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Washington, DC, April 1954: Lee Carson, former war correspondent, is frustrated that her journalism career has been relegated to society events and fashion stories. But when she receives a tip about a Russian spy in a high-ranking government position at the height of the Cold War, she feels the thrill of a story that she hasn't felt since she was on the front lines of the European theater . . .

Tauche ein in die gefühlvolle Geschichte des facettenreichen englischen Königs Richard II. und erlebe einen Mann, der im Strudel von Liebe und Macht unterzugehen droht. Am Hof des purpurnen Königs ist ein emotionaler historischer Roman über einen ungewöhnlichen Herrscher. England 1377. Richard ist zehn Jahre alt, als er zum König gekrönt wird. Die Ränkespiele und Intrigen am Hof setzen dem Jungen zu, der als Kindermonarch in einer geradezu grotesken Wirklichkeit aufwächst. Sein einziger Vertrauter ist der Ritter Robert de Vere.

L’amante di Cesare di Augusto De Angelis è una biografia romanzata che offre un'immersione profonda nella vita di Cleopatra VII, l'ultima regina d'Egitto, nota per la sua intelligenza, fascino e capacità politica. Il romanzo esplora in dettaglio la complessa relazione tra Cleopatra e Giulio Cesare, ambientata nel turbolento contesto politico del I secolo a.C., un periodo segnato da guerre civili e lotte per il potere all'interno della Repubblica Romana. La narrazione inizia con l'ascesa al trono di Cleopatra all'età di diciotto anni, dopo la morte del padre Tolomeo XII.

Two hundred and fifty years ago, victory in the American Revolution empowered its founding fathers to consider a glorious ‘revolutionary idea’: a democracy of inclusiveness and diversity for all. Yet, America’s revolution never meant to include the enslaved, who lived in small, dark squares of windowless slave houses. At Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Constitutional Convention of 1787, compromises perpetuated America’s ‘slave society’ based on free labour, benefiting its citizenry to the detriment of America’s slave row.

Spring 1152. Once she was a Queen, and will become so again... Eleanor of Aquitaine has escaped her marriage to Louis of France, as well as various lords bent on capturing her and forcing her into marriage with them, and is safe in her homeland once more. Sending a message to Henry, Duke of Normandy, Eleanor arranges her second marriage, this time to a lord of her choosing, a man already in possession of an empire of his own, an heir to the English throne about to take back the crown stolen from his mother, the Empress Matilda.

Inspired by the life and work of Charlotte Salomon, this novel shows an artist intent on pursuing her art against all odds. As a young German-Jewish art student at The Berlin Art Academy during Hitler's rise to power in 1938, Charlotte's first place prize is denied because she is a Jew, her enrollment annulled. After Kristallnacht, she is sent from Berlin into exile with her grandparents.

A beautiful pagan. A ruler searching for a wife. Can a marriage of expedience change the course of an empire? Constantinople, AD 419. Athenais holds faint hope for her future. When the impoverished orphan’s male relatives offer her up as a consort for the emperor, she reluctantly agrees to study the philosophical arguments for the required conversion to Christianity. But while the accomplished scholar quickly falls for her imperial husband, she struggles with the court’s cutthroat political maneuvering and stubborn religious fanaticism.

אם ספרות היא מוזיקה וגם ביטוי של רוח אנושית במילים, אפשר לדבר בקלות וללא עוררין על אפקט מוסיקלי־רוחני: "אפקט סנט־אכזופרי". "טעם לחיים" מכיל מספר יצירות המשוחחות ביניהן באופן בלתי אמצעי: מילותיו הראשונות של סנט־אכזופרי כסופר וכטייס, תיאורי ביקוריו ברוסיה, אנקדוטות מחייו, כתבים פילוסופיים ועדויות בגוף ראשון. כולם טקסטים מופתיים; יצירות מזמרות ומלמדות, שבכל אחת מהן טמונה תנועה – במרחב, בהיסטוריה, במחשבה ובבדיון.

Virginia no conoció a su padre, Peter Tangvald, más que por los libros que él publicó y los reportajes que protagonizó. El legendario aventurero noruego pasó su vida surcando océanos a bordo del velero que construyó, desafiando los elementos y las convenciones.

"Eines der schönsten, anregendsten und originellsten literarischen Werke des vergangenen Jahrhunderts." Susan Sontag. Leonid Zypkin setzt mit diesem virtuosen Roman seinem literarischen Idol Dostojewski ein Denkmal. Susan Sontag stieß zufällig in einer Bücherkiste auf eine alte Ausgabe und rettete das Meisterwerk vor dem Vergessen.

Il più grande giornalista musicale italiano debutta nella narrativa con un romanzo di ispirazione autobiografica, in cui la storia privata e la grande Storia collettiva si intrecciano, in un affresco indimenticabile. Un uomo nasce, nel 1950, alla metà esatta del Novecento, l’ultimo secolo del Millennio. Il suo nome è Luigi. Passa i suoi primi anni a Napoli, tra il mare e una raffineria, poi con la famiglia si trasferisce a Roma. È lì che lo sorprendono gli anni Sessanta, con la loro musica, le band che arrivano da altri paesi e sembrano parlare del futuro.

From humble beginnings in one of Brazil’s crowded favelas, soulmates Mario Ng and Ana Silva chase ambitious dreams - hers of being a music star - and his of becoming his country’s youngest astronaut. They find success as Ana’s music inspires a global audience and Mario rewrites the record books. How long can their happiness last in an era of rising seas, global unrest, and hackers bent on wreaking havoc? The answer is painful, and Mario must deal with the ghosts of his past, and ghosts of another era - nightmares with far-reaching consequences for the world below.

ബഷീറിന്റെ ഏറ്റവും മികച്ച കൃതിയായി എക്കാലവും വിലയിരുത്തപ്പെട്ടിട്ടുള്ളത് 'ബാല്യകാല സഖി' യാണ്. അദ്ദേഹം തന്നെ അവകാശപ്പെടുന്നതനുസരിച്ച് അത് ആത്മകഥാംശം ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്ന ഒരു ദു:ഖ പര്യവസാനിയായ പ്രണയകഥയാണ്.

You may not know her name, but Eunice Newton Foote made groundbreaking discoveries about the greenhouse effect in the 1850s. Her experiments showed that different gases, including carbon dioxide, absorb and trap heat, an early milestone in the history of climate science. And even though her findings were published in a leading scientific journal – a rarity in the days of a male-dominated field – her work remained virtually unknown until recently.

Für wen schrieb Mascha Kaléko all ihre wunderbaren Liebesgedichte? Sie ist der Star der pulsierenden Dichter-Szene der 20er Jahre – aber wer ist sie, wenn das Rampenlicht erlischt? Bestseller-Autorin Charlotte Roth setzt in ihrem großen biografischen Hörbuch einer der bedeutendsten Künstlerinnen des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts ein ebenso kluges wie leidenschaftliches Denkmal. Im Berlin der Zwanzigerjahre, das vor Leben überquillt, findet die junge Mascha Kaléko ihre Stimme. Sie wird sie weltberühmt machen.

बाप मेला न कळता भाग २ - एका साधारण माणसाच्या आयुष्यातल्या मजेदार अनुभवांची ही एक उत्कृष्ट कथा

“Sei sempre stata un faro per la nostra famiglia”, le ripeteva sua madre. Alessandra, però, seconda di cinque figli, non voleva portare luce, voleva che qualcuno illuminasse la strada per lei e rispondesse alle sue domande di bambina. Cresciuta sotto la rigida disciplina dei Testimoni di Geova, ha sempre cercato di soddisfare le attese dei genitori e di non creare problemi. Così, fino a ventinove anni, non ha mai partecipato a un compleanno né spento una candelina. Non ha ascoltato la musica che ascoltavano i suoi coetanei né letto libri non approvati in comunità.

Emma has to prove her worth at an all-male glass plant or get out. Getting out isn’t an option when you are a single mother with a little boy to raise on your own. Does Emma have what it takes to hold on to the position in the labor gang? Being the first woman to ever work there, will the men ever accept her? How far will these guys go to get rid of her? Can she draw the line?

In 1790 the United States has a new Constitution. George Washington presides as the first elected president. Abroad, France and Britain are at war. And by 1795 seafaring Americans are accosted on the high seas by French privateers and British naval ships. Tensions rise as American merchants continue to trade. Among them, Hasket Derby and Captain George Crowninshield busily build maritime empires while their sons seek a new way forward.

¿Qué sucede cuando una brillante filósofa convierte su biografía en una obra maestra? Por el autor de El arte de pensar, Filosofía ante el desánimo e Incompletos Más de 100.000 lectores. Tras una vida de esfuerzo y tenacidad, Eva, a sus cuarenta y tres años, logra alcanzar los dos objetivos que se había propuesto: ser catedrática de Filosofía, ganándose el respeto del gremio con una trayectoria profesional brillante, y ser madre. Lo demás pasa a un segundo plano, incluido un divorcio que la deja sola con una bebé de año y medio.