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The story blends a bit of imagination with the true story about six-year-old Paddy and his life in New York City, to rural Kilkenny County in Ireland, in the 1960s, and back again to New York, and how he learned that Banshees are real while also managing to navigate and survive a broken home and a variety of other early-life challenges. The boy’s name may not really be Paddy, but to tell this story, a hint of Irishness and anonymity may be necessary.

Josefine Mutzenbacher - ihr Name lautete in Wirklichkeit ein wenig anders - wurde zu Wien, in der Vorstadt Hernals am 20. Februar 1852 geboren. Sie stand frühzeitig unter sittenpolizeilicher Kontrolle und übte ihr Gewerbe zuerst in wohlfeilen Freudenhäusern der äußeren Bezirke, dann im Dienste einer Kupplerin, die während des wirtschaftlichen Aufschwungs - und Ausstellungsjahres 1873 - die vornehmere Lebewelt mit Mädchenware versorgte.

Through dreams of fever and fantasy, Jane Seymour, third and most beloved wife of King Henry VIII remembers her childhood and the path forged to the Tudor Court: a path forged in flame and ashes.

Das neue Hörbuch von Arno Geiger - aufrichtig und lebensklug. Frühmorgens bricht ein junger Mann mit dem Fahrrad in die Straßen der Stadt auf. Was er dort tut, bleibt sein Geheimnis. Zerschunden und müde kehrt er zurück. Und oft ist er glücklich. Jahrzehntelang hat Arno Geiger ein Doppelleben geführt. Jetzt erzählt er davon. "Wenn man jung ist, ist alles einfach wie Messer und Gabel." Und doch bleibt die Frage, die sich jeder stellt: Wie finde ich meinen Weg durchs Leben? Arno Geiger erzählt von seinem sehr persönlichen Umgang damit. Wie er Dinge tat, die andere unterlassen.

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Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand. Typically that would be: work in the fields for a few years; have a few babies; give them to mum to take care of and get back to work until her kids had their own children, and it would be her turn to stop working to take care of them.

Andrea Sawatzkis ungeschminkter autobiografischer Roman. Keine Kindheit wie jede andere. Eine, die Andrea Sawatzki wie in einem Kurzfilm einfängt: 1971 wird der Journalist Günther Sawatzki von seiner Stelle in London abzogen und geht zu seiner Familie nach Deutschland zurück. Aber er will sein altes Leben aufgeben und mit seiner Geliebten zusammen sein, mit der er eine Tochter hat: Andrea. Doch bald stellt sich heraus, dass dieser weltläufige und gebildete Mann schwer krank ist.

The 1960s brought Seth and Payton all they'd fantasized about—perfect friendships, a successful four-man band, and most importantly, each other. Together they embarked on a tour that brought them stimulating highs and shattering lows, and they prospered and suffered in one another's arms. The two men carried each other and carried a group that created both a history and a future for rock. But, at some point, their music blurred with the news of their love, and the world was faced with the choice to embrace its heroes or revert back to its deep-rooted prejudices.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Vivekanand and experience a cultural novel based on the life of Swami Vivekananda.

Memories and Scenes: Shtetl, Childhood, Writers is the first English translation of 11 autobiographical short stories by the beloved and successful 19th century Eastern European Yiddish writer Jacob Dinezon (1852 -1919). Friend and mentor to almost every major Jewish literary figure of his day, including Sholem Abramovitsh (Mendele Moykher Sforim), I.L. Peretz, Sholem Aleichem, S. An-ski, and Abraham Goldfaden, Dinezon played a central role in the development of Yiddish as a modern literary language.

Une femme se raconte en sept nuits : de la première alors qu'elle veille sa mère qui va mourir et que lui revient le souvenir de ses 7 ans à Berlin en 1943 quand avec cette mère jeune, belle et intrépide elle traverse la ville en ruines pour rencontrer dans une prison ce père qu'elle ne connaissait pas, à la presque dernière ce sont des nuits nourries par la passion, l'attente ou le désespoir, il lui faudra la dernière pour connaître l'apaisement. Une initiation en sept étapes, un roman porté par un souffle de poésie et une interrogation profondément contemporaine.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator’s Wife, a “rich exploration of two Hollywood friends who shaped the movies” (USA Today)—screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford “Full of Old Hollywood glamour and true details...

As America embraces the 1950s, that brash upstart called television is poaching Hollywood's turf, inch by inch. If the studios don't do something drastic, they may lose the battle. When screenwriter Marcus Adler fell afoul of the blacklist, Europe offered sanctuary. Hollywood lures him back, but the specter of Joseph McCarthy forces Marcus to fight for a final chance to clear his name.

It is 1556 and the queen's astrologer, the prophet Nostradamus has uncovered a secret that could destroy the kingdom of France. The queen, Catherine de Medicis, a dabbler in black magic, has decided to get rid of the king's mistress by seeking out the legendary Undying Head of Menander the Magus, known as the Master of All Desires. But she does not know that evil befalls all those who wish upon this accursed object. And the head, in its coffer, has fallen into the possession of a charming, wryly perceptive but stubborn young woman: Sybille Artaud de la Roche.

Primera entrega de esta trilogía que nos permite conocer de boca de la propia Cleopatra su verdadera historia: una historia fascinante de ambición, pasión y traición.

“Fast Girls is a compelling, thrilling look at what it takes to be a female Olympian in pre-war America...Brava to Elise Hooper for bringing these inspiring heroines to the wide audience they so richly deserve.”—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics and The...

1522, England. Anne Boleyn has lived an adventurous youth in the glittering courts of Europe, now, promised in marriage to a man she knows nothing of, Anne has been called home by her ambitious father. She will enter the English Court, to find many admirers courting her. Anne finds potential for love in three men, but there is one... more unexpected than all the others, who claims her heart. The beginning of a love which would change the course of English history, and shake the foundations of the Church... The courtier's daughter who captured the heart of a king, Anne Boleyn.

Per il suo sessantesimo compleanno decide di farsi un regalo: seguire un desiderio nascosto, lasciare ciò che ha per andare altrove. Un pezzo alla volta, la donna apre a chi legge il suo cuore, come l'armadio in cui custodisce la sua collezione di porcellane. Sino al giorno in cui capisce che accettare di essere come sei, anche quando non corrisponde all'idea che gli altri hanno di te, alle aspettative che nutrono, è l'unico modo per iniziare a vivere davvero.

A mesmerizing true story of a fierce iron age queen.... It's 47 CE, Britannia. Boudica, the daughter of a tribal chief, wants nothing more than to be a warrior, though duty mandates she wed and have sons for her tribe. But when the mighty Roman Empire betrays her people, she must make a choice. Avoid bloodshed for the sake of peace, or stand up to the most powerful enemy in the known world.

What happens when a king loses his prowess? The day Henry IV could finally declare he had vanquished his enemies, he threw it all away with an infamous deed. No English king had executed an archbishop before. And divine judgment was quick to follow. Many thought he was struck with leprosy—God's greatest punishment for sinners. From that point on, Henry's health was cursed and he fought doggedly on as his body continued to betray him—reducing this once great warrior to an invalid. Fortunately for England, his heir was ready and eager to take over.