Lingua: INGLESE

Se ci si addentra nelle miriadi di classifiche online riguardanti la migliore letteratura fantastica e horror –siano esse blasonate o stilate dal più anonimo utente di qualche forum– si trova immancabilmente un titolo che appare con costanza tra i più citati: Casa di foglie, di Mark Z. Danielewski. La fiaba nera dello scrittore newyorkese è diventata fenomeno di culto tra appassionati e bibliofili e per molto tempo è stato quasi introvabile sul mercato. Gotico? Postmoderno? Narrativa sperimentale? La storia intricata che racconta si riflette ... continua

Leo, a former convict, is living in seclusion on an island with his step-daughter, the daughter of his late wife. Leo was framed by a group of former business associates, and he also suspects that one of them killed his wife. He has invited the group to his island, tempting them by hinting about a hidden fortune, and he has installed a number of traps and secret passages in his home. He is aided in his efforts by a former cell-mate who holds a grudge against the same persons. When everyone arrives, the atmosphere of mutual suspicion and the thick fog that covers the ... continua

A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them

In the Middle East, a bomb is set off that creates massive earthquakes. Meanwhile in South Korea, a young couple is about to get married and the tension builds when South Korea sends a space shuttle to investigate the bomb site. The earthquake makes its way to South Korea, caused by a giant monster named Yongary (inspired by a mythical creature in Korean lore). Yongary attacks Seoul and makes his way to the oil refineries where he consumes the oil. A child related to the aforementioned couple turns off the refineries' oil basins; Yonggary, enraged, starts attacking ... continua

¿Qué es la guerra? ¿Por qué se declara la guerra? ¿Qué legados dejan? ¿Cómo nos afectan? ¿Son los seres humanos violentos por naturaleza? ¿Tiene la historia algo que aportar al respecto?
La académica de la Universidad de Oxford Margaret MacMillan, una de las historiadoras más reconocidas de la actualidad, ha dedicado su carrera a responder las paradojas de los conflictos bélicos, poniendo en valor el rol de la historia para interpretar estos impactantes y complejos acontecimientos, y de qué forma pueden afectar a los individuos y su vida en sociedad. ... continua

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Evergreen is a 1934 Gaumont British musical film, starring Jessie Matthews as a music hall singer, based on the 1930 musical Ever Green, also starring Matthews. Matthews had a dual role as both mother and daughter

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