Showing results for "Classes" in Genre Fiction

Na Nigéria dos anos 60, Adah precisa lutar contra todo tipo de opressão cultural que recai sobre as mulheres. O que ela não esperava era encontrar, em um país visto por muitos nigerianos como uma espécie de terra prometida, novos obstáculos tão desafiadores quanto os da terra natal. Além do racismo e da xenofobia que Adah até então não sabia existir, ela se depara com uma recepção nada acolhedora de seus próprios compatriotas, enfrenta a dominação do marido e a violência doméstica e aprende que, dos cidadãos de segunda classe, espera-se apenas submissão.

Ludovica e Lorenzo sono giovani e belli. Si sono sposati anche se non usa più. Lei ha convinto il padre a aprirle una libreria nel quartiere Trieste, zona storica della borghesia romana. Lui, dottorando poco convinto in filosofia della scienza, si considera un filmmaker da quando ha realizzato un cortometraggio pieno di citazioni di film di culto. Un corto dove Ludovica, vestita di un pigiama giallo che ammicca alla tuta di Urna Thurman in Kill Bill, interpreta "la Sposina".

Vivian Molloy hardly expected to retire early from teaching, but for her husband, Dave, she'd do anything. But when Dave abandons her after a weekend away, she returns home to their picturesque town in Tasmania, shell-shocked and alone with nothing to fill her days. When an old colleague tries to rope her into teaching a writing class at the local library, Vivian is hesitant. How can she teach with her life falling apart? But it is the people she meets that help her remember who she is.

日本は先進国の地位から転げ落ちた。限られた富は、一部のエリートと特権階級に貪られ、「その他」の国民との間に分断が生まれつつある。一度、下層に落ちれば、二度と這い上がれない――。その恐怖が悲劇を生んだ。

Robyn Allen is finally getting closer to her dream of West End stardom. And along with her role dancing in the latest hot musical, she’s being wined and dined by an equally hot man – the wildly successful and well-connected Fabian Carrington. But one slip up and her dreams are shattered, and Robyn has to hobble back to the Yorkshire village of Beddingfield, and the life she hoped she’d escaped.

A tale of hardship and social injustice, Miss Purdy's Class by Annie Murray is a heartfelt saga with strong emotional relationships at its heart, read by actress Annie Aldington. In the New Year of 1936, Gwen Purdy, aged twenty-one, leaves her home to become a schoolteacher in a poor area of...

A peek into the lives of Indian women learning to swim. An eclectic group of Indian women living in a condominium in Singapore are determined to learn how to swim. To accomplish this, they must challenge cultural taboos, paddle against the tide of ingrained beliefs, tread carefully past family...

Seventeen-year-old Kitty Heath is determined to shine at Harvard’s Class Day celebrations, outfitted in a fashionable Paris organdie gown with daisies in her bonnet and a train she insists upon having. Behind her excitement stands her devoted sister Priscilla, quietly sacrificing to make Kitty’s dreams possible. But amid flirtations, mishaps, and a humiliating tumble, Kitty learns that true happiness lies not in appearances or admiration, but in the steadfast love of family and the honest affection of her cousin Jack.

O potencial de todas as crianças é determinado por seu número Q. Uma pontuação alta dá acesso às melhores escolas e a um futuro brilhante. Aquelas que não obtêm a nota mínima são enviadas para um internato, sem muita perspectiva de vida. O objetivo é construir uma sociedade melhor: custos baixíssimos para o governo, professores dedicados a classes separadas por desempenho e pais felizes por verem os filhos convivendo com seus iguais.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

Benjamin Disraeli’s powerful, polemical story of love across the class divide Chosen by The Guardian as one of the best 100 novels of all time, Disraeli’s classic 1845 ‘condition-of-England’ novel exposes the inequality and exploitation endemic in 19th century Britain, and the vast gulf...

"Business Class" spielt auf dem glatten Parkett der Chefetagen, im Dschungel des mittleren Managements, in der Welt der ausgebrannten niederen Chargen, beschreibt Riten und Eitelkeiten, Intrigen und Ängste einer streßgeplagten Zunft.

Don’t miss the chilling new psychological thriller from A.L. Bird, author of The Good Mother and Don’t Say a Word, perfect for fans of C L Taylor, Sherryl Brown and Lisa Hall. Letting go of your daughter for the first time isn’t easy… After years of IVF, Kirsten White is a devoted mum to...

“Gripping.”—Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls “Shetterly’s debut achieves a subtle grace, a quality of light and shadow worthy of a Bergman film.”—Allegra Goodman, New York Times Book Review ""Pete and Alice in Maine is a tender, big-hearted, clear-eyed portrait of a marriage...

A coming-of-age novel about two women falling in love during the culturally and politically turbulent 1980s. It's 1984 in The Valleys, South Wales, and Eluned Hughes is stuck. The miners' strikes are ravaging her family and community, and her boyfriend of six years, Lloyd, is starting to bring...

Students say they dreaded cutting up a full-size horse cadaver.

Das glatte Parkett der feuchtfröhlichen Events ist ein weites Feld: Ob Firmenfeier, Business Lunch, Weihnachtsessen, Silvestereinladung beim Chef, der heiße Flirt mit der neuen Sekretärin oder der Absacker unter Kollegen - der Manager genießt nie ganz unbeschwert. Denn die Karriere kennt keine Auszeit. Nicht etwa der Herzinfarkt oder der Alkohol sind daher der größte Feind, sondern die eigene Spezies.

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This stunning debut chronicles a tumultuous, passionate love affair between two young men from vastly different worlds during one, extraordinary summer in Spain, in what is ultimately a meditation on identity, class, belonging and desire. “Full of so many pleasures—literary, culinary...

In this atmospheric novel set in the Jim Crow South, a powerful Black family fights to protect their empire—an "unforgettable must-read" for readers of Tayari Jones (Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling author). Jordan Sable, a prosperous undertaker turned political boss...