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Was für eine wunderbare Biographie! Und wie aktuell erscheint plötzlich das ferne 16. Jahrhundert! Nur die Gegenspieler haben gewechselt. Humanismus gegen religiösen Fanatismus. Nationaler Egoismus contra Weltbürgertum. Erasmus hat die EU und die Vereinten Nationen vorausgedacht und die christliche Reformation angestoßen, die dann von Luther, dem religiösen Fanatiker, usurpiert und zur Revolution missbraucht wurde. Erasmus, der Mann des Ausgleichs, hat sich immer wieder um die Versöhnung der Parteien bemüht. Voraussehbar vergeblich.

En 1999 centenares de jóvenes pasaron por las audiciones para interpretar a Harry Potter. Entre los dos candidatos que llegaron hasta el final, Daniel Radcliffe fue elegido por tener, según la directora del casting, «ese algo extra». Al leer estas declaraciones, David Foenkinos empatizó de inmediato con el chico que no tenía ese toque extra: el número dos. Esta novela narra su historia.

This is a biographical treatment of the life of John Croft (1807-1883) who was born in England, but spent 16 years (1843-1859) in Sydney, Australia, becoming one of Australia's wealthiest men. It describes Australia's cultural, social, and commercial development in the mid-nineteenth century.

Even in the most advanced human civilizations, true warriors must be able to separate themselves from the status of prey. For an aspiring Azaarian herald, that crucible begins as a naked warrior cast into the wilderness with nothing more than their own extremities and intellect to survive. While prioritizing their survival activities, they must also complete a journey of nearly five thousand miles before even being accepted into the fold of herald trainees.

First glimpsed riding on the back of a boy’s motorcycle, fourteen-year-old Czeslawa comes to life in this mesmerizing novel by Lily Tuck, who imagines her upbringing in a small Polish village before her world imploded in late 1942. Stripped of her modest belongings, shorn, and tattooed number 26947 on arriving at Auschwitz, Czeslawa is then photographed. Three months later, she is dead. How did this happen to an ordinary Polish citizen? This is the question that Tuck grapples with in this haunting novel.

1135, England: Matilda, daughter of Henry I, knows that there are those who will not accept her as England's queen when her father dies. But the men who support her rival, and cousin, Stephen do not know the iron will that drives her. She will win her inheritance against all odds, and despite all men. Adeliza, Henry's widowed queen and Matilda's stepmother, is now married to a warrior who is fighting to keep Matilda off the throne. But Adeliza knows that Britain's crown belongs to a woman this time. Both women will stand and fight for what they know is right for England's royalty.

Neste audiolivro, a protagonista, uma mulher de 75 anos, ocupa-se em desvendar a origem da espécie humana enquanto conta sua vida doméstica, falando do seu casamento e do relacionamento com o seu filho. Uma prosa profunda, que mergulha na angústia humana, sem abrir mão da irreverência e do humor.

Ravenna, A.D. 408. Placidia is watching her family fall apart. When her emperor brother accuses their powerful foster father of treason, the naive imperial princess tries to reason with her sibling to no avail. And after her foster father is lured out of sanctuary and brutally executed, she flees the toxic court to avoid a forced marriage… but to dubious safety.

Joddelyn Anderson used to spend everyday hiding from her childhood and living under a false identity to escape her painful life. She suffered tremendous loss as a young girl, then allowed herself to be catapulted into fame at only 18 and lost what remained of who she once was. Using that false identity she achieved the fame she had desired and managed to be the star she once never saw herself as.

In this revealing sequel to his bestselling autobiography Son of Singapore, Tan Kok Seng finds himself in Malaysia as a British diplomat's chauffeur. While driving luminaries like author Han Suyin around, Tan falls in love with Heung, a servant girl with dark brown eyes. Despite parental objections, they marry and have a child in secret.

أخرج فخرالدين رأسه من تحت البطانية: ما الذي أيقظني مبكرًا هذا الصباح؟.. هذا الصمت مبالغ فيه. وقف فخرالدين في الصالة يحدق في النافذة... نظر طويلًا إلى قمة المنزل المجاور، ثم ارتسم على ملامحه هدوء وسلام. مد يده إلى جلبابه الأبيض وسرواله الأبيض... أكمل ارتداء ملابسه وعاد إلى الصالة، وجال بنظره على الأشياء مودعًا... فتح الباب وخرج.

تكشف هذه الرواية عن قوة التفكير الإيجابي في شفاء من عذابات الماضي، وتساعدنا على أن نعيش حياة البهجة والتي يعتبر القلب هو مركزها الرئيسي.

During the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, an eight-year-old Tamil boy is separated from his father, forced to work for the Kempeitai and renamed Nanban. From Lieutenant Kurosawa Takeshi, he learns their language and customs, studies their martial arts and prays to their Emperor. While watching the cruelty with which the Imperial Army rules Singapore, Nanban becomes just as ruthless to survive.

Flora Thompson is best known as the author of Lark Rise to Candleford, a semi-autobiographical, bestselling series exploring Oxfordshire country life in the late 19th century. Heatherley picks up the story a year after her central character, Laura, left Candleford Green, moving on to Grayshott on the Hampshire/Surrey border, and with it, finding a new world. Through Laura, the book explores Flora’s experience working in a post-office, where to her surprise her customers included the authors Arthur Conan Doyle and George Bernard Shaw.

بدأت ميرنا مشوارها الكتابي بمدونة صغيرة على الإنترنت، ثم عملت بالصحافة لمدة خمس سنوات ولها الكثير من المقالات المنشورة كما حظيت بشهرة في الحوارات الحصرية مع الشخصيات العامة العالمية، الأمر الذي أهلها للترشح لجائزة الصحافة العربية في ٢٠١٦ عن فئة الحوار الصحفي.

Ihre Blumenbilder machten sie weltberühmt – dabei schuf sie Schönheit aus großem Schmerz Die erwachsene Georgia O'Keeffe blickt zurück auf ihr Leben: Auf die schillernden Jahre in New York, wo sie umgeben von Künstlern und Fotografen wilde Jahre verbringt; ihr politisches Engagement bei der National Woman's Party, nicht zuletzt auf ihre große Liebe zu Alfred Stieglitz, dessen Aktfotografien von Georgia ihr Gesicht weit über die Grenzen der USA bekannt macht.

Un hacendado es testigo del funeral de Margarita, conocida como La Maiga, y de los lamentos de un muchacho que la amó. Éste se explaya contando quién...

Cherished by generations as a Christmas classic ever since it was first recorded and published, A Child's Christmas in Wales is Thomas's waxing, lyrical retelling of Christmas Day in a small Welsh town. Originally recorded by Thomas in 1952, this new recording is brought to life by renowned Welsh actor, Iwan Rheon.

Precursor by Vasyl Shevchuk tells the story of Hryhoriy Skovoroda, Ukraine’s “wandering philosopher” of the 18th century. A defender of justice and freedom, Skovoroda lived an unsettled life, challenging social and religious hypocrisy in his search for truth. Shevchuk’s novel immerses listeners in the Russian Empire's oppressive atmosphere, following Skovoroda’s travels and ideological battles against corruption and hypocrisy.

In The Revenge of the Foxes, Ak Welsapar crafts a moving and darkly humorous narrative set in a Moscow hospital during the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Through the lives of young patients awaiting heart surgery, Welsapar explores love, loss, and the human desire to cling to life amidst uncertainty. The contrasting characters—a poetic Turkmen, a Stalinist with a mechanical heart, and the ill-fated Mary—represent a clash between the “robotic” future and soulful resilience, embodying the struggles of a generation on the brink of change.