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I Kwimper, una famiglia di sfaticati che vive di sussidi per la disoccupazione, durante un viaggio in auto prendono per sbaglio una strada in costruzione e si ritrovano, senza benzina, nel cuore del nulla americano. Una terra di nessuno che non figura nemmeno sulle carte geografiche, e che dunque può essere colonizzata, reclamandone la proprietà. La situazione ideale per cominciare da capo, come veri pionieri, e costruirsi un nuovo mondo: peccato che la terra promessa vada difesa dalle pretese di due funzionari del governo fin troppo zelanti, e di una banda di gangster da strapazzo.

Anthem by Ayn Rand is a classic dystopian novella about individuality, freedom, and the courage to think independently in a society built on conformity. This influential work of speculative fiction follows one man’s rebellion against collectivism as he searches for truth, identity, and...

We've been doing the same thing for hundreds of years. Marching, fighting, chanting, dying, changing, winning, losing . This time will be different. This time the future can still be made new. The City Always Wins is a novel from the front line of a revolution. Deeply enmeshed in the 2011...

An electrifying debut about a nonbinary corporate burnout embarking on a road trip from Chicago to Arkansas to find their conspiracy-theorist father, who has gone missing—for fans of Detransition Baby and Chain-Gang All-Stars The newly nameless narrator of Make Sure You Die Screaming has...

Oberschwaben, im Jahre 1415: Emmas Leben beginnt auf den Stufen eines Klosters. Als sich die Burgherrin Magdalena des Findelkindes annimmt und es als ihr eigenes ausgibt, scheint ihre Zukunft gesichert. Doch das Schicksal ist unberechenbar. Emma wächst bei ihrem Vater und ihrem Stiefbruder Ekart auf. Sorgenfrei verlebt sie eine unbeschwerte Kindheit, und als sie sich unsterblich in den Ritter Wolfram verliebt, glaubt Emma, ihr Glück gefunden zu haben.

In our near-future, the eccentric tech billionaire Jamin Lake reveals an innovation that could save our broken and divided nation: Algo, an A.I. candidate for president. It is heralded as an efficient, rational, and seemingly incorruptible leader, underpinned by the brainpower of a million minds. Jamin vows the A.I. has been programmed to follow only a single benevolent mantra: to deliver “the most good for the most people”. In a nation mired in seemingly endless crisis and division, it feels like a real chance for a better future.

“We count on our best young fiction writers to bring us news from the digital nervous system. Honor Levy . . . does so with special bite and élan.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times The magnetic debut collection from author Honor Levy, now with an additional story for the paperback...

'Inventive' THE TIMES From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age. Born in the American West to...

A wickedly funny and audacious debut novel following an academic who flees from heartbreak and lands in Iraq with a one-of-a-kind job offer—only to be forced to do the work of confronting herself. *AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* *AN NPR BOOKS WE LOVE PICK* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR...

In a place where horror straddles humor, Cheeky, Bloody Articles dares to answer questions like: What if you lived to be 100 years old but absolutely hated your family? And: Exactly how long does it take for a rat to decompose? This poignant yet provocative collection is terrible, wonderful, but most of all insightful. Every story of this anxiety-ridden tongue-in-cheek romp challenges our bonds with romantic partners, family, friends, and our entire view of the complicated universe we share.

A debut novel of remarkable beauty and invention, The Fortunate Fall is back in print for the first time in almost three decades as a Tor Essential, with a new introduction by Jo Walton. Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value...

The almost daughter is almost normal, because she knows how to know and also not know. She knows and does not know, for instance, about the barracks by the athletics field, and about the lonely woman she visits each week. She knows - almost - about ghosts, and their ghosts, and she knows not to...

One of The New Yorker's Best Books of the Year 'A finely drawn portrait of the kind of friendship we rarely see in contemporary fiction' - The Guardian 'Impressive and sophisticated' - The Daily Telegraph How much knowledge do you need in order to know someone? As her grandmother is dying...

BruceG is a Professional Grower in the Kingdom of Aspen trying to complete an environmental plan to protect the aquifer at Justin’s feedlot. But, he is continually thwarted by “systemic discrimination” being practiced by Professional Builders from a “dysfunctional” government regulatory body because they believe only builders can do feedlot plans.

Die Handlung: Im Mittelmeer verschwindet ein Frachtschiff mit rätselhafter Ladung. Weltweit sorgen Enthüllungen über die Plastikkatastrophe für Aufsehen, während im Hintergrund düstere Geschäfte auf höchster politischer Ebene laufen. Mittendrin: die kleine Zoe, die in der Hamburger Uniklinik um ihr Leben kämpft. Mikroplastik in ihrem Blut hat einen bösartigen Tumor in ihrer Leber ausgelöst – unheilbar, wie es scheint.

When the work on The Pipeline began, Amy thought that her work was done. Little did she know that it was just the beginning. She knew plastic pollution was an issue, but she had no idea how bad the problem was until she was face to face with it. Now, she has a new foe. With her friend's lives on the line, Amy will have to take on her biggest challenge yet.

The hilarious SEVENTH BOOK in Sue Townsend's bestselling series, sees Adrian fall in love, be inconvenienced by the war and face his new nemesis: a swan from the local canal . . . Wednesday April 2nd My birthday. I am thirty-five today. I am officially middle-aged. It is all downhill from now. A...

"L'Appel au soldat" de Maurice Barrès est le deuxième volet de sa trilogie acclamée "Le Roman de l'énergie nationale". Publié en 1900, le roman poursuit l'histoire des jeunes Lorrains introduite dans le premier livre, "Les Déracinés". Au fur et à mesure que les personnages ont grandi, certains ont eu du mal à résister au déracinement qu'ils ont vécu en s'installant à Paris, tandis que d'autres ont pleinement embrassé l'aventure politique. L'œuvre de Barrès explore les thèmes du nationalisme, du patriotisme et du conflit entre les désirs individuels et l'attachement à la terre natale.

Ein Scharfschütze auf der Jagd nach Kolt Raynor. Kolt »Racer« Raynor und sein Delta-Force-Team sollen den amerikanischen Präsidenten während einer NATO-Mission in Griechenland beschützen. Als der Präsident gerade eingetroffen ist, passiert das Unvorstellbare: Die Kugel eines Attentäters...

In book two of the Ancient Rome Trilogy that started with Imperium, bestselling Robert Harris again turns Roman history into a gripping thriller as Cicero faces a new power struggle in a world filled with treachery, violence, and vengeance. On the eve of Cicero’s inauguration as consul of Rome...