LEON - Libros y biografía

A young doctor, Adam Karl, who has perceptual problems, and his "seeing eye woman," Kayko Brasen, are asked by a Chicago Police Detective, Michael Dunne, to get testimony from an autistic child who is...

Brunswik is a great place to raise a family, to get a good education, to have a nice lawn, and to get murdered. Tiny but feisty Mayor Maggie Wellington finds her life and political career threatened when...

A float at the Brunswik Labor Day parade is hit by a car and candidates for Mayor to replace Maggie P. Wellington go flying. Even with a death and injuries, the election campaigns continue. All candidates...

El comissari Brunetti s'endinsa en el fenomen de la violència juvenil.Un matí, la Piazza San Marco apareix plena de vidres: dues bandes de joves s'hi han enfrontat en la foscor. Com pot ser que en una...

Cet ouvrage tente de livrer simplement l'état de nos connaissances actuelles sur l'univers.Il s'adresse à un large public, curieux et prompt à la réflexion.Après avoir resitué le concept d'univers dans...

Quelles nouvelles représentations de l’espace et du temps nous a légué ce dernier siècle de physique dominé par la physique quantique et la cosmologie ? Ce livre tente d’expliquer en quoi les théories...

Tony Leon has written a book of unique insight into an unexplored aspect of the presidency and leadership of Nelson Mandela. Opposite Mandela relates the untold stories of how South Africa's first democratic...

Russell, only son of Jacob and Beryl becomes painfully aware as he grows from childhood to adolescence of his mother's intellectual failings and his father's need to control everyone around him. He makes...

QUESTO LIBRO È A LAYOUT FISSO. La violenza umana è un tema sconvolgente e senza tempo. Nessuno però aveva pensato di analizzarla, dal punto di vista storico e sociologico, come un fenomeno piuttosto...

In a dystopian future where the government can read people's minds, Mr. Tähnhauser, an old-school interrogator, is hired to get information from a dangerous terrorist. That interrogation will dramatically...

Nos jeunes années est un récit qui commence juste après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Vie studieuse, tumultueuse et amoureuse d’étudiant parisien sans le sou, au Quartier Latin de ce temps-là. Pierre Léon...

Due drammi sconvolgono il mondo. Dal giorno in cui il cristianesimo ha detto all'uomo: "Tu sei doppio, composto di due esseri, l'uno carnale e perituro, l'altro etereo ed immortale", l'uomo ha cominciato...

Ce roman décrit la vie d'une jeune femme pauvre, illuminée inspirée par sa foi chrétienne. Sa mère, une mégère sordide, et son compagnon, un ivrogne, l'obligent à se prostituer pour subvenir à leurs besoins....

'The familiar characters and Venetian location are described with remarkable freshness and, as always, the edifying result is both amusing and thought-provoking.' Sunday TelegraphA New York Times Bestseller__________________________________Celebrated...

'The book is written with that depth of thought about crime and humanity that characterises the best of Leon's work.' Jane Jakeman, IndependentMaclean's Magazine (Canada) National Bestseller__________________________________When...

'The virtues of Leon's writing are all on display in ... Doctored Evidence ... [Leon] has a wonderful feeling for the social complexities of Venice, where corruption is as old and deep and treacherous...

'Leon's novels are unshowy and imbued with the humanist outlook that makes Brunetti such an appealing character.' Sunday TimesA New York Times BestsellerA Los Angeles Times BestsellerA Library Journal...

'Leon...has once again, apparently effortlessly, produced a wholly absorbing read.' Sunday TelegraphIt is a luminous spring day in Venice, as Commissario Brunetti and Inspettore Vianello take a break...

'A classic example of detective-book murder, it is satisfyingly difficult to resolve ... Leon whips up a brilliant narrative storm.' Sunday TimesWinner of the Corine International Book Prize for Fiction__________________________________When...

'Complex and thought-provoking and lingers in the mind.' Sunday TimesA Publishers Weekly Book of the Year__________________________________Neither Commissario Brunetti nor his wife Paola have ever had...

'Donna Leon is keeping up an astonishingly high standard ... she achieves a perfect blend of characters, place, mystery and social issues. Her sixteenth Brunetti novel is also one of her best.' The Times__________________________________When...

'Donna Leon has established Commissario Guido Brunetti as one of the most engaging of fictional detectives ... Brunetti is ... back on track, sadder perhaps, but wiser and wittier than ever.' Sunday Times__________________________________A...

'Brunetti is hard to beat - Leon's tenth novel more than maintains the standard of its predecessors.' Times Literary Supplement__________________________________The murder of two clam fishermen off the...

[Leon's] portrait of Venice and modern Italy is, as always, captivating...The lively conversations between...characters, displaying Leon's sly humour, are a delight. Evening StandardA Kirkus Reviews Best...

'When she's writing about her beloved Venice, Donna Leon can do no wrong. And Earthly Remains, her new mystery featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, is one of her best. It's also one of her saddest, dealing...

'Donna Leon's deft and descriptive words do for Venice what Canaletto did for this serenest of cities with his brushes and paint palette and bring it to life in all its reach and colourful gaiety...[An]...

'The multiple award-winning Leon has lost none of her talent for weaving intrigue, and the atmosphere of Venice is as beguiling as ever.' Living NorthA Washington Post BestsellerA New York Times BestsellerA...

'The very first sentences of About Face showcase Donna Leon's elegant, effortless style ... another great Brunetti outing.' The IndependentIndependent Mystery Booksellers Association Bestseller____________________________________________At...

'Every detail on every page forms part of a succession of clues, planted with exquisite precision, to unravelling the mystery' Sunday Times In a small village at the foot of the Italian Dolomites, a grave...

'The thoughtful and charming [Brunetti] is on top form . . . His nicely balanced world . . . is cumulatively engrossing. In this domestic detail, Leon roots the power of the ordinary, moral individual.'...