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Between War and Peace brings listeners into the heart of the American Revolution through the extraordinary true story of Deborah Sampson, a young woman who refused to be confined by the expectations of her time. When women were told to remain silent, obedient, and safely behind the lines, Deborah cut her hair, bound her chest, took the name Robert Shurtlieff, and marched into the Continental Army.

Schon früh muss Valdir zu Hause Trunksucht, Gewalt und Streit mitansehen. Nach der Scheidung der Eltern pendelt der Knabe heimatlos zwischen Mutter und Vater hin und her, bis sein angetrunkener Vater den Neunjährigen mit einer brutalen Tracht Prügel aus dem Haus jagt. Valdir landet auf der Straße. Dort lernt er sein Handwerk: Stehlen, um zu überleben. Er gerät ins Bandenmilieu eines Elendsviertels, wird zum Kopf einer kriminellen Gang in São Paulo. Bis eine Begegnung mit einem Streetworker alles verändert.

A Maratha army marches on Poona. The Peshwa flees his own capital. The Company decides to put him back on his throne, and the road that begins at Seringapatam ends at a fortress thought to be unassailable. Major William Culpepper rides north with Arthur Wellesley, attached to the general's staff for a campaign that will cross half a subcontinent. He serves two purposes. One is line work, the kind of fighting that wins battles and fills graves.

Born an indentured servant and bound by slavery for the first twenty-one years of her life, Dinah Clark ultimately earned her freedom, married, had children, bought a house, and mastered the arduous work of a sawyer. Her profession—unusual for a woman at the time—sustained her following the early death of her husband. Her outgoing nature and skill as a woodcutter made her one of the most famous African American women in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the 19th century.

A brilliant sliding-doors reimagining of the passionate life of the first woman to win a Nobel Prize – and the life Marie Curie might have led if she had chosen love over science. Poland, 1891. Marie Curie (then Marya Sklodowska) was engaged to a budding mathematician, Kazimierz Zorawski. But...

Perfect for fans of the House of Guinness Netflix series. 'An utterly captivating insight into these fascinating women and the times they lived in ... it's an absolute page-turner' Irish Independent 'Masterfully and glamorously told ... essential reading for history and gossip lovers alike'...

Dans Sido, Colette rend un hommage bouleversant à sa mère, cette femme libre, fantasque et passionnée de nature, dont l’empreinte marquera à jamais son œuvre. Entre souvenirs d’enfance, évocations sensorielles et portraits familiaux, l’autrice nous transporte dans un univers tendre, bucolique et intensément vivant.

La storia d’amore di una francese quindicenne con un giovane miliardario cinese, sullo sfondo di un ritratto di famiglia, nell’Indocina degli anni Trenta. Strade brulicanti di vita, il jazz, l’odore della pioggia e dei gelsomini. Racconti rivelazione di una lucidità struggente, di terribile e dolce bellezza, L’amante è l’opera che ha dato a Duras la consacrazione di un’immensa popolarità.

A breathless, riveting novel about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder who rejects the stability and approval found in a traditionally 'normal' life for a career in stand-up comedy, from the bestselling author of Still Alice and Inside the O'Briens. Maddy Banks is just like any other...

Elly, bambina dalla personalità vivace e dall'animo sensibile, racconta la propria infanzia e i dolorosi eventi che ne segnano il passaggio all'adolescenza. Cresce tra Camogli e l'entroterra ligure, accudita dai nonni materno e paterno, dalla zia Cleofe, sorella di sua madre, e dallo zio Ugo, il rude ma giusto segretario comunale. La nonna paterna, Eleonora, è la sua confidente e consolatrice, colei che le insegna l'arte del ricamo e della cucina. Il nonno materno, Giuseppe, uomo di cultura poliedrica, le trasmette l'amore per i libri e la passione per la musica.

Buda es una figura sin igual en el mundo. En este libro, Deepak Chopra nos narra la vida de este personaje absolutamente fuera de lo común que, siendo heredero de un gran reino y acostumbrado a vivir entre lujos y caprichos, decide abandonar su hogar cuando es todavía muy joven para explorar el mundo. Después de consagrarse al rezo y a la meditación, y de ayudar a los pobres y enfermos, descubre un día que su cuerpo y su mente se han liberado de las pasiones terrenales para convertirse en Buda, el iluminado.

For Steve Grey growing up, abuse and uncertainty was all he ever knew. Pulled out of a difficult family upbringing when he was only a child, Steve jumped from children's home to children's home, rarely ever escaping the after-effects of the trauma that defined much of his early years. Unfortunately, the type of suffering Grey endured doesn't just get to be wiped away, as Switch Back examines how his childhood abuse also manifested itself in his adult life in ways he could have never imagined.

From the million-copy bestselling author of The Frozen River comes a thrilling historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, an infamous Irish sea captain and folk heroine who risked everything to protect her people against the powerful Elizabethan regime. Grace O’Malley was...

Legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel is revered for her sophisticated style - the iconic little black dress - and famed for her intoxicating perfume Chanel No. 5. Yet behind the public persona is a complicated woman of intrigue, shadowed by mysterious rumors. The Queen of Paris, the new novel from award-winning author Pamela Binnings Ewen, vividly imagines the hidden life of Chanel during the four years of Nazi occupation in Paris in the midst of WWII - as discovered in recently unearthed wartime files.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Kirsty Besterman, an experienced TV and theatre actress known for her leading role as Lady Macbeth in the National Theatre Tour, as well as a number of roles with Shakespeare's Globe and the RSC. 'January 22nd - Robert startles me...

'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska-a place of...

Quand j'étais enfant, ma mère ne cessait de me répéter : "Arrête avec tes mensonges." J'inventais si bien les histoires, paraît-il, qu'elle ne savait plus démêler le vrai du faux. J'ai fini par en faire un métier, je suis devenu romancier. Aujourd'hui, voilà que j'obéis enfin à ma mère : je dis la vérité. Pour la première fois. Dans ce livre. Autant prévenir d'emblée : pas de règlement de comptes, pas de violence, pas de névrose familiale.

For everyone who has fallen through the wardrobe door, experienced the magic of Narnia, and longs to know more, New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan delivers a heartfelt story that is simultaneously a fascinating look into the bond between siblings, a peek behind the curtain of...

A poignant masterpiece of wrenching personal expression from the author of On the Road and The Dharma BumsIn this 1962 novel, Kerouac's alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin on the...

Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand. Typically that would be: work in the fields for a few years; have a few babies; give them to mum to take care of and get back to work until her kids had their own children, and it would be her turn to stop working to take care of them.