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C'era una volta una bugia: Può l'amore sopravvivere?
by Ellen Frazer-JamesonPuò l'amore sopravvivere quando l'intera relazione si basa su una bugia? La vacanziera e socialite Antonietta Anderson è disposta a credere nel vero amore, anche dopo essere stata ferita e umiliata da ogni uomo che ha osato amare. Nonostante questo, i suoi sogni vengono infranti ancora una volta e di nuovo il dolore del tradimento trasforma il fuoco della passione in una coltre di ghiaccio che le avvolge il cuore. Antonietta, bella, ricca e fortunata nel vivere una vita a cinque stelle, sa che i privilegi non servono da palliativo contro il dolore. Sa che è destinata a rimpiangere il fatidico giorno in cui ha lasciato il suo vero amore e la vita in un idilliaco paesino della Toscana per seguire un raffinato gentiluomo inglese di cui si era follemente innamorata. Gianni Almora, un benestante uomo d'affari, nonché l'affascinante primo amore di Antonietta è un dongiovanni dagli occhi magnetici. Ha giurato di riconquistarla e non si fermerà davanti a niente. Mentre lui si imbarca in una serie infinita di avventure romantiche e non, un ultimo tradimento spinge Antonietta oltre i limiti della sopportazione. Quasi come se fosse una vendetta, lei viene sedotta da un uomo più giovane, un calciatore professionista con un passato turbolento. Nel profondo della sua anima Antonietta crede di meritare tutte le sventure che le capitano perché nasconde un oscuro segreto che nessuno deve scoprire. Questo suo bisogno di redenzione farà esplodere una bomba che avrà effetti su tutti quelli che ama. Il suo passato tornerà a galla e lei si sentirà costretta a lanciarsi un'ultima volta alla ricerca della salvezza.
C'est Arrivé dans les Highlands (Série Famille Pennington)
by Jan Coffey May McGoldrickUNE MARIÉE ÉCONDUITE... UN DUEL À L'AUBE... UN SECRET LONGTEMPS CACHÉ... UNE SECONDE CHANCE À L'AMOUR... Lady Josephine Pennington a été délaissée par son fiancé lorsque des rumeurs ont circulé sur ses origines douteuses. Ses parents adoptifs lui ont toujours apporté l'amour et la protection dont elle avait besoin pour se sentir en sécurité, et au cours des seize dernières années, elle s'est modelée pour répondre aux attentes des autres. Lorsqu'elle reçoit un colis des Highlands contenant des croquis dont le sujet lui est étrangement familier, Jo pense avoir trouvé un indice sur l'identité de sa mère biologique. Lorsque le capitaine Wynne Melfort a mis fin à ses fiançailles avec Jo Pennington il y a seize ans, il n'a jamais imaginé qu'il la reverrait un jour. Mais après avoir découvert des informations qui pourraient révéler la vérité sur la filiation de Jo, Wynne se sent tenu par le devoir de réparer une vieille erreur et de l'informer de sa découverte. Mais il ne s'attendait pas à ce que des sentiments longtemps considérés comme éteints refassent surface. Jo doit apprendre à faire confiance à Wynn alors qu'ils s'efforcent de percer le mystère de sa naissance. Mais des forces émergent qui ne reculeront devant rien pour l'empêcher de découvrir la vérité et de récupérer son héritage. Ensemble, elle et Wynne doivent surmonter leur passé et combattre une menace mortelle tapie dans les brumes des Highlands.
C'est grâce à toi
by Diana ScottC’est grâce à toi De Diana Scott L’histoire d’amour, le suspense et l’action continuent. Deuxième roman de la Saga Infidélités. Plus de 100.000 lecteurs. Nicolas Bellpuig, beau à craquer et millionnaire européen à tout pour lui. Les femmes sont incapables de résister à son corps d’athlète et à son sourire désinvolte mais il n’en veut qu’une seule, Susy. La femme qui l’a charmé avec ses yeux qui inspirent tristesse et désespoir, mais qui l’a fait vibrer comme aucune autre auparavant. Susy n’attend pas grand chose de la vie. Elle avait tiré la carte de la malchance, il y a déjà de nombreuses années et maintenant, elle ne peut que continuer à rêver à ce qu’elle n’aura jamais. Tous les deux vont découvrir que l’amour peut traverser les océans et continuer à vivre avec la même intensité que celle des battements de leurs cœurs. Elle l’aime mais elle doit fuir à Buenos Aires pour le sauver et là, elle se verra impliquée dans un réseau de trafic de femmes qui lui fera connaître la peur et le désespoir dans sa propre chair. Il l’aime de trop pour la laisser partir. Nico pourra-t’il la sauver d’une destination si dangereuse? L’histoire d’amour aura-t’elle une fin heureuse ou sera-elle un des innombrables malheurs que Susy devra affronter? Est-ce que nous les femmes, sommes-nous capables de prendre des risques et tout parier sur une seule carte ou la peur, la culpabilité et société auront-elles le dernier mot ? Les histoires contenues dans cette série de romans, sont des perles d’histoires d’amour et de passion que tu peux lire et découvrir de manière indépendante. C’est grâce à toi et le second livre de la Saga Infidélités D’autres libres de Romans Contemporains avec une forte dose d’histoires d’amour, de passion, d’action et d’aventures de Silvana Moreira Saga Infidélités
C'est l'heure de dormir pour Amélie et Amos - Des histoires pour les tout-petits
by Eva Markert Claire Volkmann-PédelosteLe petit Amos séjourne quelques jours chez sa cousine Amélie parce que sa maman n'est pas à la maison. A deux, il est encore plus difficile de s'endormir. A tous moments, il se passe des choses passionnantes ! Ils rencontrent une fée, un croqueur de nez et le hamster d'Amos disparaît. En plus, ils font des projets secrets, s'aventurent à pas de loup chez les parents, jouent à des jeux dans l'obscurité et beaucoup d'autres choses encore...
C'est la Vie: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir
by Pascal GarnierHappiness for those unused to it is like food for the starving - a little too much can be fatal.'Writer Jeff Colombier is not accustomed to success. Twice divorced with a grown-up son he barely sees, he drinks too much and his books don't sell. Then he wins a big literary prize and his life changes for ever. Overwhelmed by his newfound wealth and happiness, he feels the need to escape and recapture his lost youth, taking his son, Damien, with him. And if shady characters lead them down ever more dangerous paths . . . well, c'est la vie.
C'mon Papa: Dispatches from a Dad in the Dark
by Ryan Knighton<P>Ryan Knighton's humorous and perceptive tales of fatherhood take us inside an unusual new family, one bound by its father's particular darkness and light. <P>C'mon Papa is Ryan Knighton's heartbreaking and hilarious voyage through the first year of fatherhood. Becoming a father is a stressful, daunting rite of passage to be sure, but for a blind father, the fears are unimaginably heightened. Ryan will have to find novel ways to adapt to nearly every aspect of parenting: the most basic skills are nearly impossible to contemplate, let alone master. And how will Ryan get to know this pre-verbal bundle of coos and burps when he can't see her smile, or look into her eyes for hints of the person to come? But this is no pity party, and Ryan has no time for sentimentality. <P>Tackling these hurdles with grace and humour, Ryan is determined to do his part -- and this is where the fun starts. From holding his daughter as she wails into the night to their first nerve-wracking walk to the cafe, no activity between father and daughter is without its pitfalls. In his struggle to "see" Tess, Ryan reimagines the relationship between father and child during that first chaotic year.
C'è Sempre Spazio per i Cupcake: Sta risolvendo casi un cupcake alla volta
by Bethany LopezUn giorno stavo ballando al ritmo del be-bop, ascoltando la musica nella mia testa mentre mi chiesi se le mie cosce potevano permettersi un cupcake prima di tornare a casa. E senza accorgermene, il mio intero mondo crollò e bruciò. Un tempo mi svegliavo di notte sudando freddo, piangendo perché sognavo che mio marito mi tradiva, o che mi odiava e provava rancore per i miei figli. Mi abbracciava sempre forte e mi diceva che era solo un sogno, che amava me e la nostra famiglia, e che non mi avrebbe mai lasciata. Era un dannato bugiardo. Ora passo le mie giornate a scattare foto di fecce come lui, cercando di essere un modello per le donne sfruttate dai perdenti della nostra città, e le mie serate a essere una madre single di bellissimi gemelli. Ho degli amici fantastici su cui posso sempre contare, e un uomo sexy e misterioso che continua ad apparire quando ho bisogno di lui. Le cose stanno iniziando a mettersi bene. E una cosa è certa… C’è sempre spazio per i cupcake.
C'è un cadavere in chiesa
by Elizabeth Spann CraigParke Stockard se la passava decisamente bene. Dotata di bell'aspetto e di uno spiccato senso degli affari, avrebbe potuto vivere felice e contenta. Invece, Parke portava problemi nella sua piccola cittadina. Quando l'insegnante ottuagenaria in pensione, Myrtle Clover, scopre il suo corpo, nessuno a Bradley ne resta particolarmente sconvolto. Myrtle decide di dimostrare a suo figlio, capo della polizia, il suo intelletto e indagare sul crimine. E, appena in tempo per giocare al detective, incontra un nuovo arrivato vedovo che si dimostra il compagno perfetto.
C'è un cadavere in giardino
by Valeria Poropat Elizabeth Spann CraigIl giardinaggio può essere molto pericoloso. Chiedetelo a Myrtle Clover e soprattutto al suo adorato gnomo vichingo, utilizzato nientemeno che come arma del delitto. E anche se il morto non piace a nessuno, neanche a Miles, Myrtle si ritrova a dover indagare sul delitto... prima di finire lei stessa a concimare le margherite!
C'était Lui (Les Frères Wilde #1)
by Lorhainne Eckhart“Encore une fois, Lorhainne m’a transporté avec ce roman. Un livre magnifique, tout comme les livres sur les Friessen. Cette série s’annonce aussi prometteuse !” Petra, chroniqueuse. On ne sait jamais quand on tombera enfin sur le bon ! Dans C’ÉTAIT LUI, Margaret Gordon est une chirurgienne de renommée à Seattle, mais à la suite d’un accident, elle décide de retourner dans sa ville natale loin de tout, pour y panser ses blessures, seule, avec son cheval. Margaret ne s’est jamais considérée comme une soigneuse. Mais lorsque Joe Wilde, récemment veuf, arrive un matin avec un jeune garçon et un cheval en difficulté, Margaret redevient cette adolescente maladroite et asociale qui en pinçait pour Joe lorsqu’ils étaient encore à l’école. Quand Joe et sa voix suave convainquent Margaret de travailler avec ce cheval capricieux, des étincelles se forment et crépitent entre eux. Seulement, Joe pense que Margaret le déteste depuis toujours. Alors quand la vie le prend de court avec cette rencontre, il va aussitôt découvrir que celle qu’il avait longtemps cherchée avait toujours été là. Est-ce que Joe et Margaret réussiront à mettre leurs différends de côté ? Se rendront-ils compte qu’ils sont faits l’un pour l’autre ?
C, My Name Is Cal (My Name Is #3)
by Norma Fox MazerHow is it possible to feel more at home with your friends than with your own family? Sometimes Calvin Miller really hates that he and his mother, Nina, don't have a home of their own. Instead, they live in Garo's house--well, more precisely, Alan's house. A pilot who is always away, Alan is also Nina's boss. As his live-in housekeeper, Nina raises Alan's son, Garo, right alongside Cal. Luckily, the boys are good friends despite their differences. Though Cal is better at school, Garo is better with people--his outgoing personality makes everyone like him. But sometimes Cal thinks even his mother is closer to Garo than she is to her own son. Cal figures he must take after his dad, but how can he be sure when the only contact he's had with his father is in the form of three postcards over a course of nine years? As Cal navigates his teenage years, he may be in store for more changes than he realizes.
C-Train and Thirteen Mexicans: Poems
by Jimmy Santiago BacaThe award-winning poet and author of A Place to Stand crafts provocative portraits of addiction and the Mexican American experience. Jimmy Santiago Baca&’s brilliantly received memoir, A Place to Stand, earned him the prestigious International Prize and offered a keyhole view into the brutal personal history that shaped—and continues to inform—his raw, incisive voice. A heart-stopping series of episodes about addiction, C-Train features Dream Boy, a young man who finds himself seduced, and later enslaved, by the siren song of cocaine. Part paean to the delicious power of intoxication, part lament for those helplessly under its power, C-Train is a ride its hero, and the reader, struggle to get off. In Thirteen Mexicans, Baca writes of the Chicano community and the gulf between the American dream and American reality. In searing, elegiac vignettes he portrays the raw beauty of life in the barrio and the surreal, stomach-turning moment when people of color must confront how they are reflected in the distorted mirror of white society. Giving voice to the dispossessed and the disenfranchised, Baca confirms his place as one of the nation&’s leading poets, whose words &“heal, inspire, and elicit the earthly response of love&” (Garrett Hongo). &“[Baca] writes with . . . an intense lyricism and that transformative vision which perceives the mythic and archetypal significance of life-events.&” —Denise Levertov &“[Baca] travels outward and inward as a Chicano in America, with all the complications that the identity entails. . . . [He is] a poet in control of his craft . . . whose voice, brutal yet tender, is unique in America.&” —The Nation
C. C. Mehta
by Shailesh TevaniOn the life and works of Chandravadan Chimanlal Mehta, b. 1901, Gujarati author.
C. C. Poindexter
by Carolyn MeyerThe complicated lives of C. C.'s family and friends fall into new patterns the summer she is fifteen.
C. H. Sisson Reconsidered (The New Antiquity)
by John Talbot Victoria MoulThis book is the first collection of essays dedicated to the work of C. H. Sisson (1915-2003), a major English poet, critic and translator. The collection aims to offer an overall guide to his work for new readers, while also encouraging established readers of one aspect (such as his well-known classical translations) to explore others. It champions in particular the quality of his original poetry. The book brings together contributions from scholars and critics working in a wide range of fields, including classical reception, translation studies and early modern literature as well as modern English poetry, and concludes with a more personal essay on Sisson’s work by Michael Schmidt, his publisher.
C. L. R. James and Creolization: Circles of Influence
by Nicole KingC. L. R. James (1901–1989), one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century, expressed his postcolonial and socialist philosophies in fiction, speeches, essays, and book-length scholarly discourses. However, the majority of academic attention given to James keeps the diverse mediums of James's writing separate, focuses on his work as a political theorist, and subordinates his role as a fiction writer. This book, however, seeks to change such an approach to studying James. Defining creolization as a process by which European, African, Amerindian, Asian, and American cultures are amalgamated to form new hybrid identities and cultures, Nicole King uses this process as a means to understanding James's work and life. She argues that, throughout his career, whether writing a short story or a political history, James articulated his attempt to produce revolutionary, radical discourses with a consistent methodology. James, a Trinidad-born scholar who migrated to England and then to the United States and who described himself both as a black radical and a Victorian intellectual, serves as a definitive model of creolization. King argues that James's writings also fit the model of creolization, for each is influenced by diverse types of discourses. James rarely wrote from within the confines of a single discipline, instead choosing to make the layers of history, literature, philosophy, and political theory coalesce in order to make his point. As his West Indian and Western European influences converge in his work and life, he creates texts that are difficult to confine to a specific category or discipline. No matter which writerly medium he uses, James was preoccupied with how to represent the individual personality and at the same time represent the community. The C. L. R. James that emerges from King's study is a man made more compelling and more human because of his complicated, multilayered, and sometimes contradictory allegiances.
C. L. R. James's Caribbean
by Paul Buhle Paget HenryFor more than half a century, C. L. R. James (1901-1989)--"the Black Plato," as coined by the London Times--has been an internationally renowned revolutionary thinker, writer, and activist. Born in Trinidad, his lifelong work was devoted to understanding and transforming race and class exploitation in his native West Indies, as well as in Britain and the United States. In C. L. R. James's Caribbean, noted scholars examine the roots of both James's life and oeuvre in connection with the economic, social, and political environment of the West Indies. Drawing upon James's observations of his own life as revealed to interviewers and close friends, this volume provides an examination of James's childhood and early years as colonial literatteur and his massive contribution to West Indian political-cultural understanding. Moving beyond previous biographical interpretations, the contributors here take up the problem of reading James's texts in light of poststructuralist criticism, the implications of his texts for Marxist discourse, and for problems of Caribbean development.
C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems - Bilingual Edition
by C. P. CavafyC. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of his poems was not published until after his death. Now, however, he is regarded as the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature. This revised bilingual edition of Collected Poems offers the reader the original Greek texts facing what are now recognized as the standard English translations of Cavafy's poetry. It is this translation that best captures the poet's mixture of formal and idiomatic language and that preserves the immediacy of his increasingly frank treatment of homosexual eroticism, his brilliant re-creation of history, and his astute political ironies. This new bilingual edition also features the notes of editor George Savidis and a new foreword by Robert Pinsky.
C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems, Revised Edition (The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation #146)
by C. P. CavafyC. P. Cavafy (1863–1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of his poems was not published until after his death. Now, however, he is regarded as the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature. Here is an extensively revised edition of the acclaimed translations of Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard, which capture Cavafy's mixture of formal and idiomatic use of language and preserve the immediacy of his frank treatment of homosexual themes, his brilliant re-creation of history, and his astute political ironies. The resetting of the entire edition has permitted the translators to review each poem and to make alterations where appropriate. George Savidis has revised the notes according to his latest edition of the Greek text.
C. P. Snow and the Struggle of Modernity
by John de la MotheThe condition of modernity springs from that tension between science and the humanities that had its roots in the Enlightenment but reached its full flowering with the rise of twentieth-century technology. It manifests itself most notably in the crisis of individuality that is generated by the nexus of science, literature, and politics, one that challenges each of us to find a way of balancing our personal identities between our public and private selves in an otherwise estranging world. This challenge, which can only be expressed as "the struggle of modernity," perhaps finds no better expression than in C. P. Snow. In his career as novelist, scientist, and civil servant, C. P. Snow (1905-1980) attempted to bridge the disparate worlds of modern science and the humanities. While Snow is often regarded as a late-Victorian liberal who has little to say about the modernist period in which he lived and wrote, de la Mothe challenges this judgment, reassessing Snow's place in twentieth-century thought. He argues that Snow's life and writings-most notably his Strangers and Brothers sequence of novels and his provocative thesis in The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution-reflect a persistent struggle with the nature of modernity. They manifest Snow's belief that science and technology were at the center of modern life.
C. S. Lewis - A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet
by Alister McgrathThe recent Narnia films have inspired a resurgence of interest in C. S. Lewis, the Oxford academic, popular theologian and, most famously, creator of the magical world of Narnia - and this authoritative new biography, published to mark the 50th anniversary of Lewis's death, sets out to introduce him to a new generation. Completely up to date with scholarly studies of Lewis, it also focuses on how Lewis came to write the Narnia books, and why they have proved so consistently engaging. Accessible and engaging, this new biography will appeal to fans of the films, readers of Lewis and of theologian and apologist Alister McGrath himself.
C. S. Lewis Remembered
by Harry Lee Poe Rebecca Whitten PoeSeventeen students, friends and colleagues of C. S. Lewis offer their personal memories of Lewis as a teacher, scholar, writer and Christian apologist. The volume includes pieces by Lewis' godson, Lawrence Harwood, a transcript of an interview with Owen Barfield, who played an important role in Lewis' shift from atheism to Christianity, and a previously unpublished sketch of Lewis by Mary Shelley Neylan. The appendix includes an article from a science fiction fan magazine that transcribes a conversation between Lewis, Kingsley Amis and Brian Aldiss. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
C. S. Lewis and The Crisis of a Christian
by Gregory S. CootsonaC. S. Lewis has long been recognized as a beloved author of children's literature and an apologist for Christian belief to a skeptical modern world. In this new volume, Gregory S. Cootsona shows us how Lewis can also serve as a guide to the ups and downs of the Christian journey. Like many of us, Lewis suffered from a variety of crises of faith and personal experience. Like us, he came to faith in a world that no longer respects Christian commitment or offers much room for belief in God. Like us, he felt the absence of God when those closest to him died. Like us, he wrestled with doubt, wondering if God is real, or simply the projection of his own wishes onto the screen of the universe. Like us, he knew the kinds of temptations he described with such poignancy and humor in The Screwtape Letters. By examining these and the other crises of C. S. Lewis's life, Cootsona shows us how Lewis found God in each one, and how he shared those discoveries with us in his writing. All those wishing to deepen and enrich their own spiritual journey will find much guidance and wisdom in these pages.
C. S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea: In Defense of the Argument from Reason
by Victor ReppertDarwinists attempt to use science to show that our world and its inhabitants can be fully explained as the product of a mindless, purposeless system of physics and chemistry. Lewis claimed in his argument from reason that if such materialism or naturalism were true, then scientific reasoning itself could not be trusted. Claiming that Lewis's arguments have often been too easily dismissed, Reppert revisits the debate between Lewis and the philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe and demonstrates that the basic thrust of the argument from reason can bear up under the weight of the most serious philosophical attacks. Charging dismissive critics, Christian and not, with ad hominem arguments, Reppert's own rigerous reformulation shows that the greatness of Lewis's mind is best measured not by his ability to do our thinking for us but by his capacity to provide sound direction for taking our own thought further up and further in.
C. S. Lewis's Lost Aeneid: Arms and the Exile
by C. S. Lewis A. T. ReyesC. S. Lewis (1898–1963) is best remembered as a literary critic, essayist, theologian, and novelist, and his famed tales The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters have been read by millions. Now, A. T. Reyes reveals a different side of this diverse man of letters: translator. <p><p> Reyes introduces the surviving fragments of Lewis's translation of Virgil's epic poem, which were rescued from a bonfire. They are presented in parallel with the Latin text, and are accompanied by synopses of missing sections, and an informative glossary, making them accessible to the general reader. Writes Lewis in A Preface to Paradise Lost, “Virgil uses something more subtle than mere length of time…. It is this which gives the reader of the Aeneid the sense of having lived through so much. No man who has read it with full perception remains an adolescent.” Lewis's admiration for the Aeneid, written in the 1st century BC and unfolding the adventures of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy and became the ancestor of the Romans, is evident in his remarkably lyrical translation. <p><p> C. S. Lewis's Lost Aeneid is part detective story, as Reyes recounts the dramatic rescue of the fragments and his efforts to collect and organize them, and part illuminating look at a lesser-known and intriguing aspect of Lewis's work.