Recensori in anteprimaChristopher Isherwood

A gay man copes with the death of his partner in Isherwood’s classic novel, now a film written and directed by Tom Ford and starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. Read by AudioFile "Golden Voice" Simon Prebble. Movie tie-in art.

Fantasy for the young and not-so-young adult. Set six thousand years ago, this book provides a fictional theory as to why no traces of violence were found in the early South American civilizations: no mutilated skeletons, no weapons, no war art. The book also ties in with well known myths and legends to create an alternative early world history, all with a twinkle of magic thrown in.

As the seas rage and the winds howl, one man stands against humanity's extinction. Atlantis has risen and the Gods have been freed from their prison. The latest two books of the Rise of the Ancients series are combined into one action packed novel. Book II - Ancient Destruction picks up where Ancient Rising left off as Dan Ryan and Prometheus battles Zeus, Poseidon and the other Gods as they race to a secret location that could be the catalyst to saving mankind. While the battle wages on, we learn the origin of man, the rise to power of the Gods, and the fall of Atlantis. Finally, in BOOK III - Rise of the Annuna - Ryan must go through Heaven and Hell, face his own internal demons, and convince the Annuna to join in a climactic battle with humanity hanging in the balance.

E-BOOK VERSION! As the seas rage and the winds howl, one man stands against humanity's extinction. Atlantis has risen and the Gods have been freed from their prison. The latest two books of the Rise of the Ancients series are combined into one action packed novel. Book II - Ancient Destruction picks up where Ancient Rising left off as Dan Ryan and Prometheus battles Zeus, Poseidon and the other Gods as they race to a secret location that could be the catalyst to saving mankind. While the battle wages on, we learn the origin of man, the rise to power of the Gods, and the fall of Atlantis. Finally, in BOOK III - Rise of the Annuna - Ryan must go through Heaven and Hell, face his own internal demons, and convince the Annuna to join in a climactic battle with humanity hanging in the balance.

From the back: PRATER VIOLET is the lyrical, exquisitely structured story of the filming of an unashamedly romantic and commercial musical about old Vienna. It is a stinging satirical novel of the film industry, of the trifling studio feuds, and of a fatuous movie that ironically counterpoints the tragic events of the world stage as Hitler's lengthening shadow pass the real Vienna of the Thirties. And it is a vivid portrait of the mocking genius Bergmann, the imperious, dazzlingly witty Austrian director; and of his disciple, the genial young screenwriter--the fictionalized Christopher Isherwood.