"New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty, she was the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world....

The 19-year-old Pitt Kreuzberg applied to the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the summer of 1907 and was accepted. He has a wealthy family behind him; his great-grandfather was the discoverer of the world-famous Apollinaris spring in Ahrweiler. In Düsseldorf, Pitt found himself in a group of artists who rebelled against the traditional, especially against the true-to-life rendering in painting, as taught at the academy. In the artists 'houses and in Johanna...

Barbara Schaeffer-Hegel hat als Professorin an Universitäten in Deutschland, Österreich und in den USA gelehrt. In den achtziger Jahren veranstaltete sie an der Technischen Universität Berlin und im Reichstag die ersten wissenschaftlichen Frauenkonferenzen in Deutschland; in den neunziger Jahren gründete sie die Europäische Akademie für Frauen in Politik und Wirtschaft, die EAF, und das Hochschulkarrierezentrum für Frauen, die Femtec. 2002...

Mathias wächst in den siebziger Jahren in einem kleinen Örtchen in Niedersachsen auf. Als er mit fünf Jahren durch Zufall erfährt, dass er adoptiert wurde, ist das zwar eine Erklärung für sein »exotisches« Aussehen, doch die Geschichte seiner Herkunft bleibt weiterhin ein großes Rätsel. Auf verschiedene Weise gelingt es ihm, sich gegen rassistische Ressentiments und offene Angriffe zu behaupten. Auch als Erwachsener widerfahren ihm zuweilen...

At the height of the Cold War, Marilyn Monroe was the most infamous woman in the world. But what if she was also a secret Soviet spy? In 1947, a young, unknown Norma Jeane Baker meets a mysterious man in Los Angeles who transforms her into Marilyn Monroe, the star. Twelve years later he comes back for his repayment, and Marilyn is given her first assignment from the KGB: uncover something about JFK that no one else knows. But a simple job turns...

La presencia de la muerte es habitual en toda la narrativa de Mréjen, pues ella misma (como ya recordó en alguna novela anterior) perdió a su madre siendo adolescente. Muchos años más tarde, la autora se pregunta cómo sería un imposible reencuentro entre las dos. La voz de la narradora se identifica en el texto como «la hermana mayor», «la niña de siete años y medio», «la mujer de cuarenta y dos», etcétera, y fantasea con la idea de...

Ancient Egypt, 51 B.C. Sisters Arsinoe and Cleopatra face a devastating choice: to allow Rome's army to siphon power from their ailing father, or to take matters-and the dynasty-into their own hands
It's the dawn of a new era for Egypt as Cleopatra and her brother, Ptolemy, are welcomed to the throne after their father's death. But joint rule breeds its own conflicts: can the Nile be shared? Long overlooked by his father in favor of the beguiling...

England, 1835. London is awash with thrilling new ingredients, from rare spices to exotic fruits. But no one knows how to use them. When Eliza Acton is told by her publisher to write a cookery book instead of the poetry she loves, she refuses--until her bankrupt father is forced to flee the country. As a woman, Eliza has few options. Although she's never set foot in a kitchen, she begins collecting recipes and teaching herself to cook. Much to her...

Anaïs Noemie Beaulieu, Born May 5, 1934, lives in a retirement home. At age ninety, as she writes a memoir, she reflect on her one life's passion. She lived during, and can remember, the "armed conflicts;" WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and everything in between and after. She lived when there were no televisions, no computers, and no smart phones. She watched the first man in space and the first to land on the moon. These things barely caught her attention....

Salzburg, 1993. Neonazis besetzen einen leerstehenden Gutshof. Harald Schauer, Lehrer an einem Gymnasium, lebt mit seiner Familie in der Nähe. Er ist beunruhigt und versucht vehement, diesem rechtsradikalen Treiben in seiner Nachbarschaft entgegenzuwirken. Dabei wird er immer weiter in den Strudel dubioser Machenschaften gezogen und verfängt sich im verhängnisvollen Netz eines gefährlichen Spiels. Die Verstrickungen reichen vom Krieg in Jugoslawien...