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Augsburg 1614. Der Baumeister Elias Holl erhält den Auftrag seines Lebens – er soll ein neues, epochales Rathaus entwerfen. Der Zenit seiner Karriere, doch droht die Aufgabe sein Verhängnis zu werden: Elias muss sich nicht nur Intrigen erwehren, auch die Liebe zu Lia, einem blutjungen Mädchen, dessen Vergangenheit ein erschütterndes Geheimnis birgt, zieht ihn immer stärker in den Sog von Eros, Angst und Lüge …
| Автор | Axel Gora |
The entire Greek world plunged into three decades of bloodshed in 431 B.C., when the ongoing friction between Athens and Sparta exploded into war. Ten years into the struggle, the Athenian general Thucydides was dismissed for a military failure that led to a triumph for posterity: the former general retired to write an account of the war, resulting in one of the world's great history books.Thucydides' chronicle of the disastrous 27-year conflict between the Greek city-states resonates...
| Автор | Thucydides |
Iris Elaine Picket lives in a beautiful home, with many servants, and a husband who sees her with the same respect he sees those household slaves. The loss of her child after yet another beating from her husband gives her the impetus to take her maidservant and flee South Carolina, leaving behind her parents, security, even her name and begin a new life in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania. Once again, author Kimberly Gordon, draws us into the lives of her fictional characters,...
| Автор | Kimberly Tanner Gordon |
Its theme is simple: a tale of Miss Susan Brady, a woman with ideas above her station, who is spurned, and whose jealousy corrodes her life and drives her to try and sabotage the happiness of John Iredale, the prosperous South Australian grazier who has broken her heart… Classy stuff, this – the fruit of delighted observation, of a sensuous and irrepressible joie de vivre. You cannot fake this quality, it is remarkable… there lingers in one's mind the rare and special pleasure of the...
| Автор | Paul Wenz |
To one who for a good many years has lived among the tropic isles of Torres Strait, and whose constant regret has been that their romantic attractiveness is so little known even to Australians, the Drums of Mer comes with very strong appeal. There are some who may think that Mr Idriess is giving us simply an imaginative picture, but the author has travelled the Strait with the discerning eye and contemplative soul of the artist who is satisfied only with first-hand colour, and who, while...
| Автор | Ion Idriess |
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland by Edward Hayes libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!
| Автор | Edward Hayes |
Hobsbawms 1995 erstmals auf Deutsch erschienenes Werk »Das Zeitalter der Extreme« ist längst ein moderner Klassiker, der Titel zur Chiffre für das 20. Jahrhundert geworden. Erzählt wird darin die Geschichte des »Kurzen 20. Jahrhunderts« von 1914 bis 1991 – aus der Sicht des marxistischen Historikers, der zugleich teilnehmender Beobachter dieses 20. Jahrhunderts war.
| Автор | Eric Hobsbawm |
In all the history of the sun-scorched Holy Land, there's never been a knight like Sir Kenneth, «The Falcon.» His sword is swift and true, and in battle he fights with a savage intensity that lifts the spirits of all who fight under the English banner. And these are the women in his life–Elaine, the dusky, beautiful gypsy girl who earns her living dancing and singing for the Christian troops–but would gladly give it all up, if Sir Kenneth would only take her into his tent; the Lady Joan,...
| Автор | V. J. Banis |
In 19th century Ireland – just one generation after the Great Famine had left a million dead and scattered the Irish across the globe – a new crop failure threatened the land and its people. This time round, a radical idea began to take hold: that famine was neither divine nor natural in origin but a political event, based on unequal power relations. From this, the globally based Irish Land League was born, led by the visionary Michael Davitt. Fanny and Anna Parnell's Ladies Land League...
| Автор | Mary O'Connell |
Cuba: The Mob, Castro, and the End of the Embargo, explores Cuba's complicated history and emergence from an era of economic isolation from the US. Exploring America's relationship with Cuba, the many political forces that have shaped the country's identity including communism, Batista, and The United Fruit Company; the conflicted legacy of Che Guevara; and the current relationship between Fidel and Raul Castro and President Obama, Cuba contextualizes what the future holds for the...
| Автор | Lightning Guides |
North Korea: Unmasking Three Generations of Mad Men explores the mysterious legacy of the Kim family. From the annexation of Korea by Japan to the painful separation of North and South Korea following WWII, to the cult of personality created by Kim Il-Sung, North Korea will examine the context that created one of the most mysterious, fascinating, and frightening dictatorships in modern history. Kim Jong-Il's total control over the state-run media, the militarization of...
| Автор | Lightning Guides |
England, 1152. Henry II is king. The country is wracked by bloody civil war. Griffyn Sauvage is a valiant knight with a strict moral code of honor. But when his family's estate and vast treasures are seized, he becomes hardened by the betrayal. Now he will go to any lengths for vengeance–even if it means forming a union with his most despised enemy by marrying his daughter, Lady Guinevere de l'Ami. Then, Griffyn lays eyes on Gwyn and is completely disarmed. . . As war strikes, Gwyn is...
| Автор | Kris Kennedy |
Der Kurzurlaub auf der idyllischen Ostseeinsel Hiddensee auf den Spuren des Nobelpreisträgers Gerhart Hauptmann wird für drei junge Berliner zur Odyssee durch den real existierenden Inselsozialismus der 80er Jahre. Die Staatsmacht nimmt Anstoß an den verdächtigen Personaldokumenten der Besucher und folgerichtig werden die vermeintlichen Gesetzesbrecher festgesetzt. Das groteske und kafkaeske Spektakel aus dem DDR-Absurdistan ist eine spannende Urlaubslektüre und mehr …
| Автор | Andreas H. Apelt |
The Montana Territory is one of the last outposts of the American West—where adventure as grand as the wide-open plains is around every corner, and passion as wild as the land itself beats in every heart . . . Elizabeth Sanders isn’t afraid of anything, except what will happen to her beloved town if the Big Mountain Lumber Mill is destroyed. When she overhears a plot to do just that, she vows to put a stop to it, even if it means dressing as a young lumberjack to expose the saboteur. There’s...
| Автор | Dawn Luedecke |
“Build a wall about your heart.” Riordan Wollstonecraft labors under the heavy burden of his forebears. For generations, a curse has followed the dashing young men of his family, guaranteeing the women they love an untimely death. The youngest grandson of the Earl of Wollstonecraft Hall, charismatic Riordan is quietly resigned to his fate, an educator who devotes his life to good works, and ignores any longing for something more . . . Widowed and penniless, Lady Sabrina Lakeside is desperate...
| Автор | Karyn Gerrard |
A Daring Charade. . . For ten years, Anthony Westfield, Viscount Somerton, hasn't been able to forget the woman with whom he spent one scandalous night. When their paths cross again, he's shocked to discover Victoria Seaton is an accomplished pickpocket. But Somerton leads a double life of his own. Working on an undercover assignment, he makes Victoria a proposition: pretend to be his mistress or risk ruin. Yet soon he's tempted to turn their charade into reality–and surrender to...
| Автор | Christie Kelley |
Her Shocking Past. . . Raised as the youngest daughter of the Duke of Kendal, Elizabeth learns a devastating truth on his deathbed: he wasn't her father at all. And because the Duke had no sons, his title and fortune must go to his only male heir: a distant cousin who left England for America long ago. Anticipating the man's imminent occupation of her home, Elizabeth anxiously searches for her mother's diary, and the secret of her paternity. . . Her Unexpected Future. . . Arriving...
| Автор | Christie Kelley |
“You must lock away your heart at all costs.” Falling in love was the darkest moment of Garrett Wollstonecraft’s privileged youth, even as he and Abigail Hughes shared a blissful summer of passionate promise. Sworn to keep Abigail safe from the curse plaguing generations of Wollstonecraft men, Garrett sacrificed his future happiness. Now, fourteen years after he lost his heart, Abigail reenters his life. But the woman who arrives unannounced at his ancestral manor is very different from the...
| Автор | Karyn Gerrard |