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New York is slipping from Cleo’s grasp. Sure, she’s at a different party every other night, but she barely knows anyone. Her student visa is running out, and she doesn’t even have money for cigarettes. But then she meets Frank. Twenty years older, Frank's life is full of all the success and excess that Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint and the opportunity to apply for a green card. She offers him a life imbued with beauty and art - and, hopefully, a reason to cut back on his drinking. He is everything she needs right now. 

Kleopatra erklärt, wie's wirklich war! Das alte Ägypten fasziniert seit eh und je Kinder und Erwachsene, aber wirklich Ahnung haben nur die wenigsten! Zum Glück trommelt Kleopatra die berühmtesten Götter und die mutigsten Menschenkinder zusammen, um uns aus dem Grab der Unwissenheit herauszuhelfen. Endlich gibt es Antworten auf die spannendsten Fragen: Wie lief der Bau einer Pyramide ab? Gab es wirklich Fallen, um die Grabkammern vor Räubern zu schützen? Warum wurden Tote mumifiziert und wie funktionierte das Ganze? Was sind Hieroglyphen?

Named a “Best Book of the 21st Century” by Kirkus Reviews, this biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author brings to life the most intriguing woman in history: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and...

Bloomsbury presents Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, read by Kit Griffiths. The smash-hit national bestseller and Goodreads Choice Award finalist from the New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters. An addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused...

Folge 02: Dracula und Frankenstein, die Blutfürsten . Todessturz vom Balkon... Es fehlt der Kopf des Toten! Gibt es eine Macht, die Tote verschwinden lässt? Angst überdeckt das Land! Die Reporter Eireen Fox und Tom Fawley auf der Spur des unheimlichen Geschehens. Das Labor des Dr.

”En skøn bog der minder én om, at selv i kærlighedens tosomhed kan ensomheden gøre én hjemløs.” – Litteratursiden.dk “Den hotteste nye bog” – en SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ”Øm, bevægende og morsom” – Pandora Sykes “Pirrende … filmisk … [Mellors] har skrevet nogle...

Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic from the bestselling and award-winning author of Faebound and The Final Strife. “Enchanting, smart, and subversive—this is El-Arifi’s masterpiece”—RF Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis...

'I absolutely loved it. Anyone interested in the relationship between tech, our bodies and our minds should bump it to the top of their queue immediately' - Zadie Smith, author of The Fraud 'This bold and highly impressive debut novel has its thumb right over the sore spots of modern life' -...

An enthralling, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author 'Enchanting, smart, and subversive – El-Arifi’s masterpiece' R. F. KUANG 'Lush world-building and lyrical prose burn brightly on every page' JENNIFER SAINT 'Addictive and entertaining'...

Als Dank für seine Rettung spendiert Sandys Vater dem Team eine Reise auf der Hochseejacht "Cleopatra". Was harmlos beginnt, entwickelt sich zusehends zum Albtraum - denn zum einen verdreht Sandy Kyle gehörig den Kopf, und zum anderen befindet sich jemand an Bord, der den Teammitgliedern nach dem Leben trachtet.

Wasn’t that the sign of a good time, a shattered glass after a party, a broken plate during a busy service? For fans of Before Sunset and Sweetbitter, the story of a restaurant hostess over a hot Parisian summer as she slips into an emotional affair with a regular—a famous, aging...

One of Italy’s most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war. Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous...

Die schicksalhafte Geschichte des jungen, ehrgeizigen und wissensdurstigen Wissenschaftlers Frankenstein zählt zu den Klassikern der Weltliteratur und wurde bereits mehrfach verfilmt. Angelehnt an die griechische Sage von Prometheus, der die ersten Menschen aus Lehm schuf, beschreibt die englische Schriftstellerin Mary Shelley, den Leidensweg Frankensteins, nachdem dieser seine Kreatur ins Lebens rief. Das menschliche Monster Frankensteins erfährt überall auf der Welt nur Ablehnung, weshalb es sich entschließt, an seinem Schöpfer Frankenstein Rache zu nehmen.

Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman world, has become the thrall of the fascinating Cleopatra. Affairs of state call him to Rome, but the attractions of the queen of Egypt prove impossible to resist. From one of history's greatest love stories Shakespeare builds this magnificent tragedy of the clash between love and duty.

Il mondo di oggi non sarebbe lo stesso senza Cleopatra, una sovrana colta, intelligente e dotata di una straordinaria abilità sia sul tavolo delle trattative che nelle guerre. Una donna di potere incredibilmente moderna per il passato e allo stesso tempo capace di provare grandi passioni amorose. Ma chi era veramente l'ultima regina d'Egitto?

Mord im Victoria Embankment Garden Club! Als Sir James mich an den Tatort rief, ahnte ich noch nicht, dass der Tote von einer Puppe erschossen worden war und dass die Ermittlungen mich in ein Sumpfgebiet an der englischen Ostküste führen würden... in die Villa Frankenstein! John Sinclair ist Kult! Die besten Stimmen Hollywoods gepaart mit einem phänomenalen Soundtrack - das ergibt actionreiches Grusel-Kino für die Ohren!

At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering "the cause of generation and life" and "bestowing animation upon lifeless matter", Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts. However, upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature's hideousness.

Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in history - and thanks to Shakespeare, one of the most intriguing personalities in literature. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom delivers exhilarating clarity and invites us to look at this character as a flawed human who might be living in our world. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character: Just as we encounter one Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are in high school and college and another when we are adults, Bloom explains his shifting understanding of Cleopatra over the course of his own lifetime.

They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created - and they must be destroyed. Not even Victor Helios - once Frankenstein - can stop the engineered killers he's set loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Only the one-time "monster" Deucalion and his all-too-human partners, Detectives Carson O'Connor and Michael Maddison, stand in their way.

Brought to you by Penguin. From the Booker-nominated author of The Water Cure and Blue Ticket comes a chilling new feminist fable, based on the true story of an unsolved historical mystery... If you eat the bread, you'll die, he said. The statement made no sense, but it filled me with an...