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G.I. Gurdjieff allows the reader in these narratives to become acquainted with a person that is up to this day to many, who have for instance read his Beelzebub, still an enigma. You will meet a person, who is more often than not, as the esteemed Mulla Nassr Edin would say "into the deepest galoshes that have ever been worn on sweaty feet." In other words, you will meet G.I. Gurdjieff, the human being. The spiritual messages are hidden inside breathtaking adventures and a colorful description of really remarkable men and women and the time before and after the Russian Revolution.

Nelle sue molte vite, Diana Karenne è stata qualsiasi cosa: straniera misteriosa, femme fatale, zingara, cantante, imprenditrice cinematografica, spia, suora strappata al convento, santa, contessa, regina, zarina. Prima che il tempo ne cancellasse ogni ricordo, fra il 1916 e il 1919 è stata soprattutto la più affascinante diva del cinema muto italiano. Diana si destreggia fra aristocratici, diplomatici, produttori dalla fama di banditi, attori a caccia di conquiste, sempre inseguita dal sospetto di essere una spia. Si sposta da Roma a Torino, da Milano a Napoli e Genova.

Daughter of the nobility, cousin to a fallen Queen, Catherine Howard rose from the cluttered ranks of courtiers at the court of Henry VIII to become the King's fifth wife. But hers is a tale that starts long before the crown was placed on her head. A tale of tragedy and challenges, predators and prey; the story of a young girl growing up in a perilous time, facing dangers untold. The fifth wife of Henry VIII would end her life on the block, like her cousin Anne Boleyn...but where did her story begin?

After eight months as a maid of court, Catherine Howard has become Queen. Separated from past friends and surrounded by people who resent her rise to the throne, the sole close companion she has left is Jane Boleyn, the infamous Lady Rochford. And this is not the only strain upon Catherine. People from her past come calling, the threat that the King may find out she is not the pure, innocent maiden he thinks she is puts her in peril. Catherine must imitate the Queens of the past in order to survive.

Christian Fürchtegott Gellerts "Leben der schwedischen Gräfin von G***" erschien erstmals 1747/1748 in zwei schmalen Bänden. Der Text gilt als Wegbereiter des deutschen Romans. Viele verhängnisvolle Schicksalsschläge ereignen sich in dieser Lebenserzählung, und sie treffen in den meisten Fällen ungemein edle Menschen, die sich nichts vorzuwerfen haben, da sie schuldlos in Verstrickungen geraten sind, aus denen der Tod der einzige Ausweg ist. Erzählt wird das alles in der Sprache des 18. Jahrhunderts, die dem heutigen Hörer natürlich ungewohnt ist und ihm merkwürdig vorkommen wird.

Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late 20th century. Eighty years old, Ebenezer has lived his whole life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, a stony speck of a place caught between England and France yet a world away from either. Ebenezer himself is fiercely independent, but as he reaches the end of his life he is determined to tell his own story and the story of those he has known.

Mistura de ficção e eventos históricos, o livro de Wagner G. Barreira dá voz ao narrador personagem ao relatar a travessia do Atlântico, a acusação de ter assassinado o amigo, a prisão em Santos, a convivência com infectados pelo vírus, a fuga para São Paulo e as dificuldades de adaptação na cidade em construção pelas mãos de imigrantes de todo o mundo. Demerara nasceu a partir de conjeturas sobre as origens do avô paterno de Barreira. De Bernardo, o protagonista e narrador, pouco se sabe de fato: era galego, chegou ao Brasil no navio Demerara e morreu no dia do batizado do único filho.

In death, she would become infamous, yet in life passed often unseen. Jane Parker, daughter of the scholar Lord Morley, leaves her home at a tender age, embarking on a career in the dangerous Tudor Court. From the halls of her father's house to the palaces of London, from England to Calais and the Field of the Cloth of Gold Jane will travel, seeing much of this world, and others.

La transformación épica de Bilbao a partir de uno de los grandes símbolos de nuestra era: el Guggenheim. El cierre de la trilogía de Bilbao que esperan sus 20.000 lectores Alberto Cepeda regresa a Bilbao después de un exilio de diez años al que se vio forzado por las amenazas de ETA a sus padres, unos de los miles de emigrantes que llegaron a Vizcaya en los años sesenta. En 1993, contratado por el estudio de ingeniería encargado de construir el museo Guggenheim, Alberto tendrá que vencer sus miedos para enfrentarse a su amada ciudad, cuya vida sigue condicionada por el terrorismo.

Wells had a keen interest in the political and social issues of his day, one of the most significant of which was the outbreak of the First World War. This book, written in 1916, presents the story of Mr Britling, a political commentator, living in comfortable security in his country estate at Matchings Easy, in Essex. He entertains a varied assembly of guests, including Mr Direck, an American journalist, and Herr Heinrich, a German philology student who acts as a family tutor, and the general atmosphere is a hectic social whirl.

Hunter, trapper, resourceful fighter, and scout, Hugh Glass was just a rugged man among other rugged American frontiersmen until he was mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his best friends. Hugh's rage drove him to crawl 200 miles across dangerous territory to seek revenge until he was no longer Hugh Glass but had become Lord Grizzly.

Based on Melville's real-life experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands, his first novel was extremely popular, provoking public skepticism until the events within were corroborated by a fellow castaway. Typee is properly considered a work of fiction, as the three weeks stay on which the author based his story is here extended to four months, and the book is supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and adaptation of material from other Pacific exploration books of the time. The title refers to the province of Tai Pi Vai.