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Derek B. Miller

    Derek B. Miller
    Copyright and the Value of Performance, 1770-1911
    Radio Life
    The Curse of Pietro Houdini
    How To Find Your Way In The Dark
    American By Day
    El tipo más raro del mundo
    • The Curse of Pietro Houdini

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Set against the backdrop of World War II, a fourteen-year-old orphan named Massimo embarks on a quest to find his relatives in Naples after the bombing of Rome. His journey intertwines with the enigmatic Pietro Houdini, leading them to the historic abbey of Monte Cassino. As the war threatens their sanctuary, they must employ cunning and deception to protect the abbey's invaluable art. This narrative weaves together themes of resilience, hope, and coming-of-age, blending action, history, and philosophical depth.

      The Curse of Pietro Houdini2024
      4,1
    • Radio Life

      • 400 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      A gripping adventure and a riveting political thriller: The Commonwealth, a post-apocalyptic civilisation on the rise, is locked in a clash of ideas with the Keepers, a fight which threatens to destroy the world . . . again.

      Radio Life2021
      3,9
    • How To Find Your Way In The Dark

      • 368 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      A coming-of-age story set during the rising tide of World War II, How to Find Your Way in the Dark follows Sheldon Horowitz from his humble start in a cabin in rural Massachusetts, through the trauma of his father's murder and the murky experience of assimilation in Hartford, Connecticut, to the birth of stand-up comedy in the Catskills--all while he and his friends are beset by anti-Semitic neighbors, employers, and criminals.

      How To Find Your Way In The Dark2021
      4,1
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      Copyright and the Value of Performance, 1770-19112018
    • American By Day

      • 416 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      Working with - or, if necessary, against - someone actually named Sheriff Irving 'Irv' Wylie, she must negotiate the local political minefields and navigate the back woods of the Adirondacks to uncover the truth before it's too late...Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award 2019

      American By Day2018
      4,2
    • El tipo más raro del mundo

      • 300 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Sheldon Horowitz, judío neoyorquino de ochenta y dos años, se va a vivir con su nieta y su marido a Oslo después de fallecer su mujer. Obsesionado con la muerte de su hijo en la guerra de Vietnam, su carácter refunfuñón y su negativa a aceptar la debilidad de su memoria se unen a la natural desubicación en la que se encuentra. Una mañana escucha ruidos: una pelea doméstica. Y una mujer y su hijo se refugian en su casa. Un matón intenta tirar la puerta abajo y Sheldon escapa con el niño. Sheldon tendrá que protegerlo como le hubiera gustado hacerlo con su propio hijo. Derek B. Miller es director del The Policy Lab y miembro del Instituto de las Naciones Unidas de Investigación sobre el Desarme. Nació y creció en Boston, pero lleva más de quince años fuera de Estados Unidos. Ha vivido en Israel, Inglaterra, Hungría, Suiza y Noruega, donde reside actualmente con su mujer y sus hijos.El tipo más raro del mundo es su primera novela.

      El tipo más raro del mundo2013
      4,0