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Young Gib (Gilbert) Evans discovers the price of freedom while he stands up opposed to the tyranny of adults in the course of the McCarthy Communist witch-hunt of the Fifties. the specter of Communism looms. Paranoia is the focal point of untamed accusations in Gilbert's city and in the USA. Richen shines a gentle on how we provide into our darkest urges while manipulated through scare mongers. the cost of feedom artfully illustrates either the human expense of worry and the ability of hope.

Año seventy nine d.C. Faltan forty eight horas para l. a. catástrofe.

Un relato histórico y de intriga ambientado durante l. a. trágica erupción del Vesubio.

Una sofocante semana a finales de agosto del año seventy nine d.C. ¿Qué mejor lugar para pasar los últimos días del verano que los angeles bahía de Nápoles?

A lo largo de toda l. a. costa, los ciudadanos más ricos del imperio se relajan en sus lujosas villas, l. a. flota más poderosa del mundo descansa pacíficamente fondeada en Miseno y los visitantes gastan su dinero en las localidades de Herculano y Pompeya.

Solo un hombre parece preocupado. El ingeniero Marco Atilio Primo acaba de hacerse shipment del Aqua Augusta, el enorme acueducto que suministra agua potable al cuarto de millón de habitantes de las nueve ciudades de l. a. bahía de Nápoles, y por primera vez desde hace generaciones, los manantiales se están secando. Su predecesor ha desaparecido y hay un problema en algún punto de los noventa kilómetros de l. a. conducción rincipal, al norte de Pompeya. Justamente en las faldas del Vesubio.

Atilio responsable, respetable, práctico, incorruptible asegura a Plinio, comandante de los angeles flota imperial y famoso erudito, que puede reparar el acueducto antes de que los depósitos de reserva se queden sin agua. Pero mientras se encamina hacia el Vesubio, se dispone a descubrir que hay fuerzas que ni el imperio más grande del mundo puede controlar...

Reseña:
«Una obra de ficción en un contexto de artful misterio y de hechos históricos, sólidamente trenzados.»
El Periódico

A wealthy and sweeping novel of braveness, responsibility, sacrifice, and love set in the course of the French Revolution from New York occasions bestselling writer Allison Pataki and her brother Owen Pataki

3 years after the storming of the Bastille, the streets of Paris are roiling with revolution. The electorate of France are enlivened by way of the beliefs of liberty, equality, and fraternity. The monarchy of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette has been dismantled—with assistance from the guillotine—and a brand new kingdom is emerging as a substitute. Jean-Luc, an idealistic younger legal professional, strikes his spouse and their little one son from a snug lifestyles in Marseille to Paris, within the hopes of becoming a member of the reason. André, the son of a denounced nobleman, has avoided execution via becoming a member of the recent French military. Sophie, a young aristocratic widow, embarks on her personal struggle for independence opposed to her robust, vindictive uncle. 

As chaos threatens to undo the growth of the Revolution and the call for for justice breeds instability and paranoia, the lives of those compatriots turn into inextricably associated. Jean-Luc, André, and Sophie locate themselves in an international the place survival turns out more and more much less likely—for themselves and, certainly, for the nation.

that includes cameos from mythical figures similar to Robespierre, Louis XVI, and Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Where the sunshine Falls is an epic and engrossing novel, relocating from the streets and courtrooms of Paris to Napoleon’s epic march around the burning sands of Egypt. With bright element and imagery, the Patakis catch the hearts and minds of the voters of France scuffling with for fact specially, and for his or her trust in a reason more than themselves.

Advance compliment for Where the sunshine Falls

“Succeeds in forcefully illustrating the teachings of the French Revolution for today’s democratic movements.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Devotees of Alexandre Dumas and Victor Hugo will consume this story of heroism, treachery, and adventure.”—Library Journal 

“This is a narrative of the French Revolution that starts off along with your head within the slot staring at how briskly the blade of the guillotine is heading on your neck—and that’s not anything in comparison to the velocity and the drama of what follows.”—Tom Wolfe

“A attractive novel that captures the spirit of the French Revolution and the undying subject matters of affection and truth.”—Steven Pressfield

“While now not stinting on attractive aspect, Allison and Owen Pataki recognize precisely tips on how to write a gripping old novel that concentrates at the intimate tales taking part in out opposed to the epic heritage of the French Revolution.”—Melanie Benjamin, writer of The Swans of 5th Avenue

“For all those that didn’t wish Les Misérables to finish, Where the sunshine Falls takes us previous the pristine documents to the blood and bones of the French Revolution, commanding our cognizance and profitable our hearts.”—Sarah McCoy, writer of The Mapmaker’s Children

“Delivers every thing a reader hopes for in an outstanding booklet: ardour, intrigue, insights, and, chiefly, a narrative you won’t quickly forget.”—Michelle Moran, writer of Nefertiti

“This luminous story of affection and betrayal in a global long gone mad is as well timed because it is timeless.”—Juliet gray, writer of the Marie Antoinette trilogy

From grasp storyteller and no 1 bestseller Dan Simmons comes an exciting story of espionage, technological know-how and sacrifice within the moment global War.

'I am in awe of Dan Simmons'
Stephen King

Paul and Erik Haber are Vienna-born brothers who fled Nazi-controlled Europe as Hitler tightened his grip. the 1st, a physicist who needed to go away at the back of his Jewish spouse and baby as he escaped, is designing the atomic bomb at Los Alamos; the second one is a commando in Britain's mythical exact Operations government engaged on the top-secret ALSOS undertaking to find Nazi atomic scientists throughout Europe.

When Paul is blackmailed by means of a German agent who wishes him to betray the USA, he sees a slender, risky likelihood for Erik to rescue his spouse and son.

Now, as one brother attempts to finish the conflict, the opposite needs to possibility every little thing to avoid wasting his brother's family.

With motion starting from Los Alamos labs to the battlefields of Europe and ruined towns of Germany, Omega Canyon is a narrative of bold motion, concord and the struggle for freedom.

La saga ambientata nell'Antico Egitto raccolta in unico volume

«Un avvincente cocktail narrativo.»
Corriere della Sera

«Tutti pazzi according to l’antico Egitto: i lettori sono sempre affascinati dalla sua storia, dai suoi misteri, dalle sue leggende. Come dimostra il successo di Christian Jacq, egittologo di rango e campione della letteratura popolare.»
l. a. Repubblica

«L’egittologo più amato dai lettori.»
L’Espresso

Figlio minore del faraone Ramses II, Setna è uno scriba di grande saggezza, un guaritore in grado di curare le ferite del corpo e quelle dell’anima e un potente mago. È a lui, quindi, che il padre si rivolge consistent with risolvere il mistero che ha gettato un’ombra di terrore sull’Egitto: il furto del Vaso di Osiride, custode di un segreto capace di avvelenare il fuoco, l’aria, l’acqua e los angeles terra, e di distruggere ogni cosa. Chiunque abbia commesso quel furto sacrilego è senza dubbio deciso advert annientare il glorioso regno di Ramses e ben presto Setna comprende che dalla sua indagine dipende il destino dell'intero Egitto.
Aiutato dalla bellissima Sekhet, figlia di un alto funzionario ed esperta di arti magiche, Setna dovrà affrontare un lungo viaggio denso di insidie e pericoli, inseguendo le tracce del Male attraverso le città più sacre, i templi più nascosti, i segreti più arcani della sua terra millenaria. Il regno delle tenebre ha lanciato l. a. sua sfida più letale: riuscirà il nobile Setna a salvare l. a. stirpe dorata dei Faraoni?
Unendo con grande abilità le sue vaste conoscenze archeologiche e storiche a una brillante vena narrativa, Christian Jacq fa rivivere ancora una volta in tutto il suo splendore il fascino senza pace della civiltà dell'antico Egitto, raccontandoci una vicenda in cui il mistero, l'amore e l'eterna lotta tra Bene e Male si fondono in un'unica appassionante avventura.

during this sweeping novel encouraged by means of the Iran-Contra affair, grasp storyteller James A. Michener conjures the triumphs and tragedies of 1 relatives and their dynamic position within the historical past of the U.S. and its founding rfile. Over a demanding weekend of mirrored image, significant Norman Starr of the nationwide safeguard Council prepares to seem ahead of a congressional committee to publicly account for his covert activities. Hoping to profit whatever from his proud, afflicted history, Starr appears for counsel within the lives of his ancestors: all-Americans who weren’t regularly correct. From a framer of the structure to a slave proprietor, from a ideally suited court docket justice to a brave suffragist, each one remembers a massive legacy that Starr needs to by some means reconcile along with his personal perilous dilemma.

BONUS: This variation comprises an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii.
 
Praise for Legacy
 
“Michener has left his personal legacy. . . . [He] is an educator, not only in background yet in ethics, and prefer any solid educator, he’s no longer afraid to confront a posh world.”—Edward Rutherfurd, Chicago Tribune
 
“Michener tells fascinating tales in regards to the structure, no matter if they're fiction. He brings the rfile alive. . . . every one story is advised with the Michener flair.”—United Press International
 
“An notable volume of old drama . . . beautiful historic vignettes [are] woven skillfully inside Starr’s talks together with his loving spouse and constant attorney.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
“A revealing publication . . . concerning the forging of the structure and the crises that formed it.”—Associated Press

used to be Uctred da gerade gefunden hatte, hielt er zunächst für Schweineknochen. Warum sie in der Senkgrube am Fuß der Burgmauer von Bampton lagen, wusste er nicht, und es battle ihm auch gleichgültig.
Dann entdeckte er den Schädel. Uctred hatte schon viele Schweine geschlachtet. Er kannte den Unterschied zwischen einem Schweinekopf und einem menschlichen Schädel. Lord Gilbert ließ mich holen, damit ich mir die Knochen ansehe. Alle wussten, wessen Gebeine es wohl waren. Aber sie sollten sich irren.

Oxford, im Herbst 1363. Hugh de Singleton hat sich in soeben als Chirurg niedergelassen. Während er aus dem Fenster starrt und auf erste Patienten wartet, wird er Zeuge eines Reitunfalls direkt vor seinem Haus - ein Glücksfall für ihn, wie sich herausstellen soll. Hugh behandelt den verletzten Lord Gilbert mit Erfolg, und die Zufallsbegegnung öffnet ihm die Türen zu einer guten place. Dass er damit auch unerwartet in die Aufklärung eines undurchsichtigen Mordfalls hineinverstrickt werden wird, kann Hugh noch nicht ahnen.

Three generations of Northern Appalachian girls confront poverty, violence, and isolation.

Dead girl hole, a shady glade named for a rattlesnake-bit mom left to die in 1908, is a singular that testifies to the real grit that may be a birthright of the ladies of Northern Appalachia’s distant mountain areas—a attractive and brutal land with a tradition antagonistic to change.

The novel spans 3 generations of women’s lives attached by means of geography and historical past. It starts in the course of international warfare I, whilst a Philadelphian pro-suffrage workforce makes an attempt to deliver their reproduction Liberty Bell to each one of many sixty-seven county seats within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, drawing the curiosity of a tender lady with a mysterious previous. Then throughout the melancholy, a headstrong lady unearths the skill to feed her sisters, her cousin, and her stepfather, while the latter scours the area searching for paintings to stave off hunger. And within the waning years of the Reagan period, lesbian hikers are stalked by way of an area mountain guy. Propelled via prose that's as stylistically stark because the occasions it depicts, this novel is testomony to the long-lasting mettle of ladies who locate themselves on the crosshairs of heritage and circumstance.

“The ebook starts secretively, mysteriously, within the mountains of Pennsylvania. and prefer the lives of the characters it's approximately to explain, it's with out frills … what seem to be 3 separate stories are so heavily similar that it really is no shock to discover the most personality in each one has an identical identify: Jenny. She is critical to the full tale, a narrative divided into 3 segments of time in America’s historical past: from while the women’s suffrage circulation used to be first taking carry, then in the course of the melancholy, and finishing within the Nineteen Eighties. The Jenny of every tale is inquisitive and conscious, and she or he is possessed of an internal energy that reveals its method off the pages to grip the reader.” — ForeWord Reviews

“This scalpel-sharp novel cuts speedily (and for the reader, breathlessly) during the skinny layer of America’s pretend-righteousness, to reveal the bloody violence that fuels our intake and nonetheless directs our lives. One epic century’s lies are pulled off like an animal epidermis via this expert hunter. Kass Fleisher’s humans reside within American violence longer than they dwell of their homes. Amazingly, they continue to be soft and real. useless girl hole takes its position along precise Grit, My Antonia, and Deliverance, as a take-no-prisoners vintage within the American grain.” — Andrei Codrescu, writer of no matter what will get you thru the evening: a narrative of Sheherezade and the Arabian Entertainments

Kass Fleisher is affiliate Professor of English at Illinois country college. She is the writer of conversing Out of college: Memoir of an informed lady; The Adventurous; unintentional Species; and The undergo River bloodbath and the Making of heritage, additionally released through SUNY Press.

When a college secretary is located murdered along a ditch outside of Cherokee Crossing, Arkansas, not one of the ordinary eventualities look to fit. Hick Blackburn, a sheriff extra drawn to discovering justice than keeping peace, is pressured to build the final months of her existence to unearth what can have resulted in her death.  With the electorate of Cherokee Crossing more and more suspicious of the men who came across her physique, Hick must battle the town's narrow-mindedness and quick locate these responsible.

As the research unfolds, it's transparent that everybody has whatever to hide, together with Hick's circle of relatives and associates. As age-old lies come to light, Hick needs to face the fact that humans will not be continually what they appear. And to discover  thekiller, he'll examine that having secrets and techniques is not against the law. yet that some secrets and techniques can result in murder.

Set in Eighteen Nineties and Forties Singapore, the stunning Island within the East is a narrative of affection, sisterly contention and the genuine fee of betrayal. shiny, actual and totally appealing, it is the ideal learn for lovers of Victoria Hislop, Fiona McIntosh and Kate Morton.

1897: twenty-year-old exact twins, Harriet and Mae, born from a scandalous affair, have spent their lives slighted by way of gossips. they have carried one another during the loneliness, believing that jointly they could live to tell the tale whatever. yet then their mysterious benefactor sends them to Singapore to reside together with his relative, the watchful David Keeley, who will decide upon one in all them to marry. within the rigidity of David's condo, a distance opens up among the twins, however it is just after they meet the good-looking Alex Blake that their dating actually fractures, leading to a life-shattering betrayal with devastating outcomes . . .

1941: Ivy, an intelligence officer with the women's naval provider and wearing her personal ghosts from Blitz-torn London, is published to wartime Singapore and arrives to the looming probability of a jap invasion. not anything can arrange her for what is ready at the island - no longer the unforeseen love, nor the strangers from her grandmother, Mae's, previous, and the stunning secrets and techniques that now echo down during the generations.

With a hot love affair enjoying out in contrast epic kinfolk drama, Island within the East is evocative, atmospheric and romantic historic fiction at its very best.