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Lavinia, dochter en metgezel van koning Latinus, heeft eindelijk de leeftijd bereikt om te trouwen. In de weken na haar verjaardag bezoeken meerdere kandidaten het paleis. Haar moeder geeft de voorkeur aan een bloedverwant: koning Turnus van Rutulia. Hij is knap, heldhaftig en heeft alles wat een jong meisje zou willen, maar Lavinia droomt van een andere man. Haar hart ligt bij de machtige Aeneas van Troje, een krijger over wie ze alleen heeft gehoord van een dichter die verschijnt in haar dromen en haar overtuigt van hun gezamenlijke toekomst.

« Lavinia » de George Sand se déroule dans le décor pittoresque de l'Italie rurale, où la fougueuse protagoniste navigue dans les méandres de l'amour, du devoir et de la découverte de soi. Au milieu des vignobles baignés de soleil et des traditions ancestrales, le roman de George Sand plonge le lecteur dans le voyage de Lavinia, un récit de passion et de résilience qui défie les attentes de la société.

Despărțite de încrâncenata luptă a magiei, luptă la care nu și-au dorit să ia parte, reîntâlnirea dintre Nicol și Roxana nu este cea așteptată. Ambele tinere fete intră în mrejele fără scăpare ale propriilor Neamuri, adâncindu-se treptat în fapte care le determină, aparent, să își piardă identitatea. Iar viziunea cea mai întunecată, acea viziune o morții și a crimei de neînchipuit, pare să prindă contur din ce în ce mai puternic. Un contur negru… al destinului neînduplecat.

Roxana și Nicol, două adolescente cu personalități aparent diferite, devin cele mai bune prietene după o noapte în care viața li se va schimba complet. Împărtășind același secret, ele vor încerca timp de mai mulți ani să ducă împreună o existență cât mai banală, cotidiană, pentru a se ascunde de cei care le doresc, probabil, moartea.

Part memoir, part manifesto, Some Answers Without Questions is a rigorous and lyrical work of self-investigation. Lavinia Greenlaw sets out to explore the impulse to say something, to write or sing, and finds herself confronting matters of presence and absence, anger and speechlessness, authority and permission. The result is important and timely, a spirited and vital exploration of what enables anyone - but a woman and an artist in particular - to create and record even when not invited to do so.

Plasata in Calcutta, in anii '30 ai secolului trecut, actiunea romanului Palatul de la Miazănoapte debuteaza intr-o noapte intunecoasa, cind un tinar locotenent englez incearca sa salveze doi gemeni abia veniti pe lume de o amenintare inimaginabila. In ciuda vremii ingrozitoare si a pericolului teribil care pindeste la fiecare colt de strada, locotenentul reuseste sa-i aduca la adapost, insa cu pre­tul propriei vieti. Multi ani mai tirziu, in ajunul zilei de nas­tere a celor doi gemeni, amenintarea misterioasa revine in vietile lor.

In the year 1860, imagine a young woman in her twenties, raised in the leisurely lifestyle of a typical Southern girl, unversed in household chores like cooking. She is married to a professional who is equally unskilled in manual labor. Mother to a young son and expecting their second child, their lives take an unexpected turn when they face financial ruin due to poor investments. Their solution? Purchase a wagon and three yoke of untrained oxen and embark on a perilous journey to California. Lavinia Honeyman Porter, the woman in this story, narrates her own incredible tale of their daring ...

Teheran, 1979. Behsad, giovane rivoluzionario comunista, lotta per un nuovo ordine dopo la cacciata dello Scià. Ci trascina nelle sue azioni clandestine, ci confessa le sue speranze per un nuovo Iran e ci racconta come, nel cuore della lotta, abbia incontrato l’amore della sua vita, Nahid. Dieci anni dopo, Behsad e Nahid si trovano in Germania. Insieme ai loro figli, Laleh e Morad, sono fuggiti dall’Iran dopo l’ascesa al potere di Khomeini. Di notte tutto è silenzio a Teheran racconta quattro decenni di un popolo in lotta.

Welcome to There She Goes: travel stories told by the women who wrote them. There She Goes is a place to hear travel essays by women--their words and experiences, told in their own voices. No interviews, no conversation, just great storytelling by women travelers. Each week, escape to a different elsewhere with a new travel companion. Trek through a Thai jungle with a guide of dubious intentions. Take a road trip with your family along the Boudin Trail in Southern Louisiana. Lean out a window in Bangalore, India, and learn about the politics of desire. Fear for your life while navigating the ...

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Welcome to There She Goes: travel stories told by the women who wrote them. There She Goes is a place to hear travel essays by women--their words and experiences, told in their own voices. No interviews, no conversation, just great storytelling by women travelers. Each week, escape to a different elsewhere with a new travel companion. Trek through a Thai jungle with a guide of dubious intentions. Take a road trip with your family along the Boudin Trail in Southern Louisiana. Lean out a window in Bangalore, India, and learn about the politics of desire. Fear for your life while navigating the ...

Meet Dot and her friend Millie, who only communicates in catchphrases; Wendy Clapper, who thinks TV, credit cards, swimming pools and soup are nothing but trouble; and Jonathan Tudge, who just can't help putting his foot in it. You’ll also encounter the worst therapist in the world, the travel agent who won't let anyone go further than Lowestoft, a registered platitudopath, a bag lady turned sacred icon, and the furniture removal men who think they're on Antiques Roadshow.

Drei ganz normale Tage im Leben von Elizabeth Kiehl (Lavinia Wilson): Kindererziehung, Biokost und Therapie bei Frau Drescher (Juliane Köhler) gehören ebenso dazu wie gemeinsame Bordellbesuche mit ihrem Mann Georg (Jürgen Vogel). Doch Elizabeth, Anfang 30, ist hochneurotisch, ständig in Sorge und hat Angst vor allem - außer beim Sex.

Isn't it strange that the registering of life's most important moments happens in a sterile municipal office? Everyone's got a story to tell about how they got there. Listen for the first time to this spectacular collection of six funny, quirky and moving plays that start in a Register Office and end in a birth, marriage or death.

New York Times–bestselling author Amanda Quick returns with a thrilling new venture into romance and mystery, featuring the most unusual, highly compatible—undeniably combustible—pairing of Tobias March and his mesmerizing partner, Lavinia Lake. An invitation to a country house party at...

In this most entrancing tale of mystery and romance by the New York Times bestselling author AMANDA QUICK, lovers and partners-in-crime investigators Lavinia Lake and Tobias March continue their exciting newfound relationship, with its delicious mix of risky business, rising passion, and...

New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick returns with a thrilling new venture into romance and mystery, featuring the most unusual, highly compatible--undeniably combustible--pairing of Tobias March and his mesmerizing partner, Lavinia Lake. An invitation to a country house party at...

Amanda Quick's bestselling trademark is a combination of suspense and passion in historical tales alight with sparkling wit and brimming with dangerous intrigue. Now she serves up the most tantalizing novel of her career as an enterprising woman allies herself with a mysterious spy, only to be...

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Uma das marcas deixadas pelo colonialismo é a existência de um presente que dificulta a projeção de futuros para a população negra. Por isso, contar e protagonizar histórias é tão importante para ampliarmos o campo de possibilidades. Se o real nos impõe, então, tais impedimentos, o exercício de especular, dentro e fora da ficção, é o que nos permite resgatar o passado, questionar o presente e construir futuros. É o que fortalece as raízes do amanhã, que perfuram solo brasileiro e vão fundo em direção ao desconhecido.