I pensieri volano leggeri, / sono visioni. / Epifanie notturne, improvvise, / quando non v'è alcuna luce. / Il cuore brama poesia, / non vuol sentir ragioni, / non vuol briglie alla sua fantasia. Non ricerco la bellezza o la musicalità del verso, in 'Epifanie' tutto si mescola come in un temporale che sporca e trasfigura i pensieri e le parole. Dall'Introduzione dell'Autore

'La notte delle stelle cadenti' si svolge ad Attigliano, un paesino nel cuore dell'Italia, e narra di due amici orfani, la cui amicizia diventa la loro forza contro le avversità della vita, fino a quando un destino inaspettato non li separa. La loro storia si intreccia con la scoperta di una verità che rafforza il loro legame, spingendoli a ricongiungersi nonostante un epilogo amaro ma indimenticabile. Questo romanzo esplora temi universali come l'amicizia contro l'individualismo e l'amore come ultima speranza, senza promettere miglioramenti materiali o di umore, ma mirando a toccare il cuore dei lettori con un messaggio di speranza e amore. Un tributo all'importanza di non lasciare che i sogni periscano, ma di nutrirli con la speranza, indipendentemente dalle sfide della vita.

Marie Simmons loves bold, imaginative flavors from around the world, and her magically simple combinations have been featured in many magazines, from Redbook to Bon Appétit, where she was a popular columnist, and in her award-winning cookbooks. Over the years, she has come to rely more and more on vegetables and grains, because, as she says, 'They taste good and they make me feel better.'

Now, in Fresh & Fast Vegetarian, she offers up more than 150 of her favorite dinners. Most can be made in half an hour or less, and for each one, Simmons provides an equally easy accompaniment. Like Roasted Vegetables and Mozzarella Quesadillas, some are meals in themselves, while others are smaller dishes that can be paired to create a quick but sumptuous dinner. A number of Simmons's nearly effortless, vibrant recipes are vegan. Each tells exactly how long it will take to prepare. Fresh & Fast Vegetarian also provides hundreds of tips for shortcuts and substitutions.

On the Food Network, Iron Chef Cat Cora fires up the imagination of millions of cooks by improvising exciting dishes while the clock is ticking. Now in Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist, she shares the recipes she makes where cooking really counts: at home.

If you're searching for casual fare that looks as if you spent hours on it (but takes a fraction of the time), you'll want to try tomato-moz-zarella skewers with Bloody Mary vinaigrette (with crispy onion rings on the side), fettuc-cine with scallops and lime, and blueberry-lemon poppyseed upside-down cake.

And if you need fast, healthful meals, you'll find delicious inspiration in this book. These are the meals that Cat puts together after work for her own family, including her four boys under the age of seven: enchilada pie, easy chicken curry, bucatini pasta with bacon, and crispy baked fish sticks with honey mustard dipping sauce.

Wish your favorite dishes were a little faster, fresher, and brighter-flavored? Then you'll welcome Cat's takes on the classics: baked 'fried' calamari, soft tacos with grilled flank steak and pineapple salsa, and cherry-filled chocolate cupcakes. Many, like Greek-style nachos, 'pulled pork' sloppy joes, and red velvet coconut cake, are Cat's spins on foods she enjoyed as a child growing up in a Greek family in the South.

Cat helps you sneak out a few calories (when it improves the taste) and freshen things up, slipping chipotle chile croutons into Caesar salad or lemongrass into coq au vin. She reveals the secrets she learned over decades of cooking in restaurants. Best of all, Cat shows you how to 'twist' these recipes, changing each one in subtle or dramatic ways the next time to make it your very own.