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Florence, 1500. Fresco painter Jacopo Torni longs to make his mark in the world. But while his peers enjoy prestigious commissions, his meager painting jobs are all earmarked to pay down gambling debts. When Jacopo hears of a competition to create Florence's greatest sculpture, he pins all his hopes on a collaboration with his boyhood companion, Michelangelo Buonarroti. But will the frustrated artist ever emerge from the shadow of his singularly gifted friend?

Monte Sole--Mountain of the Sun--had the bad luck to lie on the main route of withdrawal of the retreating German armies in autumn 1944. As the Allied advance stormed up Italy to the very shadow of Monte Sole, Axis frustration over their retreat and the harassing Italian partisans reached its peak. With full authorization of Field Marshall Albert Kesselring, and with an infusion of dread SS reinforcements, the Germans determined to neutralize Monte Sole.

This audiobook will help those who want to gain practical knowledge of the Italian language. It is the ideal companion for traveling to Italy, as it makes it easy to communicate without any knowledge of the language. Clearly arranged according to situations, it offers practical help with the most important words, phrases, and topics.

Venetian gondola-maker Luca Vianello considers his whole life arranged. His father charted a course for his eldest son from the day he was born, and Luca is positioned to inherit one of the city's most esteemed boatyards. But when Luca experiences an unexpected tragedy in the boatyard, he believes that his destiny lies elsewhere. Soon, he finds himself drawn to restore an antique gondola with the dream of taking a girl for a ride.

Reading short stories is an effective and fun way to learn Italian! It’s as simple as it sounds. Read a story, learn new vocabulary, discover a country from within … and enjoy! This short novel is created and imagined for beginners and learners taking their first steps into Italian. It is much more than a study book … because it isn’t one! It is a story based on a real experience, the true story of an Italian young woman named Sara. She lives an average life, fights her battles, dreams, works, and shapes her future with her own hands.

In un futuro non troppo lontano ci sono gang di artisti che si sfidano a colpi di ologrammi: Moderntech dalle bianche livree contro i cupi Melancotech, dal look e dai gusti dark. Dez è un artista di psico-ologrammi squattrinato: il suo manager, Art-come-arte gli procura degli incontri clandestini al Midnight Club, in cui vince chi riesce a spaventare l'avversario con le proprie creazioni. Dopo le ultime umilianti sconfitte, l'artista deve per forza vincere il prossimo match e per farlo è disposto a tutto, anche iniettarsi una droga sperimentale che aumenta la capacità creative.

The Thirteenth Disciple: America After the Deal is a must-listen, a gripping thriller rooted not only in fantasy but in contemporary American and international events. The audiobook's fast-paced action and bold conspiracies span the globe, but unlike most military and political suspense novels, its epicenter is not Washington, Moscow, or London. Rather, it is a small town in middle America, a town with a long, colorful history that has become a refuge of the rich and famous: Aspen, Colorado.

In 1897 the young Italian peasant Giuseppe Musolino was falsely convicted of a crime and sentenced to 21 years at hard labor. He soon escaped, and began hunting those who had played a role in his false conviction, extracting an ominous and lethal revenge, killing as many as 25 people. For three years he eluded a massive manhunt conducted by hundreds of police and even a full regiment of the Italian army. He soon became a hero to the common people of southern Italy, who risked imprisonment themselves to hide, protect, and sustain him.

As an educator for more than 20 years, I'm a fan of teaching others. And there is no greater challenge than to learn a language and to use that tool when traveling abroad! I created this Italian phrasebook as a way to increase your enjoyment when traveling to such amazing places as Rome, Venice, and Florence. Imagine what the ability to communicate with the locals will do for your travel experience, allowing you to connect with new and interesting people, or even live or study in places like Naples or Siena!

Una strana processione di luci appare in mare aperto e finisce nella Grotta dei Morti, dove è sepolta la "madre più antica del mondo". Tre ragazzi partono all'avventura: un'aspirante archeologa, un inventore pasticcione e un ristoratore innamorato della propria terra e dell'archeologa. Riusciranno a dimostrare che i fantasmi esistono? Un'avventura stile Goonies ambientata nell'Alto Salento, per nostalgici anni '80 e '90. Libro pubblicato in cartaceo ed ebook con editore tradizionale.

Dopo essere fuggito dalle segrete, Thor è sconvolto dal sentire di un altro tentativo di assassinio contro Re MacGil. Quando MacGil muore, il regno è in pieno subbiglio. Mentre tutti competono per ottenere il trono, la Corte del Re è più occupata che mai con i suoi drammi familiari, lotte di potere, ambizioni, gelosia, violenza e tradimento. È necessario che un erede venga scelto tra i figli, e l’antica Spada della Dinastia, la fonte di tutto il loro potere, avrà un’altra occasione di essere sollevata da un nuovo pretendente. Ma tutto viene ribaltato.

A husband, obsessed with his wife's psychological unfaithfulness, craves honesty and disclosure. Their confrontations broil without resolution as external stately events intervene to worsen their long-lasting, irrepressible wrangles. Conspiracy, crime, and corruption that penetrate the highest levels of the Mafia, the military police, Roman Catholicism, and Stregheria, a secret society, intrude to thrust the couple's previous mundane life into a vortex of murderous, self-interested forces seeking control of the Papacy and the Vatican bank.

A husband obsessed with his wife's psychological unfaithfulness craves honesty and disclosure. Their confrontations broil without resolution as external stately events intervene to worsen their long-lasting, irrepressible wrangles. Conspiracy, crime, and corruption that penetrate the highest levels of the Mafia, the military police, Roman Catholicism, and Stregheria, a secret society, intrude to thrust the couple's previous mundane life into a vortex of murderous, self-interested forces seeking control of the Papacy and the Vatican bank.

Un marito ossessionato dall'infedeltà mentale di sua moglie e che desidera ardentemente onestà ed ammissione. I loro scontri si infiammano senza soluzione alcuna, mentre rilevanti eventi esterni entrano in gioco, ad esasperare i loro infiniti e inarrestabili alterchi. Cospirazione, crimine e corruzione, insinuatisi nei ranghi più alti della mafia, delle forze dell'ordine, del cattolicesimo romano e della Stregheria, società segreta, irrompono nella banale quotidianeità della coppia, trascinandola in un vortice di omicidi.

A husband obsessed with his wife's psychological unfaithfulness craves honesty and disclosure. Their confrontations broil without resolution as external stately events intervene to worsen their long-lasting, irrepressible wrangles. Conspiracy, crime, and corruption that penetrate the highest levels of the Mafia, the military police, Roman Catholicism and Stregheria, a secret society, intrude to thrust the couple's previous mundane life into a vortex of murderous, self-interested forces seeking control of the Papacy and the Vatican bank. The husband's wounded past and fated present thwarts his heartfelt longing for simple happiness. His desire for connection and closure with his wife leaps into a whirlwind of incredible involvements that forever change their destiny with repercussions that unsettle the entire nation.

Nicholas rose to power from the gritty backstreets of Buenos Aires. He controlled everything around him. But the universe had something completely different in mind for Nicholas. Something shattering. Where the Green Star Falls is a visceral tale of survival with the soul of a love story. From the Parisian mecca of South America, Buenos Aires, you'll be transported to the mysterious river-lands of Argentina amid the towering Andes Mountains and emerald green waters, where Nicholas will meet his fate head on. He must become the man he was born to be.

When a member of the European Union is assassinated, former CIA Special Agent Jack Bishop uncovers a global conspiracy. Tensions are rising as world leaders prepare to meet in Moscow for an important economic summit that could change the face of the global economic structure. As Jack Bishop gets closer to the truth, he finds himself in a race against time to stop this global network from achieving the next step in its armageddon initiative.

Manuel considers himself the wealthiest boy in all of Mexico. He freely roams the countryside with his faithful dogs. He hunts, fishes, and basks in the fresh air. However, he's the son of a peasant woman who is deeply in love with Manuel's father, a wealthy Mexican land owner. Because of their class differences, the relationship between his parents is forbidden.

Set in author Moris Senegor's native Turkey and throughout the Mediterranean, Appassionata is an intriguing and evocative compilation of short stories. Taken together, these tales are equal parts playful, poignant, mysterious, and appealingly bizarre - a winning combination sure to appeal to fiction lovers of all tastes and backgrounds.

Il virus che trasforma gli uomini in morti viventi ha avuto il sopravvento. Una setta di fanatici religiosi, gli Opliti di Cristo, ha preso il potere e tiene in pugno le istituzioni facendo rivivere una sorta di Medioevo. Nelle campagne del Distretto Sud, Brian Crane, un vecchio bonificatore sulla via del tramonto, deve vedersela con un ennesimo focolaio, e, come se non bastasse, deve istruire un novellino, Jedediah Braddock, fresco di caserma ma totalmente inesperto.