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The Education of Henry Adams is among the oddest and most enlightening books in American literature. Henry Adams was the grandson of a president and the great-grandson of another one. He was also the son of the American Ambassador to England, and his secretery. As such he rubbed elbows, literally, with Presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt and with many of the great figures of his time.

Mark Twain schrieb in diesem Werk zwei Tagebücher, das von Adam und das von Eva. Die Eintragungen beginnen mit der "Geburt" von Eva, die aus der Rippe von Adam geschaffen wurde. Sigi Harreis-Langer, die bekannte, leider schon im Jahr 2008 verstorbene Journalistin und Moderatorin (Die Montagsmaler) hat Eva ihre Stimme geliehen.

Samrat Upadhyay's thrilling new collection brings stories of thieves, lovers, political prisoners, fractured families, and of Nepali-Americans attempting to navigate the strange customs of the United States. It reaffirms Upadhyay's brilliant contributions to the international literature of exile.

Working a dead-end job and newly single, Jules decides that she’s finally going to go after her dream of owning a café. She needs savings to get there, and while searching for the perfect side job, she’s stumbled upon a very quick but illegal path. Through this new venture, she meets three very different men she’d never dream she’d be with: a cop, an undocumented lover, and a mafia king...they all seem to offer her something she needs, as she climbs her way to her goal.