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Gordon Parker is just an eager 18-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a 16-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. But when they fall in love, they change the course of history. When Gordon arrived in Japan, he expected ruthless samurai, angry Japanese men ready to kill Australians at every corner. Instead, he found Cherry, terrified of ex-enemy soldiers, a 16-year-old survivor of the atomic bomb. Against all the rules and against all odds, they fall in love.

The Last Straw is not just a story of an educator; it’s the story of anyone who has ever felt unseen while giving their all. It’s about the quiet heroism of showing up anyway, the pain of ambition smothered by bureaucracy, and the haunting question: what happens when the system breaks the very people who are trying to save it?

An unlicensed promoter stumbles into the cockpit of a 1930’s seaplane and into an international air race, turning a sales stunt into a wild adventure, crossing the Australian outback, creating headlines, and near-death crashes. This is a rollicking aviation adventure based on a true story of a struggling 21-year-old ad guy and a 33-year-old seaplane spanning just 45 days as an unlicensed pilot in a daring attempt to participate in the 1969 London to Sydney Air Race. It begins with his abusive upbringing, starting at the bottom rung of the advertising world, leading to the start of his agency.

La colline qui travaille raconte des gens ordinaires. Des gens qui ont vécu des bouleversements politiques et sociaux à la fin du XIXe siècle, traversé une guerre mondiale, puis une seconde, subi une crise économique, connu les Trente Glorieuses et le début d'un nouveau millénaire. Philippe Manevy raconte les liens profonds qui unissent le présent et le passé ; comme si nos existences ne se révélaient seulement dans la somme jamais achevée de celles qui nous ont précédés.

Im Hörspiel 'Abgesang auf Leo G.' tritt die Kunstfigur Leo Greller als mäßig erfolgreicher Liedermacher der `Hamburger Schule´ an der Seite ehemaliger Weggefährten auf.

Diese hier handelt von dem bewegten Leben einer irdischen Heiligen, die manche für eine ganz normale Verrückte hielten. Prinzessin Alice erzählt vom bewegten und überraschenden Leben der hochadligen Alice von Battenberg, der Großmutter des britischen Königs Charles III. Eine atemberaubende Schönheit, erzogen dazu, Königin zu werden. Ihre Familie wandte sich ab und brachte sie in einer der frühen Psychiatrien unter, der sie unter größter Gefahr aber mit großem Einfallsreichtum entkam. Fortan lebte sie in größter Einsamkeit in Griechenland, wo sie eine Suppenküche für die Ärmsten unterhielt.

When war breaks out in Israel in 1973, childhood friends Haim and Dov are called up together to serve in a tank battalion. In the chaos of battle, the friends are separated. A month later, on his first leave, Haim returns home alone. Weary and saddened, but sustained by religious faith, he struggles to come to terms with his experiences. One question remains uppermost in Haim's mind: What happened to Dov?

William Perry’s friendship had a significant influence on Henry Ford and the hiring of African-Americans at the Ford Motor Company. In later years, Henry used the metaphor of having shared a cross cut saw with William Perry, to explain his belief that African-Americans and whites should work together in harmony, with “The coloured man (sawing) at one end of the log and the white man at the other. “

Nell's dream of traveling on a transatlantic steamship is about to come true. Although not in the way she expected. Life is hard, and with only three women working amongst a crew of eighty, there are challenges Nell had not foreseen. While she struggles to cope with the constant attention of her colleagues, not to mention their criticisms, there are some who will do whatever they can to support her.

A portrait of the poet as an office worker, plumbing the depths of the spiritual gulf between art and work. It’s the summer of 2017 and D__, a poet working by day as a copywriter at a retail start-up, can’t dispel a creeping sense of dissolution on the horizon. Whether it be the company’s...

With one impatient phone call, a young Christopher Isherwood is drawn into the film industry. On the other end of the line is the brilliant yet temperamental Austrian director Friedrich Bergmann. Christopher’s job is to rescue the script of a saccharine love story set in nineteenth-century Vienna, a film called Prater Violet. Meanwhile, in the real Vienna of 1934, the Austrian right crushes a socialist uprising. Bergmann is distraught; his family is in danger in Vienna, while his prophecy of a coming war goes unheeded by his British colleagues.

Nevzrušené dětství na americkém Středozápadě. A také strach z nočních můr a fyzického násilí, halucinace a plačtivost. Záliba v rybaření, lovu, turistice a čtení. Prázdnota ústící v samotářská dobrodružství a vloupačky. Studium anglické literatury na prestižní americké univerzitě, kterou nenáviděl. Poflakování po Evropě, homosexuální pajzly. Po návratu domů život z renty, flinkání a psychoterapie. Z ní vyražen jako „nenapravitelný lhář". Příležitostná zaměstnání jako krysař, soukromý detektiv, výčepní, dělník. Život na hraně a návyk na drogy.

La vida de Coro Egurrola, una empresaria vasca de éxito, a punto de casarse, da un vuelco total cuando recibe un requerimiento notarial de una desconocida para la venta de una casa en una aldea castellana de la que jamás ha oído hablar. De esta manera tan sorprendente, Coro descubrirá la existencia de su verdadera abuela, Magdalena, y las tragedias que sufrió durante la guerra civil.

Deu anys després de la mort del seu pare, el narrador d'aquest llibre decideix escriure-la. Amb l'ombra del suïcidi que priva el dol, es pregunta: és possible trobar les paraules d'un comiat que no es va produir? Així, aquest relat personal i íntim esdevé una recerca per entendre com es forgen els vincles familiars, a què condemna el silenci, on s'amaga la veritat d'una història. Però l'escriptura falla, i l'autor recorre a les biografies d'escriptors que es van suïcidar i a les seves darreres notes per reconstruir un adeu possible, temptatiu.

Darlin is not me, but she carries my truth. In Love’s Gospel: A Testimony, which offers a semi-autobiographical work of lyrical fiction rooted in the body, the voice, and the journey home to self. Through Darlin’s eyes, we witness a Black woman navigating trauma, betrayal, pleasure, motherhood, music, and memory in a world that rarely makes space for her to exist, let alone heal.

Nell is born to a new century, her life forged in the expanses of the New Zealand High Country. She yearns to go beyond the confines of family expectation and vows to keep alive the flame of her inner freedom. Yet that freedom is tested: by her husband’s pride and the rigours of family life on a Maniototo sheep station. Her trust is betrayed. Another love must be reckoned with. Tragedy befalls her. Two wars, a pandemic and the Depression keep Nell tethered by duty. Is it even possible for a woman of Nell’s era to carve her own path?

For fans of Conn Iggulden, Ben Kane, and Simon Scarrow comes a spellbinding tale of adventure and unshakeable friendship from the author of the bestselling Wolf of Corwick Castle Series. If you liked Hadrack of Corwick, you will love Marcus Agrippa!

Luchs denkt, seine Geschichte wäre gelebt. Er ist Friedhofswächter und dreht da jede Nacht seine Runden – und damit scheint er auch zufrieden zu sein. Bis die 13-jährige Teresa auftaucht und er ihr Feuer leiht, ohne zu ahnen, dass er sich damit eine Suspendierung einheimst. Nach anfänglichem Ärger werden er und Teresa Freunde. Sie bringt ihm bei, Gitarre zu spielen, und erinnert ihn daran, dass er es einmal gewagt hatte, sein Leben zu leben.

USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Tate blends fact and fiction with elegance...A captivating, emotionally resonant portrait of a singular woman who refused to be diminished." — LIBRARY JOURNAL "Tate has a rare gift for storytelling that strikes straight to the heart." — SADEQA JOHNSON, New York Times...

Experience another 13 chapters of "The People Who Cam Has Encountered" in Volume 6 of the series (and my 10th book overall). This collection of rated-r short stories will probably shock you, make you laugh, and possibly trigger a gag reflex.