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Henri Pirenne
A history of Europe – Volume I
En anglais – From the end of the roman world in the west to the beginnings of the western states. « A model of descriptive and objective commentary, so objective that it seems to be itself a part of history »
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Codice a zero
En italien – 29 gennaio 1958, Cape Canaveral: inizia il conto alla rovescia per il lancio del primo satellite americano, fervono attesa e i preparativi ma per qualche motivo l'evento verrà rimandato di due giorni. Come mai qualcuno cerca di ostacolare la riuscita di questa storica impresa? 29 gennaio 1958, Union Station, Washington: alba un uomo si sveglia in una toilette maschile vestito come un barbone; è intontito come se soffrisse per i postumi di una sbornia ed è privo di memoria. Come è finito lì? E chi è veramente ? ambiguo mondo delle spie, in piena guerra fredda, Follett ambienta una storia di suspence che ha come protagonista uno scienziato spaziale che tenta di ricostruire il puzzle della sua esistenza.
Adam Runaway
En Anglais – « It is 1721 and young Adam Hanaway, devastated by his father’s sudden death, leaves England to seek his fortune in Lisbon, where his uncle is a successful merchant. But almost nothing turns out as Adam planned. His family’s welcome is cool, and Adam’s rise to the top is thwarted by Bartolomeu Gomes, his uncle’s treacherous clerk. » « As Adam attempts to overcome these obstacles he is handicapped by a certain personal trait. Not, he insists, that he is a coward exactly, but he is inclined to boldly put himself in dangerous situations and then at the last minute run away from them – hence the nickname given to him by friends who had observed this failing once too often. » « While Adam’s mother and sisters wait in England for him to rescue them from poverty, Adam is preoccupied with more compelling women: the beautiful, older half-Portuguese lady Maria Beatriz Hutchinson; the spoiled, rich Gabriella Lowther; and his charming young cousin Nancy. But Adam commits a social faux pas so severe he forever ruins his chances for making a good match – yet no one dares tell him what he has done wrong! » « Adam certainly has a lot to learn. …
Decade of success – Korea’s Saemaul Movement
En anglais – Edward Kim raconte, grâce à de superbes photos, l'exceptionnelle croissance économique de la Corée du Sud.