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Alles beginnt, sogar das Ende, als Lajos von Lázár, das blonde Kind mit den wasserblauen Augen, zur Welt kommt. Seinem Vater, dem Baron, wird der Sohn nie geheuer sein, als ob er dessen Geheimnis ahnte. Mit Lajos’ Geburt im Waldschloss bricht auch das 20. Jahrhundert an, das das alte Leben der Barone Lázár im südlichen Ungarn für immer verändern wird. Der Untergang des Habsburgerreichs berührt erst nur ihre Traditionen, aber alle spüren das Beben der Zeit, die schöne Mária ebenso wie der geisterhafte Onkel Imre.

From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a...

After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The 26-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people”. Even before he reaches home, he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement.

In 2008, Desiree, January, Monique and Nakia are in their early twenties and at the beginning. Of their careers, of marriage, of motherhood and of big city lives in New York and Los Angeles. Together, they are finding their way through the wilderness, that period of life when the reality of contemporary adulthood–overwhelming, mysterious and full of freedom and consequences–swoops in and stays.

Depuis qu’il a trouvé Caramel, petit chien espiègle, Eliott tient bon face aux remous d’une famille qui se défait. Mais quand un accident fait vaciller son monde et qu’une séparation forcée menace son compagnon, l’enfant de huit ans prend une décision qui le propulse hors des sentiers connus. Dans le quartier St‑Roch de Québec, s’ouvre une course contre la montre: une fugue qui devient partie de cache‑cache, des ruelles où l’innocence croise le danger, et autour d’eux des adultes tiraillés entre peur et bienveillance.

On the day her daughter leaves for college, Anne Colwater's husband of 20 years announces he wants a divorce. Her roles of wife and mother suddenly gone, Annie retreats to her childhood home of Mystic, Washington, to heal. There she finds her old friend Nick, suddenly widowed and unable to cope with his emotionally scarred young daughter, Izzie.

A selection of Euripides’ renowned Greek tragedies, adapted for BBC Radio Acclaimed by Aristotle as ‘the most tragic of the poets’, Euripides was one of the pre-eminent playwrights of 5th century Athens. Included here are seven of his masterpieces: powerful, shocking tales of passion...

There are new people on the Green... When old Admiral Trigg and his sister Lucy died, their house - Tullivers - stood empty for many months. Then one bright April day, some discreet onlookers saw a good-looking woman pushing her way through the nettles to the front door. Who was she? Was she on her own? Had she bought the house, and, if so, what kind of a neighbour would she be?

Ayla, the independent heroine of the Earth's Children series, sets out from the valley on Whinney, the horse she tamed. With her is Jondalar, the tall, handsome, yellow-haired man she nursed back to health and came to love. Together they meet Mamutoi - the Mammoth Hunters - people like Ayla.

In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary seeking help...and more. His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence. In a dark age it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the next victims.

The clock at St. Killian’s chimes as whispers float in the dark staircase above. Snow falls from the black sky beyond the windows, and candles glow - the flames lighting up the longest night of the year. Devil’s Night isn’t the only holiday we celebrate. Tonight, we’re pulling on a different mask. Some call it Midwinter. Others call it Yule. We call it Fire Night.

Published in two volumes a decade apart, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and perhaps the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears at the top of lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published.

Mi chiamo Jacopo Serristori, sono un ingegnere, avevo un progetto di vita e ho fallito. Mi chiamo Clara Francalanza Visconti Baker, sarò un architetto e ho appena fatto una Scelta Ponderata: voglio buttarmi nel mondo delle relazioni stabili. Nella magia di Trastevere, tra le calli nebbiose di Venezia, sulla bianca neve di Cortina, nella frenesia di Milano, Jacopo dovrà fare i conti con se stesso, con quello che non riesce a perdonarsi e con quella ragazza che da sempre ha guardato al di là della sua perfezione, arrivando ad abitare quella Casa che nemmeno lui pensava di voler costruire.

Mentre Seattle è funestata da una serie di strani omicidi e una vampira malvagia continua a darle la caccia, Bella Swan si trova ancora una volta in serio pericolo. È arrivato per lei il momento delle decisioni e dei sacrifici: basterà il fidanzato Edward a farle dimenticare il migliore amico Jacob? Troverà il coraggio necessario a diventare una Cullen? Obbligata a scegliere fra l'amore e l'amicizia, è consapevole che la sua decisione rischia di riaccendere la millenaria lotta fra vampiri e licantropi. Nel frattempo l'esame di maturità è alle porte e per Bella...

Three failing families. Two different continents. And one creaky old barn that heals them. With her marriage over and her kids (mostly) excited about moving to another continent, Natalie’s finally en route to Ireland. There’s a lovely and expansive estate waiting for them in southern Ireland. Samantha’s bags are packed (again) and she’s ready to jet across the pond as well. She’s said all her goodbyes, and she’s ready to fall in love with new horses in Lismore.

Set in the height of the Second World War, The Cazalet Chronicles continues with the third in the series, Confusion, where chaos has become a way of life for the Cazalet family. Read by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Luther and Oedipus at The Old Vic) 'Compelling, moving, unputdownable...

The Second World War has finally ended and so begins a new era of freedom and opportunity for the Cazalet family in Casting Off, the fourth novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's magnificent Cazalet Chronicles. Read by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Luther and Oedipus at The Old Vic). 'Compelling...

As the old world begins to fade from view and a new dawn emerges, All Change marks the fifth volume in Elizabeth Jane Howard's beloved and bestselling Cazalet Chronicles. Read by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Luther and Oedipus at The Old Vic). 'Compelling, moving, unputdownable . . . Maybe my...

Beautifully read by Indira Varma and poignantly told, Marking Time is the second novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s bestselling family saga The Cazalet Chronicles, set during the onset of World War II. 'Compelling, moving, unputdownable . . . Maybe my favourite books ever' - Marian Keyes...

Barbie France has known Edward Steyne all her life - indeed they were childhood sweethearts. Charming, spirited, debonair, he is the ideal companion. Everyone, especially Edward, assumes they will marry one day. But Barbie is uneasy. Edward sometimes behaves very oddly. There are his sudden, huge winnings on the racecourse and the strange affair of Aunt Amalie's emerald ring. And last, but not least, Barbie is puzzled by his reaction to the handsome stranger she meets at a wedding; for suddenly easy-going Edward becomes hostile and unfriendly . . . Can Barbie discover the truth?