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Abstract: Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him. Hannibal's uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle's beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki. Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal.With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France. But Hannibal's demons visit him and torment him.When he is old enough, he visits them in turn. He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death's prodigy.

Abstract: Inside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. Jessie Sullivan's conventional life has been "molded to the smallest space possible." So when she is called home to cope with her mother's startling and enigmatic act of violence, Jessie finds herself relieved to be apart from her husband, Hugh. Jessie loves Hugh, but on Egret Island-- amid the gorgeous marshlands and tidal creeks--she becomes drawn to Brother Thomas, a monk who is mere months from taking his final vows. What transpires will unlock the roots of her mother's tormented past, but most of all, as Jessie grapples with the tension of desire and the struggle to deny it, she will find a freedom that feels overwhelmingly right.

Abstract: The perfect wife and mother of three grown children, Marilyn Grimes struggles to deal with the problems of midlife--an empty nest, wildly fluctuating hormones, too many demands on her time, and too little room for herself--as she struggles to recall some of her own postponed dreams and reinvent her marriage, friendship, family, and herself. Reprint.

Abstract: Libro per ragazzi in lingua inglese

Abstract: Alice Fancourt è stata lontana solo due ore, eppure non vede l'ora di riabbracciare la sua bambina, Florence, di due settimane. Ma qualcosa non va: la porta di casa è aperta, le stanze avvolte dal silenzio. Alice corre in camera della piccola e con orrore si rende conto che la bambina che dorme nella culla non è sua figlia. Ma dov'è Florence? E come è possibile che David, il marito di Alice, non si sia accorto di nulla? È l'inizio di un incubo. Perché nessuno le crede. Né David né la suocera Vivienne. E mentre David diventa sempre più aggressivo e minaccioso, ad Alice non resta altra scelta che rivolgersi alla polizia. A occuparsi del caso sono la sergente Charlie Zailer e il detective Simon Waterhouse, ma ogni minuto può essere fatale e il tempo scorre. Finché Alice e la neonata improvvisamente spariscono. Nel nulla...

Abstract: WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY IAN RANKIN. In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a confidential agent, D is a scarred stranger in a seemingly casual England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, held responsible for the death of a young woman, D becomes a hunted man, tormented by allegiances, doubts and the love of others.

Abstract: Este livro cobre os primeiros quinze anos da vida do autor, do nascimento, em 1922, na aldeia da Azinhaga, Ribatejo, aos estudos na escola industrial de Lisboa, de onde sairá serralheiro mecânico. Relembra o convívio com o avô camponês, homem sábio e analfabeto, com quem aprendeu a cuidar dos porcos e observar a via Láctea. Fala da mudança para Lisboa, onde o pai vai trabalhar como guarda da segurança pública, e a família provinciana passará a morar em quartinhos de bairros populares, sempre no último andar, de aluguel mais barato. Em Lisboa, o menino tímido torna-se um adolescente contemplativo, que não perde os filmes do cine Piolho, na Mouraria. É bom aluno, mas interrompe cedo os estudos, devido a dificuldades financeiras da família. Contém fotos com os comentários feitos por ele mesmo.

Abstract: Edizione integrale in lingua inglese.

Abstract: It exists at the fringes of Washington, D.C., has no power, and consists solely of four eccentric and downtrodden members whom society has forgotten. Their simple goal is to find the 'truth' behind their country's actions. One man leads this aging, ragtag crew. He has no known past and has taken the name 'Oliver Stone'. Day and night, Stone and his friends study wild conspiracy theories, current events, and the machinations of government, hoping to discover some truth that will hold America's leaders accountable to its citizens. Yet never in Stone's wildest nightmares could he imagine the conspiracy the Camel Club is about to uncover. After witnessing a shocking murder, the Club is slammed headfirst into a plot that threatens the very security of the nation, full of stunning twists, high-stakes intrigue, and global gamesmanship rocketing to the Oval Office and beyond. Soon the Club must join forces with veteran Secret Service agent Alex Ford, who becomes an unwilling participant in one of the most chilling spectacles to ever take place on American soil. It's an event that may well be the catalyst for the long-threatened Armageddon between two different worlds, and all that stands in the way of this apocalypse are five unexpected heroes. In 'The camel club', author David Baldacci paints a frighteningly vivid portrait of a world that could be our own very soon, and the few people who have a chance to stop the chaos.

Abstract: Beautiful illustrations, which encourage reading and actively help children to understand the story. Picture dictionaries, for active vocabularly work. Fun activities and games, often for more than one participant, which practise vocabulary and structures of the story. Recording of the whole text, either on accompanying CD or downloadable free of charge.