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La narrativa se desarrolla en un ambiente de conflictos políticos y luchas de poder, donde la esposa del general se convierte en una figura central, no solo por su posición, sino también por su inteligencia y habilidad para navegar en un mundo dominado por hombres. Maugham teje una trama donde el amor, la lealtad y la traición juegan roles cruciales, revelando las complejas dinámicas de las relaciones humanas.

Footloose and broke, the unnamed narrator of Gone Tomorrow hops on a plane without asking questions when his director friend offers him a role in a film set in Colombia. But from the moment he arrives at the airport in Bogotá, only to witness a policeman beat a beggar half to death, it becomes clear that this will not be the story of gritty bohemians triumphing against the odds.

It is said that the Canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. Ada Bunting, a bold sixteen-year-old from Barbados, arrives alone in Panama as a stowaway alongside thousands of other West Indians seeking work in the grand building project of the Canal. Francisco, a local fisherman, resents the foreign nations clamouring for a slice of his country, but nothing is more upsetting for him than his son Omar’s decision to work as a digger.

A multigenerational, Latin American saga of love and revolution in which a rebel who commits a youthful betrayal receives a late-life chance at redemption and a new life: “a tour de force” from “the new master” (Luis Alberto Urrea, New York Times bestselling author of Good Night, Irene)...

Frühsommer 1986, Charleston County in South Carolina. Der 17-jährige Gale Lafayette bereitet sich auf den High School-Abschluss vor, hat jedoch noch nicht entschieden, auf welches College er gehen will und was er überhaupt studieren soll. Das ist aber nicht sein einziges Problem. Seine Familienverhältnisse sind kompliziert. Seine enge Freundschaft mit Nelson ist nicht gern gesehen, da die Rassentrennung in der rückständigen Gegend noch nachhallt.

In 1931, young English-born missionary Jakob Kellner brings all the crusading passion of his untried Christian faith to a China racked by famine and bloody civil war. He burns to save the world's largest nation from Communism. But when he is swept along on the cold, unforgiving Long March, Jakob becomes entangled with Mei-ling, a beautiful and fervent revolutionary. Soon, powerful new emotions challenge and reshape his faith—and entrap him forever in the vast country's tortured destiny.

Rising star politician and lawyer Jude Birch is clearly keeping secrets about his past from his wife. Jude has been the bystander of a seemingly gang-related shooting, but as the secrets kept since law school unravel—with the help of a zealous news reporter and the Capitol Police—his wife realizes he might not have been an unintended victim after all. Meanwhile, she makes every effort to clamp down a past marked by abuse and lies, and even a false accusation that still haunts her.

Deportado cinco veces por cuatro presidentes peruanos, sospechoso de haber estado involucrado en tres golpes de estado en el Perú y uno en el extranjero, Eudocio Ravines, figura ácida y rutilante en la historia latinoamericana del siglo XX, aparece por doquiera que uno escarbe, conspirando, denunciando, polemizando, escaldando y sacando de quicio. Después de una relación estrecha y dramática con Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre y José Carlos Mariátegui, abandona sus roles de comisario político de alto nivel en la Internacional Comunista para combatir la ideología que antes defendía férreamente.

En esta novela transitaremos por los caminos de la política y el tráfico de influencias, de los mercados financieros y las venas criminales que los alimentan. Entenderemos aquí que los hombres públicos arrastran y esconden pasados tortuosos, que los personeros del Estado y su aparato represivo obran en la sombra más en beneficio del lucro personal que de idearios nacionales. Y confirmaremos que buena parte de esos procesos se desarrollan más allá del escrutinio–tan relativo–que los medios y el ciudadano común realizan sobre la agitación de la vida pública.

Frankreich 1940: Nach der Besetzung Frankreichs durch die deutschen Truppen erhält die elsässische Winzertochter Colette von Major Maurer das Angebot, als Dolmetscherin und Sekretärin im Beschaffungsamt in Paris zu arbeiten. Colette kann schlecht ablehnen, da der Major ihrem Vater im Gegenzug verspricht, dafür zu sorgen, dass ihre drei Brüder nicht zur Wehrmacht eingezogen werden. Da Paris schon immer ein Traum der lebenslustigen Colette ist, nimmt sie das Angebot gern an.

Kalarekhalu is a sociology-autobiographical novel based on the Telangana struggle against the imperialist regime. The novel is unique in its picturization of the struggle of suppressed humanity.

Man is born of clay. Blends into the soil. Such is the inseparable attachment of clay to man. So the more money a man owes himself, the more he will fall on that clay.

RICHARD BREWSTER IS A FAST RISING WASHINGTON LOBBYIST in a large law firm with a bright future. But what if he wants to short-circuit the long climb to the top of the profession by creating a made-up client that has a phony problem? What if he uses that client to embarrass the president, to pass irrelevant legislation and arrange Congressional show hearings with professional wrestlers as witnesses?

Ein kauziger älterer Herr, Geschichten über ein Land, das es nicht mehr gibt und die Frage, ob ein Leben eher durch Wahrheit oder durch Phantasie gelingt. Gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Anja Tsokos erzählt Bestsellerautor Michael Tsokos in dem Roman «Heinz Labensky – und seine Sicht auf die Dinge» von der ehemaligen DDR. Wir tauchen ein in das Leben des liebenswerten Einzelgängers Heinz Labensky und begeben uns auf eine verschmitze Reise durch die deutsch-deutsche Geschichte. Heinz Labensky hat auch nach der Wende den Osten Deutschlands nie verlassen und sitzt in einem Seniorenheim die Zeit ab.

Brought to you by Penguin. In one night, Nayan lost everything. Years later, his world is at risk again. Nayan has fought hard to move on, losing himself in his political work, trying to make a better world. A fresh challenge arrives with newcomer Megha, who threatens not just his career...

In the heart of Ancient Egypt, a young street girl named Layla dreams of a life beyond her meager existence. Fate propels her into a whirlwind journey through bustling markets, hidden caves, and vast battlefields. Along the way, she encounters Amir, a prince with dreams of his own, and their destinies become irrevocably intertwined. As they navigate a world of power, betrayal, and shifting allegiances, they discover a love that challenges the very fabric of their society. Dive into an epic tale where legends are born, empires rise and fall, and love emerges as the most potent weapon of all.

Jan Bagan is a Ukrainian YouTuber living in the small, rural town of Nide, which leans against the Russian border. Though he stocks shelves at the only local grocery store at night, his true love is all things combustible. Explosive experiments fuel his modest YouTube channel where his only goal is to make art in the sky. Without any sort of classical training, he uses his senses to recognize and mix the chemicals to reach a satisfying ending.

In CLEAVAGE Prime minister Eric Courteney, fresh from another scandal, realises he has his work cut out when the Labour offensive kicks off with the charismatic Vicky Tennyson and handsome Christian Eccles at the helm, both dead set on an end to Conservative rule. The desperate Tories resort to hiring maverick strategist Callum Gallagher to get them out of a fix. Gallagher's methods are unusual in the extreme and kept from his employers. As he and his data geeks travel deep into the data, sieving the red-hot web searches of the unsuspecting electorate, it becomes clear that sex sells.

England in 2045, a country where euthanasia is not just legal but compulsory. Severe economic depression in the wake of the Great Pandemic and Brexit, a collapse in the care system and inter-generational conflict had changed attitudes to death and old age. Ten years earlier, a right-wing Government supported by the shadowy League of Youth had won a majority in Parliament for the mandatory termination of life at the age of ninety.

Mitteleuropa wird von einer neuen Eiszeit heimgesucht. Die erbarmungslose Kälte bedroht das Leben aller - die Versorgung der Bevölkerung ist durch eine zerstörte Infrastruktur nicht mehr gewährleistet, Energiepreise sind unbezahlbar. Die Forschung nach den Ursachen läuft auf Hochtouren. Doch dann machen Geophysikerin Dr. Jana Hollmer, deren Partner Clemens Bach sowie der Reederei-Chef Titus van Dijk eine unglaubliche Entdeckung.