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Completed six years after Dostoyevsky's own term as a convict, The House of the Dead is a semi-autobiographical account of life in a Siberian prison camp, and the physical and mental effects it has on those who are sentenced to inhabit it. Alexandr Petrovitch Goryanchikov, a gentleman of the noble class, has been condemned to 10 years of hard labor for murdering his wife.

The is the heart-rending tale of carpenter Adam Bede's love for pretty, superficial Hetty Sorrel, her trial for the murder of her ilegitimate child, the plight of her seducer, and Adam's growing affection for Dinah Morris, a Methodist preacher. Eliot's comments on pastoral life and the wisdom and candor of Mrs. Poyser add zest and humor.

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.

Un libro sobre el poder y las luchas internas de la Iglesia católica, con el estilo de thriller característico de Santiago Roncagliolo. Abril de 2025. La Iglesia católica está al borde de la ruptura. Se disputan el poder dos teologías, quizá dos dioses. Uno vive en la tradición y en los...

A boy in Bolivia stands on his toes at a schoolroom window. Nobody invited him in. He went anyway.Forty years later, he is looking back — across a border crossing at thirteen, a sixth-grade demotion he refused to accept, a bowl of cold cereal in Tijuana, a Coca-Cola cup too large for one...

Svend Tveskæg var ægte viking og en af de mest markante skikkelser i den danske kongerække. Han regerede i Danmark og til dels i Norge fra 986 til 1014 – og han erobrede England, som gik i arv til sønnen Knud, den senere Knud den Store. Romanen ”Svend Tveskæg – min konge” er en...

A new queen must prove she deserves the throne God gave her, while the path everyone insists will secure it might cost her everything.Against all odds, Elizabeth Tudor has become Queen of England. Determined to fulfill what she sees as a divine responsibility, she sets out to heal a country...

John Petersen had enough. He lost both his parents, his ex kept his daughter from him, and selling cars had no future. “I gotta get out of here.” He rented a condo in Acapulco, Mexico and left for the sun and relaxation. No worries for 18 days.He meets Elvira the second day of his vacation...

Henry Chinaski is a lowlife loser with a hand-to-mouth existence. His menial post office day job supports a life of beer, one-night stands and racetracks. Lurid, uncompromising and hilarious, Post Office is a landmark in American literature, and over 1 million copies have been sold worldwide...

"Güçlü, hırslı bir at kişnemesi ovanın dört bir yönüne dağıldı. Dağınık düzen otlayan sekiz on at başlarını kaldırdılar ve kulaklarını diktiler. (...) İçlerinde güçlü kuvvetlileri vardı. Kimi kahra uğramış zavallı, kimi yılkının alışığı..." Hesaptan düşülmüş, defterden silinmiş Doru Kısrak'ın yılkıya bırakılma öyküsüdür. Kışın dağda, belde başının çaresine bakacak, çıplak tabiatla savaşacak, ömrü olur da bahara yılkıdan sağ dönerse, o zaman ona bir iş düşünülecektir.

It is said that of all things, hope is the last to die. After thousands of years and numerous attempts by humanity to alter its unwavering tendency towards civilizational suicide, even the hope that springs eternal was beginning to fade.Following seventy thousand years of undisturbed slumber...

Unlike most people who set goals for themselves, Alexander Myles had a very specific interpretation of success. His sister was a world-renowned neurosurgeon, and his brother was a highly decorated Navy F-18 pilot. While his siblings were undoubtedly among the best in their selected fields of...

Brought to you by Penguin. Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816. The dark summer that birthed a monster . . . Eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire. Tormented by Shelley’s betrayals, haunted by the loss of their baby and suspicious of...

10 Jahre ist es her, seit die Tür des Buchparadies Rahel-Medea Ruoss in Winterthur das erste Mal aufgegangen ist. Was in diesen zehn Jahren alles geschah, was nötig ist, um ein Buchgeschäft zu führen, ja wie es überhaupt so weit kam, dass Rahel-Medea Lang sich mit 27 Jahren in die Selbstständigkeit wagte, dieses und Vieles mehr, erfahren Sie in diesem Buch. Ob Amüsantes, Trauriges oder Ergreifendes, das Leben in einem Buchgeschäft hat es in sich.

SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2025 'A deeper look into the loneliness of modern masculinity. Superb' DOUGLAS STUART 'I was so moved' ANNIE MACMANUS 'Far and away the best debut novel I've read in a very long time' JOHN NIVEN 'Nobody writes wee guys like Chris...

Thomas Wolfe’s first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, is at once a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story and a dark novel depicting a cynical post-war world view. The book follows the life of Eugene Gant, a young man driven by passion, intellect, and a search for something greater than himself. His earliest years in rural North Carolina include a wonderful education in poetry and literature against the backdrop of a loving, but tumultuous family life.

Brought to you by Penguin. Booker prize winning author Michael Ondaatje invites you on a brutal, beautiful journey into the American West. . . At twenty-one years old, Billy the Kid has killed a man for each year he’s been alive. Roaming the blasted planes of the Wild West, he moves between...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover Michael Ondaatje's debut novel, 'a beautifully detailed story, perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written' Sunday Times Based on the life of cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of the legendary jazz pioneers of turn-of-the-twentieth-century New Orleans, Coming...

En 1893, à Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Émiliana Cyr, la fille unique de Louis Cyr, l’homme le plus fort de tous les temps, a six ans. Grâce à la force héritée de son père, que l’on prétend être un don de Dieu, elle marque son époque, présentée sur toutes les scènes comme l’enfant prodige du xixe siècle.

Hur kunde Pedro Alonso López nästan obemärkt våldta och mörda uppemot 300 unga flickor i Ecuador, Colombia och Peru på 1970-talet? Kan hans dåd förklaras av hans uppväxtmiljö, eller är han bara helt enkelt en produkt av ren och skär ondska? I ”Monstret från Anderna” målar...