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'Savage, brilliant, merciless and mad as hell' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A thriller's bones, a satire's glare, and a comeuppance story's anarchic spirit' NEW YORKER 'Lives up to the hype' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE Nathan says he loves me because I let him see me, and he knows how hard that is. He appreciates...

Luglio 2006. L'Italia sta per vincere i Mondiali, Miley Cyrus debutta come Hannah Montana e un pallido Luca Murphy si siede davanti alla commissione per sostenere l'orale di maturità nel bizzarro liceo classico Galilei di Pisa, un edificio decrepito in cui sono ormai rimaste solo tre classi, poiché le altre ventidue sono state trasferite in uno stabile non lontano e soprattutto non pericolante. Dopo nove mesi di conto alla rovescia per la tanto attesa libertà, deve ottenere almeno 80 su 100 per essere ammesso all'Università di Londra.

Murders, suicides, unattended deaths–Detective Patrick “Mac” MacKenna finally gets his transfer to Major Crimes. Sprinkle in the armed robberies, stabbings, and shootings; and the men and women in the Criminal Investigations Division have their hands full every day in the urban metropolis. The scent of burnt coffee lingers in the air of Major Crimes, where a diverse collection of detectives works together to solve the toughest crimes.

In the heart of Boston in the 1980s, an unlikely friendship develops between two students at Cathedral High School. Patrick is an Irish Catholic born leader. His friends follow him with blind allegiance. Nate is a young, disciplined, Black athlete, focused on finding his way out of the neighborhood alive. The two young men find themselves on hectic school grounds in a culture that shuns friendships like theirs. This is the story of a Boston friendship that crossed neighborhood lines, broke cultural boundaries, and propelled two adolescents to rethink the world around them.

Davanti ai nostri occhi una galleria di personaggi esilaranti: Augusten, prima di tutto, con le sue giacche blu, il sogno glamour di diventare parrucchiere per dive o medico in una soap opera e la naturalezza con cui simula il suicidio per non andare a scuola; il dottor Finch, lo psichiatra che ne ottiene l’affidamento e che vive in una casa tutta rosa con la moglie che sgranocchia croccantini per cani; i loro sette figli e i pazienti che frequentano la «pink house» e che forse sono più sani dei suoi abitanti, o forse sono solo diversamente pazzi.

It is said that of all things, hope is the last to die. After thousands of years and numerous attempts by humanity to alter its unwavering tendency towards civilizational suicide, even the hope that springs eternal was beginning to fade.Following seventy thousand years of undisturbed slumber...

In this atmospheric novel set in the Jim Crow South, a powerful Black family fights to protect their empire—an "unforgettable must-read" for readers of Tayari Jones (Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling author). Jordan Sable, a prosperous undertaker turned political boss...

One thing is to win, to win. To win. To win. To win. To dominate. To crush them!

Rise the Trilogy Pt. 2 reveals the truth behind Lincoln and his assignation and his sacrifice for humanities sake. You think you know the truth?