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Lucrezia Borgia is one of the most vilified figures in modern history. The daughter of a notorious pope, she was twice betrothed before the age of eleven and thrice married--one husband was forced to declare himself impotent and thereby unfit and another was murdered by Lucrezia's own brother, Cesar Borgia. She is cast in the role of murderess, temptress, incestuous lover, loose woman, femme fatale par excellence. But there is always more than one...
2) Miss Austen
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""A deeply imagined and deeply moving novel. Reading it made me happy and weepy in equally copious amounts." -Karen Joy Fowler For fans of Jo Baker's Longbourn, a witty, poignant novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane. Whoever looked atan elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen has lived alone, spending her days visiting...
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Der wohlhabende und gutmütige Gutsherr Allworthy, der gemeinsam mit seiner Schwester Bridget auf seinem Landsitz in Somerset lebt, kehrt nach langem Aufenthalt in London nach Hause zurück und findet ein Baby in seinem Bett vor. Er vertraut das Kind seiner Haushälterin Deborah Wilkins an. Jenny Jones, eine junge Frau, die als Dienstbote bei dem Schulmeister Partridge und seiner Frau arbeitet, wird als die vermutliche Mutter ausgemacht. Jenny Jones...
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"Inspiring historical fiction based on the real life of Bertha Benz, whose husband built the first prototype automobile, which eventually evolved into the Mercedes-Benz marque. "Unfortunately, only a girl again." From a young age, Cäcilie Bertha Ringer is fascinated by her father's work as a master builder in Pforzheim, Germany. But those five words, which he wrote next to her name in the family Bible, haunt Bertha. Years later, Bertha meets Carl...
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"From Man Booker-shortlisted, IMPAC Award-winning author Nicola Barker comes an exuberant, multi-voiced new novel mapping the extraordinary life and legacy of a 19th-century Hindu saint. He is only four years older, but still I call him Uncle, and when I am with Uncle I have complete faith in him. I would die for Uncle. I have an indescribable attraction towards Uncle. It was ever thus. To the world, he is Sri Ramakrishna--godly avatar, esteemed spiritual...
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Laura tenía sueños grandes. Desde niña quiso ser enfermera. Se resistía al destino de las chicas de su generación: casarse, ocuparse del hogar y tener hijos. Como todo lo difícil le costó mucho trabajo y tuvo que poner todo su empeño en convertir su sueño en realidad.
Se adelantó a su tiempo desde muy pronto. Encontró un marido dispuesto a aceptar que hiciera compatible su decisión de trabajar y tener hijos, pero los celos terminaron...
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One of the greats in the field of true-crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Killer Files, Hell's Princess), teams with five-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist Eric Powell (The Goon, Big Man Plans, Hillbilly) to bring you the tale of one of the most notoriously deranged murderers in American history, Ed Gein. This graphic novel is an in-depth exploration of the Gein family and what led to the creation of the necrophile who...
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Lily, a beautiful five-year-old, leaned over the fire to poke at the wood. A spark flew up and landed on the collar of her high-necked velvet dress. She brushed at the spark, but it had caught the lace and was burning her neck. Another spark landed in her hair. "Momma," she screamed, as she frantically brushed at the flames that seemed to be crawling up her body.An accident that changes Lily's life. But there are other changes affecting the family...
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Le livre explore la vie et les réalisations d'Elon Musk, entrepreneur, ingénieur et PDG de SpaceX, Tesla Motors, The Boring Company et SolarCity. Le livre se concentre sur les premières années de Musk, les défis rencontrés par ses entreprises et ses projets futurs. Il couvre l'histoire de SpaceX et de la vision de Musk pour l'exploration spatiale, l'innovation de Tesla dans les technologies de conduite autonome, la création de SolarCity, les...
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"The Golden Grasshopper" by William Henry Giles Kingston. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is...
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Heinrich Mann: Zwischen den Rassen Entwicklungsroman einer jungen Deutsch-Brasilianerin Neu editierte 2021er Ausgabe, mit zahlreichen erklärenden Fußnoten Der heute irritierende, aber von Heinrich Mann wertfrei verstandene Titel Zwischen den Rassen bezeichnet den Entwicklungsroman einer in Rio geborenen jungen Deutsch-Brasilianerin, die von ihrem Vater zur Ausbildung in ein Internat in die deutsche Provinz gebracht wird und von nun an zwischen zwei...
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Her father is a German movie producer who lives in Italy. Her mother is a beautiful, artistically talented woman who resides in New York. As their child, Liliane's life is divided between those two very different worlds-worlds that inspire her to find herself in both the present and in her ancestors' pasts. A shy and observant only child with a vivid imagination, Liliane finds herself exploring her family's vibrant history-which includes such renowned...
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In "Threads of Resilience: A Journey Across Continents and Generations," take an extraordinary journey into the tapestry of one person's life, spanning decades, cultures, and continents. This enthralling story follows Amir, a Lebanese soul whose experiences serve as a monument to the enduring force of resilience, cultural inquiry, and the pursuit of aspirations.Amir's journey unfolds against the backdrop of a nation in flux, a place where aromatic...
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800 000 morts en 100 jours ! Il y a 25 ans, du 7 avril au 17 juillet 1994, le Pays des Mille Collines a été le sordide théâtre du génocide rwandais, quand les Hutu entreprirent de supprimer tous les Tutsi du pays. Ce fut le génocide le plus fulgurant de l'Histoire moderne, o les assassins et les victimes étaient des voisins, des collègues de travail, des fidèles d'une même paroisse, voire des conjoints.
L'amour qui enraya la haine est d'abord...
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Aus geheime Memoiren von Madame du Hausset, Lady's Maid von Madame de Pompadour, und von einem unbekannten englischen Mädchen und der Prinzessin Lamballe lesen wir die Begebenheiten am Hofe Ludwigs XV. Vom Attentat auf den König, Krankheiten von Madame de Pompadour und des Königs, Liebschaften, Affären und Mätressenwirtschaft des Herrschers, bis hin zu den Höflingen und Geschehnissen am Hof des Nachfolgers des Sonnenkönigs. Die Marquise starb...
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Nicole du Hausset ist bekannt für ihre berühmten Memoiren über ihre Zeit am französischen Hof, die erstmals 1824 veröffentlicht wurden und als wertvolle Quelle über historische Persönlichkeiten dienen. Sie war die Kammerzofe und persönliche Vertraute von Madame de Pompadour. Nicole du Hausset war die arme, aber gut vernetzte Witwe eines Adligen und sollte Pompadours Anpassung am königlichen Hof erleichtern. Wir lesen die Erinnerungen von...
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The beautiful Casablanca star, the world's greatest war photographer, and the secret love affair that would change their lives forever . . . in Chris Greenhalgh's Seducing Ingrid Bergman
June 1945. When Ingrid Bergman walks into the lobby of the Ritz hotel in Paris, war photographer Robert Capa is enchanted. From the moment he slips a mischievous invitation to dinner under her door, the two find themselves helplessly attracted. Played out against...
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An ancient feathered spirit who lived in a remote desert for a long time, where it was consumed repeatedly by fires a muse would set, only to rise from the ashes of each..remade, renewed, and more evolved, and however much before the muses arrive, it may dive, tumble, fall.. or occasionally land and to something cling, but never at the expense of losing its wings
THE ROSE CHAPTERS
A story of a pilgrim in search of love from...
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¡Los antídotos! ¿Los necesitaste alguna vez? Supe que los antídotos eran momentáneos; sin embargo, me salvaban de la realidad. Cada antídoto es único e irrepetible, como lo son cada una de las personas. Algunos reaccionan de manera más rápida, más eficaz, más duradera; algunos son más nocivos que otros incluso.
Los antídotos fueron necesarios en mi viaje hasta que armé mi propia crisálida y fue ahí que finalmente pude abandonarlos....
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