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Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II. Single, six foot two, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC file clerk, to head of General "Wild Bill" Donovan's secret File Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services.

Each member of the family always responded in the same way whenever Désiré’s name came up. Father and Grandfather would say nothing at all. Mother would say a few words and then falter, ‘It's all very sad.’ So, each in their own way, no one seemed to have anything much to say. The truth was that in 1983 my uncle Désiré ran away from our village, in the South of France. And when he returned home from Amsterdam, he was addicted to heroin. And then he died. That was the truth, but not the whole truth . . .

Easy Does It, the Story of Mac is a biographical novel written by the late Doctor William D. Silkworth MD about an alcoholic named Mac who recovers from alcoholism in Alcoholics Anonymous. Mac seeks help from a church pastor know throughout the text as the Padre. Together they learn all about Mac’s alcoholism and the Padre helps Mac along as Mac finds sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous. In the course of the novel the listener learns in depth about alcoholism and alcoholics anonymous in altogether human terms.

Comment résister à l’adrénaline de l’action secrète tout en restant patriote ? Ce roman de géopolitique est mené tambour battant par un narrateur aussi égocentrique que sarcastique. Plongez dans une aventure captivante !

Dans cette fresque magistrale se mêlent secrets de familles, succès éclatants, amours contrariées, disparitions et drames retentissants. De Vienne à New-York, et tout au long du 20e siècle, découvrez les protagonistes qui gravitent autour d’un tableau de Gustave Klimt.

Sarah spends her time worrying about how she will be able to get a permanent academic position, and also doing ketamine and watching 80s movies with her best friend, Nathan. Nathan was the only person to believe Sarah when she was assaulted by a fellow student during her first year. Sarah reported it to the university and to the police, but nothing happened. 'He's such a good guy.' 'He wouldn't do that.' 'Were you drinking?' When Nathan is found dead of an alleged heroin overdose, Sarah is convinced it is a murder but, once again, the police don't believe her.

In Flora Thompson's semi-autobiographical series Lark Rise to Candleford, she explores the Oxfordshire country life of her protagonist Laura in the 1880s and 1890s. This collection includes all three works in the trilogy, Lark Rise, Over to Candleford, and Candleford Green.

Feeling life is slipping him by, an American agriculturalist heads to Vietnam to try and make a difference in the lives of the people as part of President Johnson's 'Hearts and Minds' campaign. There is just one big problem - there's a war going on. Eddie joins a small group of civilian advisors chosen to work with local farmers to help make Vietnam once again self-sufficient in rice. He is drawn to the adventure, the challenge, and the opportunity to make a difference, but he is leaving some problems behind.

Wilma è il romanzo del "caso Montesi": il fatto di cronaca nera che fece tremare i palazzi del potere nell’Italia del dopoguerra. L’11 aprile 1953, sulla spiaggia di Torvajanica, a circa quaranta chilometri da Roma, il corpo di una giovane donna viene trovato riverso sulla battigia. Il suo nome era Wilma Montesi, una ragazza di ventun anni "con qualche vaga aspirazione cinematografica". In apparenza sembra essersi trattato di uno sfortunato incidente, ma molti particolari non tornano.

En esta fascinante historia solo está Manrique. Es un iluso joven que es arrastrado por su soledad. Quizás buscando salir de esa soledad que cada vez se apodera más de él, le parece ver a una muy linda damisela perdida entre la espesura de la noche. Este, se enamora perdidamente de esta aparición. A lo largo de su extravagante fascinación, logra desarrollar un completo apego y unas fantasías increíbles con esta persona, que en realidad solo vive en la mentalidad de Manrique. Todo esto sigue sin parar hasta que finalmente logra desvelar el famoso misterio de la chica de sus sueños.

El Suicida Sustituto de Giovanni Papini es una novela filosófica e introspectiva que explora las profundidades de la desesperación humana y el cuestionamiento existencial. La narrativa gira en torno al protagonista, quien, desilusionado de la vida, decide poner fin a su propia existencia. Sin embargo, antes de llevar a cabo su plan, se encuentra con una figura misteriosa que le ofrece una alternativa: un suicidio sustituto. Este enigmático personaje lleva al protagonista a un viaje de autodescubrimiento, desafiando sus creencias y percepciones sobre la vida, la muerte y el significado de la existencia.

La baronessa Melusine von der Schulenburg è giovane, indipendente e ribelle: refrattaria a ogni obbligo, pretende di avere gli stessi diritti dei maschi, vuole studiare, rifiuta sia di prendere marito che di farsi monaca, e sostiene di riuscire a parlare con i morti. Accetta di fare da dama di compagnia alla corte di Hannover solo per incontrare Leibniz, che lì studia. Ma a corte non è facile inserirsi: tutti iniziano a chiamarla, con astio, la Pertica, perché alta e slanciata com’è non è certo una bellezza, e le regole imposte dall’etichetta le tolgono la libertà che andava cercando.

La guerra ha terminado. España está en ruinas. En el cementerio de Alicante exhuman los restos de José Antonio Primo de Rivera. Sus camaradas falangistas van a llevarlo a hombros hasta enterrarlo en El Escorial, morada de reyes, sepulcro imperial. Durante once días y diez noches, el cortejo fantasmagórico avanzará por pueblos y ciudades entre hogueras, escarcha, brazos enhiestos y propaganda: una epopeya fascista de 467 kilómetros para demostrar quién manda en la nueva España.

Lee Krasner was determined to be an artist. With single-minded passion she pursued her dream. By her twenties she was Hans Hofmann's best student, and a vanguard of America's first art movement, along with de Kooning, Kline and Pollock. But for most of the twentieth century, art was a man's world, and even her peers failed her. Another obstacle for Lee was her marriage to Jackson Pollock, whose star shone so brightly, it cast a shadow over everything around it, eventually self-destructing.

In this rich, sweeping novel, Monika Zgustova immerses us in the daily life of this remarkable couple, offering insights into their complex personal and professional relationships, as well as the real people behind characters such as Lolita. Vera considered herself an independent woman, but was she really, when her husband took up so much space? And without Vera, could Nabokov have become one of the twentieth century's greatest writers?

Jayne is quiet. She keeps to herself and has no grand expectations for her days. But after a chance encounter with her elderly neighbour, Meredith, Jayne is forced to reevaluate her determination to keep the world at a distance. Meredith's dust-covered home is chaotic and neglected. And slowly, Jayne starts to grasp that Meredith herself is quite lost. She can't seem to remember anything: what she last ate, when she last went out or saw her daughter, or even Jayne's name, despite what are becoming frequent visits. But most alarmingly, Meredith can't remember where her husband is.

Sie hat alles gehabt und alles verloren: Sekunden der Unachtsamkeit kosten ihre einzige Tochter das Leben. Tief sieht Linda in den Abgrund und wäre beinahe gefallen, doch da sind hauchfeine Fäden, die sie halten – die Hündin Kaja, die steten Handgriffe im Garten, das Mitgefühl für andere. Wie viel Kraft in ihr steckt, ahnt sie erst, als sie zurückfindet in einen Alltag und zu sich selbst.

Discover the remarkable journey of Taryn, a highly sensitive woman with Misophonia, as she navigates life's challenges in "The Sound Within." Taking inspiration from her life events, Taryn's work of fiction offers a lighthearted and inspiring quest for strength and relationships. With authenticity and hope, she reflects on her isolation, finding relief in the lessons of Santiago from The Alchemist.

While researching my ancestry I was intrigued to discover that an ancestor had been widowed twice and married three times with three children before the age of 26. William was born in Somerset in 1828, one of generations going back to 1722 and beyond skilled with woodcarving and model making. He was a great inventor, engineer and designer, and adventurous, too. He migrated to New Zealand in 1858, and then to Melbourne in 1885, his family then 10 strong. This is a fictionalised account of his life.

L'ascension féroce d'une petite fille qui rêvait d'être célèbre. Cruel et brillant ! Cléo grandit dans une famille franco-américaine, mais tristement banale, d'universitaires. Dès l'enfance, elle n'a qu'une obsession : devenir célèbre. Elle sera chanteuse : elle a le timbre, le charisme, l'écriture, la double-nationalité. Au fil des années, Cléo saute tous les obstacles qui s'imposent à elle, arrache chaque victoire à pleine dents, s'entaille la cuisse à chaque échec.