Títulos em Ficção Biográfica

Flucht aus dem Iran und der Kampf um Identität und Anerkennung. Seit 1979, mit dem Sturz des Schahs, sind die Töchter der hochgestellten iranischen Familie Valiat im amerikanischen Exil. Nur ihre Mutter, die noch immer Heimat, Tradition und Stolz verkörpert, blieb damals in Iran. Als bei dem alljährlichen Familientreffen in Aspen die Dinge aus dem Ruder laufen und die exaltierte Shirin erst gegen Kaution wieder aus der Arrestzelle entlassen wird, verändert sich etwas in den Frauen, jede muss sich schmerzlichen Fragen stellen.

Berlin 2003. Wolfgang Schneider ist zwanzig und heißt trotzdem Wolfgang Schneider. Er lässt die Provinz hinter sich, doch in Berlin hat niemand auf ihn gewartet. Zumal die Stadt im Umbruch ist: Die hedonistisch-anarchischen Neunziger liegen noch in der Luft, doch eine neue Zeit klopft an der Tür: Berlin will als Hauptstadt Ernst machen. Schon bald kann Wolfgang die demonstrative Wichtigkeit der Menschen hier nicht mehr ernst nehmen. Leider rutscht er schnell in todernste Milieus ab, gerät ans Theater, in die Berliner Kunstszene und in eine kommunistische Hochschulgruppe namens "SacK und Klit".

Das Hörbuch zum Film "David Copperfield - Einmal Reichtum und zurück". Der große autobiographische Bildungsroman des 19. Jahrhunderts, der aus der Weltliteratur nicht wegzudenken ist: Charles Dickens erzählt das Aufwachsen des Waisenjungen David Copperfield in den harschen und oft brutalen Umständen der Großstadt London. David flieht zu seiner Tante Betsey und schafft es schließlich, Anwaltslehrling, dann Parlamentsreporter und letztendlich Schriftsteller zu werden. Trotz der vielen Widrigkeiten ist es doch auch immer wieder die Menschlichkeit, die von Dickens' Grundvertrauen in das Gute im Menschen zeugt.

"Questo miraggio delle partite o delle vite senza sbagli: no, Miša si teneva volentieri il fallimento. Si teneva la vulnerabilità e lo scompiglio. Tanto valeva ubriacarsi o combinare pasticci, ma rispettare sempre la dignità del singolo essere umano. Meglio giocare, giocare per la pura festa di giocare, fino a che giorno e notte non perdano di senso: giocare con la devozione e la letizia dei ragazzini che strillano e non vogliono tornare a casa a fare i compiti o lavarsi - le stupide incombenze del mondo reale".

In 1892, running one of the Wests fanciest brothels is a rough game. In a town filled with brazen criminals, corrupt police, zealous politicians, and morality committees, Madam Mattie Silks makes her fortune catering to Colorados gold and silver millionaires. Notorious crime boss Soapy Smith is at the top of the Denver underworld. There are no rules for Smith's gang. They solve problems with bribes and bullets. Mattie's husband stumbles into Soapy's dealings, and she struggles to protect him.

Die Bilder, die wir in uns sehen, sind oft die Wahrheit. Und die Bilder, die da draußen um uns herum sind, sind oft die Lügen derer, die uns zerstören wollen. Franks Seele ist zerstört. Von den Eltern verlassen, abgeschoben in Heime und Einrichtungen, spricht er scheinbar nicht, hat keine Kontakte und ist sozial komplett zurückgezogen. Um im Alltag zu überstehen, baut er immer mehr eine Mauer um sich und driftet dabei mehr und mehr in surreale, psychedelische Traumwelten ab.

Kurz vor Weihnachten, Ende der achtziger Jahre in Irland. Gewalt, religiöser Terror, Anfeindungen und Ausgrenzungen bestimmen den Alltag in einem Stadtteil in der Nähe von Belfast. "Sandy ist das, was mich am Leben hält", sagt Laurina eines Tages zu ihrer Mutter. Es ist der Tag, an dem das elfjährige Mädchen beginnt zu kämpfen, gegen ein unvorstellbar tristes Leben. An der neuen Schule sind alle gegen Laurina und ihre Schwester Sandy, weil sie keine ehrlichen Katholiken sind, wie die anderen Kinder sagen.

Rain pummeled the window, mimicking the tumult in Arthur's heart. A worn photo, its edges whispering lost dreams, depicted a younger, ambitious Arthur with Sarah, her smile a forgotten warmth. Once inseparable, their future gleamed. But ambition, a cruel mistress, led Arthur astray.

A gifted raconteur, distinctive humorist, and irascible moralist, Mark Twain transcended the apparent limitations of his origins to become a popular public figure and one of America's best and most beloved writers.

À Bordeaux, Lucrèce, jeune femme au caractère bien trempé, mène de front des études de journalisme et un emploi de caissière. Au-delà de sa vie étudiante éprouvante et du divorce de ses parents, il est une blessure secrète, dont elle ne guérit pas : avoir été rejetée par son père. Dès lors, plus que l'ambition, ce qui la motive, c'est la revanche. L'occasion d'empoigner son destin se présente rapidement à elle : elle fait une entrée remarquée dans le monde très masculin du journalisme.

Following seventy thousand years of undisturbed slumber, the vessel of a planetary empire that had followed its own predetermined path to destruction eons earlier had finally reawakened, bringing with her the potential to change everything. Embodying all that was benevolent and beautiful from innumerable long-forgotten cultures, this lifeform in suspended animation also possessed the power necessary to prevent her gifts from being corrupted by those who will eternally thirst for dominion over others.

Set against the backdrop of the antebellum South, this compelling work of historical fiction follows the harrowing journey of a young man, stolen from his family and thrust into the merciless world of slavery. The story unfolds with the abduction of IDI, a bright and resourceful young man who is cruelly torn from his family and homeland. His journey takes him to the American South, where he is subjected to the dehumanizing horrors of servitude. Driven by an unshakable determination to regain his freedom, David befriends a group of fellow slaves who share his longing for escape.

In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Dr Watson records eleven stories revealing the astonishing abilities of the famous consulting detective similar only in exhibiting those unusual and outre features so dear to Holmes, his chronicler and their myriad readers. Watson includes the earliest case of the champion of the law and what tragically seems to be his last.

Elle a vingt-cinq ans et tout pour être heureuse : après des études brillantes, elle a intégré la direction marketing d'un grand groupe international, et vient d'emménager dans le studio de ses rêves. Pour que son bonheur soit parfait, il lui reste deux choses à accomplir : trouver l'amour et se mettre à écrire. Il a 50 ans, c'est un écrivain confirmé. Pour son nouvel opus, mi-tendre, mi-ironique, il souhaite rester anonyme. Et si l'une était le personnage inventé par l'autre ?

In the year 1526 King Henry VIII is facing a great personal crisis. He has been married to Queen Catherine of Aragon for seventeen years. But he has no son and the kingdom is without an heir. He has fallen in love with a maid of honor named Anne Boleyn. But she refuses to become his mistress and insists on being recognized as his lawful wife. The tragedy of “The King’s Great Matter” begins to unfold with terrible consequences for all concerned.

It's 1980 and Neil is a burned-out local musician whose band never made it. He has put his heart and soul into his music for a decade but now has little to show for it except a dozen of tapes of his original music that nobody has ever heard. He's getting ready to take a promotion at work and give up music forever when he gets a freak opportunity to go on tour.

The author of this book captures the listener's attention from the start by weaving a tale of a son's grief over the loss of his mother, which is intensified by the coincidental alignment of his mother's burial with his birthday. The man's memories of his mother and the special ritual they shared on his birthday provide a lens through which the listener can explore the anthropological phenomenon of a woman's transition into motherhood.

A young boy from Shropshire named Will Somers has a special talent for entertaining. His gifts bring him all the way to the court of Henry VIII where he becomes a favoured servant and close companion of the king. In his role as the royal fool, he observes the life and times of Henry and his court. He witnesses the successive rise and fall of his queens, nobles and ministers. He is the only one whom Henry trusts with his true thoughts. “The Tudor Fool” tells the story of the unlikely relationship between a tyrannical king and his humble jester.

In the last days of World War I, Corporal Adolf Hitler was blinded by mustard gas, necessitating a month-long confinement in a military psychiatric hospital. Peculiarly, amid Germany's final days of World War I, the modest corporal was transported 700 kilometers from Ypres, Belgium, to northern German Pomerania, seeking the expertise of the nation's foremost neuropsychiatric physician.

When Morrie moved in next door to Hilde in 1936 they became best friends. They are just five years old. But this is Nazi Germany and the law decrees they cannot remain friends because he is Jewish and she is the daughter of a Nazi policeman. For a short time music and culture opens up a new world for Hilde. But it cannot last. Her loving grandparents take in the children and gift them a pet budgerigar.