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A BBC Radio six-part dramatisation of Marcel Proust’s groundbreaking series of novels, tracing the extraordinary story of the author’s own life. Starring James Wilby and Jonathan Firth, and with a distinguished cast including Harriet Walter, Imogen Stubbs and Corin Redgrave, this rich...

Quando la sorella gemella Olivia rimane vittima del terremoto dell'Aquila, Caterina deve reinventarsi madre per Marco rimasto semiorfano il cui padre vive a Roma e non ha tempo per lui. E allora tocca a Caterina e alla madre anziana trovare il modo di prendersi cura del ragazzo, strappando le energie necessarie al lutto che le schiaccia. Un romanzo che parla del dolore sordo e inesorabile di perdere una persona cara ma anche della possibilità di una rinascita che trova forza nei luoghi più inaspettati: rinascita di una città e rinascita della gioia di vivere.

"Lo Svedese" è un soprannome magico al liceo di Newark, New Jersey. Appartiene a Seymour Levov, il ragazzo che tutti vorrebbero essere. Alto, biondo, atletico, ebreo, Levov eccelle nel baseball e - nell' America degli anni '50 - è destinato ad eccellere nella vita: il successo professionale, quello famigliare, la villetta borghese. Ma la lunga ed estenuante guerra del Vietnam squasserà l'America e coinvolgerà personalmente Seymour, nel modo più tremendo.

Hector Malot (1830-1907) scrisse più di 70 opere. La più famosa è indubbiamente “Senza famiglia” (1878), romanzo di formazione, in cui Remi, di 8 anni, viene venduto ad un artista di strada. Il romanzo non era stato inteso dall’autore come libro per ragazzi, anche se tale divenne la sua fama. Ed in effetti è godibilissimo anche dagli adulti, e le avventure di Remigio ci accompagnano in un viaggio storico geografico nella Francia del 1800. Numerosi gli adattamenti cinematografici, e anche la produzione giapponese di “anime”, Remi e le sue avventure

A wonderful biography of American writer Edgar Allan Poe for beginners. This biography of Poe is for people new to the life and work of the American master Poet and Short Storywriter, who perfected the horror story, and created the first examples of science fiction and detective fiction in...

This book is about fresh starts, about love, about friendship. It is also about the earth-shattering experience of becoming a father, the mundane struggles of family life, ridiculously unsuccessful holidays, the emotional strains of children’s’ birthday parties and pushing a pram around...

Sixteenth century England. The Protestant Reformation sweeps across Europe into England, bringing political and religious upheaval and danger to all who embrace this new learning. Into this tumultuous period, young Anne Askew, a gentlewoman from Lincolnshire, forges her way into history. From the peasant revolt in Northern England, which threatens the very lives of her beloved father and brothers, through a loveless marriage, and finally to the political intrigues of Henry VIII’s court, Anne’s courageous and steadfast faith sustains her.

Born and bred in the Texas Pandhandle town of Comanche Crossing, William "Wild Bill" Longley gunned down a dozen of its men in cold blood before he got around to the sheriff and deputy - so he could take over the job himself. Then he found the perfect sidekick in a vicious career criminal named Booker Tate. 

Jean Mancilla, dans un récit comme une confidence, raconte les 25 premières années de sa vie. Enfant en proie à la violence paternelle, perdu face à l'indifférence maternelle, il est, malgré son goût de la lecture, sa passion pour la poésie et ses aptitudes aux études, retiré de l'école dès 14 ans pour être mis en apprentissage... L'auteur prête sa voix à ce roman émouvant. Il sait lui donner toute la profondeur et l'émotion qui conviennent à ce texte où le narrateur semble confier au lecteur comme on murmure à l'oreille le récit de sa vie. Une interprétation pleine de retenue et de vérité.

Amsterdam, 1640. Un homme est excommunié de la communauté juive portugaise pour avoir remis en question les Saintes Ecritures. Le jeune Bento de Espinosa assiste à la scène et l'épisode fait germer en lui un doute. Et si tout ce qui est écrit dans la Bible était faux ? Le soupçon va lancer Bento dans la plus grande quête intellectuelle qui soit. Qui a écrit les textes sacrés ? Qui est vraiment Dieu ? Qu'est-ce que la nature ? Toutes ces questions sont extrêmement dangereuses et le jeune Spinoza va bientôt en payer le prix. Juifs et chrétiens l'accusent d'hérésie et commencent à le persécuter.

İvan İlyiç'in Ölümü, Tolstoy tarafından 1886 yılında yazılmış bir romandır. Hem biyografik hem de psikolojik romanların en başarılı ilk örnekleri arasında yer alır. İvan İlyiç, yüksek rütbeli bir yargıç olarak sürdürdüğü hayatının sonlarına doğru yaşadıklarının ve geçmişte sahip olduğu değerlerin boşluğunu farkeder ve ömrünün son günlerini derin bir hayal kırıklığıyla tamamlar. Tolstoy'un önemli eserleri arasında yer alan bu kısa romanı, yaşanan hayatı sorgulamakta ve ölüm karşısında tüm değerlerin anlamsızlığını vurgulamaktadır

Halikarnas Balıkçısı, Mavi Sürgün için demişti ki: "Karakolda ona, İstiklal Mahkemesi'ne gideceksin denir. Niçin İstiklal Mahkemesi'ne gittiğini bilmez. İki jandarma ile, kelepçeli olarak İstiklal Mahkemesi'ne sürüklenir. Mahkemenin bulduğu bir suç vardır. Sonunda cezasının idam olacağı anlaşılır. Sabırlık ve tarlakuşu eller, göğüste kavuşturulmuş, idamı bekler. Sürgün edileceksin, denilir. Sürgün yeri Bodrum, bir muammadır, bir karanlıktır. Ama işte apansız karanlık kalmaz. Bu Mavi Sürgün yazısı, bu işin nasıl olduğunu anlatacaktır."

Ein großes Vergnügen für alle, die Bücher lieben: der autobiografische Bestseller aus Japan. "Alles begann damals in einer Nacht im Januar. Erschöpft saß ich in einem Bahnhofsrestaurant in Yokohama und starrte auf die Uhr, die unerträglich langsam auf zwei Uhr zu kroch. So spät in der Nacht wollte ich nicht mal mehr etwas lesen." Nach der Trennung von ihrem Mann ist Buchhändlerin Nanako Hanada erst einmal verloren.

Rumi vive nas ruas, preso ao seu passado doloroso, até que conhece Malu. Nessa troca de amizade e afeto, sua vida se ilumina para novas possibilidades. Uma história sobre como, no encontro com o outro, acabamos encontrando nós mesmos. "Uma leitura doce, que sacode a alma da gente e faz possível sentir a pulsação da vida que insiste em viver, mas que figura uma das faces mais severas do desequilíbrio social." Lorrane Benedicto "Adorei Rumi. Me fez pensar em algumas leituras sensíveis, importantes para sairmos de nosso confortável e privilegiado lugar.

Walter Benjamin (1892 - 1940), war vieles: Philosoph, Kulturkritiker, Übersetzer - aber auch ein Schriftsteller. Auf der Flucht vor den Nazis, die Frankreich besetzt hatten, nahm er sich an der spanischen Grenze das Leben. In seinem autobiografischen Werk Berliner Kindheit um neunzehnhundert beschreibt er in kunstvollen Miniaturen einzelne Bilder und Bruchstücke von Reminiszenzen seiner Kindheit, die an Kunstfertigkeit kaum zu übertreffen sind.

At the beginning of Virginia Woolf's fantastical and satirical 1928 novel, Orlando is a young nobleman in Elizabethan England. At the age of 30, Orlando awakens to have found he's now a woman. Moving through the following centuries, the novel stretches over 300 years, during which time Orlando...

Sweeping yet intimate, Flight of the Wild Swan tells the story of Florence Nightingale, a brilliant, trailblazing woman whose humanity has been obscured beneath the iconic weight of legend. From adolescence, Nightingale was determined to fulfill her life's calling to serve the sick and suffering. Overcoming Victorian hierarchies, familial expectations, patriarchal resistance, and her own illness, she used her hard-won acclaim as a battlefield nurse to bring the profession out of its shadowy, disreputable status and elevate nursing to a skilled practice and compassionate art.

Brought to you by Penguin. This is the story of three women - one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly forty years. The third is his daughter, caught in the crossfire between her...

“I’m sick to death of this particular self. I want another.” Virginia Woolf’s Orlando is the extraordinary biography of a young nobleman in the court of Elizabeth I who transforms into a woman and lives for over three centuries. In his youth, Orlando is a passionate lover and poet. He...

New York, 1953. For Alana Olson, there's always been something about Picasso. An art historian and aspiring journalist, Alana was bound to encounter the most renowned artist of the era, but it was her late mother's strange fascination with the man that inspired Alana's doctoral thesis on his work. Then an assignment for a profile on Picasso from her dream publication leads Alana to a series of intimate interviews with Sara Murphy and Irene Legut - two women from the once-vibrant French social circle that included the artist.