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A grandson tries to learn the family story. But what kind of story is it? Is it a prison memoir, about the grandfather imprisoned without charge or trial by a revolutionary government? Is it an oral history of the grandmother left behind to look after the children? Or is it a love story? A...

Tracing his ancestory through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and and in torment and anguish brought to...

A journey to the past. A map for the future. Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, bestselling author Paulo Coelho relives the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and challenged the established social order. In Hippie, he tells the story of Paulo, a skinny Brazilian with a...

La cronologia dell’acqua è la storia di una vita che “non segue alcun ordine. Gli avvenimenti non rispondono al rapporto di causa ed effetto come vorremmo. È tutta una serie di frammenti e ripetizioni e trame,” perché “questo condividono il linguaggio e l’acqua”. Il nuoto – il corpo che si perde e si ritrova nell’acqua –, e la letteratura – il desiderio di scrivere senza compromessi –, sono le uniche due certezze di Lidia.

Discover Thomas Mann's comic novel of deception and misplaced confidence. Waiter by day, man about Paris by night; the young and good looking Felix Krull has created for himself a personality to charm and deceive the world of wealth. When the Marquis de Venosta makes him a proposal that he can't...

In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car - strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away.

All he wanted to do was to marry the woman he loved. But his country said ’No!’ He was Edward VIII, King of Great Britain, King of India, King of Australia, and king of 39 other countries. And he loved the wrong woman. She was beautiful and she loved him - but she was already married to another man. It was a love story that shook the world. The king had to choose: to be king, or to have love... and leave his country, never to return.

One of the greatest of French novelists, Balzac, trained as a lawyer, was a great judge of human nature. In 1833 he conceived the idea of linking together his novels so that they would comprehend the whole society in a series of books. This plan eventually led to 90 novels and novellas (including more than 2,000 characters) that he called "The Human Comedy". Balzac's huge and ambitious plan drew a picture of the customs, atmosphere, and habits of the bourgeois France.

L’opera al nero è la storia di un personaggio immaginario, Zenone, medico, alchimista, filosofo, dalla nascita illegittima a Bruges nei primi anni...

Die wahre Geschichte einer Frau, die trotz vieler Enttäuschungen tief in die Herzen der Menschen sieht. Rosemarie bekommt eine Reise nach Sri Lanka geschenkt. Da die fast Fünfzigjährige nicht an Zufälle glaubt, überwindet sie ihre Ängste vor dem Ungewissen. Dort lernt sie ihre große Liebe kennen: Kasun, einen Singhalesen, sehr viel jünger, ganz anders als sie. Doch Rosemarie lässt nur ihr Herz sprechen und heiratet Kasun ein Jahr später in seinem exotischen Land, von buddhistischen Mönchen gesegnet.

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.

A determined mother. A loyal son. An unforgettable journey. When Euphemia and her family leave the rugged Isle of Man in search of a better life, they carry little more than hope, determination, and an unbreakable bond with one another. Their journey takes them across continents—from the windswept shores of Britain to the forests of Ontario and the vast prairie landscapes of Saskatchewan—where every new beginning demands sacrifice.

Eigentlich dachte Ari, der Ich-Erzähler von Maxim Billers neuem Roman, Ende der siebziger Jahre sei das Schlimmste vorbei gewesen: Nach ihrer Flucht aus der kommunistischen Tschechoslowakei, wo sein Vater als Jude und Zionist vom Geheimdienst überwacht wurde, landeten er und seine Familie in einer Hamburger Altbauwohnung im legendären Grindelviertel. Dieser nachdenkliche, mitreißende, hochpoetische Roman, den man auch als Prequel zu Maxim Billers gefeiertem Memoir Der gebrauchte Jude lesen kann, gibt auf diese Frage eine überraschende und zugleich sehr reflektierte Antwort.

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 Sichtbarkeit und Rückzug, über die Zumutungen fremder Blicke und die Arbeit am Selbst.

In the aftermath of her brother’s passing, Liz comes across his journal —a captivating treasure trove filled with his intimate thoughts, raw emotions, and vibrant memories that span from a chaotic childhood to his final moments. Through the lens of Angelo, a passionate and dynamic performing artist grappling with bipolar disorder, listeners are invited on an exhilarating and heartfelt journey.

Die "Fermate" ist ein musikalisches Artikulationszeichen, das für die Verlängerung eines Tons oder einer Pause über die notierte Dauer hinaus steht. Neben dieser Bedeutung wird die Fermate auch für die Markierung eines Endes verwendet, etwa in Kanons oder bei Stücken mit Wiederholung vom...

Have you ever trusted someone completely—only to discover you never really knew them at all? The Secret Life of an Ex-Wife is a novel about love, deception, and the quiet warning signs we ignore until it’s too late. He believed he had found partnership, stability, and a future. Together they built a life, a marriage, and a child. But slowly, subtle cracks began to form. Small inconsistencies. Financial mysteries. Emotional manipulation that blurred the line between truth and illusion. What begins as love turns into confusion. Confusion turns into confrontation.

Berlin, the Greek Islands, London and California. 1928, 1932, 1938 and 1940. Four portraits, four settings, four narrators, all known as ‘Christopher Isherwood’. Down There on a Visit tells the vivid stories of Isherwood’s life that, together with The Berlin Novels (Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin), were to have comprised his great unfinished epic novel. Delivering the reflective, candid narration that touches on identity, desire, alienation and the urge to belong, Simon Callow brings an exquisite sparkle to each character sketch.

The only difference between fiction and memoir is Truth ... A MULTIPLE TAIWANESE AWARD WINNER Translated by Lin King, translator of International Booker Prize-winner, TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE A genre-defying novel from a rare new international voice for fans of Lucia Berlin, Elena Ferrante and Han Kang...

«.. لمَّا غَلَا ثَمَني، عَدِمْتُ المُشْتَرِي» ابن سينا تدور أحداث الرواية حول حياة ابن سينا في فترة اعتقاله بقلعة (فردقان) الموجودة بوسط إيران، في الوقت الحالي...