Federico II. Imperatore, uomo, mito
By: Hubert Houben
3.67
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Il volume traccia un profilo sintetico quanto informato dell'imperatore normanno-svevo Federico II …
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1. Donne, madonne, mercanti e cavalieri: Sei storie medievali
By: Alessandro Barbero
3.92
Format: 138 pages, Paperback
Chi erano, come pensavano, come vedevano il mondo uomini e donne del Medioevo? Sei destini unici c… read more
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- medieval
- nonfiction
- history
2. Il posto di ognuno: L'estate del commissario Ricciardi
By: Maurizio de Giovanni
4.17
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Napoli 1931. Le stagioni si susseguono incuranti del sangue e della morte e la città si prepara ad … read more
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"Everyone has their ghosts; it's just a matter of knowing how to ignore them."-Maurizio de Giovanni, Il posto di ognuno: L'estate del commissario Ricciardi
"Sometimes the most obvious solution also happens to be the right one: after all, life isn't a novel."-Maurizio de Giovanni, Il posto di ognuno: L'estate del commissario Ricciardi
"Certain kinds of happiness are complete only if they can remain in the shadows; because it's everyday life that kills happiness."-Maurizio de Giovanni, Il posto di ognuno: L'estate del commissario Ricciardi
3. L'Avversario
By: Emmanuel Carrère , Eliana Vicari Fabris
3.99
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
«Il 9 gennaio 1993 Jean-Claude Romand ha ucciso la moglie, i figli e i genitori, poi ha tentato di … read more
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"Il est notoire que les hommes les plus remarquables sont aussi les plus modestes, les moins soucieux de l'opinion qu'on a d'eux."-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario
"Je n'ai jamais été aussi libre, jamais la vie n'a été aussi belle. Je suis un assassin, j'ai l'image la plus basse qui puisse exister dans la société, mais c'est plus facile à supporter que les vingt…"-Emmanuel Carrère, L'Avversario
4. The Autumn Throne (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)
By: Elizabeth Chadwick
4.35
Format: 505 pages, Paperback
England, 1176 Imprisoned by her husband, King Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England, ref… read more
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- medieval
5. The Remains of the Day
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
4.14
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0571225381 here. In the summer of 1956, St… read more
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"The rest of my life stretches out as an emptiness before me."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
"One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
"If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
"شاید بهتر بود خداوند مارا هم مثل گیاهان خلق میکرد، یعنی پایمان محکم توی زمین باشد. آنوقت هیچکدام از این کثافتکاری مربوط به جنگ و مرز و این چیزها اصلاً پیش نمیآمد."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
6. An Artist of the Floating World
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.77
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art so… read more
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"An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"Democracy is a fine thing. But that doesn't mean citizens have a right to run riot whenever they disagree with something. #Page: 120"-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"Revolution? Really, Ono! The communists want a revolution. We want nothing of the sort. Quite the opposite, in fact. We wish for a restoration."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
"At times it was almost as it had been years ago, when on a sunny day the family would sit there together exchanging relaxed, often vacuous talk."-Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World
7. The Winter Crown (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #2)
By: Elizabeth Chadwick
4.23
Format: 483 pages, Hardcover
It is the winter of 1154 and Eleanor, Queen of England, is biding her time. While her husband King … read more
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- medieval
8. The Second Coming
By: John Niven
3.70
Format: None pages, Paperback
GOD'S COMING - LOOK BUSY! God really is coming, and he is going to be pissed. Having left his son i… read more
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9. Zeno's Conscience
By: Italo Svevo , William Weaver
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
Long hailed as a seminal work of modernism in the tradition of Joyce and Kafka, and now available i… read more
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10. Memoirs of Hadrian
By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick
4.23
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more
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"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
11. Charlemagne: Father of a Continent
By: Allan Cameron , Alessandro Barbero
4.12
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
The most important study of Charlemagne in a generation, this biography by distinguished medievalis… read more
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- medieval
- history
- biography
- nonfiction
12. The Betrothed
By: Alessandro Manzoni , Bruce Penman
3.85
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
Gyldendal-klassiker. Med utgivelsen av Alessandro Manzonis Dei trulovade i Gyldendals nye klassiker… read more
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"Costui, [...] un giorno osò rivolgerle il discorso. La sventurata rispose."-Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed
"One the advantages about this life is that you can hate someone without knowing him"-Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed
"He who utters falsehoods to the [lawyer] is a fool who will tell the truth to the judge."-Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed
"Non si può spiegare quanto sia grande l'autorità d'un dotto di professione, allorché vuol dimostrare agli altri le cose di cui sono già persuasi."-Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed
13. Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster
By: Andrew Leatherbarrow , Elizabeth Petrey
3.78
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
14. The Aleph and Other Stories
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley
4.33
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's mo… read more
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15. Accabadora
By: Michela Murgia
4.07
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
La Sardegna degli anni Cinquanta è un mondo antico sull’orlo del precipizio. Maria ha sei anni ed è… read more
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"Quan es té prou temps, fins i tot la ràbia s'organitza."-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
"En la hora de la debilidad algunos prefieren hacerse creyentes que fuertes"-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
"-¿Quieres juzgar el cómo sin entender el porqué? Siempre tienes prisa por dictar sentencias, Maria. (Bonaria Urria)"-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
"Come gli occhi della civetta, ci sono pensieri che non sopportano la luce piena. Non possono nascere che di notte, dove la loro funzione è la stessa della luna, necessaria a smuovere maree di senso i…"-Michela Murgia, Accabadora
16. The Brothers Karamazov
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky
4.37
Format: 796 pages, Paperback
The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more
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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
17. Intellectuals in the Middle Ages
By: Jacques Le Goff
4.26
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
In this pioneering work Jacques Le Goff examines both the creation of the medieval universities in … read more
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18. I racconti di Pietroburgo
By: Nikolai Gogol , Pietro Zveteremich
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Nei racconti del ciclo pietroburghese la capitale (che all'ucraino Gogol appare come una citta non … read more
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19. Lessico famigliare
By: Natalia Ginzburg , Cesare Garboli
5.00
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Lessico famigliaree la storia di una famiglia ebrea, quella della stessa scrittrice, che si svolge … read more
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20. Nudi e crudi
By: Giulia Arborio Mella , Alan Bennett , Claudia Valeria Letizia
4.57
Format: 102 pages, Paperback
Trovare la casa svaligiata dai ladri e senza dubbio un evento sinistro. Ma se spariscono anche la m… read more
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21. The Summer Queen (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
By: Elizabeth Chadwick
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Eleanor of Aquitaine is a 12th century icon who has fascinated readers for 800 years. But the real … read more
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22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
By: Arthur C. Clarke
4.17
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for th… read more
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"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
". . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
"Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything."-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
23. The Red and the Black
By: Stendhal , None
3.86
Format: 577 pages, Paperback
Handsome, ambitious Julien Sorel is determined to rise above his humble provincial origins. Soon re… read more
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"A good book is an event in my life."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"Toute vraie passion ne songe qu'a elle."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"It seems that my destiny is to die dreaming."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
"A novel is a mirror walking along a main road."-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
24. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
4.21
Format: 539 pages, Hardcover
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of… read more
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25. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
By: Philip K. Dick
4.09
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans o… read more
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"An android,"-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"Mors certa, vita incerta,"-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"Mankind needs more empathy."-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
"Frankly, you look more like a goat man to me."-Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
26. Dante
By: Alessandro Barbero
3.61
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
Alessandro Barbero ricostruisce in quest'opera la vita di Dante, il poeta creatore di un capolavoro… read more
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- history
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27. Giulio Cesare: Il dittatore democratico
By: Luciano Canfora
3.88
Format: 505 pages, Paperback
Cesare è morto: è il più celebre assassinio della storia. Come ogni omicidio anche questo suscita … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
28. Medioevo. Storia di voci, racconto di immagini
By: Alessandro Barbero
4.23
Format: 350 pages, Hardcover
Ascoltare e vedere il Medioevo, attraverso i suoi testi e i suoi affreschi, mosaici, miniature, scu… read more
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- nonfiction
29. La guerra dei cent'anni
By: Philippe Contamine
3.32
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
Etudie les causes, les différentes phases et les conséquences de la guerre de Cent ans, qui opposa … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
30. Federico II. Imperatore, uomo, mito
By: Hubert Houben
3.67
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Il volume traccia un profilo sintetico quanto informato dell'imperatore normanno-svevo Federico II … read more
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31. Donne sacre: Sacerdotesse e maghe, mistiche e seduttrici
By: Franco Cardini
2.89
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
Donne-dee, sacerdotesse, mistiche; guaritrici, veggenti, donne fatate e donne fatali; figlie del So… read more
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