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Carolyn Wells (June 18, 1862 – March 26, 1942) was an American author and poet of Children's fiction books. In this ebook: Patty at Home Patty's Summer Days Patty's Social Season Patty Blossom Patty and Azalea Patty in Paris Patty's...

Dans cet ouvrage, l’auteur nous fait découvrir comment vivaient les citadins – bourgeois et nobles, mais aussi le petit peuple – de Québec, de Trois-Rivières et de Montréal entre 1680 et 1760. Plusieurs aspects sont évoqués : leur environnement (rues et maisons), leurs besoins fondamentaux...

Author: Sewell Peaslee Wright ISFDB Author Record # 1142 Legal Name: Wright, Sewell Peaslee Birthplace: Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Birthdate: 7 August 1897 Deathdate: March 1970   In this ebook: The Infra-Medians The God in the Box...

Edgar Fawcett (May 26, 1847 - May 2, 1904) was an American novelist and poet. In this ebook: An Ambitious Woman Some Reminiscences of old Victoria The Adventures of a Widow A Lost day

Brazilian Tales Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839 – 1908), was a Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer, and advocate of monarchism. Widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature, nevertheless he did not gain...

«Il MASH, il Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, ovvero ospedale chirurgico da campo, era di stanza sul 38° parallelo in Corea. Erano i migliori chirurghi da campo dell’esercito, ma anche i più fuori di testa». Veniva lanciato così, nel 1968, questo romanzo scatenato e irriverente, che racconta...

Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture (1890 –1943), commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was a prolific English author. She is best known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle class Englishwoman...

"The gestation process of the most spectacular technical and human drama in Chilean mining history lacked a book like this. Buried, as the 33 miners, were the detailed events of this amazing saga. A huge percentage of that story had to do with ignored geologists, drillers and mining technicians...

Roman Frederick Starzl (1899–1976) was an American author. Roman Frederick was the father of Thomas E. Starzl. He, and earlier, his father, owned the Le Mars Globe-Post newspaper of Le Mars, Iowa. Roman Frederick was also the father of Thomas E. Starzl. His writing is largely forgotten now, but...

Stephen McKenna (February 27, 1888-September 26, 1967) was an English novelist who wrote forty-seven novels, mostly focusing on English upper-class society, and six non-fiction titles. He published his first novel, The Reluctant Lover, in 1912. His best-known novel, Sonia: Between Two Worlds, was...

L’invenzione di Morel è il romanzo più celebre di Adolfo Bioy Casares, uno dei narratori più originali della letteratura latinoamericana del Novecento. Pubblicato nel 1940, esce oggi in una nuova traduzione di Francesca Lazzarato, che ne ha curato anche la postfazione. Fortemente ispirato all’Isola...

Marie è una ragazza poco più che ventenne che lavora come cameriera; ha cominciato in bistrot e catene per famiglie per approdare a uno dei più lussuosi locali di Dallas. Si è fatta strada per la sua scrupolosità ed efficienza in un mestiere logorante, ma nella vita privata è disordinata fino...

Una ragazza che non riesce a essere davvero felice per i successi della sorella; un figlio che d’improvviso fa i conti con la vecchiaia della madre; un nonno che vuole proteggere la nipotina da tutto e tutti, nei turbolenti anni Settanta argentini; un padre che fatica a comunicare con la figlia...

Paul Frederick Ernst (born between 1899 and 1902 - died between 1983 and 1985 was an American pulp fiction writer. He is best known as the author of the original 24 "Avenger" novels, published by Street and Smith Publications under the house name Kenneth Robeson. In this ebook:...