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Paris, 1924. The Olympics. Lucy Morton, an ambitious Blackpool swimmer waits to find out if she’s won against her American rival. If she has, she’ll be the first British woman to win Gold in an individual event. If she has, it’ll upset the apple cart. The Americans have been sweeping the boards and, at 26, she’s a veteran in the sport. If she has, it’ll be despite the car accident she was in just 48 hours before, which saw her lose five teeth, crack a rib and be out cold until the morning of the biggest race of her life.

Francesco Lentini nasce con tre gambe, quattro piedi, sedici dita e due genitali, in una Sicilia di fine Ottocento dove la sua vita si prospetta misera e inevitabilmente destinata alla vergogna. Finché a nove anni l'incontro con un impresario gli cambia la vita: Francesco diventa Frank e si trasferisce negli Stati Uniti, dove la sua «mostruosità» diventa una «meraviglia» per tutti gli avventori dei circhi, delle fiere e dei freak show.

È una favola quella che Luba si è inventata per regalare ai “suoi” bambini un sorriso: il gioco del treno azzurro. Uno dopo l’altro, prima di salire su quel convoglio immaginario, ciascuno dice dove vuole andare, e la locomotiva li porta a destinazione. «A casa», sospirano quasi tutti. Sanno che da Bergen-Belsen nessuno può uscire, ma il treno azzurro tiene viva la speranza che un giorno l’orrore in cui sono sprofondati svanirà. Un treno di tenebre li ha portati fin lì, un treno di luce li farà fuggire via.

Juju, 17 ans, découvre le journal intime de sa grand-mère Léonie, écrit deux ans auparavant. Léonie est une triplée. On découvre dans son journal, les joies de son enfance auprès de ses soeurs Marie et Aline, mais aussi sa vie bouleversée par la deuxième guerre mondiale. Pourquoi la mère de Juju, Margaux, fait-elle d’incessants allers-retours entre Bordeaux et Granville ? Juju mettra tout en oeuvre pour percer ce secret de famille.

La monumental obra de Marcel Proust (1871-1922), En Busca del Tiempo Perdido es un inmenso retrato de toda una sociedad y es considerada como una de las grandes obras maestras de toda la literature. Como su nobre lo indica, Proust trató de recobrar en su novella en siete volúmenes lo que había sido el ayer y sus personajes están basados en el círculo del autor. La obra en total es un reflejo de uno de los más brillantes análisis de la conciencia que se hayan escrito.

Diese Lebensgeschichte des berühmtesten deutschen Dichters bezieht sich auf die Jahre1749 bis 1775. Sie entstand in der Zeit von 1808 bis 1831 und ist zweifellos eine der bedeutendsten Autobiographien der Weltliteratur und ein wahres Hausbuch.

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Una historia tan mágica como fabulosa, tan lúcida como pertinente, que sin duda influenció en cierta manera La vida es bella de Roberto Benigni. Tokyo, 1945. Mientras las bombas caen sobre la ciudad, un padre lee en voz alta un libro de cuentos para sus hijos, mientras adereza las historias con todo tipo de fantasías surgidas de su imaginación; fantasías más cercanas a la realidad de lo que están viviendo y a la naturaleza humana.

Michael Frayn's classic is set in the crossword and nature notes department of an obscure national newspaper during the declining years of Fleet Street, where John Dyson dreams wistfully of fame and the gentlemanly life—until one day his great chance of glory at last arrives.

In a small modern day little village of Ingleton, the family of Wilsons have always had a reputation. Living in a huge manor overlooking the town full of history, they are also well known for being a family of witches, reaching back to the 1600s. When a thick fog lays over the village and begins to spread across the neighbouring towns and cities, bringing the undead and spirits of the underworlds with it, it is up to the Wilson witches.

While aiming for the bright lights of Broadway, Elise misses her target and is instead thrown into the chaos of Mumbai, dancing in Bollywood blockbusters. The richness of India ignites a deep desire for travel, but when the sudden death of a loved one draws her home, Elise is overcome with hopelessness. Her despair transforms into an eating disorder that consumes the next five years of her youth. Determined to discover her unrecognised potential, Elise makes radical changes and, amid these modifications, finds love.

Beth Jannery's novel Unapologetic explores the life of Delilah Auburn, a woman at a crossroads in her middle age, seeking to break free from a past marked by upheaval and emotional distance. Finally, a novel that turns childhood trauma into truth and healing. Unapologetic stands as a testament to the resilience and courage required for personal healing and growth. In the same spirit as the works of Miranda July and Glennon Doyle, Jannery’s novel bravely exposes raw emotions and tackles real topics with a vulnerability that feels akin to walking through the world with no skin—exposed and raw.

Secrets age like wine… and this one is ready to be uncorked. Elko, Nevada, 1955. Seventy-six-year-old Meg Bruno has spent decades in quiet exile, keeping the past buried where it belongs. Once known as the infamous Bootlegging Queen, she smuggled sacramental wine during Prohibition—until the law caught up with her, stripping her of everything. The headlines wrote her story, but the truth? That’s a secret she swore she’d take to her grave.

Hanna Sheehy Skeffington was a beacon of light in the early 1900s with her campaigns for women’s right to vote and right to education. Hanna was a prolific activist and organiser. She was the only woman to be chosen to be on the provisional government post 1916 Rising, if it had succeeded. She is a legendary figure for Irish feminism. This Play is about Hanna Sheehy Skeffington on hunger strike in Mountjoy. She is joined by James Connolly in Mountjoy prison. In 1913 both were in Mountjoy prison and both went on hunger strike. The people are real and of great historical importance.

Simonetta Agnello Hornby prende le mosse dalla domanda più semplice, più diretta, con cui ci interroghiamo quotidianamente: "Quello che sto facendo è giusto o sbagliato?". A partire da lì si toccano la giustizia dentro l'istituto famigliare, i fenomeni di ingiustizia sociale, lo spettro delle guerre (esistono guerre giuste?), l'amministrazione della giustizia, l'educazione di figli e nipoti. Agnello Hornby cerca esempi nella vita animale e indaga sulla rappresentazione della giustizia nella cultura popolare, nell'arte, nella letteratura, nelle storie che contribuiscono a creare una sensibilità civile.

Nelle sue molte vite, Diana Karenne è stata qualsiasi cosa: straniera misteriosa, femme fatale, zingara, cantante, imprenditrice cinematografica, spia, suora strappata al convento, santa, contessa, regina, zarina. Prima che il tempo ne cancellasse ogni ricordo, fra il 1916 e il 1919 è stata soprattutto la più affascinante diva del cinema muto italiano. Diana si destreggia fra aristocratici, diplomatici, produttori dalla fama di banditi, attori a caccia di conquiste, sempre inseguita dal sospetto di essere una spia. Si sposta da Roma a Torino, da Milano a Napoli e Genova.

In The Woman of Wyrrd, the seventh book in her best-selling Medicine Woman series, follow Lynn Andrews as she travels back in time in a spiritual journey within the sacred Dreamtime to medieval England as a young woman named Catherine, an initiate of the Sisterhood of the Shields. Guided by Agnes Whistling Elk into a world of power and magic, Lynn Andrews enters the sacred Dreamtime and emerges as a young woman, Catherine, in medieval England.

It constitutes a series of anecdotal snippets and short stories including 'The Picnic', a laugh-out-loud account of an ill-fated Durrell family excursion, which should have been a relaxing, jolly affair. But with the Durrells things are seldom straightforward and on this occasion all that could go wrong did go wrong – except Gerald Durrell's sense of humour in recounting the tale. Other hilarious and surreal Roald Dahlesque stories ensue, including the critically acclaimed Gothic horror story 'The Entrance'.

Im Jahr 1936 wird die Auslandskorrespondentin Nancy Wake in Paris Zeugin des Schreckens von Hitlers Aufstieg in Europa. Kaum hat Nancy den französischen Industriellen Henri Fiocca kennengelernt, sich in ihn verliebt und zugestimmt, ihn zu heiraten, fallen die Deutschen in Frankreich ein und zwingen sie, ihren ersten Decknamen anzunehmen. Die Gestapo nennt sie weiße Maus wegen ihrer bemerkenswerten Fähigkeit, sich der Gefangennahme zu entziehen, wenn sie alliierte Soldaten über die Grenzen schmuggelt.

10 Jahre ist es her, seit die Tür des Buchparadies Rahel-Medea Ruoss in Winterthur das erste Mal aufgegangen ist. Was in diesen zehn Jahren alles geschah, was nötig ist, um ein Buchgeschäft zu führen, ja wie es überhaupt so weit kam, dass Rahel-Medea Lang sich mit 27 Jahren in die Selbstständigkeit wagte, dieses und Vieles mehr, erfahren Sie in diesem Buch. Ob Amüsantes, Trauriges oder Ergreifendes, das Leben in einem Buchgeschäft hat es in sich.