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Teresa (Florencio) Pla Messeguer, el maquis hermafrodita o "la Pastora" de Vallibona, es el personaje más legendario, contradictorio y misterioso de las guerrillas españolas. Fue mujer hasta que, al desnudarse una fría mañana invernal ante la Guardia Civil, y debido a un problema de malformación genital, cambió sus ropas femeninas, y se convirtió en Florencio. Para unos fue durante quince años una pesadilla fuera de la ley, hasta ser apodado "el terror del Caro" e imputársele 29 muertes.

In her acclaimed novels, Susan Vreeland has given us portraits of painting and life that are as dazzling as their artistic subjects. Now, in The Forest Lover, she traces the courageous life and career of Emily Carr, who—more than Georgia O'Keeffe or Frida Kahlo—blazed a path for modern women...

Before the Corleones, before the Lannisters, there were the Borgias. One of history’s notorious families comes to life in a captivating novel from the author of The Birth of Venus. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY COSMOPOLITAN (UK) AND THE TIMES (UK) “In the end, what’s a...

An international bestseller—“an elegant, charming, and heartwarming fable...one part Zelig, one part Siddhartha, and one part Rin Tin Tin” (Vogue)—about an extraordinary fox terrier who helps his Jewish family escape from Nazi Germany, becomes a Hollywood star, and ultimately contributes...

When ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbari’s small village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule in early 2000, his mother shepherds the boy across the border into Pakistan but has to leave him there all alone to fend for himself. Thus begins Enaiat’s remarkable and often punish­ing five-year...

Lady Penelope Rich is one of the most beautiful and sought-after women in Elizabethan England. The daughter of the Earl of Essex, she is married to the wealthy Baron Robert Rich. Penelope's life is full of love and scandal. The inspiration for Sir Philip Sidney’s sonnet "Astrophel and Stella", she is involved in the Essex Rebellion. A complex and fascinating woman, her life is a story of love, betrayal, and tragedy.

The Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea re-creates the life of the Renaissance mathematical genius Johannes Kepler and his incredible drive to chart the orbits of the planets and the geometry of the universe. Johannes Kepler, born in 1571 in southern Germany, was one of the world’s...

Der Autor gestaltet in Form einer Reportage einen Prozess, der vor der Seprema Corte in Rom vom 03.06.1947-10.06.1947 gegen den des Hochverrats angeklagten Grafen Giulio Riccardi stattfand. Es ist, wie es in den einführenden Worten des Gerichtsreporters heißt, ein Prozess, der alle angeht, die gezwungen sind, in einer Diktatur zu leben. Riccardi hat in seiner Amtszeit ein gefährliches Doppelspiel gespielt.

Eine leicht verständliche Einführung in Jacob Böhmes Philosophie... Mit Zitaten Böhmes und Erläuterungen von Maik Hosang. Das Hörspiel umfasst Episoden seines Lebens und ein fiktives Interview mit ihm zu seinem Denken. Auch für junge Menschen geeignet.

Když baletky zmizí za oponou, obličej se zkřiví do ztrhaného šklebu, protože se dusí. Při tanci totiž nemohou dýchat pusou. Na utrpení jsou trénované. Próza tanečnice a režisérky Miřenky Čechové vychází z vlasních zkušeností a deníkových zápisů. Hlavní hrdince ještě nebylo čtrnáct, a už je odbornicí na používání projímadel, na ošetřování krvavých palců a stahování prsou. Poznává klubový život v Praze, sex a drogy, a zjišťuje, že má nevlastního bratra, který je úplně jiný, než by chtěla.

Florenz, 1494: Lisa Gherardini und Giuliano aus der mächtigen Dynastie der Medici sind heimlich ein Liebespaar. Als die Medici aus der Stadt vertrieben werden, zwingt Lisas Vater die junge Frau zur Heirat mit dem viel älteren Seidenhändler Francesco del Giocondo. Doch ihr Herz hängt an ihrem Geliebten. Venedig, 1495: Leonardo da Vinci ist der berühmteste Künstler seiner Zeit. Als Giuliano de' Medici ihn bittet, Lisa zu porträtieren, um seiner Geliebten auf diese Weise Nachrichten zukommen zu lassen, geht Leonardo auf das riskante Spiel ein.

Ci sono imprenditori che si sforzano di trovare un’idea geniale per cambiare le sorti di un settore, ma ci sono anche uomini che, giovanissimi, s’innamorano di un sogno e fanno di tutto per realizzarlo. Romano Artioli, fondatore di Autexpò, è un imprenditore che ha inseguito il desiderio di far rinascere una delle più prestigiose marche automobilistiche del mondo, la Bugatti. E, con passione e dedizione, ha raggiunto questo obiettivo.

Un joven biógrafo inglés prepara un libro sobre el difunto escritor sudafricano John Coetzee. Sus investigaciones se centran en el Coetzee treintañero, en una época en la que el escritor compartía una destartalada casa en Ciudad del Cabo con su padre viudo y en la que, en opinión del joven biógrafo, comenzaba a encontrarse a sí mismo como escritor.

The classic novel by "Irish master" (New Yorker) and Booker Prize–winner John Banville brings to life the dramatic and surprising world of sixteenth-century astronomer Nicolas Copernicus and the theory that would shatter the medieval view of the universe. Sixteenth-century Europe is teeming...

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR FREIDA MCFADDEN: "[A] must-read... equal parts heartwarming and empowering.” Mad Men meets the world of publishing in international bestselling author Gill Paul’s new novel about Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann, two dynamic, groundbreaking...

In the vibrant streets of Lavapiés, Madrid, young Iker harbors an ambitious dream: to play for the iconic Real Madrid Football Club. However, a significant challenge stands in his way - his diagnosed scoliosis, which many believe makes the intense world of professional football an unattainable dream for him.

Based on interviews with the protagonist and his medical and police records, Through the Wall dives into the world of an individual who tries to battle out with his conscience and almost loses his sanity due to the voices he hears in his head. Find out how the protagonist falls in love with the girl of his dreams and flees from the police, thinking that he’s a super hero.

A dazzling, richly imagined novel about Peggy Guggenheim—a story of art, family, love, and becoming oneself—by the award-winning author of Under the Bridge, now a Hulu limited series starring Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone “Godfrey brilliantly resurrects the avant-garde adventurer Peggy...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dramatic novel, based on the woman glamorized in The Sound of Music, brings Maria to life as never before. “As immersive, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive as the...

A few years after the Wright brothers’ first flight, Bessie was working the Texas cotton fields with her family when an airplane flew over their heads. It buzzed so low she thought she could catch it in her hands. Bessie was fearless. She knew there was freedom in those wings. The daughter of a woman born into slavery, Bessie answers the call of the Great Migration. She moves to Chicago, where she wins the backing of two wealthy, powerful Black men—Robert Abbott, creator and publisher of the Chicago Defender, and Jesse Binga, the founder of Chicago’s first Black bank.