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Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Mort is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag; Vanity Fair; Quiz). BAFTA and Golden Globe...

Former house cat turned war hero Mort(e) is famous for taking on the most dangerous missions and fighting the dreaded human bioweapon EMSAH. But the true motivation behind Mort(e)'s recklessness is his ongoing search for a pretransformation friend - a dog named Sheba. When he receives a mysterious message from the dwindling human resistance claiming Sheba is alive, he begins a journey that will take him from the remaining human strongholds to the heart of the Colony.

Marie-Maude Pranesh-Lopez est aux prises avec un "trou blanc" qui la pousse à toujours fuir vers l'avant, à tout essayer, ce qui se solde invariablement par une profonde indifférence. Sa mère provoque volontairement des accidents de la route, qui causent des embouteillages. Son père, fervent consommateur de psycho-pop, se livre à la méditation chromatique et adhère à tout ce qui peut favoriser sa croissance personnelle.

Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome. For Mort however, it is about to become one of the tools of his trade. From henceforth, Death is no longer going to be...

Espoirs brisés, blocage créatif : le rêve de Rhonda de devenir une auteure reconnue s'est mué en amertume. Mais lorsque Emi, une jeune prof stagiaire à l'esprit libre, lui propose d'écrire à sa place le récit bouleversant de son adolescence fracassée, Rhonda y voit l'occasion rêvée de se racheter.

À 31 ans, après une rupture amoureuse, Sarah réalise rapidement que le scénario typique de comédie romantique ne sera pas pour elle. Sept ans plus tard, au top de sa carrière et toujours célibataire, Sarah se complaît dans son tourbillon professionnel réconfortant, gorgé d'ambition, de succès et de masques sociaux. Quand on voit les relations de couple avec lucidité, est-il possible de s'ouvrir de nouveau à l'amour?

Undici Racconti. Unidici storie unite solo dalla provenienza, la penna dell'autore. Unidici racconti che ruotano attorno all'amore e la morte, apici alternanti dell'esistenza. La Morte che tutto appiana. La Morte che glorifica. La Morte che vive. L'amore che finisce e quello che cerca di decollare, sembra che spicchi il volo, ma nulla. L'amore, le sue promesse e illusioni. Ed infine una confessione che libera lo scrittore.

Quando Danilo Chiesa riapre gli occhi, per la prima volta dopo la propria dipartita, sa perfettamente di essere morto, quello che non sa è dove si trova. Curioso, perché Danilo non si è mai perso. Seduto su un letto, studia la stanza: niente porte, niente finestre, solo una sedia bianca e due sedie. Nemmeno il tempo di formulare un pensiero, che di fronte a lui compaiono due loschi figuri per affidargli un compito: redigere la propria biografia e discutere poi con loro di ogni capitolo.

Tema del racconto è il desiderio di essere altrove: in un altro Universo. Riaffiora, così, l'antico ricordo di un sogno fatto d'ingenuità e romantico sentimento. È l'incanto perduto che diviene rimpianto, nostalgica rappresentazione catartica di un pianto che lacrima di delusione, solitudine e malinconia.

Un bambino finito in uno sconosciuto letto d'ospedale per un banale mal di pancia, la timidezza e i pudori verso le infermiere, il primo batticuore per una bambina che non rivedrà mai piu'. Scritto con grande abilità in prima persona con uno stile che trascina via e rievoca lucide sensazioni senza esitare. (Sandra Mazzinghi)

Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. For the wizards, Gunnie Rose has already acquired a fearsome reputation and they’re at a desperate crossroad, even if they won’t admit it. 

When Hunter Buchanon rescued a wounded coyote pup — and named him Bobby Lee — he had no idea the cute little varmint would grow up to be such a loyal companion. Coyotes aren’t known to be man’s best friend. Most of them are as fierce and wild as the Black Hills they roam. But Bobby Lee is different. When Hunter is ambushed on the road, Bobby Lee leaps to his defense. And when the attacker tries to shoot Bobby Lee, Hunter returns the favor by hitting the man with a rock. 

Scratch Morton and Bo Creel, two aging cowpokes and friends for years, have seen their share of cattle drives, shootouts, and bust-ups. They do their best to stay on the right side of the law, and never go looking for trouble, but it seems to find them just the same. In Arizona Territory, they get stuck in the midst of a battle between competing stagecoach lines. Of course, a pretty woman who happens to own one of the lines has a lot to do with it, and things aren't quite what they seem.

A morte em Veneza, publicada em 1912, é uma das mais reconhecidas obras de Thomas Mann. Na versão em audiolivro, Guilherme Weber conduz os leitores pelos canais dessa novela misteriosa, onde amor e morte se encontram. Gustav von Aschenbach é um reconhecido e diligente escritor de meia idade, que dedicou toda a sua existência à sua obra. Fatigado, ele parte em viagem para Veneza, onde, certo dia, se depara com Tadzio, um adolescente polonês hospedado no mesmo hotel.

From his Missouri farm, the boy traveled west. In his hand was a Navy Colt given to him by Jesse James. By his side was the old mountain man named Preacher, who would teach young Smoke Jensen everything he needed to fight like the devil and die like a man. And in his heart...was vengeance. His enemies destroyed everything he'd ever loved. But they made one mistake. They let Smoke Jensen live.

When Conrad Browning's wife disappears in the untamed frontier, Conrad finds himself assuming the identity of his famous gunslinging father, Frank Morgan, to find her. But his hopes of rescuing Rebel are swiftly shattered - and now he's burning for vengeance, the old-fashioned way. So he fakes his own death and starts calling himself The Loner, becoming the deadliest gunfighter this side of his own father - ready to settle the score in blood and bullets....

Werewolf by Max Brand in Western Story Magazine (12/18/26) involves just such an inward journey for Christopher Royal, who is convinced he is a coward and flees a confrontation with Harry Main, who is a gunfighter. There comes a time in this story - when Christopher encounters the aged Indian, the old wise man - that the terrain shimmers with the multiple affinities of meaning conjured by the unconscious, which Vergil once sought to capture within an image both awesome and sinister: numina magna deum [the great divine power of a god].

Le vacanze in Abruzzo, quest'estate, si preannunciano più impegnative del solito per Enrico, cinquantottenne milanese dirigente di banca. Una commemorazione organizzata dal gruppo scout locale lo costringe infatti a riaprire la ferita più dolorosa della sua vita. Quarant'anni prima, nell'estate del 1982, Paola, la sua ragazza, è stata brutalmente uccisa e il suo cadavere abusato durante un campeggio itinerante sulla Maiella.

Two of the Johnstones’ most legendary heroes—the rugged mountain man known as Preacher and the Scottish clan rancher Jamie Ian MacCallister, here together for the first time—are forced to choose sides in a blood-soaked battle for the heart and soul of a nation divided. This is not the American dream they were looking for. This is a nightmare. A brutal, blood-drenched frontier war that two heroic men must fight and win—or one struggling nation will never come together. For liberty and justice for all.

Trapped in a remote cabin, surrounded by ruthless gunmen, Matt Jensen and his adoptive father Smoke Jensen join forces with their old friend, Preacher, in the greatest fight of their lives. A ruthless cattle baron has waged an all-out war against the peaceful native tribesmen who have become Preacher's friends. In a bloodthirsty bid for land, power, and wealth, the baron's drafted an army of professional killers to destroy the homesteaders - among them the Jensens are the only men brave enough to stand in his way.