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The book offers an in-depth exploration of John Stefanidis's design philosophy and career, highlighting his unique aesthetic characterized by vibrant colors, eclectic styles, and a focus on comfort and proportion. It showcases bespoke elements crafted by skilled artisans, such as custom furniture and intricate mosaics. Lavishly illustrated with both published and rare photographs, it chronicles his journey from the late 1960s to his latest projects, providing personal insights into his creative process and relationships within the design community.

Drawn partly from a true story, The Lost Wife is a searing and immersive novel about a devastating Native American revolt, and a woman caught in the middle of the conflict

A memoir from the author of IN THE CUT 'A captivating portrait of a woman in search of herself' Kirkus 'Moore's search for stability during a free-spirited decade is a whirlwind of celebrity encounters and a lyrical exploration of the lingering effects of a mother's death' Publishers Weekly

The history of Hawaii may be said to be the story of arrivals -- from the eruption of volcanoes on the ocean floor 18,000 feet below to the first hardy seeds that over millennia found their way to the islands, and the confused birds blown from their migratory routes. Early Polynesian adventurers sailed across the Pacific in double canoes. Spanish galleons en route to the Philippines and British navigators in search of a Northwest Passage were soon followed by pious Protestant missionaries, shipwrecked sailors, and rowdy Irish poachers escaped from Botany Bay -- all wanderers washed ashore. This is true of many cultures, but in Hawaii, no one seems to have left. And in Hawaii, a set of myths accompanied each of these migrants -- legends that shape our understanding of this mysterious place. Susanna Moore pieces together the story of late-eighteenth-century Hawaii -- its kings and queens, gods and goddesses, missionaries, migrants, and explorers -- a not-so-distant time of abrupt transition, in which an isolated pagan world of human sacrifice and strict taboo, without a currency or a written language, was confronted with the equally ritualized world of capitalism, Western education, and Christian values.

In 1938, seventeen-year-old Beatrice, an Irish Protestant lace maker, finds herself at the center of a fairy tale when she is whisked away from her dreary life to join the Berlin household of Felix and Dorothea Metzenburg. Art collectors, and friends to the most fascinating men and women in Europe, the Metzenburgs introduce Beatrice to a world in which she finds more to desire than she ever imagined. But Germany has launched its campaign of aggression across Europe, and, before long, the conflict reaches the Metzenburgs’ threshold. Retreating with Beatrice to their country estate, Felix and Dorothea do their best to preserve the traditions of the old world. But the realities of hunger and illness, as well as the even graver threats of Nazi terror, the deportation and murder of Jews, and the hordes of refugees fleeing the advancing Red Army begin to threaten their existence. When the Metzenburgs are forced to join a growing population of men and women in hiding, Beatrice, increasingly attached to the family and its unlikely wartime community, bears heartrending witness to the atrocities of the age and to the human capacity for strength in the face of irrevocable loss. In searing physical and emotional detail, The Life of Objects illuminates Beatrice’s journey from childhood to womanhood, from naïveté to wisdom, as a continent collapses into darkness around her. It is Susanna Moore’s most powerful and haunting novel yet.

The memoir intertwines childhood memories with reflections on literature, exploring the author's deep connection to the ocean and her formative experiences on an island. Through vivid reminiscences, she navigates her personal growth and the influence of literary works on her life, capturing the essence of her journey back to her roots.

„Tief drinnen haben die Kinder gewusst, es ist zu ihrem Besten. Tief drinnen haben sie gewusst, ich wollte sie retten vor dieser Welt der Traurigkeit und Sünde.“ Sloatsbury, ein Frauengefängnis Upstate New York. Ein düsteres Labyrinth aus Mauern, Korridoren und Kameras, in dem sich die Schicksale von vier Menschen kreuzen: der Psychiaterin Dr. Louise Forrest, deren Patientin Helen Nash, dem Wärter Ike Bradshaw, der sich in Louise verliebt – und Angie Mills, einem Hollywoodsternchen, dem Helen höchst verblüffende Briefe schreibt. Einmal in der Woche trifft sich Louise Forrest mit Helen Nash, die von geheimnisvollen Stimmen heimgesucht wird, die sie nur „die Reiter“ nennt. Anfänglich fühlt sich die Psychiaterin von ihrer Patientin abgestoßen. Doch je mehr über die Hintergründe von Helens Untat ans Licht kommt, desto deutlicher tritt zu Tage, was der Mensch um der Liebe willen bereit ist, anderen anzutun. Big Girls ist ein radikaler, aus vier Perspektiven erzählter Roman, in dem Susanna Moore auf virtuose Weise Unsagbares auszusprechen wagt.

Ci sono i carnefici e ci sono le vittime, i carcerieri e le carcerate. C’è la cella d’isolamento con i suoi tentati suicidi, le regole ferree della convivenza tra le detenute e la stretta sorveglianza delle guardie; tanto stretta da arrivare spesso fino al sopruso e alla violenza. E poi, naturalmente, c’è il fuori, la città con le sue strade, i suoi pub e i suoi appartamenti, le persone libere, la vita che dovrebbe essere normale. Louise Forrest appartiene a questa vita, alla città: ma per il suo lavoro di psichiatra appartiene anche un po’ al carcere in cui lavora da qualche mese. L’incontro con Helen, la più fragile delle detenute, con un passato misterioso e terrificante fatto di indicibili violenze prima subite e poi perpetrate, che emergono lentamente dalla memoria, cambia la vita della psichiatra e tutto improvvisamente precipita. Non c’è più nulla del passato che si possa tacere: nessuna crudeltà, nessuna sofferenza, nessuna orribile bugia. Un romanzo dove non c’è redenzione possibile né dal dolore né dalla violenza o dalla colpa: nonostante gli sforzi per incontrarsi e per capirsi, nonostante la fiducia e il desiderio di non lasciarsi sole, le donne si muovono in un mondo da cui pare bandita l’innocenza, in cui tutti sono vittime e tutti sono carnefici, di se stessi e degli altri. Un’immensa, sconfinata prigione.

Susanna Moore kann sich nicht an ihre erste Begegnung mit dem Meer erinnern – es war immer präsent. Auf Hawaii geboren, wuchs sie in den 50er und 60er Jahren bei Honolulu auf, in einem Paradies voller Licht und Farben, weit entfernt vom Festland. Ihre Sommertage verbrachte sie mit einem Bündel Bücher im Schatten der Palmen, während ihre Geschwister am Strand spielten. Das Murmeln des Meeres begleitete sie, während sie in den Geschichten großer Erzähler die Erzählungen von Brandung und Wellen entdeckte. Umgeben von Wellen und dem Wind, der durch die Palmen rauschte, fand sie Zuflucht in der Literatur. Heute lebt sie in New York, doch das Meer bleibt ein ständiger Begleiter. Mit ihren Werken kehrt sie in die Inselwelt ihrer Kindheit zurück, wo sie barfuß zur Schule ging, die Männer entdeckte und die Liebe erlebte – inspiriert von den Klassikern von Conrad, Stevenson und Defoe, die ihr halfen, ihre Welt besser zu verstehen. Dies ist ein leuchtendes Selbstporträt ihrer Kindheit und Jugend auf Hawaii, das die Leser in eine faszinierende Vergangenheit entführt.

Kalkutta 1836: britische Kolonialbeamte, ihre gelangweilten Ehefrauen und die brodelnde, beängstigend lockende Fremde. Nach einer strapaziösen Seereise treffen der neue Generalgouverneur Sir Henry Oliphant und seine Schwestern Eleanor und Harriet in Indien ein. Es beginnt eine Erziehung der Sinne und zur Sinnlichkeit, die ihr Leben für immer verändert. Kaum je hat man die Verlockung und Gefährdung durch das Exotische so körperlich spürbar erlebt wie in dieser erotisch aufgeladenen Prosa. „Susanna Moore ist eine unwiderstehliche Autorin.“ (New York Times Book Review)