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Eine Epoche im Umbruch - Die Geschichte zweier Jahrzehnte: Drei Frauen gehen ihren Weg. Bestseller-Autorin Katharina Fuchs erzählt von ihrer eigenen Kindheit, die Geschichte von drei jungen Frauen, die in den 70er Jahren gegen gesellschaftliche Missstände und die Vorstellungen ihrer Eltern rebellieren. Nach der Geschichte ihrer Großmütter, ihrer Mutter und Tante, erzählt Katharina Fuchs nun von einer Kindheit und Jugend in den 70er und 80er Jahren. Mainheim 1972: Minka und Caro eröffnen die Schwimmbadsaison, als ihr Klassenkamerad Guy vor ihren Augen verunglückt.

Wenn man zwanzig ist und nie auf die Idee kommen würde, jeden Tag so zu leben, als wäre es der letzte - wie geht man dann mit dem Tod des Geliebten um? Als Lenes Freund Tim bei einem Autounfall stirbt, bricht die Existenz von Lene und Tonia in Stücke. Berlin, Prüfungen, Partys - nichts in ihrem Leben ist bislang besonders schwerwiegend gewesen. "Nutze den Tag" war nur ein hübscher Spruch in Schönschrift.

Es ist 1964 in dem kleinen idyllischen Städtchen Zephyr, wo die Bewohner entweder in der Papierfabrik am Tecumseh River oder in dem örtlichen Milch­betrieb arbeiten. Es ist ein einfaches Leben, aber doch voller Wunder für den zwölfjährigen Cory Mackenson. Eines Morgens werden er und sein Vater Zeuge, wie ein Auto vor ihnen von der Straße abkommt und in einem See versinkt. Am Steuer aber befand sich ein nackter, geschundener Körper, mit Handschellen an das Lenkrad gefesselt.

Il protagonista di "Inseguendo Gauguin" - il "ragazzo", e non ha altro nome incontra casualmente una ragazza e la Grande Occasione. Perderà istantaneamente questa e quella, e nel giro di quattrocento pagine mozzafiato se la caverà alla grande, diventerà adulto e rapace, si vendicherà dei cattivoni (ci sono sei tipi diversi di cattivoni, in questo romanzo), e porterà a casa un'Occasione ancora più Grande e una ragazza molto più bella e cazzuta della prima.

On dit que le premier amour laisse des traces. Pour Calliope James, il n'a pas seulement laissé des traces, il a transpercé son cœur et l'a réduit en sang au sol. C'était son meilleur ami. Son premier baiser. Son tout. Jusqu'à ce qu'un jour, il ne le soit plus. Zachary Messiah n'oubliera jamais la fille aux yeux couleur whisky. Mais il n'est plus ce garçon. Froid. Cruel. Il est dépourvu d'émotion. Leurs chemins n'étaient pas censés se croiser à nouveau. Mais l'amour ne suit pas toujours les règles du jeu.

Mina Simpson, a Lebanese doctor, arrives at the infamous Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece, after being urgently summoned for help by her friend who runs an NGO there. Alienated from her family except for her beloved brother, Mina has avoided being so close to her homeland for decades. But with a week off work and apart from her wife of 30 years, Mina hopes to accomplish something meaningful, among the abundance of Western volunteers who pose for selfies with beached dinghies and the camp's children.

Un racconto che dura quattro decenni e ha come centro geografico, politico e sentimentale l'isola del Giglio. Un luogo apparentemente paradisiaco e lontano dal resto del mondo, ma che diventa punto di partenza e di arrivo di eventi che segnano una storia familiare e al tempo stesso la storia del Paese.

Cinque racconti come un romanzo sul male di vivere. Infanzia e memoria, sentimento e comprensione sulle storie atroci e dolcissime di bambini soli e molto infelici. È un libro che accompagna alla maturità del sentire, alla rivelazione di una verità e alla possibile rinascita.

Zwischen Sekt und Sahnetorte stellte Oma die Frage der Fragen: "Kind, willst du nicht endlich heiraten und Kinder kriegen?" Kurz davor hatte es für Henriette 30 geschlagen und ihr unabhängiges Leben war super. Doch über Nacht scheint sie zum Ü30-Härtefall geworden zu sein: Von den einen kritisch beäugt, von den anderen beneidet. Zwischen Bausparvertrag, Dating-Chaos, DJ-Pult und digitalem Nomadentum sucht Henriette Hell nach einem Lebensentwurf, der die inneren und äußeren Fragen zum Verstummen bringt. Bis sie erkennt: Das Leben kann mich mal ... so nehmen, wie ich bin!

Derek Harper, a young African American man who dreams of becoming a successful songwriter, pursues his ambitions amid the colorful fast lane of the 1980s music industry, with only his parents to act as his conscience during his odyssey.

AD 1294. Caernarfon has fallen to Madog, and the Welsh uprising spreads like a wildfire. The four main warlords of Wales join forces to wreak havoc amongst the English settlers and rampage across the country in a frenzy of aggression born of a lifetime of servitude. One by one, Edward’s castles fall before the Welsh onslaught, but though there seems to be little reaction from the king, across the border, he musters his armies and plans the re-taking of his famed Ring of Steel.

In 1274, Edward the First ruled England having inherited the crown from his father, Henry the Third. Across the border to the west, the smaller country of Wales was ruled by Prince Llewellyn ap Gruffydd, a direct descendant of Llewellyn the Great. Tensions were strained between the two countries and minor conflicts were commonplace between the lesser nobles, but when Edward found out about Llewellyn’s proposed marriage to Eleanor du Montfort, he was incensed, and in 1275, arranged for her ship to be intercepted as she travelled from France to be with the Welsh prince.

King Henry is dead, and his son, Edward Longshanks, is on his way back from crusade to claim the crown and impose his iron will on a weakened country. The nobles of north Wales are nervous and grow frustrated at the inaction of their own leader, and make a daring pact to replace him with a figurehead to unite the warring factions against the English prince. In the south, two young men attempt to rebuild their lives after a terrifying ordeal in Acre.

Um velho homem escreve suas memórias de infância, vivida num bairro proletário do RJ, na virada dos anos 1950/1960. Naturalmente, e logo nas primeiras páginas, uma criança, um menino pequeno, apodera-se da narrativa, pois é na sua visão que iremos conhecer as histórias de um tempo, cronologicamente recente, mas cujo resultado de passagem, porém, foi comparável a de todo um milênio, tamanhas as mudanças ocorridas em tão breve espaço de tempo.

La vida de una locutora de radio, que responde cartas sentimentales en antena, y las de varios de sus oyentes se entrecruzan en una historia de amor, desamor, malos tratos y soledad situada en la Barcelona de finales del franquismo e inicio de la democracia. Cuando Aurora se convierte en la nueva voz de Elena Francis se encuentra con una gran responsabilidad. Por un lado, debe impedir que Elisa, una joven de diecisiete años que ha anunciado su intención de quitarse la vida, se suicide.

Uprooted from her comfortable life in Bogotá, Colombia, into an ant-infested Miami townhouse, 15-year-old Francisca is miserable and friendless in her strange new city. Her alienation grows when her mother is swept up into an evangelical church, replete with Christian salsa, abstinent young dancers, and baptisms for the dead. But there, Francisca also meets the magnetic Carmen: opinionated and charismatic, head of the youth group, and the pastor’s daughter. As her mother’s mental health deteriorates and her grandmother descends into alcoholism, Francisca falls in love with Carmen.

When Jamie Blair, 24, unemployed and back from the trenches, took lodgings at Larcom Street in Walworth, he had no idea he was walking into a trap. The house was owned by Henry Mullins, big, burly and a hard drinker. Henry made life hell for his four stepchildren who looked half-starved and frequently got bashed.

Best friends Kyle and Sideeq are beginning their first year of college in West London. Sideeq, a talented aspiring artist, spends his time perfecting his artwork and hanging out with his friends while having to learn how to process the harrowing events of his past. Kyle's ambitions are to become a rapper and a successful businessman. Though the deep bond of friendship formed between Kyle and Sideeq puts them on a path to achieve their dreams, college soon brings with it serious teenage social politics and a bully that terrorises their friend group.

American-born Catherine knows little of her Croatian mother's early life. When Marijana dies of ovarian cancer, 22-year-old Catherine finds herself cut off from the past she never really knew. As Catherine searches for clues to her mother's elusive history, she discovers that Marijana was orphaned during WWII, nearly died as a teenager, and escaped from Communist Yugoslavia to Rome, and then South America. Through travel and memory, history and imagination, Catherine resurrects the relatives she's never known.

Temilola is a kind-hearted boy from the upper echelons of Nigerian society who wakes up alone in the middle of Lagos and discovers that he has lost his memory. He soon finds that this is the least of his problems, as he must now attempt to survive the dangerous streets of Lagos.