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The Zelda Diaries collects all seven novellas in the series so you can follow along with Zelda and Scott as they navigate their fun, complicated romance. A different kind of love story without the dashingly handsome hero or the cute, but fragile heroine. These are real people who love hard and spend lots of time "getting it in." The end is just as satisfying as the beginning.

The Hurston-Wright Award Finalist makes her long-awaited return with this electrifying saga—as moving and indelible as The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, The Turner House, and The Love Songs of W. E. B. DuBois—that explores three generations of a family trying to overcome trials and trauma and...

For years, Isobel Latimer has composed serious novels for serious people, but to dwindling acclaim and ever-more dwindling gain. Now her husband is ill and she must carry their financial burden alone, and in secret. But if the public don’t want careful moral fables any longer, why not provide an outrageous tale of sex and satanism, and an author to match? The incomparable, uncontrollable Zelda de Vere is born.

Un appassionato scambio di lettere che disegna la biografia emotiva e la vita di una coppia bella e dannata, quella di Francis Scott Fitzgerald e sua moglie Zelda. Poche storie d'amore sono diventate una leggenda come questa: uno scrittore di disarmante talento che morì a quarantaquattro anni consumato dalla tubercolosi e dall'alcol, soltanto otto anni prima che l'eterna ragazza in cui aveva specchiato tutte le sue turbolente eroine bruciasse nel rogo di una clinica per malattie mentali.

Save Me the Waltz is the first and only novel by the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. During the years when Fitzgerald was working on Tender Is the Night, Zelda Fitzgerald was preparing her own story, which parallels the narrative of her husband, throwing a fascinating light on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life and work. In its own right, it is a vivid and moving story: the confessions of a famous, slightly doomed glamour girl of the affluent 1920s, which captures the spirit of an era.

Lauretta Blom is al jare lank dolgelukkig in die rol van ma en eggenoot in haar pynlik netjiese wit-en-beige droomhuis. Maar een Donderdagoggend laat die skynbaar onbenullige optrede van haar man haar gedagtes oortyd werk. Gou voel dit asof al die sekerhede in haar lewe wankel. Retta begin dinge doen wat sy nooit vooheen sou oorweeg het nie. ’n Road trip Kaap toe lei tot onverwagse ontdekkings–nie net oor haarself nie, maar ook oor Tobias, die man met wie sy ses-en-twintig jaar getroud is.

"Preferirei di no" ripete Bartleby, il famoso scrivano di Melville, per tutto il corso del romanzo che lo vede protagonista. A differenza di lui, condizionata anche da tutti i sì delle generazioni di donne che l'hanno preceduta, l'autrice di queste pagine a dire di no fa una fatica tremenda. Come fai a dire di no a tuo padre che adori, ma vorrebbe fare di te la nuova stella del calcio anche se tu non ne vuoi sapere? O al nuovo incarico che arriva dal tuo datore di lavoro, anche se ti paga costantemente in ritardo?

Based on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time by Nintendo, this 61 chapter novelisation is brought to you in audiobook form. This project was launched to celebrate 20 years of this beloved classic, featuring a cast of narrators, one for each POV character. Support this project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thal1989 You can find the audiobook on YouTube by searching for Dragonrand100 Audiobooks.I am currently editing this podcast and would welcome your reviews. Let me know what works or what doesn’t work, and where possible, I’ll accomodate your suggestions (within reason). Enjoy! ...

Frech, abenteuerlustig und extravagant: Kaum eine andere Frau verkörpert die Goldenen Zwanzigerjahre so sehr wie Zelda Fitzgerald. Mit ihrem Ehemann F. Scott Fitzgerald führte sie ein ausschweifendes, turbulentes Leben, das sie am Ende zerstörte. Ihre Erzählungen führen mitten hinein in die glamouröse und schillernde Welt der Tänzerinnen, Sängerinnen und Schauspielerinnen New Yorks. Atmosphärisch dicht und wunderbar sinnlich erzählt sie von der hohen Kunst, sich selbst zu inszenieren, und von dem Preis, den man dafür zahlt.

As a hurricane barrels down on Houston, trouble winds are blowing for Scott & Zelda. The happily ever after is right within reach but a blast from Scott's past gives Zelda and much clearer picture of who she may be marrying. Pip and Michael are struggling to move their relationship forward but Zelda's brother is confronted with a harsh new reality, a truth, he didn't want to face. Together, Scott & Michael seek a resolution by painting the town red in a day out in Vegas, no one will soon forget.

Hosted by Amaya Crown & Zelda Knight, CROWNED is a diverse fiction podcast featuring reviews, interviews, and original fiction.

Nouvelle-Zélande, 1880. Aroha vit heureuse dans l'orphelinat que dirige sa mère Linda à Otaki, sur l'île du Nord. Jusqu'à ce jour de septembre où, à 14 ans, elle réchappe de peu à une catastrophe. Pour l'aider à surmonter le traumatisme et le sentiment de culpabilité qui ne la quitte plus depuis, Linda décide de l'envoyer à Rata Station, la ferme où sa demi-sœur Carol élève des moutons.

A podcast series exploring the Legend of Zelda video games, one little slice at a time.

La scène est au Pirée. Attablés dans la maison du vieux Céphale, Socrate et quelques amis entreprennent de discuter des récompenses promises au juste dans l'au-delà. Qui peut le mieux cerner l'essence de la justice ?

Au cœur du Berry, dans un style champêtre, paysan et régional, George Sand retrace la vie d'un enfant abandonné dans les champs par ses parents, un champi. Une pauvre femme, la Zabelle, puis Madeleine, une jeune femme mal mariée, recueillent un bel enfant et l'aiment tant qu'il le leur rend au centuple. Il n'est question, dans ce livre audio, que d'amour, amour maternel et amour filial, amour frivole ou passionné.