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A female actress, no matter how great her talent, has a limited shelf life. I faced the hard facts that it’s a man’s world in Hollywood a long time ago. Being 42 years young is a death sentence in the industry. Yet here I am. Completely gobsmacked at the offer of the role of the century. We’re talking leading lady, Oscar-worthy. I’m here to train for my comeback role, not for whiskey and a roll in the hay. Now this good-looking, tall, 48-year-old joker that seems to say all the right lines from the raunchiest Native American romance novels is f--king me up.

At a young age, Lihanny’s life was forever altered when, after the murder of her father, her mother decided to sell her to the highest bidder. She didn’t think things could get any worse, but she was sadly mistaken. Being at the wrong place at the wrong time can change your life forever, which is exactly what happened to Lihanny. Fed up with feeling powerless, Lihanny takes the drug world by storm when she meets Malaki. But what happens when the love for the game trumps everything else? Headstrong just like her father, Lihanny will knock down anything that stands in her way.

A lush, glittering short story collection exploring female obsession and desire by an award-winning author Roxane Gay calls "a consummate storyteller." From Kentucky to the California desert, these forty-two short stories -- ranging from the 80's and 90's to present day -- expose the hearts of...

Nella Larsen's "Quicksand" paints a poignant portrait of Helga Crane, a young woman grappling with her mixed racial heritage in the 1920s. Caught between societal expectations and her yearning for identity, Helga navigates different settings.

Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838) war ein deutscher Naturforscher und Dichter französischer Herkunft. Seine bekanntesten Werke sind "Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte" (ebenfalls in der SWRedition erschienen) und das Gedicht "Das Riesenspielzeug". Dieses Hörbuch enthält folgende Gedichte von ihm: "Tragische Geschichte" (Sprecher: Heiner Schmidt, SWR 1984), "Der rechte Barbier" (Sprecher: Heiner Schmidt, SWR 1984), "Der arme Sünder" (Sprecherin: Christine Davis, SWR 1982), "Der Soldat" (Sprecher: Peter Lieck, SWR 1987), "Vom pythagoräischen Lehrsatz" (Sprecher: Heiner Schmidt, SWR 1984).