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"Gli anni della nostra amicizia sono stati per me gli anni della grande libertà. Libertà di essere come sono" scrive Susanna Tamaro a Pierluigi Cappello, il poeta scomparso nel 2017, tenendo fede a una promessa che si erano fatti prima che la malattia li separasse. Quella di scrivere un libro insieme. Il libro è questo. Un libro delicato, profondo e commovente che ripercorre gli anni brevi e intensi della loro amicizia. Un'amicizia speciale, limpida e luminosa, riflessiva e inquieta, capace di analizzare la tormentata complessità di questi tempi, senza lasciarsene mai sopraffare.

Inspiré par l’artiste antillaise Marie Martinez, surnommée la Malibran noire, le récit met en scène une narratrice universitaire qui fait des recherches sur ce personnage. Son travail est perturbé par l’irruption dans sa vie d'une chanteuse qui pourrait bien avoir quelque chose à voir avec l'artiste que Nadar photographia du temps de sa splendeur, mais aussi de sa déchéance. Le texte de Marie N’Diaye retrace au prix de multiples détours, le parcours méconnu de la chanteuse Maria Martinez.

In diesem authentischen Roman beschreibt die Autorin die beschwerliche Zeit des Wiederaufbaus nach dem Krieg. Er beginnt im Jahr 1947 und ist der Anschluss ihres ersten Romans "Schreckliche schöne Kindheit", in dem sie ihre schrecklichen Erlebnisse des Krieges schildert. Die Menschen hatten keine Zeit, sich von den Ängsten und Strapazen des Krieges zu erholen, denn nun begannen für sie andere Überlebenskämpfe. Es gab keine Wohnungen für die ganzen "Ausgebombten" und die Massen von Flüchtlingen aus dem Osten, die nur das gerettet hatten, was sie auf dem Leib trugen.

"Давным-давно, на исходе прошлого тысячелетия, я переступила порог – жизненный, судьбинный: уехала в другую страну, оказавшись, как Робинзон Крузо, на острове иной жизни. И принялась его обживать – сурово, мужественно и отчаянно; временами – растерянно. Остров назывался Израиль.

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 Franz of Austria does not mean Sisi must also subject herself to such a dutiful existence. Sisi knows there is more to life than luncheons and corsets—if only someone would let her experience it all firsthand.

1941, Lithuania. Young Pola Wawer is the daughter of a successful engineer and on the cusp of a promising ophthalmology career, when her home city of Vilnius is invaded by Nazi forces. With her husband taken by the Gestapo and her home no longer her own, Pola flees the city with her parents in pursuit of safety. Almost everywhere they turn, they are met with persecution and hate, until they finally find salvation in the most unexpected of places—among the countryside villages, home of the windmills of her father's design.

Gaudias Poulin is a pioneering Stampeder who has worked gold claims in Dawson all his adult life. Courage and insurmountable odds are all a normal part of life in the Yukon, a cruel country where every living thing wants to kill you. Although he always believed that the next pan would bring a huge strike, his hard-earned sweat has only brought sore bones and a niggling illness. Time has left him sick and friendless. His heart is filled with bitterness and regret. Perhaps it’s time to go back home.

ZORA! She traveled the 1930s South alone with a loaded .44 and an unmatched desire to see and to know. She was at home in the supper clubs of New York City, backroad juke joints, under ropes of Spanish moss, and dancing around the Vodoun peristyle. Her experiences brought us Their Eyes Were Watching God, Mules and Men, Tell My Horse, and Jonah’s Gourd Vine. But between the lines she wrote lie the words unwritten, truths too fantastic to divulge….until now. Experience eight weird and fantastic stories spanning the breadth of her amazing life.

Edyth, wife of King Harold of England, disappeared forever on the day of the great Battle of Hastings in 1066, taking with her the legitimate heirs to the thrones of England and Wales. This is the story of that amazing woman, who loved and married the King of Wales and then the man who would be King of England, only to witness his historic defeat by the light of Halley's Comet.

On his first day as a cashier at Dream Grocers, Daniel imagines that the worst he’ll have to deal with on the job are the occasional grumpy customers and long days on his feet. But in just one week’s time, reality changes entirely as the COVID-19 pandemic creates a frenzied panic. As the uncertainty and paranoia around the virus spread rapidly, Daniel tries to stay afloat and not let the irate hordes of customers bring him down. He learns more than he ever expected to about humanity’s response to fear.

1867. Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, hijo de José María Morelos y Pavón, llega a Francia para solicitar la ayuda de Napoleón III con el fin de sostener el imperio de Maximiliano. El enlace entre ellos es un joven y afamado escritor, a quien Almontenarra los grandes acontecimientos de su pasado: el significado de ser hijo del Siervo de la Nación, su participación en algunas batallas por la Independencia cuando era apenas un niño, su posterior estancia en Nueva Orleans, los hitos de su carrera militar y política; así como su relación con Santa Anna, Juárez, Maximiliano, Carlota.

Als sein kleiner Bruder verschwindet und alles darauf hindeutet, dass er die gefährliche Reise nach Europa angetreten hat, macht sich Ibrahima auf die Suche.

As the United States wrestles with its besetting sin—slavery—abolitionist John Brown is growing tired of talk. He takes actions that will propel the nation toward civil war and thrust three courageous women into history: Wealthy Brown, married to John Brown's oldest son; Annie Brown, John Brown's daughter; Mary Brown, who never expected to be the wife of John Brown, much less the wife of a martyr. Spanning three decades, John Brown's Women is a tale of love and sacrifice, and of the ongoing struggle for America to achieve its promise of liberty and justice for all.

Eine Liebe zwischen Poesie und Wirklichkeit. Paris, 1958: Als der Schweizer Dramatiker Max Frisch dem glamourösen Literaturstar Ingeborg Bachmann begegnet, ist es für ihn Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Auch sie verliebt sich, doch anders als Max, der bodenständige Genussmensch, ringt die sensible Ingeborg im Schreiben – wie im Leben – um jedes Wort. Und sie hat die Trennung von ihrem Geliebten Paul Celan noch nicht überwunden, was die Beziehung schon bald auf die Probe stellt. Doch Ingeborg kann nur eine Liebe leben, in der sie ihre Freiheit nicht preisgeben muss.

Stefan Zweig dedicó este trabajo en gran parte biográfico al fundador del psicoanálisis, Sigmund Freud. Stefan Zweig logra poner la contribución científica de Freud bajo la luz adecuada y apreciarla adecuadamente, incluso teniendo en cuenta algunas debilidades. El logro real de Freud está, por lo tanto, menos en los detalles científicos que mucho más en la multitud de sus contribuciones con las que posibilitó e inspiró el pensamiento, el replanteamiento y la investigación de muchos de sus seguidores.

Patrick è convinto di essere morto e di non conoscere la donna con cui è sposato da vent'anni. Emma è in stato vegetativo da quando era bambina, eppure non presenta alcun danno cerebrale. Jennifer sente voci nella testa che le intimano di uccidersi. Amy è scossa da convulsioni alimentate da un trauma insondabile. Non c'è limite alla profondità dell'abisso in cui la nostra mente può precipitare. Sette capitoli, sette pazienti, sette storie.

"The Mill on the Floss" is George Eliot’s second novel, and was published in 1860, only a year after her first, "Adam Bede". It centres on the lives of brother and sister Tom and Maggie Tulliver growing up on the river Floss near the town of St. Oggs (a fictionalised version of Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire, England) in the years following the Napoleonic Wars, with both as young adults eventually meeting a tragic end by the Mill which the family holds so dear.

Alexander Gorkows autobiografischer Roman ist ein Wunderwerk der Poesie, das glänzende Portrait einer versunkenen Zeit, zugleich eine Hommage auf unsere Kindheit und die rätselhafte Kraft der Musik in einer Welt voller Risse – zwischen Gesunden und Kranken, Behinderten und angeblich Normalen, zwischen Armen und Reichen, zwischen Ordnung und Chaos. Die 70er Jahre. Eine Vorstadt. Das Westdeutschland der letzten Baulücken, der verstockten Altnazis, der "ZDF Hitparade".

Sangre del Unico begins The Solomon Chronicles, a series of historical fiction novels. The story begins in the year 1392 and traces the rise of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon to the united throne of Spain. With help from an unlikely group of dedicated servants of the Prophecy of Solomon, Sangre del Unico takes one along for the ride as the story weaves an altered version of how the Catholic monarchs became the most powerful force in Europe and the world.

Album, Promotion, Tour. Beinahe zwanzig Jahre lang bestimmt die Dynamik des Musikbetriebs Judith Holofernes' Leben. In dieser Zeit wird sie, mit Wir sind Helden und ihrem Soloprojekt, zu einer der bekanntesten und prägendsten Sängerinnen ihrer Generation. In ihren autobiografischen Texten blickt sie jetzt zurück - und zeigt sich als feinsinnige Erzählerin. Mit großer Klarheit und Zartheit und dem ihr eigenen Witz schreibt Holofernes über Fluch und Segen des frühen Erfolgs der Helden; über die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Frontfrausein.

"Quello che so è che mi chiamo Piedimonte. Di più, non posso garantire." Stefano Piedimonte, scrittore napoletano trapiantato a Milano tra molto alterne fortune, si è ridotto così, steso sul letto nel suo monolocale di periferia, a dubitare del proprio passato, del proprio presente e della propria stessa identità, in compagnia di un cucciolo di bassotto forse immaginario. Come può essere successo? C'entra uno studente universitario che per un esame ha ricevuto il compito di compilare la voce Stefano Piedimonte su Wikipedia.

Part diary, part scientific journal, part detective story, part love story: The Case of Emily V is thoroughly post-modern in its deliberate blurring of the distinction between fact and fiction, its cavalier blending of literary genres. But Oatley's first novel also resembles old 19th-century literature. His characters are dynamic, his storylines complex and suspenseful, his social commentary broad and integral to the plot.

South China coast, 1801. Sold as a child to a floating brothel, twenty-six-year-old Yang has finally bought her freedom, only to be kidnapped by a brutal pirate gang and forced to marry their leader. Dragged through stormy seas and lawless bandit havens, Yang must stay scrappy to survive. She embeds herself in the dark business of piracy, carving out her role against the resistance of powerful pirate leaders and Cheung Po Tsai, her husband's flamboyant male concubine.

En une semaine la vierge guerrière, inspirée par le saint amour de la patrie, a vaincu les Anglais, triomphants depuis la bataille de Poitiers ! En une semaine la vaillante fille du peuple accomplit ce que n'avaient pu accomplir, depuis plus d'un demi-siècle, tant de nobles et illustres capitaines ! Voici, jour par jour, le récit de la Semaine de Jeanne D'arc.

Un reportaje histórico a Margherita Sarfatti, amante y biógrafa de Benito Mussolini, que devela detalles inéditos sobre la vida y la trayectoria del dictador y abre la puerta a una lúcida y reflexiva lectura sobre los fascismos y populismos contemporáneos.

Oktober 1944. Mit sechsundachtzig Jahren steht Max Planck vor der schwersten Aufgabe seines Lebens. Der Nobelpreisträger soll ein «Bekenntnis zum Führer» verfassen. Viel hängt daran, denn Plancks geliebter Sohn Erwin, der am Hitler-Attentat vom 20. Juli beteiligt war, sitzt im Todestrakt von Tegel. Planck denkt zurück an frohe Tage und die dunkle Zeitenwende. Gefährten sind im Exil, vor allem vermisst er Albert Einstein.

Since he first appeared on the American literary scene, Jerome Charyn has dazzled audiences. Yet Charyn, a beloved comedic novelist, also possesses an extraordinary knowledge of Golden Age Hollywood, having taught film history both in the United States and France. With Big Red, Charyn reimagines the life of one of America's most enduring icons, "Gilda" herself, Rita Hayworth, whose fiery red tresses and hypnotic dancing graced the silver screen over sixty times in her nearly forty-year career.

Non un romanzo d'esordio ma un libro liturgico, non un diario intimo ma una confessione, un canto, una preghiera. "Mi chiamo Fatima", così comincia ogni capitolo de "La più piccola"; talvolta, al nome, l'autrice alter ego della protagonista, aggiunge il cognome: "Mi chiamo Fatima Daas". E via via arricchisce di dettagli la sua biografia. Fatima Daas, la mazoziya, la più giovane della famiglia, quella che avrebbe dovuto essere un maschio come Ahmad, suo padre, aveva sperato. Le sue due sorelle sono nate in Algeria.

The 1960s brought Seth and Payton all they'd fantasized about—perfect friendships, a successful four-man band, and most importantly, each other. Together they embarked on a tour that brought them stimulating highs and shattering lows, and they prospered and suffered in one another's arms. The two men carried each other and carried a group that created both a history and a future for rock. But, at some point, their music blurred with the news of their love, and the world was faced with the choice to embrace its heroes or revert back to its deep-rooted prejudices.

Kalifornien, 1940. Für die kleine Dian steht früh fest: Sie will einmal mit Tieren arbeiten. Viele Jahre später reist Dian tatsächlich nach Afrika, um dort die bedrohten Berggorillas zu erforschen. In den Nebelwäldern gelingt ihr Bemerkenswertes: der direkte Kontakt zu den scheuen Tieren. Eine einzigartige Freundschaft entsteht, die bald die ganze Welt kennt. Aber nicht nur den Tieren gehört Dians Herz. Als sie dem Fotografen Bob begegnet, verliebt sie sich Hals über Kopf in den verheirateten Mann.