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»I mina ögon är Sjalamov 1900-talets största författare. De skenbart enkla berättelserna når i själva verket Dostojevskijs höjder, så mycket finns förborgat i dem.« Svetlana Aleksijevitj Författaren Varlam Sjalamov greps under den stora terrorn i Moskva 1937 och skickades till...

En vardagsnära och gripande roman som sträcker sig över fyra decennier – berättelsen är baserad på verkliga händelser. Berörande läsning som visar på vad kärlek, hopp och tro kan innebära när livet inte blir som man har tänkt sig. Året är 1984. Erik är frikyrkopastor och...

In the glittering courts and shadowed bazaars of eleventh-century Persia, Harold Lamb brings to vivid life the story of Omar Khayyam—the brilliant tentmaker's son who would become known to the world as the poet of the Rubáiyát, yet was celebrated in his own time as a master astronomer, mathematician, and calendar-maker. Amid the pageantry of Nishapur and the power struggles of the Seljuk Empire, Omar rises as a favored adviser to Sultan Malikshah, advancing bold ideas about the heavens and the earth while navigating intrigue, rivalry, and the jealousies of those who seek the sultan's favor.

100 Minuten Weltliteratur (Balladen, Gedichte und Szenen) erzählt von Beatrice Ferolli ist ein „Memory Booster" gegen das Gift des Vergessens. 100 Minuten der schönsten Balladen, Gedichte und Szenen der Weltliteratur aus dem Gedächtnis erzählt.

In familiären, aber auch beruflichen Episoden wird hier, in diesem schnellen Bericht, das Leben des Träumers und Lebemanns Baron Árpád Pelzinger zu Beginn des vorigen Jahrhunderts skizzenhaft dargestellt, ein Aristokrat anrüchiger Herkunft, mit dem es das Schicksal gut meinte, was wiederum ihm ein durchaus bewegtes Dasein garantierte, von der Kindheit angefangen bis ins hohe Alter hinein.

Mary Tudor has done the impossible. She has taken back her throne in a bloodless coup, becoming the first woman to rule England in her own right. Now, as Mary navigates this uncharted path, she embarks on a mission to restore Catholicism in a country that has been torn apart by religious strife and become increasingly more Protestant.

Between War and Peace brings listeners into the heart of the American Revolution through the extraordinary true story of Deborah Sampson, a young woman who refused to be confined by the expectations of her time. When women were told to remain silent, obedient, and safely behind the lines, Deborah cut her hair, bound her chest, took the name Robert Shurtlieff, and marched into the Continental Army.

Schon früh muss Valdir zu Hause Trunksucht, Gewalt und Streit mitansehen. Nach der Scheidung der Eltern pendelt der Knabe heimatlos zwischen Mutter und Vater hin und her, bis sein angetrunkener Vater den Neunjährigen mit einer brutalen Tracht Prügel aus dem Haus jagt. Valdir landet auf der Straße. Dort lernt er sein Handwerk: Stehlen, um zu überleben. Er gerät ins Bandenmilieu eines Elendsviertels, wird zum Kopf einer kriminellen Gang in São Paulo. Bis eine Begegnung mit einem Streetworker alles verändert.

A Maratha army marches on Poona. The Peshwa flees his own capital. The Company decides to put him back on his throne, and the road that begins at Seringapatam ends at a fortress thought to be unassailable. Major William Culpepper rides north with Arthur Wellesley, attached to the general's staff for a campaign that will cross half a subcontinent. He serves two purposes. One is line work, the kind of fighting that wins battles and fills graves.

Henry Chinaski is a lowlife loser with a hand-to-mouth existence. His menial post office day job supports a life of beer, one-night stands and racetracks. Lurid, uncompromising and hilarious, Post Office is a landmark in American literature, and over 1 million copies have been sold worldwide...

For Steve Grey growing up, abuse and uncertainty was all he ever knew. Pulled out of a difficult family upbringing when he was only a child, Steve jumped from children's home to children's home, rarely ever escaping the after-effects of the trauma that defined much of his early years. Unfortunately, the type of suffering Grey endured doesn't just get to be wiped away, as Switch Back examines how his childhood abuse also manifested itself in his adult life in ways he could have never imagined.

Born an indentured servant and bound by slavery for the first twenty-one years of her life, Dinah Clark ultimately earned her freedom, married, had children, bought a house, and mastered the arduous work of a sawyer. Her profession—unusual for a woman at the time—sustained her following the early death of her husband. Her outgoing nature and skill as a woodcutter made her one of the most famous African American women in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the 19th century.

Ambition. Sorcery. Treason. How far will one woman dare to go? The stunning new novel from the international bestselling author. 1420: Eleanor Cobham arrives at the court of Henry V. Pretty but not highborn, she hopes for nothing more than to marry well. It is a golden age for England, its royal...

Life with the Durrells is seldom straightforward. Dive headfirst into family adventures with this collection of laugh-out-loud short stories from the much-loved author of My Family and Other Animals. Notable tales include 'The Picnic', a hilarious account of an ill-fated Durrell excursion which...

Meet the brilliant writer, fiercely independent mother, and passionate woman who captured the heart of C.S. Lewis and inspired the books that still enchant and change us today, from the?New York Times?bestselling author of?The Story She Left Behind. When poet and writer Joy Davidman began...

It is 1981. As a wave of puzzling medical cases sweeps across the US, a Parisian doctor is presented with a rare case of a disease long thought to be eradicated. It marks the beginning of a race on both sides of the Atlantic to make sense of a deadly virus that will define a generation. Miles...

Bad News is the second novel in Edward St Aubuyn's semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, Patrick. This audiobook edition is read by stage and screen actor Alex Jennings. Twenty-two years old and in...

Inspired by a true story, Paths of Glory brings to life one of history’s enduringly enigmatic heroes. Some people have dreams that are so outrageous that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. Christopher Columbus, Isaac Newton, Florence Nightingale, Thomas...

Winner of the Betty Trask Award, Never Mind is the first in Edward St Aubyn's highly acclaimed Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. This audiobook is read aloud by stage and screen actor Alex Jennings. At his mother’s family house in the...

Read by actor Alex Jennings, Some Hope is the third of Edward St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical series, The Patrick Melrose Novels, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, Patrick. Patrick Melrose, cleaned-up and world-weary, is a reluctant guest at a...