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Brought to you by Penguin. Every painting tells a story, but what if the women on the canvas could talk... ADELE: passionate, fierce, obstinate. The daughter of a bourgeois family in 1900s Vienna, she rails against the strictures of her class and longs for freedom. GERTRUDE: spirited...

Om liv, politik och passion under sextiotalets sista turbulenta år. Det är en tid av politisk hetta i slutet av sextiotalet. Lena och David reser till Paris för att leva på ett nytt sätt, fria och starka i sitt skrivande. Tillsammans ska de erövra världen, som Jean-Paul Sartre och Simone...

”En fruktansvärt rolig roman som samtidigt lyckas vara en förkrossande fin kärleksförklaring till ungdomen.” - Fredrik Backman Kungälv, några år in på 00-talet. Felix, Eddie, Mikko och Andy startar ett band för att bli något. För att komma bort från sig själva. Från allt. För...

Passionen sveper iväg mig, jag bryr mig inte om något annat än att vara tillsammans med den jag träffat, vi gör allt för att vara tillsammans, sviker andra som älskar oss, det enda som gäller är att vi hör ihop. Men hur klarar denna starka passion vardagen, klarar den äktenskap, barn...

Manuel, el joven reportero del Philadelphia Examiner, recibe un encargo de su jefe: se trata de entrevistar a Ernest Hemingway, quien acababa de recibir el Premio Nobel de Literatura. Todos en la editorial saben que el encargo es imposible; es por eso que se lo asignaron al más junior. Manuel no solo logra conseguir la entrevista, sino que, a través de una serie de circunstancias, se llegan a conocer y se hacen amigos.

Die Entstehungsgeschichte ihres ungewöhnlichsten Bildes: Als Lucian Freud, Enkel Sigmund Freuds, die Queen bittet, ihr Porträt malen zu dürfen, ist er fast 80 Jahre alt und in einer persönlichen Krise. Queen Elizabeth II. hat nach dem Unfalltod von Lady Di ein massives Imageproblem. Obwohl Freud als unberechenbar gilt, willigt sie ein und sitzt ihm von Mai 2000 bis Dezember 2001 in monatlichen mehrstündigen Sitzungen Modell. Der Roman erzählt, was hinter verschlossenen Türen geschah.

“Trevas no Paraíso” reúne as histórias proibidas sobre a ditadura militar que o mineiro Luiz Fernando Emediato escreveu dos 20 aos 25 anos. Com títulos provocativos como “De como estrangular um general” e personagens reais, como os generais-ditadores Médice e Geisel, ou o jornalista...

Continuously available in print since 1968, this novel has become embedded in progressive anti-racist culture with wide circulation of the book and hotly debated film. A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in...

'A gorgeous, wildly seductive novel, shimmering with intelligence, humour and joy' - Sarah Waters Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize In 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her children travel to a monastery in Mallorca. They are there to create and to convalesce, to live a simple life...

L'ultimo romanzo di Pirandello, il romanzo "più amaro di tutti, profondamente umoristico, di scomposizione della vita" come affermò lo stesso autore.

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES-BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SIX TUDOR QUEENS SERIES. In this short prequel to Alison Weir's new novel, Elizabeth of York, The Last White Rose, the young princess is born - and the future of England hangs in the balance. The Palace of Westminster, 1466. As the Queen of England...

Brand-new historical fiction from the author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series. This is the spellbinding, untold story of Elizabeth of York, the first Tudor queen. 'Alison Weir gives us her most compelling heroine yet... This is where the story of the Tudors begins and is...

Jane Popyncourt was brought to the court as a child to be ward of the king and a companion to his daughters - the princesses Margaret and Mary. With no money of her own, Jane could not hope for a powerful marriage, or perhaps even marriage at all. But as she grows into a lovely young woman, she still receives flattering attention from the young men flocking to serve the handsome new king, Henry VIII, who has recently married Catherine of Aragon. Then a dashing French prisoner of war, cousin to the king of France, is brought to London, and Jane finds she can't help giving her heart to a man she can never marry.

Christina Baker Kline’s national bestseller is now an Earphone Awards Winner! Beloved narrator Marin Ireland’s rich voice and sensitive performance bring this immersive story to life. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of the...

Read by the author, Garth Greenwell Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 'Marvelous: exceptionally vivid, real, and true' – Colm Tóibín, author of Long Island 'Fundamentally about the beauty of life' – Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam 'Exquisite. Utterly mesmerizing' - Mark Haddon...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2022 From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician...

In late March 1944, as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear’s intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves—murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect “pure-blood” Germans? The Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century.

The Two Roberts is a fictional reimagining of the lifelong love between working-class artists Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun. They met as students at Glasgow School of Art in 1933. They fell in love almost immediately and rarely left each other’s side - meeting great success and bitter failure but always staying committed to art and each other. They were at the heart of a social set that included Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Elizabeth Smart - living an out Bohemian life, whatever the consequences.

In Flora Thompson's semi-autobiographical series Lark Rise to Candleford, she explores the Oxfordshire country life of her protagonist Laura in the 1880s and 1890s. This collection includes all three works in the trilogy, Lark Rise, Over to Candleford, and Candleford Green.

It’s time for a w(h)ine “God, she’s funny” – Jilly Cooper ‘Oh, for f*ck’s sake’ muttered Claire under her breath, as she opened the fridge to see what she could find for a no effort dinner. The children continued to fight behind her. They regarded any form of fish not encased in...