After World War I, Andreas Pum returns home having lost a leg and received a medal. He keeps an unswerving faith in God, government and authority, but a dispute leads to his imprisonment as a rebel. The novel charts his crisis of faith and the wider cynicism and upheaval of postwar society through a mix of social commentary and brisk, jazz-like cadences.

In a placid New England town, complex relationships and secret lives simmer beneath the surface. Tragedy forces those private matters into daylight and exposes the town's underlying tensions. Business conflicts and sexual scandals compound the community's upheaval. The revelations reshape the social order and lay bare how closely intertwined personal and public lives have become.

Murderbot volunteered to run a rescue mission and realizes it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it does not know. That includes human children, which it finds unpleasant. It braces for awkward eye contact and runs an emotion check, reacting with frustration as it faces unwanted social interaction while trying to complete the mission.

As war approaches, a widowed mother and her two young children join hundreds of refugees fleeing the countryside, carrying what they can. Eleven-year-old Paul travels with his weary mother and four-year-old sister Marie Rose, and they take in Sylvie, a girl Paul's age who has no family. When enemy planes bomb the region, Paul and Sylvie are separated and romantic feelings develop between them while their mother searches for them, overcoming fear and hardship, and the family reunites to continue their perilous journey to safety.

The Abernathy family lives in rural Mississippi, farming cotton and growing vegetables, with kitchens full of sweet potato pie and muscadine preserves. Life is serene if folks follow the rules and heed nature's signals, but many codes are unspoken. When those laws are violated, men are obliged to abide by the code even if it means doing the unthinkable. Hobson leads his household with firmness while Lavinia offers wisdom, their daughter Teenie dreams of marrying Woody and Little Hob prepares to assume man's responsibilities.

Una raccolta di lettere morali indirizzate a un amico, che offre consigli pratici e meditazioni stoiche su come vivere virtuosamente: affrontare la morte e il dolore, governare la rabbia e i desideri, gestire ricchezza e perdita, coltivare tranquillità interiore, autodisciplina, amicizia e saggezza pratica. Il testo combina insegnamenti filosofici con esempi quotidiani e inviti all'esame di coscienza, proponendo esercizi di vita volti a trasformare la teoria in pratica e a conseguire libertà e serenità d'animo.

El Vago, the Vagabond, recalls his life as a bandit and his friendship with a man who would become Pancho Villa. He remembers the idealism of Zapata and his love for the beautiful Consuelo. He reflects on how youthful loyalties, passion, and political fervor collided. The narrative registers the tragic violence of the Mexican Revolution and how it reshaped lives and loyalties.

Spring 1947. Indian independence is imminent and the British flag will soon be lowered across India. Thousands who made their lives there as planters, civil servants, or in the Indian army prepare to return to England, including Will and Flo Sutherland, who fell in love at the end of the war. India has been the defining experience of their lives and they must find how to make a new life now.

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Set in 1939 as the Nazi shadow falls over the continent, Flotsam follows displaced people, including political dissidents and Jews, who travel the unpaved roads seeking refuge. Steiner and Kern have overstayed in Czechoslovakia and are forced to leave, only to be turned away from other countries as well. Living hand to mouth and selling shoelaces and safety pins for a few pennies, they find small pleasures in Paris and in love. The novel contrasts cold-blooded laws with moments of humanity.

A richly detailed cultural and historical portrait of an ancient, vanished civilization, tracing its origins, language, arts, philosophy, and the development of a unique technology that links worlds; the narrative covers the society’s literary and engineering achievements, the internal conflicts and moral choices that led to its decline and catastrophic fall, and the attempts by later explorers and survivors to understand, preserve, and reckon with the legacy left behind.