Incredible spring has not arrived yet and already begin previews. How will it end this time!?
secrets buried for centuries, murderers fierce, passionate love and the greatest plot ever hatched against the great Queen Elizabeth ...
Pillars of Camelot
Phil Rickman
Outgoing March 24 will be reviewed exclusively for you from Holly !
€ 14.90
Publisher: Newton Compton
Pages: 432, bound
Language: Italian
Categories: Foreign Fiction, Thriller
London, 1560. Elizabeth Tudor is on the throne for a year.
John Dee is a young mathematician and astrologer of the court and is also the queen's most trusted adviser. But many argue that practices the occult arts and plotting to dethrone and away from her. Elizabeth, frightened by the atmosphere of intrigue and suspicion that undermine the stability of his kingdom, and terrified by some strange prophecies, he decides that there is only one way to consolidate his power: to reaffirm the noble descendants of the Tudors, that is, finding the remains of King Arthur that the legend wants buried in the Abbey of Glastonbury, the mythical Avalon. So Instructs John Dee to go there and start searching. But when he arrived in the bleak country town, the man discovers that the abbot was murdered and that a terrible secret is hidden within the walls of the ancient abbey ...
Long misunderstood, condemned as a witch, John Dee is a England's forgotten hero Elizabethan England. A man too big for his age.
Sorcery, court intrigue and ancient legends. All the charm of Elizabethan England in a thriller!
"A compelling story, a vicious murder, necromancy, witchcraft ... All this and more in one great book."
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The Guardian "An extraordinary journey into the sixteenth century."
- Spectator
"Rickman is a brilliant writer, creator of atmosphere unbeatable."
- The Times
"Not enough to celebrate our writers, it's time to celebrate Phil Rickman. "
- Daily Mail
Are you ready to immerse yourself in this fantastic book? Who knows what's in store for Holly ... a review and perhaps a giveaway!
Moving on ...
LAIN For the series of Fazi Editore in the long-awaited arrival of the first chapter of the trilogy Alterra signed by Maxime Chattam, considered the prodigy of the French thriller ...
Alterra
The alliance of the three
of Maxime Chattam
Outgoing March 25
€ 18.50
Publisher: Fazi
Pages: 350, bound
Language: Italian
Genres: Fantasy, horror and gothic fiction
'Chattam creates a magical world in between The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Stephen King. "
- Metro
Nobody had noticed his arrival, and suddenly it is all over the city: a frightening, cold storm. When fourteen year old Matt sees the lie, would notify the parents understand what happens if there is a real danger. But it is already too late, is struck by lightning and loses consciousness.
When she wakes up, alone. The mother and father have disappeared, evaporated neighbors, empty roads · What happened?
Together with his friend Tobias, Matt is desperate to find someone still alive in this New York mute and cold that seems to give hope. Yet the two are not alone: \u200b\u200bstrange presences eyes will follow the movements of ice, strange mutant creatures spy them. The two guys you just have to escape the city.
awaits a wilderness, where nature has taken over completely. Can find shelter on an island in the west, with a community of children, "Pan". Their refuge is far from certain, however: why Alterra, the only adult survivors have become hunters of children ·
Maxime Chattam , considered the prodigy of the French thriller, only thirty years has many titles of success. Alterra with the trilogy, has quickly established itself in the field of fiction for children, obtaining the consent of the public and critics. In France the first two titles were placed at the top of the charts, and the third is currently in the bestseller list.
"The imaginative genius of Maxime Chattam work again."
- Le point
grew up reading fantasy books and thrillers, an avid reader of Tolkien and Golding, Maxime Chattam creates alliance with three of a saga, that of "Alterra", set in a world where the only survivors with the characteristic "human" are children. A reflection on the loss of innocence that has sold over 200,000 copies in France.
On March 30, the author will be in Italy at the International Book Fair Bologna Children, hosted by the FantasyCamp organized by the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in collaboration with the Fair and will involve leading writers and opinion leaders in the fantasy world.
along ... Expect a lot of surprises!
Go ahead, Piemme has reserved a special title for Women's Day ...
The girls understand everything. It is their special way of being in the world. They know it all love, know how to console those who need it, have a strong emotional intelligence and emotional, they also know which colors go well together, but not flirting, just an innate sense of taste ...
I am feeling
The Secret Life of girls
Eve Ensler
In Library 8 March
€ 15.00
Episode: I Am An Emotional Creature Publisher: Piemme
Pages: 168, paperback with jacket
Language: Italian
Genres: Fiction and Literature, Novels contemporary foreign
How can we forget The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. The cult author, legendary playwright, poet, director, veteran champion of women's rights and founder of V-day violence against women, with this exceptional eco managed to take home the prestigious Obie Award in 1997. Translated in 35 different languages, The Vagina Monologues, which have become emblematic theater piece, have shared the stage around the world in the interpretation of extraordinary artists: Susan Sarandon in the U.S. at our local Lella Costa .
Eve Ensler I am now back with emotion. The Secret Life of Girls (original edition Villard / Random House in February 2010). A book intense, intelligent, full of passion, a true hymn to femininity outside the stereotypes and constraints of social, cultural and religious differences. Why do girls "stop treating their bodies as objects to please others."
An anorexic girl in a blog that tells of his hardships. African forced genital mutilation. A 15 year old Bulgarian enslaved by sex traffickers. A Chinese who works twelve hours a day at the factory to produce Barbie. In a successful collection of monologues, the voices of girls from various parts of the world express their fears, hopes, tell their experiences, complain about his own loneliness, lack of attention, the abuses of which are objective facts, but above all ask to express themselves freely, to be women, to be able to feel and express emotions and feelings, claiming their nature emotional creatures.
Consistent with her being a woman of action, in the U.S., Ensler has joined forces with MTV: together they are leading a campaign to cries of "You have the right to be an emotional creatures" - You have the right to be a creature that has feelings, aims to make young women more aware of their sex lives.
Eve Ensler is a writer, playwright, poet, screenwriter and director. It has to a long militancy as an activist for women's rights. He lives in New York, where he teaches playwriting at the University. His most important work, The Vagina Monologues (in 1997 awarded the prestigious Obie Award), has been translated into 35 languages \u200b\u200band brought to the stage with great success all over the world on Broadway (with stars like Susan Sarandon, Glenn Close, Melanie Griffith and Winona Ryder), London (with Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett), in Italy (by Lella Costa, Vasini Lucia, Lucrezia Lante della Rovere, Athina Cenci). Since this piece was born on V-Day, violence against women.
But I'm not done ... there is still an emotional outlet for you: an essay signed Garzanti.
Fatima Bhutto, author of Songs of blood, will be in Italy for the promotion of the book on 14, 15 and March 16!
Songs of blood
Memories of a daughter
Fatima Bhutto
In Library from February 24
€ 19.80
Publisher: Garzanti
Pages: 540, bound
Language: Italian
Genres: Essays, War Crimes
"An important book. The Borgia Bhutto are Asian. It is also the story of a daughter for her father murdered. The power is not limited to bribe - kills. "
- Bob Geldof
" A clear and elegant prose ... skillfully captures the hope and injustice, the drama and pain. "
- The Guardian
" His passion, his integrity, inspire each page. "
- Charles Glass
" If anyone could write this story, well, she is '.
- William Dalrymple
What do you think of these titles? I, frankly, I did not expect a spring so beautiful ...
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