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SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY FIRST CHAPTER AWARD (2026)For a woman, holding power in a man’s world is dangerous; holding fast to her faith in an intolerant one can be deadly. England, 1185. Nicola de la Haye, constable of Lincoln Castle, commands her fortress with hard-won authority. Determined to protect her family from a kingdom fracturing around her, she discovers the hardest battle is the one inside her own walls.

Felix Krull, der überaus anziehende und charmante Sohn eines bankrotten Sektfabrikanten, entwickelt schon im Kindesalter Vorlieben für das diebische Gewerbe. Weder Schokolade, noch Liebesbeweise entgehen seiner Aneignungslust - und da die Welt betrogen werden will, betrügt er sie! Als ein Rollentausch mit dem Marquis de Venosta seinen Aufstieg vom Hotelpagen zum Adligen ermöglicht, stehen ihm alle Türen offen, was er nur zu geschickt zu nutzen weiß.

Arbeitsstress? Dann wird es Zeit für eine Lachpause. Dieses Hörbuch führt mitten hinein in die farbenfrohen Anekdoten aus dem Berufsleben eines Isolierers. Tage voller Geschichten, Situationen zum Lachen, Staunen und Kopfschütteln und Erinnerungen, die zeigen, wie viel Lebensfreude im Arbeitsalltag stecken kann. Dabei bleibt eines garantiert: Alles bleibt anonym.

From the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series, a powerful autobiographical novel about a black family tortured by colorism as it strives to live up to the myth of the Black middle class in white, post-war America Lillian Taylor has three sons, a comfortable house, and a well-liked...

Mata Hari foi a mulher mais desejada de sua época: a famosa bailarina de danças orientais que chocava e encantava as plateias ao se desnudar nos palcos, a companheira de confidências e de encontros amorosos com os homens ricos e poderosos de seu tempo, a pessoa de passado enigmático que despertava o ciúme e a inveja das damas da aristocracia parisiense. Ela ousou libertar-se do moralismo e dos costumes provincianos das primeiras décadas do século XX e pagou caro por isso.

Jack Kerouac’s classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature “In [On the Road] Kerouac’s heroes were sensation seekers; now they are seekers after truth . . . the novel often attains a beautiful dignity.”—Chicago Tribune First published in 1958, a...

Während der gesamten Handlung steht der Kunsterzieher Helbig als Teil eines Tableau vivant auf dem Hof seiner Schule, in der gerade ein Schulkulturtag stattfindet. Helbig selbst hat den Schützenfestmontag als Veranstaltungstag durchgesetzt, keine gute Wahl, wie sich bald herausstellt. Aber in...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Robert Graves' brilliant account of the madness and debauchery of ancient Rome, starring Tom Goodman Hill as Claudius and Derek Jacobi as Augustus. The wickedly entertaining inside story of the lives and deaths of the Imperial dynasty from Augustus to...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER Now a major motion picture starring ACADEMY AWARD winner Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn, directed by Chloé Zhao. The acclaimed author of the Reese's Book Club pick The Marriage Portrait...

«Éste es un libro sobre la vida... apasionado y alegre, sentimental y burlón.» ROSA MONTERO Cuando Rosa Montero leyó el maravilloso diario que Marie Curie comenzó tras la muerte de su esposo, y que se incluye al final de este libro, sintió que la historia de esa mujer fascinante que se...

"Dans "L'Amant", Marguerite Duras reprend sur le ton de la confidence les images et les thèmes qui hantent toute son œuvre. Ses lecteurs vont pouvoir ensuite descendre ce grand fleuve aux lenteurs asiatiques et suivre la romancière dans tous les méandres du delta, dans la moiteur des rizières, dans les secrets ombreux où elle a développé l'incantation répétitive et obsédante de ses livres, de ses films, de son théâtre."

The hero of Everyman is obsessed with mortality. As he reminds himself at one point, "I'm 34! Worry about oblivion when you're 75." But he cannot help himself. He is the ex-husband in three marriages gone wrong. He is the father of two sons who detest him, despite a daughter who adores him. A masterful portrait of one man's inner struggles, Everyman is a brilliant showcase for one of the world's most distinguished novelists.

In 1800 France, twenty-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherits her great-grandfather's uncanny sense of smell and uses it to make great champagne, despite the Code prohibiting women from owning a business. When tragedy strikes and she becomes a Veuve (widow), she must grapple with a domineering partner, the complexities of making champagne, and the aftermath of six Napoleon wars. When she falls in love with her sales manager, Louis Bohne, she must choose between losing her winery to her husband to obey the Napoleon Code, or losing Louis.

Germany, 1942. Franciscan friar Anton Starzmann is stripped of his place in the world when his school is seized by the Nazis. He relocates to a small German hamlet to wed Elisabeth Herter, a widow who seeks a marriage - in name only - to a man who can help raise her three children. Anton seeks something too - atonement for failing to protect his young students from the wrath of the Nazis. But neither he nor Elisabeth expects their lives to be shaken once again by the inescapable rumble of war. 

The ground remembers... the dirt is alive, too. In the deep, sun-drenched valley of Cloverlick, Kentucky, summer days belong entirely to the kids running wild by the creek. From the freezing mountain swimming holes to the straight gravel paths lined with wild touch-me-nots, the holler feels like a hidden fortress shielded by the ancient canopy of Black Mountain. But when the sun dips behind the ridge, the friendly green woods turn into a thick wall of ink, and the deep lore of the mountains comes alive.

Afiq er en 22-årig drømmer. En hund, ifølge sin far. Afiq lever et dobbeltliv med piger, druk og byture, men vil samtidig gerne være en god søn og muslim. Han drømmer om et liv uden for ghettoen, om at gøre noget andet end sine forældre. Men hvordan bærer man sig ad med det, når livet...

Nel memorabile incipit di questo libro, la madre di Emanuele Trevi, allora bambino, riferendosi al padre pronuncia più volte un’istruzione enigmatica: «Lo sai com’è fatto». Per non perderlo (ad esempio fra le calli di Venezia, in una passeggiata dell’infanzia) occorre comprendere e accettare la legge della sua distrazione, della sua distanza.

From the critically acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy, an irresistible novel of fame, power, beauty, and truth—and a blazing renovation of the form. This program is read by the author. The movie star M is one of the most recognizable faces of our time. Her image is everywhere. It has...

"Immer müssen Millionen müßige Weltstunden verrinnen, ehe eine wahrhaft historische, eine Sternstunde der Menschheit, in Erscheinung tritt." Stefan Zweig hat beispielhaft vierzehn von ihnen nachgezeichnet. Ob er über die letzten Tage von Waterloo schreibt, die Entstehung der Marseillaise skizziert oder über Robert Scotts Antarktis-Expedition berichtet - es sind eher weniger bekannte historische Begebenheiten, die dennoch eine große Auswirkung auf den weiteren Verlauf der Geschichte hatten.

Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. Sayuri's story begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into...