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The mother of the revolutionary firebrand Malcolm X was a Grenadian woman born at the turn of the 20th century in a small rural community in a deeply colonial society where access to education had only just begun for the children of working people. She emigrated to Canada and then the USA, where she became involved in the struggle for Black civil rights led by Marcus Garvey.

Недалёкое будущее. После ряда эпидемий, экономических и политических проблем люди озлоблены, преступность растёт из года в год, а служба в полиции теперь очень опасная и мало популярная профессия... У Артёма Левинского не было выбора – воспитанник детского дома, по новому закону он не мог не стать полицейским. Артём разочарован в жизни, в людях и в мире вокруг. Единственное, что греет ему душу и даёт мотивацию жить дальше: жена и дочка, которых он любит всем сердцем.

Госпожа Ём — учитель на пенсии и владелица скромного продуктового магазина в одном из районов Сеула. Ее принцип — не прибыль, а помощь людям. Даже если продажи не радуют, сотрудники всегда найдут у нее не только работу, но и поддержку. Она помогает бездомному с Сеульского вокзала, который однажды выручил женщину. Этот человек не знает о себе ничего, кроме прозвища — Токко. Попав в магазин госпожи Ём, Токко начинает меняться, обретая себя. Он не только выручает своих коллеги улучшает продажи.

Элис Чейн повезло: она выиграла шанс обучаться в самом престижном университете страны и целых шесть лет, несмотря на слабое сердце, выгрызала в граните наук тоннель в свое светлое будущее. Она верила, что справится. Но жизнь полетела кувырком, когда в ночном клубе, а затем в лекционной аудитории Элис столкнулась с профессором Джеральдом Риверсом — гениальным разработчиком искусственного интеллекта, повесой и весьма эпатажной личностью. И чем больше Элис его узнавала, тем труднее казалась задача не влюбиться в этого человека всем своим больным сердцем.

El retrato de formación de uno de los escritores más sólidos de la narrativa española. Ignacio Martínez de Pisón fue niño en el Logroño de los sesenta, muchacho en la Zaragoza de los setenta y aprendiz de novelista en la Barcelona de los ochenta. La primera parte de su vida es la de un chico cualquiera, nacido en el seno de una familia feliz hasta la temprana muerte de su padre; años cruciales de los que se nutre su mundo literario.

Periferia di Roma, venerdì 29 novembre 1991. Andrea ha quindici anni e sua madre lo accompagna per l'ultima volta a vedere il padre, o meglio ciò che resta di quell'uomo che da tempo li ha abbandonati per andare a vivere con un'altra donna e che adesso un cancro si sta finendo di mangiare, questione di poche ore. Scenario di questo incontro totalmente asimmetrico, giacché il padre non ha più le forze per guardare il figlio né rispondere alle sue domande, è "la fattoria", come la chiama Andrea, la casa che gli uomini della sua famiglia hanno tirato su con le proprie mani, sacco di cemento dopo sacco di cemento.

Lo sacrificó todo para salvar a los que más la necesitaban. Descubre una de las historias de valor y sacrificio más inspiradoras y poco conocidas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Corrie ten Boom, una relojera holandesa, transformó desinteresadamente su hogar en un escondite para albergar a judíos durante las feroces redadas de la Gestapo. Aunque los nazis sospechaban lo que Corrie y su familia hacían, nunca pudieron encontrar a quienes se ocultaban en la casa.

England, 1647. As civil war gives way to an uneasy peace and Puritanism becomes the letter of the law, Frances Wolfreston, a rector's wife, is charged with enforcing religious compliance by informing on her parishioners. This awful task triggers memories of her mother, Alice, who inspired Frances' love of books and secretly practiced Catholicism at great risk. Conflicted, she doesn't report a reclusive and mysterious midwife to delay her going to gaol.

When Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of Òsogùn, thirteen-year-old Àjàyí's life is split in two. Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yorùbá gods of forest and water, earth and sky. After, there was capture, slavery—and eventually release—with Àjàyí, left transfigured, unrecognizable, and now, in the service of a new god, with a new name and a culture different from the one left far behind.

William Marshal’s prowess and loyalty as a knight in the English royal household has been rewarded by marriage to Isabelle de Clare, heiress to great estates in England, Normandy and Ireland. But their contentment and security is shattered when King Richard dies and is succeeded by his brother John, who takes the Marshals’ sons hostage and seizes their lands.

Nicht wenige halten diese Biographie Stefan Zweigs für sein Meisterwerk. Frankreich zwischen 1792 und 1815 wird unter der Zweigschen Wortgewalt zu einem atemberaubenden Monument. Die einzelnen Figuren von Robespierre über Napoleon bis Ludwig XVIII lässt Stefan Zweig für uns in brillanter Schärfe lebendig werden. Der eigentliche Gegenstand seiner Biographie – Joseph Fouché – bettet sich ein in das gewaltige historische Drama dieser Zeit. Und von Seite zu Seite nötigt uns dieser amoralische Verräter aus Leidenschaft für seine Überlebensfähigkeit mehr Respekt ab.

Ginevra Bompiani ha attraversato il Novecento da trottatore, all’insegna della cultura e dell’impegno sociale. La incontriamo nelle prime pagine insieme a N., adolescente somala di cui è tutrice legale, con cui trascorre “giorni ciarlieri” e “altri che aprono una piccola voragine nel suo passato e nel mio presente”. Nel loro dialogo, fatto più di gesti e sensazioni che di parole, Ginevra Bompiani torna spesso con il pensiero al proprio passato: l’essere figlia di uno dei principali editori italiani, l’infanzia tra Milano e Vigevano, la guerra e una pace da scoprire.

A Play written for radio. Running time for radio about 45 minutes. A mother and daughter make a railway journey to visit The Great Exhibition of London in 1851. A fictional play with narrative from the original diary of Elizabeth Briggs and her mother Christina who made the 12 hour journey by train from Burton-in-Kendal to London in 1851 to visit The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations. The Social History of early Victorian Britain related through imagined conversations and the actual written words of the diary.

1966: In London, Jackie Collins’s racy The World is Full of Married Men hits bookshops and launches her career. In New York, Jacqueline Susann’s debut novel Valley of the Dolls is published, and she’s desperate for it to be a bestseller. But neither author is prepared for the price they will pay for begin women who dare to write about sex.

Far from the untouchable images of heaven-gazing saints, the apostle Paul ruthlessly focused on his earthly duty to build God’s Church. Before his dramatic conversion he had violently tried to stamp out a heretical sect of Jews–the first Christians. But Paul’s encounter with Christ turned his boundless energy to building the young and fragile Church into an established and enduring body.

Frances Walsingham is the only surviving child of Queen Elizabeth’s ‘spymaster’ Sir Francis Walsingham. Better educated than most men, her father arranges her marriage to warrior poet Sir Philip Sidney. After Philip Sidney is killed in battle, Frances becomes Countess of Essex, and is banished from court after her husband Sir Robert Devereaux’s rebellion against the queen.

Comedic memoir of growing up in 1960's Whittier, CA. Part magical realism, but mostly exaggerated realism for adults and young people alike.

Narrated by the talented Jon McNally and published by Audiobook Publishing Services, "A Passion for Tom" offers a deeply immersive journey into the life of Thomas Stearns Eliot ("Tom")—a young American poet navigating the complexities of 1920s London. As he struggles with mental instability and the pursuit of literary greatness, Tom finds himself entwined in relationships that both inspire and torment him.

Die Begegnung mit einem feindlichen Piloten, der 1944 vor der Hallig Südfall abstürzt, löst in der dort zurückgezogen lebenden, achtzigjährigen "Hallig-Gräfin" verzweiflungsvoll-ambivalente Gefühle aus. Zwischen den beiden entsteht allen Widerständen zum Trotz ein zerbrechliches Band. Atmosphärisch und voll untergründiger Spannung erzählt Irma Nelles in ihrem späten Romandebüt die Geschichte der historisch verbrieften Gräfin, um die sich heute noch Mythen und Geheimnisse ranken. Stimmungsvoll gelesen von Anne Moll.

Captain Scott Williams was a fisherman by birth, a devoted husband and became a hero to many during the Great Depression. During the fall of the stock market, millions were left with nothing, millions had lost hope. After losing his wife, Williams set out on his last fishing trip only to find comfort, not only on the open waters of the Atlantic, but in those he helped along the way. This is his story.