Astoria: 80 books

Cover of Crampton Hodnet
by Barbara Pym
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 11, 2011

Oxford, anni trenta. La signorina Doggett, un'insopportabile vecchia signora, riempie la propria esistenza organizzando tè e criticando la moralità altrui. La sua dama di compagnia, Jessie Morrow, una trentenne gentile, intelligente e spiritosa che sa di essere considerata socialmente "priva...
Cover of Un po' meno che angeli
by Barbara Pym
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 26, 2017

Tom è un giovane attraente, alto, esile, che proviene da una famiglia agiata, abbandonata per seguire la sua incontenibile passione per l’antropologia. Ha una fidanzata più grande di lui, Catherine: giornalista per una rivista femminile, è una donna indipendente, ironica e brillante, con abbastanza...
Cover of Una questione accademica
by Barbara Pym
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 9, 2019

Scritto tra il 1970 e il 1972 e pubblicato postumo nel 1986, quest’ultimo romanzo di Barbara Pym è al tempo stesso ironico e cupo. Ironico perché dipinge con l’usuale maestria un ambiente ristretto, quello accademico, fatto di grette rivalità e gremito di uomini egocentrici e superficiali....
Cover of L'esca
by Shulamit Lapid
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 9, 2014

Cinico, divertente, pieno di suspense, il romanzo è ambientato nel 1991 al culmine della Guerra del Golfo. Cinica, divertente, piena di suspense, la seconda avventura di Lisi Badichi, ambientata in Israele nel 1991 al culmine della Guerra del Golfo. Siamo nel pieno del conflitto iracheno,...
Cover of Agatha Raisin – Il prestito fatale
by M.C. Beaton
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 29, 2019

Piddlebury è un sonnolento villaggio dei Cotswolds scampato ai flussi di turisti della domenica. Una comunità piccola e chiusa, che però sa accogliere Gloria French, nuova compaesana che molto si spende nelle attività di beneficenza e nell’assistenza agli anziani. Ma Gloria ha un difetto: chiede...
Cover of How to Teach English Spelling: Including The Spelling Rules and 151 Spelling Lists
by John Fulford
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018

English spelling is complex, confusing, and often seems illogical. Teaching English spelling often seems a thankless task. No matter what techniques the teacher or parent uses, the results are often disappointing. This book, written by an experienced English teacher and the author of The Complete...
Cover of The Complete Guide to English Spelling Rules
by John Fulford
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO ENGLISH SPELLING RULES is the most complete and detailed guide to English spelling rules ever written.Most people consider English spelling to be an intimidating tangle but John Fulford easily and carefully leads the reader through the linguistic maze and proves that there...
Cover of My 60-Job Resume: Or, How Quitting 60 Jobs in 30 Years Added Up to an Extraordinary Life
by John Fulford
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016

This book chronicles the remarkable adventures of a school dropout with an insatiable curiosity who, with no skills, no advice, and no idea what he wants to do with his life, stumbles into an amazing series of jobs ranging from ditch digging and dish washing to movie making, geologist, advertising manager...
Cover of Last Plane to Cochabamba

Last Plane to Cochabamba

An Extraordinary Journey to the Five Corners of Bolivia

by John J. Fulford
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014

The author is researching a history of Bolivia and is determined to visit every corner of that vast country - famous for its extremes. Along the way he visits arid deserts and steaming jungles, tours silver, copper, tin and led mines high in the Andes. He travels the most dangerous roads in the Americas....
Cover of Hitchhiking to Serendip

Hitchhiking to Serendip

In Which a British Serviceman Ignores All Advice and Hitchhikes Across 1950s Pre-Revolutionary Africa

by John J. Fulford
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014

It is the 1950s. The final years of colonialism in Africa and the beginning of the long struggle for independence. A young and very naïve RAF serviceman stationed in Rhodesia (Simbabwe) ignores warnings that white men never hitchhike in Africa, takes a map, a pack, and his insatiable curiosity and sets...
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