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No ritmo das pedaladas de uma bicicleta, a estrada passa sob os pés do protagonista André, enquanto este percorre o sul do Brasil, o Uruguai, a Argentina, até chegar a Sucre, na Bolívia, cidade onde desaparece. Através de seu diário, enviado ao amigo Jean pouco depois da última nota, é que temos acesso aos lugares onde passou, as pessoas com quem conviveu e os fantasmas que o perseguiram durante a jornada.

Wie aus einem Traum von Schokolade das wohl berühmteste Quadrat der Welt wurde ... Verführerisches Aroma und zart-schmelzender, vollmundiger Geschmack. Als die junge Clara zum ersten Mal ein Stück Schokolade probiert, weiß sie sofort, dass sie die süße Köstlichkeit zu ihrem Beruf machen will. 1912 legt sie gemeinsam mit ihrem Ehemann Alfred Ritter den Grundstein für eine Schokoladen- und Zuckerwarenfabrik. Clara erfindet schließlich eine quadratische Tafel, deren zahlreiche Sorten das Zeug haben, die Welt zu erobern.

Calista Frangopoulos è una donna sposata di cinquantasette anni, con due figlie in procinto di lasciare casa. Francesca, la grande, andrà a fare l’università negli Stati Uniti e Arlene, la piccola, è stata presa per l’anno successivo a Oxford. Dopo aver lasciato Francesca all’aeroporto, Calista ricorda quando lei stessa era stata in America per tre settimane nel 1976 e l’incontro casuale che le aveva segnato l’esistenza, quando una sera a Los Angeles, con la sua amica Gill, si era ritrovata a tavola con Billy Wilder, senza sapere chi fosse.

Nel 1945 la grande villa di campagna di sir Benjamin Drage diventa una residenza per i piccoli reduci dai campi di sterminio, grazie all’iniziativa e alla determinazione di Anna Freud, figlia del noto psicoanalista, e Alice Goldberger, sua collaboratrice, che costruiscono un ambizioso progetto di accoglienza e terapia.

At an early point in his yacht delivery, career, Capt. Bob Ventura had become painfully aware of the dangers and possible pitfalls of pursuing yacht deliveries in the dangerous waters of the Caribbean during the 70s and 80s. He began moving boats to South America at a time when the Columbian cartels had a commanding and very dangerous presence in parts of the Caribbean, but the thrill of danger and adventure overpowered any misgivings he may have had.

Richard Novak, reich geworden im Aktienhandel, geschieden, hat hart daran gearbeitet, sein Leben unter Kontrolle zu haben. Seine Unabhängigkeit reicht so weit, dass er nur noch mit der Haushälterin und seiner Ernährungsberaterin spricht. Was macht so jemand, wenn er auf einmal heftige Herzschmerzen bekommt, er in der Notaufnahme landet und sein Haus in einem Erdloch zu versinken droht? Loslassen. Auf dem Weg von der Klinik nach Hause beginnt Richards neues Leben. In einem Donut-Shop trifft er auf Anhil, einen Einwanderer, der sein Lebensglück in seinem kleinen Laden verwirklicht.

Du hast nichts zu verlieren, wenn dir alles genommen wurde! Der 19-jährige Kanadier Mathis begleitet Hope, einen elf Jahre alten Somali, auf dessen abenteuerlicher Flucht quer durch Südamerika. Kaum gestartet, heften sich zwei zwielichtige Typen an ihre Fersen. Nicht die einzige Bedrohung, der sich Hope und Mathis unterwegs stellen müssen. Auf ihrem atemberaubenden Trip über den Amazonas, die Panamericana und auf dem Dach eines rasenden Güterzugs lauert der Tod überall.

The year is 1884. Rolla Alan Jones, an ambitious dreamer fresh out of an East Coast engineering school, is commissioned to design and build the first water system in Spokane Falls, Washington, a booming town of twenty-thousand. He is everyone's golden boy for five years, until the city burns down on August 4, 1889. The once-celebrated engineer is scapegoated for the catastrophe alleging his system yielded inadequate water pressure....

Als Amerika sich in eine War Bride verliebte. New York, 1948. Es ist einer der letzten Flüge des Jahres aus Europa, der an diesem Dezembertag landet. An Bord sind deutsche War Brides, junge Frauen voller Hoffnung auf ein neues Leben. Auf dem Weg zu den amerikanischen Soldaten, in die sie sich während des Kriegs verliebten. Doch eine War Bride wird nicht abgeholt: Luise Adler. Wo ist ihr Verlobter?, fragen sich auch die New Yorker Zeitungen, die auf Luises Geschichte aufmerksam werden.

Nell’estate romana del 1943, Gina, una studentessa di famiglia benestante, si innamora perdutamente di Betto, un intrepido ragazzo ebreo che fa parte di un’organizzazione clandestina. Tra i due si sviluppa una relazione intensa e proibita, nel bel mezzo di una delle più sconvolgenti tragedie della recente storia europea. Dopo la caduta di Mussolini, infatti, Roma è piombata in un turbine di violenza culminato nell’occupazione della città da parte delle truppe di Hitler.

Oreste Piedivico, classe 1901, veterinario di Manerbio, provincia di Brescia, è ben visto da tutti nella zona della Bassa che è la sua condotta. Sempre disponibile, sempre pronto a sfrecciare sulla sua Benelli per visitare un mulo e far nascere un vitello, o magari un bambino. È anche un buon partito, e quando decide che non vuol piú essere signorino, trova subito moglie: la Lidovina, figlia unica di un allevatore. Il matrimonio, però, si rivela piú complesso del previsto.

In the wake of a major operation, a twenty-eight-year-old woman with chronic illness has twelve weeks to heal, or rather, to acclimate to her new body and prepare herself to leave the routines, comforts, and interiority of her convalescence. In the hydrotherapy pool, she meets Frida, a young woman who looks strikingly similar to her and is also in a state of recovery. But Frida sees her chronic illness as something to overcome and her body as something to control. She adores the pool and pushes the herself toward an active life, relentlessly pursuing the prevailing narrative of illness.

Gerçek güç nedir? Liyakat ne işe yarar? Nasıl bütün insan olunur? Ahlaki zekâ ne için gerekli? Emek ve Erdem bize ne katar? Hak etmeden kazanırsak ne olur? Niçin, ne zaman ve nasıl sorumluluk almalıyız? Düşünmeye, sorgulamaya ve gerçeği aramaya yönelten felsefi hikâyeler anlattığı çocuk kitaplarıyla çok sevilen Anooshirvan Miandji bu kez gençler için yazdı. Bu kitabın sayfalarında, eşi ile birlikte yıllardır kitapların arasında yaşayan bir sahaf ile bir gencin sorgulayarak, araştırarak, adım adım gerçeği arayış yolculuğuna katılacak, her sayfada yeni sorularla yeni keşiflere tanık olacaksınız.

1975 Madaralı Roman Ödülü’ne layık görülen bu eser Abbas Sayar’ın üçüncü romanıdır. Romanda, eşeğiyle yük taşıyıcılığı yapan yaşlı Hüseyin Ağa’nın yeni karısı tarafından horlanması ve yaşama sevincini yitirmesi anlatılır. “Oğlan oynamış oyuna gitmiş, çoban oynamış koyuna gitmiş... 80 yaşındaki Hüseyin Ağa bağımın bekçisi oldu. Bağa gittiğim bir gün: Efendâ, haşavuzdan (haşa huzurdan) bana bir golik alsana... Bu dağ yerinde ne gereği var, ne yapacaksın merkebi? dedim. Ne yapacaksın olur mu efendâ! Ne yapacaksın olur mu! Heç yoksa adama can şenliği olur.

Книжка Пригоди Тома Сойєра написана в 1875 році. У цьому творі Марк Твен детально описав своє дитинство в портовому Ганнібалі. Том Сойєр – це власне сам Марк Твен, а в тітці Поллі, яка його виховала, можна впізнати матір автора. Читаючи книжку про Америку тих років, легко розуміємо, в яких умовах виховувався Марк Твен, в які ігри грав та про що мріяв. Героями книжки є Том Сойєр і Гекльбері Фінн, 12-річні хлопчаки, мешканці маленького провінційного американського містечка Сент-Пітерсберг. Вони не люблять ходити до школи, а воліють жити насиченим вуличним життям, вміло ухиляючись від проблем та повчань дорослих.

Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy in 1980s Mississippi, The Queen City Detective Agency is a riveting, razor-sharp Southern noir that unravels the greed, corruption, and racism at the heart of the American Dream.

Unique among Jack Kerouac’s novels, Visions of Gerard captures the scenes and sensations of earliest childhood, the first four years in the life of Ti Jean Duluoz as they unfold in the short, tragic-happy life of his brother, Gerard. Set in Kerouac’s hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, childhood’s intensity, innocence, suffering, and delight unfold as Gerard interacts with animals, has visions of Our Lady in heaven, astonishes the priest in the church confessional, and observes his family as they laugh and drink and weep—that is, when he isn’t sick and confined to bed.

Based on the true story of Diane Sutton, 28, the former model and heiress who died after apparent suicide by train at Surbiton station, leaving behind a five-year-old son. The story of Diane Sutton and her son, Byron, is narrated by journalist Mathew Taylor, who was commissioned to write a 2,000-piece for a national daily, focusing on winter suicides.

He smells like blood and opium and whiskey, and underneath that something sickly sweet, like rotten fruit. That's what starvation—and death—smells like. He is so thin and frail now, almost gaunt in his appearance, almost skeletal. His current accommodations, a musty, cramped room above a motel-saloon, have also been converted into somewhat of a shrine to him: his 1877 model Colt Lightning hangs on one bedpost, and his trusty Bowie knife from the other. His hand-tailored black hat with the hand-curled brim hangs over the bed, on the wall, like some would hang a picture of Jesus.

England. 1535. Jane Seymour is 27 years old and increasingly desperate to marry and secure her place in the world. When the court visits Wolf Hall, the Seymour ancestral manor, Jane has the perfect opportunity to shine: her diligence, efficiency, and newfound poise are sure to finally attract a suitor. Meanwhile, King Henry VIII is 45 and increasingly desperate for an heir. He changed his country's religion to leave his first wife, a princess of Spain, for Anne Boleyn—but she, too, has failed to provide a son.