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L'incredibile storia vera diventata bestseller internazionale. La coraggiosa testimonianza di una bambina fuggita all'olocausto e tornata in cerca di giustizia. All'alba della seconda guerra mondiale, il mondo di Hedy viene sconvolto quando un professore la minaccia e le proibisce di tornare a scuola. La bambina è costretta a separarsi dai genitori e a scappare in Inghilterra per sfuggire alle persecuzioni antisemite della Germania nazista.

Mia madre era una strega. O almeno così dissero quando la trascinarono via. Ma per me era vera solo una cosa: lei era il centro del mio universo. Avevo nove anni e la mia vita cominciò quel giorno. Inghilterra, 1573: in un mondo già illuminato dalla luce del Rinascimento, ma in cui ancora si dà la caccia alle streghe, la piccola Rose è figlia di una madre accusata di stregoneria, e per lei la vita sembra avere in serbo solo povertà e amarezza.

Прошел почти год с тех пор, как я прислушался к зову своего сердца и покинул родной город, оставив в нем все, что было так дорого. В дороге я понял, что счастье — это люди и обыкновенные разговоры с ними. Это прогулка по спящему городу с теми, кто готов разделить с тобой любое приключение. Счастье — это принятие себя, своих страхов и заблуждений. И вот спустя десять месяцев и четыре дня поезд наконец везет меня в сторону дома. Но ждут ли там моего возвращения? Эта книга хранит в себе мои воспоминания.

Un soir de vent noir, Mouchette, 14 ans, emprunte les bois pour retourner dans son foyer, une masure imprégnée de misère, d’alcoolisme et de maladie. La pluie s’abat sur la jeune fille lorsqu’elle croise le chemin d’Arsène, qui lui propose de s’abriter chez lui. L’homme l’enivre d’histoires extraordinaires pour l’impressionner. Le genièvre réchauffe la gorge et échauffe le corps du braconnier. Mouchette, sans défense, est violée. Quelque temps plus tard, sa mère décède sans que l’enfant ait pu lui confier son terrible fardeau, ce sentiment de honte qui ne la quittera plus, jusqu’au drame.

Teheran, 1979. Behsad, giovane rivoluzionario comunista, lotta per un nuovo ordine dopo la cacciata dello Scià. Ci trascina nelle sue azioni clandestine, ci confessa le sue speranze per un nuovo Iran e ci racconta come, nel cuore della lotta, abbia incontrato l’amore della sua vita, Nahid. Dieci anni dopo, Behsad e Nahid si trovano in Germania. Insieme ai loro figli, Laleh e Morad, sono fuggiti dall’Iran dopo l’ascesa al potere di Khomeini. Di notte tutto è silenzio a Teheran racconta quattro decenni di un popolo in lotta.

*** 2020 Chaucer Book Awards Long List *** England, AD 1471. The Wars of the Roses ravage England. After six months of turmoil, Yorkist King Edward IV has shattered his enemies and reclaimed his throne. As one of the last surviving Lancastrians, young Henry Tudor flees with his uncle Jasper to keep his head from adorning London Bridge beside his grandfather’s. He won’t return for fourteen long years. Blown by storms to Brittany, Henry is trapped between the king who hunts him and a duke who views him as leverage. Though his mother labors in England to restore his lands and titles, Henry...

They have weathered high, snow-covered passes, ice chocked rivers, personal loss, and the worst of mankind’s deceptions to venture nearly five-hundred miles overland from the Pacific’s salt water to the Yukon frontier and the Klondike boom town of Dawson City. During this summer season of 1898, our favorite characters are part of the 30,000 souls that crushed in on the city, all with the intent on getting rich, either by digging in the mud for the ‘Flecks of Kings,’ or by mining the miners at a poker table, the supply store, and even in the bedroom.

A Flamingo Under the Carousel will make you laugh, cry, and feel a thousand emotions in between. The thirty short stories offer a unique view of the world through the use of various genres These previously published short pieces are presented together for the first time. Ranging from the literary to the apocalyptical, it is a journey through the themes of crime, 1960's culture, rock music, and love. From flights of fancy in a mystical underground world discovered by young children to a generational suite of immigrant stories, humorous travel adventures to sports tales, and finally on to ...

Can’t I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th-century. When the daughter’s suitor is arrested as a Korean Independence activist, and she is implicated during the investigation, she is quickly forced into marriage to one of her father’s Japanese employees and shipped off to the United States. At the same time, her maidservant is sent in her mistress’s place to be a comfort woman to the Japanese Imperial army. Years of hardship, survival and even happiness follow.

Is it ever too late to overcome the adversities of our past? Set in the South during the 60s and 70s, The Art of Straightening Nails follows Robert Rhodes as he reminisces about his life. His childhood had not been a pleasant, innocent experience. Aside from the poverty and the endless disappointment his family endured, the boy had also known personal challenges of neglect and abuse. As an adult, Robert continues to be fettered by his past. Even a religious conversion doesn't resolve his struggles. After realizing the source of his lifelong pain, he confronts his past in a dramatic climax ...

It was supposed to be the highlight of her career, the pinnacle for which she’d worked all her life. And as Hattie McDaniel took the stage in 1940 to claim an honor that would make her the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award, she tearfully took her place in history. Between personal triumphs and tragedies, heartbreaking losses, and severe setbacks, this historic night of winning best supporting actress for her role as the sassy Mammy in the controversial movie Gone With the Wind was going to be life-changing. Or so she thought.

The story of a broken heart healed by the love of strangers.In the sadness following the loss of his wife, John Winter learns she had one last wish: that he travel the world as they’d always hoped to do together. Following her final words, John sets out on a trek around the globe, only to face challenges and loneliness that constantly push him to turn back. Saved by the kindness of fellow travelers, he finds himself in Paris under the tutelage of an eccentric photographer who gives him the tools and will to carry on. As he makes his way from west to east, new friends and fresh experiences...

One morning Laine wakes up to discover that the man she's been married to for 15 years has been secretively living out a monstrous lie. Her world is tilted on its axis. Now she must unstitch her existence, and peck through the pieces of her past... Just as Laine thinks she's reached the end of uncovering all the bitter truths, a child appears who demands her attention.

In a series of letters addressed to her daughter, Natasha Illum Berg reflects on her child's forthcoming journey into a world of love, death, and big game hunting. A gorgeous and powerful introduction to the beauty and brutality of the cycle of life, "All Will Be Well: Letters to My Daughter" poetically examines life's greater values.

Автор книги предлагает читателю окунуться во времена своей молодости — СССР 1970-х годов. Вы сможете проникнуться атмосферой, своеобразием и ритмом жизни того периода. Главным героям предстоит побывать на концерте Муслима Магомаева, увидеть на театральной сцене Владимира Высоцкого в роли Гамлета, познакомиться с поэтом Андреем Вознесенским и пообщаться с любимой женщиной Василия Сталина. А еще их ждет любовь: яркая, непредсказуемая, преодолевающая все преграды того непростого времени.

Le muse sono lì, pronte a suggerirci infiniti modi di comportarci, di sentire, di vivere e anche di sopravvivere al dolore. È tempo di riscoprirle, riportarle alla luce e, se necessario, vendicarle. “Volevo essere Marianne Faithfull”. Questo era il desiderio di Serena Dandini adolescente, mentre, in una grigia aula scolastica, sognava di vivere le gesta trasgressive di quella che aveva eletto come sua musa personale. Perché, da sempre, le muse sono necessarie. Ma se agli albori della civiltà i poeti invocavano dee per farsi ispirare, con il passare del tempo il ruolo di musa è stato affidato a delle mortali.

Dans une prison du Caire, une femme attend d’être pendue. La veille de son exécution, elle reçoit enfin dans sa cellule la psychiatre qui souhaite recueillir sa parole, et comprendre son crime. La détenue parle vite, sachant son heure venue et n’ayant plus rien à perdre. Elle s’appelle Ferdaous, "Paradis" en arabe, et sa vie n’a été qu’un enfer. D’inceste en violences conjugales, programmée pour devenir prostituée, elle fait payer les hommes pour le mal qu’ils lui infligent. Jusqu’au jour où l’un d’eux y laissera la vie.

In this powerful novel of friendship and sacrifice, Samantha Wilcoxson paints a vivid portrait of a young man’s principled passion and dedication to his ideals, turning the legend into flesh and blood. This is the touching and thought-provoking story of how an ordinary boy grew into an extraordinary man – an American hero.

It’s 1971, and Joan Dumann fears her former business partner wants her dead—but her anxiety is less about dying than it is about feeling disrespected and invalidated. As she constructs a letter about her predicament, she revisits her past. Born into a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family in 1915 and raised with privilege and opportunity, Joan wrestles with her turbulent thoughts and unfulfilled desires—an internal battle that often results in self-destructive tendencies.

Una adolescente de buena familia debe hacer frente a un embarazo indeseado. Una amiga muere, tras toda una vida de camaradería. Una mujer se enamora a los cincuenta, pero siente las mismas angustias que la han acompañado desde siempre. La trilogía de París retrata una ciudad en la que, después de mayo del 68, las niñas ricas y liberales creen haberlo conseguido todo, aunque continúan dedicando su tiempo a fantasear sobre qué hombres las amarán.