Jonathan - Libros y biografía

'A nimble and uncanny performance, brimming with Lethem's trademark verve and wit' Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist...

Les mots survivraient-ils mieux que les pierres ? La littérature aurait-elle le pouvoir de combler les silences de l’Histoire ? Au centre de la France, pays patrimonial, il y a Paris, cité conservatoire.Mais...

What was it really like to take the LNER's Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King's Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic by the SS Normandie, to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to Singapore,...

Quand Jonathan A. se retrouve à l’arrière d’une voiture avec une vieille naine qui en a après son caleçon, il prend conscience qu’il a peut-être un problème avec l’alcool. Sa première cuite l’avait pourtant...

Dans la chaleur exaltante de l’été 1977, la jeune Calista quitte sa Grèce natale pour découvrir le monde. Sac au dos, elle traverse les États-Unis et se retrouve à Los Angeles, où elle fait une rencontre...

Jonathan Swift's 'A Tale of a Tub' is a satirical work that critiques various aspects of the society and politics of its time. Written in a witty and ironic style, the book uses allegory and metaphor...

Throughout the Christian journey, correctly interpreting Scripture can seem like a daunting task. Although information is available at the click of a button, how much of it is actually helpful in figuring...

Avete mai amato un libro più di ogni altra cosa?Thomas Abbey, insegnante di letteratura e figlio di una stella del cinema, non sa bene chi sia e cosa voglia dalla vita o dalla sua relazione con l’eccentrica...

Ben Gould ha appena adottato il suo cane, quando cade sulla neve, batte la testa su un cordolo e muore. Ma succede qualcosa di strano: l’uomo non muore davvero, così, al fantasma che è stato mandato a...

Cosa faresti se potessi tornare a un preciso momento della tua vita e cambiarla facendo una scelta totalmente diversa? Saresti curioso di sapere come andrebbe a finire?A Graham Patterson, protagonista...

Jonathan Cross's 'Five Years in the Alleghanies' is a captivating exploration of both the natural beauty and harsh realities of the Alleghany Mountains. Through vivid descriptions and keen observations,...

Die Worte "Krise" und "Europäische Union" im gleichen Satz zu lesen, ist uns nicht mehr fremd. Trotz Bankenkrise und Eurokrise denken wir bei einer Humanitären Krise jedoch eher an weit entfernte Kontinente....

Un retrat del nostre temps inesborrable i profundament commovedorLa Patty i en Walter Berglund van ser els nous pioners de l'antiga Saint Paul: els burgesos, els pares involucrats, l'avantguarda de la...

Jonathan Franzen torna amb vigor renovat sobre els temes que sempre l'han ocupat: el ser humà i la literatura«El David i jo teníem una amistat feta de comparacions, contrastos i (d'una manera fraternal)...

Una ambiciosa saga familiar que explica el nostre temps: la gran novel·la americana en la seva màxima expressió.És el 23 de desembre de 1971, i la família Hildebrandt és en una cruïlla. El patriarca,...

Nel capolavoro surreale di Jonathan Carroll, cinque persone che vivono nella stessa cittandina del New England vanno a dormire una notte e si ritrovano tutte all’interno dello stesso sogno iperrealista....

Ben Gould ha appena adottato il suo cane, quando cade sulla neve, batte la testa su un cordolo e muore. Ma succede qualcosa di strano: l’uomo non muore davvero, così, al fantasma che è stato mandato a...

Does untidiness plague your life? Is disorder in your home or workplace costing you time and money? Is it draining your physical and emotional energy? Do you find yourself constantly resolving to do better,...

Nous sommes aujourd'hui les témoins de choses que les prophètes d'Israël aspiraient à voir. Dieu accomplit sa Parole dans notre génération ! Si nous voulons comprendre ce que Dieu prépare dans les temps...

E SE FOREM VERDADEIRAS AS NARRATIVAS DAS GRANDES TRADIÇÕES ESPIRITUAIS E RELIGIOSAS DO MUNDO? E se Joana d’Arc foi realmente guiada por anjos quando derrotou os exércitos ingleses? E se Jesus Cristo apareceu...

E SE AQUILO QUE NOS CONTARAM FOR APENAS UMA PARTE DA HISTÓRIA? Diz-se que a História é escrita pelos vencedores, mas… e se a História - ou o que conhecemos dela - tiver sido escrita pelas mãos erradas?...

In Jonathan Edwards' 'The Freedom of the Will,' the author tackles the heavy theological concept of free will versus determinism, presenting his arguments with a profound and analytical approach. Edwards...

Jonathan Swift's 'The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers' is a satirical work that parodies the popular almanac genre of the early 18th century. Written in the form of a series of letters and predictions, Swift...

The Lost Children of the Alleghenies is a folk story from the Appalachia region of the United States. Joseph and George Cox are known through the Allegheny Mountains as The Lost Children of the Alleghenies....

A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift - To ease poverty in Ireland by eating the children of the poor was the satirical 'solution' suggested by Jonathan Swift in his essay 'A Modest Proposal' (1729). Here...

Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent...

Like a year on earth time flows in a circular motion, repeating itself in "seasons". Each one with the same general events. Because of this, the geological record shows not the immediate past, but the...

The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Jonathan Swift - The Battle of the Books is the name of a short satire written by Jonathan Swift which depicts a literal battle between books in the King's...

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, Surgeon, and Captain of Several Ships, commonly known as Gulliver's Travels, is a prose satire by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan...

The history of the publication of the Journal to Stella is somewhat curious. On Swift's death twenty-five of the letters, forming the closing portion of the series, fell into the hands of Dr. Lyon, a...