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The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s AmericaIn June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank...

The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s AmericaIn June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank...

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter.With his mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett plans to pick up his eight-year-old brother Billy and head to California to start a new life.But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two...

Finely observed and beautifully written. Amor Towles is that rare combination of writer and storyteller.' JEFFREY ARCHER_________________________Two brothers venture across 1950s America to New York in the absorbing new novel by the author of the bestselling A Gentleman in Moscow.In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involunt...

Aleksandr Rostov, aristâocrata y erudito irredento, es un cliente asiduo del Metropol, el hotel mâas esplâendido de Moscâu. Nunca ha trabajado desde que dejâo de estudiar, y aplica todo su ingenio y refinamiento a su pasiâon por los vinos, la gastronomâia y la literatura. En 1922, los bolcheviques lo condenan a muerte, sin embargo, un poema revolucionario escrito una dâecada antes lo salva de la pena capital, que el tribunal le conmuta por la ...

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Ancient scrolls discovered by Rachel Careski threaten the power of the Church. Descendants of Pope Theopolis, sworn to protect Christianity, believe Soren Careski took possession of them after Rachel disappeared-but he is dead.Forty years later, Soren's son, Alex Careski receives an email from a dead man, he is fired from his job, shot at, his car is rammed, and his wife, Simone, is kidnapped.In London, two rare books go missing from the Briti...

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The book is like a salve. I think the world feels disordered right now. The count's refinement and genteel nature are exactly what we're longing for." -Ann Patchett"How delightful that in an era as crude as ours this finely composed novel stretches out with old-World elegance." -The Washington Post He can't leave his hotel. You won't want to. From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility-a transporting novel about a man who i...

Mosca, 21 giugno 1922. Il conte Aleksandr Rostov, decorato con l'Ordine di Sant'Andrea, membro del Jockey Club, Maestro di caccia, viene scortato attraverso i cancelli del Cremlino che danno sulla Piazza Rossa fino alla suite 317 del Grand Hotel Metropol. Chiamato al Cremlino per un téte à téte, il Conte è apparso dinanzi al «Comitato d'Emergenza del Commissariato del Popolo», il tribunale bolscevico che l'ha condannato, senza remore e senz'ap...

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Moskau, 1922. Der genussfreudige Lebemann Graf Rostov wird verhaftet und zu lebenslangem Hausarrest verurteilt, ausgerechnet im Hotel Metropol, dem ersten Haus am Platz. Er muss alle bisher genossenen Privilegien aufgeben und eine Arbeit als Hilfskellner annehmen. Rostov mit seinen 30 Jahren ist ein äußerst liebenswürdiger, immer optimistischer Gentleman. Trotz seiner eingeschränkten Umstände lebt er ganz seine Überzeugung, dass selbst kleine ...

Excerpt from Descriptive AnatomyThe bones are divided into those of the vertebral column, of the Thorax, of the Upper Extremity, of the Lower Extremity of the skull, the Os Hyoides, the Ossicula Auditus.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to di...

Excerpt from Prepositional Phrases of Asseveration and Adjuration in Old and Middle FrenchIn this study we are not concerned with either of the above formulas of invocation, but with the invocation of objects of reverence and love by means of a phrase consisting of an introductory preposition plus the name of the object invoked. In this form of invocation also the ideas of entreaty for aid '1 and of imprecation2 seem to be the emphasizing prin...

Excerpt from Factory Legislation of Rhode IslandThe manufacture of textiles is the leading industry of the state. As has been mentioned, Samuel Slater in copartnership with Moses Brown established at Paw tucket in December, 1790, the first Cotton spinning mill in America. Though several other mills were soon after ward put into operation, it cannot be said that cotton manufacture was an immediate success. Owing to the lack of capital, to high ...

Excerpt from Factory Legislation of Rhode IslandThe manufacture of textiles is the leading industry of the state. As has been mentioned, Samuel Slater in copartnership with Moses Brown established at Paw tucket in December, 1790, the first Cotton spinning mill in America. Though several other mills were soon after ward put into operation, it cannot be said that cotton manufacture was an immediate success. Owing to the lack of capital, to high ...

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Moskau, 1922. Der genussfreudige Lebemann Graf Rostov wird verhaftet und zu lebenslangem Hausarrest verurteilt, ausgerechnet im Hotel Metropol, dem ersten Haus am Platz. Er muss alle bisher genossenen Privilegien aufgeben und eine Arbeit als Hilfskellner annehmen. Mit seinen 30 Jahren ist Rostov ein äußerst liebenswürdiger, immer optimistischer Gentleman. Trotz seiner eingeschränkten Umstände lebt er ganz seine Überzeugung, dass selbst kleine ...