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Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late 20th century. Eighty years old, Ebenezer has lived his whole life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, a stony speck of a place caught between England and France yet a world away from either. Ebenezer himself is fiercely independent, but as he reaches the end of his life he is determined to tell his own story and the story of those he has known.

From iconic tortured artist/everyman Charles Bukowski, Hollywood is the fictionalization of his experience adapting his novel Barfly into a movie by the same name. Henry Chinaski, Bukowski’s alter-ego, is pushed to translate a semi-autobiographical book into a screenplay for John Pinchot. He...

Jean-Christophe Rufin a suivi à pied, sur plus de huit cents kilomètres, le "Chemin du Nord" jusqu'à Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle. Beaucoup moins fréquenté que la voie habituelle des pèlerins, cet itinéraire longe les côtes basque et cantabrique puis traverse les montagnes sauvages des Asturies et de Galice. "Chaque fois que l'on m'a posé la question : "Pourquoi êtes-vous allé à Santiago ?", j'ai été bien en peine de répondre.

"SHantaram" - eto byla prelomlennaya v hudozhestvennoj forme ispoved' cheloveka, kotoryj sumel vybrat'sya iz bezdny i ucelet', razoshedshayasya po miru tirazhom chetyre milliona ekzemplyarov (iz nih polmilliona - v Rossii) i zasluzhivshaya vostorzhennye sravneniya s proizvedeniyami luchshih pisatelej novogo vremeni, ot Melvilla do Hemingueya. Mastityj Dzhonatan Kerroll pisal: "CHelovek, kotorogo "SHantaram" ne tronet do glubiny dushi, libo ne imeet serdca, libo mertv... "SHantaram" - "Tysyacha i odna noch'" nashego veka. Eto bescennyj podarok dlya vsekh, kto lyubit chitat'".

The New York Times bestseller from Margaret George, author of Mary, Called Magdalene and Elizabeth I With her amazing ability to summon the voices of historical characters, Margaret George tells the story of the woman whose face "launched a thousand ships" in Helen of Troy. Laden with doom...

Now a major TV series on PBS Masterpiece! "In a cultured, melodious voice, narrator Juliet Stevenson becomes Miss Cassandra Austen, older sister to Jane and keeper of her memory." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner For fans of Jo Baker’s Longbourn, a witty, poignant audiobook about...

1936: Spanien steht vor dem Ausbruch des Bürgerkriegs. Clara und Daniel, jung und verliebt, glauben nicht, dass der Putschversuch unter Francisco Franco viel ändern wird, doch dann verschwindet Daniel spurlos. 2019: Die Fernsehreporterin Marina soll über die Exhumierung des Diktators Franco aus seinem Grab in der Basilika des Tals der Gefallenen berichten. Als ihre Großmutter Clara davon erfährt, kommt die Familiengeschichte zutage, über die die Hundertjährige bislang eisern geschwiegen hat.

When Alexander the Great’s body began to rot, so did the world that believed in him. The empire did not fall; it dissolved—from loyalty into appetite, from divinity into rumor. Babylon became a crucible where ambition, grief, and faith melted together and could no longer be separated.

In The Quiet Gift: A Journey of Self-Worth and Resilience, co-authors Pamela Cass and Natalie Davis introduce Emily—a young woman who’s spent her life trying not to be seen. Silenced by dyslexia, shaped by self-doubt, and burdened by a quiet belief that she’s not enough, Emily’s world begins to shift when she receives a worn red journal filled with questions that speak to her soul.

As winter approaches in Norway and the daylight dwindles, a chance encounter prompts a novelist to reexamine her past. The seismic events following her sixteenth birthday return with haunting vividness, exposing a story both utterly familiar and desperately strange. It was the year she first got drunk, the year she first had sex with a boy. She was watched like a hawk by an anxious mother and a silent, distant father.

Роман Александра Гефтера «Секретный курьер» во многом автобиографичен и повествует о полной опасностей работе белых подпольщиков в годы Гражданской войны. Роман посвящен памяти погибших секретных курьеров, «безвестных, как и их могилы». Это проникновенный рассказ об опасных похождениях моряка Балтфлота Келлера, сбежавшего из Петербурга во время революции. Его вербует британская разведка, и Келлер становится секретным курьером, осуществлявшим связь между Северной и Северо-Западной армиями Белых и белогвардейцами в Петербурге и Кронштадте.

L’opera al nero è la storia di un personaggio immaginario, Zenone, medico, alchimista, filosofo, dalla nascita illegittima a Bruges nei primi anni...

What happens when a love story turns into a political nightmare? From the moment Amalia enters his shop, the immigrant shoemaker Erasmo imagines she will fulfill his dream of America. And their story begins in promise. The lovers are passionate for life and each other, but they both come to see the truth beneath the surface. Amalia has opened Erasmo's eyes to inequality and the exploitation of the poor. Against the backdrop of the WWI Red Scare, while the Spanish Flu rages, Erasmo becomes embroiled in the battle between Italian anarchists and the federal government.

Den hypokondriske og hukommelsessvækkede Marius Bergs omtumlede dagligliv i København får ham til at forsøge på at gøre op med fortid og nutid. Fejltagelsen (1964) er andet bind i Leif Panduros såkaldte "Tossetrilogi", der desuden omfatter Fern fra Danmark (1963) og Den gale mand (1964). De tre romaner har alle midtvejskrisen som tematisk omdrejningspunkt.

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...

The Wise Marie Paradise edition is a compelling multi-book series that intricately blends an autobiographical narrative with a fictional backdrop rich with drama and suspense. Set against the picturesque yet contrasting backdrop of Hawaii, the series explores the tumultuous life journey of its protagonist, capturing a vivid memoir of personal experiences intertwined with themes of crime, adversity, and the human spirit.

Felicite St. Maxent, the brilliant and beautiful daughter of a wealthy businessman in colonial New Orleans, is tragically widowed at the age of eighteen. She soon meets the dashing young Spanish General Bernardo de Galvez on his first day as governor, and despite the scandal of their courtship, they receive the King's blessing to marry. Through wisdom and bravery, they restore New Orleans to prosperity and, through epic battles, drive the British from the American South, becoming heroes of the American Revolution.

La Sombra del Comandante: De Revolucionario a DictadorUna novela sobre el poder, la traición y la pérdida del alma de una naciónEn 1979, Daniel Ortega era un héroe revolucionario que liberó a Nicaragua de décadas de dictadura.

Novembre 1941, gare de Lyon, à Paris. Cécile laisse partir son fils de cinq ans dans un convoi de la Croix-Rouge. Ce petit garçon s'appelle Georges Perec. Sa mère, juive polonaise, prend cette décision pour le sauver. Mais en le privant de sa présence, elle le condamne, sans le savoir, au vide et à l'absence de souvenirs. En 1943, elle est déportée à Auschwitz. Son fils ne la retrouvera jamais. Olivia Elkaim fait revivre Georges Perec, l'auteur culte des Choses et de La Vie mode d'emploi, membre éminent de l'Ouvroir de littérature potentielle (l'Oulipo), mort prématurément en 1982.

Luchs denkt, seine Geschichte wäre gelebt. Er ist Friedhofswächter und dreht da jede Nacht seine Runden – und damit scheint er auch zufrieden zu sein. Bis die 13-jährige Teresa auftaucht und er ihr Feuer leiht, ohne zu ahnen, dass er sich damit eine Suspendierung einheimst. Nach anfänglichem Ärger werden er und Teresa Freunde. Sie bringt ihm bei, Gitarre zu spielen, und erinnert ihn daran, dass er es einmal gewagt hatte, sein Leben zu leben.