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Eine unvergessliche Heldin in Rom – Das perfekte Sommerhörbuch! Teddy Carlyle hat einen Neuanfang verdient, aber manche Geheimnisse lassen sich nicht verbergen ... Teddy entstammt einer texanischen Familie mit großen politischen Ambitionen. Die Familie atmet auf, als Teddy mit Mitte 30 endlich heiratet und nach Rom zieht. Die Stadt, in der die Stars der Cinecittà auf der Via Veneto flanieren, erscheint Teddy wie ein Versprechen von Freiheit, hier will sie ihre unruhige Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen und eine gute Diplomatengattin sein: glamourös, diskret, stilsicher und stets höflich.

Ariel needed money, and Joseph Hortha had it. Bound by gratitude toward the late Chilean president and a persistent need to know whether murder or suicide ended his life during the 1973 coup, the two men embark on an investigation that will take them from Washington DC and New York, to Santiago and Valparaíso, and finally to London.

Contrary to her name, Patience Abbott has long felt unsettled and anxious to leave behind her painful memories in England for a fresh start in America. But her new life isn’t quite what she expected, and as tension grows in her new home of Boston, so does the distance between Patience and her estranged father. So when Josiah Wagner walks into her life, it finally feels like she’s not alone. If only his patriotic leanings didn’t put him at odds with her father’s loyalties.

Step into the high-stakes world of political power, ambition, and betrayal in this gripping fictional account of Donald Trump’s second term. In The New Regime: Power Plays in Trump’s Second Act!, bestselling author C.D. Scott delivers a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at the chaos, triumphs, and fractures of a Trump administration reimagined. Set against the backdrop of a divided nation, this fictional tale explores the explosive dynamics of a cabinet filled with loyalists, visionaries, and opportunists—all vying for power in a presidency teetering on the edge of transformation or collapse.

Originally banned in the Soviet Union, We is a prophetic and unsettling novel that envisions a future where the state dictates every aspect of life. Citizens live under total surveillance, are stripped of personal identity, and are assigned numbers instead of names. D-503, a loyal engineer of the One State, finds himself torn between duty and desire when he encounters the mysterious I-330, who introduces him to a world beyond the rigid laws of the system. Written in 1921, We is a stark warning about the dangers of collectivism, state-engineered conformity, and the erosion of free will.

1985, Cambridgeshire. An MPs wife is involved in a fatal car crash, and may be over the alcohol limit. Ben Schroeder QC returns to defend her but nothing is straightforward as he gets tangled in a web of political ambition and intrigue. A compulsive mix of crime fiction and legal thriller, exploring highly topical themes.

Edward Everett Hale’s The Man Without a Country is a poignant and patriotic short story that explores the devastating consequences of exile and the importance of national identity. The story follows Philip Nolan, a young army officer who, in a moment of reckless defiance, renounces his country during a treason trial. As punishment, he is sentenced to spend the rest of his life at sea, never again hearing mention of the United States.

Ein ergreifender Roman über drei junge Schauspieler im Warschauer Ghetto von Bestsellerautor David Safier. Im Warschauer Ghetto 1942 erklingt aus einer kleinen Seitenstraße Musik, Gelächter und Applaus. Ein Theaterstück feiert Premiere, eine heitere Musikkomödie namens Die Liebe sucht ein Zimmer. Die junge Schauspielerin Sara wartet nervös auf ihren Auftritt. Mit leuchtenden Augen schaut sie vom Bühnenrand ihrer großen Liebe Edmund zu, wie er die Zuschauer in den Bann schlägt und sie ihr Elend vergessen lässt.

In the first anthology of its kind, Robert Olen Butler and Phong Nguyen assemble an astounding collection of stories that cause listeners to contemplate war, peace, and social justice in a new light. The fourteen stories featured in this volume explore the varied and often unexpected outcomes of violence. The authors explore the tragedies that occur closer to home—not on military battlefields but rather in places that are never meant to be battlefields, like schools and churches. The fiction reveals the violence that renders our most sacred and seemingly safest of places vulnerable.

When a simple surveillance operation in Iraq goes violently wrong, Marine-turned-covert-agent Jack Noble finds himself caught in a deadly web of betrayal, conspiracy, and cover-ups. Branded a fugitive and pursued by the very government he served, Jack must rely on his instincts, his partner Rile “Bear” Logan, and a whole lot of grit to survive.

ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯಸ್ಥ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಮ್ ಕುಟುಂಬದಿಂದ ಬಂದ ಸಫಿಯಾ ತನ್ನ ಉದಾರವಾದಿ ಪತಿ ಅಬ್ಬಾಸ್ ಉತ್ತೇಜನದಿಂದ ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ನಿಲುವು ಮತ್ತು ಆತ್ಮಸ್ಥೈರ್ಯವನ್ನು ತಾಳಿ, ಎಲ್ಲ ಬಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಮೋಚಿತರಾದ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ ಸಬಲತೆಯಿಂದಲೇ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಪಡೆಯುವ ಮುಕ್ತ ಭಾರತದ ಕನಸನ್ನು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಪೂರ್ವದ ಒಂದೆರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಹಿಡಿದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಶಾಹ್‍ಬಾನೂ ಪ್ರಕರಣದವರೆಗಿನ ಪ್ರಕ್ಷುಬ್ಧ ಭಾರತದ ಪರಿಸರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಥೆಯು ನೆಲೆಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ. ಹೋರಾಟದ ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪತಿ-ಪತ್ನಿ ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಸಾಯುತ್ತಾರೆ:

War on the mainland is draining Reykjavík. For some, the remote islands off Hrímland's coast are their only hope of survival. Elka, a recovering addict, has fled there with her son Sölvi. In their village they find a new life—all thanks to the Deep, a peculiar power their neighbours praise for the booming fishing industry. Everything seems perfect, but Sölvi does not trust the people who take his mother in.

Pulitzer prize-winning author David K. Shipler’s fictionalized story of a Vietnamese interpreter, based on his own experiences as a war correspondent, brings back the tensions within Vietnam during the war, focusing on a local with close ties to American journalists and politicians.

Sia Fox, agente, y Max Castillo, colaborador de la CIA, se unen para emprender una peligrosa operación de espionaje que involucra a oligarcas, políticos y mafiosos rusos. Ella está infiltrada en un bufete de abogados londinense que se dedica a ocultar grandes fortunas; él es un próspero terrateniente mexicano, dueño de un criadero de purasangres y heredero de una familia vinculada con la Agencia desde los sesenta.

But the most important situations we face as adults were never discussed with us when we were students. We weren't taught these skills in school, and this makes all the success stories we hear about seem out of reach; it makes us feel dumb. We aren't dumb, we just don't know how to work the system.

What do democracy and doughnuts have in common? Nothing in the middle. Owls, Doughnuts, and Democracy is the satirical adventures of an outspoken millennial woman with a colourful past named Bea, who, with a motley coalition spanning the political spectrum, puts the middle back into democracy. Bea gets it all going when she’s volunteered to help at a senior’s home. She teaches octogenarian Harold, the resident curmudgeon and ex-MP troll, to use the internet, leading to an app for people to vote individually on bills before parliament.

Román Sabaté entra al mundo de la política casi por casualidad, pero es allí donde se sella su destino. La permanente tensión entre la necesidad de trabajo de un joven de provincia y las ocultas intenciones del político que lo ha elegido como secretario privado es lo que mueve los hilos de esta novela: dos hombres en conflicto en una historia en la que hasta la paternidad está en juego. Magia, doble discurso o crimen, todo vale. Las maldiciones desnuda la verdad de la llamada "nueva política".

"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.

Na sua modesta casa em um sítio isolado, o ex-presidente de um pequeno país latino-americano recebe uma jornalista europeia para debater as terríveis circunstâncias que ameaçam a democracia ao redor do planeta. Antes conhecido como o presidente mais pobre do mundo, hoje é visto como um símbolo de altruísmo, justiça e direitos humanos. Mas agora, durante a entrevista, ele se vê à beira de revelar seu maior segredo: que todos os seus conceitos sobre revolução, dignidade e amor se devem às profundas conversas que teve, no período em que esteve preso, com seu companheiro de cela — um sapo.

Hasan is eleven years old. He loves cricket, pomegranates, the night sky, his clever, vibrant artistic mother and his etymologically obsessed lawyer father, and he adores his next-door neighbour Zehra. One early summer morning, while lazing happily on the roof, Hasan watches a young boy flying a yellow kite fall to his death. Soon after, Hasan's idyllic, sheltered family life is shattered when his beloved uncle Salman, a dissenting politician, is arrested and charged with treason...