Art Genre

Il 27 marzo 1995 Maurizio Gucci, erede della favolosa dinastia dell'alta moda, mentre sta per raggiungere il suo ufficio di Milano viene assassinato a colpi di pistola da uno sconosciuto. Nel 1998, l'ex moglie Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli - soprannominata la "Vedova nera" dalla stampa - viene condannata a 29 anni di prigione come mandante dell'omicidio.

Chelsea is determined to make it to her brother’s wedding. And she’s not going to let the fact that she’s been dead for two years stop her.

En la década de 1970, una joven descubre a Valeria Sans, una pintora brillante y desconocida de principios del siglo XX en París, que representará una reivindicación de la mujer artista en el mundo del arte y una gran motivación para su trayectoria vital.

After her mother is sent to prison for art forgery, Edie Brown returns to Northern Vermont to rebuild her family’s fine art and antiques business. She’s certain she can do it now that her mother is gone. After all, butting heads with her mom over bad business practices was what drove Edie away three years ago, including a screw-up that landed Edie on probation for selling stolen property. When Edie scores a job appraising a waterfowl decoy collection at a hoarder’s farmhouse, she’s determined to take advantage of the situation to rebuild the business’s tarnished reputation.

En esta obra de madurez, Jorge Portocarrero propone adentrarnos en una fantasía -y un debate- que puede tener visos de convertirse en realidad muy próximamente... Se ocupa del siempre oscilante vínculo entre el Imperio y los pueblos en su día sojuzgados. El eje de esta nueva obra narrativa lo constituye una serie de asesinatos que parecen seguir una cadencia predeterminada desde un punto de vista docente.

Depuis son enfance, la vie d'Anna s'écoule au fil de l'art : sa passion, son refuge. Deux hommes, Gaël, son brûlant amour de jeunesse, et Yvon, son mari adoré vont l'entraîner dans la décision insolite de vivre en alternance entre-deux. Ils lui reviennent au même moment, après l'avoir, chacun leur tour, abandonnée pour des raisons obscures, durant de nombreuses années. Ils s'aiment toujours, elle et eux, alors elle choisit la situation qui lui convient le mieux, celle qui lui permet de conserver sa précieuse famille et de profiter des hommes qu'elle aime.

On a hot summer's night in the 1950s, the old and the new, diesel and steam, and town and country all collide - and nobody will be left unaffected. As a passenger train leaves Spencer Street Station on its haul to Sydney, a family of three - Vic, Rita, and their son, Michael - are off to a party. George Bedser has invited the whole neighborhood to celebrate the engagement of his daughter. Vic is an engine driver, with dreams of being like his hero Paddy Ryan and becoming the master of the smooth ride.

Vom St. Petersburg der Zarenzeit über das Deutschland des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis in ein Norwegen der nahen Zukunft erzählt Maja Lunde von drei Familien, dem Schicksal einer seltenen Pferderasse und vom Kampf gegen das Aussterben der Arten. Wie verändert sich das Ganze, wenn ein Teil verschwindet? Ein bewegender, großer Roman über Freiheit und Verantwortung, die große Gemeinschaft der Lebewesen und die alles entscheidende Frage: Reicht ein Menschenleben, um die Welt für alle zu verändern?

Charles Marlow is a Seattle English teacher who instructs his students to expand their worlds through language. Lately, however, with one child off to college and the pressure from his ex-wife to make plans for their severely autistic son who's about to age out of the system, he prefers the company of the ghosts he turns up in the storage boxes in his crawl space.

With The Opposite of Art, three-time Christy Award winner Athol Dickson delivers a compelling tale of reconciliation and redemption. The discovery of a painting signed by a renowned artist - dead for 25 years - causes quite a stir when it seems to be recently completed. After the world’s foremost expert pronounces it authentic, three lives are destined to collide: a circus sketch artist longing to paint God’s face, the daughter he never knew, and the man plotting to kill them both.

Sixteen-year-old James and his little brother, Danny, live in Crystal Springs, Louisiana, with their grandmother, mother, and first cousin, Lila. The family is working class, proud, strict, and church-going. When a big, clumsy boy named Gabriel moves up the street with his minuscule and mysterious "auntie" James has a new friend who he loves and hates in equal measure.

Divertida y trepidante novelización de la vida de la primera actriz del cine de acción de la India: Mary Evans, más conocida en el ambiente artístico como Nadia. Narrada desde el punto de vista de su protagonista, que le cuenta su propia historia a un becario mientras viaja al festival de cine de Locarno, la novela está llena de anécdotas tan hilarantes como increíbles, y resulta un delicioso repaso por los inicios del S. XX en la India Británica.

Romance, humor, glamour y mucho cine se dan cita en la historia de una mujer inolvidable...

Two years after her husband's death, kindergarten teacher Brooklyn Harvey is leaving Hope Springs for her in-laws' vineyard in Italy - with no plans of coming back. That is, until she meets a disarmingly sexy biker-turned-chocolatier. He might be the man of her dreams, but he's also the father of one of her students; as such, he's strictly off-limits.

Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award and multiple Christy Award recipient, New York Times best-selling author Angela Hunt has crafted more than a hundred inspiring novels. In this compelling tale of self-discovery, three middle-aged sisters—each harboring a secret pain—gather to close up their grandmother’s beach house for the final time. Together, they unpack their family baggage and discover the true legacy left behind by a grandma married seven times.

Emmis Tod bringt die vier Schulfreunde wieder zusammen. Viel ist inzwischen geschehen, und noch mehr wird sich ereignen, wenn sie herausfinden...

Rose Zadeh pleases everyone, except herself. Memories of her late Iranian-immigrant father, who valued hard work and family, keep Rose in a dead-end job as a Silicon Valley copywriter, and tethered to her guilt-trippy mom and needy sisters. As much as it would disappoint her father, Rose needs an escape. Voilà! A mandated vacation gives her the chance. Three weeks on a long-dreamed-of trip to the City of Light. Instead of landing in a Parisian fairy tale, Rose falls under the spell of a charming and possibly dangerous expat.

Domingo Zárate Vega comenzó a advertir formas apocalípticas en las nubes y a acertar en la predicción de pequeños desastres. Tras la muerte de su madre, se hace ermitaño en el Valle de Elqui, donde descubre, a través de una visión, que él es nada menos que la reencarnación de Jesucristo.

The Chinese dragon is flexing its muscles. As its military begins to prey on neighbors in the South China Sea, attacking fishing vessels and scheming to seize natural resources, the US goes on high alert. But a far more ominous danger lurks closer to home: a Chinese sleeper cell has planted a nuclear weapon in the harbor at Norfolk, Virginia, the biggest naval base on the planet. The target: a secret rendezvous of the Atlantic Fleet aircraft carriers and their battle groups.

Ein kleines Buch über Kummer, das erstaunlich gute Laune macht. "Alle wirken innerlich blitzblank, nur in unserem Inneren sieht es aus wie bei Hempels unterm Sofa", denkt sich Kioskbesitzer Armin, als er vergeblich versucht, erfolgreich zu meditieren. Und auch im Inneren der anderen Figuren dieser literarischen Kolumnen herrscht Unordnung: Frau Wiese kann nicht mehr schlafen, Herr Pohl ist nachhaltig verzagt, Lisa hat ihren ersten Liebeskummer, Vadims Hände zittern, Frau Schwerter muss ganz dringend entspannen, ein trauriger Patient hat seine Herde verloren, und Psychoanalytiker Ulrich legt sich mit der Vergänglichkeit an.

It’s 2013, and much of the world still reels from the global economic collapse. Yet in the auction rooms of London, artworks are selling for record-breaking prices. Seeking a place in this gilded world is Martin, a junior specialist at a prestigious auction house. Martin spends his days catering to the whims of obscenely wealthy clients and his nights drinking in grubby pubs with his demoralized roommate. However, a chance meeting with Marina, an old university friend, presents Martin with a chance to change everything.