Francesca: 997 books

The three great sources of knowledge respecting the shrouded part of humanity are the language, the mythology, and the ancient monuments of a country. From the language one learns the mental and social height to which a nation had reached at any given period in arts, habits, and civilization, with the...

Henry is up to his usual mischief: annoying his younger brother, ruining Moody Margaret's sleepover, and irritating his teacher, Mrs. Battleaxe-not to mention trying to manipulate his family into seeing his favorite band-the Killer Boy Rats. "Kids will love reading the laugh-out-loud funny...

What happens if you try to retire a god who is not ready to leave? An official from the Ministry of Divinity arrives at a university to decommission a local god. She is expecting an easy decommissioning of a waning god of mischief but finds instead an active god not interested in retiring and...

Jenny and Mark have been together since they were at school, but are now going their separate ways. They are determined that their carefully planned separation will lead to the world's first truly amicable divorce. They'll divide up their possessions without any argument; each eager to show that he/she...

An Italian professor seeks to understand her own mind—and heart: “An elegant and engaging writer who treats serious questions with wit and grace” (The Wall Street Journal).   Martina Satriano, an Italian professor of cultural history at New York University, observes the great American city...

Leila Lane sembra un'infermiera come tante, alle prese con un nuovo lavoro, con le minacce del suo ex compagno e il ricordo di un’avventura da gettarsi alle spalle, ma cela una doppia vita, nascosta nel piano interrato del Georgetown Hospital. Ce la farà a rimettere in sesto la propria vita, anche...

Daniela è una ragazza semplice, chiusa nelle sue paure, goffa e timida. Sempre alla ricerca del principe azzurro, perennemente a dieta. Decide di creare un profilo social per conoscere qualcuno, e così nasce Gret@. Da quel momento ha inizio una lotta tra due parti opposte di una personalità che si contendono lo stesso uomo. Chi ne uscirà vincitrice?

A bestselling novel in Italy and Elle magazine's book of the year, Eva Sleeps is a sweeping modern story about family, forgiveness, and conflict. At its heart is the story of a woman searching for the truth about her origins. This literary page-turner will delight fans of Elena Ferrante.  Out...

Thirsting for Life takes the classic vampire story into the present, exploring both the psychological and spiritual mind of the vampire and how it transcends through the experiences influenced by life, love and fate. This story probes themes of divorce, life as a single mother, as well as coping with...

A mesmerizing novel of love and nostalgia set in the vast spaces of contemporary East Africa. Romantic, often resonantly ironic, moving and wise, Rules of the Wild transports us to a landscape of unsurpassed beauty even as it gives us a sharp-eyed portrait of a closely knit tribe of cultural...

Written originally as a fanfiction for the series Twilight, the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey has made obvious what was always clear to fans and literary scholars alike: that it is an essential human activity to read and retell epic stories of famous heroic characters. The Fanfiction Reader showcases...

Four new stories in which Horrid Henry terrorizes his classmates at a school sleepover in the museum; plays with Perfect Peter and tricks him into handing over all his money; gets out of writing his own story for Miss Battle-Axe by adapting one of Peter's; and meets the Nudie Foodie, a celebrity chef, who comes to the school to improve school dinners. No more burgers! No more chips!

Love is a werewolf, influenced by the moon and terror, and always about to change. Liv has a secret. Something happened to her when she was thirteen. Something that changed everything. Liv knows she doesn’t belong anymore—not in her own skin, not in her family . . . not anywhere....

This book analyses how a language became the instrument with which the contours of a new nation were traced. Mapping the success of formalized Hindi in creating a regional public sphere in north India in the early twentieth century, the book explores the way many educated Indians, influenced by the...