1940. Im unbesetzten Teil Frankreichs ist Marseille ein Tor zur Freiheit. Tausende treffen hier ein auf der Flucht vor den deutschen Faschisten, Verfolgte aus allen Ländern Europas. Sie hetzen nach Visa, Stempeln, Bescheinigungen, ohne die sie den Kontinent nicht verlassen können. Auf der Jagd von Behörde zu Behörde kreuzen sich ihre Wege. Für kurze Zeit sind fremde Leben durch...(展开全部)

In the wake of family collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The process of upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions – personal, moral, artistic, practical – as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city she is made to confront aspects of living she has, until now, avoided, and to consider questions of vuln...(展开全部)

"Reading (this book) is a wonderful way to contemplate the personal journey of life. (It's) a book one can return to often for that kind of affirmation that is so comforting to me, namely that although we definitely leave a unique stamp with the life we create, there is a greater order and symbolic journey that we all share. Understanding Saturn has been a life long quest for m...(展开全部)

"Roman People" explains the ancient classical Roman world by focusing on individual personalities - what is known about them and their world views. Both famous and everyday individuals become lenses through which the reader can understand the values and characteristics of ancient Rome.

Boka handler om Andreas Doppler, en mann som ikke liker andre mennesker og som føler at samfunnet har tatt gal retning. Han har kone og to barn, men etter å ha falt av sykkelen og slått seg et sted i skogen, fant han ut at han heller ville tilbringe tiden alene i skogen. Han flytter derfor ut i et telt i skogen, bare noen hundre meter inn i skogen utenfor Oslo. Han begynner ett...(展开全部)