Silvia Castoldi Libros

BBC Radio 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME from 17-28 July. From the author of the world-wide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, a new novel about learning how to listen and how to feel; and about second chances and choosing to be brave despite the odds. Because in the end, music can save us all ... 1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann. Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... LISTEN WHILE YOU READ! You can find specially collated The Music Shop playlists for Father Anthony, Kit, Maud and Hector on Spotify. This hardback edition is beautifully produced, with stunning decorated insides.

"A high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a bighearted mercenary"--

"In the tower of Count Stelli in the ancient city-state of Agora, two children meet, apparently by chance. At first, their only goal is survival: In Agora, everything can be bought and sold, debt is death, and Mark and Lily must barter their labor for their lives. But they are destined to fulfill the prophecy of the secret Midnight Charter devised by Agora's founders. What is the Charter? How and why are members of the city's powerful elite involved--and who among them can Lily and Mark trust?"--Page 2 of cover.

"A psychologist in suburban Cleveland, Dustin is drifting through his forties when he hears the news: his adopted brother Rusty is being released from prison. Thirty years ago, Rusty received a life sentence for the massacre of Dustin's parents, aunt, and uncle. The trial came to epitomize the 1980s hysteria over Satanic cults; despite the lack of physical evidence, the jury believed the outlandish accusations Dustin and his cousin made against Rusty. Now, after DNA analysis has overturned the conviction, Dustin braces for a reckoning"--Dust jacket flap.

Una mattina di primavera, nel piccolo paesino di provincia in cui vive, Barbara Barrett sta caricando la lavastoviglie mentre suo marito la osserva lì di fianco. Quando comincia a darle istruzioni su come dovrebbe disporre piatti e bicchieri, Barbara ficca a casaccio una tazza di caffè tra le stoviglie, prende la porta e se ne va. Un gesto che le farà perdere tutto, persino la custodia dei bambini. Ma con i guadagni di un lavoro un po' strambo rispondere alle lamentele della gente per una nota marca di gelati - Barbara è determinata a ricominciare tutto da capo: rivuole i suoi figli con sé, costi quel che costi. E mentre è intenta a ripulire di buona lena la casa che ha appena comprato, sul fondo di un cassetto trova un manoscritto misterioso, forse appartenuto nientemeno che al grande scrittore Vladimir Nabokov. La vita toglie, la vita dà. Infatti, per una serie di coincidenze che solo il destino può regalare, per Barbara tutto cambia. Certo, forse non proprio nella direzione che pensava... Ma quando il caso decide di metterci lo zampino bisogna davvero essere pronti a tutto.