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Based on the true story of Diane Sutton, 28, the former model and heiress who died after apparent suicide by train at Surbiton station, leaving behind a five-year-old son. The story of Diane Sutton and her son, Byron, is narrated by journalist Mathew Taylor, who was commissioned to write a 2,000-piece for a national daily, focusing on winter suicides.

He smells like blood and opium and whiskey, and underneath that something sickly sweet, like rotten fruit. That's what starvation—and death—smells like. He is so thin and frail now, almost gaunt in his appearance, almost skeletal. His current accommodations, a musty, cramped room above a motel-saloon, have also been converted into somewhat of a shrine to him: his 1877 model Colt Lightning hangs on one bedpost, and his trusty Bowie knife from the other. His hand-tailored black hat with the hand-curled brim hangs over the bed, on the wall, like some would hang a picture of Jesus.

As the beautiful daughter of courtiers, Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount is overjoyed when she secures a position as maid of honor to Katherine of Aragon. But when she captures the attention of the king himself, there are whispers that the queen ought to be worried for her throne. When Bess gives birth to a healthy son the whispers become a roar. But soon the infamous Boleyn girls come to court and Henry's love for her begins to fade.

Having only just recently reconnected with his old military friend, Aaron, William was devastated upon hearing the news of his passing. But when a delivery driver arrives the next day bearing several boxes of journals from Aaron, William realizes there was so much more to learn about his now-deceased friend. Meet Aaron as a young boy growing up in Kellas, Washington, during the 1970s, and follow him and his friends through the decade. Join them on their misadventures in love, mischief, woes of virginity, and mayhem.

England. 1535. Jane Seymour is 27 years old and increasingly desperate to marry and secure her place in the world. When the court visits Wolf Hall, the Seymour ancestral manor, Jane has the perfect opportunity to shine: her diligence, efficiency, and newfound poise are sure to finally attract a suitor. Meanwhile, King Henry VIII is 45 and increasingly desperate for an heir. He changed his country's religion to leave his first wife, a princess of Spain, for Anne Boleyn—but she, too, has failed to provide a son.

Gracias a su pasión por los libros y gusto exquisito, Belle da Costa Green se ha vuelto, con tan solo veinte años, la bibliotecaria más joven de la prestigiosa universidad de Princeton. Sin embargo, un golpe de suerte mayor está por impulsar su carrera: el famoso millonario J. P. Morgan la quiere para curar una colección de manuscritos raros, libros y obras de arte que compondrán el corazón de su biblioteca personal.

Mit ihm lernten ihre Träume fliegen. Doch sie kamen den Sternen zu nah. Paris 1930: Als die junge Malerin Consuelo auf einer Party Antoine de Saint-Exupéry kennenlernt, ist es Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Die temperamentvolle Mittelamerikanerin wird zur Muse des enigmatischen Piloten, der eigentlich viel lieber Schreiben und Zeichnen möchte. Aus seinen unsterblichen Gefühlen für sie entsteht "Der kleine Prinz": Consuelo ist die über alles geliebte Rose, die der Prinz mit einer Glasglocke schützen möchte und an die er unentwegt denkt, auf welche fremden Planeten ihn seine Reisen auch führen.

Da quando è nato, Fabrizio Corona sembra avere un potere divino: si trova sempre, anche suo malgrado, al centro della storia d'Italia. Il padre Vittorio, giornalista, lascia Catania, quando in Sicilia regnano i boss Bontate e Badalamenti, dopo aver denunciato infiltrazioni del clan Santapaola nell'informazione isolana, e diventa uno dei direttori simbolo della Milano da bere e della moda anni Ottanta. Fabrizio posa per il primo servizio fotografico a nove anni e risponde alla prima telefonata di Silvio Berlusconi da adolescente.

Poteet Victory is a rags-to-riches story of historical significance. Through his efforts on behalf of the tribes, Poteet became one of the most-honored Native Americans of the past half century. Abandoned as a child, he beat the odds to become a renowned painter, living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who has sold thousands of paintings for millions of dollars.

Tishtar runs a small legal practice in Melbourne where he has a new client, Habiba, who seeks to bring her orphan nieces to Australia from war-torn Somalia. He is also a migrant, having left the civil unrest in Iran to find a new life in a new country. As Tishtar becomes consumed with Habiba's tales of war-torn Somalia, his own childhood memories return and he reflects on the time he spent at his grandmother's house to escape the atrocities that unravelled post the Islamic Revolution.

Obligada a ocultarse en una cueva, como fiera perseguida, una mujer embarazada delira entre la fiebre y los dolores de su inminente parto. Las llagas en la cara, la oscuridad del cubil y la suciedad del cuerpo, ocultan el esplendor de una vida llena de lujos, luces y libros. Este es sólo uno de los apasionantes pasajes en los que Celia del Palacio nos sumerge en Leona. Apoyada en una documentación acuciosa, la autora recrea el convulso tiempo en que vivió uno de los personajes fundamentales de la Independencia de México: Leona Vicario.

Vier Jahrzehnte nach ihrem Tod findet Gregor Höppner im Tagebuch seiner Mutter den Namen eines französischen Kriegsgefangenen. Er stößt auf die Geschichte der großen, geheimen Liebe einer selbstbewussten, jungen Frau während des Zweiten Weltkriegs voller ungestillter Sehnsüchte und unerfüllten Hoffnungen. Mit einem Freund begibt er sich auf die Suche nach dem verlorenen Namen und der Geschichte seiner Mutter aus einem früheren Leben.

Ukraine, 1940. When war rips their country apart, Julia is sent away by her tearful parents in the dead of night, clutching her mother’s necklace and longing for one last embrace. But soon she is captured by Nazi soldiers and forced into a German labor camp, where behind a tall fence topped with cruel barbed wire, she has never felt more alone. Just as she begins to give up on all hope, Julia meets Henry, a young man from her village who shares her heart full of dreams.

Myriam Stefford, la aviadora y actriz suizo-argentina, compañera de aventuras de Rául Barón Biza, con su existencia breve e intensa, es la protagonista de esta ficción histórica escrita por José Frattini. A Stefford está dedicado el mausoleo más alto de Argentina, donde se ambienta el comienzo del libro. Frattini investigó multitud de documentos y testimonios que le permitieron llegar a reconstruir la singular vida de esta mujer osada, en quien se condensaron tantos brillos y tragedias de su tiempo.

Una novela sobre la última etapa de la vida de Agustín Tosco, el dirigente sindical combativo más respetado de la historia argentina, pero no siempre tan conocido en su humanidad. Tosco tuvo que refugiarse en la vida clandestina a mediados de la década de 1970, cercado por las amenazas de la Alianza Anticomunista Argentina que preparaban el Terrorismo de Estado. En esas circunstancias empezó a cursar una enfermedad para la cual prácticamente no pudo recibir tratamiento.

From Brexit to Covid, parties to pig culling, the Conservative government has lurched from crisis to crisis. With a front-row seat on the, erm, backbenches, the Secret Tory has picked up on all the petty rivalries, bad decision-making and scandalous affairs that Whitehall has to offer. And he’s got no qualms about sharing it. All. Join the mystery MP as he drunk-texts Liz Truss after a crate of WKD, accompanies Jacob Rees-Mogg (and his kids) to picket a foodbank, takes on the French in the ‘Trawler Wars’, and euthanises Rishi Sunak’s dog—and that’s just October.

Rentrée Littéraire d'Hiver 2022. 19 avril 1945. L'Armée rouge marche sur Berlin. Adolf Hitler et Eva Braun sont réfugiés dans leur bunker. La fin de règne approche. Hitler a déjà planifié son suicide, mais pourquoi Eva, sa douce ingénue, devrait-elle subir le même sort ? Le Führer orchestre alors la fuite de sa maîtresse. Et rien ne se passera comme prévu.

Sprechen Menschen über Angst und Psychosen, dann oft mit angezogener Handbremse. Wer in dieser Gesellschaft mithalten will, redet nicht über seelische Krankheiten, schon gar nicht über die eigenen. "Schlage bitte weiter, Kämpferherz!" ist die autobiografische Geschichte eines Mannes, der mit schonungsloser Offenheit erzählt, wie er schon als Kind die seelischen Abgründe seiner Familie kennenlernen musste. Die Geschichte eines übergewichtigen Teenagers, der dem Mobbing seiner Mitschüler ausgesetzt war und sich irgendwann zur Wehr setzte.

At Heim Hochland, a Nazi breeding home in Bavaria, three women’s fates are irrevocably intertwined. Gundi is a pregnant university student from Berlin. An Aryan beauty, she’s secretly a member of a resistance group. Hilde, only eighteen, is a true believer in the cause and is thrilled to carry a Nazi official’s child. And Irma, a forty-four-year-old nurse, is desperate to build a new life for herself after personal devastation. All three have everything to lose.

Piacenza, dicembre 2019. Sono trascorsi dieci anni da quando si è spento Stefano Fugazza, l'indimenticato direttore della Galleria d’arte moderna Ricci Oddi, e fervono i preparativi per la mostra che lo celebrerà. A curarla è stato chiamato Gabriele Dadati, che era il più stretto collaboratore dello studioso nell’ultimo periodo della sua vita. Quando l'allestimento è ormai concluso, avviene un fatto clamoroso: a distanza di ventitré anni dal furto, fa la sua ricomparsa in città Ritratto di signora di Gustav Klimt.