacket Ofra Haza - Shaday Dario Argento - Opera Raf - Sogni Bryan Ferry - Roxy music Dario Argento - Phenomena Mixtime 2 Avantitutta Endlesslove Bryan Adams - Reckless Bon Jovy - New Jersey Freeway estate 86 The Alan Parson Project - Vulture culture Lonely Boys - Jingle for a jungle Luca Barbarossa - Al di là del muro Enrico Ruggeri - Il falco e il gabbiano Black Home - Ben E. King - Stand by me Genesis - Invisible Touch The Alan Parsons Projeckt - Eve Suzanna Vega - Solitude Standing Batcompilation lp Tanita Tikaram - Ancient heart Phil collins - A groovy kind of love Dario Argento - Opera Fleeetwood - Greatest hits Deacon blue - Raintown Phil Collins - Hello, i musat be going Do they know it's christmas Festivalbar 87 The alan parsons project - Tales of and immagination edgar allan poe Cocktail Armi e brio - Banda della guardia di finanza Mike oldfield - The complete Sanremo 90 Zucchero - Oro incenso e birra Eugenio Finardi - Super star Luca Barbarossa - Non tutti gli uomini Miami vice Battisti