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“Fateli ridere, fateli piangere, ma soprattutto teneteli in sospeso”, diceva Wilkie Collins parlando della trama che un buon libro deve avere. Collins supera sé stesso in questo romanzo descrivendo personaggi indimenticabili: l’Inquilino sordo, la bellissima Cristel, il Bastardo. In un mulino...

In 1985 the Pelourinho neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Over the next decades, over 4,000 residents who failed to meet the state's definition of "proper Afro-Brazilianness" were expelled to make way for hotels, boutiques, NGOs, and other attractions....

Reading the Written Image is a study of the imagination as it is prompted by the verbal cues of literature. Since every literary image is also a mental image, a representation of an absent entity, Collins contends that imagination is a poiesis, a making-up, an act of play for both author and reader....

Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart John Collins Warren, one of the most renowned American surgeons of the 19th century (1778-1856) This ebook presents «Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart», from John Collins Warren. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to...

"Billionaire Games" Series - Discover NOW The New Alpha Billionaire Romance Series by Anna Collins! Exciting - Romantic - Hot & Steamy! He is BAD, he is dark, he is ruthless, don’t buy his gorgeous looks; he can be your worst nightmare! Robert Hudson is rich, cool and cruel....

Natalie Collins Ties That Bind In her acclaimed thrillers, Natalie R. Collins reveals the secrets that lurk in every town, the darkness that lies in every heart, and the ties that bind every family—till death… The first victim is found hanging from a tree in her backyard....

IN THIS INNOVATIVE WORK, Christian T. Collins Winn examines the role played by the Pietist pastors Johann Christoph Blumhardt (1805-1880) and Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (1842-1919) in the development of Karl Barth's theology. The disparate theological themes and dynamics of the two Blumhardts were...

Wilkie Collins's classic thriller took the world by storm on its first appearance in 1859, with everything from dances to perfumes to dresses named in honor of the "woman in white." The novel's continuing fascination stems in part from a distinctive blend of melodrama, comedy, and realism; and in...

The bestselling Catholicism has now been revised and updated for an eagerly-anticipated second edition. This lucid and accessible account explains how Roman Catholicism and its beliefs and practices came to be what they are. Renowned scholars Gerald O'Collins and Mario Farrugia move through history...

‘La pietra di Luna’ uscì in Inghilterra nel 1868 a puntate sul periodico di Londra ‘All the Year Round’, il cui direttore era Charles Dickens. Viene considerato il primo romanzo giallo della storia. Come già nel precedente ‘La donna in bianco’ Collins usa una narrazione a più voci,...

“Fateli ridere, fateli piangere, ma soprattutto teneteli in sospeso”, diceva Wilkie Collins parlando della trama che un buon libro deve avere. In ‘Senza nome’ Collins tiene in sospeso il lettore per tutta la durata della vicenda: una messa in discussione sia dell’amore familiare, sia della...

Wilkie Collins, scrittore inglese nato a Londra nel 1824 e morto nel 1889, scrisse romanzi e racconti di genere tra il sensazionale e il poliziesco, pubblicati spesso anche a puntate. Era figlio di William, un pittore molto noto ai suoi tempi, amico di Dickens, che lo convinse ad occuparsi di letteratura. Il...

Wilkie Collins, considerato il padre del genere poliziesco, fu amico stretto e collaboratore di Charles Dickens e scrisse a lungo sulle sue riviste saggi e divertissement letterari. Il Pubblico Sconosciuto (1858) è il tentativo semiserio di scandagliare il sottobosco, fitto quanto misterioso, dei...

Administrators aren't the only education professionals who can take on leadership roles. Every teacher can be a leader—and this book shows special educators how to choose and navigate their own individual path to educational leadership. Author Belva Collins, a seasoned educator herself, knows...