Titoli in Occidentale

'Die erfolgreiche Modedesignerin Lotti Meier hat alles: einen gutdotierten Job, eine schöne Wohnung, ein Ferienhaus in den Schweizer Bergen. Aber richtig glücklich macht sie das schon seit Längerem nicht mehr. Sie ist vierzig Jahre alt, fühlt sich lustlos und müde, als sie spontan eine...

Ana Carbajosa recorre Reino Unido para entender su idiosincrasia y el momento de crisis institucional que padece ¿Cómo Reino Unido se ha aislado, fragmentado y empobrecido? ¿De dónde surgen personajes como Boris Johnson o Liz Truss? ¿A qué se debe el desinterés por la política en un...

In 1773, Boswell enticed his famous English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland. Johnson was then in his mid sixties. The two travellers set out from Edinburgh and skirted the eastern and northeastern coasts of Scotland, passing through St Andrews, Aberdeen and Inverness. They then passed into the highlands and spent several weeks on various islands in the Hebrides, including Skye, Coll, and Mull. After a visit to Boswell's estate at Auchinleck, the travellers returned to Edinburgh.

باريس هي عشرات العروض الموسيقية المجانية من كل صنف ولون، من كلاسيك إلى جاز إلى روك في أكشاك حديقة لوكسمبورج أو في ساحات محطات المترو. هي أفلام فلليني أو فسكونني أو...

«Aquel día de sol radiante José Tomás alcanzó la perfección en la ejecución de las suertes. Miles de personas perfectamente instaladas en el Coliseo de Nimes esperábamos ansiosas un derroche de torería, sabiduría y sensaciones mágicas, que superó lo previsto por cualquiera; la...

Bursting with humorous stories about local characters and vivid description of French landscapes and customs gleaned from thirty-five years in the country, Raising Olives in Provence tells the story of how the author improbably came to renovate a run-down house and raise olive trees in the hills above Saint-Tropez.

The world is enamored with Italy: its culture, art, food, and fashion, its beautiful landscapes, and famous cities-and, of course, its wine. If history can sometimes be throat-achingly dry, writer and wine expert Marc Millon serves up a delightfully fresh take on Italy's past, present, and future, best enjoyed with a glass in hand.

On the night of 14/15 April 1912, a supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest and most luxurious vessel in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage. Of the 2,208 people on board, only 712 were saved. The rest either drowned or froze to death. How could this 'unsinkable' vessel sink and why did so few of those aboard survive? The authors bring the tragedy to life, telling the story of the ship's design, construction, and maiden voyage.

With her husband imprisoned in eternal purgatory, Julia O'Connor and her friends must use every tool in their arsenal to stop Salvatore della Porta from completing his plan of global supremacy through Veritism—the one veritable religion—and save millions of souls from a similar fate.

Building a legacy is not about your name on a building. In this book, authors Fleming and Jansen describe how to make a legacy goal and discuss the value of difficult physical challenges like hiking the Camino de Santiago as a way to examine virtues, values, and a code of ethics so that legacy oriented people can think through how they want to live out their legacy.

On the lush green island of Corfu, Melodie’s new husband, Anton, is missing. With no clues to his whereabouts, Melodie and her step daughter Gaia are broken from the fear that they may never see him again. When Anton’s car is found by the side of the road, Gaia fixates on the idea that...

As the nation's oldest serving detectives, we know more about London than almost anyone. After all, we've been walking its streets and impulsively arresting its citizens for decades. Who better to take you through its less savoury side? We'll be chatting about odd buildings, odder characters...

For John Connell, the lambing season on his County Longford farm begins in the autumn. In the sheep shed, he surveys the dozen females in his care and contemplates the work ahead as the season slowly turns to winter, then spring. The twelve sheep have come into his life at just the right moment...

She thought she'd found her lost past, but did she uncover all the secrets? Melodie returns to her mother's house in Corfu for the first time since inheriting it. Only, she discovers it isn't empty. She finds someone has been living there; a girl who claims the property is hers. Dismissing the...

Can a lost past lead to a beautiful future? A passionate love story – a heart wrenching discovery. Melodie Pelletier is drawn back to the idyllic island of Corfu, a place bursting with wonderful family memories. She visits the popular fishing village of Agios Stefanos, a place with an...

Venice waits for you. It is the home of the artist, the writer, adventurer or madman (depending on how you look at it) for thousands of years. Their spirit abides, Marco Polo, Da Vinci, Shakespeare, Christie… haunting the canals, which demand exploration and defy explorers.

The unmissable conclusion to Tim Leach's critically acclaimed historical adventure series set in the Roman Empire. 180 AD. North of the Wall, Sarmatian warrior Kai and his adopted tribe, the Votadini, struggle for survival, cast into unfamiliar lands by Roman reprisals. When news arrives that an...

A travelogue exploring the life and work of George Orwell through the places he lived, worked and wrote Following in the footsteps of his literary hero, researcher and historian Oliver Lewis set out to visit all the places to have inspired and been lived in by George Orwell. Over three years he...

A family reunited after a twenty-year estrangement, will discover secrets that change their lives forever... Gabriella Jacques, is happy to be back in her childhood home, Villa Espoir in the South of France ready to embrace fresh experiences with friends new and old and to heal some deep family...

At the school gate, when she accidentally kissed one new friend on the nose and called another a 'beautiful man-horse', Rachael realised that small-town France could hardly be more different to beach-side Australia. The smell of cigarettes replaced the tang of bone-broth and sprouted sourdough...