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After the tragic death of her son and the seeming collapse of her marriage, Charlotte Napier flees to Portugal in the hopes of finding guidance from her mentor: her mother-in-law, Violet. Instead, she finds solace in the letters of Mariana Alcoforado, a seventeenth-century nun. Charlotte and Mariana's stories may be different in origin, but they share the same inner turmoil. As she reads the letters, Mariana's spiritual journey sheds light on Charlotte's own crisis.

Upon her death, the New York Times hailed Madeleine L'Engle as "an author whose childhood fables, religious meditations and fanciful science fiction transcended both genre and generation." L'Engle has long captivated and provoked listeners by exploring the intersection of science and religion in her work. In this intimate memoir, the award-winning author uncovers how her spiritual convictions inform and enrich the everyday.

In the second memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, Madeleine L'Engle chronicles a season of extremes. Four generations of family have gathered at Crosswicks, her Connecticut farmhouse, to care for L'Engle's ninety-year-old mother. As summer days fade to sleepless nights, her mother's health rapidly declines and her once astute mind slips into senility. With poignant honesty, L'Engle describes the gifts and graces, as well as the painful emotional cost, of caring for the one who once cared for you.

A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. As Newbery Medal winner Madeleine L'Engle describes a relationship characterized by compassion, respect, and growth, as well as challenge and conflict, she beautifully evokes the life she and her husband, actor Hugh Franklin, built and the family they cherished. Beginning with their very different childhoods, L'Engle chronicles the twists and turns that led two young artists to New York City in the 1940s.

Set against the lush backdrop of Crosswicks, her family's farmhouse in rural Connecticut, this deeply personal memoir details Madeleine L'Engle's journey to find balance between her career as a Newbery Medal-winning author and her responsibilities as a wife, mother, teacher, and Christian.

In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais's in-laws purchased a vacation house on Martha's Vineyard for the exorbitant sum of $80,000. Two-point-two miles down a poorly marked, one lane dirt road, the house was better termed a shack - it had no electricity, no modern plumbing, the roof leaked, and mice had invaded the walls. It was perfect. Sitting on Tisbury Great Pond - well-stocked with oysters and crab for foraged dinners - the house faced the ocean and the sky, and though it was eventually replaced by a sturdier structure, the ethos remained the same.

The riveting story of China's rise from economic ruin to global giant in the four decades is illuminated by another, equally fascinating, narrative beneath its surface - the story of the country's emerging artistic avant-garde and the Chinese people's ongoing struggle for freedom of expression. By following the stories of nine contemporary Chinese artists, The Phoenix Years shows how China's rise unleashed creativity, thwarted hopes, and sparked tensions between the individual and the state that continue to this day.

An all-new creepy fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling author of Asylum. Featuring stunning interior illustrations from artist Iris Compiet, plus photo-collages that bring the story to chilling life, House of Furies invites readers to a world where the line between monsters and men...

Esters dotter gömde sig i Pippi-tältet när pappa slog mamma. Johanna blev tillsagd att sova på golvet som en hund och Adelina tvingades till sex bara ett par dygn efter att ha fött barn. De är tre av de tio som berättar, men de delar tusentals kvinnors öden. Jag var hon presenterar starka, personliga historier av förtryck som kvinnor utsatts för av männen de levt med. Efter att ha förlorat en av sina närmaste vänner vill författaren Madeleine Gartéus göra dem till mer än en siffra i statistiken. Kvinnorna i boken överlevde. Annie är död.

Zum 25. Dienstjubiläum wird Hauptkommissar Michel Paquet von seinen Kollegen der Saarlouiser Mordkommission nicht nur mit Crémant und Kuchen überrascht, sondern im Verhörzimmer wartet auch noch Herr Brommer auf ihn. Wie vor 25 Jahren: Paquet, damals frischgebackener Kommissar, hatte sich in den Fall von Susanne Ahrens verbissen, die um ein Haar ihre Mutter Renate erschlagen hätte. Unfall, behauptete sie, Mord, vermutete Paquet. Und nun bringt ihm der alte Brommer die Nachricht, dass Renate Ahrens gestorben ist - und zwar durch die Hand ihrer Kinder, ist Brommer überzeugt.

Einen Besuch im Bordell bekommt Lukas Busch von seinem Vater zum 18. Geburtstag geschenkt. Vater Busch ist Stammkunde im "Aladin", dem neuen Saarbrücker Groß-Bordell, das auch viele Franzosen besuchen. Lukas reagiert angewidert auf das "Aladin". Sein Vater ist darüber so enttäuscht, dass er sich noch am selben Abend mit dem Bordellbesitzer Foldur anlegt. Wenige Tage später verbrennt der alte Busch in seiner Werkstatt und wird damit zum Fall für die Saarlouiser Kommissare Michel Paquet und Amelie Gentner.

Unter dem Namen "Totentanz" entstanden in der bildenden Kunst des Mittelalters, geprägt durch die wütende Pest, viele Darstellungen des Todes, der die Menschen - gleich welchen Alters und Standes - "zum Tanz" bittet. Eine moderne Version des "Totentanzes" studiert gerade ein Saarlouiser Chor ein. Chorleiter Marc Conradi ist despotisch und anspruchsvoll - kein Wunder, dass die Sopranistin Iris während der Probe einen Schwächeanfall erleidet. Nur stellt sich später heraus, dass Iris vergiftet wurde, und zwar mit Schierling.

Die Stadtbücherei im saarländischen Nehdorn brennt lichterloh. Hauptkommissar Michel Paquet und seine Kollegin Kathrin Krämer aus Saarlouis werden noch in der Nacht zum Tatort gerufen, denn unter den Trümmern der Bücherei finden die Feuerwehrleute eine männliche Leiche. Der Verdacht auf Brandstiftung bestätigt sich bald, aber die Identität des Toten in der Bibliothek gibt Krämer und Paquet Rätsel auf - genauso wie Johann Burger, der Leiter der Bücherei.

Les quatre méditations de cet enregistrement nous transmettent les messages de sagesse des immenses baleines et des lions blancs sacrés. Ces canalisations fascinantes proviennent d'animaux qui souhaitent aider les humains à retrouver leur autonomie et leur puissance, en offrant à l'auditeur les connaissances qui leur permettront de sauver l'environnement et guérir la planète.

Lottie has always followed the rules, her life is comfortable and she is - finally, finally - marrying her long-term, reliable boyfriend, Dean. Tina is carefree, wild and, maybe, just a little bit careless. She doesn't understand Lottie's obsession with settling down with 'dull Dean' - there's so much to explore in the world. The two sisters have drifted apart, living in different countries until the death of their older sister, Mia. Mia was the glue that held them together, made them a family, and without her Lottie and Tina realise how little they know each other.

Expanded and updated with a new epilogue, Madeleine Blais’ book tells the story of a season in the life of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes, a girls’ high school basketball team from the Western Massachusetts college town. The Hurricanes were a talented team with a near-perfect record, but for five straight years, when it came to the crunch of the playoffs, they somehow lacked the desire to go all the way. Now, led by senior guards Jen Pariseau, a three-point specialist, and Jamila Wideman, an All-American phenom, this was the year to prove themselves.

A mulatto boy, the offspring of a Hoxworth male and a young female slave whom he raped, is born two centuries prior and is the last surviving male heir. The prologue takes us back 60 years to the magnificent Hoxworth Castle near the city of New Orleans to witness the birth of a baby girl in the family's palatial birthing room. As the baby's skin rapidly begins to darken, the Hoxworths must one again deny their mixed ancestry.

Aramar Thorne and Makasa Flintwill have borne their fair share of troubles. Ever since Aram's father entrusted him with an enchanted compass, Aram and Makasa have traveled the extraordinary lands of Azeroth, seeking out the shards of a legendary weapon: the Diamond Blade. The truth behind the weapon and the terrible doom it seeks to prevent, seems to have been lost at sea with Captain Greydon Thorne. But not all secrets are meant to stay buried.

In honor of Madeleine L'Engle's 100th Birthday, fans are invited to enjoy this archival audiobook, originally recorded in 1996 and newly restored! Listen to the voice of the author, as Madeleine L'Engle reads A Swiftly Tilting Planet. Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace and the unicorn Gaudior...

From the moment Henry Porcher first sees Ilsa Brandes, he worships her. Despite controversy surrounding the young girl, Henry is drawn to her, a fascination that turns into a lifelong infatuation. As the years pass, Ilsa’s memory never leaves him, not until the day he returns to their sleepy Southern hometown and renews their childhood friendship. Henry watches as she becomes a wife, then a mother, then a widow, irrevocably changed by tragedy. This rare and sought-after novel is a portrait of a remarkable woman bound by both the stifling conventions of her time and place, and her own sense of honor and purpose.