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100 anni fa nasceva James Baldwin, un immenso scrittore americano. Nero e omosessuale, ha raccontato la lotta per i diritti civili come pochissim_ altr_ negli USA e fa parte di un pantheon ideale cha va da Rosa Parks ad Angela Davis, da Martin Luther King a Malcom X. In occasione del centenario della nascita di quest’autore ancora troppo poco conosciuto in Italia e molto amato all’estero e da chi lavora nel settore editoriale, Nel nome di James è il podcast dove sette importanti intellettuali italian* lo raccontano da diverse prospettive.

Grief, pain, hope, and love collide in this short story collection. In New York City, teens, their families, and their communities feel the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amidst the fear and loss, these teens and the adults around them persevere with love and hope while living in difficult circumstances. From award-winning author Mahogany L. Browne comes a poignant collection of interconnected prose, poems, and lists about the humanity and resilience of New Yorkers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A festive love story blossoms as the new AI world meets old world frescoes, Skye is challenged. AI has come to Heart Greeting Cards, and Skye's corporate creative job is in peril. Skye worries about her bullied daughters, her besties Taylor, and Terry, her aging beloved car, and her cantankerous cat Kitty Beast. AI threatens to take over the creative industry, and all Skye wants to do is escape to Pompeii, Italy, and teach fresco workshops.

Quando, in una grigia giornata autunnale, Joséphine Beauregard esce dal suo monolocale sul canal Saint-Martin, a Parigi, trova due lettere nella casella della posta. Una è dell’editore con cui collabora come traduttrice e l’altra di un notaio sconosciuto. E così, in pochi minuti, Joséphine scopre di aver perso il lavoro, ma anche di aver ereditato una casa, per quanto atipica e un po’ fatiscente: l’amato zio Albert le ha lasciato la sua vecchia houseboat, ormeggiata lungo il quai accanto al pont de la Concorde.

Machiavelli, Machiavellist miydi? Mezar taşına “hiçbir övgü bu adın büyüklüğüne erişemez” yazılan Machiavelli, son çağın politik bilimini kurmuş ve bu bilime pratik mantığı sokmak suretiyle de felsefi bir özgünlük kazandırmıştır. Machiavelli, hemen her devirde değişik dünya görüşüne sahip kişilerce göklere çıkarılan veya yerin dibine batırılan ama asla ilgisiz kalınamayan “diri” bir düşünürdür. Prens, işte böyle bir düşünürün, siyaset konusunda hangi ülkeden veya hangi düşünceden olursa olsun herkes için geçerli sayılacak kuramların işlendiği bir yapıttır.

This book is going to help you, regardless of whether you have children and you want to start working, you want to begin a business from home, or whether you are literally at your limit and need a solution now. We are going to put strategy "Do Less, Get More" into place so that you can see a difference in a matter of days, working towards your perfect life balance in just two weeks. Together, we will work towards doing less and getting more without having to make any sacrifices.

Addie loves Michigan summers, especially those spent at the lake with her best friends. The high school basketball team celebrates another successful year until a perfect summer day turns tragic. A dead body surfaces on the shoreline, and the girls quickly discover that dead isn’t what it used to be. The group of friends complies with the government-issued quarantine until it’s clear that no one’s coming for them. Without food, water, and electricity, they know it’s time to save themselves.

Kazim Ali is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work explores themes of identity, migration, and the intersections of cultural and spiritual traditions. His poetry is known for its lyrical and expressive language, as well as its exploration of themes such as love, loss, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. "Sukun" means serenity or calm, and a sukun is also a form of punctuation in Arabic orthography that denotes a pause over a consonant.

Carrie Knowles' collection of informal essays, written for her Psychology Today column, draws on a lifetime of self-reflection and people watching. A collection of delightful stories and quick insights into everyday life, Shifting Forward is a book that begs to be shared, ideally out loud, with those you love.

Fiona Ember’s life has been shattered to pieces. After an assassination attempt gone awry, her friends are dead, she’s lost her magic, and she’s now imprisoned by the magician she just tried to kill.

Blood was found at his home in Franklin County, PA. All evidence pointed to one suspect: Scott North, a former employee of Carl’s, a regular attendee of Franklin County courts, and the son of a Chambersburg, PA cop. After burglarizing a tavern, a judge granted him work release, and then another dismissed a recent gun charge. Days later, he ran from his unsupervised worksite and began a crime spree that may have ended with the murder of Carl Wade Ryder.

It’s easy to talk about freedom. But unless someone has lived in a world that suffocates freedom, it’s difficult to appreciate the liberty found in America. This is the true story of a Pakistani Muslim who immigrates to the United States for college and discovers five transformational freedoms along the way: the freedom to fail and start over, to love, to choose one’s faith, to be an entrepreneur, and to self-govern.

California. Elle Blessing has painted herself into a corner. Desperate to maintain her veneer of success, the twenty-something influencer feels trapped in her miserable job and mostly platonic relationship. And when she reluctantly joins her fiancé on a trip to Alaska, she can't decide if their hunky guide is annoyingly grumpy or drop-dead gorgeous.

For hundreds of years, the Greystone School for Runic Studies has stood in isolation, a hidden institution dedicated to the ancient disciplines of Norse magic. Olivia Grey senses that her time as the school’s director is coming to an end. Now, she prepares her resignation to find her place in the modern world.

It is possible to be blinded by the light of another human being. Especially one you love. The seemingly happiest people are often hiding the darkest secrets. Smiling through pain many of us could not even fathom, let alone survive. All the while continuing to bring joy to the people around them, blissfully oblivious to the suffering of their loved one.

In the kingdom of Djat, Were Magic is a forbidden magic, its very existence a crime punishable by the highest degree. But when a young girl named Ti discovers her ability to transform into a majestic phoenix, her life takes a drastic turn. With the memory of the royal family's assassination by Were Wizards still haunting the kingdom, Ti's father, a general in the Djat army, sends her to the prestigious school, Yaudi School, for her safety.

“Food and travel are natural companions,” writes guest editor Padma Lakshmi. From this pairing comes “the possibility of seeing anew, of examining how we make and assign meaning.” The essays in this year’s Best American Food and Travel Writing circle the world—from Dakar in Senegal, to Michoacán in south-central Mexico, to the Camino de Santiago in Spain—and deepen our understanding of our place in it.

Detroit in the 1920s proved to be the Paris of the West for many—including Catherine McIntosh and Robert Sage. These two law school students are as passionate about each other as they are their dreams. From a poor family in the neighborhood of Corktown, Catherine learned early on, the necessity of being resilient. She becomes one of the first women in Detroit to obtain a law degree. Bob, the 'battling barrister,' boxes in order to pay for law school.

Upon his return home from the battlefields of Europe in 1918, Col Blackwood, a UK Army infantry officer, is reunited with his family on Christmas Eve after nearly four years away. In the midst of telling his children a bedtime story, we learn of Artaban, a Magi priest, and the fourth wise man to present gifts to the newborn King. As a result of dissension among his fellow Magians, Artaban has no other choice but to embark on this journey alone. Though his quest is fraught with challenges along the way that test his courage and stir his compassion, his faith never wavers.

Children today grow up in an increasingly volatile, complex and uncertain world. Theirs is a generation disempowered from steering their lives while society’s systems are failing to provide the support they need. Yet, a country only prospers when its children—from all walks of life—thrive, meaning that the United Kingdom now faces some consequential choices. Raising the Nation builds a compelling case showing why we must nurture smart, strong and kind children to one day inherit the stewardship of society.