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Drei Frauen, drei Generationen − ein Garten am Meer. Ein Roman über Vergänglichkeit, Neubeginn und Hoffnung. Und darüber, was es heißt, in der Fremde Wurzeln zu schlagen. Magdas Leben verändert sich mit einem Schlag: Ihr Mann Alfred, Botaniker in Münster, verliert 1933 seine Professorenstelle, weil er Jude ist. Im fernen Istanbul lockt ein überraschendes Angebot: Republikgründer Atatürk will die Universitäten des Landes modernisieren, und am Bosporus soll ein prächtiger Botanischer Garten mit Pflanzen aus aller Welt entstehen.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A lively and spirited book' DOUGLAS MURRAY 'A paean to the freedom and dignity that many in the West take for granted' PETER BOGHOSSIAN 'A cool, steady but urgent message that we should value and protect what we have' SPIKED 'Kisin's book [has] a powerful moral...

This is a love story of great beauty and great tenderness, the kind of love story that entangles the listener in the lives of the characters, so that after the story is over, one continues to live with those characters. And fortunately, the listener will not have to say farewell to these characters, since it is the first in a series that will tell the story of three Californian families over the course of the 20th century.

“A thrilling tour de force of a novel. I’ll be recommending this book to everyone.”—ANN PATCHETT “[A] gorgeous and powerful debut.”—TOMMY ORANGE, The New York Times “A stunning read.”—KHALED HOSSEINI “Utterly addictive, Good People will have everyone talking.”—PAULA...

Told in dual POV and set in 1913 Boston, a middle class girl and a Greek immigrant defy her parents and buck society by eloping, but when tragedy rips them apart they give up everything, including each other, for their love and for their child.

Topanga Canyon is home to two couples on a collision course. Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacker lead an ordered, sushi-and-recycling existence in a newly gated hilltop community: He is a sensitive nature writer, she an obsessive realtor. Mexican illegals Candido and America Rincon desperately cling to their vision of the American Dream as they fight off starvation in a makeshift camp deep in the ravine.

Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels. 

She left her loving family behind, her friends and her whole life, to be with the man she adored. She was also desperate to escape her horrific childhood memories and abuse, in search of a secure and happy life. But nothing could have prepared her for what was to come …

#1 New York Times Bestseller OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK “Extraordinary.”—Stephen King “This book is not simply the great American novel; it’s the great novel of las Americas. It’s the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful.”—Sandra Cisneros...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cuba: An American History comes a heartbreaking yet redemptive memoir about migration, separation, and the love of one family forcing its way through the fissures of history. In 1963, four years after Fidel Castro came to power, Ada Ferrer’s mother...

Le balado « Ça jase », présenté par Immigrant Québec, est un espace d’information destiné aux personnes immigrantes et aux nouveaux arrivants, visant à éclairer les grandes questions liées à l’immigration et à l’intégration au Québec. Chaque épisode aborde une thématique précise du parcours d’installation (travail, finances, logement, services, droits, etc.), en collaboration avec un partenaire spécialisé qui partage son expertise. Le format repose sur des échanges animés par Immigrant Québec autour de questions que toute personne peut être amenée à se poser à...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 2025 ‘Enormously entertaining’ THE TIMES ‘Unputdownable’ HARPER'S BAZAAR ‘Funny, sharp and insightful … a triumph’ LAUREN LAVERNE ‘Magnificent’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO Five...

When Jose is fifteen he watches the cartel leader massacre his family, then they slash his throat and leave him for dead. When he survives, the leader continues searching for him and two years after the attack Jose escapes across the U.S. border, where he starts his own American family.

Introducing a powerful new novelist whose evocation of an unforgettable African family is testament to the transformative power of unconditional love Kwaku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside the home he shares in Ghana with his second wife...

As a nation, we hold an unyielding commitment to promoting safety and nurturing a brighter, more optimistic future. We can fully realize this endeavor within the bounds of our great nation, the United States of America. As a unified community, we must collaborate to ensure that our country remains a land of opportunity and freedom for all individuals, regardless of their origins.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Co-founder of the Women's March Paola Mendoza and award-winning writer Abby Sher’s timely, haunting near-future dystopian where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to find sanctuary. It's 2032, and in this near-future America, all citizens...

A #1 New York Times bestseller and the eagerly anticipated sequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning Angela’s Ashes, this masterpiece from Frank McCourt tells of his American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank McCourt’s glorious childhood memoir...

In late March 1944, as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear’s intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves—murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect “pure-blood” Germans? The Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century.

Bloomsbury presents Men Like Ours by Bindu Basinath, read by Francine Pinheiro “Bindu Bansinath’s Men Like Ours shows that the Immigrant Novel is not dead yet. Absolutely hilarious, mesmerizing, and disturbing.” --Gary Shteyngart, The Guardian "A genuine and offbeat talent . . . like the...

Bloomsbury presents Good Girl by Aria Aber, read by Mozhan Navabi. **Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025** **A Time Book of the Year 2025** A portrait of the artist as a young woman in a Berlin that can’t escape its history: an electric debut novel about the daughter of Afghan...