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Das Problem der Spielsucht ist heute aktueller denn je. Der weltweit berühmteste, auch mehrfach verfilmte Roman zu diesem Thema ist Der Spieler von Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski. Keine leichte Lektüre!

Author of the Lady Ashcroft Mysteries series, brings you her historical fiction drama. A fictional historical drama, set in the mid 1800s Ireland. Kirkville is situated on the eastern coastline of Ulster, County Down. There are several estates that are controlled by their masters, but not everyone is pleased by this authority, and who is charging them rent during a time when the famine is taking its hold. Olivia travels from her homeland of America to visit her cousin right here in this quiet little village, though she is soon to realise that her first opinions were but a skim across a very...

Coming of age in 1990s Florida... Sex & drugs & dark music... Goth & Fetish Clubs... Abandoned Cocaine Gangster Hotels... Love & Violence... Friendships that last for life & beyond... A psychedelic underground in pastel-colored Miami... Ivy and her girlfriends roll with the crazy Florida waves and vibes and weirdos as they learn the ropes of reality (so-called)... And things happen. They really do. THINGS HAPPEN is American artist & psychoanalyst Vanessa Sinclair’s debut novel: a prism of stories, fragments, and memories chronicling a young woman’s experiences of growing up in the ...

Con poemas escritos entre 1985 y 1996, en El silencio de la Luna José Emilio Pacheco sintetiza hasta sus últimas posibilidades las palabras que animan sus poemas, hasta demostrar que están hechas "de la esencia del mundo". En la poesía de José Emilio Pacheco se reúnen la imaginación y la memoria, el gozo de la vida y la pesadumbre por el tiempo que pasa. El registro de los temas que abarcan sus poemas es amplio y generoso. Pero, más allá de eso, están la música de su poesía, los múltiples ritmos del mundo —música y ruido— que supo captar su oído prodigioso y la tenacidad de su honda mirada.

POESIA Y LIBERTAD: PEREGRINACIÓN, TETRALOGÍA INDÍGENA CANTOS DEL EXILIO . Escribir y transmitir ha sido hoy y siempre una larga y profunda actitud. Repensar nuestra cultura, nuestra historia, nuestra identidad no nos aleja de esa actitud. En el caso de nuestros pueblos centroamericanos, en especial nuestros pueblos que en un pasado habitaron y hasta hoy en día continúan vivos a través de la cultura y su descendencia, en donde se asentaron lejanos pueblos llamados originarios, hemos contado no sólo con tradición oral, que es válida y honrosa; asimismo hemos contado con escritura, ...

Marcos Valdez already had more women than he could stand. But no, the rich playboy just had to have the very beautiful, the very innocent Chasity Bradshaw too. In doing so, he set off a chain of events that splattered both of their lives with vivid pain and agony for many years to come. Unfortunately for Marcos, he realized too late that he really was in love with Chasity and desperately wanted her back. As for Chasity, her faith in people was devastated, her faith in God was severely tested, and she wanted nothing else to do with Marcos. Will Marcos ever reclaim the heart of the woman he ...

A woman wanting freedom. A man determined to keep his family safe and secure. A marriage doomed before it’s begun…"A shepherd's hut, twenty-four hours, a stranger..." It's not the perfect start to Gemma Winters' new life--another man is the last thing she needs after the suffocating control of her ex. But this man proves hard to resist! Callum Mackenzie blames himself for his wife’s death—he should have taken better care of her. So, when a one-night stand with a beautiful red-head has consequences, he’s determined to make sure both she, and their baby, are looked after and safe. ...

An art restorer looking for a home. A grief-stricken widower running from his emotions. A painting which brings them together but which reveals a mysterious past from which neither can escape…After an itinerant and lonely childhood, art restorer Lucia yearns for what other people have—a home, husband and children. There is no way she’s going to get involved with a commitment-phobe again. Guy takes the concept of a commitment-phobe to a whole new level—but with good reason. He’s been running from his emotions since his wife’s death. But their lives become entwined when Lucia ...

A grieving mother intent on revenge. A millionaire who values honesty above all else. A love threatened by the legacy of family….Cassandra Lee is a woman on a mission. She’s lost both her son and father in tragic circumstances and she’s determined to exact revenge on the man she holds responsible by attacking the only thing that matters to him—his wealth. And Dallas Mackenzie’s wealth is important to him. He’s spent years intent on two things—being the opposite of his father and restoring his family’s fortunes. But, in so doing, he’s created an emotionally empty life for ...

A staunchly independent solo mum. A winemaker who has lost his family. A summer in which to learn to trust again.Lizzi Burnett part owns and runs The Lakehouse Café. But when her abusive ex-husband wants her to sell unless she can pay him out, she’s determined that she’ll do it her way or not at all. Because she refuses to trust anyone with her or her daughter, Aimee’s, lives. She won’t even trust Pete, who she first meets emerging from the lake like a god—or at least like a kiwi Daniel Craig. Pete has re-located to New Zealand’s Mackenzie country to start afresh. His family ...

Montevideo, abril , 2023 Cuando decidí publicar un nuevo libro de poesía y me puse a pensar en las palabras de bienvenida para nuestros queridos Lectores me entró una especie de ansiedad al mismo tiempo que un gran nerviosismo por no repetir las mismas palabras que en textos anteriores; aburriendo de ese modo a quiénes depositaban su confianza en mis poemas. Pero ni cortas ni perezosas, las Musas se mezclaron en mis sueños y con su delicada voz me hicieron una clara propuesta: «Escribe sobre lo que sabes: el amor». Y así lo hice, pues estoy segura de que el amor es la única fuerza ...

A woman who values her independence. A playboy who wants to make amends for past mistakes. A trust that has to be earned…James Mackenzie is tired of his shallow lifestyle and wants a family. But before he begins his new life he needs to salve his conscience by making sure the future is secure for the woman he wronged ten years earlier. The last thing Susie Henderson needs is her ex buying the winery in which she works and threatening her independence. She’s worked hard to get where she is and she has no intention of making herself vulnerable again. But the deep love and affection they ...

A dare, a marriage, a happily ever after?Yours to Give is the first book in the Lantern Bay series of heartwarming, contemporary women’s fiction—high on emotion but with no explicit sensuality. YouTube sensation Laura McKinney has one goal—to live life to its fullest by accepting challenges from all around the world and filming them. She believes long-term relationships are for idiots, and marriage is ridiculous. Max Connelly reckons that makes her exactly his kind of woman. But Max is pursuing his own dream, building his mountain resort into the place to be in the southern hemisphere...

A nerdy astronomer. A macho cowboy. And a heartache that neither could have seen in the stars…Astronomer Rebecca Mayhew has a list of what her eventual husband will be like. It’s just how she does things. Nice, neat and orderly so as not to disturb the pain of her past which is buried deep. Farmhand Morgan West has a past which is anything but nice and neat, and a present to match. That’s why he keeps moving on, never staying long in one place. Trouble is, some things, like love, can derail the best laid plans. And when Rebecca falls hard for Morgan, her nice, neat orderly world ...

Jack Kerouac was one of America's great writers of the latter half of the twentieth century, yet he endured a life characterized by persistent hardship and disillusion. Leading Kerouac scholar Paul Maher Jr. targets the writer's embattled insight of self as central to his life and work. He reveals how Kerouac's troubled interactions with alcohol, drugs, and spirituality stamped its importance on his autobiographical prose and poetry and created a singular language that united thoughts on the human condition and spiritual liberation.

The Stone Door is an omen, an incantation, and an adventure story rolled into one. Built in layers like a puzzle box, it is the tale of two people, of love and the Zodiac and the Kabbalah, of Transylvania and Mesopotamia converging at the Caucasus, of a mad Hungarian King named Böles Kilary and of a woman's discovery of an initiatory code that leads to a Cyclopean obstacle, to love, self and awareness, to the great stone door of Kescke and beyond.

ಕುಂ.ವೀ. ಅವರ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ. ಈ ಕೃತಿಯ ಕುರಿತು ಲೇಖಕ-ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತ ಜಿ.ಎನ್. ಮೋಹನ್ ಅವರು 'ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಲೋಕ ಕಾಣದ ಒಂದು ಜಗತ್ತು ಕುಂವೀ ಬರಹಗಳಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಕುಂವೀ ಅವರು ನನಗೆ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗುವುದು ಅವರು ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದೆ ಇಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಭಾರತ ಯಾವುದು ಎನ್ನುವ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಸಹಾ, ಒಂದು ಅರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರು ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಲೋಕದ ಪಿ. ಸಾಯಿನಾಥ್ ಅಧೋ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಆಕಾವ್ಯವನ್ನು ಮುಂದಿಡಲು ಪಿ ಸಾಯಿನಾಥ್ ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮವನ್ನು ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದರೆ, ಕುಂವೀ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. "ಎಂಟರ್ ರ ಡ್ರಾಗನ್' ನನ್ನೊಳಗೆ ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ನಾವು ಕಾಣುವ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ದರ್ಶನ ಮಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ' ಎಂದು ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

The English Winemaker is an entertaining historical novella for anyone who loves a good story along with a glass of good wine. It is a well-told tale of the resurgence in winemaking that occurred in England in the beginning of the 19th century, when life was harder, but also slower and more serene. In the late 18th century, a young man from a small village in southern England came across some wild grapes in his wanderings. James Walker began tending a small patch of the overgrown vineyard that, unbeknownst to him, dated back to Roman times. He began to experiment with making wine from the ...

Kelsey's Scribbles is a novella that explores a teenage girl's emotionally vulnerable journey through her first romance and heartbreak. During a summer youth writing program, Kelsey met Wesley, who, unaware that she was already penning her experiences, expressed his belief that she would one day write a book. The story of Wesley and Kelsey weaves together themes of love, loss, grief, regret, and the lingering uncertainty of what might have been. Kelsey's Scribbles resonates deeply with readers due to the genuine honesty and raw authenticity in the journal entries and poetry, leaving a ...

Talking to the dead can make your dreams come true. Estrella turns to late singers to help her with her singing career. She uses her gift to see the people who have crossed over to the other side. When someone close to her dies, she might need to turn to the dead for help. Can she trust these spirits? Or, do they have something more sinister in store?