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In September of 1892, Oscar Wilde and his family retreated to the idyllic Norfolk countryside for a holiday. His wife, Constance, has every reason to be happy: two beautiful sons, a stellar reputation as an advocate for progressive causes, and a delightfully charming and affectionate husband and father, who is perhaps the most famous man in England. But as an assortment of houseguests arrive, including an aristocratic young wannabe poet named Lord Alfred Douglas, Constance gradually—and then all at once—comes to see that her husband's heart is elsewhere.

Feeling life is slipping him by, an American agriculturalist heads to Vietnam to try and make a difference in the lives of the people as part of President Johnson's 'Hearts and Minds' campaign. There is just one big problem - there's a war going on. Eddie joins a small group of civilian advisors chosen to work with local farmers to help make Vietnam once again self-sufficient in rice. He is drawn to the adventure, the challenge, and the opportunity to make a difference, but he is leaving some problems behind.

Will Self is one of the most inimitable contemporary writers in the English language. In this brilliantly conceived new novel Self turns his forensic eye and technicolor imagination to the troubled life of his mother, Elaine. Standing by the mailbox outside 1100 Hemlock Street in Ithaca, New York, Elaine thinks of her husband and child inside her house and wonders: is this . . . it? As she begins to push back against the strictures of her life in 1950s America, she undertakes a disastrous affair that places her marriage to an Ivy League academic and former Communist Party member in peril.

Jean Mancilla, dans un récit comme une confidence, raconte les 25 premières années de sa vie. Enfant en proie à la violence paternelle, perdu face à l'indifférence maternelle, il est, malgré son goût de la lecture, sa passion pour la poésie et ses aptitudes aux études, retiré de l'école dès 14 ans pour être mis en apprentissage... L'auteur prête sa voix à ce roman émouvant. Il sait lui donner toute la profondeur et l'émotion qui conviennent à ce texte où le narrateur semble confier au lecteur comme on murmure à l'oreille le récit de sa vie. Une interprétation pleine de retenue et de vérité.

Easy Does It, the Story of Mac is a biographical novel written by the late Doctor William D. Silkworth MD about an alcoholic named Mac who recovers from alcoholism in Alcoholics Anonymous. Mac seeks help from a church pastor know throughout the text as the Padre. Together they learn all about Mac’s alcoholism and the Padre helps Mac along as Mac finds sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous. In the course of the novel the listener learns in depth about alcoholism and alcoholics anonymous in altogether human terms.

Maxine Gamble's journey seems to be full of unexpected twists and turns. As she navigates through family life, a career in healthcare, intimacy issues betrayal, and losses, her path seems clearer day after day. Along the way, she encounters a lot she didn't expect. After experiencing a devastating fall-out in her childhood home, Maxine is determined to keep her own family from being torn apart. The challenges of being a medical caregiver continue to fuel this single mom's drive to push past politics, prejudice, and career advancement issues.

Wilma è il romanzo del "caso Montesi": il fatto di cronaca nera che fece tremare i palazzi del potere nell’Italia del dopoguerra. L’11 aprile 1953, sulla spiaggia di Torvajanica, a circa quaranta chilometri da Roma, il corpo di una giovane donna viene trovato riverso sulla battigia. Il suo nome era Wilma Montesi, una ragazza di ventun anni "con qualche vaga aspirazione cinematografica". In apparenza sembra essersi trattato di uno sfortunato incidente, ma molti particolari non tornano.

El Suicida Sustituto de Giovanni Papini es una novela filosófica e introspectiva que explora las profundidades de la desesperación humana y el cuestionamiento existencial. La narrativa gira en torno al protagonista, quien, desilusionado de la vida, decide poner fin a su propia existencia. Sin embargo, antes de llevar a cabo su plan, se encuentra con una figura misteriosa que le ofrece una alternativa: un suicidio sustituto. Este enigmático personaje lleva al protagonista a un viaje de autodescubrimiento, desafiando sus creencias y percepciones sobre la vida, la muerte y el significado de la existencia.

En esta fascinante historia solo está Manrique. Es un iluso joven que es arrastrado por su soledad. Quizás buscando salir de esa soledad que cada vez se apodera más de él, le parece ver a una muy linda damisela perdida entre la espesura de la noche. Este, se enamora perdidamente de esta aparición. A lo largo de su extravagante fascinación, logra desarrollar un completo apego y unas fantasías increíbles con esta persona, que en realidad solo vive en la mentalidad de Manrique. Todo esto sigue sin parar hasta que finalmente logra desvelar el famoso misterio de la chica de sus sueños.

El 3 de octubre de 2022 inició un viaje inesperado. Algunos dirán que fue un largo sueño, pero yo estoy convencido de que en verdad estuve muy lejos de aquí. Durante 22 días, mientras mi cuerpo permaneció en una cama de hospital, otra parte de mí viajó a un sitio donde me enfrenté a verdades ineludibles que todavía sigo descifrando. Pero ahora entiendo que, si volví, fue para compartir contigo la experiencia de convertirme en sobreviviente.

En la tierra de los «niños radiactivos», las frutas monstruosas de la Zona, los cielos rojos y los hombres alcohólicos, enfermos o desorientados, las mujeres resisten haciendo de la cotidianidad un refugio. Desde la Buenos Aires a la que emigró con su familia, Natalia Litvinova rompe el silencio de su madre para reconstruir en Luciérnaga toda una estirpe acallada.

La guerra ha terminado. España está en ruinas. En el cementerio de Alicante exhuman los restos de José Antonio Primo de Rivera. Sus camaradas falangistas van a llevarlo a hombros hasta enterrarlo en El Escorial, morada de reyes, sepulcro imperial. Durante once días y diez noches, el cortejo fantasmagórico avanzará por pueblos y ciudades entre hogueras, escarcha, brazos enhiestos y propaganda: una epopeya fascista de 467 kilómetros para demostrar quién manda en la nueva España.

La baronessa Melusine von der Schulenburg è giovane, indipendente e ribelle: refrattaria a ogni obbligo, pretende di avere gli stessi diritti dei maschi, vuole studiare, rifiuta sia di prendere marito che di farsi monaca, e sostiene di riuscire a parlare con i morti. Accetta di fare da dama di compagnia alla corte di Hannover solo per incontrare Leibniz, che lì studia. Ma a corte non è facile inserirsi: tutti iniziano a chiamarla, con astio, la Pertica, perché alta e slanciata com’è non è certo una bellezza, e le regole imposte dall’etichetta le tolgono la libertà che andava cercando.

A poet’s life is turned inside out by a sudden, wrenching pain. The pain brings him to his knees, and eventually to the ICU. Confined to bed, plunged into the dysfunctional American healthcare system, he struggles to understand what is happening to his body, as someone who has lived for many years in his mind. This is a searching, sweeping novel set at the furthest edges of human experience, where the forces that give life value – art, memory, poetry, music, care – are thrown into sharp relief.

Der biografische Roman »Sanssouci war nicht mehr frei« erzählt die wahre Geschichte einer spektakulären Flucht aus einem DDR-Gefängnis. 1961 trennt der Bau der Berliner Mauer mehr als 13.000 Familien–auch die von Liane Kirchner. Dieter Hötger, der Ehemann ihrer Großmutter, gräbt zusammen mit einem Freund 1962 einen Tunnel vom Westen in den Osten Berlins. Sie wollen beide ihre Familien zu sich holen, doch ihr Plan wird verraten: Am Tunnelausgang erwartet sie eine Maschinengewehr-Salve der Stasi.

Der Roman über eine abenteuerliche Flucht, der auf der wahren Geschichte des Autors Matthias Lisse - bekannt als Autor spannender und erfolgreicher historischer Romane unter dem Pseudonym Mac P. Lorne - basiert, und gleichermaßen eine anrührende Familiengeschichte: Berlin 13. August 1961. Der Traum vom "Arbeiter- und Bauernparadies" ist ausgeträumt, und wie viele andere haben Wolfgang Leipold und seine Frau nur ein Ziel: die DDR, zusammen mit ihrem kleinen Sohn Marcus, so schnell wie möglich zu verlassen.

Sie sucht ihre Vergangenheit und findet ihre Zukunft Am Weihnachtsmorgen 1889 wird Fanny im Allgemeinen Wiener Krankenhaus geboren. Ihre Mutter besteht auf einer anonymen Geburt und verlässt das Krankenhaus kurz danach ohne ihr Kind. Fanny wächst im Findelhaus auf, wo sie von der Oberpflegerin Josepha mit liebevoller Strenge erzogen wird. Sie muss früh lernen, sich durchzusetzen und wird eine erfolgreiche Maßschneiderin, deren Entwürfe in der Modewelt Trends setzen. Das ungelöste Rätsel ihrer Herkunft lässt sie nie los, aber alle Spuren zu ihren Wurzeln führen ins Nichts.

Standing by the mailbox in Ithaca, New York, Elaine thinks of her child and husband, an Ivy League academic, inside her house and wonders...is this it? As she begins to push back against the strictures of her life in 1950s America, she undertakes a disastrous affair that ends her marriage and upends her life. Based on the intimate diaries Will Self's mother kept for over forty years, Elaine is a writer's attempt to reach the almost unimaginable realm of a parent's interior life prior to his own existence.