Florian hat seinen Geliebten durch den Tod verloren, Babette ihren Mann. Die Suche nach dem blauen Kleid bringt die beiden zusammen: Geteiltes Leid ist halbes Leid? Wenn es nur so einfach wäre…

David Copperfield is the story of a young man s adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrann ..

"The Dead Father "is a gargantuan half-dead, half-alive, part mechanical, wise, vain, powerful being who still has hopes for himself–even while he is being dragged by means of a cable toward a mysterious goal. In this extraordinary novel, marked by ..

In Delta of Venus Anais Nin pens a lush, magical world where the characters of her imagination possess the most universal of desires and exceptional of talents. Among these provocative stories, a Hungarian adventurer seduces wealthy women then vanish ..

In einem kolumbianischen Tropendorf herrscht seit Jahren der Ausnahmezustand. Das Leben ist erstarrt, und die Menschen hoffen vergeblich auf Veränderung, auf Befreiung von der Militärdiktatur. Der Oberst, der mit seiner Frau in großer Armut lebt, erw ..

Im 16. Jahrhundert entdeckt der junge Alchimist Hans Burger den „Roten Löwen“ – ein Pulver, das ewiges Leben verspricht. Doch um in Besitz des kostbaren Mittels zu gelangen, muss er töten. Eine endlose, dramatische Reise durch die Jahrhunderte begin ..

En 1749, l’Académie de Dijon met au concours la question suivante : Si le rétablissement des sciences et des arts a contribué à épurer les mœurs. Alors qu’il va rendre visite à Diderot prisonnier à Vincennes, Rousseau feuillette le ..

Ultimate accessory for all Pratchett fans, this is a witty almanac and essential guide to Discworld life. Full of witty illustrations by Paul Kidby, it also includes homemade remedies for common ailments, recipes, horoscopes, strange tales and a calendar.

Brazen and given to transgressions, the narrator of this mordantly witty novel is an aloof, tough talking, married Manhattan woman who carries on three affairs simultaneously, blithely breaking seven of the Ten Commandments in her search for a safe plac

This book outlines in detail the ancient dragon bloodline, going much further than his previous book, Genesis of the Grail Kings, co-authored with Sir Laurence Gardner. Where did the bloodline come from and what did it mean? Were those who carried it ..

The new bestselling novel, now in paperback, from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist.

A humane, umcompromising and moral novel which offers a profound and delicate vision of literary celebrity, artistry and the private life of the mind.