Matt Cobb raggiunge la cittadina in cui ha frequentato l'università per occuparsi di nuovi affari e vecchi ricordi. Gli affari riguardano la presunta corruzione di un network, i ricordi alcuni ex compagni di studi, non tutti simpatici. Ma il dirigente di una rete televisiva rimane gravemente ferito in un incidente automobilistico, una ragazza in procinto di sposarsi viene brutalmente uccisa e lo spasimante di lei arrestato. Solo Matt Cobb crede nell'innocenza dell'uomo. Di certo non ci crede il miliardario padre della vittima,né ci credono la sorella della ragazza morta e l'ambizioso procuratore distrettuale. In fondo, non ci crede neppure l'avvocatessa dell'indiziato, ex fiamma di Matt Cobb. Ma la verità, pur con molte facce, non può essere che una, e Matt è fermamente deciso a dimostrarlo.

'La tavola periodica era incredibilmente bella, la cosa più bella che io avessi mai visto'. Mi son venute in mente queste parole di Oliver Sacks (Zio Tungsteno, Adelphi 2002) quando dialogando con il nostro Vescovo sulla scienza mi incoraggiava a pensare che non solo il dubbio ma anche la meraviglia cresce con la conoscenza. Tra le meraviglie della nona edizione di BergamoScienza, la mostra 'Elements: the beauty of chemistry', realizzata in coproduzione con la Science Gallery del Trinity College di Dublino. La tavola periodica di Mendeleev è protagonista assoluta. Tutti coloro che studiano o hanno studiato chimica si sono dovuti confrontare necessariamente con questo schema che permette di conoscere velocemente alcune proprietà degli elementi per tutti gli usi e le applicazioni che il lavoro di chimico comporta.' (Andrea Moltrasio)

The autobiographies of former slaves contributed powerfully to the abolitionist movement in the United States, fanning national--even international--indignation against the evils of slavery. The four texts gathered here are all from North Carolina slaves and are among the most memorable and influential slave narratives published in the nineteenth century. The writings of Moses Roper (1838), Lunsford Lane (1842), Moses Grandy (1843), and the Reverend Thomas H. Jones (1854) provide a moving testament to the struggles of enslaved people to affirm their human dignity and ultimately seize their liberty.

Introductions to each narrative provide biographical and historical information as well as explanatory notes. Andrews's general introduction to the collection reveals that these narratives not only helped energize the abolitionist movement but also laid the groundwork for an African American literary tradition that inspired such novelists as Toni Morrison and Charles Johnson.

Ste-e-e-eamboat's a-comin'!'

Along the banks of the great Mississippi River, a young boy named Samuel Clemens raced to the docks whenever he heard that familiar cry. He dreamed of exploring the world beyond his river town. Little did he know that one day he would become the famous writer Mark Twain, and write about his boyhood adventures along the bustling river waterfront in the classic stories The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Sam's exploits take him from the printing presses of the Hannibal Courier to the decks of the steamboats that travel the mighty Mississippi, and even to the Wild West.

Now noted historian William Anderson tells the colorful story of Sam's life as he grows from a mischievous boy into the enterprising author. Dan Andreasen's fresh, vibrant paintings capture the spirit of the storyteller who will live on forever as one of America's literary icons.

The pioneer spirit lives on...

Readers around the world know and love Laura, the little girl born in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and raised in covered wagons and on wide open prairies. Now Little House fans can learn more about 'Half-pint' in this, the first picture book biography book of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

With a simple, glowing text by noted historian and Little House scholar William Anderson, and glorious paintings by Dan Andreasen, Pioneer Girl is a very special portrait of a writer whose classic books and poineer adventures have made her one of the most popular literary figures in America.

This picture-book biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder tells the remarkable story of the pioneer girl who would one day immortalize her adventures in the beloved Little House books. Written in simple, glowing text by noted Little House scholar William Anderson, and illustrated with glorious paintings by artist Dan Andreasen, this wonderful first biography captures the very essence of the little girl called ?Half-pint,' whose classic books and pioneer adventures have made her one of the most popular literary figures in America.
This picture-book biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder tells the remarkable story of the pioneer girl who would one day immortalize her adventures in the beloved Little House books. Written in simple, glowing text by noted Little House scholar William Anderson, and illustrated with glorious paintings by artist Dan Andreasen, this wonderful first biography captures the very essence of the little girl called 'Half-pint,' whose classic books and pioneer adventures have made her one of the most popular literary figures in America.