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Charlotte ist die zweitälteste Tochter des Viscount Henry Winston und wird gemeinsam mit ihrer älteren Schwester Anne in die Londoner Gesellschaft eingeführt. Ihre zauberhafte Schwester erweckt sofort die Aufmerksamkeit des begehrtesten Junggesellen der Saison. Charlotte aber hat kein gutes Gefühl bei dem Werben des jungen Benedict. Deswegen versucht sie, eine Verlobung der beiden zu verhindern. Hierbei erhält sie unverhofft Unterstützung durch den Duke of Rochester. George Lennox, der Duke of Rochester, hat sich seit dem Tode seiner Ehefrau aus der Gesellschaft zurückgezogen.

Die Schwestern Charlotte und Anne Winston treten in die schillernde Welt der Bälle und der hohen Gesellschaft ein. Doch hinter funkelnden Kronleuchtern und höfischen Regeln verbirgt sich das Spiel der Herzen. Charlotte begegnet einem geheimnisvollen Duke, der der Liebe längst abgeschworen hat. Dennoch weckt er Gefühle in ihr, die sie kaum zuzulassen wagt. Während sie versucht, ihre Schwester vor einer unglücklichen Verbindung zu bewahren, gerät sie selbst in ein Netz aus Sehnsucht, Geheimnissen und Leidenschaft.

Anne Winston ist es leid, an den rauschenden Bällen Londons und den sonstigen gesellschaftlichen Verpflichtungen teilzunehmen. Sie befindet sich am Ende ihrer zweiten Saison und hat bereits drei Heiratsanträge abgewiesen. Die Schönheit gilt mittlerweile als unnahbar. Dabei verspürt sie im Inneren Sehnsucht nach einem Mann, der nicht nur ihre Äußeres und ihre Erbschaft, sondern auch ihren Geist zu schätzen weiß.

Von den antiken Anfängen der Medizin bis in die Gegenwart, von der "wandernden Gebärmutter" bis zur Entdeckung von Autoimmunerkrankungen und Endometriose: Die englische Feministin Elinor Cleghorn präsentiert eine bahnbrechende und aufwühlende Kulturgeschichte über das Verhältnis von Frauen, Krankheit und Medizin. Elinor Cleghorn, selbst an der Autoimmunerkrankung Lupus erkrankt, hat sich nach einer nervenaufreibenden Diagnose-Odyssee auf die Suche nach den Wurzeln der patriarchalen Mythen begeben, die unsere westliche Medizin bis heute prägen.

In diesem bewegenden Werk liest Silvia Höhne die Geschichte von Elinor Lipper. Elf Jahre lang saß sie in sowjetischen Gefängnissen und Lagern. In ihrem intelligenten Bericht legt sie Zeugnis ab über ein Kapitel der deutschen Geschichte, das beinahe vergessen wurde. Mit ihrem Erzählstil, der den Hörer in den Bann zieht, berichtet sie von den Menschen, die an die Grenzen des überhaupt Vorstellbaren getrieben wurden und dabei eine unvorstellbare Leidensfähigkeit zeigten. Und während sie uns ihre Geschichte erzählt, entsteht durch ihre Worte ein konkretes historisches Dokument.

Dark, earthy, and immensely powerful, the Black Goddess has been a key force in world history, manifesting in images as diverse as the Indian goddess Kali and the Black Madonnas of medieval Europe. She embodies the energy of chaos and creativity, creation and destruction, death and rebirth. Images of Her, however, have been conspicuously missing in the Western world for centuries—until now, when awareness of the Goddess is re-arising in many spheres, from the women's movement to traditional religion, from the new discoveries of quantum physics to the dreams of ordinary men and women.

The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving common pool resource problems.

Ijon Tichy is the only human who knows for sure whether the self-programming robots on the moon are plotting a terrestrial invasion. But a highly focused ray severs his corpus collosum. Now his left brain can’t remember the secret and his uncooperative right brain won’t tell. Tichy struggles for control of the lost memory and of his own two warring sides.

Recipient of Best Fantasy of the Year in Russia, The Cycle of Wind and Sparks is a spin-off from the international best-selling series The Chronicles of Siala. Set in 15th-century Europe, this new series is reminiscent of George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire and Robert Jordan' s The Wheel of Time, featuring heroes, zombies, wizards, and knights who battle over the fate of the world.

Instant #1 Bestseller A rollicking historical novel set in turn-of-the-century Alberta about a young woman on the run from her abusive husband who uses a legal loophole to claim a homestead in the Wild West—perfect for fans of Outlawed and The Giver of Stars. Scottish newcomer Flora Craigie...

Sergey and Marina Dyachenko mix dramatic scenes with romance, action and wit, in a style both direct and lyrical. Written with a sure artistic hand, The Scar is the story of a man driven by his own feverish demons to find redemption and the woman who just might save him. Egert is a brash, confident member of the elite guards and an egotistical philanderer. But after he kills an innocent student in a duel, a mysterious man known as “The Wanderer” challenges Egert and slashes his face with his sword, leaving Egert with a scar that comes to symbolize his cowardice.

Lore Kukuk lebt in einem kleinen Haus auf dem Otzberg, einem erloschenem Vulkan im Gebiet des Odenwalds. Seit kurzem hat die Frau in den besten Jahren einen Verehrer namens Lazlo Kalinn. Doch nach einer gemeinsamen Verabredung wird dieser leblos in seiner Wohnung aufgefunden. Hat Lore etwas mit seinem Tod zu tun? Und warum umgibt die Leiche der Duft von Lavendel? Seien sie dabei, wenn Kommissar Otto und sein Kollege Brenneisen im ersten Teil der beliebten Gartenkrimi-Reihe von Elinor Bicks in diesem rätselhaften Fall ermitteln!

Published in 1907, Elinor Glyns Three Weeks became her most notorious work, igniting scandal and intrigue upon its release. This captivating tale follows Paul Verdayne, a young man convinced he’s in love with the parsons daughter. To shield him from a potentially unfavorable marriage, his aristocratic parents whisk him away on a European tour. However, unforeseen perils await him. In Switzerland, Paul encounters an alluring older woman and is swept into a tempest of passion that leads to a gripping saga of love, jealousy, and murder. Join Carolin as she narrates this enthralling story that ...

Step into the charming world of Elinor Glyn, the renowned author of scandalous romances, through her captivating series of seven letters penned to her beloved godchild, Caroline, between 1912 and 1914. These heartfelt letters are brimming with timeless advice on navigating life and love, especially when it comes to matrimony. Glyn shares pearls of wisdom like It is better to marry the life you like, because after a while the man does not matter, and emphasizes the colossal importance of beauty, while suggesting that a woman should refrain from questioning her husband. While these entertaining ...

Young Theodora Fitzgerald finds herself trapped in a marriage to an older, wealthy man, leaving her to ponder her future in love. However, her life takes a dramatic turn when she meets someone who awakens her heart and stirs her desires. - Summary by Amy Deuchler

Join Elizabeth, a charmingly naive debutante, as she embarks on an adventurous journey through England and France, hopping from one extravagant house party to another, all in the quest for the perfect husband. A devoted correspondent, she pens letters to her mother detailing her escapades. However, unbeknownst to Elizabeth, the subtle innuendos shared by her male acquaintances often fly over her innocent head, leading to shocking revelations that her mother might not be prepared for. - Summary by Carolin

In an era of public versus private personas, a young woman decides to shake up her ordinary life by becoming a contestant on a reality television show. The manufactured paradise has no clocks, no way to contact the outside world, and nothing but time, a pool, and gorgeous people. As the days or weeks or months pass by, she discovers more about herself through the people around her and challenges her notions of identity and love. In a paradise where the only game is to fall in love, what will she do to win?

Celebrate Jane Austen’s classic novels with this short story anthology starring forgotten characters as they experience their own happy endings. In honor of her 250th birthday, eight authors have come together with wildly imaginative reboots of the lives of several of Jane Austen’s minor...

Letters of a Woman Homesteader presents an outstanding first-person account of life on the American frontier. Elinore Pruitt Stewart took up homesteading in Burnt Fork, Wyoming, in 1909, to prove that a woman could ranch. Her captivating letters, sent to a former employer in Denver, reveal the isolation, the beauty, and the joy of working the prairie.

Lukas and Ellie really hate washing greens. We may be two professional cookbook writers, but when the aprons come off, we eat quesadillas for dinner more often than we might like to admit. Real home cooking is improvisational, intimate, surprising, creative, sometimes mundane, sometimes memorable, and always best when debriefed with a pal. Topics include: dried mushrooms and where to use them, making stock out of arguable trash, the joy of broccoli pancakes, what not to bring to a dinner party, how we really clean our cast iron pans (even when people say not to), gauging the lifelessness of ...