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Les Falck sont l'une des familles les plus puissantes de Norvège. Après avoir fait fortune dans l'exploitation commerciale de bateaux, ils ont créé la fondation SAGA, qui veille sur la bonne conservation des archives historiques de leur pays et leur offre une place stratégique sur l'échiquier géopolitique. Si le clan est divisé entre ceux d'Oslo et ceux de Bergen, la réapparition de Connie Knarvick, une cousine éloignée, va aggraver les conflits existants.

Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire, the cunning Sancho Panza. As they roam the world together, the aging Quixote's fancy leads them wildly astray. At the same time the relationship between the two men grows in fascinating subtlety. Often considered to be the first modern novel, Don Quixote is a wonderful burlesque of the popular literature its disordered protagonist is obsessed with.

El libro que faltaba de Almudena Grandes. Las historias y las escenas cotidianas que resumen el mundo de una escritora irrepetible. Escalera interior es el murmullo de los patios de luces que recogen olores de guisos, ruidos de cacharros y cucharones, risas, confidencias susurradas a media voz, buenos días y buenas noches que se intercambian en el rellano; es el murmullo que recoge nuestra rutina, la de la gente de a pie, en esas realidades pequeñas que son las que esconden las grandes historias.

Here are eight fundamental works by one of the few greatest English poets: three lyric pieces, Songs of Innocence, The Book of Thel, Songs of Experience; the prose satire An Island in the Moon, the mystical prose poem The Marriage of Heaven & Hell, and three visionary poems: The French Revolution, Visions of the Daughters of Albion, America, a Prophecy. William Blake (1757-1827) is one of the great relevant figures of his time, who like Beethoven in music bridges the classical and romantic, remaining himself uncategorizable.

Farm laborer Charles Jackson doesn't expect much from life. For the price of a few pints of ale and enough food on the table, he's happy to take work where he can get it. Until he finds himself at Chadwick's farm. Falling in love with the farmer's daughter wasn't part of his plans. But when they're found in an intimate embrace, his troubles are only just beginning . . .

Si possono abbandonare il proprio padre e la propria madre? Si può sbattere la porta, scendere le scale e decidere che non li si vedrà più? Mettere in discussione l’origine, sfuggire alla sua stretta? Dopo dieci anni sottratti al logoramento di una violenza sottile e pervasiva tra le mura di casa, finalmente un figlio può voltarsi e narrare la sua disgraziata famiglia e il tabù di questa censura “con la forza brutale del romanzo”.

Many listeners have heard C. S. Lewis's logical arguments for the Christian faith. Yet throughout his wide-ranging study and writing, Lewis often began with experience, intuition, and religious feeling rather than dogmatic assertions. The most profound questions of Lewis's own life, argues theologian and literary critic Jeffrey Barbeau, can be seen in his quest to understand the relationship between personal experience and the truth about the world around him.

January Poźniak’s unique blend of professions—as a poet, writer, judge, and legal advisor—makes him a standout figure in 19th-century Polish culture. His defiance of imperial orders under the Austrian Empire reflects his patriotism and courage. Pieśni z lat młodych, his only poetry collection published in 1883, captures the spirit of youth, freedom, and the challenges of his era. This audiobook marks the first-ever audio adaptation of his work, celebrating a forgotten voice that bridges history, literature, and resilience in the face of oppression.

Lord Byron was the most celebrated of all the Romantic poets. Troubled, handsome, sexually fluid, disabled, and transgressive, he wrote his way to international fame—and scandal—before finding a kind of redemption in the Greek Revolution. He also left behind the vast trove of thrilling letters (to friends, relatives, lovers, and more) that form the core of this remarkable biography.

As the 1900’s begin women are in a difficult situation. Whatever the pretence of society the reality for almost all women is that they are second class and the property of men. Whilst women have created enduring works of literature and poetry for centuries, much has remained hidden and voiceless. But technology and the mass distribution of printed materials has allowed new ideas and thoughts to circulate, to demand a voice. In this volume their talents and voices speak with determination, wisdom, courage and love on many subjects through their extraordinary verse.

من هي لونا، الساحرة الجميلة ذات الشعر الناري، أية لعنة حلت بالجريح الذي وجد في كوخ الآبروزيس؟ من هم الرجال المقنعون بالسواد المتحمسون لقتله؟ أي كلام رهيب كانت تخفيه هذه الرسالة العجيبة الغامضة التي يجب أن لا تصل إلى يد البابا إطلاقاً؟.

James Bennet is the perfect heir to Longbourn. He is always looking out for his sisters and mother, making sure they have the opportunity to receive proper education, and always making sure they have the guidance and direction they need. He purchased a small cottage to ensure that his mother and sisters had somewhere to live in the event that something happened to him and his father. He works tirelessly on the estate to ensure that Longbourn is profitable.

Festus Claudius McKay was born in Sunny Ville, Jamaica on the 15th September 1890, He was the youngest son to parents who had gathered enough assets to secure them the right to vote. As a boy he was fascinated by English Poetry and literature, although at 17 he took on work as an apprentice woodcutter for two years before becoming a police constable in the capital, Kingston. In this mainly white and affluent town racism was rife and its nature awakened his political instincts and pursuit of social justice. He soon returned home and published his first two poetry collections in 1912.

In life’s kitbag of essentials food and drink are right at the top. Their variety and ways to consume are a wonder, both of nature’s offerings and human creativity. For our classic poets ranging from Ancient Romans to Elinor Wylie and Rainer Maria Rilke, their recipes for verse using the simple ingredients of words and imagination are a wonderful and enduring example of their craft and art applied to the one thing mankind looks forward to each and every day.

Edward Alexander Crowley was born on 12th October 1875 to wealthy parents in Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. Life for Crowley was to abandon his parents’ Christian faith and instead to inject himself into Western esotericism. In 1898, he joined the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and was trained in ceremonial magic before studying both Hindu and Buddhist practices in India. His literary works were both prolific and covered many topics. In the early part of his career he published many poetry books, even plays, before his darker and more forceful works.

Alexander Pope was the most influential and most admired writer of his time, famous for satirical and reflective poems such as The Rape of the Lock and the Essay on Man. His lyrical poems are tantalizingly few in number but predictably high in quality, with all the beauty of sound and incisiveness of sense familiar from his other works.

This collection contains 201 lively little poems by the most playful of English Golden Age writers, Robert Herrick.

This complete collection includes the following titles: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, and Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions.

Leana Murphy ist ganz sicher nicht auf der Suche nach der Liebe ihres Lebens. Denn die Liebe ihres Lebens hat sie bereits verloren, als ihr Mann gestorben ist. Doch es zieht sie immer wieder in die schottischen Highlands des 16. Jahrhunderts. Warum wird die Anziehungskraft des Steines immer stärker? Steckt vielleicht doch eine neue Liebe dahinter? Und wer ist der geheimnisvolle Mann, der sie so in seinen Bann zieht? Es dauert nicht lange, bis Leana herausfindet, dass noch viel mehr als ein Abenteuer in der Vergangenheit auf sie wartet. Etwas, das größer ist, als die Zeit selbst.

" Je vous demande de vous mettre à notre place. Un instant. Rien qu'un instant. Votre enfant vient vous raconter l'humiliation, la persécution, le bannissement. C'est votre fils, votre fille, il a douze ans, elle en a huit ou quatorze. C'est la chair de votre chair, ce que vous avez de plus précieux au monde. C'est l'être que vous devez protéger, défendre, soutenir, aider à grandir. Et il vient vous avouer cela. Vous y êtes ? Vous la devinez, votre stupéfaction ? votre culpabilité ? votre douleur ? votre colère ? Ça vous envahit, pas vrai ? ça vous submerge, ça vous dépasse, ça vous anéantit.