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Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul's rebellion is vintage Vonnegut – wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality.

"A rare and exquisite story . . . Transports you out of time, out of place, into a world you can feel on your very skin." —Elizabeth Gilbert The New York Times bestseller Janice Y.K. Lee's latest novel, The Expatriates, is now available from Penguin In the sweeping tradition of The...

Freiburg im Jahr 1912: Der Freiburger Klavierbauer Richard Martin wird als Übersetzer für die Nichte seines Chefs eingesetzt. Nur widerwillig nimmt er sich der jungen Irin Norah an, die sein Leben gehörig durcheinanderwirbelt. Ein gutes Jahr später darf er einen lukrativen Auftrag ausführen: Er soll für die Firma Welte & Söhne ein selbstspielendes Piano auf der Titanic einbauen.

Montréal, 1894. Anne Alarie, seize ans, débarque dans la métropole afin d'entamer des études en musique à l'Institut Nazareth. Aveugle depuis l'enfance, la fille du ramancheur de Saint-Léon-le-Grand se retrouve loin du cocon familial, et son arrivée dans ce nouvel environnement ne se fera pas sans heurt; la vie au pensionnat, l'enseignement des religieuses, les amitiés féminines et les premiers émois amoureux baliseront ce passage vers l'âge adulte et la métamorphoseront.

Set in Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, Gunsmoke aired on CBS Radio until June 1961. William Conrad starred as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon, and he was joined by three other regulars: Howard McNear as "Doc" Charles Adams; Georgia Ellis as Kitty Russell; and Parley Baer as Chester Proudfoot. This episode originally aired on August 17, 1958.

Quando Lloyd McNeil, poliziotto con vent'anni di servizio alle spalle, scopre di avere pochi mesi di vita davanti, si rende conto che i suoi risparmi non sono sufficienti per garantire un buon futuro a Bishop, suo figlio adolescente. Ma se morisse in servizio, Bishop potrebbe riscattare una lauta assicurazione. Così a Lloyd, che è sempre stato un poliziotto corretto ma pigro, figlio di un capo del Dipartimento dal temutissimo pugno di ferro, balena l'idea di cercare volontariamente le situazioni più pericolose, facendo di tutto per trovare una fine "eroica" e redditizia per il figlio.

Il nuovo romanzo di Antonio Paolacci doveva intitolarsi Piano Americano . Era la storia di un manipolo di personaggi bizzarri impegnati a realizzare uno scherzo mediatico di portata storica, una storia dal sagace gusto cinematografico, piena di intricati e complessi artifici narrativi. Ma quel romanzo non sarà mai scritto. Perché, ora che sta per diventare padre, ora che il mondo dell'editoria lo conosce bene, Antonio Paolacci ha deciso che Piano Americano non lo scriverà più. Anzi: smetterà di scrivere per sempre.

La signora del terzo piano è un romanzo corale che esplora i temi dell'isolamento sociale, della solitudine e dell'indifferenza, ma offre anche una speranza di redenzione e di riavvicinamento tra le persone. La storia dimostra come anche nelle situazioni più oscure, la luce dell'empatia può ancora trovare un varco.

Dive into the enchanting world of piano education with Piano and Song. This captivating book blends conversation with instruction, illuminating the art of teaching, learning, and performing on the piano. Written by the father of Clara Schumann and the esteemed teacher of Robert Schumann, this delightful guide offers insights and inspiration for musicians of all levels. (Summary by SandraG)

Ex-ícones da cena musical de Detroit, os Danes estão mergulhados no ostracismo. Sem emplacar nenhum novo hit, eles trabalham trancados em estúdio produzindo outras bandas, enchendo a cara e se dedicando com reverência à criação—ou, no caso, à ausência dela. Uma rotina interrompida pela visita de um funcionário misterioso do governo dos Estados Unidos, com um convite mais misterioso ainda: uma viagem a um deserto na África para investigar a origem de um som desconhecido que carrega em suas ondas um enorme poder de destruição.

Set in the working-class district of Benfica in Lisbon, The Piano Cemetery tells the story of a family, and especially of the hopes and fears of the fathers who pass the baton of the generations on to their sons. The Lazaro family are cabinet-makers who would rather be piano-makers.

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Una historia inolvidable sobre el poder redentor de la música. La esperada novela del creador de «This is Opera» y «This is Art» 6.ª edición El protagonista de esta novela encuentra el piano de sonido aterciopelado que siempre ha querido en una pequeña tienda de un barrio barcelonés...

Palermo, estate 1942, dal letto di morte il barone Enrico Sorci ordina che la notizia del suo trapasso non venga immediatamente annunciata. E così che i parenti si radunano intorno alla tavola per un affollatissimo pranzo. È come se il piano nobile di palazzo Sorci si trovasse a metà tra un mondo vecchio che sta tramontando, fra i bombardamenti alleati e la fine del fascismo e quello nuovo che sta arrivando segnato da una nuova ondata di criminalità.

A tour de force about two women and the piano that inexorably ties their lives together through time and across continents, for better and for worse. In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, built at the turn of the century in Germany, on which she discovers everything that she herself can do with music and what music, in turn, does for her. Yet after marrying, she emigrates with her young family from Russia to America, at her husband's frantic insistence, and her piano is lost in the shuffle. 

As a citizen, Nicholas Payne is not in the least solid. As a boyfriend, he is nothing short of disastrous, and his latest flame, the patrician Ann Fitzgerald, has done a wise thing by dropping him. But Ann isn't counting on Nicholas's wild persistence, or on the slapstick lyricism of Thomas McGuane, who in The Bushwhacked Piano sends his hero from Michigan to Montana on a demented mission of courtship, whose highlights include a ride on a homicidal bronco and apprenticeship to the inventor of the world's first highrise for bats. The result is a tour de force of American Dubious.

Finding love isn't always black and white... You: kind, piano-playing sex god. Me: hopelessly romantic charity-shop manager. Honeysuckle Jones has a problem, and her best friends, Nell and Tash, are on a mission to help her solve it. She needs a man - a caring, intelligent, funny man. But, most importantly, a man who's good with his hands... Luckily Honey's new neighbour - moody, antisocial ex-chef Hal - fails on almost every count.

"Déjenla seguir viviendo del piano y de la música, donde se mueve feliz. Es ahí donde se abren las puertas que se le cerraron cuando, engañada, se embarcó en aquel barco que fue su perdición. Mamá les enseñó el piano, y a tocar ella aprendió más rápido que Raquel. En todo era más avezada que su hermana. Por ejemplo: siendo menor fue la primera en descubrir a las rameras de Liverpool. ¿Ves esas mujeres?, buscan hombres. ¿Para qué?, preguntaba Raquel. Para hacer cosas. ¿Qué cosas? Unas que se hacen adentro de la cama.

Chase Hidalgo has a good life. He works as a paralegal in his buddy Jacobi’s successful law firm and has a loving wife, Dawn. Yet he feels unsettled. Like he still has dreams left unfulfilled. When he meets Ava in a bar, she seems to know him, but he has no idea who she is. A spark ignites between them, but intrigued as he is, Chase stays true to his marital vows. But when Ava pursues him, the attraction is too powerful to resist, and a fiery romance ensues.

A widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tune Steinway piano. A journey of self-discovery across time and continents, from a dark apartment in Taipei’s red-light district to snow-clad New York. At the heart of the story is the nameless narrator, the piano tuner. In his forties, he is balding and ugly, a loser by any standard. But he was once a musical prodigy. What betrayal and what heartbreak made him walk away from greatness?