London, 2. Mai 1924. Kurz nach sechs Uhr abends: Ein junger, gut gekleideter Mann betritt durch einen Seiteneingang die Waterloo Station und schlendert zur Gepäckaufbewahrung. Dort lässt er sich einen blutigen Handkoffer aushändigen und macht sich auf den Weg zum Ausgang. Chef-Inspektor Percy Savage von Scotland Yard stellt sich dem Mann in den Weg und verhaftet ihn. Er freut sich über seinen schnellen Erfolg, doch gleichzeitig beschleichen ihn große Zweifel. Vielleicht ist ihm soeben ein großer Fang gelungen. Vielleicht ist die Festnahme des Verdächtigen der Auftakt zu einem großen, sensationellen Fall. Vielleicht ist die Festnahme aber auch der Auftakt zu einer ganz harmlosen Geschichte, die ihn und das Scotland Yard bis auf die Knochen blamiert. Denn vorläufig weiß Savage nichts, aber auch rein gar nichts! Der Roman „Der Handkoffer von der Waterloo Station“ basiert auf einer wahren Begebenheit, die das vereinigte Königreich vor mehr als 80 Jahren monatelang in Atem hielt – Der Fall Patrick Herbert Mahon. Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte eines gescheiterten „Liebesexperiments“, das mit dem brutalen Tod einer jungen Frau in einem Bungalow in den Dünen von Pevensey Bay (East Sussex) endet. Die Schuld des Angeklagten steht schnell fest und so kann die aufsehenerregende Verhandlung im Grunde nur zu einem einzigen Urteil führen: Die gerechte Todesstrafe für den Angeklagten! Doch es ist nicht immer, wie es scheint…
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<p>Powieść autorki A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime!</p> <p>Summer Savage właśnie zmieniła szkołę i rozpoczęła naukę w elitarnym Lancaster Prep. Dziewczyna nie liczyła na ciepłe przyjęcie, ale nie sądziła, że będzie aż tak źle. Wszyscy patrzą na nią z niechęcią, a jeden chłopak od samego początku daje jej do zrozumienia, że właśnie wkroczyła do piekła. </p> <p>Summer już wcześniej poznała Whita Lancastera, i to w okolicznościach, o których wolałaby zapomnieć. On dobrze wie, kim jest nowa dziewczyna, i jak udało jej się dostać do szkoły mającej w nazwie jego rodowe nazwisko. </p> <p>Wkrótce Whit przyczynia się do tego, aby pobyt Summer w „jego” placówce nie należał do przyjemnych. Jednak kiedy spotykają się pewnego wieczoru, to nie ona, a on potrzebuje pomocy. Wtedy Summer się od niego odwraca.</p> <p>Wkrótce przyjdzie jej tego pożałować. Chłopak zabiera jej coś, co skrywa jej największe sekrety, i grozi, że je ujawni, chyba że Summer…</p> <p>Książka zawiera treści nieodpowiednie dla osób poniżej szesnastego roku życia. Opis pochodzi od Wydawcy.</p>
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We're all searching for "the good life." Too often, however, we encounter discouragement, failure, broken relationships, guilt, and dashed dreams, all of which leave us yearning for more. In this book, Tim Savage presents a renewed vision of life by examining the fullest life ever lived: the life of Jesus Christ. Savage invites us to tap into that life—and experience the riches of the joy, satisfaction, and purpose offered to us in Christ.
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El escritor francés Marcel Schwob solía decir que si James Boswell hubiese sido capaz de concentrar en diez páginas su monumental Vida de Samuel Johnson, habría logrado la obra de arte tan esperada. Giorgio Manganelli, tomándose las palabras de Schwob casi como un desafío, escribió este breve texto sobre la vida de Johnson, el intelectual inglés más importante del siglo XVIII. Escrita en 1961 para ser leída en el Terzo Programma de la Rai, la Vida de Samuel Johnson que aquí presentamos es el resultado de una cuidada labor de transcripción a partir del manuscrito de Manganelli. El escritor italiano no sólo cuenta la vida de Johnson desde el día en que, siendo muy joven, llegó a Londres procedente de Lichfield, sino que traza también un retrato colectivo a través de la visión de sus tres amigos, el escritor Richard Savage, el libertino Topham Beauclerk y su biógrafo James Boswell. Pese a que tanto Johnson como Manganelli pertenecen indudablemente a épocas distintas, constituyen sin embargo un fascinante caso de simbiosis. Manganelli sentía una gran afinidad por la obra y figura de Johnson, de quien dice que fue «el primer héroe de la sociedad de masas», de una sociedad capaz de inventarse mitos colectivos y desarrollarlos. Y no sólo eso: la melancolía, la hipocondría y la desventura de Johnson son también las de Manganelli. Autor y personaje mezclados en un texto extraordinario.
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A funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family full of longing that's losing its grip – The Last of the Haussmans examines the fate of the revolutionary generation. Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high-society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the ashrams of the 1960s, while holding court in her dilapidated art deco house on the Devon coast. After an operation, she's joined by her wayward offspring, her sharp-eyed granddaughter, a local doctor and a troubled teenager who makes use of the family's crumbling swimming pool. Over a few sweltering months they alternately cling to and flee a chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure. Stephen Beresford's play The Last of the Haussmans was first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 2012, in a production starring Julie Walters and Rory Kinnear.
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Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers—a special group who provide 'lodging' to other-planetary visitors—so she knows that a simple life isn't in the cards. But even Maud could never have anticipated what Fate would throw at her. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, were exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari. Karhari killed her husband, and Maud—completely abandoned by his family—has spent over a year avenging his debts. Rescued by her sister Dina, she's sworn off all things vampire. Except... In helping Dina save the world, she met Arland, the Marshal of House Krahr, one of the most powerful vampire houses. One thing led to another and he asked for her hand in marriage. She declined. Arland is not used to hearing the word 'no;' and try as she might, Maud can't just walk away from Arland. It doesn't help that being human is a lot harder for Maud than being a vampire. To sort it all out, she accepts his invitation to visit his home planet. House Krahr is extremely influential and Maud knows that a woman—a human, with a very questionable past—who's turned down a proposal from its most beloved son won't get a warm reception. Maybe she's not sure about marrying Arland, but House Krahr isn't going to decide for her. Maud Demille has never run from a fight, and House Krahr will soon discover that there's a lot more to Maud than they're expecting.
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<b>A string of murders motivated by the theft of ancient manuscripts...</b> <br> <br> Galilee, Battle of Hattin, July 1187. A dying Knight Hospitaller confides to a young monk the secret existence of gospels whose content calls into question the traditional image of Christ. Nearly nine centuries later, Lieutenant Martin Delpech investigates a series of assassinations motivated by the theft of ancient manuscripts. He must follow the trail of a fundamentalist psychopath who seems to have risen from the dead, facing down a savage competition between Vatican henchmen, religious extremists, and an ancient messianic sect. Their struggle for supremacy and control of knowledge will be bloody. Nightmarish. And even the police officer will not escape this violence. He will be forced to participate, to save his loved ones. <br> <br><b>Meet Lieutenant Delpech in the first volume of a thrilling new investigation, confronting him with the violence of a fundamentalist psychopath, Vatican henchmen, religious extremists, and a messianic sect. Will he manage to escape this nightmarish struggle? </b> <br> <br> WHAT THE CRITICS THINK <br> <br> A deep dive into the world of Catholic fundamentalism. For those with a thirst for theology.- <b> HannibaLectrice, <i>Babelio</i></b> <br> <br> ABOUT THE AUTHOR <br> <br><b></b><b>Gilbert Laporte</b> was born in Paris and lives in the south of France. He completed his higher education in Nice and worked as an executive at several large companies. He divides his leisure time between reading history, cinema, music, travel, and writing.
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A startling and darkly comic drama about childhood, family and fantasy. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, and adapted into a six-part BBC television drama, Just Act Normal. Siblings Tiana, Tionne and Tanika have found themselves home alone. Tiana's keeping it all together by taking charge of housework and homework. But Tionne's experiments are getting stranger and Tanika's starting to act up. As the outside world begins to press in, the three will do anything to keep their secret safe from the adults who come to call. Janice Okoh's play Three Birds won the 2011 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting and was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in 2013 before transferring to the Bush Theatre, London. It was adapted into an acclaimed six-part television drama for BBC3, Just Act Normal, first broadcast in 2025. 'A play that is as humane as it is savage... as funny as it is alarming. It is written with as much warmth as it is with truth. It's funny and theatrical and alert and alive. It's terrific.' Simon Stephens, playwright and Chair of the Judges for the 2011 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting
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