Gregory David Roberts: 9 books

«Un unico sbaglio può appiccare il fuoco a una foresta nel cuore, oscurando ogni luce»: così comincia questopera lungamente attesa dai milioni di lettori che, in ogni parte del mondo, hanno profondamente amato Shantaram, il romanzo con cui Gregory David Roberts si è affermato sulla scena letteraria...

"It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured." So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel by Gregory David Roberts, set...

Ein Mann auf der Flucht – Eine Stadt, die nie schläft – Und die Gnade einer befreienden Liebe Shantaram erzählt in fiktionaler Form die Geschichte von Roberts’ eigenem Leben: Als der Australier Lindsay in Bombay strandet, hat er zwei Jahre seiner Gefängnisstrafe abgesessen und ist...

Shantaram introduced millions of readers to a cast of unforgettable characters in the hidden heart of Bombay through Lin, an Australian fugitive, working as a passport forger for a branch of the Bombay mafia. In The Mountain Shadow, the long awaited sequel, Lin must find his way in a Bombay run by...

Il bus della scalcagnata Veterans' Bus Service, una compagnia di veterani dell'esercito indiano, è appena arrivato al capolinea di Colaba, la zona di Bombay dove si concentrano gli alberghi a buon mercato. Greg è il primo a mettere piede sul predellino e a farsi largo tra la folla di faccendieri,...

Inspirado em acontecimentos da vida do próprio autor, Shantaram narra a história de Lin, que após fugir de uma prisão de segurança máxima, na Austrália, vai para a Índia redescobrir o sentido da vida. Ao lado de Prabaker, seu guia e amigo fiel, Lin mergulha em uma aventura arrebatadora pelo...

Eine Liebeserklärung an Bombay und an das Leben! „Shantaram“ hat Millionen Leser auf der ganzen Welt berührt. Die Geschichte von Lindsay Ford, dem Australier, der aus dem Gefängnis ausbrach, in Mumbai untertauchte, als Arzt im Slum arbeitete und um die Liebe seines Lebens kämpfte, lebt...

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

War and landpower's role in the twenty-first century is not just about military organizations, tactics, operations, and technology; it is also about strategy, policy, and social and political contexts. After fourteen years of war in the Middle East with dubious results, a diminished national reputation,...