Lina: 259 books

Una vacanza in montagna, in compagnia di amici sempre più scomodi e noiosi. Iris ha un presentimento: ritornerà a casa sana e salva, in Inghilterra, dopo questo soggiorno alpino? O le accadrà qualcosa sulla strada del ritorno? Un piacevole incontro in treno allontana tutti i dubbi, l'incontro con...

"Il titolo dell'opera, Vespero, implica un viatico romantico, simbolico ed evocativo: il nome di un vento che trasporti questi componimenti in fuga, verso altri territori, altre culture, lettori, autori. All'interno del Vespero (vento del mediterraneo, tipicamente estivo, che si manifesta durante...

El concepto de país hace referencia a un espacio geográfico con una organización política, ocupado por un grupo de personas que comparten el mismo lenguaje, territorio y elementos culturales. En este sentido, circunscribir a un país al concepto de marca tiene como finalidad definir estrategias...

THE MISSING Nora's daughter Annabelle has disappeared, last seen on her way home from a party. THE LOST Gullspång's inexperienced police are wilting under the national media spotlight - and its residents desperate for answers. THE CLOCK IS TICKING . . . Stockholm DI Charlie Lager must...

Each summer, millions of children complain, "There's nothing to do." Originally published in 1889, The American Girl's Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young girls. It includes plans for April Fool's parties...

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...

The story reveals the life of a family with ten children moving from a Portuguese island were life was peaceful and danger free to Africa and face an unknown culture full of hardship and starvation. Mom and Dad's courage to keep going and looking for something better, but there were times when better...

It's curtains for Gotham in Deadly Debut, which takes the first bow in the Murder New York Style series. In these pages, a Bronx teen steeped in Poe confronts a tormentor; a recovering alcoholic sweeps up deadly secrets; and a gutsy lie shatters lives in post-war Queens. From a Brooklyn nanny’s street...

For many reasons, some of which are obvious to the least thoughtful, the history of Switzerland is peculiarly interesting, and not least so to English-speaking peoples. In the first place, the "playground of Europe" is every year visited by large numbers of British and Americans, some of...

The Biography of the Noble Prophet Muhammad, Written in easy-to-read language, This book is part one (of two parts) of the series. this part covers from the Messenger's birth to his migration to Al-Madeenah. This series aims at providing the youth with valuable morals and lessons that would attract them to adopt the way of life of the Prophet in their daily lives.

Writers of the modern essay can trace their chosen genre all the way back to Michel de Montaigne (1533–92). But save for the recent notable best seller How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell, Montaigne is largely ignored. After Montaigne—a collection of twenty-four new personal essays...

The exciting original of the Hitchcock film classic. Iris Carr was young, wealthy, attractive - and bored. Despairing of her society friends, tired of skiing with the crowd, she decides to return to England alone by train. But she hadn't bargained for the extraordinary Miss Froy - a lively,...

Slices of life beyond the tourist's view. By turns funny, tough, and somber, the twenty-one helpings of New York attitude in Fresh Slices reveal neighborhoods both rich and poor, where oldtimers desperately protect their secrets and brand new arrivals indulge dangerous appetites. There is as much...