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It is 1929. At home, economic depression and dust storms ravage America, and abroad the goose step of Nazism is intensifying. Widespread fear of the "other" has reached a fever pitch. Against this tumultuous backdrop, two families share the spotlight in this sweeping saga: the Himelbaums of Poland and the Browns of Iowa. All Harry Himelbaum wants is to live somewhere happy and to send for the wife and child he must deny having.

A journey through the life of Swami Vivekananda is a study of the Indian civilization, its ethos and value system. Not only did his message of tolerance, based on knowledge, make him an exemplary spokesperson of the country, but his life's mission of creating an order of monks who dedicated their lives for others made him a prophet and a leader. His teachings continue to be relevant even today, especially in the light of the prevailing intolerance and fanaticism in the nation, and the increasing turmoil in the world.

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed contains a dozen short works by John Irving, beginning with three memoirs, including an account of Mr. Irving’s dinner with President Ronald Reagan at the White House. The longest of the memoirs, The Imaginary Girlfriend,” is the core of this collection.

Who was the real George Eliot? In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel which tells the compelling story of England’s greatest woman novelist as you’ve never heard it before.

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: Understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep the child. In a France where abortion was illegal, she attempted, in vain, to self-administer the abortion with a knitting needle. Fearful and desperate, she finally located an abortionist and ended up in a hospital emergency ward where she nearly died. In Happening, Ernaux sifts through her memories and her journal entries dating from those days.

1 "New York Times"-Bestseller und "Spiegel"- Bestseller. Der heutige amerikanische Vizepräsident J. D. Vance erzählt in diesem erschütternden und von der Presse hochgelobten internationalen Bestseller die Geschichte seiner Familie – eine Geschichte vom gescheiterten Aufstieg und von der Resignation einer ganzen Bevölkerungsschicht. Seine Großeltern, echte Hillbillys, das heißt Angehörige der weißen Arbeiterschaft, versuchten, mit Fleiß der Armut zu entkommen und sich in der Mitte der Gesellschaft zu etablieren.

Louise vokser op på Nørrebro og lærer allerede fra barnsben at række hånden frem for at få penge af de mænd, der forgriber sig på hende. Senere vælger hun selv prostitutionsvejen, men efter mange år i sexbranchen siger Louises krop og psyke pludselig stop. Hun beslutter sig for at opsøge et exit-program, der skal hjælpe hende videre i livet.

The last years of King Charles IX's reign in France were dominated by religious wars between Catholics and Protestants. Queen Margot begins in 1572 with the marriage of Marguerite de Valois to Henri de Navarre. Marguerite is King Charles' sister and the daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, all firm Catholics. Henri de Navarre is a Protestant who later will become the beloved King Henri IV. Several important political events have led up to this marriage including the mysterious murder of Henri de Navarre's mother, cleverly plotted by Catherine de Medici. The wedding brings noblemen from all over the world to Paris resulting in the notorious Saint Bartholomew Massacre, where thousands of Protestants are killed. In this inventive and compelling novel, Dumas brings an extraordinary period of history vividly to life with much excitement and romance. The lively prose and wonderfully constructed plot tell of court intrigues and forbidden love, of beautiful queens, duchesses, and noblemen, suspense, conspiracies, betrayals, assassinations, superstitions, poisonings, and sumptuous feasts. With well-known historical figures as main characters in a dangerous and breathtaking game for power, Queen Margot tells of conspiracies, clandestine trysts, and daring escapes. There is the infamous Catherine de Medici, deliciously evil, constantly plotting and poisoning; Le Mole, a dashing and irresistable young Protestant who becomes Marguerite's lover; the noble Coconnos who provides a great source of comic relief; and at the center of all this intrigue are the good-hearted Marguerite and Henri who are perfect political allies with complicated and fascinating love lives.

In his song "You Can't Stop Rock and Roll" Ozzy Osbourne sings, "Rock and roll is my religion and my law". And that's why Raising Hell is a must-have for anyone who wants to hear about the iconoclastic culture of headbangers and the wild lives they lead. The book contains the crazy, funny, and sometimes horrifying anecdotes musicians have told about a lifestyle both invigorating and at times self-destructive.

To all appearances, John Wilder has all the trappings of success, circa 1960: a promising career in advertising, a loving family, a beautiful apartment, even a country home. John's evenings are spent with associates at quiet Manhattan lounges and his weekends with friends at glittering cocktail parties. But something deep within this seemingly perfect life has long since gone wrong.

A la mort de sa mère, découvrant les rites funéraires de ses origines, Farida se replonge dans son enfance, si loin de sa vie d'adulte. Les mots et les souvenirs se bousculent alors qu'elle raconte pour la première fois la vie de cette famille d'immigrés algériens : les HLM misérables, les hommes brisés par l'illettrisme et la colonisation, les mères pétrifiées. Au milieu, une fratrie élevée dans une violence inouïe mais soudée par le rire et la force de vie.

Annalena Tonelli ha esercitato, con la vita e con gli scritti, un pensiero altissimo e dirompente, con il quale Annalena Benini si confronta e si scontra. Questo testo è un viaggio moderno e accidentato, ricco di domande e confessioni, nel tentativo di guardare, dal basso, con piena coscienza dei propri limiti, e non senza autoironia, la scala che sale fino all'assoluto. Arrivando alla scoperta entusiasmante e complessa che il pensiero piú libero e coraggioso del Novecento è un pensiero femminile.

《名人传》是有关贝多芬，米开朗基罗和列夫·托尔斯泰的传记。三位传主都是人类历史上极富天才的人物……《名人傳》是有關貝多芬，米開朗基羅和列夫·托爾斯泰的傳記。三位傳主都是人類歷史上極富天才的人物……

Among Howard Fast's historical fiction, Citizen Tom Paine - one of America's all-time best-sellers - occupies a special place, for it restored to a generation of readers the vision of Paine's revolutionary passion as the authentic roots of our national beginnings. Fast gives us "a vivid picture of Paine's mode of writing, idiosyncrasies, and character-generous, nobly unselfish, moody, often dirty, frequently drunken, a revolutionist by avocation" ( Library Journal).

Die spektakulärste Entführung der siebziger Jahre! Die Geschichte hinter Ridley Scotts Film "Alles Geld der Welt". 10. Juli 1973, Piazza Farnese, Rom: Der junge John Paul Getty III, Enkel des damals reichsten Mannes der Welt, wird von der Mafia entführt. "Bitte lass sie mich nicht umbringen" hat er auf einen Zettel gekritzelt, der seiner Familie zusammen mit einer Lösegeldforderung in Höhe von 17 Millionen Dollar zugespielt wird. Womit niemand rechnet: Das Familienoberhaupt, der Ölbaron Jean Paul Getty, weigert sich zu zahlen.

A warm, funny, moving, and unsentimental tale of one family and the English countryside. After 200 years of farming in Yorkshire, the Benson family was forced to sell up. They found, like so many, that the land could no longer support them. While the farming way of life never came naturally to Richard Benson, a point that sent him running to London, he still feels his parents' loss and returns to do what he can to help.

Selma Lagerlöf hade hunnit bli 33 år när hon debuterade med ”Gösta Berlings Saga”, och efter det levde hon sitt liv som en mycket produktiv författare som skrev flertalet välkända romaner och noveller. Idag räknas Lagerlöf som en av Sveriges främsta författare någonsin. Men vem var hon egentligen? Och vilka uppoffringar tvingades hon att göra för att tillslut bli den första kvinnliga ledamoten i Svenska Akademien? Litteraturvetaren och författaren Vivi Edström skildrar en av våra mest berömda och inflytelserika författares liv genom tiderna.

Curl Curl, Sydney, January 1978. Angie's a looker. Or she's going to be. She's only 14, but already, heads turn wherever she goes. Male heads, mainly...Jane worships her older cousin Angie. She spends her summer vying for Angie's attention. Then Angie is murdered. Jane and her family are shattered. They withdraw into themselves, casting a veil of silence over Angie's death. Thirty years later, a journalist arrives with questions about the tragic event. Jane is relieved to finally talk about her adored cousin. And so is her family.

霍华德・休斯，美国航空工程师、企业家、电影导演，是个将神话与怪异集结一身的天才人物。他有着怎样的传奇人生呢？……霍華德・休斯，美國航空工程師、企業家、電影導演，是個將神話與怪異集結一身的天才人物。他有著怎樣的傳奇人生呢？

Un homme encore jeune, c'est-à-dire pas tout à fait ; toujours en forme ; souligne-t-on au cas où certains petits détails auraient dit le contraire, soliloque dans un bar, dessine sur une nappe - il est comédien reconnu, un temps même très connu en interprétant le rôle de Cyrano.