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At once "travel guide" and vision for the future, the Transformation series is good news for the Episcopal Church at a time of fast and furious demographic and social change. Series contributors - recognized experts in their fields - analyze our present plight, point to the seeds of change already at work transforming the church, and outline a positive new way forward. What kinds of churches are most ready for transformation? What are the essential tools? What will give us strength, direction, and purpose to the journey?

Each volume of the series will:

• Explain why a...

For readers of The Paris Wife and Z comes this vivid novel full of drama, passion, tragedy, and beauty that stunningly imagines the life of iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel--the ambitious, gifted laundrywoman's daughter who revolutionized fashion, built an international empire, and become one of the most influential and controversial figures of the twentieth century.

Born into rural poverty, Gabrielle Chanel and her siblings are sent to orphanage after their mother's death. The sisters nurture Gabrielle's exceptional sewing skills, a talent that will propel the...

A lush, dramatic biographical novel of one of the most glamorous and alluring legends of Hollywood's golden age, Marlene Dietrich--from the gender-bending cabarets of Weimar Berlin to the lush film studios of Hollywood, a sweeping story of passion, glamour, ambition, art, and war from the author of Mademoiselle Chanel.

Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria Magdalena Dietrich dreams of a life on the stage. When a budding career as a violinist is cut short, the willful teenager vows to become a singer, trading her family's proper, middle-class society for...

Ikone ihrer Zeit, Rebellin, Weltstar

Paris, 1859: Als die fünfzehnjährige Sarah Bernhardt von der Klosterschule nach Paris zurückkehrt, stellt ihre Mutter sie vor die Wahl: Entweder Sahra wird eine Kurtisane wie sie, oder sie heiratet einen Kaufmann aus Lyon. Beides ist für das rebellische Mädchen keine Option - sie will zum Theater. Doch Sarah eckt an, und ihre Bühnenkarriere an der Comédie-Française ist nur von kurzer Dauer. Aber auch wenn sie sich nun dem Willen ihrer Mutter beugen muss, gibt Sarah ihren Traum nicht auf, eines Tages die ganze Welt mit...