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Great Possessions is a haunting work of biblical historical fiction told in the voice of the man history remembers only as the one who went away sorrowful. He was not born to ease. He built his life by discipline, restraint, and hard-won wisdom, turning a vulnerable household into one of standing, order, and wealth. He kept the law. He gave alms. He earned the respect of elders, servants, and neighbors alike. By every visible measure, he was a righteous man. But beneath the ordered rooms, sealed storehouses, and carefully guarded honor, another master had long been at work: fear.

A mother, a wife, a woman of substance... At nineteen, Elizabeth Seymour is already a mother, has been recently widowed, and seen her Queen, Anne Boleyn, lose her life. Against the wishes of her father, she heads North, away from Wulf Hall and the court in London to Yorkshire, determined to...

Marco cultural dos anos 1950, Junky descreve o périplo de um viciado em drogas pesadas. O livro entra agora para o time de clássicos malditos da coleção Má Companhia. Cotidiano modorrento, um atestado de dispensa do serviço militar e alguns trambiques. Assim o narrador de Junky descreve...

Um dos grandes nomes da geração beat, William S. Burroughs retrata a crise de abstinência das drogas e a paixão obsessiva homossexual do seu alter ego William Lee. O livro que deu origem ao filme dirigido por Luca Guadagnino, de Me chame pelo seu nome. Embora tenha sido escrito em 1952...

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the million-copy bestseller The...

In contemporary Paris, a narrator and two companions explore the life and work of Gertrude Stein: a subversive imagining of a truly subversive female artist. Our narrator has a lot going on. Her friend Eva’s cat is missing—also, she wonders, where is Eva’s husband. Their other friend Fanny...

Ein Mädchen gegen die Welt – und der lange Weg in die Freiheit. Irland, 1886: Armut, Hunger und britische Willkür treiben Tausende zur Flucht. Auch die dreizehnjährige Mary Agnes Coyne hat keine Wahl – des Inzests bezichtigt und verstoßen, reist sie allein über den Atlantik in das Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten.

Fenômeno de vendas na França e vencedor de prêmios importantes, Limonov, conta na forma de um romance eletrizante, uma história real: a vida de uma figura polêmica cuja trajetória - de poeta russo a revolucionário, de celebridade a presidiário - acompanha a própria história da Europa...

Dalle tradizioni sciamaniche impariamo che un’anima può prendere in prestito qualsiasi forma della natura – un merlo, una pianta, il vento – anche solo per un istante, giusto il tempo di un saluto di passaggio. Nel mezzo di una passeggiata nel giardino di casa, all’alba dei suoi...

Juste avant la révolution d'Octobre, Dimitri Radzanov et Horowitz s'affrontent en duel au piano au conservatoire de Kiev. Chassés par les Bolcheviks, les deux jeunes gens doivent fuir l'Ukraine. Horowitz émigre aux États-Unis où il rencontre vite fortune et gloire. Radzanov, quant à lui, après avoir servi dans la garde blanche, échoue en banlieue parisienne avec sa mère. Il entre comme chimiste aux usines Pathé Marconi à Chatou où, ironie du sort, il va fabriquer des disques pour son vieux rival Horowitz qui fait vibrer les foules outre-Atlantique.

Auf der Suche nach einem Unbekannten »Jede Ferien verließen wir unseren Pariser Vorort und fuhren in die Bretagne, die Heimat meines Vaters, wo er geboren worden war, genau wie sein Vater – und dessen Vater vor ihm.« Nach zwei Büchern über die Familie ihrer Mutter widmet Anne Berest...

Giovanni Diotallevi ha sedici anni quando suo padre gli comunica la grande notizia. Ha ottenuto per lui un colloquio con un gerarca, una persona importante. Se saprà fargli una buona impressione, per Giovanni si apriranno le porte del meraviglioso luogo che il Duce ha voluto costruire in fondo alla Tuscolana, una piccola metropoli destinata a creare pellicole che incanteranno il mondo intero.

Step into the glamour and grit of aviation's golden era with The Stewardess. In a time when flying was an adventure and the role of a stewardess was both envied and misunderstood, one young woman takes to the skies, embarking on a journey that will test her courage, independence, and heart. From the allure of exotic destinations to the stark realities of life at 30,000 feet, her story is one of resilience and discovery. As she navigates the challenges of a groundbreaking career, she also faces the timeless struggles of love, ambition, and finding her place in a rapidly changing world.

A los sesenta y ocho años, Theodor Kallifatides, exiliado en Suecia desde hace más de cuatro décadas, visita a su madre de noventa y dos, que sigue residiendo en Atenas. Ambos saben que puede ser uno de sus últimos encuentros.

A obra-prima de Yukio Mishima em nova tradução. Autobiográfico, o romance conta a história de um adolescente que, no Japão da Segunda Guerra, descobre a própria homossexualidade. Por detrás da máscara com que encobre sua natureza, porém, ele sabe que não corresponde aos padrões...

Die Familie eines deutschen Jahrhunderts: Margarethe, Marianne, Monika, Miriam. Vier Generationen. Sie lieben sich, sie tun sich weh, sie kämpfen um ihre Unabhängigkeit. Sie stammen aus dem Bildungsbürgertum Dresdens, die Männer und Väter fallen in den Weltkriegen. Zum schlimmsten Zerwürfnis kommt es nach der Übersiedlung in den Westen, als die hochintelligente, labile Enkelin Monika in den Sechzigerjahren gegen alle Widerstände ein uneheliches schwarzes Kind zur Welt bringen will. Menschlich, eindringlich und mitreißend macht Miriam Carbe ein ganzes Jahrhundert erlebbar.

In 1941, Manila, Philippines was the hidden gem of the Far East and set to become an independent sovereignty in a few short years. On December 8, 1941, immediately following the Pearl Harbor attack 5,200 miles away in Honolulu, the Japanese Imperial Army bombed the city of Manila and began an occupation that would last more than three years and culminate in a battle for the capital city that would go down as one of the deadliest in World War II history.

" Je suis sur ta clavicule, sur ton poignet, dans tes mains. Je suis dans tes cheveux, sur ton sein, dans tes yeux. Je regarde ta bouche, tes mouvements, ta robe. Je te connais sans te connaître, Enriqueta. " La vie d'Enriqueta bascule le 18 août 1936, quand, en quelques minutes, elle doit...

For the first time in audio, Marguerite Yourcenar's masterpiece—an extraordinary novel based on the life of the Roman emperor Hadrian. "[James] Lailey sweeps us away with a virtuoso reading of this debate on soul, body, and power, sensitively underlining the nuanced sentiments in the...

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic, mysterious life of Katherine Carey, niece of Anne Boleyn, in this surprising novel that delves into one of the deepest secrets of Henry VIII’s court. “In this vivid and utterly addictive novel, Alison...