Tonino Benacquista

"For some of them, it was an opportunity to meet anonymously, among men, to talk about women. Others were in need of solidarity, and this was their last refuge, where the deep wounds from a never-ending battle would have time to heal. For everyone, no matter where they were from or what they had experienced, it was first and foremost a place to tell a story." --back cover.

Relocated from New Jersey to France by the witness protection program, ex-goodfella Giovanni Manzoni, who has a bounty on his head, tries to lay low, but he and his raucous family can't help attracting attention wherever they go.

Puro humo es varios libros a la vez: una historia del tabaco que empieza con su descubrimiento por un marino de la nao capitana, Rodrigo de Jerez, es además una celebración del tabaco y del fumar esa hoja extraña —y una rapsodia en que intervienen el cigarrillo y la pipa—. Pero es más que nada una crónica erudita de la relación entre el puro y el cine. No es por gusto que en la portada aparezca Groucho Marx en su sofá a la espera de su musa —o de un analista—. En realidad Groucho solo quiere que alguien le dé fuego a su habano. Este libro lo hace por él, para convertir al puro en fuego y ceniza.

The prime suspect in her brother's murder: Max Pershing. He's the man Ava Renault has secretly loved since girlhood--against her controlling mother's wishes. The wealthy Pershings have a longstanding feud with the even wealthier Renaults. Still, Ava believes that Max is innocent...believes it strongly enough to give him her heart. But if he's not the killer, then who set him up? Who's the real murderer?

"Après avoir réchappé aux horreurs de la planète Clivage, à ses champs de bataille, et aux chasseurs de primes lancés à leur poursuite, Alana, Marko et leur fille Hazel, symbole d'une paix possible entre les deux peuples, s'apprêtent à relever leur plus grand défi : faire la connaissance des grands-parents !" [Source : 4e de couv.].

"Who hasn't wanted to become 'someone else'? The person you've always wanted to be ... the person who won't give up half way to your dreams and desires?" "One evening two men who have just met at a Paris tennis club make a bet: they give each other exactly three years to radically alter their lives. Thierry, a picture framer with a steady clientele, has always wanted to be a private investigator. Nicolas is a shy, teetotal executive trying not to fall off the corporate ladder. But becoming someone else is not without risk; at the very least the risk of finding yourself."--Jacket.