Antony Shugaar Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

The first novel, already an international bestseller, by the author of Gomorrah, set in the organized crime world of the children's gangs of Naples.

A dark, gripping coming-of-age tale that explores violence, friendship, family, and what it means to be a man Summer, Palermo, early 1980s. The air hangs hot and heavy. The Mafia-ruled city is a powder keg ready to ignite. In a boxing gym, a fatherless nine-year-old boy climbs into the ring to face his first opponent. So begins On Earth as It Is in Heaven , a sweeping multigenerational saga that reaches back to the collapse of the Italian front in North Africa and forward to young Davidù's quest to become Italy's national boxing champion, a feat that has eluded the other men of his family. But Davide Enia, whose layered, lyrical, nonchronological novel caused a sensation when it was published in Italy in 2012, has crafted an epic that soars in miniature as well. The brutal struggles for dominance among Davidù's all male circle of friends; his strict but devoted grandmother, whose literacy is a badge of honor; his charismatic and manipulative great-uncle, who will become his trainer—the vicious scenes and sometimes unsympathetic characters Enia sketches land hard and true. On Earth as It Is in Heaven is both firmly grounded in what Leonardo Sciascia liked to call "Sicilitude" - the language and mentality of that eternally perplexing island - and devastatingly universal. A meditation on physical violence, love and sex, friendship and betrayal, boxing and ambition, Enia's novel is also a coming-of-age tale that speaks - sometimes crudely, but always honestly - about the joys and terrors of becoming a man.

Amerika – die Neue Welt, Ziel vieler Träume und Hoffnungen. Die ersten Wolkenkratzer in New York, Schaufelraddampfer auf dem Mississippi, Wildwestromantik, das Naturspektakel der Niagarafälle – Nordamerika fasziniert seit Jahrhunderten schon Reisende und Abenteurer aus aller Welt. Spüren Sie dem Mythos Amerika nach, und entdecken Sie die atemberaubende Vielfalt dieses von Extremen geprägten Kontinents.

Now in paperback, an illustrated history of the wholly imaginary place on the globe: the equator, an entirely human construct that has fascinated and challenged explorers for 3,000 years. The equator—its location not only on the globe but also in the minds and exploits of navigators, travelers, poets, and dreamers since the dawn of civilization—is the magical thread on which the eminent Italian historian Gianni Guadalupi strings some of humankind’s most intriguing lore and most amazing adventures in this original and riveting intellectual history. The mysterious source of the Nile and the enigma of the Congo’s swell, the perils of the Doldrums, and the vicissitudes of El Nino, the quest for the lost Eden and the search for El Dorado, all fall within the compass of Guadalupi’s extraordinary volume. So do the names of Columbus, Magellan, Don Lope de Aguirre, Sinbad the Sailor, Henry Stanley, Charles-Marie de la Condamine, and Dante Alighieri, who placed Purgatory on an island athwart the equator. “A series of historical vignettes ... for the armchair traveler: history rendered as a libretto to the planet’s grand opera.”—Kirkus Reviews “These engagingly written stories are perfect jumping-off points for armchair adventurers or perhaps journey enough for commuting conquistadors.”—Booklist “Filled with stories that are well written and captivating”—Library Journal

New York je městem, které vynalezlo mrakodrapy. Je městem, kde každý chce něco dokázat, městem velkých snů a odvážných projektů. Je nazýváno nejzajímavějším místem na světě. Naše kniha vás tímto městem provede, slovem i obrazem. Seznámí vás se životem metropole od časného, krvavě rudého rozbřesku po soumrak prostoupený třpytem kaňonů ze skla a oceli, s obrovitým velkoměstem, ve kterém se zvolna střídá vlídné jaro s dlouhým, horkým létem, svěže dokonalým podzimem a panováním zimy, kdy panensky bílý sníh a ocelově modrý led pokrývá silnice a ve sněhových čepicích a ledových krápnících se usazuje na kolosálních mrakodrapech, které rozrážejí vymetené modré nebe.

Extraordinary landscapes that speak of history, men and religious feeling... people and places that reveal the true face of Russia, with its fascinating and eventful past, turbulent present and uncertain but promising future.

New York has had many names -- "the city that never sleeps," "Gotham," the "Big Apple," New Amsterdam, "the Naked City" -- even "that tight little island." It is New York, New York -- the city they had to name twice. It is a city with a past, a city with an architecture all its own, a city that -- like San Francisco, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, and Venice -- is surrounded by water. New York's buildings, streets, people, and history are all here, described in print and captured on film by a small platoon of inspired photographers. Here, eight million stories intertwine in the web of a city populated by wise-guys, tycoons, artists, immigrants, office workers, tradesmen, and aristocrats -- a multicolored, multifaceted kaleidoscope of humanity. This, then, is New York City -- home of tall buildings, ambition, aggressive self-confidence, and abrasive humor: the city where everyone wants to make it -- and anyone can. It has been called the most interesting place in the world. Take a look