Rete Bibliotecaria della Provincia di Como

Abstract: Quanto hanno pagato gli olandesi nel 1614 per acquistare l’isola di Manhattan? Dove si trova il quartier generale del mondo dei blue jeans? Chi si incontra nella Malibu Colony vicino a Los Angeles? New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago e New Orleans sono le città più caratteristiche e affascinanti d’America. Simili per alcuni aspetti, ma completamente diverse per altri, queste città incantano chiunque le visiti. Il libro ne svela i segreti.

Abstract: Much-loved fairy tales leap to life in this series of lively retellings. There's a surprise under each lift-up flap to add to the fun.

Abstract: Figlia di un detective privato, Arianna e' una ragazza parigina ingenua mapiena di fantasie che salva la vita a un milionario americano, maturo e affascinante Don Giovanni delle cui avventure il padre si e' spesso occupato e del quale si innamora

Abstract: Ebenezer Scrooge despises Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices. Discover Dickens's most influential book and one of the world’s favourite Christmas reads.

Abstract: Un reduce dal Vietnam fa visita a un ex commilitone con una sorella che gli fa da madre e da serva. La corteggia facendola rifiorire e costringe l'amico a confrontarsi con il passato e la realtà.

Abstract: James Bond cerca i responsabili della morte della donna che amava. La sua determinazione lo porta ad un'organizzazione criminale chiamata "Quantum" capeggiata da Dominic Greene, un ambientalista che usa il potere per aiutare un paese a rovesciare il proprio governo in cambio di terre desertiche che gli permettano di controllare la fornitura idrica dell'intero territorio.

Abstract: F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise, made him instantly famous, and prefigured the themes and characters in later works such as The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night. A thinly disguised account of Fitzgerald's own Princeton years, the novel's frank description of the main character's love affairs shocked and delighted its first readers, and the book was an immediate success. The book recounts the story of Amory Blaine as he grows from pampered childhood to young adulthood, and learns to know himself better. At Princeton he becomes a literary aesthete and makes friends with other aspiring writers. As he moves out into the world and tries to find his true direction he falls in love with a succession of beautiful young women. Youthful exuberance and immaturity give way to disillusion and disappointment as Amory confronts the realities of life.

Abstract: 'One ought to choose something very deliberately, and be faithful to that.' Isabel Archer is a young, intelligent, and spirited American girl, determined to relish her first experience of Europe. She rejects two eligible suitors in her fervent commitment to liberty and independence, declaring that she will never marry. Thanks to the generosity of her devoted cousin Ralph, she is free to make her own choice about her destiny. Yet in the intoxicating worlds of Paris, Florence, and Rome, her fond illusions of self-reliance are twisted by the machinations of her friends and apparent allies. What had seemed to be a vista of infinite promise steadily closes around her and becomes instead a 'house of suffocation'. Considered by many as one of the finest novels in the English language, this is Henry James's most poised achievement, written at the height of his fame in 1881. It is at once a dramatic Victorian tale of betrayal and a wholly modern psychological study of a woman caught in a web of relations she only comes to understand too late. This edition reproduces the revised New York Edition, with James's own Preface.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Abstract: Rayne è una dhampir, figlia di un vampiro e di una donna umana. Un giorno parte dalla Transilvania per salvare gli abitanti di Deliverance, nel Far West, dal massacro da parte di un gruppo di vampiri