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Der Auftakt der bewegenden Historiensaga um das Zimmermädchen Eva, das im Karlsbad des 19. Jahrhunderts seinen Weg sucht. Eine junge Frau in der Fremde. Ein glamouröses Hotel. Und die Herausforderung ihres Lebens. 1895: Die junge Eva soll sich bei einem Großbauern als Magd verdingen, damit die Familie über die Runden kommt. Als der im Dorf berüchtigte Sohn des Bauern sie ungebührlich bedrängt, flieht sie mithilfe des Pfarrers in letzter Minute nach Karlsbad. Dort tritt sie eine Stelle als Zimmermädchen an.

Scott's life seems to be falling apart with a dead-end job and recent divorce that has led to him living with his parents again after years on his own. That is until a chance encounter with a beautiful, confident young woman changes his perspective on life, relationships, and everything he thought he knew about himself. Scott's emotions and desires are thrown for a loop by this stranger. How will he react to being exposed?

Libro pubblicato nel 1929, ricco di ritratti femminili. Perché? Lo dice l'autrice stessa: "Vuoi che parliamo un poco insieme? Da te a me? Da donna a donna? Di noi donne nessuno ha mai capito nulla; e abbiamo troppo orgoglio per dir forte il nostro segreto patimento, nudo e crudo com'è. Ma se tu ti confidi al mio cuore, vedrai forse il tuo in uno specchio. E ti potrò dire una parola giusta, di consolazione: se non indicare il rimedio. Rimedio non c'è: fuorché abbandonarsi nelle mani di Dio."

Queste prose furono pubblicate postume, nel 1945. L'avvicinamento alla morte dell'autrice è sempre più sereno e fiducioso, e si completa il percorso iniziato dopo i cinquant'anni, in cui, ad un avvicinamento sempre maggiore a Dio, si unisce la consapevolezza di sapere come la sua missione di scrittrice può servire gli altri, e non più se stessa. Di notevole interesse è l'ultima novella, la vita di Santa Caterina da Siena.

Pubblicata nel 1932, questa raccolta di brevi storie e di istantanee ci offre una prospettiva della realtà che, pur in prosa, è sempre poesia. Le impressioni dell'autrice dei suoi soggiorni ad Assisi e a Pavia sono certamente preziose anche per chi non conosce quei luoghi.

Questa ultima raccolta di poesie fu pubblicata postuma. La scrittrice attende serenamente la morte nella sua fede ritrovata.

Storia di una taciturna - Ada NegriNovella tratta da "Le solitarie" (1908)Voce: EssenzaNarrante | Roberta DepieraUn racconto intenso, dove le parole non dette pesano di più di quelle pronunciate.Ada Negri ci conduce nell'animo di una donna silenziosa, segnata da un dolore profondo.

When caught in a compromising position with her husband's brother, the beautiful, strong, and willful Hanna learns that her husband's family has an unusual tradition. Given an ultimatum, she must choose between allowing her marriage to end or agreeing to a life that includes domestic discipline - starting immediately. It is a decision that has her bottom thoroughly heated with a belt while bent naked over her husband's knee, and the object of her desires watches her receive the first punishment of her life.

Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come.

Cuando Harry Hole se marchó a vivir a Hong Kong creyó que su vida cambiaría para siempre: dejaba atrás su pasado en Oslo y su carrera como detective. Sin embargo, un acontecimiento del todo insospechado le hace regresar una vez más a su ciudad natal: Oleg, el niño que ayudó a criar y a quien tanto quiso, ha sido arrestado, acusado de asesinato.

For more than half a century, Ada Louise Huxtable's keen eye and vivid writing have reinforced to readers how important architecture is and why it continues to be both controversial and fascinating - making her one of the best-known critics in the world. On Architecture collects the best of Huxtable's writing from the New York Times, New York Review of Books, Wall Street Journal, and her various books. In these selections, Huxtable examines the 20th century's most important architectural masters and projects.

Der bewegende Auftakt der neuen Saga von Bestsellerautorin Ada Caine im Karlsbad des 19. Jahrhunderts: Die junge Krämertochter Walburga sucht ihr Glück in der Kunst des Oblatenbackens. 1894: Die Krämertochter Walburga arbeitet im Laden ihres verstorbenen Vaters und versorgt als talentierte Bäckerin reiche Familien mit Torten. Ihr Leben gerät aus den Fugen, als ihr Bruder sich vermählen will. Seine Braut fordert, dass Burgl nach der Hochzeit das Haus verlässt und heiratet.

This job is about to hook, line and sink her… Ore has (almost) landed her dream job as an investigative reporter for the New Yorker. There’s only one catch – they’ll only give her the job if she can get the scoop on working for the elusive billionaire Harrison Marigold. To write the...

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Purple Catharsis is a healing and reflective podcast for honest conversations about life, pain, grief, spirituality, emotions, and personal growth. Each episode invites you to pause, breathe, feel, and reconnect with yourself through real reflections about the moments that shape us, break us open, and help us grow. This is a space to release, understand, and transform what you feel, because the feeling is the healing.

A collection of Christmas, Winter, and New Year tales and poems compiled by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner (Summary by RomaSingh)

The territory master wants me for his bride, but his closest servant is my fated mate. Dare a woman ask for both a husband and her bonded companion? When I was born, my father made a deal. Now, to protect my remaining family, I must make good his bargain. A rare specimen in a deadly and dissolving world, I am to belong to Malin Farrow: the master of Gudrune, and among the most feared leaders since the beginning of the Rift Events and all the monsters they bring with them.

Now that she’s accepted her psychic gifts, Aly’s determined to solve the mystery of her sister-in-law’s death. Unfortunately, between work, starting classes, and her brother’s unwillingness to find the truth, Aly’s having trouble getting answers. Then Aly’s academic advisor and favorite professor turns up dead. Who would want to kill her? The professor who could make tenure in her absence? The privileged student who hates having to retake the class? There’s no shortage of suspects, but Aly’s running out of time to find the killer before they find her.

In 2022, we went through the entire Workbook of A Course in Miracles. Thanks for joining us on this grand adventure!

Roger Brown parece tenerlo todo. Gracias a su ambición y a su carisma ha conseguido ser líder como cazatalentos para empresas, comprar una lujosa mansión y casarse con una mujer culta y atractiva que gestiona una galería de arte. Sin embargo, no puede escapar a sus peores impulsos. La codicia y la obsesión por lo bello le han llevado también a convertirse en ladrón de obras de arte y, cuando conoce a Clas Greve, cree ver un blanco perfecto. Greve es el director ejecutivo que buscaba para una empresa y, además, posee algo que Brown ansía quedarse: un cuadro de Rubens.