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This audio edition is read by Audie-Award winning narrator, Marin Ireland! From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina — Kline’s own distant relatives —...

Before writing his memoir of madness, Darkness Visible, William Styron was best known for his ambitious works of fiction–including The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie’s Choice. Styron also created personal but no less powerful tales based on his real-life experiences as a U.S. Marine...

Gemma, la donna di cui Dante non scrisse mai. Che tempra deve aver avuto, questa fiorentina che nessuno ricorda? Sposa, per amore, un uomo sconsigliabile: non ricco, privo di potere politico e per di più poeta. Non si lascia sgomentare quando lui si trova sul fronte sbagliato, in una Firenze in cui la lotta aspra tra fazioni distrugge vite e patrimoni.

Coming from a dysfunctional family, and then losing his best friend in combat, TJ had no hope for the future. He neither wanted nor needed any friends- the loss was too painful. His depression continued until he crossed paths with an unlikely canine, facing turmoil of its own. Would an improbable intersection of two lives make a difference for one or both?

Lübeck 1232: Der Waisenjunge Bertram weckt völlig unverhofft das Mitleid einer reichen Kaufmannstochter. Aber die zarte Liebe ist unmöglich. So heuert er als junger Mann bei einem Hanseschiff an, um sein Glück zu machen. Als sich das Schicksal nach vielen gefährlichen Abenteuern gegen ihn zu wenden droht, gelobt er: Wenn der Tod ihn noch einmal verschone, werde er einen Ort der Barmherzigkeit für die Alten und Schwachen erbauen. Und er setzt alles daran, sein Gelübde zu erfüllen.

Friedrich "Fritz" Mandl es un joven austríaco que se hace cargo a sus 19 años de la destruida fábrica de armas de su padre. En apenas una década, llega a amasar una de las fortunas más grandes del planeta. Durante la preguerra, en los años 30, entre su cartera de clientes cuenta con Mussolini, Hitler y Franco, entre otros. En 1933, al ver la película Éxtasis, donde la actriz Hedwig Kiesler interpreta el primer desnudo total femenino y el primer orgasmo en la pantalla grande, se enamora de ella.