Gilbert K Chesterton: 40 books

Padre Brown in forma smagliante Padre Brown è il personaggio creato dalla fantasia di Chesterton per spargere un pò di sano umorismo. Dotato di una mente pronta e penetrante e uno spirito meravigliosamente intuitivo che gli dà modo di gareggiare in astuzia con i più abili poliziotti e delinquenti,...

Un romanzo visionario, paradossale, dissacrante. Per Chesterton il futuro è contrassegnato da un controllo esasperato sulla popolazione e da una sistematica privazione di libertà, un dominio sull'uomo dettato dai grandi potentati economici. Un "mondo nuovo" in cui anche l'alcool è bandito....

Anno 1984, a Londra. Una nuova forma di governo illuminata prevede l'elezione del sovrano con una curiosa, infallibile modalità: l'estrazione a sorte. L'ignaro prescelto è un impiegato ministriale un po' svitato, dotato di grande senso dell'umorismo, un uomo che rispolvera le bizzarre usanze feudali...

Vater Brown ist ein englischer katholischer Pfarrer, der als Hobby Kriminalfälle löst. Dies gelingt ihm, indem er sich in den Täter hineinversetzt, dabei das Verbrechen selbst begeht, wie er sagt. Dabei ist er aber weniger daran interessiert, Verbrecher der irdischen Gerechtigkeit auszuliefern,...

Vater Brown ist ein englischer katholischer Pfarrer, der als Hobby Kriminalfälle löst. Dies gelingt ihm, indem er sich in den Täter hineinversetzt, dabei das Verbrechen selbst begeht, wie er sagt. Dabei ist er aber weniger daran interessiert, Verbrecher der irdischen Gerechtigkeit auszuliefern,...

Della cospicua produzione letteraria che il pubblicista e romanziere britannico ha dedicato al Natale, questo volume offre al lettore una selezione di testi in prosa e alcune poesie che spaziano dagli esordi letterari alla maturità. In queste pagine si ritrova la stessa verve ironica delle opere...

In The Man Who Was Thursday we are transported to a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist taskforce at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet, is the only poet in Saffron Park, until he loses his temper in an argument over the purpose...

Orthodoxy (1908) is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics. In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian Faith can be...

The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly...

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book has been referred to as a metaphysical thriller. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the thirty-second volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy...

The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of stories by G. K. Chesterton first published in 1905. Each story in the collection is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade"). Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.