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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu longs for adventure, freedom and love, believing that only by truly living can she ever escape the stalking crow of Death. An aristocratic woman in 18th century England is expected to act in certain ways. But Mary has never let society's expectations stifle her: she writes celebrated poetry and articles advocating for equality, as well as endless, often scandalous, letters to her many powerful friends. However, Mary wants more from the world. Using her charm and connections, she engineers a job offer for her husband as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.

Paris 1821, am Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, Frankreichs nationaler Blindenanstalt: Es ist die "Nachtschrift" eines gewissen Charles Barbier, die den blinden Louis Braille in tiefes Grübeln versetzt. Fasziniert streicht der Junge mit den Fingerkuppen über die erhabenen Zeichen und stellt sich die eine Frage: Ist diese Schrift, die ursprünglich als Geheimschrift für das Militär ersonnen war, etwa das Vehikel in die Freiheit? Und siehe da – nach anfänglichen Schwierigkeiten gelangt er zu sechs einfachen erhabenen Punkten.

Der sechsjährige Gottfried verliert im Sommer 1932 seinen Vater durch eine Explosion im Eisenwerk. Gottfried, seine Mutter und die vier Geschwister kämpfen sich gemeinsam durch die schwere Zeit. Dann drängt sich der Nationalsozialismus immer mehr in den Alltag der Menschen... "Der Himmel und die Luft zum Atmen" erzählt die wahre Geschichte des Gottfried aus Maxhütte, der den Leser als Sohn, Hitlerjunge, Lehrbub, Soldat, Gefangener und Verliebter auf mitreißende und persönliche Art durch die Zeit unserer Großväter in Deutschland und der Oberpfalz führt.

The Anointed One is the story of Seth Paine, founder of the Village of Lake Zurich. Seth’s story evolves against a backdrop of cross-country migration and change from 1816-1872. Born in Vermont, Seth headed west to Chicago with a dream to make a name for himself and seize new opportunities.

Los emigrados es una meditación sobre la memoria y la pérdida: un relato melancólico, nada épico, sobre el desarraigo, la desesperación y la muerte. Sebald recrea las vidas de cuatro exiliados –o cinco, si se incluye su propio autorretrato indirecto– a través de lo que narran ellos mismos, de recuerdos ajenos, fotografías y objetos encontrados.

El escritor emprende un viaje a pie por el condado de Suffolk, en la costa este de Inglaterra, para llenar el vacío que se ha apoderado de su interior al haber concluido un trabajo importante. Mientras contempla paisajes solitarios y pequeñas poblaciones costeras se topa con vestigios de un pasado que le remite a la totalidad del mundo, enmarcado en multitud de épocas, espacios y personajes diferentes. Sebald funde magistralmente la autobiografía con la historia y con historias, anécdotas, conjeturas y recuerdos a caballo entre la realidad y la ficción, en los que la civilización y la naturaleza se muestran en sus variedades más amplias.

Making his English language debut, the iconoclastic, two-time Academy award-winning writer and director reveals his singular mind as never before in this collection of twelve remarkable stories spanning memoir, comedy, autofiction, parody, pastiche, and gothic fiction.

Wie lebt man, wenn man weiß, dass die eigenen Tage gezählt sind? Savianos wichtigstes Buch seit „Gomorrha“ erzählt das Leben des größten Mafiajägers der Geschichte. Nicht nur als Richter, sondern auch als Ehemann, als Bruder, als Freund. Mit seinem Geldwäsche-Gesetz forderte Falcone die Mafia heraus. Als er am 25. Mai 1992 mit seiner Frau unterwegs zum Wochenendhaus ist, sprengt die Mafia sie mitsamt einem Stück Autobahn in die Luft.

See how his world turns upside down when he discovers that his deceased father left him the throne of Iveylantis—a kingdom built in Mark’s image and his personal likings and where the citizens represent his character traits and personality. Watch the battle unfold when Joker Ivey, an evil court jester who longs to take the throne for himself, tries to destroy Mark along the way. With new friends like Jazmine White and Duke Jordan, see how Mark learns his new power and fights for his father’s throne to claim for himself.

After escaping the mental and physical abuse of life under Saddam Hussein's dictatorial regime, Adam's dream of starting a new life in the land of opportunities has been realized. But his bloody past lives on as internalized scares of sadness, and Adam is held captive by them, unable to move on, ultimately attempting to take his own life. After Adam's near miss with death, Jon, Adam's best friend asks Adam to write a series of letters about the worst event that ever happened in his life-- a last-ditch effort by Jon to help his struggling friend.

I’ve often wondered at the meaning lurking behind the reported final words—moose, Indian—of Henry David Thoreau. For some reason, I’ve always imagined a somewhat dark, untold tale at their root. MOOSE. INDIAN. is just such a reimagining of Thoreau’s first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls the uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.

When you think of hell, I'm sure you think of pain, discomfort and sadness....maybe even torture. Even though life has hardened me, my heart is as gentle as the day I was born. I survived abuse, my mother's murder, neglect, being bounced around, the crack epidemic and so much more. Yes, everyone has their own survival story....something they lived through or overcame. I held my hell...I owned it, no more shame and I used the fire to forge who I wanted to be.

He was the most wanted man in the world for decades. Carlos the Jackal, the Venezuelan-born terrorist, carried out a wave of attacks across Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. A ruthless self-proclaimed revolutionary and notorious womanizer, he claimed to fight for the Palestinian cause and communist ideology, but also worked as a mercenary for rogue regimes and organizations.

Ein junger englischer Seemann besteigt in Bangkok ein Schiff für seine erste Fahrt als Kapitän. Doch schnell wird das Abenteuer zum Albtraum: Innerhalb der Mannschaft wütet das Tropenfieber, das Schiff gerät in eine Flaute und treibt tagelang nur noch im Kreis. Wollen die Männer überleben, muss der verträumte Protagonist Stärke zeigen und die "Schattenlinie" zwischen Jugend und Erwachsensein überqueren. Helmut Krauss leiht Joseph Conrads autobiografisch gefärbtem Roman seine ausdrucksstarke Stimme.

Charles Dickens' classic novel David Copperfield is loosely based on the life of the author. It tells the story of David Copperfield’s life from childhood to adulthood with all of the hardships, changes, and good fortune that David encounters on his life journey. It focuses on the relationships he develops with a huge cast of characters who he meets as he travels from rags to riches and back again.

When young Gilded Age society matron Daisy Harriman is refused a room at the Waldorf because they don’t cater to unaccompanied females, she takes matters into her own hands. She establishes the Colony Club, the first women’s club in Manhattan, where visiting women can stay overnight and dine with their friends; where they can discuss new ideas, take on social issues, and make their voices heard. She hires the most sought-after architect in New York, Stanford White, to design the clubhouse.

In July 1933, a gangster staged the kidnapping-for-ransom of an Oklahoma oilman. He would live to regret it. What started clean soon turns messy as two of “Machine Gun” Kelly’s partners cut themselves into the action, a determined former Texas Ranger makes tracking Kelly his mission, and his wife, ever alert to her own self-interest, starts playing both sides. Set in the first days of the modern FBI, Infamous is a blend of historical novel and crime story featuring an unexpected hero, some of the most colorful supporting characters in recent crime fiction, and femme fatale Kathryn Kelly.

Ein faszinierender Roman über die großen Pioniere der Luftfahrt Otto Lilienthal und Graf von Zeppelin. Zwei Männer machen sich im 19. Jahrhundert auf, den Himmel zu erobern. Im pommerschen Städtchen Anklam sucht der junge Otto Lilienthal Zuflucht in der Natur. Als er in den Niederungen den Flug der Störche beobachtet, keimt in ihm der Wunsch, selbst einmal wie ein Vogel fliegen zu können. Unterdessen wächst Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin als Spross einer Adelsfamilie bei Konstanz am Bodensee auf.

Nella banlieue multietnica di Parigi, il piccolo Momò dagli occhi neri vive con Madame Rosa, anziana prostituta ebrea sopravvissuta ad Auschwitz, il cane Super e altri ragazzini. Tutti i bambini hanno una mamma che ogni tanto li va a trovare, eccetto Momò, le cui origini sono un mistero. In un universo popolato di venditori di tappeti, trans senegalesi e mangiatori di fuoco, Momò affronta le difficoltà della vita e con innocenza e tenacia va incontro al futuro.

One morning Laine wakes up to discover that the man she's been married to for 15 years has been secretively living out a monstrous lie. Her world is tilted on its axis. Now she must unstitch her existence, and peck through the pieces of her past... Just as Laine thinks she's reached the end of uncovering all the bitter truths, a child appears who demands her attention.