Cultural Heritage category: 3433 books

Parfois, il faut toucher le fond pour aspirer au changement salutaire.Les personnages de ce livre sont puissants, on y raconte des tranches de vies contemporaines, des leçons de vie ; il y a des débats, politiques, métaphysiques, des visions qui s’affrontent, une quête de vérités portée par...

»Es waren einmal ein König und eine Königin ...« Diese Worte entführen in eine magische Welt und laden zum Träumen ein. Charles Perrault schuf Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts aus überlieferten Geschichten wundervolle Prosa. Dieser Band mit Perraults Werken in einer neuen Übersetzung von Louise Bourbon...

“Homeless Bird” by Gloria Whelan was first published in 2000. Soon after its publication, the book became very popular. It was the winner of “Books for the Teen Age Award” in 2001 and “National Book Award” in 2000. The story revolves around a thirteen-year-old girl named Koly. She...

Young Thabo sleeps over in the Chief’s house on an errand for his father. Overnight he gropes the Chief’s extraordinarily beautiful daughter Nefrika. Obsessed with her, he returns to his father’s house convinced that Nefrika is his destiny. Five years later, they meet again as young adults....

Eine Dolmetscherin erzählt. Nach zweieinhalb Jahren in Russland ist Nora wieder zurückgekehrt. In ihrem Job als Dolmetscherin ist sie Sprachrohr für traumatisierte Flüchtlinge, ebenso wie für die Psychotherapeuten. Es fällt ihr zunehmend schwer, sich von den Leidensberichten der Flüchtlinge...

Famiglia Franceschini, famiglia Raspini, famiglia Brunetti. Il destino di queste discendenze s’intreccia a partire dall’inizio del Novecento fino ai primi anni Duemila, e la spiegazione è da ricercare nell’inquietante “maledizione del Cardinale”. Il passato ripercorre le sventure dei discendenti...

Divisé entre modernité et traditions, un jeune Lakota part en quête de ses origines. « Malheureusement, il m’est impossible de devenir un fils du Peuple Bison tant que je serai incapable de croire en Wakháŋ Tháŋka. Mais comment faire pour me convaincre de sa réalité ? Comment...

Set against a backdrop of real events in modern China. The displacement of 1.4 million people from the building of the Three Gorges dam is a Katrina-magnitude story that resonates with sympathetic Americans, human rights activists, sinophiles, journalists and bloggers keeping their eyes on China. A...

Da cinque mesi il vecchio proprietario Ulpiano Melis cercava inutilmente un servo per il suo ovile: tutti erano alla guerra, ed i padroni che ancora ne avevano uno, si guardavano bene dal lasciarselo pigliare. Durante l'inverno, il vecchio Ulpiano aveva fatto tutto da sé nell'ovile, ma con l'avvicinarsi...

Anna è una giornalista di New York incaricata di scrivere un articolo sulla stupenda biblioteca di un baronetto inglese. Una rete di intrighi e di ricatti la metterà in contatto con lo studioso di letteratura Henry Walden, e insieme a lui Anna intraprenderà una ricerca complessa e frenetica in lungo...

Con “Le colpe altrui” Grazia Deledda ci riporta nella sua Sardegna cruda e armoniosa al tempo stesso, piena di contraddizioni ed in cui vivere non è facile, in tutti i sensi, per darci un romanzo sui temi della colpa e del pentimento. Al centro del romanzo c’è la famiglia Zanche, il cui patriarca,...

The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel in which we find investigator Sherlock Holmes as the protagonist.Miss  Mary Morstan hires Holmes because her father disappeared in India during an expedition. For years, the day of her  father's disappearance, Miss Morstan...

Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONSNoveletta imprintFRIENDSHIP SERIESBOOK TWO – RECIPE FOR TROUBLEI wake to the smell of ginger and garlic and the sizzle of oil. Mmm …breakfast. I turn my head towards the kitchen sounds. Oww! Ohhh! My head. I try to sit up, to put my head in my hands....

“The Sovereignty and Goodness of God” by Mary Rowlandson is also titled “The Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson.” The book was first published in 1682. It is said to be one of America’s first bestsellers.Mary Rowlandson was a colonial American woman. Once, Native Americans...