Títulos em Ficção Biográfica

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. Determined to be left alone, she sees an opportunity to be rid of her most troublesome admirer. But not everything goes to plan.

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.

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.

Virginia, 1749. Rosanna Waters is more comfortable catching grasshoppers for fishing bait than helping her Mama with the washing. After one defiance too many ends in terrible tragedy, Rosanna learns that her rebellious nature carries a price too steep to pay. She must tame the fire within—for her family’s sake, if not her own.

In 1854 Boston, Third Lieutenant Andrew Gunn of the United States Revenue Cutter Service questions the President’s direct order to extradite a fugitive slave, Anthony Burns, back to Virginia aboard his ship—a lawful order that he believes is immoral and unjust. Torn between his own reverence for freedom as an American and his sworn duty, Gunn suffers the hazards of hard choices that threaten his own life, liberty, and happiness. His first real exposure to the scourge of slavery brings chaos to his ordered life, despite his desperate attempts to control it.

Zwischen Obst- und Gemüsegärten liegen die Häuser des idyllischen deutschen Dorfes in der Ukraine, wo Miluscha zusammen mit sechs Geschwistern aufwächst. Der Vater ist der geliebte Lehrer des Dorfes. Trotz Bedrohung durch das kommunistische Regime, trotz Deportation und Zwangsarbeit, hält die Familie zusammen. Doch der Vater ist den Strapazen auf Dauer nicht gewachsen. Es sind seine letzten Worte, als Segen gesprochen, die Miluscha dann all die Jahre hindurch begleiten und tragen.

Louise vokser op på Nørrebro og lærer allerede fra barnsben at række hånden frem for at få penge af de mænd, der forgriber sig på hende. Senere vælger hun selv prostitutionsvejen, men efter mange år i sexbranchen siger Louises krop og psyke pludselig stop. Hun beslutter sig for at opsøge et exit-program, der skal hjælpe hende videre i livet.

Inspired by the true stories of over thirty women firefighters, this first-of-its-kind novel brings female firefighter stories blazing onto bookshelves. It's dangerous to be an extraordinary woman. Four women—Ruby, Dana, Brazil, and Jessie—choose the extraordinary when they join the Minneapolis Fire Department. Prepared to fight literal fires, none of them anticipate the threats lurking in the dark corners of the firehouse.

Mary fears she’s losing the two people she most admires—her lover and her father—after she’s lost her reputation. She regains them with the publication of Frankenstein. As Scott is crafting his biography of the Shelleys and Godwins a century later, he fears that he’s losing his audience and his wife. He regains them with the publication of his other “work” he’s authoring at the same—The Great Gatsby. As eternal celebrities of Western culture—the Shelleys, the Godwins, and the Fitzgeralds—their brief victories are dramatically retold in What Light Was as dialogues, verse, and meditations.

Dave seemed to have it all. A successful career, a loving family, the respect of everyone around him. But behind the polished surface, he was drinking in secret, convincing himself it wasn’t a problem. No arrests. No missed meetings. Just a few drinks to relax… The Double Life of a High-Functioning Alcoholic is a raw, memoir-style novel inspired by Howard Kane’s own sobriety journey. It takes you inside the hidden world of high-functioning addiction where success becomes a mask, denial runs deep, and every drink feels both normal and dangerous.

Quand son père malade le presse d'écrire sur son ancêtre Louis, capitaine des hussards fauché en 1914 dans une charge de cavalerie, Thibault de Montaigu ne sait pas encore quel secret de famille cache cette mort héroïque. Ni pourquoi elle résonne étrangement avec le destin de son propre père qui décline de jour en jour. La course contre la montre qu'il engage alors pour remonter le passé se mue en une enquête bouleversante où se succèdent personnages proustiens et veuves de guerre, amants flamboyants et épouses délaissées.

Manuel Kaminski ist ein Maler von Weltrang, seit Langem zurückgezogen lebend, es heißt, er sei erblindet. Der Kunsthistoriker Sebastian Zöllner will nun eine Biografie über den großen Mann schreiben, für die eigene Karriere verspricht er sich davon einiges. Doch ist Eile geboten, denn wer weiß, wie viele Jahre dem betagten Künstler in seinem Domizil in den Alpen noch gegeben sind.

Viele Jahre schon hat sich der Physiker David Mahler mit dem Problem der Zeit beschäftigt, mit der Frage, ob ihre Richtung wirklich unveränderlich ist oder sich nicht doch etwas finden ließe, das ihren Lauf umkehrt, als er eines Nachts im Traum eine Entdeckung macht. Am nächsten Morgen hält er einen Stoß beschriebener Blätter in den Händen, die das älteste Gesetz der Natur in Frage stellen und damit die Grundfesten der Welt. Mahler will seiner ungeheuren Entdeckung Gehör verschaffen, aber das gestaltet sich ausgesprochen schwierig.