Títulos em Sagas

When 276 schoolgirls are abducted from their school in Nigeria, Fidelis Ewerike, a Florida-based barrister, poet, and former POW of the Nigerian Civil War, begins to go mad, consumed by memories of his younger sister Ugochi, who went missing during that conflict. Consumed by survivor’s guilt and fearful that the same fate awaits Amara, his sixteen-year-old daughter who bears an uncanny resemblance to Ugochi, Fidelis locks her in her bedroom, offering no words of explanation, only lovingly—if poorly—made meals and sweets. Amid that singular action, the Ewerike family spirals into chaos.

Meet the Valiat family. In Iran, they were somebodies. In America, they’re nobodies. By turns satirical and philosophical, traveling from the 1940s Iran into a splintered 2000s, The Persians is a mordantly funny, heartbreakingly sad, and profoundly searching portrait of a family in crisis at the turn of the century, an American family saga reinvented.

A funny, sexy, and heart-wrenching literary debut, Too Soon explores exile, ambition, and hope across three generations of Palestinian American women. This dramatic saga follows one family’s epic journey from fleeing war-torn Jaffa in 1948, chasing the American Dream in Detroit and San Francisco in the sixties and seventies, hustling in the New York theatre scene post-9/11, and daring to stage a show in Palestine in 2012.

Hoffnung auf Freiheit und Glück im geteilten Deutschland: die packende Fortsetzung der Löwenthal-Saga von Bestsellerautorin Iris Krumbiegel. Berlin 1948: Lorenz Löwenthal wünscht sich nach den Kriegswirren vor allem Versöhnung – sogar mit der Familie seines einst besten Freundes Bertram. Seine Frau Frida dagegen versucht, Bertrams Familie für ihre nationalsozialistischen Verbrechen zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen. Doch ihre Entscheidung, brisante Unterlagen an die Russen zu übergeben, hat fatale Folgen.

Zerrissen zwischen familiären Erwartungen und einer verbotenen Liebe hört eine junge Grafentochter auf den Ruf ihres Herzens – der mitreißende Abschluss der großen Münsterland-Saga. Münsterland 1896. Zu gern würde Clara von Scheweney Gut Friesenhain übernehmen – sprüht die clevere Frau doch vor Plänen für eine glänzende Zukunft des Gestüts. Doch ihr Bruder Wilhelm erbt das Landgut, und so bleibt Clara nur die Rolle als brave Tochter. Einziger Lichtblick sind ihre heimlichen Treffen mit Baron Richard von Thebe.

Left the sole survivor of a killing spree, Emma Peterson sets off for a new life far from her family’s Missouri farm. But her dangerous journey westward brings her directly into the path of three dangerous predators. When she discovers the last of the murderers on a wagon train bound for California, she concocts an elaborate plan for revenge. But will her vengeful scheme cost the young girl the ultimate price?

Die Geschichte der großen Liebe zwischen dem legendären Fotoreporter Robert Capa und Gerda Taro – einer Fotografin, deren künstlerisches Werk erst viel zu spät gewürdigt wurde.

Dans l'une des maisonnées pas si paisibles du village, la jeune Alvenia bataille ferme pour tracer sa voie. C'est sans compter sur les combines noires comme le poêle de son père, qui n'a pas l'intention de lui faire de cadeaux. Heureusement, des alliés viendront lui prêter main-forte et elle puisera du réconfort au fond des yeux bleus du plus bel homme de la place.

Gespaltenes Land, gespaltene Herzen - eine Familie, zerrissen zwischen Ost und West. Berlin 1964: Nach der Haft darf Gesine ausreisen, doch die Frage, was mit ihrem Kind passiert ist, lässt sie nicht los. Gesines Schwester Sonja steht wegen DDR-kritischer Aussagen unter besonderer Beobachtung. Dass für ihre Überwachung ein enges und geliebtes Familienmitglied angeworben wurde, weiß Sonja nicht. Und so vertraut sie sich ihren Liebsten an, nicht ahnend, dass sie in eine Falle laufen könnte. Mutter Lotte bleibt mit ihrer jüngsten Tochter Lydia in Ostberlin.

Llanuras de Cantenbury, 1853. Rat Station ha visto crecer a una nueva generación: Cat e Ida están orgullosos de sus maravillosas hijas, Carol y Linda. Pero los vecinos no pueden evitar sentir envidia ante una familia tan bien avenida. De repente, como si fuera un terrible golpe del destino, la granja corre peligro y con ello pone en riesgo el futuro de sus moradores. Desde la plaza del poblado llegan gritos y el sonido de una caracola. Es una señal de ataque...

Uma menina enfrenta a partida do pai e jamais se conformará com essa separação. Enquanto sua mãe transforma a ausência do marido em tabu, durante anos ela tentará esclarecer os mistérios que envolvem o desaparecimento daquele homem. Ao longo das décadas de 1970, 1980 e 1990 no Brasil, três gerações de mulheres precisarão conquistar seu espaço sem pedir licença. No entanto, nem mesmo as diferenças entre elas serão capazes de superar certos impasses da alma, diante dos quais a menina, agora mulher, ainda será surpreendida.

Meet the women of the Valiat family. In Iran, they were somebodies. In America, they're nobodies. First there is Elizabeth, the regal matriarch with the famously large nose, who remained in Tehran despite the revolution. She lives alone in a shabby apartment except when she is visited by Niaz, her young, Islamic-law-breaking granddaughter, who takes her partying with a side of purpose, and somehow manages to survive. Across the ocean in America, Elizabeth’s daughters have built new lives for themselves.

Working in service as a cook in a big house, Rose dreams of running her own teashop one day. But her life takes a dark turn, when her family fall prey to an unscrupulous family member and her mother, a milliner, falls into debt. As Rose takes charge of her younger, wilder sister their lives are thrown into turmoil when tragedy strikes. Is Rose’s dream of a better life destined to remain just that, or will her love for her family bring better days?

High Princess Amalia Therald must deal with the aftermath of her father's death as she ascends to the throne. As Amalia explores her new connection to her draconic heritage, a new threat emerges, coming from within and without simultaneously. Assaulted on all sides, who can she trust? And can she bear the burden of straddling two worlds, or will the tension between them consume her?

The Story of Gordo Villarreal, brother of the famous lieutenant and right arm of the Tijuana Cartel, well known in one of the most violent cities in the country and the world. The cartel starts a real war against the government because of the confiscation of large amounts of drugs that had been stolen by the cartel from opposing gangs, as well as executions and kidnappings where the streets of Tijuana is the number one witness.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, the picturesque mountain village of Poshkarbal is home to lush cherry and apple orchards and a thriving community—one divided by a patrolled border. Aisha and her mother Noorjahan live on the outskirts—two women alone in a world dominated by men. As the village midwife, Noorjahan teaches Aisha how to heal using local herbs and remedies. Isolated but content, Aisha is shocked when Noorjahan decides it is time for her to attend the village school as few girls do.

When the father she worships disappears, ten-year-old Ada Fletcher and her family, are forced to move to a poor yard in Birmingham. Ada and Elsie, the two eldest children have to go to work in a local pearl button factory to try and make ends meet. The work is hard and relentless and their mother’s death is the final calamity. One day Ada returns home to find her siblings being dragged away to the local workhouse orphanage.

Olivia’s life in Guernsey is uprooted by the Nazi occupation. Forced to flee in the dead of night, she escapes to London’s East End. As she steps foot in Bethnal Green, Olivia’s former life is there to greet her, and she’s ordered to spy for the British. To find her son’s father, she agrees to undertake this dangerous mission. Will she make it home to hold her little boy again?

Peggy Brown is an aspiring actress with Big Dreams, but for now she must tread the boards in the yearly panto at the Weatherfield Majestic Theatre. She finds lodgings with fiery Coronation Street resident Elsie Tanner, but what Peggy doesn’t know is that Elsie’s latest fella is caught up in illegal activity, something which could put them both in danger. As Peggy struggles on the chorus line, and Elsie gets in over her head, the scene is set for a Christmas of shocks and surprises.

Following the death of his beloved father, Arthur is sent to Canada for safety with a group of evacuees on the eve of the Second World War. Alone and afraid, plagued with seasickness, and an unknown future, he can't imagine things getting any worse. Far from what he feared, Arthur is welcomed with warmth and kindness. But even on the other side of the world, the war can’t be escaped and before long, his new family are touched by it too. Faced with another dramatic change in his life, everything starts to change again for Arthur.