Rete Bibliotecaria Bergamasca

Abstract: Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down. Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through--and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can't stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him. Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business--one that plays for keeps

Abstract: Veronique Vincent is a star. At age twenty-two, she is one of the most sought-after models in fashion, gracing the covers of magazines and walking the runways of haute couture shows across the globe. Yet, despite being the consummate professional, Veronique wants little of the glamorous life that modeling affords her. The beloved daughter of a hardworking single mother, she has always preferred spending time at home or with her kindhearted boyfriend to attending lavish parties. When a quick getaway presents a welcome break on the heels of Paris Fashion Week, and before a Vogue cover shoot in Tokyo, Veronique is thrilled, eager to escape the mayhem of her busy schedule. Then, out of nowhere, a tragic explosion at Zaventem Airport in Brussels changes her life forever. The ruthless terrorist attack has the entire world on edge. Veronique finds herself hospitalized and alone, devastated to learn that the blast has killed both of the people she loved most. She is also forced to confront the harsh reality that she has been severely injured, her famous appearance forever altered. As she plunges into seclusion, the industry that once adored her believes her to have fallen off the map. In truth, she is struggling to find herself again after losing everything, and to discover what truly matters in life. But her mother's will, accompanied by a letter Veronique never knew existed, reveals long-held secrets, introducing her to a world she hadn't even known was possible.

Abstract: Una volta era un ragno senza arte né parte ma, dopo essere stato morso da una scienziata contaminata dalle radiazioni, è diventato un maiale con i poteri di ragno! La versione irriverente di Spider-Man e di tutti i suoi amici e nemici, con più risate, più nonsense e più pizza. Spider-Ham, identità civile Peter Porker, dovrà risolvere un grande mistero, ma senza dimenticare di pranzare come si deve pagando il meno possibile. Mentre cercherà di rimediare a un disastro epico, troverà anche il tempo di portare avanti la sua relazione con Mary Jane Waterbuffalo?

Abstract: Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well-paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn't told her family and now has terrible writer's block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina's spare key while she's out of town. But Rosie doesn't know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking--for lack of a better word--on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He'll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control--but Lucas's time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline

Abstract: Ofelia e Thorn affrontano un universo colmo di allegorie e di realtà interiori profonde, di orizzonti antichi e di sentimenti nuovi, fino a scovare la verità che da sempre è nascosta dietro lo specchio. Crollati gli ultimi muri della diffidenza, Ofelia e Thorn si amano ormai appassionatamente. Tuttavia non possono farlo alla luce del sole: la loro unione deve infatti rimanere nascosta perché possano continuare a indagare di concerto sull'indecifrabile codice di Dio e sulla misteriosa figura dell'Altro, l'essere di cui non si conosce l'aspetto, ma il cui potere devastante continua a far crollare interi pezzi di arche precipitando nel vuoto migliaia di innocenti. Come trovare l'Altro, senza sapere nemmeno com'è fatto? Più uniti che mai, ma impegnati su piste diverse, Ofelia e Thorn approderanno all'osservatorio delle Deviazioni, un istituto avvolto dal segreto più assoluto e gestito da una setta di scienziati mistici in cui, dietro la facciata di una filantropica clinica psichiatrica, si cela un laboratorio dove vengono condotti esperimenti disumani e terrificanti. È lì che si recheranno i due, lì scopriranno le verità che cercano e da lì proveranno a fermare i crolli e a riportare il mondo in equilibrio.

Abstract: A chance encounter sends runaway Bea on a journey through West Texas with Lou, who Bea must trust as she is driven to confront buried truths about loss and heartbreak

Abstract: Nei decenni che precedono la guerra civile, l'America è un paese di incredibile libertà ricoperto di crudeli ingiustizie. "All God's Children" è un'epopea storica che abbraccia trent'anni nella vita di tre persone - un uomo "di frontiera" analfabeta, uno schiavo adolescente in fuga e un giovane gay in fuga dallo scandalo - che stanno cercando di ottenere l'ideale americano di libertà verso la nuova frontiera occidentale, in una lotta che risuona ancora oggi.

Abstract: Sisters Peyton and Skye--one the co-anchor of a hit morning show, the other a stay-at-home mom in the New York suburbs--seem to have everything, until an Ivy League college admissions sting involving Peyton's husband threatens all they have worked for.

Abstract: In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .45 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride's funny, moving novel and his first since his National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird. In Deacon King Kong, McBride brings to vivid life the people affected by the shooting: the victim, the African-American and Latino residents who witnessed it, the white neighbors, the local cops assigned to investigate, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon, the neighborhood's Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself. As the story deepens, it becomes clear that the lives of the characters--caught in the tumultuous swirl of 1960s New York--overlap in unexpected ways.

Abstract: ** WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 **\n\n** SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **\n\nBOOK OF THE YEAR: Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Stylist, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Guardian, The Times, Observer, Red\n\nMargaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.\n\nMore than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.\n\nTwo have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.\n\nAs Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes. \n\n'Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.' Margaret Atwood

Abstract: Isabelle McAvoy (58), private art consultant in New York City. The first half of the book focuses on her past, having three daughters with three different men and following her through each of those relationships. Her first love was a reclusive American living in France, much older than her, who was always a part of their daughter's life, though they never married. Her second husband went to prison for fraud when Isabelle was pregnant with her second daughter. And her third husband, her true love, drowned tragically a few months after their wedding. When the narrative switches back to present-day, Isabelle learns that she's losing her sight and hires an assistant. She bonds with each of her daughters, one in India, one in New York, and one in Tuscany, and falls in love with her assistant, Jack. She also reconnects with the son she gave up for adoption when she was 15 and her family grows stronger than ever.

Abstract: Lose yourself in the fantastic world of the arks and in the company of unforgettable characters in this French runaway hit, Christelle Dabos’ The Mirror Visitor quartet. Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what’s more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted. There, in the presence of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world. The World of the Arks Long ago, following a cataclysm called the Rupture, the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands, now known as arks. Over each, the spirit of an omnipotent and immortal ancestor abides. The inhabitants of these arks each possess a unique power. Ophelia, with her ability to read the pasts of objects, must navigate this fantastic, disjointed, perilous world using her trademark tenacity and quiet strength.

Abstract: Secondo volume della saga dell'Attraversaspecchi (dopo il primo, "Fidanzati dell'inverno"). Sulla gelida arca del Polo, dove Ofelia è stata sbattuta dalle Decane perché sposi suo malgrado il nobile Thorn, il caldo è soffocante. Ma è soltanto una delle illusioni provocate dalla casta dominante dell'arca, i Miraggi, in grado di produrre giungle sospese in aria, mari sconfinati all'interno di palazzi e vestiti di farfalle svolazzanti. A Città-cielo, capitale del Polo, Ofelia viene presentata al sire Faruk, il gigantesco spirito di famiglia bianco come la neve e completamente privo di memoria, che spera nelle doti di lettrice di Ofelia per svelare i misteri contenuti nel Libro, un documento enigmatico che nei secoli ha causato la pazzia o la morte degli incauti che si sono cimentati a decifrarlo. Per Ofelia è l'inizio di una serie di avventure e disavventure in cui, con il solo aiuto di una guardia del corpo invisibile, dovrà difendersi dagli attacchi a tradimento dei decaduti e dalle trappole mortali dei Miraggi. È la prima a stupirsi quando si rende conto che sta rischiando la pelle e investendo tutte le sue energie nell'indagine solo per amore di Thorn, l'uomo che credeva di odiare più di chiunque al mondo. Sennonché Thorn è scomparso... Edizione in lingua inglese.

Abstract: Sono trascorsi ormai sei mesi dalla morte di Pa' Salt, e Tiggy, la quinta delle sorelle D'Aplièse, accetta un lavoro nella riserva naturale di Kinnaird. In questo luogo selvaggio e completamente isolato nelle Highlands scozzesi, si dovrà occupare di una razza felina a rischio di estinzione per conto di Charlie, l'affascinante proprietario della tenuta. Qui Tiggy incontra Cal, il guardacaccia e coinquilino, che presto diventerà un caro amico; Zara, la figlia adolescente e un po' ribelle di Charlie e Zed Eszu, corteggiatore insistente nonché ex fidanzato di una delle sorelle. Ma soprattutto incontra Chilly, un vecchio gitano che sembra conoscere molti dettagli del suo passato e di quello di sua nonna: la famosa ballerina di flamenco Lucía Amaya Albaycín. Davvero una strana coincidenza, ma Tiggy ha sempre avuto un intuito particolare, una connessione profonda con la natura. Questo incontro non è casuale, è parte del suo destino e, quando sarà pronta, non dovrà fare altro che seguire le indicazioni di Pa' Salt e bussare a una porticina azzurra nel Cortijo del Aire, a Granada. Dai paesaggi incontaminati della Scozia allo splendore assolato della Spagna, "La ragazza della luna" è il quinto episodio della saga delle Sette Sorelle.