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L'autore di "Angelo guarda il passato", che è stato indicato dalla critica in modo contraddittorio a volte come genio ("Genius" fra l'altro è il titolo dell'ultimo film che descrive la sua vita) e a volte come scrittore fallito, specie se paragonato al suo contemporaneo Faulkner, scrive questi racconti in modo lirico, sregolato, come se fosse la scrittura a travolgere lui stesso e non lui a padroneggiarla col mestiere del letterato.

Thomas Clayton Wolfe, morto di tubercolosi a soli 38 anni, è uno scrittore e poeta statunitense. È famoso soprattutto per la sua scrittura moderna, poetica, impressionista. Questo è il suo romanzo più famoso, il cui titolo si ispira ad un verso di Milton, e ripercorre , attraverso le vicende dei protagonisti, la vita dell’America di inizio del XX secolo.

Mit allem, was nachts auf Erden geschieht, hatte ich Bekanntschaft gemacht, und schließlich auch nachts jene drei Gefährten kennengelernt, mit denen ich meines Lebens besten Teil zubrachte, - den stolzen Tod und dessen Geschwister, die strenge Einsamkeit und den großen Schlaf." So beginnt die Erzählung von Thomas Wolfe, in der er nächtliche Begebenheiten von Menschen, Schicksalen und Tod im New York der 1920er Jahre schildert.

Die Freiheit ist nur 20 Meter entfernt für den kubanischen Flüchtling, der sich auf den Mast einer Luxusjacht vor Miami geflüchtet hat. Aber dann wird er vor den Augen von Millionen Fernsehzuschauern in einer spektakulären Aktion live verhaftet. Und das ausgerechnet vom netten Nestor, einem Polizisten mit kubanischen Wurzeln, der unter den chauvinistischen Sprüchen seiner weißen Vorgesetzten leidet. Die ganze Stadt ist in zwei Lager gespalten: Für seine Familie und Landsleute ist Nestor ein Verräter, für die Weißen ein Held und Musteramerikaner. Soll der kubanische Bürgermeister ihn suspendieren oder mit Orden schmücken? Versaut ihm dieser Idiot die Wiederwahl?

Doch die Verhältnisse, in die Eugene Gant hineingeboren wird, sind alles andere als heimelig. Der Vater, ein jähzorniger Alkoholiker, die Mutter, eine berechnende Krämerseele...

Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times, and the people that shaped our nation. First, we travel back to the story that loomed over 20th-century America more than any other: the Cold War. How do you fight a war with just ideas?
Then, we'll go back a little further, to the only time a constitutional amendment has been repealed: Prohibition.

In The Politics of Petulance Alan Wolfe argues the core of our problem isn't Trump himself - it's that we are mired in an age of political immaturity. That immaturity is not grounded in any one ideology, nor is it a function of age or education. In 2016, many Americans were offered tantalizingly simple answers to complicated problems, and, like children being offered a lunch of Pop Rocks and Coke, they reflexively - and mindlessly - accepted. The good news is that we've been here before. Wolfe reminds us that we know how to grow up and face down Trump and other demagogues.

Chace, a teenage orphan with the power to see the future, saves people anonymously by leaving them a letter to find in their moment of crisis. When his friends are in danger, he is there. He saves them but cannot predict the consequences. He can see their future, but he cannot see his own. Chase is interrupted while writing to save his best friend, Sarah. With an incomplete letter, her rescue feels equally incomplete inside. Sarah cannot rest until she speaks to the one person who helped her want to go on living.

Madeleine L’Engle once said, “When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.” The Mythic Dream gathers together 18 stories that reclaim the myths that shaped our collective past, and use them to explore our present and future. From Hades and Persephone to Kali, from Loki to Inanna, this anthology explores retellings of myths across cultures and civilizations.

Edited by best-selling authors and universe creators Mark Wandrey and Chris Kennedy, Tales from the Lyon’s Den includes 18 all-new stories in the Four Horsemen universe by a variety of best-selling authors - and some you may not have heard of...yet.

Detective Ethan Quinn has questions. The Arlington Slasher case is closed, the UNSUB no longer a threat - but Quinn can’t quiet the suspicion he harbors toward his partner and the young, attractive ME. Not only does he loathe his uncertainty, he’s torn between doing his job and protecting his team. Burying himself in cases no longer works. He’s restless. On edge. And tired of fighting his compulsions. Quinn has always viewed the law in black and white. Only now his world is swirling with a murky gray that threatens to devour him.

Hanukkah is a very busy time! Join the young rabbi as she makes festive preparations - spinning the dreidel, cooking a tasty meal, lighting the menorah, and more - in this cumulative, rhyming story reminding listeners of the Hanukkah miracle of long ago! Learn about Hanukkah’s festivities and rituals, and about the Jewish holiday itself.

Maude Haskin was living in fear that her husband was going to kill her, but in the papers the headlines stated it was her husband, Harry Haskins, who had been murdered a week ago last Wednesday with an ice pick

Stinging deaths aren't uncommon in the summertime, but when Henry Wiest turns up stung to death at an Indian reservation, Detective Hazel Micallef senses not all is as it seems. And when it turns out the "bee" was a diabolical teenaged girl on a murder spree with a strange weapon, a dark and twisted crime begins to slowly emerge. The questions, contradictions, and bodies begin to mount, as two separate police forces struggle to work together to save the soul of Westmuir County.

Over the years, Jenny Craig has helped thousands of people lose the weight they never thought they could, while guiding them toward a healthier, more enjoyable, and more productive life. Now, for the first time, Jenny is sharing her remarkably successful philosophy for taking those extra pounds off—and loving it! Jenny Craig's weight-management program is a highly effective combination of nutritionally sound, calorie-controlled menus, behavioral guidance, and moderate exercise, personalized for each individual lifestyle.

First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite. The Power Elite can be enjoyed as a good account of what was taking place in America at the time it was written, but its underlying question of whether America is as democratic in practice as it is in theory continues to matter very much today.

Michael Medwin stars as account executive Michael, with Fenella Fielding as his seductive secretary Janet, Joan Sims and Sheila Hancock as shorthand typists Mavis and Shirley, Eleanor Summerfield as no-frills executive Maggie and Nicholas Phipps as copywriter Adrian. This disparate team must stick together to succeed, as they battle to win new accounts and impress clients – and from wooing a US tycoon to putting a glamorous spin on a dreary seaside holiday camp, they always think big. Why else would they hire an elephant to promote bath salts?

The memoirs of Wolfe Frank, which lay hidden in an attic for 25 years, are a unique and highly moving behind-the-scenes account of what happened at Nuremberg - "the greatest trial in history" - seen through the eyes of a witness to the whole proceedings. They include important historical information never previously revealed. In an extraordinarily explicit life story, Frank includes his personal encounters, inside and outside the courtroom, with all the war criminals, particularly Hermann Goering.

Each year, young people from around the world go to Silicon Valley to hatch an idea, start a company, strike it rich, and become powerful and famous. In The Valley of the Gods, Wolfe follows three of these upstarts who have "stopped out" of college and real life to live and work in Silicon Valley in the hopes of becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. No one has yet documented the battle for the brightest kids, kids whose goals are no less than making billions of dollars - and the fight they wage in turn to make it there.

Get your baby sleeping through the night, with the help of a leading baby and child sleep expert. Lucy Wolfe, a baby and child sleep expert, introduces the stay-and-support method for parents who want to help their babies sleep through the night. With sleep-shaping supports for newborns, top tips for toddlers, and advice for older children up to the age of six, Lucy's approach provides a gentle and emotionally considerate way to get your little one to sleep - without leaving them alone to cry, ensuring they feel loved, safe and secure at all times.