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A selection of poems by Hannah More on various topics. A word about the author: Hannah More (1745-1833) was born in Gloucestershire, England. In middle age, she was closely connected with William Wilberforce and his fellow abolitionists. She was also a friend of the evangelical hymn-writer John Newton. She wrote moral stories and ballads on many topics and was one of the most successful writers, and perhaps the most influential Christian woman, of her day.

Anita Sethi was on a journey through Northern England when she became the victim of a race-hate crime. The crime was a vicious attack on her right to exist in a place on account of her race. After the event, Anita experienced panic attacks and anxiety. A crushing sense of claustrophobia made her long for wide open spaces, to breathe deeply in the great outdoors. She was intent on not letting her experience stop her travelling freely and without fear.

C'era una volta il mito della Miami patinata, di una metropoli dalle tinte pastello, evocata dagli spot pubblicitari o dalle corse sulla Ferrari bianca di Miami Vice. Era un miraggio di palme e cocaina, spiagge e grattacieli, che nascondeva una città spettacolarmente depressa in cui il Sud della Florida sembrava trascolorare nella Cuba del Nord. Un avamposto occidentale dei Caraibi che aveva poco a che vedere con New York e Los Angeles, e molto da spartire con Caracas e Bogotá. Miami era una chimera tropicale, ricca di pettegolezzi e povera di memoria.

Once in a time beyond all reckoning, in a distant corner of the universe, there existed a planet known as Xalora. It was a realm of infinite wonders, a place where beings thrived under the radiant light of ancient wisdom. Among these enlightened entities was a goddess named Asmina, whose soul radiated with the essence of cosmic knowledge.

When Donna Marie Gentile escaped from a home for delinquent girls and made her way to San Diego she had big dreams. She worked in security for a while and even dreamed of joining the police department. But things didn’t work out as she planned, and she found that the only way to survive was by turning to prostitution. Donna allowed herself to be befriended by several police officers thinking that this would afford her some protection in her dangerous life on the streets. Instead she was ultimately victimized by some of the same police to whom she had turned for help. But Donna was a fighter.

Dopo la pubblicazione di un romanzo mendace e offensivo sulla sua vita, il ricchissimo finanziere Andrew Bevel, diventato milionario dopo alcune speculazioni seguite al crollo in Borsa del ’29, assume la giovane Ida Partenza, figlia di un anarchico italiano, perché lo aiuti a scrivere un’autobiografia in grado di raccontare finalmente la verità sui suoi successi e sulla sua defunta moglie, Mildred. Ida intuisce presto che nemmeno dalla sua penna, strettamente controllata dal committente, uscirà il ritratto fedele di una donna complessa la cui reale personalità continua a sfuggirle.

Anita Anand tells the remarkable story of one Indian's 20-year quest for revenge, taking him around the world in search of those he held responsible for the Amritsar massacre of 1919, which cost the lives of hundreds. When Sir Michael O'Dwyer, the lieutenant governor of Punjab, ordered brigadier general Reginald Dyer to Amritsar, he wanted him to bring the troublesome city to heel. Sir Michael had become increasingly alarmed at the effect Gandhi was having on his province as well as recent demonstrations, strikes and shows of Hindu-Muslim unity.

One spring morning, Jodi Gibbons got up and went to school as she did every day. Her young life went sideways though when the police found that her mother had been brutally killed during the night. Twenty years later, many in Pine Grove believe Jodi got away with murder. After all, how could she have possibly slept through her mother’s violent death in the very next room? After decades of silence, Jodi accepts investigative journalist Nikki Bryant’s invitation to tell her side of the story. However, before the interview can take place, someone silences Jodi permanently.

Folks in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, claim that where Nikki Bryant goes, trouble is not far behind. Her refusal to back down from a challenge has made Nikki Bryant a top investigative journalist. When an online friend nudges her to join him in a pact to reconnect with their first loves, Nikki and her boxer dog Elmo leave the bright lights of Las Vegas for the charming town of Pine Grove. There, she must face the biggest challenges in her career and life - the first love she had left behind and her father’s unsolved murder.

Elsa de' Giorgi è stata una donna bellissima, una delle più belle del suo tempo; un'attrice importante nell'epoca dei telefoni bianchi ma invisa al regime fascista per le sue coraggiose posizioni politiche che la porteranno dopo pochi anni a sostenere concretamente la Resistenza romana. Grazie al matrimonio con il nobile Contini Bonacossi poté contare su una collezione d'arte che spaziava da Cimabue a Goya. E nella sua casa, ormai circolo letterario di alto profilo, fecero capolino molte tra le figure letterarie più importanti degli anni cinquanta.

A beautiful and brilliant portrait of two generations of women. Set in India’s railway colonies, this is the story of Kamini and her mother, Saroja, nicknamed Tamarind Mem due to her sour tongue. While in Canada beginning her graduate studies, Kamini receives a postcard from her mother saying she has sold their home and is traveling through India.

Hugo Pratt, con “Una ballata del mare salato” realizzò nel 1967 un fumetto estremamente innovativo. In quest’indimenticabile avventura corale compare per la prima volta il suo ironico antieroe, Corto Maltese.

When best friends Priya, Isobel, Caitlin, Eshe, and Shayne met, they swore to chase dreams, not drama. Now years later, Priya Seth is determined to win the coveted one-year mentorship with her idol at New York’s hottest law firm. Her rival? Last night’s hookup, Hadrian Marek. Despite having a privileged upper hand, Hadrian is willing to form an alliance. Priya’s only condition? No sex.

A guide and step-by-step manual for pre-menopausal and menopausal women to take charge and begin wall pilates out of the comfort of their own homes.

Swahili is the future. The first collection of contemporary Swahili fiction of its kind, No Edges introduces eight East African writers—including Clara Momanyi (tr. Enoch Matundura), Katama G. C. Mkangi (tr. Richard Prins), and Euphrase Kezilahabi (tr. Duncan Ian Tarrant)—as they share tales of insects, mass transit, begrudging wizards, carceral spaceships en route to eternity, and more. These stories present the joy-filled chaos of life on a crowded Earth (particularly cities in Tanzania and Kenya), as well as the mysteries that extend well beyond it.

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Anita Rau Badami's acclaimed novel Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? chronicles the stories of three women, linked in love and tragedy, over a span of fifty years, sweeping from the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 to the explosion of Air India flight 182 off the coast of Ireland in 1985.

Nele will in den Sommerferien ganz dringend ihr Taschengeld aufbessern. Zum Glück wird auf dem Bauernhof von Lukas jede helfende Hand gebraucht. Denn dort gibt es seit dem Sommer eine Hofmilchbar mit Leckereien frisch vom Bauernhof für Fahrradtouristen. Kurzerhand bewirbt sich Nele als Mädchen für alles und erlebt einen Sommer voller wunderbarer Überraschungen.

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