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Amburgo, 1889. Oscar Troplowitz è un giovane farmacista, deciso a sperimentare nuove formule per quello che secondo lui sarà l'affare del secolo: i prodotti di bellezza per le donne. Così, quando scopre che l'imprenditore Paul Beiersdorf vende il suo laboratorio farmaceutico per ragioni famigliari, non esita a farsi avanti. Tuttavia, all'entusiasmo iniziale fanno seguito le prime difficoltà: Oscar è ebreo, e inoltre ha idee “troppo” moderne sui benefici da riservare ai lavoratori.

Desire Minter was a passenger on the famous Mayflower voyage of 1620. But who was she? And why did she make that journey? Winds of Change is a short novella introducing a character from Running with the Wind and The Winter Years.

In 1887, young Nellie Bly sets out for New York and a career in journalism, determined to make her way as a serious reporter, whatever that may take. But life in the city is tougher than she imagined. Down to her last dime and desperate to prove her worth, she comes up with a dangerous plan: to fake insanity and have herself committed to the asylum that looms on Blackwell's Island. There, she will work undercover to document—and expose—the wretched conditions faced by the patients.

Friedrich "Fritz" Mandl es un joven austríaco que se hace cargo a sus 19 años de la destruida fábrica de armas de su padre. En apenas una década, llega a amasar una de las fortunas más grandes del planeta. Durante la preguerra, en los años 30, entre su cartera de clientes cuenta con Mussolini, Hitler y Franco, entre otros. En 1933, al ver la película Éxtasis, donde la actriz Hedwig Kiesler interpreta el primer desnudo total femenino y el primer orgasmo en la pantalla grande, se enamora de ella.

Tra Sei e Settecento, al di fuori degli ambienti ufficiali della corte di Re Sole, c’è un universo variegato e pittoresco fatto di personaggi stravaganti, cortigiani, avventurieri, imbroglioni e sfaccendati. Fra tutti, si distingue il conte di Gramont, autore di questo memoir dai toni romanzeschi e decisamente originale. L’eroe di queste memorie è l’uomo più alla moda del suo tempo, che non fa altro che far parlare di sé perché non sa rinunciare alla vita mondana, ai salotti, ai tavoli da gioco, ai dadi e ai bordelli.

In ihrem ersten Erinnerungsbuch "Vater. Mutter. Kind. Kriegserklärungen" erzählt Margit Schreiner von der siebenjährigen Margit, die sich ein Dackelmädchen namens Bella erfindet, das nie von ihrer Seite weicht (das Hörbuch ist auch im derDiwan Hörbuchverlag erschienen). In "Mütter. Väter. Männer. Klassenkämpfe" besetzt ein paar Jahre später ein Maharadscha ihre Fantasien, während das Mädchen ihm als Panther zu Füßen liegt. Doch auch diese wunderbare Zeit endete irgendwann, "und ich saß an meinem Schreibtisch und löste Rechenaufgaben".

Eva Reich never felt she had to choose between the worlds of her Jewish father and Christian mother. History chose for her. Poland, 1941. From the moment she stepped off the freight train that brought her family to Auschwitz, Eva Reich fought for her survival. From growing up surrounded by her Christian relatives in Berlin, she is thrown into the Jewish work camps of Nazi-occupied Poland. There, she experiences cruelty, intimidation, and hatred. But also kindness, fearlessness, and bravery--from the people she least expected.

Cosa succede quando ti abitui all'infelicità? Alessio non ci ha mai pensato, fino al giorno in cui Elena entra nella sua vita e gli mostra che esiste qualcosa di bello e luminoso al di là delle responsabilità sul lavoro e della routine. Ma poi Elena sparisce, così com'è arrivata. E Alessio entra in una strana crisi personale: ha 29 anni, vive a Milano e ha un lavoro che gli piace. Però manca qualcosa: qualcosa di suo e di nessun altro. I sogni di un tempo dove sono finiti?

Dopo anni vissuti lontano dai riflettori, la ex "divina" di Hollywood Evelyn Hugo, autentica icona della storia del cinema, è finalmente pronta a svelare la sua verità. E anche quella sui suoi sette mariti, naturalmente. Per farlo, sceglie Monique Grant, una reporter semisconosciuta. La più stupefatta è proprio Monique: perché proprio lei? E perché proprio adesso? Si dà il caso che per la giornalista non sia proprio un gran momento: dopo pochi mesi dalle nozze il marito l'ha lasciata, e a trentacinque anni la sua vita professionale sembra già arrivata a un punto morto.

Gabriel está dejando de ser niño. Crece en su barrio, El Viaducto, entre la villa Mariel, las vías del Roca y el arroyo Sarandí. Gabriel tiene un amigo grande que duerme en el cementerio. Aprende mucho de él y de las tumbas. En el barrio de Gabriel, el agua podrida del Sarandí se incendia. Juega con una barra de pibes, aunque jugar, cuando se vive en El Viaducto, también es jugar con la muerte.

Tyrian purple, the color that denotes Byzantine imperial power, is embargoed and under close guard in Byzantium. To steal it is punishable by death. However a Jewish merchant from Venice has sourced an illegal supply, and Tobias, a minstrel, and his twin brother, Tomas, begin a dangerous journey to retrieve the dye and deliver it into the merchant’s eager hands. But is this supply as secret as they had hoped?

It’s a day in the life of three friends beefing with their own city, Tamaki Makaurau. With gentrification closing in and racial tensions sweltering, the girls must cling to their friendship like a life raft, determined not to let their neighbourhood drift out to sea.

Die große Saga um die faszinierenden Champagner-Pionierinnen Veuve Cliquot und Jeanne Pommery im Frankreich des 19. Jahrhunderts. Reims 1858: Als Jeanne Pommery überraschend Witwe wird, steht die Konkurrenz schon bereit, um den Weinhandel ihres verstorbenen Mannes zu zerschlagen. Jeanne will das Unternehmen jedoch selbst weiterführen, wohlwissend, dass sie sich in einer unerbittlichen Männerwelt behaupten muss. Deshalb sucht sie Rat bei Barbe-Nicole Cliquot, die nach dem Tod ihres Mannes aus ein paar Weinbergen ein Weltimperium schuf.

Eine Liebe auf Hiddensee. Juni 1934: Die dänische Schauspielerin Asta Nielsen will den Sommer auf Hiddensee verbringen. Eine schmerzliche Trennung liegt hinter ihr, und sie ist in Sorge um ihren Freund Joachim Ringelnatz, dem die Nazis Auftrittsverbot erteilt haben. Doch der Zauber der Insel Hiddensee wirkt, und Asta verbringt unbeschwerte Sommertage voller Leichtigkeit. Als sie bei einem Bootsausflug in Seenot gerät, kommt Kai, einer der Fischer, ihr zu Hilfe.

In the end, there is no accurate portrait of a human life. There is a coming and going, a squawking arrival and an unknown unavoidable departure. But there is no rational passage from point A to point B, and eventually point Z. Life is a turbulent journey that produces a blurred and disorienting picture to any objective observer. But we do have our stories, and that's what this audiobook is about. These are the stories of Thomas Kemera. They are stories told by him and told about him by another.

As the Civil War cracks the country in two, Mary Lincoln stands beside her husband praying for a swift Northern victory. But as the body count rises, Mary can't help but fear each bloody gain. Because her beloved sister Emily is across party lines, fighting for the South, and Mary is at risk of losing both her country and her family. Emily Todd Helm has married the love of her life. But when her husband's Southern ties pull them into a war neither want to join, she must make a choice. Abandon the family she has built in the South or become a true rebel fighting against her sister.

In 1845, Sir John Franklin led 129 officers and men into the Arctic to try to find the Northwest Passage. None of them returned. Trapped is a novel that tells the harrowing, grueling fascinating story of the disastrous, ill-fated expedition of Sir John Franklin of 1845, which resulted in the deaths of the entire crew of 129 officers and men and the loss of the two expedition ships.

Mary Tudor, the headstrong younger sister of the ruthless King Henry VII, has always been her brother's favorite—but now she is also an important political bargaining chip. When she is promised to the elderly, ailing King Louis of France, a heartbroken Mary accepts her fate, but not before extracting a promise from her brother: When the old king dies, her next marriage shall be solely of her choosing. For Mary has a forbidden passion, and is determined, through her own cunning, courage, and boldness, to forge her own destiny.

París, 1889. Obsesionado con la torre de metal, una estructura de acero de 300 metros de altura que se ha propuesto construir en medio del Champ-de-Mars, el ingeniero Gustave Eiffel apenas pone un pie fuera de su taller. La gran Exposición Universal de fin de siglo es la ocasión perfecta para que Francia le muestre al mundo que no ha perdido su grandeza. Pero ¿esta es la única razón que motiva al Mago de Hierro a dibujar planos sin parar hasta encontrar la forma perfecta?

Nura är 25 år gammal och redan fyrbarnsmamma när hennes make kommer hem med flygbiljetter till ett land långt borta. Familjen ska fly det fattiga liv de lever som förtryckta kurder av stammen Bertyian i Turkiet och söka en bättre tillvaro i Sverige. I den här boken berättar Dilsa, ett av Nuras fyra barn, om denna livsomvälvande resa.