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    Shall We Tell the President?
    The Living
    Trilogia del ritorno
    Kane i Abel
    • Trilogia del ritorno

      L'amico ritrovato; Un'anima non vile; Niente resurrezioni, per favore

      • 222 strony
      • 8 godzin czytania

      I romanzi di questa "Trilogia" nascono dalla tragedia di chi fu allontanato dal proprio paese in nome di una motivazione aberrante come quella razziale. In "L'amico ritrovato" questa lacerazione coincide con la fine dell'amicizia tra due compagni di liceo, Hans Schwarz, ebreo figlio di borghesi, e il nobile Konradin von Hohenfels. Il nazismo travolge questo legame come un contagio che sembra colpire anche l'amico di un tempo e portarlo al tradimento. La smentita verrà solo trent'anni anni dopo, imprevista e commovente, nell'ultima lettera scritta da Konradin in "Un'anima non vile". Così l'amicizia è al centro dell'esperienza di Simon Elsas che, tornato dall'esilio, lenirà le ferite dell'anima confrontandosi con i suoi amici di un tempo.

      Trilogia del ritorno2008
      4,2
    • The Living

      • 397 stron
      • 14 godzin czytania

      Ninety miles north of Seattle on the Washington coast lies Bellingham Bay, where a rough settlement founded in the 1850s would become the town of Whatcom. Here, the Lummi and Nooksack Indian people fish and farm, hermits pay their debts in sockeye salmon, and miners track gold-bearing streams.Here, too, is the intimate, murderous tale of three men. Clare Fishburn believes that greatness lies in store for him. John Ireland Sharp, an educated orphan, abandons hope when he sees socialists expel the Chinese workers from the region. Beal Obenchain, who lives in a cedar stump, threatens Clare Fishburn's life. A killer lashes a Chinese worker to a wharf piling at low tide. Settlers pour in to catch the boom the railroads bring. People give birth, drown, burn, inherit rich legacies, and commit expensive larcenies. All this takes place a hundred years ago, when these vital, ruddy men and women were ''the living.''

      The Living1994
      3,6
    • Shall We Tell the President?

      • 200 stron
      • 7 godzin czytania

      After years of great sacrifice and deep personal tragedy, Florentyna Kane's has finally become the first woman president in America. But on the very day that she is sworn into office, powerful forces are already in motion to take her life. The FBI investigates thousands of false threats every year. This time, a reliable source has tipped them off about an assassination attempt. One hour later, the informant and all but one of the investigating agents are dead. The lone survivor: FBI Special Agent Mark Andrews. Now, only he knows when the killers will strike. But how can he alone unravel a ruthless conspiracy--in less than one week? The race to save the first woman president begins now..

      Shall We Tell the President?1992
      3,5
    • Kane i Abel

      • 505 stron
      • 18 godzin czytania

      William Lowell Kane i Abel Rosnovski - pierwszy to syn bostońskiego milionera, a drugi ubogiego emigranta z Polski. Ci dwaj mężczyźni urodzili się tego samego dnia na przeciwnych krańcach świata. Przeznaczenie skrzyżowało ich ścieżki w bezwzględnej walce o zbudowanie imperium. Fascynująca opowieść rozgrywająca się w ciągu sześćdziesięciu lat. Historia dw�ch niezwykłych osobowości, kt�re los połączył po to, by najpierw przynieść im ocalenie, a potem zniszczyć. Jeffrey Howard Archer, baron Archer Weston-super-Mare, zasiadał jako poseł w Izbie Gmin. W 1992 roku otrzymał tytuł szlachecki. Pierwszą powieścią, Co do grosza, zyskał popularność w Wielkiej Brytanii. Kolejna, Kane i Abel, stała się wielkim międzynarodowym bestsellerem. Wkr�tce obie książki zostały sfilmowane. Sławę Archera ugruntowały kolejne powieści: C�rka marnotrawna, Sprawa honoru, Złodziejski honor, Stan czwarty.

      Kane i Abel1985
      4,3