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Todo mundo conhece Daisy Jones & The Six. Nos anos setenta, dominavam as paradas de sucesso, faziam shows para plateias lotadas e conquistavam milhões de fãs. Eram a voz de uma geração, e Daisy, a inspiração de toda garota descolada. Mas no dia 12 de julho de 1979, no último show da turnê Aurora, eles se separaram. E ninguém nunca soube por quê. Até agora. Esta é história de uma menina de Los Angeles que sonhava em ser uma estrela do rock e de uma banda que também almejava seu lugar ao sol.

My Struggle introduces American listeners to the audacious, addictive, and profoundly surprising international literary sensation that is the provocative and brilliant six-volume autobiographical novel by Karl Ove Knausgaard. It has already been anointed a Proustian masterpiece and is the rare work of dazzling literary originality that is intense and irresistible to hear. Unafraid of the big issues - death, love, art, fear - and yet committed to the intimate details of life as it is lived, My Struggle is an essential work of contemporary literature.

'WALKER BRINGS TO LIFE A COMPLETE COMMUNITY AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHO IS ITS PROTECTOR, TEACHER AND FRIEND' - Literary Review In rural Dordogne, Bruno, Chief of Police, knows that WW2 casts the longest shadow. Rare bank notes are found, linking to the famous Neuvic train robbery of 1944 in the...

This series features a real historical figure—the formidable Ela Longespée. The young Countess of Salisbury was chosen to marry King Henry II’s illegitimate son William. After her husband’s untimely death, Ela served as high sheriff of Wiltshire, castellan of Salisbury Castle, and ultimately founder and abbess of Lacock Abbey.

Bess Throckmorton defies her notorious background and lack of education to become Queen Elizabeth’s Gentlewoman and trusted confidante. Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, will she risk her queen’s anger by marrying adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh without permission? Entangled in a web of intrigue, from the glittering Palace of Whitehall to the cells of the Tower of London, Bess endures tragedy and injustice, becoming a resilient, determined woman, who takes nothing for granted.

Stimolato dal professor Horowitz, Giorgio intraprende un profondo viaggio interiore che lo costringe a guardare in faccia la verità e ad analizzare chi è davvero, insieme alla natura dei sentimenti che prova per Valentina e per Miriam, sottoposta nel frattempo a un'operazione pericolosissima. Dopo molteplici peripezie che lo conducono a New York, Bangkok e Marbella, il manager si confida con Viscardi, che gli propone una visione della vita completamente diversa. Ma l'incontro con una bellissima duchessa sconvolge ancora una volta l'equilibrio sentimentale di Giorgio...

Western Austria, winter of 1941. Naomi, a young Jewish woman, gives birth to a baby girl in a remote rural farm. The Nazi foe is everywhere, and Naomi realizes she must do everything in her power in order to save her daughter’s life, even at the expense of her own. United States, 1990. Helena tells her daughter, Blair, for the first time, the truth about her past, and presents her with a mysterious box that sheds light on her personal story.

Daisy Jones & The Six: il gruppo rock più mitico di tutti i tempi. I loro concerti riempivano gli stadi in tutto il mondo, le loro canzoni hanno acceso le notti di un'intera generazione. La loro storia è il racconto di un'ascesa folgorante, dalle prime esibizioni nei peggiori locali di Los Angeles al successo planetario. È l'incarnazione stessa di un'epoca e di uno stile di vita - sesso, droga e rock'n'roll.

In 1939, Hitler's tyranny approaches western Poland. A prosperous Jewish family - Julius and Josefina Kohn and their two teenage children Peter and Suzanna - flee their homeland, embarking on an unexpected odyssey of 6,000 arduous miles. They evade Nazi capture, only to be arrested by the Soviets, who have invaded Poland from the east. Deported to northern Russia, they endure savage conditions during 18 months of forced labor in a prison camp, where death lurks around every corner.

Charles Dickens met privately with London journalist Jasper Reed Wharton at his home, Gad’s Hill Place in Kent. Though his health was failing, he remained alert and ready to talk. The meeting lasted a little over an hour and covered both his personal reflections and his professional work. Dickens spoke in a straightforward way about the long years of writing that had defined his life. He discussed how certain characters had stayed with him more than others and how, over time, his view of his own books had changed.

Mon prénom, Bào Vi, illustrait l'intention de mes parents de "protéger la plus petite". Si l'on traduit littéralement, je suis "Précieuse minuscule microscopique". Comme dans la plupart des cas au Vietnam, je n'ai pas su être à l'image de mon nom. Souvent, les filles qui s'appellent "Blanche" ou "Neige" ont le teint très foncé, et les garçons nommés "Puissance" ou "Fort" craignent les grandes épreuves. Quant à moi, je grandissais sans cesse, dépassant de loin la moyenne et, du même élan, me projetant en dehors des normes.

After finding himself stopped by a group of protesters, Tom Decker takes the microphone and uses the opportunity to tell them inspirational stories based on the objects found in his pocket. Through his stories, the old man relives his past while hoping he has also found a way to pass on more than just words to the next generation.

世界の歴史を動かしてきた人物たち、総勢415名の伝記・小伝をまとめたオーディオブック。
要点をかんけつにまとめ、きちんと文学性をもった文章によって語られる内容は、
大人にも子どもにも分かりやすくしっかりと真実を伝えることができます。

さらにはじめから順に聞いていくことによって歴史の流れをきちんとつかむことができ、
それぞれの人物たちの歴史が大きくつながっていることに気がつきます。

ただ歴史を学ぶだけではなく、偉人たちの「夢」や「情熱」に触れることによって、
子どもたちの心の成長につながるかもしれません。

お休みの日に、夜寝る前に、ぜひ子どもたちに聞かせてあげてください。

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Efter halvandet kummerlige år i Københavns tugthus bevises det, at Maren Stub er uskyldig og hun bliver løsladt. Den lille mængde penge, som hendes far har efterladt hende, investerer hun kløgtigt i byggeri. På trods af hendes spirende succes undslipper hun dog ikke koleraen, der rammer byen hårdt. Men da Københavns sidste byport falder i oktober 1857, synes der igen at være håb for Maren. Dette er sjette og sidste bog i Tove Kjarvals serie "Stjernerne synger" om en kvindeskæbne i København omkring 1800. Tove Kjarval (1880-1958) var dansk forfatter og redaktør.

Spring 1152. Once she was a Queen, and will become so again... Eleanor of Aquitaine has escaped her marriage to Louis of France, as well as various lords bent on capturing her and forcing her into marriage with them, and is safe in her homeland once more. Sending a message to Henry, Duke of Normandy, Eleanor arranges her second marriage, this time to a lord of her choosing, a man already in possession of an empire of his own, an heir to the English throne about to take back the crown stolen from his mother, the Empress Matilda.

Der neue Roman der Bestsellerautorin widmet sich den berühmt-berüchtigten Mitford-Schwestern. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die tapferen Bemühungen der Schriftstellerin Nancy Mitford, die Nazis daran zu hindern, Großbritannien einzunehmen. Sie muss sich entscheiden, was ihr wichtiger ist: ihre eigene Familie oder das Weltgeschehen? Zwischen den Weltkriegen dominieren die sechs Mitford-Schwestern die politische, literarische und gesellschaftliche Szene Englands - eine schöner, brillanter und exzentrischer als die andere.

Rzym, rok 51. Wyzwoleńcy cesarza Klaudiusza, Narcyz i Pallas, toczą między sobą walkę o kontrolę nad tronem. Każdy z osobna wysyła Wespazjana do Armenii, by tam bronił interesów Rzymu. Jednakże stawką jest coś więcej niż ochrona podległego królestwa. Krążą pogłoski, że cesarzowa Agrypina spiskuje, by zdestabilizować Wschód. Wespazjan musi znaleźć sposób, aby służyć jednocześnie dwom panom... Narcyz ze wszystkich sił stara się zniszczyć Agrypinę, Pallas chce ją uratować. W Armenii Wespazjan zostaje schwytany.

La monumental obra de Marcel Proust (1871-1922), En Busca del Tiempo Perdido es un inmenso retrato de toda una sociedad y es considerada como una de las grandes obras maestras de toda la literature. Como su nobre lo indica, Proust trató de recobrar en su novella en siete volúmenes lo que había sido el ayer y sus personajes están basados en el círculo del autor. La obra en total es un reflejo de uno de los más brillantes análisis de la conciencia que se hayan escrito.

Rebellin, Designerin, Aktivistin - Vivienne Westwood. 1965: Geschieden und alleinerziehend, sieht Vivienne Westwood keine Alternative, als ihren Traum von einem anderen Leben abzuhaken und Lehrerin zu werden. Doch dann verliebt sie sich in den Kunststudenten Malcolm McLaren und eröffnet mit ihm in London einen Fashion-Shop, der zum Anlaufpunkt all jener wird, die gegen das Establishment rebellieren. Als Malcolm die "Sex Pistols" gründet und Vivienne die Outfits der Band entwirft, ist der Look des Punk geboren.

Jahrelang kämpft Christiane Vulpius um die Anerkennung als Lebensgefährtin von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, die ihr trotz eines gemeinsamen Kindes verwehrt wird. Erst als sie 1806 den weltberühmten Dichter vor plündernden Soldaten rettet, verändern sich ihr Leben und ihre Stellung in der Gesellschaft, auch wenn sie niemals vollends in die Adelskreise aufgenommen wird. Doch sie wird zu Goethes treuer Mitarbeiterin hinter den Kulissen und hilft ihm vor allem im Zusammenhang mit den Aufführungen seiner Stücke. Sie ist mutig, unkonventionell, klüger als gemeinhin dargestellt, sinnlich und extrem fürsorglich.