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10 giugno 1940. Mentre l'Italia di Mussolini entra in guerra, nel giardino incantato di una villa in Toscana quattro ragazzi giocano a tennis. La Storia irrompe dentro la loro giovinezza beata e li costringe a prendere in mano la propria vita. La Contessina Ottavia Valiani ha quattordici anni e il sole addosso. La sorella minore, Verdiana, la spia dall'ombra. È timida, bruttina, forse cattiva. Entrambe vivono la condanna insita nell'essere sorelle e anche donne: una è il metro di giudizio dell'altra.

"Ci farebbe bene scrivere delle nostre famiglie, senza nessuna finzione, senza romanzare. Solo raccontando ciò che è successo, o ciò che crediamo sia successo." Animato da questa convinzione, Manuel Vilas intreccia con una voce coraggiosa, disincantata, a tratti poetica, il racconto intimo di una vita sullo sfondo degli ultimi decenni di storia spagnola. Allo stesso tempo figlio e padre, Vilas celebra la presenza costante e sotterranea di chi non c'è più, il passato che riemerge a fatica dai ricordi, la lotta per la sopravvivenza che lega indissolubilmente le generazioni.

Un pomeriggio d’estate, un gruppo di amici quindicenni si dà appuntamento nel solito luogo di ritrovo, una piazza nel centro di Padova. È la metà degli anni Settanta, la stagione dei cortei e delle occupazioni, degli scontri fra manifestanti e polizia; i giovani protagonisti, però, non fanno politica, né sono interessati alle ideologie che infiammano il periodo.

It is a truth universally accepted that well-bred members of society are not beleaguered with magic. For Elsabeth Dover and her sisters, that truth means living in a perpetual state of caution, never using their sorcerous gifts in public. Elsabeth chafes under the stricture, although not enough to risk the possibility of good marriages for her sisters...until she meets handsome, arrogant Fitzgerald Archer

Lorhen, oldest and most ruthless of the immortal Timeless, put aside the sword long ago for a quiet life. But peace doesn't last forever, especially for a man whose age can be counted in epochs, and the mortal life he's built unravels as the Keepers, a society of historians who record Timeless lives, learn that he's been hiding in their midst.

Benedict Fairburn does not quite need his ailing great-aunt's fortune, especially since he'll have to marry to get it. His family, however, thinks otherwise - as do many of the eligible ladies in London - and the pressure is mounting. An embarrassment of attentions fill Benny's time, but the young lady he prefers roundly dislikes him. Claire Dalton, cousin to one of Benedict's oldest friends, is too busy debuting in Society to pay much attention to the Fairburn boy who once insulted her past bearing.

As a child, Elisha witnessed the burning of a witch outside of London, and saw her transformed into an angel at the moment of her death, though all around him denied this vision. He swore that the next time he might have the chance to bind an angel’s wounds, he would be ready. And so he became a barber-surgeon, at the lowest ranks of the medical profession, following the only healer’s path available to a peasant’s son. Elisha is good at his work, but skill alone cannot protect him. In a single catastrophic day, Elisha’s attempt to deliver his brother’s child leaves his family ruined, and Elisha himself accused of murder.

Der friedliche Sternenhimmel über Irland täuscht. Schon in seiner ersten Nacht wird der deutsche Hobbyastronom Peter Kaufmann rüde gestört. Verwahrlost und völlig verängstigt präsentiert sich die neue Obermieterin Aoife und jagt sogar der sonst so gelassenen B&B-Besitzerin Emily Byrne Angst ein. Als Peter ein Foto der verwirrten Alten in einer Vermisstendatenbank entdeckt, eilt Betreiberin Sophie Whelan sofort zur Stelle. Doch auch die 29-Jährige hat etwas zu verbergen! Als Aoife erneut untertaucht, ist mit ihr nicht nur die Lösung eines jahrzehntealten Familiengeheimnisses verschwunden – sondern auch Emily.

Robert E. Lee knew that he had to keep the momentum of the Confederate forces moving forward, bringing the Army of Northern Virginia and the war itself north into Union territory. A decisive string of victories might embolden foreign powers to join the Confederacy's fight.

Despite growing pains in her 1846 Amish community in Indiana, Naomi Schrock has settled into a comfortable life in her parents' home with her adopted son, Davey. Surrounded by family and friends, she tries not to think about the fact that she's not at the top of any man's list of potential wives. Yet when Cap Stoltzfus moves into the area and befriends Davey, Naomi finds herself caught between the plans she has made for her future and the tantalizing thought that Cap might be part of a life she never dared to hope for.

Mattie Schrock is no stranger to uprooting her life. Even as her father relocated her family from one Amish community to the next, she always managed to find a footing in their new homes. Now as the Schrock family plans to move west from Somerset County to a fledgling Amish settlement in Indiana, she looks forward to connecting with old friends who will be joining them from another Pennsylvania community - friends like Jacob Yoder, who has always held a special place in her heart. Since Mattie last saw Jacob, they've both grown into different people with different dreams.

Hannah Yoder loves her quiet life on the banks of the Conestoga Creek. In 1842, this corner of Lancaster County is settled and peaceful - yet problems lurk beneath the placid façade. Hannah's father worries about the spread of liberal ideas from their Mennonite and Brethren neighbors. And Hannah blames herself for a tragedy that struck their home nine years ago. She strives to be the one person who can bind the threads of her family together in spite of her mother's ongoing depression and her sister's rejection of their family. But her world is threatening to unravel.

Im Jahre 1902 erwachte der alte, tote Vulkan Mt Peleé auf der Insel Martinique in der Karibischen See zu schrecklichem Leben... Diese Aufnahme, Freunde, zeigt Euch, wie es kommen konnte, dass - trotz aller Vorwarnungen und Auseinandersetzungen darüber - diese Katastrophe so viel Unheil gebracht hat. Ihr werdet von der ersten bis zur letzten Minute von diesem spannenden und geräuschmäßig wirklich "explosiven" Hörspiel gefesselt sein!