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Frogmore : Triad Panther, 1977
Abstract/Sommario: Tells the story of Charles Smithson's infatuation with the unusual Sarah Woodruff, whilst being engaged to a young lady of a good family and a considerable dowry.
[London] ; Wellcome collection : Profile books, 2016
Abstract/Sommario: We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique engineering of the foot. Drawing on his own experiences as a doctor and GP, he blends first-hand case studies with re ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Simon and Schuster, 2014
Abstract/Sommario: The New York Times bestseller that explains why certain products and ideas become popular. “Jonah Berger knows more about what makes information ‘go viral’ than anyone in the world.” —Daniel Gilbert, author of the bestseller Stumbling on Happiness What makes things popular? If you said advertising, think again. People don’t listen to advertisements, they listen to their peers. But why do people talk about certain products and ideas more than others? Why are some stories and rumors more ...; [Leggi tutto...]
London : Scribe, 2016
Abstract/Sommario: A Sunday Times bestseller — now with revised and expanded content on the exciting new science about the gut-brain link. Our gut is as important as our brain or heart, yet we know very little about how it works and many of us are too embarrassed to ask questions. In Gut, Giulia Enders breaks this taboo, revealing the latest science on how much our digestive system has to offer. From our miraculous gut bacteria — which can play a part in obesity, allergies, depression and even Alzheimer’ ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Genoa : CIDEB, c1996
Abstract/Sommario: In 1908 the young Katherine Mansfield left her native New Zealand and went to London, intent on a literary career. She died fifteen years later, leaving behind an extraordinary collection of stories. Katherine Mansfield: Seven Short Stories brings together some of her best fiction, such as "Bliss", "At the Bay", and "The Garden-Party". It also gives the reader a sense of Mansfield's artistic development: the young, brash, exciting voice of "The Swing of the Pendulum"; the mature and in ...; [Leggi tutto...]
London : Black Swan, 2000
Abstract/Sommario: In Lansquenet, a quiet village in the center of France, life flows peacefully. A little too placid: it is a closed community, where mainly elderly farmers and artisans remain, dominated with rude benevolence by the young curate Francis Reynaud. It's Shrove Tuesday - a pagan tradition opposed by the church - when Vianne Rocher and her young daughter Anouk arrive in the village. The woman is very nice and original, sexy and mysterious, perhaps she is the remissary of superior (or perhaps ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Abstract/Sommario: What do you do when the man in your life lets you down? Show him the door? Chuck his clothes out of the window? Cut the crotch from his trousers? If only it was that easy - especially when you've got an eight-year-old daughter to think about and a part-time job that barely pays the milk bill. Nessa Riley, who believes that with her husband, her little girl, and the home she loves, she has it all, is suddenly faced with the hardest decision of her life. Can she ignore what Adam seems to ...; [Leggi tutto...]
London : Bantam books, 2004
Abstract/Sommario: After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return.
But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC's South Asia correspondent, is posted to New Delhi, the most polluted city on earth. Having given up a blossoming radio career in Sydney to follow her ...; [Leggi tutto...]
But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC's South Asia correspondent, is posted to New Delhi, the most polluted city on earth. Having given up a blossoming radio career in Sydney to follow her ...; [Leggi tutto...]
London : HarperCollins, 2006
Abstract/Sommario: When peace is torn apart by bloody Danish steel, Uhtred must fight to save a king who distrusts him. Skeptical of a treaty between the Vikings and Wessex, Uhtred takes his talent for mayhem to Cornwall, gaining treasure and a mysterious woman on the way. But when he is accused of massacring Christians, he finds lies can be as deadly as steel. Still, when pious King Alfred flees to a watery refuge, it is the pagan warrior he relies on. Now Uhtred must fight a battle which will shape his ...; [Leggi tutto...]
London : Bloomsbury, 2011
Abstract/Sommario: Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.