Títulos em Ficção Biográfica

Emilie muss sich allein um ihre Tochter Rose kümmern, während Paul eine unerwartete Entscheidung trifft, die die Familie in Aufruhr versetzt. Als auch die aufkommende Industrialisierung die Inseln erreicht, steht die Familie vor einer entscheidenden Frage: Wer soll das Erbe der Plantage Tamalele antreten?

This enthralling narrative explores the opulent history of the 1311 Mali Empire, celebrated as the wealthiest empire in history. Mansa Abubakari II's journey to the other shore heralded a new era of growth for the Mali Empire. Sadly, upon his demise, his captivating Daughter takes the helm, continuing the legacy on the other shore and guiding the kingdom to unprecedented success.

It’s the turn of the twentieth century and Pamela ‘Pixie’ Colman Smith is a young woman of stark contradictions: plucky yet naïve, artistically gifted despite lacking classical training, fascinated by the esoteric but sceptical of the world around her. After the deaths of her beloved mother and her troubled but well-intentioned father, Pixie finds herself in the complex, political world of fin-de-siècle art, trying to get her stunning work seen and to forge a name and a path for herself in life.

Frederikshavn 1931: Im Fischhandel ihrer Familie lernt die neugierige, lebenslustige Caroline den charmanten Kapitän Klarius Mikkelsen kennen. Von seiner Stimme und seinen blauen Augen fühlt sie sich in eine Welt der Entdeckungen in weiter Ferne getragen. Sie folgt ihm in den norwegischen Walfanghafen Sandefjord und setzt durch, dass sie ihn auf seiner nächsten Expedition begleiten darf. 1935 betritt Caroline Mikkelsen als erste Frau das ewige Eis der Antarktis.

Scandal Sisters is a historical novel based on the extraordinary—and nearly erased—true story of Catherine and Charlotte Poillon, two sisters who transformed notoriety into strategy during the Gilded Age and Roaring Twenties. From the salons of Fifth Avenue to the courtrooms of New York, from Parisian hotels to prison cells on Blackwell’s Island, the Poillon sisters moved through high society and the underworld with audacity, wit, and a refusal to play by anyone else’s rules. Catherine, the elder, weaponized scandal with flair.

The year is 1587. A gathering storm looms on the horizon for England. The whole country will soon face one of its greatest trials in history. Shakespeare is twenty-two years old. He is a married father of three young children, living with his family in Stratford-Upon-Avon. He has dreams of doing something important, and going on a great adventure. He loves writing, and yet writing is a painful struggle. He is a man of deeply held faith--but it is being tested. He is shocked at how England is torn apart due to the Reformation. England wages war with Spain, with no end to the fighting in sight.

In the vibrant yet unforgiving world of Ottawa’s art scene, Alex Emin—a struggling artist haunted by family trauma and romantic failures—fights to carve out his legacy while navigating the shadows of great creators like Michelangelo and Picasso. As he wrestles with ambition, love, and identity, Alex’s journey unfolds as a raw and introspective exploration of the human spirit, blending the grit of modern realism with the timeless struggles of literary heroes.

A vida de Ayrton Senna em um romance potente, que narra com realismo, paixão e inventividade suas relações com seus amigos, seus familiares, seus amores, seus adversários e com suas eternas corridas. Nos sentimos próximos da sua vida e dos seus sentimentos durante os anos mais esplendorosos e que marcaram Senna como um dos maiores brasileiros da história.

Действие романа начинается в конце 1960-х, когда джаз и рок еще негласно разрешены. На волне битломании ленинградские студенты создают группу «Зеленые муравьи», играют западный рок и завоевывают успех. Оттепель переходит в застой, русский рок начинает доминировать, влияние традиций и официальных запретов проявляется в различных сферах жизни, и ребята выбирают компромисс, добавляя в репертуар популярные в те годы песни советских авторов.

Faussone, detto Tino, il protagonista di questa «opera prima» di Primo Levi, ovvero del suo primo romanzo d'invenzione, è un operaio specializzato che si lascia alle spalle la dura esperienza della catena di montaggio alla Lancia e gira per il mondo a montare gru, ponti sospesi, strutture metalliche, impianti petroliferi.

Ne pensez vous être qu’ici et maintenant ? Vous imaginez peut-être que les blessures que vous infligez autour de vous ne laissent aucune trace ? Elles sont des cicatrices inscrites comme une empreinte sur votre âme à travers le temps... il vous faudra un jour les regarder en face et les réparer. L’histoire d’Adèle nous embarque dans un voyage intérieur, au travers d’une histoire d’amour hors-norme. Un amour qui défie les lois de la temporalité et de l’espace. D’ailleurs est-il bien réel et qu’est ce que la réalité ?

Lorena di Stella, eine junge alleinerziehende Mutter, kämpft sich durch viele Lebenskrisen hindurch. Sie erlebt zahlreiche Höhen und Tiefen in ihrem Leben. Durch den plötzlichen Tod ihres Vaters — ein erneuter Schicksalsschlag - wird ihr die Endlichkeit des Lebens bewusst. Von da an begibt sie sich auf die Suche nach dem Sinn des Lebens.

How can a smile be so misunderstood? For Nell, it's a sign of friendship. To her male colleagues, it's so much more. With two men intent on securing her affections, and little chance of escape, life for Nell is challenging. Until she finds an unexpected guardian. Her savior is charming and chivalrous, but when he unwittingly causes more problems than he solves, she finally snaps.

First captured in The Life of John Wesley Hardin (1896), the life of America’s most dangerous outlaw was raw, violent, and astonishingly unrepentant. In Hardin Unbound, this Rebirth Series edition reshapes his story into a vivid, cinematic retelling — restoring Hardin’s myth, pride, tragedy, and humanity. From his first kill at fifteen to his fall at the hands of an assassin, Hardin’s journey defies easy judgment. Was he a monster, a martyr, or the inevitable child of a savage frontier?

Nell's dream of traveling on a transatlantic steamship is about to come true. Although not in the way she expected. Life is hard, and with only three women working amongst a crew of eighty, there are challenges Nell had not foreseen. While she struggles to cope with the constant attention of her colleagues, not to mention their criticisms, there are some who will do whatever they can to support her.

In 1846 Yorkshire, the Brontë sisters—Charlotte, Anne, and Emily—navigate precarious lives marked by heartbreak and struggle. Charlotte faces rejection from the man she loves, while their blind father and troubled brother add to their burdens. Despite their immense talent, no one will publish their poetry or novels. Amidst this turmoil, Emily encounters a charming shepherd during her solitary walks on the moors, yet he remains unseen by anyone else. After Emily’s untimely death, Charlotte—now a successful author with Jane Eyre—stumbles upon hidden letters and a mysterious map.

Le mystère reste entier sur les circonstances de l’accident de l’Emmanuel Delmas en 1979 au large des côtes italiennes : la brume, une collision avec un autre navire, très peu de survivants, plusieurs versions divergentes. L’énigme et le drame, l’émotion de son cousin Loïc dans la lumière dorée d’un soir d’août, il n’en faut pas davantage à Marie pour partir sur les traces de Charles Richeux, officier radio du navire.

Каллас — величайшая оперная звезда, всю свою жизнь посвятившая искусству, которое в итоге ее и погубило. Но первой любовью Шмитта всегда оставалась музыка — в юности он мечтал стать композитором, — и теперь он, меломан, эрудит, проницательный знаток человеческих душ, рассказывает историю Марии Каллас, чье столетие со дня рождения мир отметил в 2023 году.

In confident Edwardian Britain, the Asquith family rose to the top of politics and society, only for their world to unravel in the killing fields of the Great War. Their story bears all the hallmarks of a 20th-century Shakespearean tragedy, with Prime Minister H.H. Asquith and his mercurial, charismatic wife, Margot, at its heart. Four children from his first marriage also play central roles in this sweeping family saga.

The epic story behind the Cherokee Trail of Tears, Red Clay, Running Waters follows the little-known lives of John Ridge, a Cherokee man dedicated to his people, and his White wife Sarah, a woman devoted to his search for justice, as the courageous mixed-race couple are swept into the center of the Indian Removal Crisis of the 1830s and the fate of the Cherokee Nation.