Amnesia Moon - format ePub

In questa raccolta di racconti e saggi, Lethem rende omaggio a uno dei suoi ispiratori letterari, Philip K. Dick, il tormentato e geniale padre della fantascienza postmoderna. Tra gustosi racconti giovanili,...

Longlisted for the 2015 Folio PrizeLonglisted for the 2015 IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardIn 1955, Rose Zimmer got screwed. It wasn’t the first time, and it wasn’t the last. In fact, Rose – like all American...

**A New York Times top 100 Notable Book of the Year**Alexander Bruno is a man with expensive problems. Sporting a tuxedo and trotting the globe, he has spent his adult life as a professional gambler....

A father’s nervous breakdown during a visit to a theme park; a political prisoner confined to a hole in a busy New York street; a haunted 'blog' … Welcome to Lethem-land, which can be discovered only...

A dead man is brought back to life so he can support his family in "The Happy Man"; occasionally he slips into a zombielike state while his soul is tortured in Hell. In "Vanilla Dunk," future basketball...

Un padre di famiglia che periodicamente torna dall’aldilà e aiuta suo figlio a progettare un videogame ispirato alle sue avventure ultraterrene; un inferno più lewis-carrolliano che dantesco popolato...

In questa raccolta di racconti e saggi, Lethem rende omaggio a uno dei suoi ispiratori letterari, Philip K. Dick, il tormentato e geniale padre della fantascienza postmoderna. Tra gustosi racconti giovanili,...

Nei brani raccolti in questo volume Lethem commenta e celebra la musica, i film, i libri che lo hanno accompagnato nella sua crescita umana e intellettuale (da Philip K. Dick ai fumetti della Marvel,...

Following in the footsteps of the late great Lester Bangs -- the most revered and irreverent of rock 'n' roll critics -- twenty-four celebrated writers have penned stories inspired by great songs. Just...

Before email,before the world wide web,before hackers,Before sexting,before always-on GPS,before titanium implants,before Alexa, Cortana, and Siri,before the computer in your pocket was more powerful...

The American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman in this “forceful, beautifully written” (Associated Press) collection that brings together many...

Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Bernard Turle Rose Zimmer est furieuse. Juive, communiste et new-yorkaise, surnommée la " Reine Rouge du Queens ", elle est injustement exclue du Parti pour avoir...

Lionel Essrog a grandi avec ses copains à l'orphelinat de Brooklyn. Devenu adulte, il est embauché par un " privé ", Franck Minna, dont l'agence se livre à de louches activités sous prétexte de déménagements....

Dopo la guerra e i bombardamenti, Hatfork, nel Wyoming, è devastata dalla fame e popolata di mutanti; Chaos vive nella cabina di proiezione del multisala abbandonato, cercando di dimenticare il presente...

This volume sheds light on an array of topics from sex in cinema to drugs, graffiti, Bob Dylan, cyberculture, 9/11, book touring and Marlon Brando. Then there are investigations of a shelf's worth of...

Named a Best Book of the Year by: Boston Globe * New Yorker * NPR * PopMattersFrom the bestselling and award-winning author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn comes a sweeping story of...

Jonathan Lethem’s first detective novel since Motherless Brooklyn“One of America’s greatest storytellers.” —Washington PostPhoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer on the eastern edge...

A hard-boiled detective tale full of talking animals and murder, from the award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn and The ArrestWinner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel Gumshoe Conrad Metcalf...

A funny, inventive, and wholly original post-apocalyptic novel from the author of Motherless Brooklyn and The ArrestMeet Chaos, a young man who's living in a movie theater in post-apocalyptic Wyoming,...

Un padre di famiglia che periodicamente torna dall'aldilà e aiuta suo figlio a progettare un videogame ispirato alle sue avventure ultraterrene; un inferno più lewis-carrolliano che dantesco popolato...

Nei brani raccolti in questo volume Lethem commenta e celebra la musica, i film, i libri che lo hanno accompagnato nella sua crescita umana e intellettuale (da Philip K. Dick ai fumetti della Marvel,...

Dopo la guerra e i bombardamenti, Hatfork, nel Wyoming, è devastata dalla fame e popolata di mutanti; Chaos vive nella cabina di proiezione del multisala abbandonato, cercando di dimenticare il presente...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

"There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building… wherever they had murdered…"...

"'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'"As he climbs...

"'There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways … their magical prowess - their daring - their powers of deduction - and, of course,...

"'You are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The Headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue. He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord.'" Dark times have...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

A supernatural thriller of trauma, resilience, and the battle for the soul.Alex is drowning—literally and figuratively. At forty-five, she's spent a lifetime haunted by trauma, betrayal, and the ghosts...

The spellbinding sequel to Kathryn Purdie's Sunday Times bestselling dark fairytale, where our main characters must return to the forest – and its monsters After surviving the Forest Grimm and...

‘This twisty, absorbing thriller is both a moving love story and fascinating speculative fiction exploring memory, time and reality’ GUARDIAN ‘An expertly crafted puzzle of a story’ NEW SCIENTIST...

Five original science fiction & fantasy stories.Short Bits is an eclectic mix of short stories, from high fantasy to urban fantasy and LitRPG, each one exploring a new world. They're written for the...

It's All Hallows' Eve and Brianna Rookwood has had enough of the typical and obnoxious commercial festivities of the season. She yearns for peace and some quality alone time to simply enjoy a good novel!...

Volume Seven of our ongoing series of paired New Weird Horror novelettes takes readers on nightmare excursions to lonely locales Íde Hennessy - Sequoia PointCalifornia's rugged "Lost Coast" has long been...

Some family secrets are better off hidden.I thought I was done with drama, but it turns out drama wasn't done with me. A coven has abducted Gramps, demanding I hand over our "super secret" family heirloom...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."Harry Potter has never even heard...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very...

"'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'" Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy...

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future...

A heart-wrenching grim cozy pirate's tale with a little bit of romance. This is not 'Cozy' in the traditional sense, unless you find misery and betrayal to be as comforting as a cup of hot cocoa."This...

The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother – 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about freedom...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

"'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'"When the Knight Bus crashes...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...