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“The Crossroads of Yesterday” is based on the life of a young woman who from age five begins suffering unrelenting nightmares and disturbing daydreams. She can neither live in the present nor move into the future, so she journeys to a past life, never resolved, where those she loved most, her husband and two children, were torn from her, and whose fate she never knew before she died.

When Conor’s dream for Castle Dysert is facing ruin by circumstances outside his control he refuses to be beaten. Surely there must be a way to save everything they’ve worked so hard for? Then, as all hope seems lost, a solution in the form of a reality TV show called ‘Grandma says we’re Irish’ presents itself. The producers are convinced Conor is just the man they need to host the show, and what better setting than the gorgeous castle, but is will this new venture save Castle Dysert or destroy it?

The Pig Farmer’s Wife drops the listener into the Second Wave of Feminism—a time when women were prohibited from managing their own finances, acquiring a bank loan, or owning a credit card in her own name. It was a brave woman who dared to express opinions that differed from her husbands, and unheard of for a woman to begin a business of any type, let alone an all-female owned and operated one. Coincidentally, it was also when the birth control pill was introduced to the nation, and that changed everything, because for the first time in history, women had the ability to plan her family size.

Arianna e la sorella Fedra, principesse di Creta e figlie del temuto re Minosse, crescono ascoltando riecheggiare il rumore degli zoccoli del fratello, il Minotauro, nel labirinto costruito sotto il palazzo. Ogni anno, quattordici giovani ateniesi vengono sacrificati per placare la fame del mostro. Quando il principe Teseo giunge a Creta per immolarsi alla creatura, Arianna si perde nei suoi occhi verdi e se ne innamora follemente. Ma aiutarlo a scappare dal labirinto significherebbe tradire la famiglia e il regno, e la ragazza conosce fin troppo bene le implicazioni di un gesto simile.

"Про что кино?" – заключительная часть трилогии о жизни в знаменитом Толстовском доме. Новому поколению предстоит разобраться в семейных ценностях и понять, что в этой жизни действительно важно. Когда эпоха подходит к концу, мир вокруг рушится, а впереди только темнота неизвестности, есть ли семья, которой не коснутся перемены? Которая сохранит свои отношения и не изменится под давлением обстоятельств? Вряд ли. Даже у самой успешной принцессы (достаток, карьера, супруг-профессор) карета превратится в тыкву. Проблемы уравняют ее с подругой, у которой долги, коммуналка и муж-неудачник.

Lovisa Broman is the cherished daughter of a government minister who, unusually, nurtured and educated her to succeed him. When Lovisa's father suddenly dies, everything changes. She and her mother are forced to flee from Stockholm to a castle in the countryside, where her mother will remarry to secure their future. But once there, everything takes a whole new turn, while Lovisa is irresistibly drawn to the young coachman…

Imago este ultimul stadiu în metamorfoza unei insecte, în care aceasta atinge maturitatea, fiind aptă de a se reproduce. Pentru Ludmila Ulițkaia, termenul devine o metaforă care străbate întregul roman și sugerează maturizarea morală a ființei umane. O construcție epică impresionantă, în care tragedia e mereu subminată de elementele comice, un mare roman despre iubire, destine și caractere, Imago acoperă peste o jumătate de secol de istorie, de la funeraliile faraonice ale lui Stalin până la moartea poetului exilat Iosif Brodski.

1847. Tiefste Armut ist in Irland allgegenwärtig. Der Kartoffelpilz breitet sich rasend schnell aus und verwandelt hunderttausende Hektar Acker Kartoffeln–die Hauptnahrungsquelle der Iren–in einen übelriechenden Brei. Eine noch nie dagewesene Hungersnot trifft die Bevölkerung–der Tod hält reiche Beute.

The Korsan Empire is on its last legs, but to finish them, Nathan Scott must cross one ethical line in order to avoid crossing another. It seems there are enemies everywhere, and some of them are hidden in unexpected places.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, the picturesque mountain village of Poshkarbal is home to lush cherry and apple orchards and a thriving community—one divided by a patrolled border. Aisha and her mother Noorjahan live on the outskirts—two women alone in a world dominated by men. As the village midwife, Noorjahan teaches Aisha how to heal using local herbs and remedies. Isolated but content, Aisha is shocked when Noorjahan decides it is time for her to attend the village school as few girls do.

“Se Dio non è qui, non è da nessuna parte; questo stesso istante è la perfezione.” Nonna Teresa si arrabbiò con Dio e con quanti continuavano a credere in Lui dopo la micidiale inondazione del fiume Dnepr. È così che comincia la meravigliosa, magica storia di una famiglia cilena di origine ebreo-russa, una storia di antenati lontanissimi e mitici, reali e immaginari, che risalgono la corrente dei secoli attraverso la lente deformante dell’ironia e della parodia, per diventare romanzo e favola.

STERNENTOCHTER: Deutschland, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Als Tochter aus gutem Hause ist es die Pflicht der jungen Caroline Caspari, eine vorteilhafte Ehe zu schließen. Daher willigt sie in die Verlobung mit einem Mann ein, der ihr zutiefst zuwider ist. Doch dann verliebt Caroline sich Hals über Kopf in Georg, den neuen Postillion der Stadt …. DIE LIEBE DER STERNENTOCHTER: Verzweifelt und mit einem Kind unter dem Herzen kehrt die junge Caroline nach einem tragischen Ereignis in das Heimatdorf ihrer Familie zurück.

Holcombe Hall’s enigmatic owner has passed away, and now as the roaring twenties come to an end the upstairs and downstairs residents of Holcombe Hall begin a new era. Parlour maid Florrie Bickerstaff has always endured the quick temper of Lady Charlotte, calmly navigated the formidable housekeeper, Bertha and avoided the officious butler, Mr Arkwright. But it’s all been worth it for Sir Richard.

Carrie Anderson’s business selling books at her local train station is thriving and, with her beloved Mike returned from war, everything feels as though it is falling into place. That is, until Mike is sent to Washington as a liaison between Britain and America. When her twin brother, Johnnie, a fighter pilot, is injured, and her bookstall falls on hard times, Carrie misses the sage advice and comfort of Mike more than ever.

Barista and budding artist Mia Curtis is shocked to receive a package all the way from England informing her she's the heir to her late grandmother's cottage. Feeling lost in her own life, Mia travels across the world to claim her inheritance, where she begins to unravel the secrets passed down through the generations of women in her family.

Following the death of his beloved father, Arthur is sent to Canada for safety with a group of evacuees on the eve of the Second World War. Alone and afraid, plagued with seasickness, and an unknown future, he can't imagine things getting any worse. Far from what he feared, Arthur is welcomed with warmth and kindness. But even on the other side of the world, the war can’t be escaped and before long, his new family are touched by it too. Faced with another dramatic change in his life, everything starts to change again for Arthur.

" Il y a évidemment des secrets derrière ses secrets, des moments de mystère, de tristesse et de joie dans l’ombre des silences que certains entendront. Il est possible que mes souvenirs aient leurs fantaisies, mais j’ai fait de mon mieux pour lui rendre justice, pour exprimer ce que mon père m’a raconté comme ce qu’il a tu, les gestes que je vais te transmettre et ceux qu’il n’a pas faits. " Alors que Marc s’apprête à adopter un enfant, son père meurt. Pour offrir à son fils un morceau de son histoire, il plonge dans la vie hors du commun d’Hippolyte.

New York City, late September 2001. The walls of the city are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. When a letter arrives from an aunt she didn’t know existed in Ireland with the offer of a new life, the name jogs a memory: an old videocassette game Cora used to play as a child where two sisters must save the students of a mysterious boarding school.

في هذه الرواية، يستعيد الراوي حياة قرية عراقية، تقع على نهر الفرات، خلال أكثر من نصف قرن. حكاياتها، وأساطيرها، وشخصياتها وبيئتها، ومآسيها. هذه الاستعادة البانورامية جاءت في ذهن الراوي بعد أن تم تهجير القرية كلها إثر الاستيلاء عليها من قبل الوحوش. الوحوش هم المقاتلون الذين تحولوا إلى آلة دمار لتنفيذ أوهام تتكئ على العنف، والتكفير، والتخلف، وتمزيق النسيج الاجتماعي.

When Pearl Aster takes a receptionist job at Wolf Motor’s, all she is hoping for is enough money to get out of her parents’ smoothing hold, and away from their rule dominated life. Her upper-class status and its expectations are nothing that she wants now that she’s seen the ugliness it conceals. Yet these rough and rowdy men aren’t like anything she’s ever experienced. Brash, bold, dirty, and completely honest, but still more respectful than the man that she’s expected to marry.