Alan - Libros y biografía

Debiti mai saldati, investimenti senza senso, prestiti di cui non c’è traccia, operazioni clandestine e trasferimenti sottobanco: il denaro è un flusso che invade l’intero romanzo, e la vera ossessione...

Storia del pianto è il primo volume della «Trilogia della perdita», che insieme a Storia dei capellii e a Storia del denaro forma un personalissimo ritratto dell’Argentina negli anni Settanta.A soli tredici...

Dopo dodici anni di amore – uno di quegli amori assoluti che nascono nell’adolescenza, modellano il mondo a loro immagine e sembrano destinati all’immortalità –, Rímini e Sofía si separano. Lui si getta...

«Scopre molto presto che niente gli interessa più di leggere. Legge tutto quello che può, tutto quello che trova. Legge anche quello che non capisce». Così si apre Trance il libro che Alan Pauls dedica...

This book aims to provide an inexperienced user who has purchased an Apple Watch SE the tricks to take advantage of the watch with the current version of WatchOS. Apple Watch SE is the quintessential,...

Are you new to the Apple Watch family and don't know much about this device?  Discover how to set up your Apple Watch Series 6 for immediate use, personalize the watch face, optimize your workouts, and...

Alan Moore è il pluripremiato scrittore di capolavori come Watchmen, From Hell e V for Vendetta, opere acclamate in tutto il mondo. Molti però ignorano che prima di diventare celebre, Moore ha firmato...

L'industria tecnologica si è letteralmente innamorata dell'intelligenza artificiale, nota anche come A.I. Con applicazioni mirate e specifiche che vanno dall’assistenza clienti automatizzata al servizio...

Apple Watch has a lot of technology built into it. It can save your life and be a big convenience.  There are numerous instances where the Apple Watch has saved people, whether due to a cardiac condition,...

»Judenlümmel« (in der amerikanischen Originalfassung »Jew Boy«) ist die Geschichte eines Jungen, der in den Fünfzigerjahren als Sohn einer Holocaust-Überlebenden in der Bronx aufwächst und alles versucht,...

Ele é assombrado pela memória de um caso de sequestro que deu errado... Não querendo que a história se repetisse, o Detetive Matt Brady lutava para resolver o desaparecimento de sete jovens mulheres,...

- What were you in life?- In life, as you put it, I was a schoolmaster. The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town on the edge of the Pennines, is threatened with closure as...

British military labour during the First World War developed from an ad hoc arrangement in 1914 into a corps some 400,000 strong, supported by as many as a million dominion and foreign workers by 1918....

A book about the relationship of a football club to a political decision? On one level this is madness. But in Scotland it makes perfect sense. What do Rangers mean to Scotland and what does Scotland...

The remarkable story of everything Sydney Herbert Allard achieved in motor sport and motor car manufacture is framed in an up-to-date commentary co-authored by his own son. This is a tribute unswayed...

After an undistinguished career at Oxford, Stanley Windrush wanders from one escapade to another in the world of paid employment. The unwitting cause of an international furore in his indefinable role...

This day-by-day account of gruesome tales from York's past reveals the seedy underbelly of what was historically the most important city in the North. Inside these pages you will find true stories of...

The East End as an idea is known to every Londoner, and to many others, though its boundaries are vague. Alan Palmer's historical overview of the area (first published in 1989 and revised in 2000) takes...

Introducing Confident Speaking, by voice, acting, communication and public speaking coach Alan Woodhouse, teaches you to express yourself more clearly, persuasively and confidently. Whether you want to...

Alan Rae was the physio at Hearts for over 20 years. He joined the club in 1982, languishing in the First Division and looking at the prospect of part time football. In that time he has seen 8 managers...

What do we mean by 'Scottish literature'? Why does it matter? How do we engage with it? Bringing infectious enthusiasm and a lifetime's experience to bear on this multi-faceted literary nation, Alan Riach,...

Alan Bennett's classic story about Queen Elizabeth II What would happen if the Queen became a reader of taste and discernment rather than of Dick Francis? The answer is a perfect story. The Uncommon...

A treat to read and a joy to perform, this second collection of Alan Ayckbourn's work is a cornucopia of some of his wonderfully inventive children's plays. From the story of the teenage Lucy in Invisible...

LONGLISTED FOR THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FIRST BOOK AWARD In a hard-boiled city of crooks, grifts and rackets lurk a pair of toughs: Box and _____. They're the kind of men capable of extracting apologies...

This second volume of plays by Alan Bennett includes his two Kafka plays, one an hilarious comedy, the other a profound and searching drama. Also included is An Englishman Abroad and A Question of Attribution....

Since the development of the International Moth into a fully foiling dinghy there has been an explosion in the popularity of the class with some of the world's top sailors competing in it and many others...

Three novellas of which the the first 'Going Over' won the National Novella Competition in 'New Writer Magazine'. A young man walks across the north of England and, remembering his relationship with his...

A novel that charts a passionate story about the losing of innocence and the bitter gaining of adulthood. It is also a painfully acute account of a young man's attempts to redeem himself from the ravages...

Life is finally back to normal for Arthur Quinn. Three months ago, he and his friends put their lives at risk to stop the trickster god Loki from taking over the world. However, just when Arthur is starting...

Nestled in a quiet part of County Tipperary, Coolmore Stud casts as long a shadow as any sporting entity over the history of Irish sport. Founded by the legendary horse trainer Vincent O'Brien, and now...