Títulos en Pueblos y campo

Ruscelli dipinti d'argento dalla luna, nastri di profumi colorati tesi sui prati, sagome di cervi come macchie di buio su una tela d'ombra. E un'oscura minaccia oltre il confine. Questo è il mondo di Rio, un lupo dei Monti Sibillini. A lui è affidata la sopravvivenza del suo branco, piegato dalla fame e dalla scarsità di nuove nascite, costretto ad affrontare un lungo viaggio nei meandri di una natura da scoprire e difendere, nell'eterno conflitto con un nemico che ora ha le fattezze di un branco antagonista, ora quelle dell'uomo e dei suoi cani.

Pubblicato nell'aprile del 1950 e considerato dalla critica il libro più bello di Pavese, "La luna e i falò" è il suo ultimo romanzo. Il protagonista, Anguilla, all'indomani della Liberazione, torna al suo paese nelle Langhe dopo molti anni trascorsi in America e, in compagnia dell'amico Nuto, ripercorre i luoghi dell'infanzia e dell'adolescenza in un viaggio nel tempo alla ricerca di antiche e sofferte radici.

Impetuoso, lieve, sconvolgente: è il vento che soffia senza requie sulle pendici del Rossarco, leggendaria, enigmatica altura a pochi chilometri dal mar Jonio. Il vento scuote gli olivi secolari e gli arbusti odorosi, ulula nel buio, canta di un antico segreto sepolto e fa danzare le foglie come ricordi dimenticati.

Il più importante romanzo verista della letteratura italiana, un capolavoro senza pari che racconta la storia di una famiglia di pescatori di Aci Trezza, paesino nei pressi di Catania, all'indomani dell'Unità d'Italia.

E' la notte di san Rocco ed è festa in un paese delle Langhe nel Piemonte degli anni '50. Una notte calda e sensuale...

The story begins with Nell, the “spinster on the hill” near St. Peter’s, Cape Breton. Scarred by her own childhood, she swears she could never love a child and that she will never marry, denying herself a life with the man she loves. She’s proven wrong when a baby is born just down the road from her. Her love of little Jane, despite herself, propels us forward through generations trying to untangle their own traumas and secrets.

Un giovane prete, diviso tra la vocazione e l'amore terreno per una ragazza, e sua madre, che cerca di ricondurlo nel tracciato dal quale ha deviato. Ecco i protagonisti del romanzo di Grazia Deledda La Madre, proposto in audiolibro da il Narratore per la lettura di Virginia Alba.

Recognizing how common it is for crafters to start many projects and finish few, a group of women join together to form a guild - Unfinished Projects Anonymous - to keep each other on track and accountable. Three friends are tasked with the job of home visits for their guild. Over the course of the story, this ensemble of women discover that much of life is half-finished - relationships, the raising of children, even our very relationship with the Lord - and that may be perfectly fine.

After his best-selling account of rescuing polar bear cubs while working on an Arctic oil rig, Magnus Gray has hit a career slump. To add insult to injury, his editor has assigned him to a remote, dusty town called Sagebrush Flats to write about the local zoo's latest resident, a fuzzy polar-bear cub. Magnus has a soft spot for the bear but wants to flee the town - until one Sagebrush resident has him questioning everything.

Elena Alvarez is living a cursed life. From the deadly fire she accidentally set as a child to her mother's abandonment and now an unwanted pregnancy, she knows better than most that small actions can have terrible consequences. Yet when her grandmother calls and asks her to watch over the children of a recent widower in a small, isolated town in Colorado, she takes it as a chance to finally organize her life.

Nel luglio del 1969, a nonna Rebecca, ex astrofisica, viene un'idea dirompente: coinvolgere tutto il paesino di Sant'Elia del Fuoco nell'avventura del secolo, lo sbarco dell'uomo sulla luna con la missione Apollo 11. Tutto il mondo vedrà quelle immagini in televisione, perché non guardarle tutti insieme? Luigi Garlando ci fa rivivere un evento memorabile, restituendoci intatto, nello sguardo dei ragazzi di allora, il senso di scoperta e di speranza che segnò un'epoca intera.

Almost immediately upon Julie Bird’s return to the small port town where she was raised, everyday life is turned upside down. Julie’s Gulf War vet father, Marty, has been on the losing side of a battle with PTSD for too long. A day of boating takes a dramatic turn when a majestic blue whale beaches itself and dies. A blond stranger sets up camp oceanside: she’s an agitator, musician-impersonator, and armchair philosopher named Jennie Lee Lewis - and Julie discovers she’s connected to her father. As the blue whale decays on the beach, more wildlife turns up dead - apparently by suicide - echoing Marty’s deepest desire.

L´Andrea, una adolescent rebel i conflictiva, és expulsada de l´institut i la seva mare, que ja no sap què fer amb ella, decideix enviar-la a passar una temporada amb els seus avis als Pirineus. Uns avis que l´Andrea no coneix, uns avis amb qui la mare no té tractes i de qui tant l´Andrea com el seu germà saben que no poden preguntar res. Però l´Andrea intueix que als Pirineus s´hi amaga alguna cosa més que uns avis que no coneix, intueix que s´amaga el gran secret de la seva mare, i per això s´hi deixa portar.

After losing her job and learning she might also lose her house because of a bad investment, Jess, a fiercely independent and hilariously wry BC grandma, resorts to growing pot in her basement to make ends meet. She then has to juggle her public life as a grandmother and member of the town’s senior women’s group - The Company of Crones - with her secret life as a pot grower.

Martha Detweiler has a problem many Amish women her age would envy: She’s the only single woman in a community of young men, and they’re all competing for her favor. Overwhelmed by the unwanted attention, Martha finds herself constantly fleeing from her would-be suitors, dismayed at what her life has come to. Birch Creek’s resident matchmaker, Cevilla Schlabach, suggests a solution: Martha and the bishop’s son, Seth Yoder, should pretend they are dating.

Detective Abish Taylor left Utah for a reason. But with her husband’s passing, it’s time to come home. Reconnecting with her family means dealing with her past: the father she abandoned and the community she left behind. Her one escape is serving as the sole police detective in the small town of Pleasant View. But when the quiet Mormon suburb in the Wasatch Mountains is shaken by a macabre death - with the hallmarks of a sacred ritual dating back to the days of Brigham Young - Abbie is called into action.

Christian, quiet and dedicated to learning, is focused on putting a rambunctious school into order. He's also determined to check off another task on his list: finding a wife. When he suffers an accident that puts him out of commission for a few weeks, Ruby steps in. Her teaching style and personality clash with his, and he wonders if all his hard work will be undone.

Trudy works nights in a linen factory, avoiding romance and sharing the care of her four-year-old niece with Trudy’s mother, Claire. Claire still pines for Trudy’s father, a St. Lawrence Seaway construction worker who left her 20 years ago. Claire believes in true love. Trudy does not. She’s keeping herself to herself. But when Jules Tremblay, aspiring daredevil, walks into the Jubilee restaurant, Trudy’s a goner.

Since moving to Haven to help out her closest friends, Melanie Ramsey has begun to reclaim her strength after a difficult divorce. Through Mel’s Motivational Blog, she’s inspiring other women, too. Then a wild one-night fling with Haven’s gorgeous deputy leaves her shaken, stirred…and pregnant. But Melanie’s not giving up her newfound independence for another powerful man - not even one as upstanding and intriguing as Tanner Roark.

La "magia del Natale" può sorprendere e manifestarsi anche con un vecchio presepe di una piccola chiesa di provincia.