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Simone de Beauvoir war eine große Analytikerin der Rolle der Frau in der Gesellschaft und in der Liebe. Aber sie war auch eine große Liebende. In ihrem biografischen Roman "Der andere Mann" beleuchtet Katja Kulin die vielleicht widersprüchlichsten Jahre im Leben der französischen Ausnahmeautorin. Ihr berühmtestes Werk "Das andere Geschlecht" entsteht Ende der 1940er-Jahre, während sie gleichzeitig erstmals eine Beziehung mit beinahe klassischer Rollenverteilung lebt.

A British nurse in WWI Egypt races to deliver explosive intelligence that could change the course of the war in this novel of suspense, adventure, and love.

Un viejo clásico americano. Una nueva traducción. El Gran Gatsby es el clásico americano de F. Scott Fitzgerald, inspirado en su propia experiencia del Nueva York de los locos años 20. La época del Jazz, la Ley Seca, las Flappers, la riqueza extrema y la decadencia que sirve de telón de fondo a El Gran Gatsby.

Summer 1945. After victory in Europe, best friends Lily, Gladys and Beryl are looking to the future. But even with this happy news, their lives are far from simple. Despite Lily’s joyful summer wedding, she has doubts over what her heart wants now. As she adjusts to her role as young wife, could this signal the end of her position at Marlows? The return of Gladys’s husband, Bill, raises questions of their family life, as he struggles to find work after the navy, and for Beryl, big changes at her bridal shop are afoot.

Grand Duchess Olga Romanov comes of age amid a shifting tide for the great dynasties of Europe. But even as unrest simmers in the capital, Olga is content to live within the confines of the sheltered life her parents have built for her and her three sisters: hiding from the world on account of their mother’s ill health, their brother Alexei’s secret affliction, and rising controversy over Father Grigori Rasputin, the priest on whom the tsarina has come to rely.

Italy, 1943. For Carmela del Bosco, a farm girl in a remote Italian village, sheltering an English spy is the most dangerous thing she could do. If she’s caught by the fascists, it would be the end, especially for her beloved grandmother sleeping soundly upstairs. But taking in the pleading brown eyes of the man calling himself Sebastiano slumped at her door, and his terrible injuries inflicted by the Nazi occupiers, Carmela remembers how Nonna always taught her right from wrong. Risking everything, she hides him in a ruined tower on the edge of the farm.

Dramatisch, farbenfroh und voller Eleganz: Das Leben der Schönheitslegende Estée Lauder. New York, 1928: Die junge Esty darf im Schuppen ihres Onkels beim Mischen von Salben helfen. Sie experimentiert mit Düften und Ölen und kreiert ihre eigene Creme, die sie am Strand von Long Island an einem Klapptisch verkauft: Es wird ihr erster Erfolg. Esty nennt sich fortan Estée, zieht von Queens nach Manhattan und ergattert schließlich einen der begehrten Stände im Edelkaufhaus Saks.

July 1914. Britain is in turmoil as WW1 begins to change the world. While the young men disappear off to foreign battlefields, the women left at home throw themselves into jobs meant for the boys. Hiding her privileged background and her suffragette past, Constance Copeland signs up to be a Clippie on the trams in Staffordshire, despite her parents' disapproval. Constance, known as Connie, soon makes fast friends with lively fellow Clippies, Betty and Jean, as well as growing closer to the charming, gentle Inspector Robert Caldwell.

Barcelona, 1901. Während soziale Unruhen die Stadt in Aufruhr versetzen, führt der ehrgeizige Maler Dalmau Sala ein Leben zwischen zwei Welten. Tagsüber gestaltet er Kacheln in einer Keramikfabrik und versucht in den elitären Kreisen seines Arbeitgebers seine Kunst zu verkaufen. Nach Feierabend kämpft Dalmau gemeinsam mit seiner Familie und Emma, seiner großen Liebe, für die Rechte der Arbeiterklasse. Doch als ein tragisches Unglück geschieht, zerbricht ihre Beziehung. Jeder seiner Versuche, Emma zurückzugewinnen, scheitert - bis sie festgenommen wird.

West Yorkshire, 1914. Newly married to Noah Jackson, Beth is happily content working on her family's market stall while Noah fulfils his dreams of being a teacher. When war erupts, Beth's peaceful life is shattered by events beyond her control. Noah enlists to fight alongside his brothers. A devastating accident occurs that changes all their lives. Once a loving home, Beaumont Farm becomes Beth's responsibility.

1940 gleicht Straßburg einer Geisterstadt, die meisten Bewohner sind fortgezogen. Nur die junge Patisseurin Louise Picard ist mit ihrer Großmutter Ida in der heimischen Feinbäckerei geblieben. Als sie sich nach dem Einmarsch der Wehrmacht ausgerechnet in einen deutschen Soldaten verliebt, riskiert Louise damit das Leben ihrer gesamten Familie, denn Teile der Verwandtschaft sind jüdischer Abstammung. Doch Louise möchte ihre Träume nicht aufgeben und kämpft dafür, dass der Frieden und das süße Leben in ihre Heimatstadt zurückkehren.

For the district nurses of Victory Walk, there's been little time to bask in the triumph of D-day as London is facing a new threat - the buzz bombs. Everyone is terrified, never knowing where the next one will strike. Into this tense atmosphere, new nurse Iris must make her mark. She’s had more experience of nursing than many, but since arriving in East London from the countryside, she has struggled to fit in with the other staff. Meanwhile, Alice is facing an agonising wait to hear if her boyfriend, Joe, has survived D-day.

Rosemary and Dylan have grown apart since his return from WW2 and prison camp. But when memories from a bygone era begin to haunt them, they are drawn together to discover the source. The key could be the locket that Dylan found in an antique store that bears Rosemary’s initials. "Together Forever" are the words inscribed there, and somehow the daguerreotype portraits seem familiar. Can the mysteries of the past have an effect on the present? Find out in this gripping tale of love, loss, and secrets revealed. Based on the wartime diaries of the author’s father.

When Kit and Red set foot on French soil during the Normandy landings, they know they have to rely on each other. As they head for the battlefield, their aim is simple: save lives. But when they're called away on a top-secret mission to patch up a few men behind enemy lines, everything changes. Alongside fellow nurses, Roxy and Gail, they're told to prepare for the worst, trading in their nurses' fatigues for civilian clothes and hiding medical supplies under their skirts. But it's a lie. Their real mission tasks them with the impossible.

France, 1916: Estelle Graham faces a nightmare. Expecting to be met by her beloved husband and their newly-adopted daughter, she instead finds him gravely injured and unconscious in a casualty clearing station. Taking solace in his journals and letters, she fights for his care - and his life. Discover the depth of love and faith in the face of brutality as they learn to live while surviving the Great War.

Jessica is the quintessential 1920s wealthy bad girl from Montana with a penchant for running away from home if things don't go her way. As her brother's wedding to the sugary sweet Chastity nears, Jessica grows stir-crazy yet again. This time, however, fleeing south to Wyoming turns out to be much more dangerous than she ever could have predicted. When her brother hires skilled tracker Sleeping Fox to find her and bring her home, her life is forever changed.

Lidia De Angelis has kept a low profile since Mussolini's laws wrenched her from her childhood sweetheart. But when the Germans occupy Venice in 1943, she must flee the city to save her life. Lidia joins the partisans in the Venetian mountains, where she meets David, an English soldier fighting for the same cause. As she grows closer to him, harsh German reprisals and Lidia’s own ardent patriotic activities threaten to tear them apart.

Paris, 1939: The Nazis think Éliane can't understand German. They’re wrong. They think she’s merely cataloging art in a Louvre museum and unaware they’re stealing national treasures for their private collections. They have no idea she’s carefully decoding their notes and smuggling information to the Resistance. But Éliane is playing a dangerous game. Does she dare trust the man she once loved with her secrets, or will he only betray her once again?

From the best-selling author of Unrelenting comes the heartbreaking first-in-series, War Girls: Ursula, a harrowing tale of courage and conscience, love, and survival under the Third Reich. In Berlin, 1943, compassion is a crime. Newlywed Ursula Hermann is a simple woman, wanting nothing more than an end to the war and the return of her husband from the Russian front. But some things are not meant to be. The authorities determine that Ursula's contribution to the war effort is to guard a prison for undesirables and political prisoners. Then, the unthinkable happens.

Maggie Sturgus thought she knew the man she married. She couldn’t be more wrong. Trapped in an abusive marriage inside a prominent family, she sees no means of escape when her husband announces his candidacy for the US Senate. Four friends enlisted after Pearl Harbor. The secret they brought home will rock their small town. Josh Parrish made a promise to protect the girl he’s always loved.