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Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. an exciting, sometimes astonishing story.”- The Washington Postįrom Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and New York Times bestselling author of The Sherlockian, comes a thrilling novel-based on actual events-about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America. “A world of invention and skulduggery, populated by the likes of Edison, Westinghouse, and Tesla.”-Erik Larson. La saga continua con questo secondo volume: in un universo visionario, svela mille volti, storie ed enigmi, metafore che si trasformano e che finiscono col trasformare anche il lettore. Libro Secondo: Metafore che si trasformano Di grande importanza, però, sono gli spunti sul come trasformare la fragilità in forza, sul come diventare quello che si è, che il lettore apprende pagina dopo pagina. 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The child’s descendants became the Merovingian dynasty of Frankish kings, who ruled over what is now France between the 5th and 8th centuries.Īccording to The Da Vinci Code, Christ’s bloodline survives to this day. So begins Dan Brown’s thriller The Da Vinci Code, one of this century’s most remarkable publishing sensations, which was released 20 years ago this week, on March 18, 2003īut as Brown addicts insisted, the appeal lay in its page-turning story, as well as the murky history behind it.įor the supposed truth, which the Catholic Church has been covering up for centuries, is that Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene - a woman of dubious morals who became one of his most devoted disciples - had a child. Christopher’s character has a photographic memory and a logical way of thinking, giving him the ability to understand and comprehend different ideas and topics regarding his interests, however, Christopher struggles with social cues finding difficulty in understanding other human beings, emotions, behaviours and reasoning. He does, as the story develops, learn to overcome social and emotional obstacles in order to be accepted. Christopher is a relatively high-functioning atypical teenager despite his level of Autism. The Curious incident novel provides insight into the mind of narrator Christopher Boone. A fictional story in essence, narrated by the protagonist a fifteen-year-old boy with Autism spectrum disorder, who certainly doesn’t fit into any average box of any kind. Mark Haddon’s, Curious incident of the dog in the nighttime explores prevalent topics among today’s teen society. They’ll make what they need, they’ll make their own boxes.” Temple Grandin once said that “the most interesting people you’ll find are ones that don’t fit into your average cardboard box. |