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Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of Maria von Trapp: a novice nun sent to teach a widowed baron's sickly child. Yet much of Maria's life will have to be reinvented for THE SOUND OF MUSIC. When Maria sees the script that is supposedly based on her life, she becomes so incensed that she sets off to confront Hammerstein in person. Told that he's busy, she is asked to express her concerns to his secretary Fran instead. The pair strike up an unlikely friendship as Maria tells Fran about her life.

Amidst the vast, sunlit cornfields of Portugal, Maria Lucilia receives a letter. The note is from her husband, Benedito da Silva, who is in exile – serving a punishing seven-year sentence as a fisherman with the White Fleet. But Bene cannot read or write. In the icy port town of St John’s...

This collection contains Book 1 - Undercurrents, Book 2 – Drowned Voices, and Book 3 – Emergence.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dramatic novel, based on the woman glamorized in The Sound of Music, brings Maria to life as never before. “As immersive, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive as the...

'A rare novel.' - S. HAREESH 'A must-read!' - DAISY ROCKWELL Following the death of her grandfather, Maria has stopped speaking - not because she can't, but because she doesn't want to. Now in a psychiatric hospital, as she begins the process of 'reconnecting with reality', Maria recalls her...

«Digámoslo sintéticamente: literatura de calidad.» Ricardo Senabre, El Culturalde El Mundo Una vez al mes, María se viste con su mejor ropa para acompañar a su madre al médico, desde la colonia industrial a las afueras de Madrid hasta la ciudad, donde vive su tía Amalia. Con ella...

The spirited story of Mary Evans, an extraordinary woman from colonial Charles Town who finds a place for herself in St. Augustine after Spain relinquishes Florida. In this captivating tale, Eugenia Price paints a vivid picture of the tumultuous historic and political events that shaped the life of Mary Evans, a remarkably independent woman in the colonial south. Born in Charles Town, South Carolina, Mary, a skilled midwife, accompanied her first husband, British soldier David Fenwick, when his regiment fought the Spanish in Cuba.

For readers of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir comes a dramatic novel of the beloved Empress Maria, the Danish princess who became the mother of the last Russian tsar. “This epic tale is captivating and beautifully told.”—Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were...

The latest book in Alexander McCall Smith's entertaining and hilarious Professor von Igelfeld series Professor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is not just any German professor - he is the author of that great work of scholarship, Portuguese Irregular Verbs. His eminence in language studies is widely...

Winner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize Winner of Colombia’s National Novel Award This prizewinning novel interweaves four animal odysseys in a gripping, adventurous meditation on migration and displacement in the inextricable human and natural worlds. In Only a Little While Here...

Det enda Monica önskar sig i femtioårspresent är en sommar utan golf. Stugan på Österlen är bokad sedan flera månader tillbaka och det där hon kommer fira sin femtioårsdag. Hon och maken ska umgås på riktigt igen och förhoppningsvis hitta tillbaka till varandra. Men när maken släpper bomben att han ska tillbringa sommaren på annat håll inser Monica att deras äktenskap har större problem än hon velat erkänna tidigare.

Set against the tropics and megacities of the Americas, Maria, Maria takes inspiration from wild creatures, tarot, and the porous borders between life and death. Motivated by love and its inverse, grief, the characters who inhabit these stories negotiate boldly with nature to cast their desired ends. Brimming with sharp wit and ferocious female intuition, these stories bubble over into the titular novella, "Maria, Maria"—a family drama set in a reimagined California rainforest that explores the legacies of three Marias, and possibly all Marias.

'I could read a thousand more pages about these two characters discussing philosophy, economics, art, and their worldviews. A contemporary romantic masterpiece that spoke to my soul' Ali Hazelwood 'An unforgettable read - cruel, beautiful, and propulsive. This gorgeous story wrung me out and...

The moment she sees Caitlyn, wearing her ‘bride-to-be’ sash and brimming with excitement, it hits her. She hates Caitlyn. She knows who she is – what she’s really hiding. And the temptation to do something about it is too strong to resist… It sickens me, the way they all think she’s so perfect. I plaster a fake smile on my face – all I have to do is pretend I’m enjoying the next few days. It shouldn’t be so hard. After all, I’ve been lying for years.

Die Rückkehr zum Karlsplatz. Lichterfelde, 1968: Zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben reist die junge Tänzerin Maria nach Deutschland, in die Heimat ihrer Mutter Vera. Hier an der Deutschen Oper in Berlin hat sie ihr erstes Solo-Engagement als Ballerina erhalten. Sie taucht ein in die spannende Musikszene der Stadt - und sie macht sich auf die Suche nach den Spuren ihrer Herkunft.

Beautiful, bright-eyed Michelle Jackson, a loving wife and mother, has been killed. Her husband Paul is accused of murdering her. Their little girl Emily, numb with grief, is refusing to speak. You’ll hate Paul for what he’s done. Everyone said they were the perfect couple, always holding hands. They did everything together. But when you hear about their whispered arguments and the terrible lies they both told, you’ll be certain Paul is guilty. But everything you think you know is wrong. After all, behind closed doors every marriage has secrets. And some are deadlier than others.

"Maria entre Tlemcen et Entre-Rios" est un livre audio de la série "Afrique du Nord", c'est une histoire de famille à la fin du XIXe siècle. Joseph émigre en Argentine mais il laisse son épouse Maria et ses cinq jeunes enfants à Tlemcen, en Algérie. Maria aura-t-elle le courage de le rejoindre en dépit des conditions d'une traversée périlleuse vers un nouveau monde inconnu ? Maria était une femme forte comme il en existait à cette époque et la vie en Algérie était douce et facile en 1881.

Pubblicato nel 1912, questo romanzo ebbe un grande successo, non solo perché raccontava lo “scandalo russo”, la storia dell’avventuriera Maria Tarnowska, condannata a 8 anni per aver spinto , con la complicità di un suo amante, un altro suo amante a uccidere il suo futuro marito; ma perché la storia di questa donna la vedeva al centro di grandi passioni e di suicidi (se ne contano almeno due). Maria Tarnowska ebbe una pena mite grazie all’impostazione della difesa che mostrò la sua storia di sposa bambina con un pervertito, e la sua infermità mentale, dovuta anche alla cocaina.

La historia de amor de America. La novela romantica colombiana y de America por excelencia, "María" ha deleitado y conmovido a sus lectores por mas de un siglo, ya que en esta obra estan no solo el tierno y tragico idilio de Efrain y María, sino tambien el paisaje vallecaucano en todo su esplendor.

Nästan tio år har gått sedan Maria Eriksson och hennes familj lämnade Sverige. Först nu är det möjligt att berätta vad som hänt dem. De sista åren i Sverige lever de isolerade, undangömda och allt mer desperata. Hösten 1994 slår kammarrätten fast att familjen måste flytta utomlands för att överleva. De emigrerar till Sydamerika våren därpå. Tre år senare tvingas de bryta upp igen.