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È il settembre del 1939, la guerra è appena cominciata e mentre il mondo si prepara al peggio, sotto cieli di piombo si consumano i drammi dei singoli. Il capitano Blazej Baranski, miracolosamente scampato alla morte, è riparato in Inghilterra per unirsi alla Royal Air Force. Axelle ha appena perso il marito e la sorella: d'ora in avanti dovrà crescere da sola sua figlia affrontando le incognite del futuro.

Writing to her only friend from her deathbed, Mathilda finally reveals the history that led to her isolated life of despairing melancholy. Of her mother dying in childbirth, her father's confession of his incestuous desire and subsequent suicide, and her relationship with a handsome young poet that fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death. The haunting and relentlessly self-examining voice of Mary Shelley's protagonist is a bare narrative of trauma of a brave woman's failed search for love, atonement, and redemption.

From her deathbed, Mathilda tells the story she has carried in silence—one marked by love, loss, and a devastating truth that reshaped her life forever. Orphaned young and raised in emotional distance, she is reunited with her father only to face a revelation so profound it fractures their bond and drives him toward irreversible despair.

"Mathilda" is the finished draft of a short novel by Mary Shelley. Its adult theme, concerning a father's incestuous love for his daughter and its consequences, meant that the manuscript was suppressed by Shelley's own father, and not published until 1959, more than a hundred years after her death.

Allongée au bord de la rivière, cachée par les saules pleureurs, Marie, dix-sept ans, semble paisible, endormie, ce que démentent les marques sombres sur son cou. Sa mort brutale ébranle toute la communauté, et surtout Marguerite, une petite fille solitaire que tous croient simple d’esprit. Ses parents, peu enclins à manifester leur affection, travaillent leur terre du matin au soir. Livrée à elle-même, maltraitée à l’école, elle aime se réfugier au bord de la rivière, où elle se sent en sécurité sous les saules.

On Hallowe'en night, Mathilda Honeycutt finds out she's a SuperWitch. Not the modern, hippie kind...the real, wand-wielding, pixie-dust kind. After a life devoted to retail and coffee drinks, Mathilda is thrown into the secret world of witches, werewolves, vampires, faeries, you name it, it exists! As Mathilda discovers her magic, she also discovers she's prophesied to save the world. The problem is, she'd rather spend her time on online auctions bidding on fabulous designer shoes.

In his 1992 best-selling book The End of History and the Last Man, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama argued that the dominance of liberal democracy marked the end of humanity's political and ideological development. Thirty years later, with populism on the rise and the number of liberal democracies decreasing worldwide, Fukuyama revisits his classic thesis. A series of in-depth interviews between Fukuyama and editor Mathilde Fasting, After the End of History offers a wide-ranging analysis of liberal democracy today.

This edition of Shelley's second novel, transcribed and introduced by Deanna Koretsky, explores the work both as a complex portrayal of taboo desires and as an intergenerational story of reckoning with the horrors of racism and patriarchy. Mathilda is often understood as biographical, but this edition also highlights the issues of justice, gender, and rights. 

It tells the story of a young woman whose mother died in her childbirth - just as Shelly's own mother died after hers - and whose relationship with her bereaved father becomes sexually charged as he conflates her with his lost wife, while she becomes involved with a handsome poet.

Per una ballerina del Moulin Rouge come Gigì Letouche il fascino è un'arma indispensabile. È proprio grazie alla sua innata sensualità che Gigì, seppure in maniera non del tutto lecita, riesce a guadagnare qualche soldo in più. Mai avrebbe immaginato, però, che nell'orologio da lei sottratto a un barone inglese si nascondesse un messaggio capace di provocare uno scandalo internazionale, con la regina Vittoria al centro.

Tristan er 16 år, genial til skak og bor hos sin tante i Brooklyn sammen med sin fætter Marcus. Marcus er pusher. Han styrer nabolaget med hård hånd og udnytter Tristan og hans skaktalent til at vinde penge fra folk. Da Izzy og hendes pæne middelklassefamilie flytter til kvarteret, forelsker hun og Tristan sig hovedkulds i hinanden. Men deres kærlighed giver dem store problemer - ikke kun fordi de kommer fra to helt forskellige miljøer, men også fordi Marcus har udset sig Izzy som sin kommende kæreste.

Mathilda Honeycutt, SuperWitch, Prophesied Savior of The World, has survived the first battle of the Supernatural War. But before she can take a breath, she's deflecting spells from angry witches in her local Target, getting visits from the Federal Witches Agency, and even though she's wearing the perfect outfit, her meeting with the US government doesn't go too well.

Joan de Leeds fait le pari fou de s’évader de l’abbaye bénédictine de Saint-Clément, où elle est cloîtrée depuis l'enfance. À la lueur d’une chandelle, la jeune femme dévoile son plan à quelques sœurs de confiance: puisque seule la mort peut défaire une moniale de son serment, elle simulera la sienne pour déjouer la vigilance de ses supérieures. Débute alors l’incroyable quête de Joan, qui la mènera jusqu'à Londres, à la découverte de ce que les écritures lui avaient caché : le plaisir, la connaissance et la liberté.

Mathilde, Comtesse de Cissey vit une histoire d’amour intense et absolue avec Alphonse, Comte de Galbussa, un exilé portugais. Ensemble, ils partagent des moments de bonheur si profonds qu’ils semblent défier la réalité elle-même. Mais cet amour parfait cache une ombre : la peur de tout perdre. Prête à tout pour suivre Alphonse, Mathilde est confrontée à ses propres tourments. Comment préserver cet amour lorsqu’elle craint de le voir s’éteindre?

Wenn die Welt gefriert, beginnt dein größter Kampf Nach einem Streit mit ihrem Vater Achim reist die achtzehnjährige Emma mit ihrem Freund aus Norddeutschland in die österreichischen Berge. Währenddessen berichten die Medien, dass der nahende Asteroid "Mathilda" nicht gestoppt werden konnte und unaufhaltsam auf die Erde zurast. Der Einschlag löst eine katastrophale Kettenreaktion aus: Teile Europas werden durch einen Tsunami sowie verheerende Erdbeben in einen apokalyptischen Zustand versetzt.

The second novel from Mary Shelley, written in 1819-20 but not published in full until 1959. The story deals with common romantic themes but also incest and suicide. Narrating from her deathbed, Mathilda tells the story of her unnamed father’s confession of incestuous love for her, followed by his suicide by drowning; her relationship with a gifted young poet called Woodville fails to reverse Mathilda’s emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death.

Un jour d’hiver, dans une cité de Rennes, un nouveau-né est découvert au fond d’un container à ordures. Vivant. Quelques étages plus haut, une jeune fille se vide de son sang. Elle s’appelle Monroe, elle a dix-sept ans. Dans cette chambre où sa mère l’a enfermée, Monroe revit les mois passés sur la colline, chez sa grand-mère Madeleine. Là-haut, le vent, le labeur et le silence façonnent les corps. Auprès de cette vieille femme solitaire aux mains guérisseuses, Monroe, enceinte, a découvert une paix inespérée. Et puis tout s’est écroulé.

Alicia e Karel non potrebbero essere più diversi: lei piccolina, con i completi da pattinaggio sempre coordinati agli accessori e un'aria un po' snob; lui alto, trasandato, arrogante e con la fama di bullo della scuola. Si conoscono fin da piccoli e non si sopportano: forse c'entrano quell'odioso soprannome che lui le ha affibbiato alle medie (Micia-Micia), o quel bacio a tradimento che Karel non smette di ricordarle. Quando Andrea, l'allenatore, propone loro di esibirsi nella coppia artistico, Alicia e Karel per una volta sono d'accordo: non pattineranno mai insieme.

Après avoir pris la fuite pour refaire sa vie à la Nouvelle-Orléans, Merlya Lawrence, une jeune femme française, a retrouvé goût à la vie et s'épanouit auprès de ses amis et dans son travail. À la tête d'une des plus grandes distilleries de la Nouvelle-Orléans, Spencer Lockwood, aussi beau que riche, est un jeune homme à qui tout réussit. Merlya et Spencer partagent le même cercle d'amis et une passion commune : se détester. Chaque minute passée ensemble leur donne des envies de meurtre. Ils n'imaginaient pas pire affront que de devoir se voir régulièrement.

Matilda es una ávida lectora de solo cinco años. Sensible e inteligente, todos la admiran menos sus mediocres padres, que la consideran una inútil. Además, tiene poderes extraños y maravillosos.... Un día, Matilda decide liberarse y empieza a emplearlos contra la abominable y cruel señorita Trunchbull.