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Daughter of a god, wife of a king, prize of antiquity's bloodiest war, Helen of Troy has inspired artists for millennia. Now Margaret George, the highly acclaimed best-selling historical novelist, has turned her intelligent, perceptive eye to the myth that is Helen of Troy.

Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed 20 Slam titles. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach. But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning, British player named Nicki Chan. At 37 years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement in an attempt to reclaim her record.

Daisy Jones & The Six: il gruppo rock più mitico di tutti i tempi. I loro concerti riempivano gli stadi in tutto il mondo, le loro canzoni hanno acceso le notti di un'intera generazione. La loro storia è il racconto di un'ascesa folgorante, dalle prime esibizioni nei peggiori locali di Los Angeles al successo planetario. È l'incarnazione stessa di un'epoca e di uno stile di vita - sesso, droga e rock'n'roll.

An “extraordinary” (New York Review of Books) novel based on the true story of how German war profiteer and factory director Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during World War II. In this milestone of Holocaust literature, Thomas Keneally, author of The Book of Science and Antiquities and The Daughter of Mars, uses the actual testimony of the Schindlerjuden — Schindler’s Jews — to brilliantly portray the courage and cunning of a good man in the midst of unspeakable evil.

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of 20 years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the Queen of Jazz, and iconic movie star Marilyn Monroe.

Frederikshavn 1931: Im Fischhandel ihrer Familie lernt die neugierige, lebenslustige Caroline den charmanten Kapitän Klarius Mikkelsen kennen. Von seiner Stimme und seinen blauen Augen fühlt sie sich in eine Welt der Entdeckungen in weiter Ferne getragen. Sie folgt ihm in den norwegischen Walfanghafen Sandefjord und setzt durch, dass sie ihn auf seiner nächsten Expedition begleiten darf. 1935 betritt Caroline Mikkelsen als erste Frau das ewige Eis der Antarktis.

Scandal Sisters is a historical novel based on the extraordinary—and nearly erased—true story of Catherine and Charlotte Poillon, two sisters who transformed notoriety into strategy during the Gilded Age and Roaring Twenties. From the salons of Fifth Avenue to the courtrooms of New York, from Parisian hotels to prison cells on Blackwell’s Island, the Poillon sisters moved through high society and the underworld with audacity, wit, and a refusal to play by anyone else’s rules. Catherine, the elder, weaponized scandal with flair.

In the vibrant yet unforgiving world of Ottawa’s art scene, Alex Emin—a struggling artist haunted by family trauma and romantic failures—fights to carve out his legacy while navigating the shadows of great creators like Michelangelo and Picasso. As he wrestles with ambition, love, and identity, Alex’s journey unfolds as a raw and introspective exploration of the human spirit, blending the grit of modern realism with the timeless struggles of literary heroes.

The year is 1587. A gathering storm looms on the horizon for England. The whole country will soon face one of its greatest trials in history. Shakespeare is twenty-two years old. He is a married father of three young children, living with his family in Stratford-Upon-Avon. He has dreams of doing something important, and going on a great adventure. He loves writing, and yet writing is a painful struggle. He is a man of deeply held faith--but it is being tested. He is shocked at how England is torn apart due to the Reformation. England wages war with Spain, with no end to the fighting in sight.

A vida de Ayrton Senna em um romance potente, que narra com realismo, paixão e inventividade suas relações com seus amigos, seus familiares, seus amores, seus adversários e com suas eternas corridas. Nos sentimos próximos da sua vida e dos seus sentimentos durante os anos mais esplendorosos e que marcaram Senna como um dos maiores brasileiros da história.

No coração das trevas (1902) resulta da experiência pessoal de Conrad, no Congo, em 1890, e constitui uma das narrativas ficcionais mais complexas e extraordinárias de toda a literatura inglesa. A exemplo de Charlie Marlow, narrador principal da obra, Conrad, ainda criança, contemplara um mapa e decidira um dia visitar o coração da África.

Действие романа начинается в конце 1960-х, когда джаз и рок еще негласно разрешены. На волне битломании ленинградские студенты создают группу «Зеленые муравьи», играют западный рок и завоевывают успех. Оттепель переходит в застой, русский рок начинает доминировать, влияние традиций и официальных запретов проявляется в различных сферах жизни, и ребята выбирают компромисс, добавляя в репертуар популярные в те годы песни советских авторов.

Il legame matrimoniale può intralciare la vocazione dell'artista? Il dubbio di un pittore di successo, in un romanzo di tono autobiografico.

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

Ne pensez vous être qu’ici et maintenant ? Vous imaginez peut-être que les blessures que vous infligez autour de vous ne laissent aucune trace ? Elles sont des cicatrices inscrites comme une empreinte sur votre âme à travers le temps... il vous faudra un jour les regarder en face et les réparer. L’histoire d’Adèle nous embarque dans un voyage intérieur, au travers d’une histoire d’amour hors-norme. Un amour qui défie les lois de la temporalité et de l’espace. D’ailleurs est-il bien réel et qu’est ce que la réalité ?

En dokumentarisk roman, der i suveræn sproglig stil giver et enestående indblik i et kvindesind i et psykisk grænseland. Ida er i dag en kvinde med humor, overskud og energi. En kvinde, der kan sige: "Sommetider er glæden ved at slå mig omkuld!

Lorena di Stella, eine junge alleinerziehende Mutter, kämpft sich durch viele Lebenskrisen hindurch. Sie erlebt zahlreiche Höhen und Tiefen in ihrem Leben. Durch den plötzlichen Tod ihres Vaters — ein erneuter Schicksalsschlag - wird ihr die Endlichkeit des Lebens bewusst. Von da an begibt sie sich auf die Suche nach dem Sinn des Lebens.

How can a smile be so misunderstood? For Nell, it's a sign of friendship. To her male colleagues, it's so much more . . . With two men intent on securing her affections, and little chance of escape, life for Nell is challenging. Until she finds an unexpected guardian. Her savior is charming and chivalrous, but when he unwittingly causes more problems than he solves, she finally snaps. Determined to be left alone, she sees an opportunity to be rid of her most troublesome admirer. But not everything goes to plan.

Nobuko is based on author Trisha Ready's experiences teaching English in the 1980s in Japan, where she fell for a woman who lived in a rustic cabin and made dentures for a living. A twisting maze of subplots involve the yakuza, the Japanese organized crime syndicate—as well as food, art, adventure, samurai swords, and marriage.