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In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Dr Watson records eleven stories revealing the astonishing abilities of the famous consulting detective similar only in exhibiting those unusual and outre features so dear to Holmes, his chronicler and their myriad readers. Watson includes the earliest case of the champion of the law and what tragically seems to be his last.

Григорія Косинку можна назвати одним із найсамобутніших митців лірико-імпресіоністичної прози початку ХХ ст. У його творчості органічно пе-реплелися імпресіоністичні, реалістичні, експресіоністичні стильові тенден-ції. Талант Григорія Косинки найяскравіше розвинувся в жанрі новели. У ранній новелі "Місячний сміх" він дотримувався тих канонів імпресіонізму, які утвердилися у світовій літературі, а пізніше вніс нові риси у свій стиль. Новелістика Косинки має автобіографічне підґрунтя.Про страшні, криваві події Громадянської війни оповідається у новелі "Місячний сміх".

La tradición lo condena: fue el fanático que tembló ante las profecías, el traidor que entregó el poder al invasor, el cobarde que sólo mereció la muerte más ignominiosa. ¿Cómo explicar, entonces, que la caída de Moctezuma haya ocurrido en el momento de mayor esplendor del mundo mexica? En esta apasionante novela, José Luis Trueba Lara indaga sobre la vida del controvertido Tlatoani, especialmente en los acontecimientos poco conocidos que precedieron a la conquista.

Ambrose Palmer, an aspiring actor, journeys through the circles of hell of a brutal industry. We follow him, his lovers, and a small clan of novice performers as they weather the storms of the acting profession. But behind the sex and hilarity lurks the desperation of Thatcher’s England.

Mut kennt kein Kalkül: Der Überfall auf den 20. Deportationszug nach Auschwitz. Am 19. April 1943 stoppen drei junge Männer einen Zug, der 1.618 Juden vom belgischen Sammellager Mechelen nach Auschwitz transportiert. Ausgerüstet mit drei Zangen, einer mit rotem Papier beklebten Sturmleuchte sowie einer Pistole, führen Youra Livchitz, Jean Franklemon und Robert Maistriau einen Plan aus, den jüdische Widerständler erdacht, bewaffnete Partisanen aber als zu riskant verworfen hatten. Sie befreien 17 Männer und Frauen, dann eröffnen die deutschen Bewacher das Feuer.

Benito Juárez fue siempre una figura controvertida, mucho más compleja de lo que ambas visiones dejan atisbar. Alejado de los extremos en que se sitúan la hagiografía y el pasquín furioso, José Luis Trueba Lara presenta a un político hábil, lleno de claroscuros, amado y temido por igual. En esta novela coral, con la que el autor continúa su exploración narrativa por la historia de México, se asoman las voces de Margarita Maza, Concha Miramón, Porfirio Díaz, Ignacio Zaragoza, la emperatriz Carlota y otros personajes de la época.

New York City, 1932: Eva Le Gallienne is trying to save her theatre company from the jaws of the Depression by mounting an innovative new production of Alice in Wonderland. She agrees to give a radio interview for the sake of publicity, but while revisiting the moments that shaped her career, she struggles with the need to keep a significant secret: she and her leading lady are in love. As Eva’s work careens toward catastrophe, she fights to preserve her dream of a people’s theatre—but will she destroy the people she loves in the process?

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Flucht aus dem Iran und der Kampf um Identität und Anerkennung. Seit 1979, mit dem Sturz des Schahs, sind die Töchter der hochgestellten iranischen Familie Valiat im amerikanischen Exil. Nur ihre Mutter, die noch immer Heimat, Tradition und Stolz verkörpert, blieb damals in Iran. Als bei dem alljährlichen Familientreffen in Aspen die Dinge aus dem Ruder laufen und die exaltierte Shirin erst gegen Kaution wieder aus der Arrestzelle entlassen wird, verändert sich etwas in den Frauen, jede muss sich schmerzlichen Fragen stellen.

"Questo miraggio delle partite o delle vite senza sbagli: no, Miša si teneva volentieri il fallimento. Si teneva la vulnerabilità e lo scompiglio. Tanto valeva ubriacarsi o combinare pasticci, ma rispettare sempre la dignità del singolo essere umano. Meglio giocare, giocare per la pura festa di giocare, fino a che giorno e notte non perdano di senso: giocare con la devozione e la letizia dei ragazzini che strillano e non vogliono tornare a casa a fare i compiti o lavarsi - le stupide incombenze del mondo reale".

In July 1933, a gangster staged the kidnapping-for-ransom of an Oklahoma oilman. He would live to regret it. What started clean soon turns messy as two of “Machine Gun” Kelly's partners cut themselves into the action, a determined former Texas Ranger makes tracking Kelly his mission, and his wife, ever alert to her own self-interest, starts playing both sides.

It is Beijing in the 1970s, and Lai lives with her parents, grandmother and younger brother in a small flat in a working-class area. Her grandmother is a formidable figure - no-nonsense and uncompromising, but loving towards her granddaughter - while her ageing beauty of a mother snipes at her father, a sunken figure who has taken refuge in his work. As she grows up, Lai comes to discern the realities of the country she lives is. But she also goes through what anyone goes through when young - the ebbs and flows of friendships; troubles and rewards; and the first steps and missteps in love.