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AS FEATURED ON DESERT ISLAND DISCS, BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB AND THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB, A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR MEMOIR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2018* I AM, I AM, I AM is a memoir with a difference - the unputdownable story of an extraordinary woman's life in near-death experiences. Insightful, inspirational, gorgeously written, it is a book to be read at a sitting, a story you finish newly conscious of life's fragility, determined to make every heartbeat count. A childhood illness she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. A terrifying encounter on a remote path. A mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital. Shocking, electric, unforgettable, this is the extraordinary memoir from Costa Novel-Award winner and Sunday Timesbestselling author Maggie O'Farrell. It is a book to make you question yourself. What would you do if your life was in danger, and what would you stand to lose?

In einem kleinen Land wird der Präsident gestürzt, und sein Koch, Maler und Barbier erzählen ihre Geschichten und Geheimnisse. Während sie in der Sommerresidenz gefangen sind, enthüllen sie ihre Verbindungen zur Macht und ihre geheimen Leidenschaften. Ceridwen Dovey thematisiert die Korrumpierbarkeit des Menschen und die primitiven Instinkte hinter der zivilisierten Fassade.

A child is imprisoned in a house by her reclusive religious parents. Hester has never seen the outside world. The story told by Hester is often dark and terrible, but the sheer blazing brilliance of her language and the imagery that illuminates the pages make this novel an exhilarating, enlightening and joyous act of faith.

Contains stories that talk about death - quite often, about how death affects the young.

Ausgesucht schöne Bücher, sorgfältig und liebevoll ediert, zum Entdecken und Wiederlesen, zum Schenken und Sammeln. Jane Austen beschreibt in "Sanditon" das Leben und die Szenerie des gleichnamigen südenglischen Badeortes. Im Zentrum der Handlung steht die junge Charlotte Heywood, die mit den Eigenheiten und Ereignissen des kleinen Badeortes konfrontiert wird. Liebe, Krankheit und Tod sind die Themen.

Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.

The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village's quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient to commit suicide. The vicar, the doctor, the servants—all are on the verge of accusing one another when help arrives from an unexpected quarter. The vicar's houseguest happens to be none other than Jane Marple.