Títulos em Ficção Biográfica

Eigentlich ist alles wie immer; Joy mag nur One-Night-Stands, Leonard bangt als alleinerziehender Vater um seinen Job, Violetta ist einsam und unglücklich, Martin reich und unglücklich, und Emma K. lebt mit ihren 91 Jahren zwischen dem Jetzt und Früher. Sie alle wohnen in einer Straße an der Küste und haben nichts miteinander zu tun. Aber nur solange, bis der Mensch begreift, dass er geliebt werden will und damit auf sich selbst zurückgeworfen wird.

Eleven-year-old Akash Patil lives happily with his mother and extended family in a small, secluded community on the American East Coast—a haven for South Asian immigrants. However, an unforeseen tragedy in his town sets off a harrowing sequence of events, disrupting the peace within his family and close-knit neighborhood.

Der Mühlhiasl ist neben Alois Irlmaier der faszinierendste Prophet des deutschen Sprachraumes. Sein bürgerlicher Name lautete Matthäus Lang; er wurde 1753 geboren, lebte im Bayerischen Wald und verstarb im frühen 19. Jahrhundert. Seine umfangreichen Weissagungen, die komplett im Anhang des Buches enthalten sind, trafen oft verblüffend präzise ein. So sagte er etwa den Ausbruch der beiden Weltkriege fast auf den Tag genau voraus – und deshalb sind auch seine Prophezeiungen über einen Dritten Weltkrieg höchst brisant.

Em sua prosa a um só tempo austera e atenta aos detalhes, tão característica da cultura japonesa na qual Nakasato cresceu, Ojiichan mostra que a terceira idade não é a linha de chegada, mas um caminho a ser trilhado, e transborda a beleza e a serenidade necessárias a um mundo ocidental de supervalorização da juventude e da velocidade.

In early 2021, the stock value of PwnShop—a dead to rights bricks-and-mortar retailer disrupted by the digital downloading of video games—inexplicably ballooned overnight. While much has been written about the mechanics of the meme stock short squeezes, no one has yet clarified the chaotic drama of what was happening inside such a company during its zeitgeist moment.

Hollywood producer Ben Howell built an empire on dreams, but died keeping his darkest truth locked away. When his estranged son, Will, discovers a mysterious key among his father’s belongings, it unlocks more than just a hidden journal. It unleashes the voice of a seventeen-year-old boy named Benji, trapped forever on the decks of the Titanic as it plunged toward disaster.

El protagonista de esta novela negrísima, un periodista jubilado con un pasado glorioso como reportero de sucesos, escribe a toda velocidad El leñador, su última novela policiaca, mientras hace balance de su vida e investiga por su cuenta «el crimen de Raspai». En su novela, el inspector-jefe José Pulido debe enfrentarse a su peor caso: el asesinato, a golpes de hacha, del alcalde de una pequeña población mediterránea. Un crimen de una violencia feroz que le hará descender a los sótanos de su propio infierno cuando se tope con el muro de la verdad y del gran dinero.

Steventon, Hampshire, 1795. Jane ha vent'anni e si prepara a festeggiare il Natale insieme alla sua famiglia. Jane è contenta per il matrimonio della sorella, ma sa che da quel momento in poi la madre non si darà pace pur di trovarle un buon partito, e Jane non ha alcuna intenzione di sposarsi. Il suo unico desiderio è quello di scrivere e di diventare, un giorno, una scrittrice di successo.

Ich bin felsenfest davon überzeugt, dass wir die Menschen, die wir aufrichtig lieben, niemals verlieren. Wir treffen uns an einem anderen Ort wieder. Möglicherweise in einer anderen Gestalt oder Lebensform. In jedem Fall bleiben wir für immer zusammen. Spüren einander. Fühlen uns geborgen. Das ist der Himmel.

The Old Writer is losing the plot. Struggling to complete the long-overdue thirteenth and final volume of his cult ‘Leepus’ series of bizarre detective novels, he is exhaustingly distracted by the anarchic reality of his family life. Rude Jude, Jilted John, Vile Viola, ASBO Angie, Cracked Jack and Obscene Irene are the characters of his life story—relatives and children whose dysfunctional lives conspire to undermine his efforts to find them resolution and redemption.

In this historical fiction following Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, join the story from Scotland in 1746. This dramatic story is based on the true events surrounding the Jacobite Rising in the mid 1700s, in which the young prince is embroiled. In Bonnie Prince Charlie’s attempt to tamp out a revolution he finds himself entangled in politics, love, life, and the crushing weight of royalty.

Tantas páginas se han escrito sobre Carlota y Maximiliano que bastarían para tapizar cada muro del Castillo de Chapultepec. ¿Qué más queda entonces por decir? Esta novela no intenta revivir el Imperio mexicano con datos fehacientes ni héroes empolvados por la gloria. Lo que aquí se ofrece es otra cosa: un testimonio alucinante narrado por una cortesana que ha perdido la razón, y que desde ese margen turbio reconstruye la figura esquiva de la emperatriz Carlota. Una loca narrando a otra loca.

Charlotte learns the truth behind the execution of the Royal Romanov family of Russia, revealed to her by the surviving grandson of Tsar Nicholas II, the last full blood Prince of Russia. One of the World's biggest mysteries and tragic events is uncovered after a century of numerous speculations. She must face the threats and dangers from the governments in power wanting to keep the truth hidden. Should she tell the world the secrets being buried or stay silent as the shadow group behind the Monarchies of Europe insists?

On the evening of July 27th, 1890, Vincent van Gogh, aiming for his heart, shot himself with a revolver. He missed. Today, Vincent van Gogh is considered one of history's most brilliant artists, revered by millions the world over. However, he sold only one painting in his lifetime, spent years in insane asylums, and died penniless in a garret. Haunted by his failures, riddled with addiction, and debilitated by mental illness, van Gogh eventually took his own life. What were the circumstances that led to such a fatal decision?

Karl Marx: The Divine Tragedy presents a groundbreaking exploration of Karl Marx’s life, revealing the man not just as a revolutionary thinker, but as a flawed prophet consumed by his own radical vision. Robert Orlando traces Marx's descent through the lens of Dante’s Divine Comedy. unveiling a deeply spiritual and haunting journey through the inferno of Marx’s personal and ideological struggles.

Occupied France, 1942: Psychiatrist Dr. Adélaïde Hautval is arrested for defending a Jewish family. When she’s deported to Auschwitz and assigned to the women’s infirmary, she’s ordered to assist with sterilization experiments under SS doctors—including the infamous Josef Mengele. As the line between healing and harm blurs, Adélaïde makes a choice that could cost her everything. London, 1964: Two decades later, one of the Nazi doctors is on trial—and Adélaïde is the key to exposing the truth.

Daisy DeVoe has left her abusive husband, her father has been pinched for bootlegging, and she’s embarrassed by her rural Kentucky roots. But on the plus side, she’s climbing the ladder in the salon of Paramount Pictures, styling hair for actress Clara Bow. Clara is a handful. The “It” Girl of the Jazz Age personifies the new woman of the 1920s onscreen, smoking, drinking bootleg hooch, and bursting with sex appeal. But her conduct off the set is even more scandalous. Hoping to impose a little order on Clara’s chaotic life, Paramount persuades Daisy to sign on as Clara’s personal secretary.

لعل الخليفة «هارون الرشيد» هو أكثر خلفاء العصر العباسي شهرة ومعرفة بين الناس وذلك لِمَا تَحَقق في عصره من نهضة عِلْمية وأدبية، حيث قَرَّب من مجالسه الشعراء والأدباء وأهل العلم كما ازدهرت حركة التجارة الخارجية ونَمَت العلاقات السياسية بين دولة الخلافة وممالك أوروبا فأهدى الرشيدُ الهدايا النفيسة والطريفة للإمبراطور «شارمان» التي عَكَسَت ما وَصَلَت له الحضارة العربية مِنْ تَقَدُّم آنذاك. أيضًا طار صيت الرشيد إلى أن بَلَغ الغربَ بسبب ما حَكَتْه روايات «ألف ليلة وليلة» عن الحياة الباذخة التي كانت عليها قصور الخليفة. كما يسرد المؤلف في هذا الكتاب الكثيرَ من

My character has been shaped by two opposing forces; the pressure to conform to social norms, and the pressure to be true to myself. To be honest with you, these forces have really torn me apart. They’ve pulled me one way and then the other. At times, they’ve left me questioning my whole entire existence. But please don’t think that I’m angry or morose. I’m not. Because through adversity comes knowledge. I’ve suffered, it’s true. But I’ve learnt from my pain. I’ve become a better person.

All'inizio degli anni Sessanta, a Veules-les-Roses, un piccolo villaggio della Normandia, comincia a circolare una notizia che ha dello straordinario: le lettere indirizzate a Babbo Natale non solo arrivano veramente a destinazione, ma ricevono anche risposta! Dietro questa tenera trovata c'è Magdeleine Morin, responsabile dell'ufficio postale del paese, che, in barba alla regola che le imporrebbe di gettar via le letterine dei bambini, decide invece di aprirle e di fare tutto il possibile per realizzare i sogni che contengono.