Novedades

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.

“Sean Miller - a rogue of the first water; a former Army sniper, he seems unable to stay out of a fight.” Sean Miller’s fighting a guerrilla war in Spain when he’s called back to Britain. His task? To seek out an assassin as dangerous as himself. A sniper whose deadly aim could plunge the world into war. As the shadow of the Nazis falls across Europe, a sinister conspiracy plots a secret war closer to home. Miller’s pursuit leads from the menacing alleys of London’s East End to the lonely mountains of Scotland. A duel to the death where there can be only one victor in the ...

Sophia leads an ordinary life in her quaint home in Richmond-upon-Thames, content with her role as a wife and mother. But when she stumbles upon a wartime mystery surrounding her great aunt Lily, her world is turned upside down. Through a collection of letters, journals, and old photographs kept by Lily during World War Two, Sophia uncovers a tale of forbidden love between her aunt and an Italian man named Luigi Leoni. As the letters grow increasingly intense, Sophia watches as Lily's chances for happiness slip away, leaving behind only secrets and regrets. Determined to solve the mystery ...

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.

She crossed a continent for a marriage of convenience. He needed a wife to save his claim. Neither expected to discover love—among the bones of ancient giants. When Boston-bred Catherine Prescott answers Jack Bradshaw’s advertisement for a wife, she steps into the Montana wilderness—and into a partnership that challenges them both. Facing legal betrayal, academic rivalries, and the unforgiving frontier, they must fight for their claim, their discoveries, and the fragile love blooming between them. A clean western historical romance of fossils, faith, and finding home in the ...

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 ...

Ring of White Roses: Two Short Stories Featuring King Richard III. PORT IN A STORM. A stranded modern-day traveller in the little town of Bridport encounters what she thinks is a film crew in action. She's wrong. The strands of time have unwoven and King Richard is in town, enjoying a relaxing banquet after dealing with the Duke of Buckingham's rebellion. MERCY JESU-- A story based on the legend that during the Scottish wars of the early 1480's, Richard Duke of Gloucester took a Scottish mistress and gave her a ring with the inscription Mercy Jesu. (The ring does in fact exist but its ...

Claire and Philippe's peaceful life in their small French town is shattered when they discover that their past has caught up with them. With the Nazis closing in on them once more, they must face the harsh reality that their safety and the safety of their loved ones is not guaranteed. As Philippe joins the resistance movement, determined to make a difference, Claire is captured by the enemy, but she remains resolute in her determination to fight against the German forces. With their lives in turmoil, they are forced to make tough decisions that will determine their fate. But even in the ...

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.

Katarina was sold away to a man she did not know. Such was the fate of many a young girl in the 17th century.The marriage would combine the power of two families. Fate has other ideas. Not only is she saved from the old, wicked Count, she is found by a powerful man. But there is much more to her than she knows. Heinrich is going to save her - just in time. #TheStoryTeller

أحفظ ملامح كلّ جثّة على رغم التبدّل الذي يطرأ عليها ساعةً فساعة. ملامح كانت طافحة بِدَم العافية، لَون الحياة. وراحت تذوي حتى مال لونها إلى الصفرة المتّشحة بالزرقة، هذا المزيج هو لون الموت. كرهتُ اللون الأزرق الذي هو الإشارة الأولى لبدء ذبول البدن ثم تحلّله. ولطالما تفاديتُ النظر إلى السماء في أيّام الصحو، كي لا تذكّرني زرقتها بزرقة الموت.

At the turn of the twentieth century, two young men from Palakkad, Puthu and Krishnan, meet aboard a ship bound for Malaya, and strike up an instant connection. Over the next two decades, they set up a restaurant in Singapore selling curry puffs and kopi, become successful, get married and start families. However, Krishnan harbours a dark secret that threatens to destroy the dreams he and Puthu have built together, a secret that only carelessness can reveal…

El Mariscal de Campo Tamas ha liderado el golpe de estado en Adro. La aristocracia decadente y corrupta ha terminado en la guillotina y el pueblo hambriento ahora tiene comida. Pero además ha provocado la guerra en las Nueve Naciones, ataques internos de los realistas y lucha encarnizada por el dinero y el poder entre quienes suponía eran sus aliados: la Iglesia, los trabajadores y los mercenarios.

Abril de 1941, Romsey, Inglaterra. Hace más de veinte años que Josephine Fox, Jo, no pisa el pueblo en el que nació. Nunca supo quién era su padre y su madre jamás hablaba de él, tampoco su abuelo controlador. Siendo hija ilegítima, siempre fue la vergüenza de la familia. Sin embargo, un día decide volver al que fue su hogar a pesar de todo para descubrir el secreto que se esconde tras su propio nacimiento, un secreto que su familia ha guardado celosamente durante años.

En los albores de la Gran Guerra, el teniente Anton Hofmiller recibe una invitación para acudir al castillo del magnate húngaro Lajos von Kekesfalva, cuya hija, que sufre parálisis crónica, se enamora del joven oficial. Hofmiller, que sólo siente compasión por la joven Edith, decidirá ocultar sus verdaderos sentimientos y le hará tener esperanzas en una pronta recuperación. Llega incluso a prometerse con ella, pero no reconoce su noviazgo en público. Como un criminal en la oscuridad, Hofmiller se refugiará en la guerra, de donde regresará como un auténtico héroe.