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If you have found this booklet, I am hopefully already dead, buried next to my father and mother, within spitting distance of Thomas, Elsie, and Sally Somers. And, though it is called the Gilley Burying Ground, my father would be irked (when was he not?) to lie for eternity next to the neighbors he so despised. Though I wanted to understand his feelings, I wanted even more to understand the Somers, whose exploits in Southwest Harbor were the subject of so much scrutiny and conjecture, but whose daily lives were full of earnest hard work.

Beginning in 1930s Germany and based on their real lives, four cousins as close as siblings—Bettina, Trudi, Gustav, and Gertrud—share the experiences of the young, including first loves, marriages, and children. Bettina, the oldest, struggles to help her parents with their failing business. Trudi dresses in the latest fashions and tries to make everything look beautiful. Gustav is an artist at heart and hopes to one day open a tailoring shop. Gertrud, the youngest, is forced by her parents to keep secrets, but that doesn’t stop her from chasing boys.

In seiner Biografie erzählt der Autor nicht nur von seinen eigenen Erlebnissen in der HKC-Gruppe, sondern auch die von anderen Mitgliedern in dieser Zeit. Er erzählt sehr plastisch den Umgang in der Gruppe untereinander und in der Szene generell, die nicht nur geprägt von Freundschaften, Emotionen, Erfolgen, Misserfolgen und musikalischen Experimenten, sondern vor allem auch von einer unkonventionellen, von Hass, Gewalt, Drogen und Kriminalität geprägten Lebensweise, in der auch Enttäuschung, Trauer und Tod eine nicht unbedeutende Rolle spielt.

Sin dalla prima volta in cui Joseph Lambert ha visto la faccia di Edmonde nel momento del piacere, ha smesso di essere una efficiente, taciturna, un po' stolida segretaria, ed è diventata la sua complice. Fra loro è nata un'intesa che non è né amore né passione, ma piuttosto la condivisione di un gioco segreto. E quando, una sera, guidando a zig-zag con la sinistra mentre tiene la destra tra le cosce di lei, Lambert sente dietro di sé il claxon disperato di un pullman e lo vede poi schiantarsi contro un muro, non pensa neppure a fermarsi.

Uscire dall'austero palazzo Leopardi, lasciarsi alle spalle Recanati e la sua gente pettegola: questo è il desiderio più grande di Paolina, ma anche il più difficile da realizzare. Vive in obbedienza alle rigide regole del padre Monaldo, moralista e conservatore, e della madre Adelaide, ossessionata più dalla religione e dal benessere economico che da quello dei propri figli. Se il fratello può andarsene per seguire il suo destino di scrittore e poeta, lei è costretta a restare, docile prigioniera tra le mura domestiche.

In the gritty underbelly of Milan, a successful car salesman's life takes an unexpected turn when he encounters a mysterious homeless musician beneath the Corvetto overpass. Drawn to the stranger's haunting melodies, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind the musician's fall from grace. As their worlds collide, both men must confront the dreams they've abandoned and the choices that have led them to this moment. Through richly layered prose, Buzzi explores the delicate balance between artistic passion and practical survival.

Nel cuore di Bologna, durante il fulgido Rinascimento italiano, Properzia de' Rossi emerge come una figura straordinaria che sfida le convenzioni del suo tempo. Dotata di un talento innato per la scultura e di una bellezza che attira sguardi ammirati e invidie feroci, Properzia si trova a navigare in un mondo artistico dominato da uomini che vedono il suo successo come una minaccia al loro potere. Mentre il suo genio artistico si manifesta attraverso delicati intagli su noccioli di frutta e possenti sculture in marmo, la sua vita personale è segnata da amori tormentati e rivalità spietate.

München, 1985: Die junge Claudia Baumgartner lernt den sieben Jahre älteren Flötisten Florian Moser kennen und lieben. Das junge Paar bekommt Fünflinge, die als Frühchen auf die Welt kommen. Zwei der Babys sterben nach wenigen Monaten. Claudia kämpft wie eine Löwin, um ihrer Familie das optimale Zuhause zu bieten. Sie bekommt noch eine weitere Tochter, Julia, und nimmt ein Pflegekind auf, das türkische Mädchen Merve. Doch Florian, der eine bipolare Störung hat, wird zunehmend aggressiv, hat Affären und zwingt Claudia zu mehreren Umzügen quer durch die ganze Republik.

Nach zwei Büchern über die Familie ihrer Mutter widmet Anne Berest dieses neue Kapitel ihres Romanwerks dem väterlichen, dem bretonischen Zweig ihrer Familie. Wie schon in Die Postkarte vermischt sich die private mit der »großen« Geschichte, von der Gründung der ersten Bauerngenossenschaften bis zum Mai 1968, von der deutschen Besatzung eines Dorfes im Léon bis zur Zerstörung der Stadt Brest.

From a working-class family, Scotsman Andrew Cunningham stewards for wealthy travelers aboard elegant cruise ships of the early 20th century, but he resents those who flaunt their inherited wealth. New Yorkers Florence and Bradley Cumings, first-class passengers traveling aboard Titanic, are the exception, and the three discover an ancestral connection.

Non è facile avere un padre sedentario, distante, a volte ostile, raccolto in se stesso, un impiegato che sembra calamitare in sé i tratti di una provincia ottusa e democristiana. Eppure quello stesso padre, scampato a un cancro alla parotide, improvvisamente comincia a correre, e quando comincia sembra non smettere più. In città lo chiamano "quello che corre" e dalle imprese sulle strade marchigiane si avvia a diventare un protagonista della "marcialonga", prima nazionale poi internazionale, della maratona, delle marce di resistenza.

En el verano de 1936, el barco que llevaba al gran escritor Stefan Zweig rumbo a América hizo escala en el puerto de Vigo. Con los dramáticos ecos de la Guerra Civil resonando en el ambiente, el celebrado autor de El mundo de ayer paseó por las calles de la urbe gallega entrando en contacto con una realidad no muy distante de los totalitarismos que le habían forzado a abandonar, desencantado, su amada Europa.

Travesuras en Tlaquepaque reúne quince historias encantadoras, divertidas y conmovedoras basadas en las vivencias reales de Tere y Anita Pelayo Topete entre 1923 y 1934. A través de la voz cálida y evocadora de Rosa Elena Sánchez Pelayo, la autora nos transporta a un Tlaquepaque lleno de calles empedradas, tradiciones familiares, travesuras inocentes y la fuerza inquebrantable del amor entre hermanas.

The author describes life in South Africa from the viewpoint of different cultures and characters. As a keen observer of human nature, she invites her listeners to become part of real-life issues by visiting the characters behind the scenes, often shocking them with open and honest dialogue about unusual situations. Sharing experiences in a government hospital, one real and another fictional, and a matric dance where a man reluctantly takes his gardener's son to his matric dance in his sports car, Mandy and her Friends reveal the shocking reality of what life is like living with a drug addict.

Night after night jostling crowds clamour for entry to Edinburgh’s Theatre Royal with one name on their lips: the Real Mackay. But who is he? The answer leaps out of this meticulously researched historical novel which plunges the listener into the weird and wonderful golden era of Scottish national drama, seen through the eyes of Charles Mackay and his family.

Der in der Gepäckabfertigung arbeitende Devlin, der pensionierte Lehrer Walter und die Gutachterin Gabrielle haben nichts gemeinsam, doch als eine einzige Entscheidung ein neues Kapitel in der Geschichte der Geige in Gang setzt, fühlen sie sich endlich als Teil von etwas – etwas, das zählt und das sie bedeutend macht. Denn während ihre Suche nach den Ursprüngen der Geige ein Geheimnis aufdeckt, das sich über Jahrzehnte erstreckt, lehrt das Instrument sie eine Melodie, die sie nie erwartet hätten.

Bitcoins I Shift Deleted is a fictionalized memoir inspired by real events—a story of what it's like to hold magic in your hands…and let it slip away.

Father Thomas Abell's tranquil life in Oxford is shattered when the powerful Cardinal Wolsey summons him to the royal court. Embroiled in King Henry VIII's quest for a divorce, Wolsey asks Thomas to become Queen Katherine’s personal chaplain—and the king's loyal spy. Then, when a covert mission to Spain forces Thomas to choose between the king's demands and his own conscience, he must decide who he will serve. Will he risk everything to do what is right?

Meet Aswaled "Kyle" Stampson, a 48-year-old smooth-talking single father from the Bluff city—a who half hustler, half philosopher, and all heart. When life throws bills, broken cars, and parenting curve balls his way, Kyle flips every struggle into a punchline.

Investido por delincuentes venerados, blindado con ropa de marca, henchido de cadenas de oro el pecho y montado en una moto ajena, el protagonista doma el agravio de que algunos tengan todo y otros, nada. Primogénito de una joven adicta al cine y a la cocaína y de un ciruja, hermano de muchos y nieto de una evangelista devota y del dueño de un aguantadero, César González vindica su linaje. Urgido por un hechizo vital, grita su réquiem a los amigos.