Karl Hau?mann, Fabrikant und erfolgreicher Gesch?ftsmann, plant zusammen mit seiner Frau, seiner h?bschen Sekret?rin Marion und ihrem Verlobten einen gemeinsamen ereignisreichen Urlaub in Italien. Der sonst vern?nftige und solide Hau?mann sucht die N?he zu seiner attraktiven Sekret?rin Marion, deren Jugend und Sch?nheit ihn befl?geln. In Italien hofft er, ihr noch n?her zu kommen. Doch seine Frau Erika, mit der er seit 26 Jahren verheiratet ist und die in letzter Zeit immer ?fter unp??lich ist, erkrankt auf der Urlaubsreise schwer. Die vernichtende Diagnose: Sie hat Krebs. Verzweifelt mu? Karl ...
Der junge David Mart?n fristet sein Leben, indem er unter falschem Namen Schauerromane schreibt. Pl?tzlich erh?lt er einen mit dem Zeichen eines Engels versiegelten Brief, in dem ihn der mysteri?se Verleger Andreas Corelli einl?dt. Angelockt von dem Talent des jungen Autors hat er einen Auftrag f?r ihn, dem David nicht widerstehen kann. Aber David ahnt nicht, in welchen Strudel furchterregender Ereignisse er ger?t…
Der j?dische Philosoph Spinoza und der nationalsozialistische Politiker Alfred Rosenberg – nicht nur Jahrhunderte liegen zwischen ihnen, auch ihre Weltanschauungen k?nnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Der eine ein unbeugsamer Freigeist, der wegen seiner religionskritischen Ansichten aus der j?dischen Gemeinde verbannt wurde und heute als Begr?nder der modernen Bibelkritik gilt. Der andere ein verbohrter, von Hass zerfressener Antisemit, dessen Schriften ihn zum f?hrenden Ideologen des nationalsozialistischen Regimes machten und der daf?r bei den N?rnberger Prozessen zur Rechenschaft gezogen wurde. Und trotzdem gibt es eine Verbindung zwischen ihnen, von der kaum jemand wei?, denn bis zu ...
Er ist Richter in der S?dprovinz, sie ist ?rztin in Memphis, der gro?en Stadt im Norden. Niemals h?tte Paser der sch?nen Neferet begegnen d?rfen. Doch Paser wird nach Memphis in die N?he der Pyramide von Gizeh gerufen, denn gem?? den Weissagungen eines alten Sehers wurde ein ungeheures Komplott geschmiedet, um Ramses den Gro?en zu st?rzen. Paser macht sich auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit, erf?llt von der unm?glichen Liebe zu der unerreichbaren Neferet.
A 36-year old widow and mother of two finds her way back to La Dolce Vita with the help of a gorgeous 25-year-old Italian immigrant, whose name just happens to be-Leonardo da Vinci.A linguist and English teacher, Ramona Elise (who Leonardo calls his "Mona Lisa") knows she shouldn't take him home, but he has nowhere to live, and barely speaks English. She really feels she ought to help…Together they experience their own renaissance, "awakening" to life and love. She helps him forge a new life in America, and he helps her to find joy again after grieving her beloved husbandPicking up the pieces of her life, Ramona can finally finish her dissertation on "The Language of Love" (fascinating excerpts of which are sprinkled throughout the book!) and find a way to honor her husband's memory, put to rest a suspicion that he had cheated on her just before he died, and finally move on to a new relationship…
Originally titled "Daughter of Hunger," this ia a thoroughly engaging, inspirational autobiography of a young woman writer coming of age during the Great Famine of China. Hong Ying provides a vivid account of growing up on the banks of the Yangtze River amongst severe impoverishment, political oppression and intense familial strain. This is an honest story of a woman's struggle for civil liberation in a land whose river symbolizes, for her, the spirit and unity of her people.
In his early childhood days, a young boy, David Copperfield, had been living with his mother and their servant Peggotty. His mother marries a very cruel man, Mr. Murdstone and David is being sent away to Salem House where it is not very safe at all. It was a run-down London boarding school where Mr. Creakle beats up young boys. David’s mother soon gives birth to a son by Mr. Murdstone. Unfortunately she dies after a while. David was dragged out of school and was forced to work at a wine warehouse with Mr. Murdstone. David runs from ...
En 1929 Ir?ne N?mirovsky envi? al editor Bernard Grasset el manuscrito de su primera novela David Golder. Estaba escrita en franc?s. El texto entusiasm? al editor, quien la public? de inmediato. Fue saludada por una cr?tica sorprendida por la juventud de la autora y el cr?tico Paul Reboux quien fuera uno de los primeros en llamar la atenci?n sobre la joven Colette en su momento, auspici? grandes ?xitos a N?mirovsky. La cr?tica francesa, tan acartonada a su Academia, nunca se adapt? a la precocidad de sus autores y siempre los miraron como ...
Married off at a tender age to a harsh, older widower, Lydia Gray can't help but feel a measure of relief when an accident claims his life. What happens next, however, is a surprise to everyone: Through an unforeseen fluke, Lydia finds herself the sole recipient of her late husband's fortune. But instead of granting her security, strife ensues as her adult stepchildren battle to regain the inheritance for themselves.Lydia longs to wash her hands of the situation and determines to join her aunt in Alaska, putting financial decisions in the capable hands of her lawyer. The beauty and serenity of life in Sitka appeal to Lydia, as does Kjell Lindquist, the handsome owner of the local sawmill. But a new discovery in Lydia 's life forces her to rethink her future.She is bound to her past as never before… but what more must she sacrifice?
Исповедь написана в форме письма и адресована близкому другу Уайльда лорду Альфреду Дугласу. Уайльд работал над ней в 1897 году в последние месяцы пребывания в Редингской тюрьме. В том же году он передал рукопись своему преданному другу и почитателю Роберту Россу, с тем, чтобы он снял копию письма и передал адресату. В 1905 г. Росс опубликовал сокращенный вариант исповеди. Полный текст увидел свет только в 1962 году.В России полный перевод «Тюремной исповеди» был издан в Библиотеке всемирной литературы в 1976 г.«De Profundis» своего рода драматический монолог, в котором Уайльд постоянно вопрошает молчаливого адресата и принимает во внимание его предполагаемые ответы. Место, где Уайльд писал это письмо, располагало к покаянию. Но покаяния в письме очень мало; Уайльд отказывается признать преступными свои былые развлечения с юношами и заявляет, что законы, по которым его отправили в тюрьму несправедливы.«Самое важное в „De Profundis“ — то, что это любовное письмо. Но как любовное письмо это произведение, где есть и любовь, и ненависть, и забота, и тщеславие, и философские размышления, обладает всей необходимой связностью, и его следует считать одним из величайший — пространнейших — любовных писем во все времена»Р. Эллман «Оскар Уайльд»
Cuenta la historia de un peque?o pueblo embrujado sobre el cual ha reca?do una extra?a maldici?n: la desaparici?n de todos los animales… Ni un perro, ni un gato, ni siquiera una mosca o un grillo. Algo debe de haber sucedido: los ni?os preguntan y algunos adultos se enfadan. Oros no, como la maestra Emmanuela con sus extra?os dibujos, o el viejo pescador Alm?n, cuyas redes est?n siempre vac?as, o la panadera, que en vano echa mgias en el patio para p?jaros que nunca vendr?n. Hasta que Maya y Mati, dos ni?os empecinados en encontrar la verdad, se atreven a desobedecer la ley…
«En cuesti?n de pocos meses, fui testigo de dos de los acontecimientos que m?s temo en la vida: la muerte de un hijo para sus padres y la muerte de una mujer joven para sus hijos y su marido. Alguien me dijo entonces: eres escritor, ?por qu? no escribes nuestra historia? Era un encargo, y lo acept?. Empec?, pues, a contar la amistad entre un hombre y una mujer, los dos supervivientes de un c?ncer, los dos cojos y los dos jueces, que se ocupaban de asuntos de sobreendeudamiento en el tribunal de primera instancia de ...
"A book with pace and wit, real tension…and a big on-screen climax."From a celebrity performer, bestselling author of Popcorn and Inconceivable, a stunning satire on the modern obsession with fame.One house. Ten contestants. Thirty cameras. Forty microphones.Yet again the public gorges its voyeuristic appetite as another group of unknown and unremarkable people submit themselves to the brutal exposure of the televised real-life soap opera, House Arrest.Everybody knows the rules: total strangers are forced to live together while the rest of the country watches them do it. Who will crack first? ...
Kenn Crawford’s Dead Hunt began as a weekend project for his daughter. Initially intended for the screen, the Indie author came across the power of the audio book and quickly developed Dead Hunt into every media aspect possible.Dead Hunt begins with a gripping prologue. Girl out in the middle of nowhere being chased by some thing, some group that never tires. She’s hurt, bleeding and comes across the van that we later learn brought her to this location. She’s alone and prepared to fight this unknown mass with every last bit of power she has.
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of 19th-century Russian literature. Gogol himself saw it as an "epic poem in prose", and within the book as a "novel in verse". Despite supposedly completing the trilogy's second part, Gogol destroyed it shortly before his death. Although the novel ends in mid-sentence, it is usually regarded as complete in the extant form.
Guardian Riley Jenson always seems to face the worst villains. And this time's no different. For it's no ordinary sorceress who can raise the dead to do her killing. But that's exactly what Riley expects to find at the end of a trail of female corpses used – and discarded – in a bizarre ritual of evil. With pressure mounting to catch the fiend, the last thing Riley needs is the heat of the upcoming full moon bringing her werewolf hormones to a boil – or the reappearance of a sexy bounty hunter, the rogue wolf Kye Murphy. Riley has threatened Murphy with arrest if he doesn't back off the investigation, but it's Riley who feels handcuffed by Kye's lupine charm. Torn between her vamp and wolf natures, between her love for Quinn and her attraction to Kye, Riley knows she's courting danger and indulging the deadliest desires. For her hunt through the supernatural underworld will bring her face-to-face with what lurks in a darkness where even monsters fear to tread.
Death in the Afternoon is a non-fiction book by Ernest Hemingway about the ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting. It was originally published in 1932. The book provides a look at the history and what Hemingway considers the magnificence of bullfighting, while also being a deeper contemplation on the nature of fear and courage.Any discussion concerning bullfighting would be incomplete without some mention of the controversy surrounding it. Toward that end Hemingway commented, "anything capable of arousing passion in its favor will surely raise as much passion against it."
