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From Irish PEN award-winning author Joseph O’Connor, Shadowplay explores the characters whose loves and lives inspired Dracula. 1878. The Lyceum Theatre, London. Three extraordinary people begin their life together. Henry Irving, the Chief, is the volcanic leading man and impresario; Ellen...

Shooting an Elephant describes the experience of the English narrator, possibly Orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in Burma. Because the locals expect him to do the job, he does so against his better judgment, his anguish increased by the elephant's slow and painful death. The story is regarded as a metaphor for colonialism as a whole, and for Orwell's view that 'when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys'.

An epic re-creation of the exhilarating and mysterious time when the Sun King ruled Egypt, Ramses, the Son of Light, has become the rage in France. With over two million copies sold, it is the greatest publishing phenomenon to hit the shelves there in 20 years. Rameses is only 14 when his father, the Pharaoh Seti, begins testing his true mettle. Being the younger of two sons, the proud Ramses has a problem with being relegated to second place.

Evelyn Waugh's personal favorite of his novels and "a superlatively well done book" (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine. Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftain who is thrown into marriage with the man who will one day become the Roman emperor...

Peint à Vienne en 1910, le tableau de Gustav Klimt Portrait d’une dame est acheté par un collectionneur anonyme en 1916, retouché par le maître un an plus tard, puis volé en 1997, avant de réapparaître en 2019 dans les jardins d’un musée d’art moderne en Italie. Aucun expert en art, aucun conservateur de musée, aucun enquêteur de police ne sait qui était la jeune femme représentée sur le tableau, ni quels mystères entourent l’histoire mouvementée de son portrait.

Jack London’ın yarı otobiyografik romanı, bir yazarın sınıf atlama mücadelesini anlatır. Bireysel hırs ve toplumsal gerçeklik çatışır.

In den 1950er-Jahren wird die junge Ann in einer englischen Arbeiterfamilie groß, doch die Liebe zur Literatur ermöglicht ihr den sozialen Aufstieg und führt sie schließlich nach Paris. Die Literatur wird auch die verbindende Sprache zwischen Ann und ihrer Tochter Julia, die keine gemeinsame Muttersprache miteinander teilen. Julias Leben gerät unvermittelt ins Wanken, als sie Ann nach einem Schlaganfall findet.

The true story behind the world's most beloved children's book is a story the world was never supposed to know. In June 1940, as Hitler's armies closed on Paris, two German-Jewish refugees fled the city on makeshift bicycles assembled from junkyard scrap. Strapped to a luggage rack, wrapped in oilcloth, was a five-pound manuscript about a mischievous, tailless monkey — the book the world would come to know as Curious George.

Nestes contos, Primo Levi parte de 21 elementos da tabela periódica — carbono, zinco, ferro, níquel etc. — para examinar a própria história. Em A tabela periódica, publicado originalmente em 1975, o autor de É isto um homem? mostra que sua vocação de escritor-testemunha não se...

He picked the four o'clock because nobody he knows will be at it.Robert Hollin is fifty-three, two years out of the job he left rather than sign a number he didn't believe, and one phone call from going back. The offer is good. The math is not close. On a Sunday in September, in a church that...

New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir brings to life the mysterious Lady Katherine Gordon, a beautiful Scotswoman who unknowingly married a pretender to the British throne—while harboring a powerful secret of her own. One of British history’s most tragic stories is the sad fate of...

La primera novela de Pedro Almodóvar es imposible de reducir en una sinopsis, es tan libre, tan independiente, insólita y descarada que escapa a todo lo que hasta ahora hemos visto o leído de su autor. Por supuesto, cuenta una historia y tiene un personaje principal, Flavio Guijarro. Por supuesto, hay deseo, pero no solo deseo carnal (que también: hay dos grandes historias de amor), porque aparece un deseo mayor: el deseo por la palabra escrita, una pasión inmensa donde la palabra es dueña y señora del relato.

Ein historischer Roman nach einer wahren Geschichte Sie war eine mittellose junge Deutsche, die zum Überleben zur Prostitution gezwungen wurde. Doch in den dunkelsten Stunden unserer Geschichte riskierte sie alles, um jüdische Frauen vor den Nazis zu verstecken und setzte dabei ihr eigenes...

No primeiro volume da prestigiosa série que lhe rendeu fama mundial, Karl Ove Knausgård investiga sua própria juventude. Uma noite de ano-novo e rebeldia, regada a cervejas vedadas aos menores, um amasso nauseante na primeira namorada, um show fracassado com a banda de punk no shopping center...

Ein Mönch, der auszog, die Welt zu verändern. Europa im Spätmittelalter: Andersdenkende werden verfolgt, es gibt blutige Auseinandersetzungen. Ein junger Mann, der als "Meister Eckhart" in die Geschichte eingehen wird, wagt ein kühnes und ungeheuerliches Abenteuer: Er sucht die Erkenntnis, will mehr Wissen als erlaubt ist.

Nel 1924 il Giro d'Italia rischiava di non partire. Si decise di accogliere la richiesta di una donna di trentatré anni che insisteva da tempo per partecipare. Si trattava di Alfonsina Strada, aveva già affrontato due Giri di Lombardia. Il tracciato della competizione attraversava la penisola per oltre 3.000 chilometri, gli iscritti furono 108, al via se ne presentarono novanta, e fra questi c'era Alfonsina. Solo in trenta completarono la gara.

Et kærligheds- og jalousidrama der udspilles mellem de fire artister Adolphe og Louise og Fritz og Aimée og en begærlig overklassekvinde. Med sin filmiske stil får Bang læseren (og lytteren) med ind under cirkuskuplen, man ser, hører og føler. Historien er blevet filmatiseret fire gange...

Syv år efter at Max flygtede fra Rusland og den kommunistiske revolution, genforenes han med sønnerne Petr og Igor, da de efter en hård togtur ankommer til Sarajevo i Jugoslavien. Men genforeningen bliver ikke lykkelig, selv om brødrenes stedmor, Marija, gør sit ypperste for at holde...

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.

Queen Elizabeth Tudor is wary of the cousins. Ever since the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey nearly wrested the throne from her family, Elizabeth has been keen to ensure the fate of England doesn't land in Grey hands. She has banished Catherine Grey from court, along with her two children, but her unwed sister Mary remains at Whitehall Palace as one of Elizabeth's courtiers.