Posdnyschew, Morder seiner Frau, fruhzeitig ergraut, mit blitzenden Augen und nervosem Gebaren, hort auf einer langeren Zugfahrt, wie die Reisenden uber Liebe als Grundbedingung fur eine gluckliche Ehe diskutieren - eine Ansicht, die vor allem von einer nicht mehr jungen, halichen, rauchenden Dame vertreten wird.
An epic poem is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
CONTENTS:HarriganRiders of the SilencesThe UntamedThe Night HorsemanGunman's ReckoningRonicky DooneThe Seventh ManAlcatrazBlack JackThe Rangeland Avenger
Although the nineteenth-century elite looked on the Highlands and Islands as a sporting paradise, for the indigenous population it was a turbulent place.
Robert Jeffrey, author of the bestselling "e;Barlinnie Story"e; and other true crime books, now tells the remarkable story of the infamous Peterhead Prison in Scotland's far north-east.
This novel is a gripping story of the courage of a group of youths from Detroit's Eastside, who stood up and faced down a vicious attempt by the Urban Renewal Program to physically remove them from their neighborhood during the destruction of Hastings Street in the early 1960's.
Tells the horrifying story, through fact and fiction, of the gay-hate gangs that were responsible for the bashings, murder and disappearance of gay men in Sydney in the late 1980s.
Born in Newcastle in 1976, from the age of three, the very people who meant to be looking after and protecting Sarah Forsyth were sexually abusing her.
New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, houses the notorious Black Museum, a unique collection of exhibits, photographs and other items connected with some of the most famous crimes of the last century.
A rollicking collection of barely believable stories from five centuries of legal history - you'll be gripped by these tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of justice.
The tale opens with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his comfort.
Vegas Concierge tells the tale of domestic sex trafficking in America through the riveting inside story of a decade-long investigation into sex trafficking, police corruption, and hip-hop music in Sin City.
The Red and the Black, Stendhal's masterpiece, is the story of Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces, fueled by Napoleonic ideals, whose desire to make his fortune sets in motion events both mesmerizing and tragic.
La vita dell'autore fu lunga e tragica, nell'accezione piu vera del termine, ossia nel senso che essa fu dominata da una profonda, segreta tensione: una vera tragedia dell'anima.
La morte di Ivan Il'ič, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1886, è una delle opere più celebrate di Tolstoj, influenzata dalla crisi spirituale dell'autore, che lo porterà a convertirsi al Cristianesimo.
