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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! A thrilling exploration of the nature of power through the inner workings of Putin's regime. Known as the "Wizard of the Kremlin," the enigmatic Vadim Baranov was a TV producer before becoming a political advisor to Putin, aka "The Czar." After his resignation from...

Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) ging als berühmtestes Opfer der Guillotine in die europäische Geschichte ein: Stefan Zweig hat sich in dieser Biographie dem schwierigen Charakter der Marie Antoinette gewidmet. Die Schilderung des Lebens Marie Antoinettes, der Tochter Maria Theresias, gleicht der Besichtigung eines Zeitalters am Vorabend der Neuen Zeit. Dokumentarisch belegte Geschichte wird dabei erzählt, die Heldin weder glorifiziert noch unterschätzt.

Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize. A Guardian Fiction Book of the year. Sometimes discovery brings destruction. "When We Cease to Understand the World" shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled minds we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers, they descend into isolated states of madness.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of The Frozen River, this enthralling feat of historical suspense unravels the extraordinary twists and turns in Anna Anderson’s claim to be Anastasia Romanov. Is she the Russian Grand Duchess or the thief of another woman's legacy? "Tantalizing...

""It began as a mistake."" By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged...

Ante la enormidad de la vida, con sus largos años y su final que pareciera que nunca llegará, ¿qué nos motiva a vivirla? Cuando un viaje prometido de una madre a un hijo se ve aplazado en el tiempo, movida desde el futuro cercano a la perpetuidad, ¿Qué se siente saber que el viaje nunca llegará? La residencia Ramsay conocerá la muerte y la pérdida a medida que venga. Son aspectos inseparables de la vida, pero a la vez lo son el amor y la euforia de conocerse a sí mismo en el transcurso de los años.

This audiobook is narrated with stunning authenticity by the author, Graeme Armstrong. The Times Top Ten Bestseller A Granta Best of Young British Novelist ‘Trainspotting for a new generation’ – Independent ‘An instant Scottish classic’ – The Skinny 2005. Glasgow is named Europe’s...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK “Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the Oxford English Dictionary went largely unheralded.”—The New York Times Book Review “A marvelous fiction about the power of...

Benedicto XIII, el afamado papa Luna, era menudo, extremadamente culto y sofisticado y, sobre todo, terco como buen aragonés —es a su irreductible negativa a abdicar que debemos la expresión popular «seguir en sus trece»—. Fue el último santo padre de Aviñón al que el concilio de Constanza de 1414 depuso y declaró antipapa. Pero ¿qué secreto esconde su trayectoria? ¿Por qué nunca quiso hablar de esa aciaga primavera de 1378 en la que nació el gran cisma de Occidente que perturbó durante treinta años la cristiandad y anticipó la escisión definitiva, un siglo después, de la Reforma?

The world's most intelligent and well-read dog, the famously mute Gromit, finally breaks his silence, presenting his memoir to Nick Park, the four-time Academy...

A woman’s fierce desire to live by her own rules exacts a tragic price, in this heart-wrenching novel by “the literary grandmaster of Colombia” (New York Review of Books) Feliza is back in Paris, the city where decades ago she took flight into a sculptor’s life. “The first face you...

מה אתה זוכר? את משחק הכדורגל, את מבטו של אביך כשהפרעת לו במנוחת הצהריים, את אמא שראתה אותך מסמיק. אתה זוכר את חוסר האונים שלך אל נוכח מציאות לאומית נבנית ומתפוררת...

Chiuso nel carcere per debitori di Fleet Street e ormai alla fine delle sue peripezie, l'irlandese preteso nobile (ma con grande convinzione) Barry Lyndon racconta le sue spaventose alterne avventure tra guerre, donne, gioco, corti reali, ricchezza e povertà. Barry non sa di avere un codice morale opposto al nostro e racconta con grande orgoglio ciò che noi possiamo accogliere semmai con raccapriccio, più che ammirazione.

Cidade grande no escuro, de Clara Averbuck, confirma o talento de uma das vozes mais originais e criativas de sua geração. As crônicas de Clara já conquistaram uma legião de leitores pela internet, e ficam ainda mais saborosas juntas, reunidas em livro. Seu olhar aguçado nos traz uma...

'أحقاً نحن نحتفل بمرور سبعين عاماً على صداقتنا؟ لقد مرت على بلادنا سبعون عاماً أما صداقتنا فلم يمر عليها سوى دقيقة واحدة.' أربعة أصدقاء، الشاعر السابق والمتدين،...

Henry, ein stattlicher Wolfspitzrüde mit unerschütterlichem Selbstvertrauen und großem Herzen, erzählt sein Leben so, wie er es erlebt hat: ehrlich, humorvoll und zutiefst berührend. Vom ersten Abschied seiner Hundemama über turbulente Erziehungsversuche, große Liebe, kleine Alltagsabenteuer bis hin zum Älterwerden an der Seite seiner wichtigsten Bezugsperson –Miriam. Mit viel Herz lässt Henry uns teilhaben an seiner Reise durchs Leben – voller Lachen, Tränen, Chaos und vielen Glücksmomenten. Dieses Hörbuch ist kein Erziehungsratgeber. Es ist eine Liebeserklärung.

Pamela Caram was only eleven when the bombs fell over La Moneda, shaking the ground—and her life—forever. The Condor Prophecy is the raw, intimate journey of a woman growing up in the shadow of Chile’s brutal dictatorship, caught between privilege and political chaos, family loyalty and personal freedom. Pamela’s story is one of heartbreak, grit, and unrelenting hope when her fairytale romance spirals into abuse and control, leading to a harrowing separation from her children.

Ne pas aimer les hommes : c’est incrusté en elle depuis sa petite enfance auprès d’une grand-mère plus grande que nature et d’une mère fragilisée. Mais Marie-Sissi n’en fait qu’à sa tête, quitte à se brûler les ailes. Elle enfile les garçons « comme des pâtes sur un collier en macaronis », elle carbure au sexe faute de mieux. Ne pas aimer les hommes ou comment sortir du cercle infernal de l’amour bidon qui fait mal. « Je me suis toujours dit qu’on peut me pénétrer comme on veut, aussi profondément qu’il est possible, jamais on ne m’atteindra le cœur. Quelle conne ! »

In contemporary Paris, a narrator and two companions explore the life and work of Gertrude Stein: a subversive imagining of a truly subversive female artist. Our narrator has a lot going on. Her friend Eva’s cat is missing—also, she wonders, where is Eva’s husband. Their other friend Fanny...

She rose as a favourite. Will she fall as a traitor? A thrilling story of ambition, power and the dark side of the Tudor court from the Sunday Times bestselling author In the dazzling, dangerous world of the Tudor Court, nothing is more powerful than a secret - or more deadly. Jane Boleyn has...