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James Joyce was her father. Samuel Beckett was her lover. This is her story. A mesmerising fictionalisation of Lucia Joyce's life told for the first time. Paris, 1928. Avant-garde Paris is buzzing with the latest ideas in art, music and literature from artists such as Ford Madox Ford and Zelda...

‘My name is Raphael Ignatius Phoenix and I am a hundred years old – or will be in ten days’ time, in the early hours of January 1st, 2000, when I kill myself…’ Raphael Ignatius Phoenix has had enough. Born at the beginning of the 20th century, he is determined to take his own life as...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A sweeping historical novel that tells the dramatic story of Sisi, the empress of Austria-Hungary who fought for her family, her people, and her empire in a changing world “Irresistible—completely impossible to put down . . . Allison Pataki reimagines the...

In the tumultuous years of the Civil War, the streets of Chicago offer a woman mostly danger and ruin - unless that woman is Kate Warne, the first female Pinkerton detective and a desperate widow with a knack for manipulation. Descending into undercover operations, Kate is able to infiltrate the seedy side of the city in ways her fellow detectives can't. She's a seductress, an exotic foreign medium, a rich train passenger - all depending on the day and the robber, thief, or murderer she's been assigned to nab.

Katherine Woodville's sister never gave her a choice. A happy girl of modest means, Kate hardly expected to become a maker of kings. But when her sister impulsively marries King Edward IV in secret, Katherine's life is no longer hers to control....

Born into the House of Romanov to the all-powerful Peter the Great and his wife, Catherine, a former serf, beautiful Tsarevna Elizabeth is the envy of the Russian empire. She is insulated by luxury and spoiled by her father, who dreams for her to marry King Louis XV of France and rule in Versailles. But when a woodland creature gives her a Delphic prophecy, her life is turned upside down. Her volatile father suddenly dies, her only brother has been executed and her mother takes the throne of Russia.

Having submitted himself to Freudian psychoanalysis, the narrator keeps a diary with the aim of conquering his addiction to smoking. He describes his marriage to the woman he didn't want to marry, how he drives his business partner to despair, and how his "last cigarette" turns out to be one of many. Zeno is the classic "schlemiel"; his erratic foibles, his questionable logic, and his curious inclination to self sabotage help shine a light on human behavior in general, and reveal the many subtle half-truths people may tell themselves in order to defend their own actions and egos.

J. D. Salinger, mysterious author of The Catcher in the Rye, is remembered today as a reclusive misanthrope. Jerome Charyn's Salinger is a young American World War II draftee assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps, a band of secret soldiers who trained with the British. A rifleman and an interrogator, he witnessed all the horrors of the war - from the landing on D-Day to the relentless hand-to-hand combat in the hedgerows of Normandy, to the Battle of the Bulge, and finally to the first Allied entry into a Bavarian death camp, where corpses were piled like cordwood. 

From the gutters of pre-revolutionary France to the luxury of the Palace of Versailles, Little is the unforgettable story of how a ‘bloodstained crumb of a girl’ went on to shape the world in Wax... Born in Alsace in 1761, the unsightly, diminutive Marie Grosholtz is quickly nicknamed...

'ৰূপতীৰ্থৰ যাত্রী' বিশিষ্ট সাহিত্যিক চৈয়দ আব্দুল মালিকৰ এখন অনন্য উপ্যনাস। অসমীয়া জাতীয় জীৱনৰ এগৰাকী বৰেণ্য...

মণিকুন্তলা ভট্টাচাৰ্যৰ 'মই ডেচডিম'না হ'ব খোজোঁ' অসমৰ ভ্ৰাম্যমাণ থিয়েটাৰৰ পটভূমিত ৰচিত এখন বহুপঠিত উপন্যাস।...

Arbeitsstress? Dann wird es Zeit für eine Lachpause. Dieses Hörbuch führt mitten hinein in die farbenfrohen Anekdoten aus dem Berufsleben eines Isolierers. Tage voller Geschichten, Situationen zum Lachen, Staunen und Kopfschütteln und Erinnerungen, die zeigen, wie viel Lebensfreude im Arbeitsalltag stecken kann. Dabei bleibt eines garantiert: Alles bleibt anonym.

Hun begyndte at arbejde som femårig og blev forældreløs, da hun var ti. Alt tydede på, at hun ville komme til at leve et stykke tid i sit skur i Sydafrikas største slumby og så dø uden at være savnet af nogen. Hvis hun nu ikke havde været den, hun var, men det var hun jo. Nombeko Mayeki...

Efter et langt og begivenhedsrigt liv havner Allan Karlsson på det plejehjem, han tror skal blive hans sidste opholdssted på denne jord. Problemet er bare, at helbredet nægter at svigte, og en dag går det hverken værre eller bedre, end at han fylder trecifret. Pomp og pragt venter med...

Johanna Kjellander forlader prædikestolen for evigt, mens sogne­børnene kaster salmebøger efter hende. Nå, men hendes erhvervsvalg var alligevel aldrig noget valg. Hendes far, en inkarneret modstander af kvindelige præster, tvang hende ind i præsteriet.  Per Persson lever et tarveligt...

I hundred og et år har Allan Karlsson gjort verden usikker. Nu har er han løs igen! Det er den populære og prisbelønnede indlæser Paul Becker, der lægger stemme til et nyt eventyr om Allan Karlsson, der nu med hjælp fra en iPad styrer direkte ind midt i verdens galskab. Det er altid en...

Tre tidsperspektiv. Två generationer. En hemlighet. Efter ett uppslitande gräl inser Alex att han bär på en vrede, ett odefinierbart mörker. Besatt av att ta reda på dess ursprung följer han ledtrådar som tar honom tillbaka till sommaren 1932 och vintern 1988, och de ödesdigra...

När Karin kliver av tåget i Grez-sur-Loing utanför Paris vet hon inte att hennes liv är på väg att förändras för alltid. Efter flera års studier på Konstakademin är hon en stigande konstnärsstjärna och ska äntligen få möjlighet att inspireras av naturen och måla plein air. Hon...

Nomineret til en Emmy Award 2024 Den hjerteskærende og uforglemmelige verdensomspændende BESTSELLER I Elsket af over 13 millioner læsere verden over Tatovøren fra Auschwitz - Stor SKYSHOWTIME original TV serie I 1942 ankommer Lale Sokolov til Auschwitz-Birkenau. Han blev sat til at...

Frida Boisen följer upp den hyllade romandebuten Berätta aldrig det här med en gripande berättelse om våld, missbruk och övergrepp Under ett gräl med sin dotter ställs Frida mot väggen. Hur kunde hon förlåta sin pappa? I jakten på sanningen hittar Frida elva dammiga dagböcker och...