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Walt Whitman
Leaves of grass and selected prose
En anglais – … » I’ve been reading bits and pieces of this mammoth collection for decades. Though I haven’t finished every last page, I’ve completed the lion’s share of the famous sections and will keep whittling away on the rest. » …
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Marker, segnali d’allarme
En italien – New York, Manhattan General Hospital: persone sane e giovani, sottoposte a interventi di routine, muoiono ventiquattr’ore dopo l’operazione. La cosa insospettisce Laurie Montgomery, medico legale dell’ospedale. La dottoressa si getta a capofitto nell’indagine, anche se ostacolata da superiori e colleghi che pensano si tratti di pure coincidenze. Le morti però aumentano e Laurie è sempre più convinta che sia opera di un serial killer: tutte le vittime hanno infatti mappe genetiche simili. Che qualcuno abbia bisogno di materia su sui fare esperimenti? Il tempo scorre rapido ed è necessario trovare una soluzione all’enigma anche per salvare la vita alla stessa Laurie, che, positiva a un marker tumorale, scoprirà di avere un legame particolare con la vicenda…
Le Dauphin perdu
Louis XVII, roi de France et de Navarre : telle est l’inscription que porte, dans la ville hollandaise de Delft, la tombe d’un horloger prussien, Karl Naundorff. Naundorff était-il Louis XVII ? L’énigme de « l’enfant du Temple », le mystère des prétendants au trône de France après la Restauration, l’étrange destinée de Naundorff le principal d’entre eux, voilà autant de problème qui ont toujours fasciné les historiens et le grand public et quxquels la récente exhumation des restes de Naundorff et le livre si discuté de Me Maurice Garçon viennent de donner un regain d’actualité. C’est dire le plaisir que chacun prendra à lire ce roman qui, basé sur les données historiques les plus authentiques, nous fait revivre avec émotion, dans les décors, les plus variés de l’Europe du siècle dernier, la vie vie étonnante et les amours de celui qui fut, nous démontre l’auteur, le vrai Louis XVII.
Undermajordomo minor
En Anglais – Lucy Minor is the resident odd duck in the hamlet of Bury. He is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for begetting brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as undermajordomo, he soon discovers the place harbours many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castle's master, Baron Von Aux. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder. Undermajordomo Minor is an ink-black comedy of manners, an adventure, and a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behaviour, but above all it is a love story. And Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing.