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L'acqua ha sommerso ogni cosa: solo la punta del campanile emerge dal lago. Trina è una giovane madre che alla ferita della collettività somma la propria: invoca di continuo il nome della figlia, scomparsa senza lasciare traccia. Finché la guerra viene a bussare alla porta di casa, e Trina segue il marito disertore sulle montagne, dove entrambi imparano a convivere con la morte.

Остенде – блистательный морской курорт, на котором в 1936 году собрались писатели, журналисты, издатели, поэты – Стефан Цвейг и Йозеф Рот, Артур Кестлер и Эрнст Толлер - все те, кому нет места в национал-социалистической Германии. Поэты в бегах, писатели в изгнании. Фолькер Вайдерманн точно и проникновенно рассказывает историю того удивительного лета незадолго до Второй мировой войны, когда цвет немецкой творческой интеллигенции празднует жизнь (у большинства из них она скоро оборвется), как это могут делать только полностью отчаявшиеся люди.

Alles ist schwierig, bevor es leicht wird: Daniela Dröscher erzählt so intensiv wie humorvoll von einer Frau, die endlich Verantwortung für das eigene Glück übernimmt. Zeit ihres Lebens stand Ela wortwörtlich im Schatten ihrer Mutter. Deren dicker Körper, so die Überzeugung des Vaters, war für das Unglück der gesamten Familie verantwortlich. Nun ist Ela erwachsen, und es ist ihr eigener, ihr kranker Körper, der sie verzweifeln lässt. Kurz vor dem Abschluss ihrer Promotion erlebt Ela einen Zusammenbruch.

All he wants is a quiet wife. But she wants something more . . . 19th Century, Liverpool. As wife to an errant husband, the art patron and industrialist Frederick Leyland, Frances is losing her sense of self. Living in the beautiful Speke Hall with her family, she is shocked when Frederick...

Автобиографическая трилогия «Из Ларк-Райз в Кэндлфорд» — ностальгическая ода, воспевающая жизнь провинциальной Англии Викторианской эпохи, рассказанная от лица девочки Лоры, выросшей в деревушке Ларк-Райз на севере Оксфордшира, а затем, еще подростком, устроившейся работать в почтовое отделение в близлежащем городке Кэндлфорд-Грин.

After a decade chasing dreams in New York—and running from the pieces of herself she left behind—Tiffany W. White returns to her childhood home in Tulsa with nothing but a suitcase and a broken melody echoing in her heart. Haunted by past regrets and the silence of an absent father, she never planned to stay long. But the porch light still flickers, the piano still plays across the fence, and a familiar neighbor still remembers the girl who once believed in music.

قام النظام الشمولي الإيراني بشنق امرأة تبلغ من العمر ستة وعشرين عامًا أدينت بارتكاب جريمة قتل ، على الرغم من دفاعها المستمر عن نفسها. العديد من الجماعات الحقوقية...

Catherine Parr ha soltanto sette anni quando, durante un torneo, il suo destino incrocia per la prima volta quello di Enrico VIII, il re d'Inghilterra. Catherine non può certo immaginare che un giorno, passata anche lei attraverso vari matrimoni, finirà con il diventare la sesta e ultima moglie di Enrico. Coraggiosa, romantica, colta e appassionata d'arte, Catherine assisterà a congiure ed esecuzioni e solo grazie alle sue arti diplomatiche riuscirà a sfuggire miracolosamente alla morte.

« Kells, c'est moi. Gamin enfui de Lyon à 17 ans pour ne pas être dévoré par son Minotaure de père, raciste et antisémite. Enfant fragile devenu chien des rues, luttant pour sa survie pendant un an, seul à Paris, sans toit, sans refuge, sans rien d'autre pour dormir que les bancs, les caves d'immeubles, les paillassons des derniers étages. Un paumé qui se faisait appeler Kells, en référence à un Évangéliaire irlandais du IX e siècle, une merveille celtique.

تحكي هذه الرواية سيرة «لسان الدين ابن الخطيب»، شهيدِ المحبّةِ وصريعِ الروح الذي يُعتبر مع صديقه ابن خلدون أعظمَ رجلين أنجبهما القرن الثامن الهجري في الغرب...

«Te incineraron con una novela mía entre las manos. Por eso escribo este libro. Hasta ese momento jamás pensé que contaría nuestra historia. Había logrado asumir el largo camino de tu final, que a veces, no sé si atreverme a decirlo, tanto deseaba que llegara, y describir aquel calvario...

Victoria Eugenia de Battenberg, reina de España por su matrimonio con Alfonso XIII y nieta de la reina Victoria de Inglaterra, fue una mujer despreciada por su marido, anulada por su suegra -la reina madre María Cristina-, ridiculizada por la corte, ignorada por sus súbditos y castigada por...

La locura y el horror han obsesionado mi vida, escribe el autor. Los libros que he escrito no hablan de otra cosa. Después de "El adversario", ya no aguantaba más. Quise escapar. Creí que escapaba amando a una mujer y realizando una investigación. La investigación fue sobre mi abuelo...

La infanta Paz de Borbón nació entre los algodones y las puntillas del Palacio Real de Madrid en 1862. Según los mentideros de la corte, fruto de la relación de la reina Isabel II con su secretario personal Miguel Tenorio de Castilla. Fue una niña dulce y callada con un carácter muy...

As she is seventh in line to the throne, sixteen-year-old Lady Margaret Clifford knows her marriage should be an important one. Which is why she is shocked to learn her father has agreed to entertain a proposal from a mere knight. Sir Andrew Dudley is a court favorite and joins the ranks of the Duke of Northumberland's family who are attempting to secure politically advantageous marriages. With the boy-king Edward VI failing to secure a marriage of his own and produce an heir, it is clear the Dudleys are plotting a path to the throne.

In 1920s Paris, Misia Sert is a patron and a muse to the most revolutionary artists of the era. She is also profoundly in love with renowned muralist José María “Jojo” Sert, who prizes his wife’s iconoclastic vision and independence. But in Misia’s rarified circle, there is no greater kindred soul than designer Coco Chanel. Two women, two friends, for whom rules do not apply. Then Misia finds herself challenged by the enigmatic Roussadana Mdivani, a Russian émigré and sculptress who solicits Jojo’s tutelage in service to a rising career of her own.

Based on real-life characters and events, this historical novel tells the story of Sebastian Castellio, a brilliant theologian and ethicist, whose calls for religious tolerance and dialogue in the sixteenth century sparked a violent backlash from his one-time colleague and friend, the renowned Protestant Reformer John Calvin.

I was tired of watching one child abuser after another get little to no consequence for destroying the futures of so many innocent victims. I felt more and more infuriated after learning a case investigated with solid evidence had charges negotiated and pled down to little or no jail time.

It was a beautiful spring day in 1836, and Texas had just won its independence from Mexico. Across the wild frontier, Texans—including the Parker family—were celebrating in grand fashion. The Parkers had traveled 1,000 miles from Illinois to Central Texas, quickly building a strong fort to protect themselves from the feared Comanche. Yet, on this day, for some reason, they did the unthinkable and left the main gate wide open.

The year is 1853, and Princess Elisabeth “Sisi” of Bavaria has been very clear: She will wait for the head-over-heels love the poets speak of, or she will have no love at all. Just because her older sister, Helene, is eagerly heeding their mother’s advice and preparing to marry Emperor...