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Forty miles north of New York, at 85 Rochdale Road, there sits a tiny cottage, in a utopian summer community, where Sam Teres spent his summers, far from home and family back in the Bronx. Owned by his maiden aunt, the cottage is the scene of a life-imprinting drama of love and loneliness, of fathers and sons, of passion, work and money.

En la oscura España de principios de los sesenta, la infancia de Ana de Sotomayor, hija de una familia de terratenientes extremeños, transcurre feliz hasta que la ruina de la familia empieza a planear sobre ellos. A las grandes fiestas y largos veraneos les seguirán la nevera vacía, la desaparición de cuadros, los llantos y los silencios.

Есть вещи, перед которыми бессильна даже абсолютная власть. «Король-солнце» волен распоряжаться чужой жизнью, но его собственная неумолимо утекает в прошлое. Бессмертие — вот чего испокон веков жаждали владыки, и Людовик XIV не стал исключением. В надежде обрести власть над самой смертью он отправляет ученого-священника, отца де ла Круа, в экспедицию за легендарными морскими созданиями, чья плоть, согласно преданиям, дарует вечную жизнь. И вот наконец долгожданный корабль возвращается с удивительной пленницей. Неизвестно, способно ли это загадочное существо даровать королю победу над смертью, но судьбы многих людей оно изменит безвозвратно.

May 1483: The Tower of London. When King Edward IV dies and Lady Elysabeth Scrope delivers her young godson, Edward V, into the Tower of London to prepare for his coronation, she is engulfed in political turmoil. Within months, the prince and his brother have disappeared, Richard III is declared king, and Elysabeth's sister Margaret Beaufort conspires with her son Henry Tudor to invade England and claim the throne. Desperate to protect her godson, Elysabeth battles the intrigue, betrayal and power of the last medieval court to keep Prince Edward safe.

Самая известная книга прозаика и публициста Ларисы Васильевой теперь в аудиоформате. Документально-публицистическое исследование Ларисы Васильевой посвящено судьбам тех женщин, чьи мужья были руководителями советского государства. От Надежды Крупской до Раисы Горбачевой автор рисует портреты "кремлевских жен", повествуя об их характерах, поступках и сложных хитросплетениях их жизненного пути.

È l’estate del 1981 e la famiglia che sta per atterrare all’aeroporto di Teheran è quella dell’appena nominato ambasciatore d’Italia in Persia. Da subito la famiglia è proiettata in una quotidianità fatta di violenza, di divieti, di donne velate di nero e di uomini che imbracciano armi, mentre a incombere su tutto c’è l’inquietante figura dell’onnipresente Ayatollah Khomeini.

The Murderer’s Maid interweaves the stories of two women, the 19th-century servant of infamous Lizzie Borden and the other a 21st-century modern-day barista fleeing from an attempt on her life. Irish maid Bridget Sullivan, trapped by servitude and afraid for her own safety, finds herself an unwilling witness to the tensions in the volatile Borden household. In 2016, Brooke, the illegitimate daughter of an immigrant maid, is unknowingly connected to the legendary 19th-century crime. Brooke struggles to conceal her identity and stay a jump ahead of the men who want to kill her.

Elizabeth von Arnim, who is best known for her later novel The Enchanted April, married a Prussian aristocrat and, with their five children, lived in Nassenheide, Pomerania. Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a semi-autobiographical novel about the joy that the protagonist finds in the delights of her Pomeranian garden, which provides relief from the stifling environment of her household. The novel was originally published anonymously because von Arnim feared that her husband, whom she satirised in the book, would disapprove.

Zia secretly longs to go to university but as a young woman in a traditional Muslim family, she does what is expected of her and agrees to an arranged marriage to Rashid, a man she barely knows. Cocooned by the wealth and customs of her family, Rashid's dark moods create only the smallest of ripples in their early life together.

"De søde hemmeligheder" er tredje bind af Marcel Pagnols (1895-1974) barndomserindringer fra Provence. I denne bog er Marcel Pagnol tolv år, og nu begynder begrebet kærlighed at dukke op i hans tilværelse. Først oplever han et på en gang barokt og gribende udslag af kærligheden mellem sine gamle bedsteforældre. Og kort efter stifter han selv bekendtskab med den første drengeforelskelses fryd og kval, da han møder pigen Isabelle, der en sommer igennem binder ham i et grusomt og dejligt slaveri.

"Den sorte skole" er fjerde bind af Marcel Pagnols (1895-1974) barndomserindringer fra Provence. Denne gang er det ikke den ubekymrede ferietilværelse i bjergene, der fortælles om, men livet i latinskolen i Marseille, hvor Marcel til forældrenes stolthed har konkurreret sig til en friplads. Pagnol fortæller muntert om lærerne med alle deres særheder og om skoledrengene og deres ballader. Om spisesalen, hvis vægge er plettet af linsegrød, som generationer af elever har kastet derop i lede over denne alt for hyppige frokostret, og om læsestuen, hvor den vagthavende må holde jernhård disciplin for at bevare roen blandt de livlige drenge.

El pericazo sarniento es un ensayo personal, el relato sin contemplaciones de un adicto a la cocaína. Carlos Velázquez ha logrado contar su paso por el infierno con una prosa dura, directa. La mente del adicto es un misterio y Velázquez emprende ese viaje al fondo de la noche y él regresa con este poderoso libro de memorias.

Erling drømmer om at blive forfatter, men inspirationen er væk. Han er på bistandshjælp og arbejder for kommunen i en grøftekant i byens pæne kvarter. Om aftenen går han hætteklædt rundt i området og lurer ind i de riges hjem, for det er dem, han vil skrive om. Da Suzanne, datteren i et af de store flotte huse, pludselig viser ham interesse, er alverdens rigdom og skønhed med ét inden for rækkevidde – men under overfladen af skønhed og succes lurer hemmeligheder og løgne, og mens Erling langsomt bliver en del af Suzannes familie, tager en uhyggelig historie form i hans notesbog.

Die mitreißende Saga über die Frauen von Bloomsbury. Hogarth House bei London, 1922. Virginia und ihr Mann Leonard Woolf haben einen Verlag gegründet, mit dem sie erste Erfolge feiern, und auch mit ihrem Schreiben findet Virginia immer mehr Anerkennung. Dann lernt sie die so glamouröse wie abenteuerliche Schriftstellerin Vita Sackville-West kennen, die für ihre einzigartige Gartenkunst bekannt ist. Für Virginia ist es Liebe auf den ersten Blick, während Vita sich von Virginias kritischem Intellekt zunächst infrage gestellt fühlt.

This is the story of Tiberius Claudius Nero, the step-son of Augustus Caesar, who, despite obstacles and his own reluctance, became the second emperor of Rome. His public life spanned the tumultuous period of transition from the Roman Republic to the Emperorship, and his private life took a series of unusual and surprising turns.

For most of his 76 years, Bill Smith preferred solitude over socialising, horses over people and confidentiality over confidantes. As a jockey, he was known for always turning up already fully kitted out in his silks. But now, in his advancing years, a fall lands him in full-time care and it becomes impossible to maintain his privacy. Nurse Maureen Bannon resents having to look after ‘the geries', especially grumpy old buggers like Mr Smith, but when she discovers Bill's secret an unlikely alliance is formed. Bill was assigned female at birth.

Will Crump has survived the Civil War, Red Cloud’s War, and the loss of his love, but the search for peace and belonging still eludes him. From Colorado, famed Texas Ranger Charlie Goodnight lures Will to Texas, where he finds new love, but can a Civil War sharpshooter and a Quaker find a compromise to let their love survive? When Will has a chance to join in the founding of a new town, he risks everything—his savings, his family, and his life—but it will all be for nothing if the new railroad passes them by.

Sein erster Posten führt Patrick Nothomb in den jüngst unabhängig gewordenen Kongo. In Stanleyville soll er als Generalkonsul Belgien vertreten. Aber das Jahr 1964 hält anderes bereit, und so muss er, der kein Blut sehen kann, um das Leben Hunderter Geiseln verhandeln. Doch wer ist dieser junge Mann? Amélie Nothomb zeichnet das Bild seiner Kindheit zwischen belgischer Hautevolée und wilden Ardennen. Ein intimes Familienporträt, aber auch die Geschichte einer Welt im Wandel.

In The Boy King’s Tale, two entwined love stories, young and old, lead to betrayal, murder and the near overthrow of a kingdom in this epic story of son and bride, mother and lover, in the extraordinary true story adventure of the earliest days of one of England’s most revered kings, Edward III.

Felix Landau lubił przesiadywać na balkonie okazałej willi i strzelać do przechodzących Żydów. W listach miłosnych do żony szczegółowo opisywał sadystyczne czyny, jakich się dopuścił. Brał też udział w masakrze profesorów lwowskich w nocy z 3 na 4 lipca 1941 we Lwowie.