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EAN: 9781912101993
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In the mid-1930s, eminent locomotive engineer Sir Nigel Gresley produced plans for the A4 Class Pacifics, which were\nspecially built to work a new high-speed express, the 'Silver Jubilee'. From the start, the class caused a sensation and\nimmediately secured the admiration of the general public.\nGresley's A4s captures these worldfamous locomotives throughout their life, with over 300 excellent colour and black and white images present in this collection, which is arguably the greatest ever assembled on the class.\nPhotographs of every locomotive in the LNER and BR periods are included. Overa dozen A4s feature in a chapter dedicated to the 1946 renumbering, which lasted only two/three years, making pictures of them particularly rare.\nThe A4s are shown at major centres on the East Coast Main Line, such as King's Cross station, Peterborough, Grantham,\nDoncaster, York, Darlington, Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverley. Also, images taken during the twilight years in Scotland are included. The surviving engines are seen at several locations in the country - Aberdeen, Glasgow and Perth.\nA number of images are from the lineside at various points, or wayside stations and water troughs. Some\nclassmembers have been photographed at sheds when being serviced, or under repair at workshops.\nMany of the famous trains worked by the A4s are presented, such as the 'Silver Jubilee', 'Coronation', 'West Riding Limited' and 'Flying Scotsman', then later the 'Capitals Limited', 'Elizabethan', 'The Talisman', etc. The class were often\nselected to head special trains and there are several examples of this in Gresley's\nA4s.\nThe pictures are accompanied by interesting and informative captions that provide details from the history of each locomotive, as well as the class.

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EAN: 9781914227226
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The London & North Eastern Railway existed from 1923-1947 and presided over one of the most exiting periods in British railway history. From the non-stop 'Flying Scotsman' to 'Silver Jubilee', 'Coronation' and 'West Riding Limited' streamlined trains, the company was continually innovating and received accolades as a result. Particularly noteworthy were the LNER's locomotives, designed by H.N. Gresley (later Sir), with world-renowned designs, such as the A1/A3 Class Pacific - no. 4472 Flying Scotsman - A4 Class - no. 4468 Mallard - and P2 Class 2-8-2 - no. 2001 Cock o' the North.\nThe Glorious Years of the LNER explores the period through over 400 superb colour and black-and-white images and informative captions. Divided into several sections, the book looks at locomotives, carriages, wagons and road vehicles.\nThe LNER was organised into three areas: Southern (GC, GN and GE), North Eastern (NER) and Scottish (NBR, GNSR). Pictures included are taken at several locations within these, and are on main lines from London to Scotland (Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow), London to Sheffield and Manchester, and London to Ipswich and Norwich, with cross-country routes from Grimsby to Manchester, Cheshire Lines Committee undertakings between Manchester, Liverpool and Chester, as well as the Waverley route from Carlisle to Edinburgh, not forgetting the 'West Highland' line from Glasgow to Fort William and Mallaig.\nMany of Gresley's locomotives are included - A1/A3, A4, B17, D49, P2, V1, V2, W1 - in addition to his carriages and wagons, whilst many of the constituent companies' engines also feature, such as those of H.A. Ivatt, Sir Vincent Raven, J.G. Robinson and S.D. Holden.\nThe images are taken from the lineside, at sheds, stations and workshops.\nThe Glorious Years of the LNER celebrates the company as one of the most prestigious and innovative of the 'Big Four' railway companies.

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EAN: 9781912101498
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John Ryan's model railway at Over Peover, Cheshire is a story on continual development. He first became interested in model railways at the age of five when his father took him to see A4s, A2s and A1s hurtling through Doncaster railway station on the East Coast Main Line. At Christmas 1955, he acquired his first train set a Hornby-Dublo three-rail `Duchess of Montrose'. Other train sets were acquired and layouts constructed - all OO gauge - until the fascination for O gauge took control. This was in the early 1980s and when, a little later, success and finances became available all his OO gauge locomotives and rolling stock were sold or swapped for O gauge models and he began constructing one of the largest layouts of its type in the country.\nThe switch to O gauge coincided with his teaming up with Norman Solomon, an expert track-builder, who has been involved in the various stages of John's present enormous layout. Other people have supplied stations, goods sheds, coal\nhoppers, viaducts etc. \nJohn runs models of the locomotives he saw whilst a youngster in Doncaster during the 1950s and many are illustrated here. He also has a keen interest in the LNER locomotives built at Doncaster so that the layout can be operated in two periods - 1930s and 1950s.\nCarriages and wagons also fall into these two periods. Some of John's most impressive carriages include the `Silver Jubilee', `Coronation' and Pullman sets.\nText within the book follows the development of model railways in Britain, Doncaster Plant Works' association with locomotive, carriage and wagon building, John's various railway layouts as well as touching upon his business interests.\nPhotographs in the book show in fine detail and from different angles all aspects of the layout to such an extent that the viewer almost believes they are part of a real railway.

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EAN: 9781914227752
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Sir Nigel Gresley was one of the pioneers in developing the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement in Britain during the early 20th century. He also used the type to examine several distinguishing features that were used in his subsequent designs.\nProducing 85 2-6-0 locomotives for the Great Northern Railway, he built a further 189 for the London & North Eastern Railway, whilst his successors constructed 70 engines. These 344 LNER K Class 2-6-0s were a mainstay of secondary passenger and goods services along the East Coast Main Line from 1912 to the end of steam in the 1960s, whilst finding new areas of operation after Grouping. The K4 Class also took a specialised role on the West Highland Railway in Scotland.\nLNER K Class 2-6-0s uses over 160 excellent colour and black-and-white images to present the development of the type from introduction to their final days under British Railways.\nThe engines are pictured at a number of locations, such as stations, sheds, from the lineside, as well as workshops.\nOnly one LNER K Class 2-6-0 has been preserved and is currently out of service. This collection provides a welcome reminder of the importance of the LNER K Classes over a remarkable period in the history of the steam locomotive.

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Brand: Michael J. Burchell;john S. Ryan
EAN: 9781119989806
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Reach new levels of organizational productivity and achievement by redefining the phrase \"workplace health\" \n\nIn Make Work Healthy, a team of distinguished organizational transformation professionals delivers an insightful how-to manual for improving organizational performance with a new approach to workforce management. The book offers organizations, leaders, and managers with the knowledge, data, frameworks, and methodologies they need to radically transform how they approach day-to-day operations into a sustainable and resilient business success model. \n\nThe authors focus on workplace health-in a broad sense-as a way of focusing organizational attention on culture, building work capacity, productivity, and sustainability. They explain the tangible business value that comes from focusing on wellbeing as well as the symbiotic relationship between organizational health and employee health. Make Work Healthy includes: \n\n\n\nStrategies for moving beyond typical \"wellness\" initiatives such as just addressing illness and absence reduction to a more holistic understanding of \"healthy work\"\nWays to locate, attract, recruit, and retain talent over the long-term by aligning organizational goals with employee health\nTactics to help managers of dispersed, hybrid, and remote teams manage feelings of pressure and isolation\n\nAn indispensable, effective, and holistic new take on organizational and employee health, Make Work Healthy will earn a place in the hands of managers, executives, board members, and other business and human resources leaders who seek impressive gains in company productivity and fulfilment.

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Brand: John Beck;ryan Bishop
EAN: 9781478005957
Categoria: Libri e riviste

In Technocrats of the Imagination John Beck and Ryan Bishop explore the collaborations between the American avant-garde art world and the military-industrial complex during the 1960s, in which artists worked with scientists and engineers in universities, private labs, and museums. For artists, designers, and educators working with the likes of Bell Labs, the RAND Corporation, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, experiments in art and technology presaged not only a new aesthetic but a new utopian social order based on collective experimentation. In examining these projects' promises and pitfalls and how they have inspired a new generation of collaborative labs populated by artists, engineers, and scientists, Beck and Bishop reveal the connections between the contemporary art world and the militarized lab model of research that has dominated the sciences since the 1950s.

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EAN: 9780761820925
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Religion and Public Life is a collection of papers delivered at a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Msgr. John A. Ryan, who was the most prominent and influential American advocate of the Catholic social tradition in the first half of the twentieth century. He was a rare combination of scholar, priest, and political realist. Most of his career was spent in Washington, D.C., where he was both a professor at the Catholic University of America and a principal representative of the American bishops to Congress. This collection serves as a fine introduction to Ryan's thought as well as a survey of some of the more pressing current issues in the Catholic social tradition.

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Brand: Carrie Ryan;john Parke Davis
EAN: 9788804747987
Categoria: Libri e riviste

«I desideri sono grandi cose. Ma per ogni desiderio che si realizza, mille possibilità devono essere eliminate.»Le acque magiche della Corrente Pirata sono in pericolo: rischiano di mescolarsi alla realtà, generando caos e distruzione. L'unica via di salvezza è raggiungere l'impossibile Monerva, una città al di là dello spazio e del tempo, dove è nascosta la Macchina dei Desideri. La dolce Marrill e il suo amico ladro Finn hanno già solcato quel mare... riusciranno ora a riunirsi e compiere l'impresa, salvando così il loro destino e quello del mondo?

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EAN: 9788804655589
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Ovunque tu voglia andare, la mappa ti ci porterà.Chi possiede la Mappa dei Desideri può arrivare ovunque voglia. Per il momento però nessuno può servirsi dei suoi poteri, perché è stata divisa in brandelli: il primo, la Rosa dei Venti, appare all'improvviso nel parcheggio di un supermercato insieme a un'onda d'acqua solcata da un vascello di corsari, sotto lo sguardo incredulo della dodicenne Marrill. Intenta a inseguire il suo gatto, Marrill si trova catapultata nella Corrente Pirata, un mondo popolato da foreste parlanti, farfalle di spuma di mare e crostacei con le piume. Soltanto la mappa può ricondurla nel suo mondo. E Marrill non è l'unica a cercarla: Fin, cresciuto nella Corrente Pirata, a dodici anni è già il Maestro dei Ladri grazie a un raro potere: chiunque lo incontri ben presto si dimentica di lui. Guidato da una misteriosa profezia, Fin vuole la mappa per ritrovare la madre scomparsa. Quando i destini di Marrill e Fin incrociano la rotta di una ciurma di temibili pirati, la ricerca della mappa si trasforma in una questione di vita o di morte.

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Brand: Carrie Ryan;john Parke Davis
EAN: 9788804642534
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Chi possiede la Mappa dei Desideri può arrivare ovunque voglia. Per il momento però nessuno può servirsi dei suoi poteri, perché è stata divisa in brandelli: il primo, la Rosa dei Venti, appare all'improvviso nel parcheggio di un supermercato insieme a un'onda d'acqua solcata da un vascello di corsari, sotto lo sguardo incredulo della dodicenne Marrill. Intenta a inseguire il suo gatto, Marrill si trova catapultata nella Corrente Pirata, un mondo popolato da foreste parlanti, farfalle di spuma di mare e crostacei con le piume. Soltanto la mappa può ricondurla nel suo mondo. E Marrill non è l'unica a cercarla: Fin, cresciuto nella Corrente Pirata, a dodici anni è già il Maestro dei Ladri grazie a un raro potere: chiunque lo incontri ben presto si dimentica di lui. Guidato da una misteriosa profezia, Fin vuole la mappa per ritrovare la madre scomparsa. Quando i destini di Marrill e Fin incrociano la rotta di una ciurma di temibili pirati, la ricerca della mappa si trasforma in una questione di vita o di morte. Età di lettura: da 11 anni.

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Brand: Mondadori
EAN: 9788804655589
Categoria: Libri e riviste

La Mappa Dei Desideri - Ryan Carrie; Davis John Parke - Mondadori

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Brand: Ryan Dunn;john Hattie
EAN: 9781544368153
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Cultivate a Culture of Learning by Doing In Teacher Development\n \n Picture a world where teachers, equipped with the expertise to produce the best outcomes in every context, confidently and intentionally inquire, adapt, and change instruction based on student needs. Do you know how to get them there?\n \n Developing Teaching Expertise offers a proactive framework for teachers to work through iterative design cycles and understand how to make 'what works best' work in their unique classroom. Aligned to the varied components of teacher professional learning, this book supports the development of teaching expertise by:\n \n\n \n\nExploring how specific design and leadership approaches can be integrated to form a useful framework for leading teacher professional learning\nHighlighting ways to navigate through complex educational environments\nIncorporating illustrative tools and vignettes, and real-life examples of results from different educational settings\n\n This book offers a deep exploration to lead and intentionally cultivate a culture of lifelong teacher learning.

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Brand: Adam Beechen;ryan Benjamin;john Stanisci
EAN: 9788866918271
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Sotto la tutela di Bruce Wayne, colui che ha indossato il mantello di Batman e ora vive isolato nella sua villa, l'adolescente Terry McGinnis protegge le strade di Neo Gotham nei panni del cavaliere oscuro del futuro. Lo stile di Terry è sempre stato quello di agire da solo, ma quando la Justice League interviene per aiutarlo a sconfiggere il maestro della materia (un ex dipendente della Justice League con un desiderio di vendetta e un perverso tocco di Mida), Batman deve decidere se accoglierli come alleati o combatterli. Nel frattempo, anche l'anziano Bruce Wayne ha i suoi problemi: con il ritorno di Derek Powers nei panni di Blight e del figlio Paxton, la posizione di Bruce nella Wayne-Powers è in pericolo. Rifiutandosi di cedere la propria autorità su quella che una volta era la Wayne Enterprises, Bruce Wayne deve usare il suo ingegno e le doti di Terry per sconfiggere Blight e riprendere il controllo.

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Brand: Ryan North;derek Charm
EAN: 9781779501233
Categoria: Libri e riviste

After angering a number of hostile spirits in England, 13-year-old magician Johnny Constantine has to find a way out of the country. Persuading his parents to send him to America, John arrives at the Junior Success Boarding School in Salem, Massachusetts. But once there, he finds himself to be something of an outcast. And he is also convinced that his homeroom teacher really has it in for him. Worse, he s convinced that s she s really a witch. Fortunately, John is able to find one kindred spirit at school with whom he s able to form an alliance another misfit named Anna, who also happens to have her own developing magical powers. John recruits Anna in his efforts to uncover the truth about Ms. Kayla and expose the Meanest Teacher s real identity to the world. Joined by a friendly demon named Etrigan, these two amateur sleuths will uncover clues and stumble upon forces beyond their control in a humorous series of misadventures.

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Brand: Ryan Holiday
EAN: 9788836000302
Categoria: Libri e riviste

In questo libro vengono analizzate storie e strategie di donne e uomini che faticavano a emergere dagli affanni e dalle responsabilità della vita, ma che alla fine sono riusciti a trovare e mantenere lo stato di tranquillità: da John F. Kennedy ad Anne Frank, dalla regina Vittoria a Napoleone, da Leonardo da Vinci a Marco Aurelio. Tutti i filosofi del mondo antico, dagli stoici ai buddisti, dai confuciani ai cristiani, hanno definito la tranquillità l'energia più potente sulla terra; è in noi, ma è difficile accedervi... ma se così tante persone sagge e virtuose ne hanno tessuto le lodi, perché questi momenti sono ancora così rari? La tranquillità va assolutamente trovata perché è la chiave di accesso a tutto ciò che conta nella vita. Aiuta a essere genitori più amorevoli, artisti più ispirati, investitori più attenti, atleti più preparati, scienziati più illuminati e, nel complesso, persone migliori. Ma come raggiungerla? Per raggiungere la tranquillità bisogna concentrarsi su 3 aree fondamentali, la triade senza tempo di mente, spirito e corpo: la testa, la carne, il cuore. Per ciascuna di queste aree Holiday spiega come ridurre gli elementi di disturbo per raggiungere lo stato di tranquillità.

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Brand: Catherine Ryan Howard
EAN: 9781782398400
Categoria: Libri e riviste

AN IRISH TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER\nONE OF AMAZON UK'S 'RISING STAR' BEST DEBUTS OF 2016\n WINNER: BEST MYSTERY, INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS 2017 USA\nSHORTLISTED FOR BOOKS ARE MY BAG IBA CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2016\n SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA JOHN CREASEY NEW BLOOD DAGGER 2017\n\nDid she leave, or was she taken?\n\nThe day Adam Dunne's girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a Barcelona business trip, his perfect life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads 'I'm sorry - S' sets off real alarm bells. He vows to do whatever it takes to find her. \n\nAdam is puzzled when he connects Sarah to a cruise ship called the Celebrate - and to a woman, Estelle, who disappeared from the same ship in eerily similar circumstances almost exactly a year before. To get the answers, Adam must confront some difficult truths about his relationship with Sarah. He must do things of which he never thought himself capable. And he must try to outwit a predator who seems to have found the perfect hunting ground...\n\nDistress Signals is a highly confident and accomplished debut novel, impeccably sustained, with not a false note. The exploration of the often murky backstage workings of the luxury liner world is fascinating, and there is a psychologically acute portrait of a killer that is genuinely moving. We will hear a great deal more of this author. - Irish Times

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Brand: Chris Ryan
EAN: 9781444783766
Categoria: Libri e riviste

If you love the Strikeback series, pre-order the thrilling new book, Red Strike, now. Coming February 2019.\n\nHeld up by rebel forces in a brutal siege, John Porter is tested to the limit in the African jungle. \n\nStrikeback hero John Porter is sent on a mission with Regimental scallywag John Bald. Where Porter plays it by the book, Bald will always want to break the rules.\n\nThey are sent to Sierra Leone to extract Ronald Soames, a former CO of the Regiment and now right-hand man to the President. \n\nBut when Porter and Bald arrive the Englishman has disappeared, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. \n\nRebels are threatening to take over the country and its diamond mines - and to massacre all foreigners.\n\nPorter and Bald find themselves fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Regiment psychopath who is already embedded in the country.\n\nBut it soon becomes clear that the Firm has lied to them about the true nature of the mission.\n\nWhat seems at first to be a battle to control Sierra Leone's diamond mines will turn out to about a much greater evil - and with a trail that leads back to both Westminster and the Kremlin.

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Brand: Eimear Ryan
EAN: 9781844885473
Categoria: Libri e riviste

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2022\n\nThis critically acclaimed debut will be a guaranteed hit with literary fiction lovers this Christmas.\n\n_____________\n\nA young woman comes of age in the shadow of her family's tragic past\n\nWhen Beth Crowe starts university, she is shadowed by the ghost of her potential as a competitive swimmer. Free to create a fresh identity for herself, she finds herself among people who adore the poetry of her grandfather, Benjamin Crowe, who died tragically before she was born. She embarks on a secret relationship - and on a quest to discover the truth about Benjamin and his widow, her beloved grandmother Lydia. The quest brings her into an archive that no scholar has ever seen, and to a person who knows things about her family that nobody else knows.\n\nHolding Her Breath is a razor-sharp, moving and seriously entertaining novel about complicated love stories, ambition and grief - and a young woman coming fully into her powers.\n\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021\n\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD 2022\n__________\n\n'A stunning debut from this new Irish talent' STELLAR\n\n'A beautiful coming-of-age story told with impressive skill and lightness of touch . . . I absolutely loved it' LOUISE O'NEILL\n\n'Whip smart observations and addictive prose' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH\n\n'Precise, sure, engaging, and a joy to read' RODDY DOYLE\n\n'A moving debut with a satisfying conclusion' IRISH INDEPENDENT\n\n'Brilliant, vivid - I enjoyed this book ENORMOUSLY' MARIAN KEYES\n\n'Enthralling' IMAGE\n\n'A nimble account of student life with a darkly enjoyable undercurrent of secrecy and emotional turmoil' SARA BAUME\n\n'A truly compelling read, and one I wholeheartedly recommend' BUZZ\n\n'Through the dark sky of our times, Eimear Ryan arrives like a comet, a bright talent scorching through every page' DOIREANN NI GHRIOFA, author of A Ghost in the Throat\n\n'Brilliantly realised, gripping, and moving . . . This is absolutely the real thing' KEVIN POWER\n\n'Written with a wonderful clarity and insight, Holding Her Breath lingers in the imagination. Beth's unravelling and re-ravelling is drawn with great skill and empathy. A brilliant debut' DONAL RYAN

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Brand: Chris Ryan
EAN: 9781444756739
Categoria: Libri e riviste

The third book in the Chris Ryan Extreme series. \n\nDisavowed.\nNo one can escape their past forever. Ex-SAS operator John Bald knows that better than most. So when the Firm corners Bald in Kazakhstan with a promise to wipe the slate clean, he reluctantly agrees to return to the frontline. His mission: hunt down a fugitive Russian oligarch suspected of murdering a beautiful young Westminster aide. Viktor Klich knows too much. Now Bald must catch Klich - before the Russian security services get to him first.\n\nDesperate.\nBut what begins as a simple snatch-and-grab soon descends into a brutal fight for survival as Bald pursues Klich from the violent streets of Caracas to the brash glamour of Dubai, leaving a trail of blood and bullets in his wake. As he closes in on his quarry Bald finds his loyalties called into question. And when the mission goes wrong, he's accused of being complicit in a dangerous deceit.\n\nDeadly.\nNow Bald is a wanted man. Only one person can help him: Viktor Klich, the oligarch he was ordered to kill. In a world where nothing is as it seems, Bald will have to call on all his skills to stay alive, protect his former enemy - and uncover a dark secret that goes right to the heart of the establishment ...\n\nThe Chris Ryan Extreme books take you even further into the heart of the mission with more extreme action, more extreme language and more extreme pace. Like Call of Duty or Medal of Honour you'll feel part of the team.\n\nChris Ryan Extreme: Most Wanted has previously been published as four separate shorter missions. Now in one ebook to keep you at the centre of the action.

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Brand: John Gwynne
EAN: 9780356514215
Categoria: Libri e riviste

A masterfully crafted, brutally compelling Norse-inspired epic Anthony Ryan\n\nTHE GREATEST SAGAS ARE WRITTEN IN BLOOD. \n\nA century has passed since the gods fought and drove themselves to extinction. Now only their bones remain, promising great power to those brave enough to seek them out.\n\nAs whispers of war echo across the land of Vigrid, fate follows in the footsteps of three warriors: a huntress on a dangerous quest, a noblewoman pursuing battle fame, and a thrall seeking vengeance among the mercenaries known as the Bloodsworn.\n\nAll three will shape the fate of the world as it once more falls under the shadow of the gods.\n\nSet in a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic new fantasy saga from bestselling author John Gwynne.\n\nFurther praise for The Shadow of the Gods\n\n'Visceral, heart-breaking and unputdownable' Jay Kristoff\n\n'A satisfying and riveting read. The well-realised characters move against a backdrop of a world stunning in its immensity. It's everything I've come to expect from a John Gwynne book' Robin Hobb\n\n'A masterclass in storytelling . . . epic, gritty fantasy with an uncompromising amount of heart' FanFiAddict\n\n'Quintessential Gwynne honed to perfection . . . The Shadow of the Gods is absolutely stunning, one hell of an epic series opener and a spectacular dose of Viking-flavoured fantasy' The Tattooed Book Geek\n\n'Reminds me of all that I love in the fantasy genre. The Shadow of the Gods is an action-packed cinematic read' Fantasy Hive

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Brand: John Shirley
EAN: 9781848567047
Categoria: Libri e riviste

After barely surviving a plane crash, a man discovers an undersea city called Rapture; a failed utopia created by Jack Ryan, a man who looked to embrace a world surrounding the objectivist ideals of Ayn Rand. Power and greed have run amok, the city has succumbed to civil war and the only question is who really deserves to survive this maniacal debacle of science gone mad.

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Brand: John Pring
EAN: 9780745349893
Categoria: Libri e riviste

A must-read exposé of one of Britain’s biggest hidden scandals - Frances Ryan\n\n\n\n'Definitive proof of how government austerity hasn’t just harmed disabled people, it has killed them' - John McDonnell MP\n\n\n\nIn the early 2010s, reports began to emerge of deaths linked to a government department. Suicide notes, coroners' reports, and research by disabled activists pointed to failings within the Department for Work and Pensions – the DWP – the government body responsible for the disability benefits system.\n\n\n\nAs years passed, and austerity tightened its grip, the death toll mounted, and an even more disturbing picture emerged: bureaucracy, politicians, and the private sector had combined over thirty years to reckless, deadly effect.\n\n\n\nFor the last decade, disabled journalist John Pring has meticulously pieced together how the DWP ignored pleas to correct fatal flaws in the social security system and covered up its role in the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands, of disabled people. Having spent years researching the heartbreaking stories of twelve individuals who died, he describes how their bereaved families have fought for justice and accountability.

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Brand: John Connolly
EAN: 9781473663664
Categoria: Libri e riviste

An extraordinary recreation of one of the most enduring and beloved partnerships in cinema history: Laurel & Hardy.\n\nWinner of the 2017 Ryan Tubridy Show Listener's Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards.\n\nJohn Connolly recreates the golden age of Hollywood for an intensely compassionate study of the tension between commercial demands and artistic integrity and the human frailties behind even the greatest of artists.\n\nAn extraordinary reimagining of the life of one of the greatest screen comedians the world has ever known: a man who knew both adoration and humiliation; who loved, and was loved in turn; who betrayed, and was betrayed; who never sought to cause pain to others, yet left a trail of affairs and broken marriages in his wake . . . \n\nAnd whose life was ultimately defined by one relationship of such tenderness and devotion that only death could sever it: his partnership with the man he knew as Babe.\n\nhe is Stan Laurel.\nBut he did not really exist. Stan Laurel was a fiction.\n\nWith he, John Connolly recreates the golden age of Hollywood for an intensely compassionate study of the tension between commercial demands and artistic integrity, the human frailties behind even the greatest of artists, and one of the most enduring and beloved partnerships in cinema history: Laurel & Hardy.

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Brand: John Boyne
EAN: 9781529176131
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last Sunday Express\n'An incredible feat of storytelling... and an old-fashioned page-turner' Donal Ryan\n'Gripping and well-honed...consummately constructed, humming with tension' Guardian\n'You can't prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel' John Irving\n________________________________\n\nFrom the author of the globally bestselling, multi-million-copy classic, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, comes its astonishing and powerful sequel.\n\nGretel Fernsby is a quiet woman leading a quiet life. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany seventy years ago or the dark post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn't talk about her father, the commandant of one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps.\n\nBut when a young family moves into the apartment below her, Gretel can't help but befriend their little boy, Henry, though his presence brings back painful memories. One night, she witnesses a violent argument between his parents, which threatens to disturb her hard-won peace.\n\nFor the second time in her life, Gretel is given the chance to save a young boy. To do so would allay her guilt, grief and remorse, but it will also force her to reveal her true identity.\n\nWill she make a different choice this time, whatever the cost to herself?\n\nThe new novel from John Boyne, WATER, is available for pre-order now.\n_______________________________\n\nPraise for John Boyne\n\n'A master storyteller' Daily Express\n'One of the best novelists of Ireland' Sunday Express\n'Boyne offers writing of insight and beauty' Observer\n'John Boyne is a maestro of hisoritical fiction' John Irving

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Brand: John Connell
EAN: 9780717194643
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Quietly triumphant. Donal Ryan\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n'Ambitious and gentle.' Belinda McKeon\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n'A terrific book.' Michael Harding\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nIn May 2020, John Connell finds himself, like so many others, confined to his local area, the opportunity to freely travel and socialise cut short. His attention turns to the Camlin river - an ever-present source of life for his town's inhabitants and, for John, a site of boyhood adventure, first love, family history and local legend.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHe decides to canoe its course with his friend, Sunday Times journalist Peter Geoghegan, a two-day trip requiring physical exertion and mental resilience. As the world grows still around them, the river continues to teem with life - a symphony of buzzing mayfly and jumping trout. During their meander downstream, John reflects on his life: his travels, his past relationships and his battle with depression, as well as on Irish folklore, geopolitics and philosophy.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Stream of Everything is both a reverie and a celebration of close observation; a winding, bucolic account of the summer we discovered home.

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Brand: Anne Griffin
EAN: 9781473683020
Categoria: Libri e riviste

THE NUMBER ONE IRISH BESTSELLER\nWINNER OF THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR AWARD\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD\n\n'A rare jewel' John Banville\n'A genuine page-turner' Donal Ryan\n'This is how you tell a story' Cecelia Ahern\n\nAt the bar of a grand hotel in a small Irish town sits 84-year-old Maurice Hannigan. He's alone, as usual - though tonight is anything but.\n\n Over the course of this evening, he will raise five toasts to the five people who have meant the most to him. Through these stories - of unspoken joy and regret, a secret tragedy kept hidden, a fierce love that never found its voice - the life of one man will powerfully and poignantly be laid bare.\n\n'A book to savour and pass on. An absolute joy' Sunday Mirror\n'A rich and moving story, a poetic voice and unforgettable character in Maurice' Elle

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EAN: 9788857230276
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Da Nanni Moretti, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mario Monicelli, Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Monica Bellucci, Sophia Loren a Francis Ford Coppola, Robert De Niro, Meg Ryan, Fanny Ardant, John Malkovitch, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Irons, Ferzan Ozpetek, Andy Garcia, Rupert Everett, Daniel Auteuil: una galleria di ritratti fotografici di attori e registi, italiani e internazionali nei bellissimi scatti di un grande maestro. Francesco Escalar (1963-2013) già da adolescente, percepisce la fotografia quale suo mezzo di espressione e di dialogo, attraverso lo stimolo dell'arte che ha un ruolo primario nella ricerca del bello assoluto che ha sempre contraddistinto la sua opera. L'ispirazione \"pittorica\", che Escalar esprime nelle sue opere fotografiche è evidente soprattutto nella ricerca della luce, peculiarità dell'artista, che colpisce sin da subito l'attenzione di chi osserva.

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