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Sullo sfondo che prelude ai grandi cambiamenti degli anni Sessanta, Lila e Elena si affacciano al mondo condividendo il desiderio di sfuggire al loro destino di ragazze cresciute nel rione napoletano. Nella competizione senza limiti che le lega e divide, la brillante e sensuale Lila sembra un passo avanti: sposata a sedici anni con il ricco proprietario di una salumeria, diventa la Jackie O del quartiere, mentre Elena, studentessa modello, ...

Schon jetzt ein WeltbestsellerMit 16 haben Lila und Elena, Freundinnen seit Kindertagen, ihr armseliges neapoletanisches Stadtviertel mit seinen einengenden Konventionen gründlich satt. Lila versucht, durch eine vorteilhafte Ehe ihre Chancen zu verbessern, fühlt sich aber schon bald eingesperrt und verbittert. Elena hingegen lässt den Ort ihrer Kindheit hinter sich und geht zum Studium nach Pisa. Die 1970er Jahre bringen Veränderungen für beid...

Questo libro ci porta nel laboratorio di Elena Ferrante, ci permette di dare uno sguardo nei cassetti da cui sono usciti i suoi primi tre romanzi e poi i quattro capitoli dell'"Amica geniale", offrendo un esempio di passione assoluta per la scrittura. La scrittrice risponde a non poche delle domande che le hanno fatto i suoi lettori. Dice, per esempio, perché chi scrive un libro farebbe bene a tenersi in disparte e lasciare che il te...

Lila und Elena sind sechzehn Jahre alt, und sie sind verzweifelt. Lila hat noch am Tage ihrer Hochzeit erfahren, dass ihr Mann sie hintergeht - er macht Geschäfte mit den allseits verhassten Solara-Brüdern, den lokalen Camorristi. Für Lila, arm geboren und durch die Ehe schlagartig zu Geld und Ansehen gekommen, brechen leidvolle Zeiten an. Elena hingegen verliebt sich Hals über Kopf in einen jungen Studenten, doch der scheint nur mit ihren Gef...

Je ne suis pas nostalgique de notre enfance : elle était pleine de violence. C’était la vie, un point c’est tout : et nous grandissions avec l'obligation de la rendre difficile aux autres avant que les autres ne nous la rendent difficile. Elena et Lila vivent dans un quartier pauvre de Naples à la fin des années cinquante. Bien qu’elles soient douées pour les études, ce n’est...

Louis Ferrante is an international bestselling author, global business speaker, and television host for Discovery Networks International. His books have been translated into fifteen languages and his television series has aired in over 200 countries and territories around the world. @LouFerrante. LouisFerrante.com

An insider's history of the modern Mafia and its extraordinary characters, including a survey of its current state of affairs and predictions for its future.

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The seminal work on the mafia's beginnings and the first mafia history to be written by someone who has lived the life

Ebenso blutrünstig wie gut organisiert bildet die sizilianische Mafia seit Hunderten von Jahren eines der erfolgreichsten Wirtschaftsunternehmen. Der ehemalige Mafioso Louis Ferrante enthüllt in diesem Buch ihre Führungsprinzipien - auch für das legale Management. In 88 Lektionen erläutert er die Regeln für "Soldiers", der "Capos" und der "Dons", d. h. für einfache Angestellte, die mittlere Führungsebene und das Topmanagement.

As a nurse hands Christina Borysowki her newborn daughter, joy ¿ lls the new mother's heart. With wonder, she lovingly admires the baby she has named Hope. Her body tingles with excitement and fear. Hours later, Hope's eyes ¿nally open to reveal spectacular turquoise irises. At that moment, she has no idea that months later, the sparkle and life will abandon those beautiful eyes, the gaze will turn inward, and Hope will lose all interest in th...

As a nurse hands Christina Borysowki her newborn daughter, joy ¿ lls the new mother's heart. With wonder, she lovingly admires the baby she has named Hope. Her body tingles with excitement and fear. Hours later, Hope's eyes ¿nally open to reveal spectacular turquoise irises. At that moment, she has no idea that months later, the sparkle and life will abandon those beautiful eyes, the gaze will turn inward, and Hope will lose all interest in th...

So you see, life is for awhile. And we have no control over it. No control what so ever. We don't know if we're going to live to a ripe old age? or get sick and suffer? or die from cancer? or lose our minds with altzheimers or dementia etc.? Or die in a car accident even? Oh! I dread those kind of deaths, and don't want to die like that. Do you? And remember one more thing, there's no coming back, no coming back. Ever? "Rennie Ferrante

So you see, life is for awhile. And we have no control over it. No control what so ever. We don't know if we're going to live to a ripe old age? or get sick and suffer? or die from cancer? or lose our minds with altzheimers or dementia etc.? Or die in a car accident even? Oh! I dread those kind of deaths, and don't want to die like that. Do you? And remember one more thing, there's no coming back, no coming back. Ever? "Rennie Ferrante

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. THE TRISTAN STORY AND ARTHURIAN ROMANCE -- 1. COMPARISON OF EPISODES -- 2. COMPARISON OF STRUCTURE -- 3. CONCLUSIONS -- Appendix A: NAMES -- Appendix ¿: EPISODES -- Appendix C: ADDENDA TO THE COMPARISON OF EPISODES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter

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Examines Dante's character of Beatrice and contends that, more than simply leading Dante to God, Beatrice allows him to see a feminine side in God, humanity, and himself.

The autobiography of a remarkable Italian Alpine soldier that is startling for its eyewitness reports from some of the most iconic theatres of the mid-20th century, including the Berlin Olympics, Albanian and Russian fronts, and the POW camps of Siberia. Upgraded from the first edition with revised text, more photographs and new battlefield maps.

People don't believe in magic anymore, so that magic is being stolen from them...secretly. Forged in the flames of the Salem witch hunts, Witch Hunter is resurrected 300 years later at the dawn of a new world order to fight the powers that be which hide in the shadows and point the finger of blame at everyone but themselves while stealing all the magic for themselves. He hunts the hunters. Opposing the darkness without being darkened by it, Wi...

Si rien ne pouvait nous sauver, ni l'argent, ni le corps d'un homme, ni même les études, autant tout détruire immédiatement. Le soir de son mariage, Lila, seize ans, comprend que son mari Stefano l'a trahie en s'associant aux frères Solara, les camorristes qu'elle déteste. De son côté, Elena, la narratrice, poursuit ses études au lycée. Quand l'été arrive, les...