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Commissario Montalbanos Vize Mimì hat einen Toten entdeckt - unter mysteriösen Umständen. Kurz darauf geht im Kommissariat ein Anruf ein: Der vermögende Theaterliebhaber Carmelo Catalanotti wurde leblos aufgefunden - in der gleichen Position wie der andere Tote. Während die Ermittlungen im ersten Fall sich als besonders delikat erweisen, ahnt Montalbano im Fall Catalanotti bald, dass dieser als Leiter einer Schauspieltruppe mit ungewöhnlichen Auswahlkriterien Zorn auf sich gezogen hat.

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE READS OF SUMMER 2024 Named a Best Book of 2024 by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Time, Elle, Vulture, Lit Hub, and The Guardian “Make room...

Rita Levi-Montalcini (April 22, 1909 - December 30, 2012) was an Italian Nobel laureate, honored for her work in neurobiology. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF), the protein that causes cell growth due to stimulated nerve tissue.

Survival means fighting back. Set across Sunderland and New York in the late 19th century, A Woman of Courage is a heartwarming saga by Rita Bradshaw, author of the bestselling Believing in Tomorrow. It's 1890, and Josie Gray is an innocent and beautiful fifteen-year old when Adam McGuigan, the...

Aufruhr in Vigàta: Eine schwedische Produktionsfirma will in dem Küstenstädtchen einen Film mit Sechzigerjahre-Flair drehen. Zur Vorbereitung der Kulisse werden die Bewohner gebeten, alte Fotos und Filme beizusteuern. Auch Commissario Montalbano erreicht eines Tages ein Paket: Der Ingenieur Sabatello hat auf dem Dachboden mehrere Filme seines verstorbenen Vaters gefunden. Sie zeigen jeweils minutenlang dasselbe Detail einer Mauer, und Sabatello kann sich keinen Reim darauf machen.

Believing in Tomorrow is the new sweeping family saga from the top ten bestselling author of One Snowy Night, Rita Bradshaw. Molly McKenzie is only eleven years old when her abusive father beats her to within an inch of her life. Escaping from the hovel she calls home, Molly is found by kind...

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One—and since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016. The audio is narrated by an all-star lineup including Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, Helen...

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One—and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes...

From Hurston/Wright Legacy Award-winning author Rita Woods, The Last Dreamwalker tells the story of two women, separated by nearly two centuries yet inextricably linked by the Gullah-Geechee Islands off the coast of South Carolina—and their connection to a mysterious and extraordinary gift...

Das hat ihm gerade noch gefehlt: Auf Wunsch seiner Verlobten Livia soll Commissario Montalbano sich für einen feierlichen Anlass einen Anzug maßschneidern lassen. Doch die allseits hochverehrte Schneiderin Elena überzeugt ihn mit Effizienz und Charme. Am nächsten Tag findet man Elena tot in ihrem Atelier, erstochen mit einer Schneiderschere. Die widersprüchlichen Aussagen mehrerer Verdächtiger abzuwägen erinnert Montalbano bald an das Entwirren eines verhedderten Wollknäuels.

An immigrant mother’s long-held secrets upend her daughter’s understanding of her family, her identity, and her place in the world in this powerful and dramatic memoir “Riveting . . . [Wong] tells her story in vivid conversational prose that will make readers feel they’re listening to a...

A “beautifully written” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have take to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system. If you think sexism...

From the top-ten bestselling author of Beneath a Frosty Moon, Rita Bradshaw, comes One Snowy Night, a sweeping family saga set between the two world wars in the north-east of England. It’s 1922 and the Depression is just beginning to rear its head in Britain, but Ruby Morgan is about to marry...

A revised, updated, and expanded edition of the best-selling self-help book that encourages women to overcome adversity, embrace change, and discover their power: This Is Not the Life I Ordered is the culmination of weekly "kitchen table coaching" sessions that took place for more than a decade and were designed to support four extraordinary women through life's ups and downs. These women realized that their support of one another could help other women struggling with life's myriad issues of work, family, and love, as well as the big questions of life and death.

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and black. “A powerful collection that opens the reader’s eyes to the breadth and diversity of contemporary experience in America” June...

Beneath a Frosty Moon is a soul-stirring saga amidst the frosts of WWII Britain by Rita Bradshaw. Delve into a riveting tale of resilience with Rita Bradshaw's Beneath a Frosty Moon. Set in the turmoil of 1940s London, this saga paints a heartrending portrait of love and loss amidst the greatest...

Ordnung ist das halbe Leben. Ob Zuhause oder im Büro, ob Social Media oder Beziehungen - Rita Pohle, Coach für "Space Clearing", zeigt wirkungsvolle Strategien, um Ordnung zu schaffen, Sachen loszuwerden und Raum zu gewinnen. Einmal vom materiellen und psychischen Ballast befreit, hilft sie, nicht mehr in alte Verhaltensmuster zurückzufallen, sodass das Leben in Zukunft klarer wird und bleibt.

A Winter Love Song is a heartwarming and moving story of survival and love from bestselling author Rita Bradshaw. Bonnie Lindsay is born into a travelling fair community in the north-east in 1918, and when her mother dies just months later Bonnie’s beloved father becomes everything to her...

From the top-ten bestselling author of One Snowy Night, Rita Bradshaw, comes The Winter Rose, a sweeping family saga set in the north of England. It’s December 1902 and Rose O’Leary is looking forward to her baby girl’s first Christmas. But then tragedy strikes: her husband dies at the...

From the top-ten bestselling author of One Snowy Night, Rita Bradshaw, comes The Storm Child, a sweeping family saga set during the run up to WW2 in the north-east of England. It’s mid-winter, and in the throes of a fierce blizzard Elsie Redfern and her husband discover an unknown girl in...