Novedades

In Nazi Germany, young Manfred is hardly aware of the influence that draws him into the existing political system. After the War he changes his name and builds up a new career, starting a family, first in the States, later in Britain. While his friends and family have no idea of his activities during the War, his daughter Nora and his grandson Andrew, being interested in recent history, begin to suspect their (grand-) father’s dark secret.

Alan, Sam, Alice and Aurora continue to fight against the German Forces occupying Hereward. The Nazis plan to achieve a Final Solution of the Jewish problem in Great Britain. The partisans carry out a daring and audacious mission to kidnap two top ranking enemy officers visiting Occupied England.

Usai menamatkan sarjana ekonomi dari Universiteit Leiden, RM Rangga Puruhita kembali ke Hindia Belanda, untuk mempraktekkan ilmu yang ia miliki demi kemajuan para pribumi. Tetapi, berbagai hal pelik harus ia hadapi. Mulai dari ribetnya aturan kebangsawanan Keraton Surakarta, perjodohan paksa dengan Rr. Sekar Prembayun yang sulit ia lepaskan, hingga permasalahan ketidakadilan yang dialami para buruh pabrik gula yang digaji sangat rendah.

What links the murder of seventeen-year-old Helen Carstairs in 1954 to the murder, over thirty years earlier, of Private Rodney Purbright? The tragic story of two sisters, one pretty, one plain, is key to both murders. The Rowan sisters are bound together by a secret they must keep, and their reclusive behaviour plants suspicion in the minds of their neighbours, who regard them as ‘witches’. Dispensing herbal remedies and keeping a mangy black cat add to their air of mystery and seem to bear out the rumours.

When a mysterious middle-aged woman moves in next door to St Stephen’s vicarage, she is immediately taken under the wing of Nancy Harper, the Reverend Bernard Paltoquet’s redoubtable housekeeper. As the relationship between the two women develops, however, ‘Mrs Aitch’ begins to entertain suspicions that her new neighbour is not all she seems. Bernard and his friend Dr Robbie MacTavish also begin to think she has a dark secret.

SYNOPSIS: In 1763, a Dutch American artist returns home to New York from the French and Indian War only to find his family killed in an accidental fire. Devastated, he moves to a small ranch outside the city, hoping to start anew. Grief and loneliness take their toll, but he needs to start painting again to make a living in a time when the colonists riot for independence, seeking to create a new country.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables . The book was an immediate success. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following.

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 - April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables . The book was an immediate success. The title character, orphan Anne Shirley, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. A Substitute Journalist: Clifford Baxter came into the sitting-room where Patty was darning stockings and listening to a book at the same time. Patty could do things like that.

The novel is a fictional autobiography that explores the intricate layers of love, betrayal, and justice through the perspectives of its characters. Centered on Deb, a man caught in a turbulent emotional journey, the story delves into his troubled relationship with Piya, an ex-student with whom he shares a forbidden, complex bond that blurs the lines between mentorship and romantic desire. The narrative critically examines societal norms, family dynamics, and the consequences of emotional addiction, guilt, and unfulfilled longing. As Deb's reputation is shattered by a police investigation ...

Can Miss Louisa Smallwood trust the man who has stolen her heart? Or, should she heed the warnings of the companion her father has chosen? Given one more Season by her father, Miss Louisa Smallwood is delighted when he finds a companion for her, a Miss Martin. However, things do not go according to plan when Miss Martin attempts to prevent Louisa from spending any time with Lord Williamson. Viscount Daniel Williamson has never felt any such affection for anyone before, but now that he has met Miss Smallwood, he can think of nothing other than being in her company. However, Daniel is caught ...

Bo ha ottantanove anni ed è arrabbiato con il suo corpo che non obbedisce più, con le sue braccia un tempo forti che ora non riescono a fare più nulla. Ma, soprattutto, Bo è arrabbiato con Hans che vuole portargli via Sixten, il suo cane, perché si è convinto che un quasi novantenne non sia in grado di prendersene cura. Delicato e potente, questo ritratto dell'ultima età della vita, protagonista invisibile della ma nostra epoca, è un romanzo sovversivo che ci riguarda tutti.

When Charlotte’s family loses their wealth, she agrees to marry a man she has never met to help him manage a small farm. The only problem is she has no idea how to cook or clean, and she certainly has no idea how to milk a cow. Charlotte was given every luxury in life growing up. Although she learned how to appreciate the finer things in life, she never learned how to cook or clean. Those skills didn’t matter because Charlotte knew she would only marry a man that could give her the same type of lifestyle her father had given her. A tragedy strikes Charlotte’s family and her father ...

No ano de 814, Idade Média, que ficou conhecida como a Idade das Trevas, as mulheres eram impedidas de estudar, podiam ser estupradas e até mortas pelos maridos. O conhecimento estava sufocado, os países hoje conhecidos na Europa não existiam, nem os idiomas modernos. Cada região tinha o seu dialeto e a lingua culta era o latim, herdada do Império Romano, que já havia sido derrubado pelas invasões bárbaras. Foi neste período sombrio que uma mulher passou a maior parte de sua vida vestida de homem, estudou medicina, foi médica do papa e tornou-se ela mesma papisa — durante dois anos.

Nesta história em que Colette mistura sua vida com a da protagonista, uma mulher acaba de se divorciar de um homem que a traía e que roubou os direitos de livros de sucesso que ela havia escrito. Sem dinheiro e rejeitada pela sociedade, ela ganha a vida nos palcos do bas-fond parisiense. É quando um "pretendente" apaixonado lhe oferece amor e luxo, com a condição que ela abandone a carreira de artista, a vida de vagabunda.

Clare Rivers longs to understand the world, but first she must learn to understand herself ... Born in the 1960s on a UK apple farm, Clare Rivers is a girl out of time, living in a family and a world that makes little sense to her. Determined to carve out her place somehow, and with her deep love of her father to see her through, Clare begins a unique journey to discover the reasons for her own existence. If she can. However, accompanied by the oddities of family, school and the strange lyrical life of the apples, can Clare really find a place within herself to call home? This novel will ...

An earl’s wager turns into a London scandal that threatens to ruin Lady Ellen’s and Lord Hartley’s lives. Lady Ellen’s first London Season is a very exciting time. Her dear friend, Lady Charlotte, has been kind enough to introduce her to many eligible gentlemen. However, Lady Charlotte also warns her to stay away from known rogues, such as Lord Hartley. Lord Hartley has no interest in marriage for the time being and certainly does not believe in love. He is fully aware of his bad reputation, but does not care one jot! When Lord Mallon makes a bet with him that he will not be able to...

صلبت على وجهها الشاحب البياض وهي ترى السيدة الحجرية تمد الشعلة الحجرية صوبها وتخرج من الضباب الذي يغطي البحر. سمعت صوتاً يقول هذا تمثال الحرية، وهناك وراء الضباب الغريب، هل ترون البنايات ناطحات السحاب، هذه مدينة نيويورك، انظروا البيوت العالية!

يأخذ الروائي الأرجنتيني التشيلي، آريل دورفمان (1942)، يوماً من تقويم ذاكرة قُبيل الحرب العالمية الثانية، تحديداً اليوم الذي وقّعت فيه ألمانيا والاتحاد السوفييتي معاهدة عدم اعتداء، وتقسيم أوروبا، سراً، كمناطق نفوذ (20 آب/ أغسطس 1939)، ليسيّر فيه أحداث روايته "ثقة" الصادرة أواخر العام الماضي، بترجمة صالح علماني، عن "دار بلومزبري" في قطر، مُستخدماً فيها أكبر قدر ممكن من تقنيات السرد، ليعرض أزمة الثقة، ممتدّةً من علاقات أعضاء الحزب الواحد والناس العاديين مع السلطة، إلى الأصدقاء والأزواج. "ما كادت المرأة تدخل الغرفة 242، حتى رنَّ الهاتف".

“Tonight, the lights from Pittsburgh, just across the river, reflected off the low clouds, faintly lighting his way.” Blake Redman, a retired steelworker, spends his nights walking in the urban forest of Hays Woods, above a vast network of deserted mine shafts and tunnels. His comfortable life rhythms suddenly upend when he begins to hear nighttime voices, ones that inspire him to draw people and places that he doesn’t understand. Blake’s struggles to find the truth lay open old wounds while exposing a 140-year-old family legend that only takes him deeper into the unknown. The ...

" الفكرة تلح علي كثيراً فهل أستطيع ألا أفعل؟ كامن فى زهرة عباد الشمس، أيها اللون الأصفر يا أنا، أمتص من شعاع هذا الكوكب البهيج، أحدق وأحدق فى عين الشمس حيث روح الكون حتى تحرقنى عيناي.