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Two hundred and fifty years ago, victory in the American Revolution empowered its founding fathers to consider a glorious ‘revolutionary idea’: a democracy of inclusiveness and diversity for all. Yet, America’s revolution never meant to include the enslaved, who lived in small, dark squares of windowless slave houses. At Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Constitutional Convention of 1787, compromises perpetuated America’s ‘slave society’ based on free labour, benefiting its citizenry to the detriment of America’s slave row.

Spring 1152. Once she was a Queen, and will become so again... Eleanor of Aquitaine has escaped her marriage to Louis of France, as well as various lords bent on capturing her and forcing her into marriage with them, and is safe in her homeland once more. Sending a message to Henry, Duke of Normandy, Eleanor arranges her second marriage, this time to a lord of her choosing, a man already in possession of an empire of his own, an heir to the English throne about to take back the crown stolen from his mother, the Empress Matilda.

Inspired by the life and work of Charlotte Salomon, this novel shows an artist intent on pursuing her art against all odds. As a young German-Jewish art student at The Berlin Art Academy during Hitler's rise to power in 1938, Charlotte's first place prize is denied because she is a Jew, her enrollment annulled. After Kristallnacht, she is sent from Berlin into exile with her grandparents.

Yet, Ilse harbors a perilous secret within the walls of Lebensborn: her unborn child's father is Jewish. Surrounded by the very architects of the regime's sinister vision, she must rely on her cunning, her knowledge of herbs, and her indomitable spirit to hide the truth and keep her child safe.

A beautiful pagan. A ruler searching for a wife. Can a marriage of expedience change the course of an empire? Constantinople, AD 419. Athenais holds faint hope for her future. When the impoverished orphan’s male relatives offer her up as a consort for the emperor, she reluctantly agrees to study the philosophical arguments for the required conversion to Christianity. But while the accomplished scholar quickly falls for her imperial husband, she struggles with the court’s cutthroat political maneuvering and stubborn religious fanaticism.

אם ספרות היא מוזיקה וגם ביטוי של רוח אנושית במילים, אפשר לדבר בקלות וללא עוררין על אפקט מוסיקלי־רוחני: "אפקט סנט־אכזופרי". "טעם לחיים" מכיל מספר יצירות המשוחחות ביניהן באופן בלתי אמצעי: מילותיו הראשונות של סנט־אכזופרי כסופר וכטייס, תיאורי ביקוריו ברוסיה, אנקדוטות מחייו, כתבים פילוסופיים ועדויות בגוף ראשון. כולם טקסטים מופתיים; יצירות מזמרות ומלמדות, שבכל אחת מהן טמונה תנועה – במרחב, בהיסטוריה, במחשבה ובבדיון.

Virginia no conoció a su padre, Peter Tangvald, más que por los libros que él publicó y los reportajes que protagonizó. El legendario aventurero noruego pasó su vida surcando océanos a bordo del velero que construyó, desafiando los elementos y las convenciones.

"Eines der schönsten, anregendsten und originellsten literarischen Werke des vergangenen Jahrhunderts." Susan Sontag. Leonid Zypkin setzt mit diesem virtuosen Roman seinem literarischen Idol Dostojewski ein Denkmal. Susan Sontag stieß zufällig in einer Bücherkiste auf eine alte Ausgabe und rettete das Meisterwerk vor dem Vergessen.

Echoes of Armageddon: Voices from the Second World War plunges listeners into the heart of history's most devastating conflict through a unique and gripping collection of fictionalized interviews. This is not a typical retelling of battles and dates; it's an exploration of the human experience of war, told through the imagined voices of those who lived it.

Of all the questions in the world, this is the most important. It is also the great leveler. Because no matter whether you are a playful kitten or a sedentary senior, a scrawny alley Tom or a sleek-coated uptown girl, whatever your circumstances, you just want to be happy. Not the kind of happy that comes and goes like a can of flaked tuna but an enduring happiness. The deep-down happiness that makes you purr from the heart.

A tiny spy observing the constant flow of private meetings between His Holiness and everyone from Hollywood celebrities to philanthropists to self-help authors, the Dalai Lama’s cat provides us with insights on how to find happiness and meaning in a busy, materialistic world. Her story will put a smile on the face of anyone who has been blessed by the kneading paws and bountiful purring of a cat.

Swan Castle, Cleves, 1521. Nestled deep in a land rich in myth and fairy-tale, within the changing politics and religion of the Holy Roman Empire, a young girl grows to adulthood, watching war and faith tear the world she knows asunder.

Il più grande giornalista musicale italiano debutta nella narrativa con un romanzo di ispirazione autobiografica, in cui la storia privata e la grande Storia collettiva si intrecciano, in un affresco indimenticabile. Un uomo nasce, nel 1950, alla metà esatta del Novecento, l’ultimo secolo del Millennio. Il suo nome è Luigi. Passa i suoi primi anni a Napoli, tra il mare e una raffineria, poi con la famiglia si trasferisce a Roma. È lì che lo sorprendono gli anni Sessanta, con la loro musica, le band che arrivano da altri paesi e sembrano parlare del futuro.

García Márquez y Vargas Llosa se conocieron en el aeropuerto de Caracas, en agosto de 1967. Con apenas treinta y un años, Vargas Llosa era ya un escritor aclamado por la crítica. García Márquez, cuarenta años cumplidos, encontraba por fin el éxito editorial con Cien años de soledad, publicada ese año en Buenos Aires. Antes de confundirse en un abrazo en el aeropuerto de Caracas que dio inicio formal a la amistad, los dos genios de la literatura se habían escrito cartas y leído mutuamente con admiración.

The Austen Family descends upon a fashionable Georgian seaside resort in Devonshire for a six-week holiday. Jane's brother, Frank, is on leave from the Royal Navy, and dearly wishes to unite his sister with his friend Captain Peter Parker. But another holidaymaker, a handsome stranger, catches sight of Jane and is determined to make her acquaintance. This rival to Captain Parker is Samuel Rose: a lawyer, literary man and abolitionist. As the weeks pass, Jane's relationship with both men brings about unexpected surprises.

A startling take on the life and tragic death of one of the most prolific artists in history, challenging the conventional theory that Van Gogh killed himself but was, in fact, murdered. Dedicated to revealing the truth behind what really happened to Vincent van Gogh and unraveling the mystery of who killed him.

בשיאה של המלחמה הקרה, בוריס פסטרנק כותב את יצירת המופת שלו, ´ד"ר ז´יוואגו´. המפלגה הקומוניסטית חוששת מהמסר החתרני של הספר ואוסרת על פרסומו, וב–CIA נרקמת תוכנית יצירתית להכרעת המלחמה: הברחת הספר האסור בחזרה אל תוך ברית המועצות והפצתו בידיהם של מתנגדי המשטר. הסוכנוֹת הנבחרות להוציא לפועל את המשימה הנועזת הן סאלי, מרגלת מנוסה ובעלת אישיות ממגנטת שנדחקה אל מחוץ לסוכנות כשהגברים חזרו מהמלחמה, ואירינה, טירונית מוכשרת ובעלת עבר כואב.

Ever wonder what life is like on a touring ice-skating show? How many people travel with the show, how do you pack two fifty-pound suitcases with a year’s worth of clothes, shoes, and supplies? Do you pay your own hotel and transportation? Speaking of pay, what do they pay? How do you cook in a hotel room? And who is hooking up with whom? This semi autobiography is a humorous look into the world of a traveling show about how to live this type of life on the road.

Written as an autobiographical novel, this is the true story of an ordinary man's journey with an extraordinary woman. Starting in the sixties, it charts the evolution of a relationship where happiness constantly gives way to tragedy and tragedy is in turn, diluted by happiness. From the time of their first meeting, it's obvious to Adam and Eve that they view the world very differently, but they know that the deepest of love doesn't lie in perfection.

Als Katzenmama Mimí, der kleine Taro und seine vier Geschwister ganz unvermittelt in Norikos Leben treten, weiß sie noch nicht, dass mit der Katzenfamilie auch das Glück in ihr Haus einzieht. Denn die Kunst der Achtsamkeit und unsere tiefe Sehnsucht nach Begegnungen, die von Liebe geprägt sind, lässt sich nirgends besser erfahren als im Umgang mit den schnurrenden Persönlichkeiten.