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Tut has grown into his position as Pharaoh, but he is a wild young man. Naomi fears for him, not only because of his recklessness, but because he has put his trust in Ay - the man determined to destroy Naomi - despite her and Horemheb advising against it. Meanwhile, death and slavery hang over Naomi and her family.

Like the creation myths they supersede, the revelations of science are seared into our collective imagination through storytelling. From Archimedes' bath to Newton's apple, vivid accounts of scientific discovery help us understand the principles behind each theory, and add to the larger narrative of how the universe works, and how we came to be here. This anthology draws out and distils science's love of narrative from a wide range of scientific disciplines, weaving theory into very human stories.

Jane Lambert, the quick-witted and alluring daughter of a silk merchant, is twenty-two and still unmarried. When Jane’s father finally finds her a match, she’s married off to the dull, older silk merchant William Shore. Marriage doesn’t stop Jane from flirtation, however, and when the king’s chamberlain, Will Hastings, comes to her husband’s shop, Will knows King Edward will find her irresistible.

This exquisitely imagined novel opens as William rescues Caroline from a life of drudgery in Germany and brings her to England and a world of music making and stargazing. Lina, as Caroline is known, serves as William's assistant and the captain of his exhilaratingly busy household. William is generous, wise, and charismatic, an obsessive genius whom Lina adores and serves with the fervency of a beloved wife. When William suddenly announces that he will be married, Lina watches her world collapse.

En este magnífico audiolibro se narran los duros comienzos de una familia emigrante irlandesa, vista a través de un niño. Por ello, el oyente se encontrará con grandes dosis de humor y compasión transmitidos a través de su autor, Frank McCourt. Es una extraordinaria obra donde Frank McCourt nos muestra el amor, la dignidad, y el humor de una infancia marcada por el hambre, la muerte, y el dolor.

Barney Panofsky - Canadian expat, wily lover of women, writer, television producer, raconteur - is finally putting pen to paper so he can rebut the charges about him made in his rival’s autobiography. Whether it’s ranting about his bohemian misadventures during the 1950s in Paris, his tumultuous three marriages, or his successful trashy TV company, Totally Unnecessary Productions, he quickly proves that his memory may be slipping, but his bile isn’t.

Una reina que gobernó con justicia los Países Bajos, Hungría y Bohemia y que renunció a su infancia para convertirse en la gran reina que fue y la hermana predilecta de Carlos V. María de Habsburgo ha abandonado la regencia de los Países Bajos después de más de 25 años de un gobierno sabio y justo, acompaña a su hermano Carlos V a España, pero tras la muerte del emperador y de su hermana ordena, abatida, su correspondencia para enviársela a su hermana Catalina.

Leonor de Habsburgo tuvo que renunciar dos veces al amor de su vida y apartarse de su hija para no volver a verla nunca más por orden del emperador a quien le debía obediencia. Leonor de Habsburgo nos despliega la vida de una mujer que tuvo que someterse a las fuertes obligaciones que imponía la Casa de Habsburgo y que convertía a las mujeres en moneda de cambio política.

Cronaca dell'innamoramento, esplorazione del discorso amoroso, anatomia del sentimento al tempo della crisi, il nuovo romanzo di Giorgio Fontana disegna la geografia emotiva di un personaggio che trova se stesso per poi disorientarsi, smarrendosi in un movimento interminabile. Il suo, dettato dal desiderio e dal senso della fine, sarà un itinerario incessante in una città in cui sparire e nascondersi, e che di continuo si rivela, sorprende e inganna. Così come inganna quella passione, quella speranza, che per un momento ha illuminato, violenta e paradisiaca, la mente e il cuore.

Una piccola città di provincia, un garage. Un gruppo di ragazzi che ogni martedì si incontra per giocare di ruolo. Per vent'anni, mentre fuori la vita va avanti, il mondo cambia, la provincia perde di senso e scopo. Desiderio di fuga o forma di resistenza? Quel continuo tessere mondi prende i contorni dell'opposizione a una forza centripeta che, come il "Nulla" della Storia infinita, divora il fuori, vaporizza la città, il paese, le relazioni, le vite.

On a December night in 1938, a 10-year-old girl named Lore is put on the Kinder transport, a train carrying hundreds of Jewish children out of Austria to safety from Hitler's increasingly alarming oppression. Temporarily housed at the Dover Court Camp on England's east coast, Lore will find herself living in other people's houses for the next seven years: the Orthodox Levines, the Hoopers, the working-class Grimsleys, and the wealthy Miss Douglas and Mrs. Dillon.

Au mois de novembre 1953 débute le procès retentissant de Pauline Dubuisson, accusée d'avoir tué de sang-froid son amant. Mais qui est donc cette beauté ravageuse dont la France entière réclame la tête ? Une arriviste froide et calculatrice ? Un monstre de duplicité qui a couché avec les Allemands, a été tondu, avant d'assassiner par jalousie un garçon de bonne famille ? Ou n'est-elle, au contraire, qu'une jeune fille libre qui revendique avant l'heure son émancipation et questionne la place des femmes au sein de la société ?

Un matin d'octobre 1941, dans un château sinistre au fin fond du Périgord, Henri Girard appelle au secours : dans la nuit, son père, sa tante et la bonne ont été massacrés à coups de serpe. Il est le seul survivant. Toutes les portes étaient fermées, aucune effraction n'est constatée. Dépensier, arrogant, violent, le jeune homme est l'unique héritier des victimes. Deux jours plus tôt, il a emprunté l'arme du crime aux voisins. Pourtant, au terme d'un procès retentissant (et trouble par certains aspects), il est acquitté.

Among Howard Fast's historical fiction, Citizen Tom Paine - one of America's all-time best-sellers - occupies a special place, for it restored to a generation of readers the vision of Paine's revolutionary passion as the authentic roots of our national beginnings. Fast gives us "a vivid picture of Paine's mode of writing, idiosyncrasies, and character-generous, nobly unselfish, moody, often dirty, frequently drunken, a revolutionist by avocation" ( Library Journal).

Eine polyamouröse Clique, eine Schildkröte und ein schweigendes Kind fliehen aus der Stadt in ein Haus an der Küste. Sie flüchten vor der Langweile, vor sich selbst und ihrer eigenen Geschichte. Denn jemand ist gestorben. "Meine Gedanken sind nicht gut, und meistens folgen ihnen Taten", schreibt Anna in ihrem Tagebuch, mit dem sie auf Anraten ihres Therapeuten die Reise akribisch dokumentiert.

Sechs Freunde und ein Versprechen: Ihr Leben soll nicht in Ordnern mit der Aufschrift "Birth - School - Work - Death" abgeheftet werden. Deshalb ziehen sie gemeinsam ins Auerhaus. Eine Schüler-WG auf dem Dorf - unerhört. Aber sie wollen nicht nur ihr Leben retten, sondern vor allem das ihres besten Freundes Frieder. Denn der ist sich nicht so sicher, warum er überhaupt leben soll. Bov Bjerg erzählt mitreißend und einfühlsam von Liebe, Freundschaft und sechs Idealisten, deren Einfallsreichtum nichts weniger ist als Notwehr gegen das Vorgefundene. Denn ihr Ringen um das Glück ist auch ein Kampf um Leben und Tod.

In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India", Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. An inspired travel narrative and family memoir by an exceptional writer.

M. F. K. Fisher's first novel tells of a late-summer idyll at the Swiss farmhouse of Tim and Sara, where guests have gathered at ease on the terrace next to the burbling fountain in which baby lettuces are being washed, there to enjoy the food and wine served them by this stylish American couple. But all around these seemingly fortunate people, the forces of darkness are gathering: The year is 1939; World War II approaches.

Tutto comincia alle sei di mattina, in radio, dove due giornalisti assonnati si danno il turno. Lui è appena arrivato e cerca di svegliarsi con un caffè, lei sta correndo a casa dopo aver lavorato tutta la notte. E succede che nella fretta i due si scambiano per errore i cellulari. Si rivedono qualche ora più tardi, e da un dialogo surreale nasce un invito al cinema, poi una mostra, un aperitivo, una gita in montagna.

Davidù sale sul ring per la prima volta a nove anni. Cresciuto senza un padre - il Paladino, pugile fenomenale, morto poco prima della sua nascita - in una Palermo sporca, violenta e luminosa, sotto la protezione del gigantesco zio Umbertino e dell'enigmatico nonno Rosario, ci racconta cinquant'anni di storia, dalle bombe della seconda guerra mondiale a quelle di mafia del '92, accompagnato da una schiera di personaggi memorabili.