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After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work--a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . . The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him to America. But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption--and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone's fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Guiliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano. From the Paperback edition. Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0345441702

Eine repräsentative Auswahl namhafter Fotografen, die die Hollywood-Legende ablichteten

Terre, début du XXIe siècle. Un signal musical d'origine inconnue a été capté par une station de scientifiques. Commanditée par les jésuites, une mission dirigée par le jeune Emilio Sandoz, tout à la fois prêtre et linguiste de haut niveau, part dans l'espace à la recherche des extraterrestres. Tous se préparent à affronter la mort et la solitude, mais la catastrophe qui les attend va bien au-delà de ce qu'ils redoutaient. Rome, 2059. Enfin de retour sur Terre, Emilio Sandoz - unique survivant de l'expédition - est traduit devant un tribunal chargé de sonder son âme et de le punir pour les horribles crimes dont on l'accuse. Cet homme, transformé par son expérience, aurait-il été abandonné par Dieu ? Tout à la fois roman d'aventure, conte moral, parabole religieuse, épopée futuriste, histoire d'amour et tragédie, " Le moineau de Dieu " mêle passion, émotion et érudition. Un livre d'une maîtrise rare, retenu aux Etats-Unis comme " l'un des dix meilleurs livres de l'année 1996 ".

In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men--and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive.

Helen West ist überzeugt, daß die Frau des Apothekers ermordet wurde – auch wenn die bei der Obduktion gefundene Dosis Chloroform nicht tödlich gewesen sein kann. Und sie ist sicher, daß der Ehemann der Toten lügt. Mit ihrer Hartnäckigkeit handelt sich Helen allerdings eine Menge Ärger ein. Denn nicht nur ihr Chef ist gegen eine weitere Untersuchung des Falls, sondern auch ihre inzwischen feste Beziehung, Superintendent Bailey ...

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Satanic Verses comes nine stories that reveal the oceanic distances and the unexpected intimacies between East and West. Daring, extravagant, comical and humane, this book renews Rushdie's stature as a storyteller who can enthrall and instruct us with the same sentence.

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here Discover Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie’s classic fantasy novel Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie's classic children's novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories inhabits the same imaginative space as The Lord of the Rings , The Alchemist , and The Wizard of Oz . In this captivating work of fantasy from the author of Midnight’s Children and The Enchantress of Florence , Haroun sets out on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of the sea of stories. On the way, he encounters many foes, all intent on draining the sea of all its storytelling powers.

Nicolai Hel uses his nearly superhuman mental and physical prowess to destroy political terrorists and decides to take on The Mother Company itself, a supermonolith of espionage and economic monopoly.