Titoli in Saghe

Más que una ciudad, Estambul parece un gran barco de ruta incierta, cargado de pasajeros de distintas nacionalidades, lenguas y religiones. Esa es la imagen que acompaña a la joven Armanoush, que viaja desde Arizona para visitar por primera vez la ciudad y descubrir sus orígenes. Lo que la joven aún no sabe es que su familia armenia y la de su padrastro turco estuvieron ligadas en el pasado, y que la vida en común de los dos pueblos fue un día apacible.

When John Durbeyfield discovers a family connection to the ancient Norman family, the D'Urbervilles, the fate of daughter Tess is transformed. Sent by her ambitious parents to visit her wealthy D'Urberville cousins, Tess attracts the attention of the unscrupulous Alec. Seduced and discarded by him and alone in the world, she finds work as a milkmaid and the love of Angel Clare. Yet his love cannot accept the truth about Tess's past.

È il 1769, in Germania, un anno di carestia. La sera, gli uomini siedono intorno ai tavoli, in silenzio. Le donne mondano cavoli. Ma nel cerchio dei lumi a olio, un giorno, si fa avanti uno sconosciuto. È un messo dell'imperatrice Maria Teresa, un pifferaio magico, e promette campi fertili e un futuro in una terra di cui nessuno di loro ha mai sentito parlare. Così Georg Kempf decide di partire. E la sua nuova casa, si scoprirà, si chiama Slavonia. Oltre centocinquant'anni dopo, un altro messo bussa alla porta della famiglia Kempf. la Germania, ora, che reclama i suoi figli per arruolarli nell'esercito del Reich millenario.

Esta no es la historia de cómo morí. Sino de cómo viví. Vuestros historiadores me llaman seductora, pero siempre fui esclava del amor. Vuestros dramaturgos hablan de brujería, pero mis talentos procedían de los mismísimos dioses. Vuestros poetas cantan sobre mi sed de sangre, pero siempre estaba protegiendo a mis hijos.

In this third Neapolitan novel, Elena and Lila, the two girls whom were first introduced in My Brilliant Friend, have become women. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son; she has left her husband and the comforts her marriage brought and now works as a common laborer. Elena has left the neighborhood, earned her college degree, and published a successful novel, all of which has opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished salons.

Dramatisations of Thomas Mann’s three bestselling novels '"his collection of radio plays is a wonderful way to explore the world of Thomas Mann and comes strongly recommended." - Entertainment Focus One of Germany’s greatest and most revered writers, Thomas Mann won the Nobel Prize for...

When the distressing shadows of war fall across Europe, Olivia Brodie watches the man she loves, Captain Spencer Middleton, lead his men proudly to the front, his final words a promise to return. Left behind among the working-class neighbours she calls family, Olivia clings to hope as the world around her changes forever. Her spirited younger brother, Lachie, eager to prove himself, enlists underage – his letters home filled with bravado and dreams of glory.

Beautifully read by Indira Varma and poignantly told, Marking Time is the second novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s bestselling family saga The Cazalet Chronicles, set during the onset of World War II. Includes a new introduction, written and read by Kate Mosse. 'Compelling, moving...

The epic quest that began in The Shiver Tree continues in The Whisper Tree, book two of The Amarra Chronicles. The continent of Amarra rests on the brink of disaster. With the heart of druidic magic failing, the balance of nature faces destruction. At the behest of the enigmatic sage Xander...

Random House presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of A Home for Alice by Gloria Cook, read by Emma Powell. All she wants is a roof over her head... After her plans to elope with her married lover fall through, Rachel Kivell is broken-hearted, and saddened that she must remain...

December 1941: As bombs fall on Pearl Harbor, singer Hattie James faces a personal nightmare when her sister Olivia vanishes. The kidnappers demand an impossible price—her father's classified list of undercover American and Nazi spies. Wartime paranoia and family loyalty take Hattie to Washington, D.C., with Maya and Commander Leo Bell to hunt an elusive, high-ranking mole in the War Department who is after those lists. Leo, a military intelligence officer with access to classified operations, becomes their crucial inside man, navigating the treacherous corridors of power. 

Anthony C. Yu’s translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time. Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China’s most famous religious heroes, and his three supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures. 

Ein Kindheitsversprechen. Ein Familiengeheimnis. Und eine unmögliche Liebe in den goldenen Jahren Italiens. Zwei Kinder im Garten einer Mailänder Villa: Piero, der strahlende Sohn eines Automobilunternehmers. Und Valeria, die talentierte Tochter der Hausangestellten. Sie versprechen sich, Freunde fürs Leben zu werden. Verbunden durch ein altes Familiengeheimnis erleben sie eine Jugend in den goldenen Jahren Italiens, zwischen Dolce Vita und kultureller Revolution.

Julian Fellowes's Belgravia is the story of a secret. A secret that unravels behind the porticoed doors of London's grandest postcode. Set in the 1840s, when the upper echelons of society began to rub shoulders with the emerging industrial nouveau riche, Belgravia is peopled by a rich cast of characters. But the story begins on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the Duchess of Richmond's now legendary ball, one family's life will change forever.

After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The 26-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people”. Even before he reaches home, he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee, read by Raj Ghatak. ***Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014*** ***Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2014*** ***WINNER of the Encore Award 2014*** ‘Ma, I feel exhausted with consuming, with taking and...

Penguin Classics presents Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, adapted for audio and now available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actress Diana Quick. 'How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I...

¿Qué ocurre cuando se apaga la luz que ilumina a una familia de bien? Berna González Harbour construye una de las grandes novelas familiares de los últimos años. 3.ª edición «Una novela tan brillante como absorbente habitada por personajes hijos de un pasado reciente en el que ninguno es...

*SHARPE’S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available now* Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe, sidelined on the Royal staff, magnificently siezes command at the final moment of the great victory. It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the Prince of Orange...

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