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The village trattoria, Casa Maria, is famed for its food and for Elena, the formidable matriarch who runs it. But now war has come to Umbria. Sophia di Luca cooks brilliantly and expects to take over the trattoria from Elena one day. But instead it is charismatic, unpredictable Giorgio Capaldi who has inherited it and now arrives from Rome to run it. While Sophia and Giorgio clash, the town falls under Nazi occupation. And when no one knows who to trust, it is Casa Maria that becomes the centre for secrets, dangerous passions and ultimately betrayal.

García Márquez y Vargas Llosa se conocieron en el aeropuerto de Caracas, en agosto de 1967. Con apenas treinta y un años, Vargas Llosa era ya un escritor aclamado por la crítica. García Márquez, cuarenta años cumplidos, encontraba por fin el éxito editorial con Cien años de soledad, publicada ese año en Buenos Aires. Antes de confundirse en un abrazo en el aeropuerto de Caracas que dio inicio formal a la amistad, los dos genios de la literatura se habían escrito cartas y leído mutuamente con admiración.

New to the Windsor court, beautiful and quick-witted Felise Scelfton instantly becomes the coveted object of desire. Spurred on by her flirtatious manner and rumors of her dowry, knights brandish their swords for her hand in marriage, but King Henry II has already decided her fate—His royal command gives her hand to Sir Royce Leighton, the scarred and brooding lord of Segeland, in order to seal a political alliance. Despite a tempestuous beginning, their arranged marriage gives way to desire, and Royce’s bitter memories are soothed by his alluring young wife.

Before the foundation of the Now (the realm of existence for us biological life) Gaia formed titans to assist in the creation of the physical world. is the story of the titans before the human race based on Hesiod and other early Greek myths. How did Cronus take power from his father and lose it to his son? How did Zeus become the supreme Olympian? Why so many wives? What role does Eros play? The lusty experimental animated musical comedy drama will be captured in albums, videos, graphic novels, and audiobooks.

Can love restore a broken spirit? In the spring of 1950, an ex-Flying Tiger pilot came home from China to die. After flying for General Chennault against the Japanese, Howie Hill flew for Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Chinese air force against Mao’s Communist air force. In 1949, the Nationalists lost. Captain Hill’s family—his Chinese wife, son and daughter, and in-laws—went missing and were presumed dead, killed by the victorious Communist armies. In his P-40 fighter, Captain Hill escaped to Taiwan, but apparently none of his family or relatives had made it to the coast and the escape-boats.

A novel that leaps across centuries past and future, as if different eras were separated by only a door. Lina and her father arrive at an enclave called The Sea, a staging post between migrations, with only a few possessions. In this mysterious and shape-shifting place, a building made of time, pasts and futures collide. Lina befriends her neighbors: Bento, a Jewish scholar in seventeenth-century Amsterdam; Blucher, a philosopher in 1930s Germany fleeing Nazi persecution; and Jupiter, a poet of Tang Dynasty China.

Heart of Coal is a dual narrative following the story of Wannie, a man who defied the odds despite a difficult upbringing marked by abuse, poverty, and disadvantage. The story alternates between Wannie's own experiences and those of his grandson, who idolizes and learns from him.

Im Jahr 1883 will Leonhard Mahler im weit entfernten Java sein Glück finden – wie viele andere Europäer sucht er den schnellen Reichtum. Leonhards Onkel lebt bereits in der niederländischen Kolonie, doch er ist nicht der ehrbare Geschäftsmann, für den sein Neffe ihn hält … Dagegen versucht Femke, die Tochter eines niederländischen Kolonialbeamten, fortzukommen von diesem Ort und löst dabei einen Skandal in der Gesellschaft von Javas Hauptstadt Batavia aus. Und dann ist da noch Bimo, ein junger javanischer Taschendieb, der davon träumt, irgendwie nach Europa zu gelangen.

Texas Ranger Matt Taggert is on the trail of a wanted man. He has good reason to believe that Ellie-May's late husband was involved in a stagecoach robbery, and he's here to see justice done. But when he arrives in town, he discovers the thief has become a local hero … and his beautiful young widow isn't too happy to see some lawman out to tarnish her family's newly spotless reputation.

'Who can resist a smart, resourceful and independent Regency heroine? Prepare to fall head over heels' Good Housekeeping 'A rip-roaring, helter-skelter adventure careening breathlessly through Regency society… An uproarious delight ' Historical Novel Society 1812 Lord Elgin’s Greek marbles...

"Of all the conundrums that have puzzled Sherlockian scholars, few have been thornier than the "vexed question" of Dr. Watson's wives. In these ten stories, listeners will meet the all-but-unknown women who preceded and succeeded Mary Morstan, as well as learning more about poor Mary's fate. Other cases involve Our Heroes with all levels of Victorian society, including prime ministers and prostitutes, aristocrats and generals, amateur sleuths and Scotland Yarders, composers, novelists, and even ghosts.

Set amongst the glittering backdrop of London's iconic Savoy hotel, a young woman is forced to confront her troubled past as she uncovers the story of the hotel’s first female bartender who has been erased from the history books—"an exhilarating, tender read that will leave you smiling"...

A startling take on the life and tragic death of one of the most prolific artists in history, challenging the conventional theory that Van Gogh killed himself but was, in fact, murdered. Dedicated to revealing the truth behind what really happened to Vincent van Gogh and unraveling the mystery of who killed him.

الحرب الأولى نعرف نهايتها جيدًا، هي الحرب الأهلية الأمريكية بين ولايات الجنوب الإقطاعي والشمال الصناعي، حرب تحرير العبيد وإعطائهم الحق في الاقتراع، والشعارات...

Ever wonder what life is like on a touring ice-skating show? How many people travel with the show, how do you pack two fifty-pound suitcases with a year’s worth of clothes, shoes, and supplies? Do you pay your own hotel and transportation? Speaking of pay, what do they pay? How do you cook in a hotel room? And who is hooking up with whom? This semi autobiography is a humorous look into the world of a traveling show about how to live this type of life on the road.

Lima, 1954: Auf Einladung eines spanischen Archäologenteams gelangen der amerikanische Archäologe Professor Crichton und seine Studenten um Max Falkenburg nach Peru. Die Spanier sind dort auf der Suche nach der legendären Inka-Stadt Paititi. Aber schon kurz nach ihrer Ankunft in Südamerika werden die Archäologen das Ziel eines Anschlags. Der Gefahr trotzend, gelingt es den Forschern, einer der vergessenen Legenden der Inka auf die Spur zu kommen: Dem sagenumwobenen Stab des Inkarrí! Ihre Expedition führt sie bis in die entlegensten Gebiete der Anden, wo der Mythos seinen Ursprung hat.

Zeitungsverlegerin Penny von Borg wird Opfer eines Diebstahls. Der Täter ist ein heiserer Mann namens Carl Schultz. Gemeinsam mit dem Abenteurer Mark Winter sucht sie nach ihm. Doch Schultz ist spurlos verschwunden und zwei Personen, die Hinweise geben könnten, werden ermordet, ehe sie den Mund aufmachen können. Zu dumm, dass Penny und Mark für die Polizei als Täter in Frage kommen. Auf der Suche nach Schultz verschlägt es die beiden in das Urlaubsparadies Gran Canaria und auch nach Marseille.

Since her childhood, Lady Lilias Cameron has been skeptically waiting for a prophecy regarding a mysterious man she is to wed to come true. And then the very man described by the seer is introduced as her escort to a doomed marriage—and is also the man who has arranged this disastrous alliance. Brooding and handsome, she cannot help the sparks of awareness he triggers. Nor can she ignore the deep desire to be true to herself.

At the end of The Hawk and the Dove Father Peregrine is horribly injured in an attack originating from his previous life as a nobleman, before his calling to the monastic way. Now, badly crippled, he finds himself humbled to request assistance of his fellow monks in the simplest task. Nevertheless the old indomitable spirit burns brightly. When he is asked to contribute to a conference on justice he finds himself ranged against the formidable Prior William.

Als Katzenmama Mimí, der kleine Taro und seine vier Geschwister ganz unvermittelt in Norikos Leben treten, weiß sie noch nicht, dass mit der Katzenfamilie auch das Glück in ihr Haus einzieht. Denn die Kunst der Achtsamkeit und unsere tiefe Sehnsucht nach Begegnungen, die von Liebe geprägt sind, lässt sich nirgends besser erfahren als im Umgang mit den schnurrenden Persönlichkeiten.