New Book

Just arrived in the library : The Diary of Samuel Pepys.

Pepys recorded his daily life for almost ten years in breathtaking honesty; the women he pursued, his friends, his dealings, are all laid out. His diary reveals his jealousies, insecurities, trivial concerns, and his fractious relationship with his wife. It is an important account of London in the 1660s. Included are his personal account of the restoration of the monarchy, the Great Plague of London of 1665, the Great Fire of London (1666), and events of the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667). The juxtaposition of his commentary on politics and national events, alongside the very personal, can be seen from the beginning. (from Wikipedia)

The Diary of Samuel Pepys is a very important book for everybody interested in British History.

Some links

Samuel Pepys in the Wikipedia in French, Italian, Dutch and German.

If you're looking for a free edition of the book you'll easily find it using Google Book.

Two nice hyperlinked versions of the text are on pepysdiary.com (a web 2.0 style site) and pepys.info (more conventional but with the Cake Recipe !!)

Other sites :

The Pepys Library (he was a very informed bibliophile and he collected more than 3000 books)

The Samuel Pepys Club

and for impatient readers some quotes of the diary.

Autore : Samuel Pepys

Titolo : The Diary of Samuel Pepys - A Selection

Casa editrice : Penguin Classics

Dove : 828 PEP

The Wind Singer

Questo nuovo libro fa parte d'un'eccelentissima trilogia : The Wind of Fire . Da leggere assolutamente !!

This comment is from the publisher
Kestrel Hath rebels against the Chief Examiner who humiliates her father and sentences the whole family to the harshest punishment. Kestrel learns the secret of the wind singer and with her twin brother set out on a terrifying journey to the true source of evil in Aramanth.
In fact we've got the whole trilogy in english :

1. The Wind Singer
2. Slaves Of The Mastery
3. Firesong

Ovviamente questo libro esiste in
altre lingue nella biblioteca :

Français : Les secrets d'Aramanth
Deutsch : Der Windsänger

Alcuni siti interessanti

• A summary on the Wikipedia
• Commentary from Reading Matters
• The William Nicholson's site

Autore : William Nicholson
Titolo : The Wind Singer
Casa editice : Egmont
Lingua : inglese
Dove : RG Nicholson

Comics

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Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

I think it's a very clear presentation of the content. Enjoy it !