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A Feigned Madness is a meticulously researched, fictionalized account of the woman who would come to be known as daredevil reporter Nellie Bly. At a time of cutthroat journalism, when newspapers battled for readers at any cost, Bly emerged as one of the first to break through the gender barrier—a woman who would, through her daring exploits, forge a trail for women fighting for their place in the world.

München, 1985: Die junge Claudia Baumgartner lernt den sieben Jahre älteren Flötisten Florian Moser kennen und lieben. Das junge Paar bekommt Fünflinge, die als Frühchen auf die Welt kommen. Zwei der Babys sterben nach wenigen Monaten. Claudia kämpft wie eine Löwin, um ihrer Familie das optimale Zuhause zu bieten. Sie bekommt noch eine weitere Tochter, Julia, und nimmt ein Pflegekind auf, das türkische Mädchen Merve. Doch Florian, der eine bipolare Störung hat, wird zunehmend aggressiv, hat Affären und zwingt Claudia zu mehreren Umzügen quer durch die ganze Republik.

Departing a tumultuous endeavor! Having an instance of perpetually attempting to lay to rest an unfair saga. Yet as circumstance allow he was not sure it may come to pass! John Henry Dam, a truck driver that is living a dream. You might say, I am a professional tourist and love every minute of it!

Alex Ehren is a poet, a prisoner and a teacher in block 31 in Auschwitz-Birkenau, the children’s block. He spends his days trying to survive while illegally giving lessons to his young charges while shielding them as best he can from the impossible horrors of the camp. But trying to teach the children is not the only illicit activity that Alex is involved in. Alex is keeping a diary.... 

झाशीची राणी लक्ष्मीबाईंच्या जीवनावरील हृदयद्रावक कादंबरी ,भारतीय स्वातंत्र्याचा १८५७च्या लढ्यातील एक...

Toulouse-Lautrec's iconic Parisian poster stars come to life in these full-cast dramas, set in 19th-century Montmartre 1889, Paris. When Charles Zidler's extravagant pleasure palace, the Moulin Rouge, opens in bohemian Montmartre, he commissions local artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to create a...

Des rives de la baie d’Hudson aux paroisses de Sainte‑Thérèse et de Saint‑Jérôme, en passant par la Rivière Rouge de Saint‑Boniface et la rivière des Mille‑Îles, ce récit nous entraîne sur les traces de Jean Guénet. À travers un territoire immense et une époque où s’imposent la Charte royale de 1670 et l’essor de la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson, se dessine une quête de mémoire où routes, ponts et toponymes racontent l’élan des pionniers.

Libertin, épicurien, esthète et séducteur incorrigible, Giacomo Casanova incarne le 18e siècle. Jouir de chaque instant fut le précepte de toute sa vie. Grâce à ses mémoires où il consigne ses moindres faits et gestes, de 1725 à 1798, nous pénétrons dans l'intime du 18e, des menus, des lieux, des pensées, des goûts de l'époque. Rédigées en français, ses mémoires, dont le manuscrit est accessible sur le site de la B.N.F., expriment son amour, immense, des femmes et de la vie, avec une précision parfois croustillante et une verve toujours savoureuse.

Libertin, épicurien, esthète et séducteur incorrigible, Giacomo Casanova incarne le 18e siècle. Jouir de chaque instant fut le précepte de toute sa vie. Grâce à ses mémoires où il consigne ses moindres faits et gestes, de 1725 à 1798, nous pénétrons dans l'intime du 18e, des menus, des lieux, des pensées, des goûts de l'époque. Rédigées en français, ses mémoires, dont le manuscrit est accessible sur le site de la B.N.F., expriment son amour, immense, des femmes et de la vie, avec une précision parfois croustillante et une verve toujours savoureuse.

"SHantaram" - eto byla prelomlennaya v hudozhestvennoj forme ispoved' cheloveka, kotoryj sumel vybrat'sya iz bezdny i ucelet', razoshedshayasya po miru tirazhom chetyre milliona ekzemplyarov (iz nih polmilliona - v Rossii) i zasluzhivshaya vostorzhennye sravneniya s proizvedeniyami luchshih pisatelej novogo vremeni, ot Melvilla do Hemingueya. Mastityj Dzhonatan Kerroll pisal: "CHelovek, kotorogo "SHantaram" ne tronet do glubiny dushi, libo ne imeet serdca, libo mertv... "SHantaram" - "Tysyacha i odna noch'" nashego veka. Eto bescennyj podarok dlya vsekh, kto lyubit chitat'".

This exquisitely imagined novel opens as William rescues Caroline from a life of drudgery in Germany and brings her to England and a world of music making and stargazing. Lina, as Caroline is known, serves as William's assistant and the captain of his exhilaratingly busy household. William is generous, wise, and charismatic, an obsessive genius whom Lina adores and serves with the fervency of a beloved wife. When William suddenly announces that he will be married, Lina watches her world collapse.

Im Jahr 1899 entflieht Josef Naumann, 20 Jahre alt, seinem vorbestimmten Leben in Hamburg und nimmt Arbeit in einem Handelshaus in Wladiwostok an. Dort erlebt er Konflikte und Kriege zwischen Russland, China, Japan und den Kolonialmächten. Im 1. Weltkrieg gerät er in zaristische Verbannung, lebt sieben Jahre in der Taiga und gründet dort eine Familie. Von Rotarmisten mit dem Tode bedroht gelingt ihm mit seiner Familie die Flucht in einem Pferdetreck durch kriegerische Fronten.

ह्रषीकेश गुप्ते लिखीत मराठी कादंबरी 'रमलवाटा'.....लेखक लिहितो. काही कथा पूर्ण करतो, काही अर्धवट ठेवतो. अर्धवट...

Román z lékařského prostředí s výraznými autobiografickými prvky, který při svém uvedení na americký knižní trh v roce 1978 způsobil poprask v literárních i medicínských kruzích. Roy Bash, třicetiletý absolvent špičkové lékařské fakulty, je čerstvým stážistou ve věhlasné nemocnici - Domu Páně.

No one could have been more surprised than our Provincial Lady to receive an invitation from her American agent to travel transatlantic and embark upon a programme of lectures and signings. She was particularly amazed because, having received an overture sometime before and feeling that she would rather stay in the English countryside, she requested that they meet quite a few ‘requirements’ before she would agree to go. They met every stipulation. ‘

In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India", Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. An inspired travel narrative and family memoir by an exceptional writer.

In the tradition of Schindler's List comes a thrilling novel based on the heroic true story of Fritz Kolbe, a widowed civil servant in Adolf Hitler's foreign ministry. Recognizing that millions of lives are at stake, Kolbe uses his position to pass information to the Americans - risking himself and the people he holds most dear - and embarks on a dangerous double life as the Allies' most important spy.

"Non ho fatto nient'altro che sognare; è stato questo, e solo questo, il senso della mia vita. Non ho avuto nessun'altra vera preoccupazione al di fuori della mia vita interiore." Pubblicato postumo nel 1982, "Il libro dell'inquietudine di Bernardo Soares" può essere considerato come una sorta di "Zibaldone" che l'autore consegna nelle mani di Bernardo Soares, uno dei suoi numerosi eteronimi. Leggere o ascoltare questi 481 frammenti recuperati da un vecchio baule dove erano conservati in modo disordinato equivale a sprofondare in un vortice.

Looking back, Tara Carter wonders if what followed her first kiss was a warning of things to come. At the young age of 10, her heart broke when her best friend, Trey, moved 1,500 miles away. Crossing paths five years later, the two teens exchange beautiful letters that cement their love. They embark on an idealized relationship, despite trauma and heartbreak on both sides, only to be forced apart shortly after.

Tumult in Mecca: From Civil Servant to Global Business Adventurer transports listeners to 1979, a year of upheaval and change. Henrik Bertelsen, a Danish civil servant and baby boomer, is dedicated to his stable life in Copenhagen. Alongside his English wife, Sammy, they are building a co-housing community and navigating the complex adoption of a child from Indonesia. Henrik longs for peace and stability to secure his career. But life takes an unexpected turn when he is offered the chance to renovate hospital kitchens in Saudi Arabia.