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Auftakt der Trilogie von drei Frauen über drei Generationen. Mathilde, eine junge Elsässerin, verliebt sich am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Amine Belhaj, einen marokkanischen Offizier im Dienst der französischen Armee. Die beiden heiraten und lassen sich auf einem abgelegenen Hof am Fuß des Atlas-Gebirges nieder. Voller Freiheitsdrang hatte sie den Aufbruch in ein neues, unbekanntes Leben gewagt und muss doch bald ernüchternde Erfahrungen machen.

Como bruja experta de la cocina, Dina Whitlock domina cualquier receta de repostería. De hecho, dirige su propia cafetería en Londres y sirve pasteles mágicos a todos sus clientes. Pero solo unos pocos amigos conocen sus extraordinarias habilidades y el maleficio que atormenta su vida amorosa. Tras irse de viaje por el mundo para recuperarse de una brutal ruptura, Scott Mason ha regresado a Londres y la boda de su mejor amigo está a la vuelta de la esquina.

El argentino Bruno Gelber es uno de los cien mejores pianistas del siglo XX. Contrajo polio a los siete años, pero eso no le impidió desarrollar una carrera monumental. Brilló en los mejores escenarios de Europa, vivió veinticinco años en París y...

Some of the Most Holy Sacraments in our Scriptures include Plants & Herbs: What Can We Learn by Studying Them? Written for The laity in Christ who are seeking a greater understanding of prayer, healing, and wholeness in Christ

A poignant, rousing debut book of poetry, full of life, from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, California woke up no light is a Black girl’s saunter turned to a woman’s defiant strut. These are the hymns of a new generation of poetry. Young, alive, yearning. A mouth swung open and...

Alsace, 1944. Mathilde finds herself falling deeply in love with Amine Belhaj, a Moroccan soldier, billeted in her town, fighting for the French. After the Liberation, Mathilde leaves France, following Amine to Morocco. But life here is unrecognisable to this brave and passionate young woman. Where she once danced, bickered with her sister, her life is now that of a farmer's wife - with all the sacrifices and vexations that brings. Suffocated by the heat, by her loneliness on the farm, by the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner and by the lack of money, Mathilde grows restless.

Vanessa isn't sure which happened first: finding the abandoned museum or losing her best friend Bailey. She doesn't know what to do with herself now that Bailey has left her behind—but when she stumbles upon an empty, forgotten museum, her purpose becomes clear. Vanessa starts filling the museum with her own artifacts and memories, hoping that perhaps, if she can find the right way to tell the story of her broken friendship, she can figure out how to make it whole again. 

On the 24th of February 2007, my husband Stuart drowned himself at sea, leaving me widowed with two young daughters, aged six and four. I knew it wasn't an accident, even though the medics and police never suspected suicide. Stuart had been talking about ending his life for a year. His most recent suicide attempt had been only three weeks earlier. Afterwards, he described that day as the most peaceful day of his life. Sitting next to the dam, he smoked his last cigarette. He drank a hundred sleeping pills and did a final check to make sure everything would look like an accident. The last ...

Your Soul Will Live Forever is a powerful, soul-stirring invitation to refocus on what truly matters. In a world driven by success, possessions, and pressure, this book reminds us that only one thing is eternal—our soul. Through spiritual insight and heartfelt reflection, it encourages listeners to live with eternity in mind, deepen their walk with God, and pursue purpose beyond the material. Whether you're seeking clarity, direction, or lasting peace, this book offers a timely reset. It’s more than inspiration—it’s a call to live for what lasts. Because this life ends—but your soul doesn’t.

Adèle appears to have the perfect life. A respected journalist, she lives in a flawless Parisian apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But beneath the veneer of 'having it all', she is bored - and consumed by an insatiable need for sex, whatever the cost. Struggling to contain the twin forces of compulsion and desire, she begins to orchestrate her life around her one-night stands and extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until she becomes ensnared in a trap of her own making.

Im Sommer 1968 kehrt Aïcha Belhaj nach vier Jahren Medizinstudium in Straßburg nach Marokko zurück. In Frankreich gehen die Studenten auf die Straße, von den Barrikaden tönt der Ruf nach gesellschaftlicher Veränderung. Doch in ihrer Heimat trifft die angehende Ärztin auf eine erstarrte Welt, die für sie zur Herausforderung wird. Ihre Familie ist zerrissen. Die Farm ihres Vaters floriert, Aïchas Bruder Selim leidet unter den hohen Erwartungen des Vaters und taucht in einer Hippiekommune unter.

Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a rehab facility and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself—and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.

When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris' upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint and is able to host enviable birthday parties.

Over one night, alone in the Punta della Dogana Museum in Venice, Leïla Slimani grapples with the self as it is revealed in solitude. In a place of old and new, she confronts her past and her present, through her life as a Moroccan woman, as a writer, and as a daughter. Surrounded by art, she explores what it means to behold and clasp beauty; enveloped by night, she confronts the meaning of life and death.

“A rich family saga . . . [written with] voluptuous lyricism and emotional precision.” —The Washington Post The rebellions within an interracial family play out against the countercultural rebellions of the 1960s in this sexy, stylish, sophisticated new novel by the award-winning...

Sammar is a Sudanese widow working as an Arabic translator at a Scottish university. Since the sudden death of her husband, her young son has gone to live with family in Khartoum, leaving Sammar alone in cold, gray Aberdeen, grieving and isolated. But when she begins to translate for Rae, a Scottish Islamic scholar, the two develop a deep friendship that awakens in Sammar all the longing for life she has repressed. As Rae and Sammar fall in love, she knows they will have to address his lack of faith in all that Sammar holds sacred.

Sie fühlt eine Leere, obwohl sie alles hat. Sie weiß, dass sie ihre Familie verlieren könnte, und setzt trotzdem alles aufs Spiel: Adèle, Mitte dreißig, lebt mit ihrem Ehemann und ihrem kleinen Sohn in Paris. Nach außen hin führt sie ein Leben, dem es an nichts fehlt. Trotzdem ist sie nicht glücklich. Gelangweilt zieht sie durch die Straßen von Paris, trifft sich mit Männern, hat Sex mit Fremden - immer wieder. Bis ihr Mann eines Tages dahinterkommt. Der ist überzeugt: Sie ist krank und muss geheilt werden. Doch kann er Adèle zu ihrem Glück zwingen?

Morocco, 1968. As she stands at the window, Mathilde reflects on the opportunities before her. Looking out at her garden, the roses - brought in from Marrakech - have bloomed and their sweet, fresh scent pervades the garden. Anything feels possible, and she is determined to celebrate it. Don't they have the right to enjoy life, after dedicating their best years to the war and then to this farm?

This is the story of two sisters, Mia and Inés. Two girls enveloped in love, trapped by social conventions of Casablanca at the dawn of the 21st century and silenced by the political 'truths' that envelop their lives. Mia - the older sister, a warrior and a pariah, her sexuality a matter of scorn, a truth to be erased. Inés - the little sister, a woman trying to carve out an identity in a Paris that derides and erases her with no way back to Morocco, a homeland her father has warned her never to return to for her own sake.

Un audiolibro de crónicas cubanas de la mano de doce de los más prestigiosos periodistas y escritores de nuestro tiempo que abarca política y arte, música y béisbol, presente y pasado, y nos ofrecen una excepcional instantánea de la particular encrucijada en la que se encuentra la sociedad cubana.