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Frediani, AndreaLe grandi battaglie di Napoleone
Language: Italian, History & Biography – Format: ePub

Dalle grandi imprese di Marengo, Ulma, Austerlitz, Jena, Friedland e Wagram alle drammatiche disfatte in Russia, a Lipsia e a Waterloo.
Se la guerra è un’arte, Napoleone è stato uno dei massimi artisti della storia dell’umanità. (More) La sua mente geniale ha prodotto piani strategici e tattici di livello ineguagliabile, sia nella fase di ascesa, quando la sua esperienza era ancora acerba, sia in quella del declino, nonostante il peso di una vita incredibilmente intensa. Questo libro racconta la straordinaria parabola di un piccolo ufficiale di artiglieria che divenne imperatore e dominatore d’Europa, attraverso le sue più stupefacenti gesta: dalle sconfitte inflitte all’esercito austriaco con un modesto e improvvisato esercito durante la prima campagna d’Italia, alle grandi imprese di Marengo, Ulma, Austerlitz, Jena, Friedland e Wagram, fino alle drammatiche disfatte in Russia, a Lipsia e a Waterloo. Ma narra anche gli eventi minori e meno conosciuti, nei quali il suo talento militare ebbe ugualmente modo di mettersi in mostra, come le battaglie della guerra di Spagna e quelle per la difesa della Francia che precedettero la sua abdicazione.

Foster, MichaelJ. R. R. Tolkien. The Man Behind the Hobbits
Language: English, History & Biography – Format: ePub

Millions of readers and movie fans worldwide know Bilbo Baggins. The title character of The Hobbit, and featured in The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo and his world of elves, dwarves, orcs, and men has captured the imaginations of (More) several subsequent generations. Bilbo’s adventures in Middle-Earth make for a powerful story of friendship and good versus evil.
But while Bilbo feels like an old friend, what do you know of his creator? J.R.R. Tolkien is only a name to many people. However, his genius for language and storytelling in the midst of the 20th century’s violence and upheaval make for a powerful story. Tolkien’s life journey is an adventure in itself, as seen in J.R.R. Tolkien: The man behind the Hobbits.

Calvino, ItaloIl barone rampante
Language: Italian, Novel – Format: iSilo

Alarcón, Pedro Antonio deEl Escándalo
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

Probablemente , las múltiples especulaciones sobre cuál era la historia real sobre la que se basó el argumento de El escándalo fueran uno de los factores que contribuyeron al tremendo éxito que tuvo en su época. La anécdota y un (More) cierto tono de “escándalo” acompañaron su aparición. Novela de tesis, romántica o folletín, lo cierto es que El escándalo por su intriga, su perspectivismo narrativo, su misterio que se va poco a poco desvelando capta la atención y el interés del lector desde el primer momento. Alarcón, a quién Clarín, uno de los más sagaces críticos literarios de la época, calificó de “escritor espontáneo”, motivo por el cual al crítico le disgustaban tanto sus pretensiones ideológicas y su estilo a veces engolado y académico, supo construir siempre acertadamente una interesante ficción novelesca.

Beard, MaryEl arte clásico de Grecia y Roma
Language: Spanish, History & Biography – Format: ePub

Mary Beard y John Henderson nos descubren en este libro el mundo antiguo de Grecia y Roma como nunca lo habíamos imaginado, con sus esculturas pintadas de brillantes colores y sus edificios totalmente decorados con frescos y (More) mosaicos.

Conrad, JosephHeart of Darkness
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

Set in a time of oppressive colonisation, when large areas of the world were still unknown to Europe, and Africa was literally on maps and minds as a mysterious shadow, Heart of Darkness famously explores the rituals of (More) civilisation and barbarism, and the frighteningly fine line between them. We get the tale through a classic unreliable narrator, relating as Marlow, a ship’s captain, tells how he was sent by the Company to retrieve the wayward Kurtz, and was shaken to discover the true depths of darkness in that creature’s, and in his own, soul. Conrad based the work closely on his own terrible experience in the Congo. This work has been reinterpreted and adapted into many modern forms, the most well known being the film Apocalypse Now.

Gómez-Jurado, JuanCicatriz
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub

Simon Sax podría ser un tipo afortunado. Es joven, listo y está punto de convertirse en multimillonario si vende su gran invento —un asombroso algoritmo— a una multinacional. Y, sin embargo, se siente solo. Su éxito contrasta con (More) sus nulas habilidades sociales. Hasta que un día vence sus prejuicios y entra en una web de contactos donde se enamora perdidamente de Irina, con la inexperiencia y la pasión de un adolescente, a pesar de los miles de kilómetros que los separan. Pero ella, marcada con una enigmática cicatriz en la mejilla, arrastra un oscuro secreto. Una novela que te hará mirar de otra forma a la persona con la que duermes. Una historia absolutamente adictiva firmada por el autor español de thriller más leído en todo el mundo.

Archer, JeffreyBe Careful What You Wish For (Clifton Chronicles, 4)
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

Be Careful What You Wish For, the fourth instalment in Jeffrey Archer’s The Clifton Chronicles, opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a (More) fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend Bruno?
When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, the egregious Major Alex Fisher, in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham.
Back in London, Harry and Emma’s adopted daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with a fellow student, Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him. Both families are delighted until Priscilla Bingham, Jessica’s future mother-in-law, has a visit from an old friend, Lady Virginia Fenwick, who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice.
Then, without warning, Cedric Hardcastle, a bluff Yorkshireman who no one has come across before, takes his place on the board of Barringtons. This causes an upheaval that none of them could have anticipated, and will change the lives of every member of the Clifton and Barrington families. Hardcastle’s first decision is who to support to become the next chairman of the board: Emma Clifton or Major Alex Fisher? And with that decision, the story takes yet another twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Archer, JeffreyEl undécimo mandamiento
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub

«La historia de un hombre que murió dos veces». Para un agente de la CIA, el undécimo mandamiento prescribe no dejarse atrapar y, en caso de ser atrapado, no confesar. Connor Fitzgerald ha transgredido el undécimo mandamiento. (More) Veintiocho años en la CIA iban a concluir en una fría prisión de San Petersburgo. Sin duda, es víctima de su pecado, pero también de una infame conspiración, en la que están implicados la directora de la Agencia, Helen Dexter, y, de forma indirecta, el presidente de Estados Unidos. La alta política, la capacidad de sacrificio y la ambición de poder son, en esta novela, el motor de las peores motivaciones humanas.

Dashner, JamesEl juego infinito
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub

Michael es un hacker de Red Virtual, el adictivo juego de realidad virtual que arrasa entre los adolescentes. Allí tiene amigos de verdad: Sarah y Bryson, y gracias a su capacidad para manipular la tecnología y saltarse las normas (More) pueden exprimir al máximo la plataforma y vivir experiencias al límite.Sin embargo, la diversión acabará cuando el gobierno dé alcance a Michael…Su objetivo: que les ayude a detener a un jugador sin identificar que está sembrando el pánico en la red.Michael, Sarah y Bryson deberán cazar a un ciberterrorista que está sembrando el caos en un popular juego de realidad virtual…

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