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Der neue Roman des zweifachen Pulitzer-Preisträgers. Im schillernden Harlem der 1960er-Jahre, wo Gangster und Zuhälter, Hochstapler und Schießwütige die Strippen ziehen, versucht ein Mann aus einfachen Verhältnissen so ehrlich wie möglich aufzusteigen. Eigentlich würde Ray Carney am liebsten ohne Betrügereien auskommen. Doch als seine Frau ein zweites Kind erwartet, reichen die Einkünfte aus seinem Einrichtungsladen auf der 125th Street nicht aus für den Standard, den die Schwiegereltern erwarten.

The Great Migration was the name coined for the mass movement of African-Americans north of the Mason-Dixon line in the years following the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. The enormous promise of emancipation proved to be illusory for the majority of Southern blacks, whether free or formerly enslaved, and as a result, hundreds of thousands made use of their fundamental freedom to leave. This resulted in a “push” away from the South, caused by ongoing discrimination, punishing Jim Crow laws, and increasing violence directed at blacks by whites.

Brought to you by Penguin. A dark and witty work of hardboiled detective fiction set in the mean streets of New York, Chester Himes's A Rage in Harlem includes an introduction by Luc Sante in Penguin Modern Classics. Jackson's woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, this gloriously entertaining novel is “fast-paced, keen-eyed and very funny ... about race, power and the history of Harlem all disguised as a thrill-ride crime novel"...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (Now a major Amazon Prime TV show) 'Dazzling' Guardian 'Gloriously entertaining' Evening Standard 'A rich, wild book' New York Times 'Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked...' To his customers and neighbors on 125th street...

Embark on an unforgettable trip into the historical glories of the past with these 24 lectures that immerse you in the history of an often overlooked region of the ancient world. With Professor Harl as your guide, you'll plunge into the history of Asia Minor's great ancient civilizations and come face to face with eye-opening historical milestones. Among these: the rise of the Hittites, the legendary Trojan War, the birth of Western philosophy, the fiery Greek and Persian Wars, the victories of Alexander the Great, the dawn of the Hellenistic Age, the spread of early Christianity, the golden age of Byzantium, the birth of the Ottoman Empire, and much more.

Der junge, brillante Wissenschaftler Carl Vanderventer erfindet eine revolutionäre Technologie: Einen Schwingungsstrahl, mit dem er feste Objekte direkt von der Mondoberfläche auf die Erde transportieren kann. Neben Jahrmillionen alten Fossilien bringt er unschätzbar wertvolle Mond-Diamanten in sein Labor in den Bergen. Doch als der skrupellose Verbrecher Danny Kelly das Labor überfällt, passiert das Unfassbare: Eine unbedeutende, leuchtend rote Samenkapsel vom Mond wird weggeworfen und gerät in die fruchtbare Erde unseres Planeten...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE BIGGEST NETFLIX SHOW OF 2024 STARRING MICHELLE KEEGAN, JOANNA LUMLEY AND RICHARD ARMITAGE. LISTEN TO THE BOOK THAT STARTED IT ALL . . . You think you know the truth. The truth is you know nothing. If your husband was murdered. And you were a witness. How do you...

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! “A gripping narrative, don't miss this historical fiction about the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance.”—People Magazine “A page turner and history lesson at once, Harlem Rhapsody reminds us that our stories are our generational wealth...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE TIKTOK FANTASY SENSATION THAT'S SOLD OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF SARAH J. MAAS AND JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT 'It's the arrogance of men to think so little of women. And it'll be their downfall too' Locked away in a castle on the snowy mountains in...

As raiders and explorers, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of western Europe. Now, in a series of 36 vivid lectures by an honored teacher and classical scholar, you have the opportunity to understand this remarkable race as never before, studying the Vikings not only as warriors, but in all of the other roles in which they were equally extraordinary - merchants, artists, kings, raiders, seafarers, shipbuilders, and creators of a remarkable literature of myths and sagas.

Bloomsbury presents Empires of the Steppes by Kenneth W. Harl, read by John Moraitis. An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world. ‘A rollercoaster of historical narration’ History Today 'This is a history of epic scope that brings together the...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history—until now. “This is the kind of history I wish...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE TIKTOK FANTASY SENSATION THAT'S SOLD OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF SARAH J. MAAS AND JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT 'I don't choose him. Not anymore. I'm choosing me.' I was told that being confined was to keep the bad out . . . Until i realized it was...

Byzantium is too-often considered merely the "eastern rump" of the old Roman Empire, a curious and even unsettling mix of the classical and medieval. Yet it was, according to Professor Harl, "without a doubt the greatest state in Christendom through much of the Middle Ages," and well worth our attention as a way to widen our perspective on everything from the decline of imperial Rome to the rise of the Renaissance.

The Peloponnesian War pitted Athens and its allies against a league of city-states headed by Sparta. The ancient Greek historian Thucydides captured this drama with matchless insight in his classic eyewitness account of what was arguably the greatest war in the history of the world up to that time. These 36 half-hour lectures draw on Thucydides' classic account as well as other ancient sources to give you a full picture of the Greek world in uneasy peace and then all-out war in the late 5th century B.C.

By understanding the dramatic story of the Ottoman Empire - from its early years as a collection of raiders and conquerors to its undeniable power in the 15th and 16th centuries to its catastrophic collapse in the wreckage of the First World War - one can better grasp the current complexities of the Middle East. Befitting a story of such epic scope and grandeur, every lecture is a treasure trove of historical insights into the people, events, themes, and locales responsible for shaping the story of this often-overlooked empire.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE TIKTOK FANTASY SENSATION THAT'S SOLD OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF SARAH J. MAAS AND JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT 'I hope you burn so bright that you scorch your Golden King down to ash' After ten years, I have left the grips of one king only to fall...

Schwarzwald, 1959: Die in Island geborene Liv Benediktsdóttir reist in das kleine idyllische Dorf Vierbrücken, um eine Antwort auf die Frage zu finden, wie ihre Zukunft aussehen soll. Keiner der Einwohner ahnt, wer sie wirklich ist. Und dann ist da auch noch der junge und gut aussehende Tierarzt Ben Schuster, der sie ziemlich durcheinanderbringt. Schließlich überschlagen sich die Ereignisse, zumal einer der Dorfbewohner Livs Geheimnis auf die Spur kommt... Ein Wohlfühlroman mit Charme, Herz und einer Prise Lebensweisheit.

By the actress, singer, dancer, director, and author, an honest and impassioned memoir that spans from her childhood in Atlanta to her years with Alvin Ailey, to Broadway and her time as a star in ’90s Black Hollywood. Best known for her iconic role as Whitley in the '90s hit sitcom A...