«La perfezione non è di questo mondo.» Ti strappa un sorriso, ti invoglia a girare pagina. E pian piano i protagonisti trovano spazio dentro di te.
Torino, tra le Molinette e il Valentino.
Adriano, professore ottantaduenne che ha appena perso la moglie, ha un segreto di cui si vergogna un po’. Aa quando Giulietta non c’è più, […]
«Machines like me» by Ian McEwan. A story that mix up the novel on artificial intelligences with a dystopia built on a historical novel.
Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will […]
«La vie secrète des écrivains»: une lecture inoubliable. Un puzzle littéraire fascinant qui se révèle diabolique lorsque l’auteur y place sa dernière pièce.
En 1999, après avoir publié trois romans devenus cultes, le célèbre écrivain Nathan Fawles annonce qu’il arrête d’écrire. Et il se retire à Beaumont, une île sauvage et sublime au large des côtes […]
«Deux Soeurs»: Jusqu’où peut aller une femme trahie après avoir cru au bonheur? Récit d’une descente aux enfers.
Mathilde, la trentaine, forme avec Etienne un couple heureux. Elle est professeure de français dans un lycée. Elle adore son métier et ses élèves – à qui elle communique sa passion pour Flaubert et en particulier pour L’éducation sentimentale. […]
«Metropolis», a Bernie Gunther thriller by Philip Kerr: one of the greatest master storytellers in English
Berlin, 1928, the dying days of the Weimar Republic shortly before Hitler and the Nazis came to power. It was a period of decadence and excess as Berliners – after the terrible slaughter of WWI and the hardships that followed […]
«40 inspiring icons: People of Peace». Dreamers, leaders and fighter for our rights. The 40 most inspiring people of peace.
Learn how Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela and many others dedicated their lives to making the world a better place in this fact-packed book from the 40 Inspiring Icons series.
Meet Albert Einstein, a Nobel […]
«Circle»: a creative and unique take on teaching about overcoming your fears.
Multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen deliver the final wry and resonant tale about Triangle, Square, and Circle.
This book is about Circle. This book is also about Circle’s friends, Triangle and Square.
Also it is about a rule that Circle makes. And how […]
«I need a plan». This engaging tale lets the readers in on the fun of planning and discovery while emphasizing a little perseverance.
A lizard that can’t stay in the sun needs a plan for constant shade.
Paradise for lizards is the warmth of the sun, and a summer’s day finds them all hanging out and sipping […]
«Mamie Luger»: Centenaire, féministe et…serial killeuse! Un grand éclat de rire et une rasade d’émotions.
Six heures du matin, Berthe, cent deux ans, canarde l’escouade de flics qui a pris d’assaut sa chaumière auvergnate. Huit heures, l’inspecteur Ventura entame la garde à vue la plus ahurissante de sa carrière. La grand-mère au Luger passe aux aveux […]
«La casa nel bosco»: sempre, prima della partenza, c’era un senso di attesa, come una lieve febbre dell’anima…
I due protagonisti – e autori – sono fratelli, ma non si frequentano molto, forse nemmeno si sopportano. Adesso però gli tocca stare insieme, almeno per qualche ora. Devono dare un’ultima occhiata alla casa di villeggiatura della loro […]
