Sabine Roth Libri

Contains stories that talk about death - quite often, about how death affects the young.

AS FEATURED ON DESERT ISLAND DISCS, BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB AND THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB, A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR MEMOIR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2018* I AM, I AM, I AM is a memoir with a difference - the unputdownable story of an extraordinary woman's life in near-death experiences. Insightful, inspirational, gorgeously written, it is a book to be read at a sitting, a story you finish newly conscious of life's fragility, determined to make every heartbeat count. A childhood illness she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. A terrifying encounter on a remote path. A mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital. Shocking, electric, unforgettable, this is the extraordinary memoir from Costa Novel-Award winner and Sunday Timesbestselling author Maggie O'Farrell. It is a book to make you question yourself. What would you do if your life was in danger, and what would you stand to lose?

Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.

L’indicazione dei medici è tassativa: il pilota Jerry Burton, dopo il grave incidente di cui è rimasto vittima, ha bisogno di passare un lungo periodo in campagna. E cosa c’è di più tranquillo di Lymstok, un villaggio nel quale la vita scorre fin troppo monotona? Jerry, conl’esuberante sorella Joanna, inizialmente si trova proprio a suo agio, ma ben presto la vita dei due, come quella di molti altri abitanti del villaggio, viene stravolto da una serie di lettere anonime. Queste assurde lettere, all’inizio apparentemente innocue, alla fine provocano due morti. Quale degli irreprensibili abitanti della comunità è il responsabile ? Un vicario integerrimo, un medico indaffarato, uno strano collezionista o un facoltoso notaio? A gettare una luce sull’intricata vicenda arriva miss Marple, la persona più adatta per ricordare che la malvagità può nascondersi ovunque, senza risparmiare le località dall’aspetto più innocuo.

A child is imprisoned in a house by her reclusive religious parents. Hester has never seen the outside world. The story told by Hester is often dark and terrible, but the sheer blazing brilliance of her language and the imagery that illuminates the pages make this novel an exhilarating, enlightening and joyous act of faith.

Ausgesucht schöne Bücher, sorgfältig und liebevoll ediert, zum Entdecken und Wiederlesen, zum Schenken und Sammeln. Jane Austen beschreibt in "Sanditon" das Leben und die Szenerie des gleichnamigen südenglischen Badeortes. Im Zentrum der Handlung steht die junge Charlotte Heywood, die mit den Eigenheiten und Ereignissen des kleinen Badeortes konfrontiert wird. Liebe, Krankheit und Tod sind die Themen.

In einem kleinen Land wird der Präsident gestürzt, und sein Koch, Maler und Barbier erzählen ihre Geschichten und Geheimnisse. Während sie in der Sommerresidenz gefangen sind, enthüllen sie ihre Verbindungen zur Macht und ihre geheimen Leidenschaften. Ceridwen Dovey thematisiert die Korrumpierbarkeit des Menschen und die primitiven Instinkte hinter der zivilisierten Fassade.