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Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2025 The knock on the door changed everything. Until then, we were happy; we knew who we were. ‘You’ve got the wrong person,’ I told him. ‘My wife is gentle and kind. She wouldn’t hurt a fly.’ In 1939, when she was just nineteen years old...

In the glittering courts and shadowed bazaars of eleventh-century Persia, Harold Lamb brings to vivid life the story of Omar Khayyam—the brilliant tentmaker's son who would become known to the world as the poet of the Rubáiyát, yet was celebrated in his own time as a master astronomer, mathematician, and calendar-maker. Amid the pageantry of Nishapur and the power struggles of the Seljuk Empire, Omar rises as a favored adviser to Sultan Malikshah, advancing bold ideas about the heavens and the earth while navigating intrigue, rivalry, and the jealousies of those who seek the sultan's favor.

In familiären, aber auch beruflichen Episoden wird hier, in diesem schnellen Bericht, das Leben des Träumers und Lebemanns Baron Árpád Pelzinger zu Beginn des vorigen Jahrhunderts skizzenhaft dargestellt, ein Aristokrat anrüchiger Herkunft, mit dem es das Schicksal gut meinte, was wiederum ihm ein durchaus bewegtes Dasein garantierte, von der Kindheit angefangen bis ins hohe Alter hinein.

M ist Schauspielerin, eine globale Ikone und existiert längst öffentlich in unendlich vielen Bildern – in Rollen, Szenen, den Erinnerungen anderer. Das eigene Leben hingegen bleibt ihr die fremdeste Rolle. Zwischen ihr und der Erzählerin entspinnt sich ein faszinierendes Gespräch: über...

À 17 ans, Vickie, jeune fille naïve d'une petite ville texane, tombe enceinte de son copain. Rejetée par sa mère et bientôt par sa belle-famille, elle trouve refuge dans un club de strip-tease avec son bébé. Un peu trop grande, un peu maladroite, elle est pourtant vite remarquée pour le pouvoir d'attraction qu'elle exerce sur les hommes. De playmate à star de la téléréalité, son ascension sera fulgurante.

An irresistible novel of fame, power, beauty and truth -- 'Truly masterful, her best work so far. I loved it' Vincenzo Latronico A little while ago, I told the actor M that I was thinking of writing her autobiography. She liked the idea. She's a good sport. Would you just make it up? she said. M...

"There is a humility in author and narrator Rachel Cusk’s voice that makes this analysis feel earnest, not cold. There is no judgment in her tone, but instead a tenacity that doesn’t let up until every aspect, flattering or not, of M's psyche has been uncovered." — Kirkus Reviews From the...

Vamsi is a well-known movie director. He's popular throughout Telugu-speaking states as a legendary director. He's known to the magazine reading public through his stories like 'Pasalapudi Kathalu', Diguva Godavari Kathalu' etc. Those who read his travel literature like 'Kotipalli...

আমাদের সুপরিচিত ইতিহাসের কাহিনীগুলি প্রকৃতপক্ষে বিজয়ীর বয়ানে লেখা ইতিহাস, সেখানে কেবল বিজয়ীর বিজয়গাথাই...

Mary Tudor has done the impossible. She has taken back her throne in a bloodless coup, becoming the first woman to rule England in her own right. Now, as Mary navigates this uncharted path, she embarks on a mission to restore Catholicism in a country that has been torn apart by religious strife and become increasingly more Protestant.

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...

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.

On the set of Boom!, a big‑budget adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play, Elizabeth Taylor is at the height of her fame. It's an exhilarating experience for everyone in her orbit. That includes Jean, her personal assistant, and Buddy, her semi-closeted best friend and costume designer. Yet...

Brought to you by Penguin. Charles Highway is every mother's worst nightmare. Precociously intelligent, mercilessly manipulative and highly sexed, Charles devotes the last of his teenage years to bedding girls and evading the half-arsed overtures of his distant parents. That is, until, he meets...

আমার যা আছে আধুনিক জীবনের এক আশ্চর্য উপন্যাসের নায়ক সাগর। একজন বোহেমিয়ান বেকার তরুণ। বেকার থাকতেই সে...

লেখক সৈয়দ মুস্তাফা সিরাজের সাহিত্য একাডেমী 1994 পুরস্কার প্রাপ্ত বই - অলীক মানুষ। মুস্তাফা সিরাজের কলমের জাদুকরী...

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.

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.

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.

Nach einem gewalttätigen Vorfall in der Schule wird Vidar vom Lehrdienst suspendiert. Zu Hause findet er in einem alten, vergessenen Pappkarton zufällig die Telefonnummer des alten Sommerhauses der Familie. Als er die Nummer wählt, meldet sich sein Vater, der vor langer Zeit verstorben ist. Vidar hat den 17. Juni 1986 angerufen, einen Tag aus seiner Kindheit, an dem etwas Entscheidendes passiert ist. Nur was? Immer wieder wählt Vidar diese Nummer, immer wieder landet er beim 17. Juni – es ist, als ob sich eine Falltür in die Vergangenheit öffnet.