Engelstalige historische romans
Engelstalige historische romans
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Legend of the Crazy White Woman
A female in the mid 1800's travels out west bringing her unusual talent of spiritual insight in a time where this was a rare and unrecognized gift. After a struggle and a big loss with her family, she begins to self-punish herself using her mind as a weapon against her self-worth, identity, and her belief in the world. Emotions from another time period, unresolved, will carry over into other lifetimes until finally sorted, identified, and resolved. This is book one of a series of the same soul living through major trauma and healing it.
€ 26,50 -
Antarctic Navigation
A MAJOR AMERICAN NOVEL - A WORK OF ASTONISHING POWER, RANGE, AND VISION A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK and Winner of THE OHIOANA BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION An epic tale of obsession, endurance, and discovery, fully imagined and intricately layered, Antarctic Navigation combines the sweep of the great Victorian novels with the metaphysical and philosophical weight of Moby-Dick, offering a journey both exhilarating and profound. Its narrator and protagonist is a rare and marvelous character in contemporary literature - a complex, contradictory woman driven by a wildly heroic obsession. Morgan Lamont has been haunted since childhood by the story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who died on the ill-fated British Antarctic expedition of 1910-1912. As a young woman, she gathers a group of eccentric but brilliant companions, each uniquely suited to the brutal physical and psychological demands of recreating Scott's polar journey. With the unexpected backing of her estranged and imperious grandfather, she launches the Ninety South Expedition, determined to retrace Scott's journey to the Pole - but this time, without loss of life. What ensues is both a classic heroic quest and a passionate love letter to the natural world. At once a gripping adventure and a work of splendid intellectual depth, Antarctic Navigation is an unforgettable novel - one that invites us into the mind of an extraordinary woman and the last great wilderness on earth. Arthur's prose, both lyrical and meticulous, carries readers deep into the physical realities of polar travel - its dangers, its austerity, its terrible beauty - and just as deep into humanity's pressing need to navigate the new and the unknown. Because of its length, Antarctic Navigation is being published in two volumes, including as an e-book. With a Foreword by Elizabeth Arthur's husband, Steven Bauer.
€ 28,50 -
Antarctic Navigation
A MAJOR AMERICAN NOVEL - A WORK OF ASTONISHING POWER, RANGE, AND VISION A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK and Winner of THE OHIOANA BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION An epic tale of obsession, endurance, and discovery, fully imagined and intricately layered, Antarctic Navigation combines the sweep of the great Victorian novels with the metaphysical and philosophical weight of Moby-Dick, offering a journey both exhilarating and profound. Its narrator and protagonist is a rare and marvelous character in contemporary literature - a complex, contradictory woman driven by a wildly heroic obsession. Morgan Lamont has been haunted since childhood by the story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who died on the ill-fated British Antarctic expedition of 1910-1912. As a young woman, she gathers a group of eccentric but brilliant companions, each uniquely suited to the brutal physical and psychological demands of recreating Scott's polar journey. With the unexpected backing of her estranged and imperious grandfather, she launches the Ninety South Expedition, determined to retrace Scott's journey to the Pole - but this time, without loss of life. What ensues is both a classic heroic quest and a passionate love letter to the natural world. At once a gripping adventure and a work of splendid intellectual depth, Antarctic Navigation is an unforgettable novel - one that invites us into the mind of an extraordinary woman and the last great wilderness on earth. Arthur's prose, both lyrical and meticulous, carries readers deep into the physical realities of polar travel - its dangers, its austerity, its terrible beauty - and just as deep into humanity's pressing need to navigate the new and the unknown. Because of its length, Antarctic Navigation is being published in two volumes, including as an e-book. With a Foreword by Elizabeth Arthur's husband, Steven Bauer.
€ 28,50 -
Antarctic Navigation
A MAJOR AMERICAN NOVEL - A WORK OF ASTONISHING POWER, RANGE, AND VISION A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK and Winner of THE OHIOANA BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION An epic tale of obsession, endurance, and discovery, fully imagined and intricately layered, Antarctic Navigation combines the sweep of the great Victorian novels with the metaphysical and philosophical weight of Moby-Dick, offering a journey both exhilarating and profound. Its narrator and protagonist is a rare and marvelous character in contemporary literature - a complex, contradictory woman driven by a wildly heroic obsession. Morgan Lamont has been haunted since childhood by the story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who died on the ill-fated British Antarctic expedition of 1910-1912. As a young woman, she gathers a group of eccentric but brilliant companions, each uniquely suited to the brutal physical and psychological demands of recreating Scott's polar journey. With the unexpected backing of her estranged and imperious grandfather, she launches the Ninety South Expedition, determined to retrace Scott's journey to the Pole - but this time, without loss of life. What ensues is both a classic heroic quest and a passionate love letter to the natural world. At once a gripping adventure and a work of splendid intellectual depth, Antarctic Navigation is an unforgettable novel - one that invites us into the mind of an extraordinary woman and the last great wilderness on earth. Arthur's prose, both lyrical and meticulous, carries readers deep into the physical realities of polar travel - its dangers, its austerity, its terrible beauty - and just as deep into humanity's pressing need to navigate the new and the unknown. Because of its length, Antarctic Navigation is being published in two volumes, including as an e-book. With a Foreword by Elizabeth Arthur's husband, Steven Bauer.
€ 20,00 -
Antarctic Navigation
A MAJOR AMERICAN NOVEL - A WORK OF ASTONISHING POWER, RANGE, AND VISION A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK and Winner of THE OHIOANA BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION An epic tale of obsession, endurance, and discovery, fully imagined and intricately layered, Antarctic Navigation combines the sweep of the great Victorian novels with the metaphysical and philosophical weight of Moby-Dick, offering a journey both exhilarating and profound. Its narrator and protagonist is a rare and marvelous character in contemporary literature - a complex, contradictory woman driven by a wildly heroic obsession. Morgan Lamont has been haunted since childhood by the story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who died on the ill-fated British Antarctic expedition of 1910-1912. As a young woman, she gathers a group of eccentric but brilliant companions, each uniquely suited to the brutal physical and psychological demands of recreating Scott's polar journey. With the unexpected backing of her estranged and imperious grandfather, she launches the Ninety South Expedition, determined to retrace Scott's journey to the Pole - but this time, without loss of life. What ensues is both a classic heroic quest and a passionate love letter to the natural world. At once a gripping adventure and a work of splendid intellectual depth, Antarctic Navigation is an unforgettable novel - one that invites us into the mind of an extraordinary woman and the last great wilderness on earth. Arthur's prose, both lyrical and meticulous, carries readers deep into the physical realities of polar travel - its dangers, its austerity, its terrible beauty - and just as deep into humanity's pressing need to navigate the new and the unknown. Because of its length, Antarctic Navigation is being published in two volumes, including as an e-book. With a Foreword by Elizabeth Arthur's husband, Steven Bauer.
€ 20,00 -
The Dalhart Girls
In the early 1950s, in the Panhandle town of Dalhart, Texas, the church stands firm amidst community and gossip. But on a December Sunday, Curtye Lee Logan, a shapely young woman from Colorado, enters Victory Church on the arm of bull rider Willie Bob Preston and takes a seat in the second pew. Curtye Lee's arrival sparks town gossip and draws the welcoming attention of ranch-wife Shelby Hauser and the pastor's wife, Jane Connor. Shelby narrates the journey of these three women, revealing how they secretly gather to study mysticism in the back of Gene Crawford's store, unbeknownst to Pastor Henry Connor. As Dalhart recovers from the hardships and losses of the 1930s Dust Bowl, the shadows of those years still harbor secrets and pain for long-time residents. Despite the challenges of life in west Texas and the scandals of a small town, the friendship between Shelby, Jane, and Curtye Lee remains steadfast as the Fates weave their destinies in unexpected ways. - - - "Reads like Steel Magnolias mixed with Harper Valley PTA." - Dave Inman, early reviewer "When three women become acquainted in the small west Texas town of Dalhart, they have no way of knowing how entwined their lives will become. From very different backgrounds, fulfilling their very different roles, they are drawn together by a shared interest in exploring the forbidden subject of the paranormal. Their quest to learn about the paranormal leads them to deeper understanding and an unexpected friendship. As time passes through unpredicted roads, their relationship flourishes as a precious gift that never wavers. The Dalhart girls are a perfect example of what friendship should be." - Pat Jackson, author of Judging Anna and Path to Confession
€ 25,50 -
Searching for the Blues
Robert Johnson did not sell his soul to the devil. But how did he crack the Blues code...? While modern music historians have now almost completely stripped the Blues of its myths, award-winning Swiss singer-songwriter, slide guitarist and book author Richard Koechli gives him back the soul in a philosophical way. With a mystical story that deeply explores the question of what exactly might be behind the legendary ¿mojö of the great Blues masters. Koechli embarks on a trip to the temples of the African-American musical soul, gets involved in strange thought adventures, meets all kinds of stars of Blues and Rock history ¿ and in the end is haunted in a dream by the most famous of all Blues figures, by Robert Johnson (1911-1938). Johnson 'tells' him what really happened in Mississippi back then, how he got the Blues secret ¿ and whether the devil really played a role ...A stirring story for all Blues lovers; full of light-footed poetry, spiritual depth and music-historical precision. You can feel in every line that the author is not a theorist, but a Blues artist down to the core.
€ 31,80 -
Searching for the Blues
Robert Johnson did not sell his soul to the devil. But how did he crack the Blues code...? While modern music historians have now almost completely stripped the Blues of its myths, award-winning Swiss singer-songwriter, slide guitarist and book author Richard Koechli gives him back the soul in a philosophical way. With a mystical story that deeply explores the question of what exactly might be behind the legendary ¿mojö of the great Blues masters. Koechli embarks on a trip to the temples of the African-American musical soul, gets involved in strange thought adventures, meets all kinds of stars of Blues and Rock history ¿ and in the end is haunted in a dream by the most famous of all Blues figures, by Robert Johnson (1911-1938). Johnson 'tells' him what really happened in Mississippi back then, how he got the Blues secret ¿ and whether the devil really played a role ...A stirring story for all Blues lovers; full of light-footed poetry, spiritual depth and music-historical precision. You can feel in every line that the author is not a theorist, but a Blues artist down to the core.
€ 22,90 -
The Sacrament
The haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investigating a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims A young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During her time there, on a gray winter's day, a young student at the school watches the school's headmaster, Father August Franz, fall to his death from the church tower. Two decades later, the child?now a grown man, haunted by the past?calls the nun back to the scene of the crime. Seeking peace and calm in her twilight years at a convent in France, she has no choice to make a trip to Iceland again, a trip that brings her former visit, as well as her years as a young woman in Paris, powerfully and sometimes painfully to life. In Paris, she met an Icelandic girl who she has not seen since, but whose acquaintance changed her life, a relationship she relives all while reckoning with the mystery of August Franz's death and the abuses of power that may have brought it on. In The Sacrament, critically acclaimed novelist Olaf Olafsson looks deeply at the complexity of our past lives and selves; the faulty nature of memory; and the indelible mark left by the joys and traumas of youth. Affecting and beautifully observed, The Sacrament is both propulsively told and poignantly written?tinged with the tragedy of life's regrets but also moved by the possibilities of redemption, a new work from a novelist who consistently surprises and challenges.
€ 25,50 -
Soul Mountain
In 1983, Chinese playwright, critic, fiction writer, and painter Gao Xingjian was diagnosed with lung cancer and faced imminent death.But six weeks later, a second examination revealed there was no cancer—he had won "a second reprieve from death." Faced with a repressive cultural environment and the threat of a spell in a prison farm, Gao fled Beijing and began a journey of 15,000 kilometers into the remote mountains and ancient forests of Sichuan in southwest China. The result of this epic voyage of discovery is Soul Mountain. Bold, lyrical, and prodigious, Soul Moutain probes the human soul with an uncommon directness and candor and delights in the freedom of the imagination to expand the notion of the individual self.
€ 19,50