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A journey through the glorious Italian city's scenery, history, and culture, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Venice Observed and The Group. Mary McCarthy's classic celebrates the Italian city often looked upon as the provincial sister to the better-dressed, more "feminine" Venice...

Discover the captivating allure of France as you delve into the intricate fabric of its unique culture with Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong. This thought-provoking book explores the enigmatic charm of the French nation while shedding light on the nuances that both bewitch and puzzle the...

A sea-swimmer’s account of the remarkable seabirds that inhabit our shores Living on the coast for most of her life, Marianne Taylor has spent a lot of time in the company of wild seabirds. Whether she's swimming in the sea, doing some coastal birding or looking out of her window at home, she...

In Viaggio nelle Puglie, Raffaello Mastrolonardo invita il lettore a riscoprire una terra che la modernità ha semplificato, ma che nella sua storia resta profondamente plurale. Attraverso un moderno Grand Tour, l'autore attraversa la Capitanata, la Terra di Bari e la Terra d'Otranto, intrecciando memorie personali e ricerca storica. Il racconto si muove sulle tracce di Federico II, lo Stupor Mundi, la cui eredità vive nei castelli e nelle cattedrali romaniche che punteggiano il territorio.

Tutta n'ata storia è il racconto onesto e leggero di luoghi, fatti e personaggi della storia moderna napoletana. È un manuale per studenti che vogliono solo imparare. È un libro per curiosi che si vogliono acculturare. È una guida per un'insolita visita di Napoli. È, soprattutto, un libro di Storia.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. You have wanted this trip for years, and now you are staring at a map of two hundred islands, wondering whether Santorini is worth it, whether Mykonos is your kind of night, and how anyone gets from Athens to a Cycladic village without losing two days...

An unexpected and devastating decision by a large Swedish company hits the owner of a major Munichbased supplier like a bombshell. In sheer desperation he hires a man with a criminal record to pressure the Swedish CEO into reversing the disastrous decision. Two months later a spectacular...

Découvrir Bordeaux tout en philosophant, le pari fou et plein d'humour d'Yves Cusset. « J'aimerais redéployer ce plaisir philosophique et méditatif rare de la promenade, et m'amuser à faire pour cela de Bordeaux un ensemble de méandres où perdre sa pensée… pour mieux y retrouver des bribes de questionnement sur nous-mêmes et le monde qui nous entoure. » Imaginé comme un guide, « Promenades philosophiques dans Bordeaux » est un prétexte à la philosophie en marchant.

Det är hösten 1995. En fredagseftermiddag får kriminalinspektör Stig Alm besök av Örjan Högbom, vice ordförande i Centerdemokraterna och en av kandidaterna till posten som ny partiledare. Högbom är övertygad om att han kommer att bli mördad på söndag. Han berättar om ett...

En skuldsatt man hittas död på rälsen vid Neglinge station. Det ser ut som ett solklart självmord ända tills rättsläkaren konstaterar att mannen redan var död när tåget körde över honom. Kommissarie Arvidsson är övertygad om att en ökänd penningutlåneare ligger bakom mordet...

Three women destined to find each other and forge a new path to happiness. Mellissa Knight thought she had a happy life in Devon—until Geoff, her husband of twenty-five years announces he’s off to take the gap year he never had. Within days, he’s gone. Reeling, Mel seizes an unexpected...

'Graham Robb has found a new format for writing history just as Craig Brown found a fresh way to write biography' - Alan Johnson 'Robb tumbles into British history with an infectious enthusiasm . . . immensely entertaining’ - Chris Bryant, author of The Glamour Boys Taking the reader on a...

In places of darkness, women will rise . . . Iceland, 1910. In the middle of a severe storm two sisters—Freyja and Gudrun—rescue a mysterious, charismatic man from a shipwreck near their remote farm. Sixty-five years later, a young woman—Sigga—is spending time with her grandmother when...

Fall in love with Italy all over again. There are endless reasons to love Italy. This beautiful country has us hooked on morning espressos and afternoon spritzes, bowls of pasta and slices – oh, so many slices – of pizza. It has us wearing chic street style, admiring great art, driving...

A SPECTATOR and PROSPECT Book of the Year 'Ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative' Spectator 'A fresh way to write history' Alan Johnson 'A quirky, amused, erudite homage to France . . . ambitious and original' The Times _____ France: An Adventure History is a profoundly original...

From the acclaimed author of the wonderfully funny and openhearted (NPR) Drinking with Men comes a poignant, wrenching, and ultimately hopeful bookequal parts memoir and social historythat follows the author, after a series of tragic losses, to Northern Ireland, where she finds a path toward...

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Improve your everyday Spanish speaking and listening skills by following typical, fun conversations and practising what you hear in the dialogues. We recommend you finish the Complete and Next Steps courses before starting Spanish...

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Improve your everyday French speaking and listening skills by following typical, fun conversations and practising what you hear in the dialogues. We recommend you finish the Complete and Next Steps courses before starting French...

Full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating, the first Tour de France in 1903 was a colourful affair. Its riders included characters like Maurice "The White Bulldog" Garin, an Italian-born Frenchman whose parents were said to have swapped him for a round of cheese in order to smuggle him into France as a 14-year-old; and Hippolyte Aucouturier, who, with his jersey of horizontal stripes and handlebar moustache, looked like the villain from a Buster Keaton movie.

In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martín, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books, and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house lie photographs and letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner.