Valentina Daniele Livres

"In the high-energy magic facility of Unseen University, the wizards have created a miniature cosmos that includes Roundworld, known to us as Earth. As they bicker over the meaning of this - to them - unfeasible and bizarre planet, we go on a tour of Big Science. From astrophysics to quantum mechanics, the interleaved chapters give us a briefing on the history and the present state of play of our scientific learning, while stressing alway the limits of our knowledge--. The tone is intelligent and humorous (think Horizon with laughs) and demands an intellectual engagement on the part of the reader. The result is a book in which the hard science is as gripping as the fiction--one for anyone with an interest in where science comes from and where it is going." - The Times

Despatched to the village of VFD, the three Baudelaire orphans think they may at last be able to find out what Duncan Quagmire meant when he frantically screamed those enigmatic letters, before Count Olaf abducted him and his sister.

Read the book that inspired the full-length animated feature produced by the legendary Studio Ghibli and directed by Goro Miyazaki. Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwald's Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it's been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage’s doorstep as a baby. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. Morwald's, disguised as foster parents.Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. Most children would run in terror from a house like that . . . but not Earwig. Using her own cleverness—with a lot of help from a talking cat—she decides to show the witch who's boss. A young middle grade novel by World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement–winner Diana Wynne Jones, beautifully and humorously illustrated in black and white by Caldecott Medalist Paul O. Zelinsky.“I would like to declare Diana Wynne Jones an international treasure," Neil Gaiman, Newbery Medal–winning and best-selling author

Brooke et Julian filent le parfait amour depuis neuf ans. Il est auteur-compositeur-interprète et a une voix en or. Seulement, de la scène underground aux sommets des hit-parades, la route est longue... Un jour pourtant, c'est la consécration ! Sony accepte de financer son album. Le premier showcase est un succès, et les propositions de concerts affluent de toutes parts. Les dates s'enchaînent et les médias, eux, se déchaînent ! La vie privée de leur couple se retrouve étalée dans les tabloïds, les rumeurs les plus folles courent à leur sujet, et face aux créatures de rêve qui peuplent les palaces où évolue désormais sa rock star de mari, la jolie rouquine commence à perdre confiance. Entre l'éloignement, les horaires de dingues, les paparazzis et les groupies, la mélodie du bonheur vire à la cacophonie. Et puis arrivent les photos de trop. Qui dit conte de fées, ne dit pas forcément happy end, Brooke...

Casting on ... It starts almost by accident: the women who buy their knitting needles and wool from Georgia's store linger for advice, for a coffee, for a chat and before they know it, every Friday night is knitting night. Finding a pattern ... And as the needles clack, and the garments grow, the conversation moves on from patterns and yarn to life, love and everything. These women are of different ages, from different backgrounds and facing different problems, but they are drawn together by threads of affection that prove as durable as the sweaters they knit. The Friday Night Knitting Club - don't you want to join?

Lui, c'est Jack. 27 ans, célibataire et heureux de l'être. Sortir un soir avec une fille, pas de problème ; se rappeler son nom le lendemain matin, c'est déjà plus compliqué. Et la revoir ? Pourquoi pas l'inviter au restaurant tant qu'on y est ? Non. Il y a des règles à respecter. Le célibat est un art de vivre. Y renoncer, c'est grave, ça veut dire changer de chaussettes tous les jours, ne plus sourire aux serveuses... Euh, bonjour, Amy, tu fais quoi ce soir ? Elle, c'est Amy. Elle a 25 ans, travaille dans l'intérim et n'a pas fait l'amour depuis six mois. Six mois ! Ce n'est plus de l'abstinence, c'est un retour à la virginité. Le célibat, elle a donné : le shoppmg-suicide, les régimes, l'air affligé des copines... Mais que fait l'homme idéal ? Oui on sait, il est marié. Et l'homme presque idéal? Bonjour Jack ! Tu fais quoi ce soir ?

Cassie Cavanagh has never minded being 'just a PA'. She has a city job she kind of enjoys - after all she is indispensable, you know. She has a boyfriend who showers her with gifts - what more could a girl want? And she earns enough to (just about ) finance the luxuries she's become used to.

Megan Vandemeer aveva tutte le intenzioni di dire ai suoi genitori che la festa di matrimonio in programma di lì a poco sarebbe andata a monte per mancanza del promesso sposo. Tanto più che non lo aveva ancora presentato in famiglia! E invece si ritrova, senza sapere come, a bordo dell'aereo per Kansas City che la porterà a casa dei suoi e al suo matrimonio. Il fatto è che ha il cuore troppo spezzato per dire la verità. Salvo, dopo un paio di drink e due pastiglie, ritrovarsi a raccontare tutta la storia al giovane sconosciuto dai capelli scuri seduto accanto a lei. A Josh McMillan resta una sola settimana per salvare la sua azienda. Questo volo a Kansas City è l'ultimo tentativo. Ma il viaggio per il momento gli ha portato dell'altro: una ragazza molto carina, che sembra sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi, seduta accanto a lui e in vena di confidenze. Ai genitori di Megan, venuti a prenderla all'aeroporto, basterà vedere lei e Josh insieme per credere che sia lui il promesso sposo. E adesso come deluderli?