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Tristram Shandy is an ironic masterpiece, a work of extraordinary originality, wit, and learning. It is a work of considerable philosophical complexity but at the same time it is just a piece of flim-flam; it has been called the longest shaggy dog story in English literature. It is both a classic novel and an anti-novel. It includes passages of seemingly serious theology - but it can also be read as an elaborate bawdy joke.

Dinnerparty, Cocktails, Mord - Darina Lisle ermittelt mit klassisch britischem Humor. Ein kulinarischer Cosy-Krimi. Cocktailparties, festliche Abendessen und Kochvorführungen - Darina Lisle liebt ihren Job als Köchin bei einem renommierten Catering-Service. Zumindest bis ihre Kollegin an einer Pilzvergiftung stirbt. War es ein tragischer Unfall oder vorsätzlicher Mord? Als das Personal des Wooden Spoon verdächtigt wird, gehen auch die Aufträge zurück, denn immerhin will niemand einen Mörder auf seine Party einladen.

Darina Lisles Cateringunternehmen hat die Ehre, das jährliches Treffen der Gesellschaft für historische Kochkunst zu versorgen. Debatten und Präsentationen rund um das Thema Essen stehen auf dem Speiseplan, doch die Zusammenkunft bleibt nicht lange friedlich. Am nächsten Morgen wird Digby, der Vorsitzende des Vereins, mit einem Tranchiermesser in der Brust aufgefunden und Darina zur Ermittlerin wider Willen. Sie muss dabei nicht nur ihre Unschuld beweisen, sondern auch weitere Todesfälle verhindern.

Die berühmt-berüchtigte Künstlerin Kristal Havfruen wird tot aufgefunden - in einem Tank mit Formaldehyd treibend. In Laurence Anholts Krimi müssen der Zen-Ermittler Vincent Caine und seine ironische Partnerin Shanti Joyce sich zusammenraufen, um den spektakulären Mord aufzuklären. Ein charmanter Krimi und Auftakt der neuen Serie um den achtsamen Buddhisten Mr. Caine. An einem Juliabend versammeln sich zweihundert Gäste, um der Eröffnung der Retrospektive von Kristal Havfruen beizuwohnen.

Claire Douglas si sta faticosamente riprendendo dalla perdita improvvisa del marito, dedicandosi alla figlia neonata, quando scopre che, a causa di un errore della clinica cui si erano rivolti, il vero padre biologico della piccola Eva è Luca Moretti, un ricco uomo d'affari italiano che non intende rinunciare alla paternità. Luca le propone di trascorrere un mese insieme in una villa al mare così da conoscersi meglio e giungere a un compromesso sulla custodia.

"Ich wollte, mein Vater oder meine Mutter, oder eigentlich beide, denn beide waren gleichermaßen dazu verpflichtet, hätten bedacht, worauf sie sich einließen, als sie mich zeugten." So beginnt Laurence Sterne sein neunbändiges Werk, das vor über 250 Jahren erschienen ist und das mit allen bis dahin geltenden Regeln des Schreibens brach. Sich immer wieder in Abschweifungen verlierend und mit tausenderlei Anspielungen gespickt, erzählt Sterne sprunghaft und ganz und gar unvollständig das Leben seines Protagonisten Tristram Shandy.

Tous les jours, Élie motive ses centaines de milliers d'abonnées à devenir la meilleure version d'elles-mêmes. Bien loin de l'adolescente complexée qu'elle était, elle est maintenant en couple avec le chanteur Samuel Vanasse et figure parmi les influenceuses les plus populaires au pays. Elle a réussi. Elle brille. Et pourtant, entre l'obsession du "poids idéal" et l'envie irrésistible de garrocher ses verres d'eau sur les murs, une idée la hante. Et si, à tellement vouloir devenir tout ce qu'on attendait d'elle, elle s'était perdue en chemin?

Jean-Marc Parisis a toute l'admiration de Laurence Biava. Depuis la première rencontre en 2010, l'auteur suit Parisis, note ce que l'on dit ici ou là de cet auteur et partage la plupart de ses livres. C'est évident elle aime son style - il suffit de relever "J'aime votre rigueur, elle est comme une émanation de vous parfaite... J'aime votre écriture parce que j'y entends une inflexion intense d'amour provoquée par la vue ou l'écoute de l'utre."

Laurence Biava est peut-on dire amoureuse de François Mauriac. Sa façon d'en parler, avec x fois le verbe aimer est renforcée par le suivi des parcours de l'auteur et des messages d'ailleurs nombreux qu'il livre sur Malagar.

"Je voudrais vous poser une question : Si nous cessions tous de claquer la porte au nez de notre vie, qu'arriverait-il ? Et si vous cessiez, vous ? C'est parce que pendant longtemps je n'ai pas cru à mes rêves, que je regardai dans la direction opposée et que l'insatisfaction allait grandissante, qu'aujourd'hui j'écris ce livre, une sorte de manuel de Savoir Vivre. J'ai appris à utiliser mon potentiel, à penser correctement, à danser avec l'Univers et ma vie a changé. Elle a changé rapidement. Non seulement ma vie a changé mais aussi celles des personnes que j'accompagne."

Le viol est-il un tabou dans notre société ? Cinq femmes violées, cinq archétypes de viols perpétrés aujourd'hui, cinq cas inspirés de faits réels et de personnes ayant existé. À tour de rôle, les cinq victimes vont devoir répondre à un interrogatoire et prouver leur "innocence". Ce questionnement qui semble d'abord utile et légitime devient obsessionnel et oppressant. C'est le questionnement de la police, celui de la justice, celui de la société, le harcèlement et la ronde infernale de questions qui vont fondre sur la victime, jusqu'à l'absurde, qui vont faire naître le doute, rendre la victime suspecte et la faire apparaître comme coupable.

The bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers was the pivotal event of the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession that followed. Ever since the bankruptcy, there has been heated debate about why the Federal Reserve did not rescue Lehman in the same way it rescued other financial institutions, such as Bear Stearns and AIG. The Fed's leaders from that time, especially former Chairman Ben Bernanke, have strongly asserted that they lacked the legal authority to save Lehman because it did not have adequate collateral for the loan it needed to survive. 

A fascinating memoir from a legendary music business executive.

Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on 27th June 1872 in Dayton, Ohio. His parents had been slaves in Kentucky before the Civil War. Dunbar wrote his first poem at age six and gave his first public recital at age nine. By 16, he was already published as a poet in The Herald, a local newspaper. After completing his formal schooling in 1891, Dunbar was employed as an elevator operator, at four dollars a week. His hopes of a legal career floundered on a lack of funds and racial discrimination. However, he wrote his poetry and took every opportunity to publish.

Robert Laurence Binyon, CH, was born on 10th August 1869 in Lancaster in Lancashire, England, to Quaker parents, Frederick Binyon and Mary Dockray. He studied at St Paul's School, London, before enrolling at Trinity College, Oxford, to read classics. Binyon’s first published work was Persephone in 1890. As a poet, his output was not prodigious, and, in the main, the volumes he did publish were slim, but his reputation was of the highest order. When the Poet Laureate, Alfred Austin, died in 1913, Binyon was considered alongside Thomas Hardy and Rudyard Kipling....

Simon McGrath is a nice chap - he donates blood, he recycles, he cares about the world. He just happens to work as an arms dealer - or a 'defence and security equipment system solutions broker', as he prefers to call it. It wasn’t planned, and what he really wants is to pursue is his career in electronic music, but until that takes off he’ll stay where he is. After all, he has to pay his mortgage like everyone else....

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Ralph Richardson, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Robert Morley and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Laurence Olivier. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Ralph Richardson, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Robert Morley and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Laurence Olivier. They were based on works by the world's leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov. These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

In Radiation Hazard, Kaem and company are commercially developing “stade”, a piece of space-time that’s in stasis. Its phenomenal properties allow it to reflect all radiation, so when a nearby nuclear reactor undergoes a meltdown, the first thought is that stade might be used to limit the radioactivity from the accident. In Halting the Reaper, Kaem has been treated with gene therapy for the anemias that have made him so weak. In combination with his extraordinary memory, his newfound physical fitness is letting him perform at a high level in a karate class.

Contains books one and two of The Stasis Stories: A Pause in Space-Time (Book 1) and The Thunder of Engines (Book 2). Kaem Seba is a sickly and financially destitute young man with extraordinary math skills. With the help of Arya Vaii, a business student, he has developed a theory and an electronic device that allows him to stop time within limited volumes of space-time.