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I combattimenti più duri, le battaglie più spietate, l’assedio più lungo: il fronte orientale fu il concentrato di tutte le violenze della Seconda guerra mondiale. Agli uomini che combatterono e vissero nell’Europa orientale non fu risparmiata nessuna delle barbarie del conflitto, che anzi vissero nel modo più travolgente e cruento: deportazioni, esecuzioni di massa, rappresaglie. Milioni di persone soffrirono la fame, la sete, il freddo e la stanchezza, in una Russia sconvolta dalle gigantesche battaglie di carri, aerei e fanteria.

Jenny and Mark have been together since they were at school. Now they are getting a divorce - largely, it would appear, because it is easier than answering difficult questions. (For example, why has it taken them 15 years to get married?) Only Jenny and Mark are determined that their carefully planned separation will lead to the world's first truly amicable divorce. But Jenny and Mark's friends and family are not so happy about their plans for a 'perfect divorce'. They find their loyalties divided.

Sei alla ricerca di informazioni sul mondo dei trasporti? In questo secondo volume del 'Manuale della logistica' viene descritta l'operatività e il ruolo dei magazzini all'interno di aziende specifiche, Buona lettura!

Here is a long audiobook of stories for 0-5-year-olds, about the pets who live in the houses along Buffin Street: the witch's cat, the old sea-captain's parrot, the snake, the hamster, the new puppy, the pony, the gerbil, and so on.

Prachtig geïllustreerde jubileumeditie van deze bestseller, waarvan al 150.000 exemplaren zijn verkocht. Volgens de Japanse traditie heeft iedereen een ikigai, een reden van bestaan. Het is een van de geheimen van een lang, tevreden en gezond leven, zoals de inwoners van Okinawa het leiden. Op dit Japanse eiland wonen meer gezonde en actieve honderdjarigen dan waar ook ter wereld. De auteurs trokken naar Okinawa om te ontdekken wat dat geheim voor een optimistisch en gezond leven is.

Questo romanzo, scritto nel 1851, è considerato il primo "noir" italiano. L'autore, scrittore fertile di romanzi di appendice e precursore del verismo, fu il più popolare degli scrittori napoletani. La Serao lo ricorda come "precursore della narativa di denuncia"; Benedetto Croce lo definisce "letto da tutti fuorchè dalla gente letterata", e invita gli studiosi italiani ad occuparsi di lui, sia per il suo interesse storico che linguistico, che per la sua prosa elegante e ricercata, e originale.

Da un libraio, appassionato lettore e autore, un audiolibro sulla potenza dello scrivere. Dopo anni trascorsi tra letture personali e, per editori, valutazione di manoscritti, Francesco Serino, libraio indipendente e autore di un romanzo di formazione e di un saggio storico, si cimenta con una piccola (e densissima) guida dedicata a chi desidera apprendere l'arte dello scrivere.

È un freddo e piovoso mattino d'autunno, quando una scena raccapricciante sorprende la domestica del Sostituto procuratore Giovanni Mastropaolo: l'uomo giace nello studio della sua villetta, la fronte bucata da un proiettile. Non ci sono segni di effrazione e gli inquirenti rimangono sconcertati: l'omicidio non ha le caratteristiche tipiche di quelli compiuti della malavita organizzata, ipotesi che sembrava la più probabile, dato che la vittima era nota per le sue indagini contro la nuova camorra pugliese.

La storia della campagna militare contro l'Unione Sovietica voluta da Benito Mussolini che si trasformò nella più tragica sconfitta dell'esercito italiano durante la Seconda guerra mondiale. The history of the military campaign against the Soviet Union built by Benito Mussolini, that was transformed into the most tragic defeat of the Italian Army during the Second World War.

Olivia, the eldest daughter, has returned from treating an epidemic abroad and must go into quarantine for seven days. Her mother has decided it's the perfect opportunity to spend some 'special time' together. Her youngest sister wholeheartedly disagrees. Her father isn't allowed an opinion. When no one can leave the house and no one can enter, quaratine for the Birches feels like an eternity. Especially when they're all harbouring secrets. One of which is about to come knocking at their door.

Iqbal Masih, ceduto dalla sua famiglia di contadini ridotti in miseria, in cambio del prestito di 26 dollari, costretto a lavorare in una tessitura di tappeti dall'alba al tramonto, incatenato al telaio, in condizioni disumane, come milioni di altri bambini nei paesi più poveri del mondo, troverà la forza di ribellarsi, di far arrestare il suo padrone, di denunciare la "mafia dei tappeti", contribuendo alla liberazione di centinaia di altri piccoli schiavi.

In a church in Battersea, Mary-Margaret O'Reilly sees blood on her hands and believes she has witnessed a miracle. The consequences are both profound and devastating - not just for her but for others, too: Father Diamond, the parish priest, struggling with his own faith. Stella, adrift in her marriage and aching for her ten-year old son, away at boarding school. Alice, counting the days until her soldier son comes home. And Mary-Margaret's mother, imprisoned in a tower block with nothing but her thoughts for company.

Snakes and snails and spiders for dinner! Kate was having a bad day. Her first morning at her new school and already her clothes have gone missing, her best friend has disappeared, and her new teacher is a comic-reading gorilla. Something is very wrong! Francesca Simon brings every child's worst nightmare to life in this funny, original story.

Centering us in Rome, but transporting us seamlessly into worlds as varied and exotic as they are emotionally real, these stories paint landscapes that are populated - vividly, hauntingly - by animals: from squawking, violent seagulls, to magical snakes, to a tiny dog on the side of a deserted road, to starlings circling the evening sky in exhilarating formation.

It's 1969, and the summer of love still lingers in London, but Gilda is haunted by her wartime past. She walked out on her son, Reuben, when he was just a boy and fears he'll never forgive her. When he marries a small, blonde gentile, she takes it as the ultimate rejection. Her cold, distant son seems transformed by love. What does his new wife have that she doesn't? As Gilda's obsession builds, she starts to follow her daughter-in-law, copies her hairstyle and breaks into the newlyweds' home.

Susan is whisked back through time to Ancient Greece, and finds that helping Hercules clean the Augean stables is much, much worse than tidying her room. One hair-raising experience follows another as she goes down into the Underworld with Orpheus, just misses being turned to stone by Medusa, and rides on the winged horse Pegasus.

A timeless bedtime story from Francesca Simon, read by Lenny Henry. This download includes dramatised and undramatised versions of the story. A little boy getting ready for bed looks up at the moon and wonders whether it can speak English as it shines all over the world. He tells the moon about his day - it's not lonely falling asleep when you share your day's adventures with the moon.

For Love of Piano and Friends intertwines stories of personal growth, triumph over tragic family histories, and the exploration of the burial linen and sudarium of Christ throughout history, as well as the Sacred Line of the Archangel - all in the context of the healing power of love, friendship, dogs...and classical piano. Francesco Chiappelli's novel explores personalities, friendships, triumphs, and tragedies within the context of Christian narrative and lore.

This book of farmyard stories from the best-selling author Francesca Simon introduces the animals from Buffin Street. Being on audiobook gives the opoportunity to create entertaining and funny animal sound effects that children will delight in listening to.

Ava is sick and tired of her parents always telling her what to do. Nag nag nag. Why can't she have the kind of parents that let her eat sweets all day? Or parents who never make her go to bed, or eat vegetables?

Then she sees an advert for the Parent Swap Shop, and Ava knows it's time to trade in the old ones for a new and improved mum and dad.