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David Foster Wallace wurde 2005 darum gebeten, vor Absolventen des Kenyon College eine Abschlussrede zu halten...

In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at...

In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at...

A SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025 'Educational, smart and funny’ Richard Osman ‘This book is superb’ Charlie Brooker ‘Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.’ Jonn Elledge, bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 Borders The debut...

Life is the teacher. Death is the lesson. An undying cultivator is the result. Su Fang’s path of cultivation is a journey of countless deaths. As each new life pulls back the veil that covers the Nine Rivers Continent, he discovers both hidden truths and the chains that bind him.

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, OPRAH DAILY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, DEBUTIFUL AND MORE! “In equal measure compelling and heart wrenching. ” —Claire Messud “Overwhelming and exquisite–in a word, sublime.” —Namwali Serpell “A novel of remarkable delicacy and power...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING JASON SEGAL AND JESSE EISENBERG, DIRECTED BY JAMES PONSOLDT An indelible portrait of David Foster Wallace, by turns funny and inspiring, based on a five-day trip with award-winning writer David Lipsky during Wallace’s Infinite Jest tour In David...

Nina Popoca needs help. So, so much of it. The only place she can find that help is on a sprawling ranch in Colorado. A place hiding more than a community filled with magical creatures trying to live their lives in safety and in peace. A village that might hold the answers to questions she’s had her entire life.

The first entry in Llewellyn's exciting new Elements of Witchcraft series, Water Magic reveals the amazing possibilities of using water in your modern practice. Once you learn to access the enormous depths of this life-giving and powerful element, it will enhance your magic and help you grow into a better version of yourself. 

Brought to you by Penguin. The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past. But scandals...

In this stunning, compulsively listenable psychological drama, a killer swims in a public pool unnoticed by his future victims. A woman learns a terrible secret too dangerous to keep. And a mother prepares to do anything to keep her children safe. This is a novel about a woman. About a mother. About a marriage. About a murder. In the brightly lit public pool the killer swims and watches. Amongst the mothers cheering on their swim team daughters is Annie. Watching her two girls race, she's thinking of other things.

From Yannick Murphy, award-winning author of The Call, comes a fast-paced story of murder, adultery, parenthood, and romance, involving a girls’ swim team, their morally flawed parents, and a killer who swims in their midst. In a quiet New England community members of swim team and their...

Nach fast zwanzig Jahren kehrt Maira zurück an den Ort ihrer Kindheit. Sie will nur eins: ihr Elternhaus räumen, das seit dem Tod ihrer Mutter leer steht, und es so schnell wie möglich an einen Investor verkaufen. Maira bereitet das Haus für den geplanten Abriss vor und unausweichlich kehren die Erinnerungen zurück – die Tage am Wasser mit ihren besten Freunden, die magischen Begegnungen mit der Natur der Ostseeküste, die schwere Krankheit und der Verlust ihrer Mutter. Und eine alte Frage will endlich eine Antwort finden: Was ist damals während Mairas letzten Tagen auf dem Darß wirklich geschehen?

Spanning millennia and continents, here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization. Boccaletti, of The Nature Conservancy, “tackles the most important story of our time: our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity” (Kelly...

Vhalla hat für Kaiser Solaris den Sieg errungen und so ihre Freiheit erlangt. Doch der Preis ist hoch: Unschuldige mussten sterben – und Vhallas Herz wurde gebrochen. Und der wahre Kampf beginnt erst. Denn die verborgenen Mächte, die schon so lange an den Fäden von Vhallas Schicksal zerren, kommen endlich ans Licht. Nirgendwo ist die Windläuferin sicher, und sie muss mit Bedacht handeln, um nicht in die wartenden Arme ihres größten Feindes zu fallen. Oder in die ihres einstigen Geliebten.

Der neue Spannungsroman von Paula Hawkins nach dem internationalen Nr.-1-Bestseller "Girl on the Train". "Julia, ich bin's. Du musst mich anrufen. Bitte, Julia. Es ist wichtig..." In den letzten Tagen vor ihrem Tod rief Nel Abbott ihre Schwester an. Julia nahm nicht ab, ignorierte den Hilferuf. Jetzt ist Nel tot. Sie sei gesprungen, heißt es. Julia kehrt nach Beckford zurück, um sich um ihre Nichte zu kümmern. Doch sie hat Angst. Angst vor diesem Ort, an den sie niemals zurückkehren wollte.

Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. In the Depression era, Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers' "Most Spectacular Show on Earth". There he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world: Marlena, beautiful star of the equestrian act; August, her charismatic but twisted husband (and the circus' animal trainer); and Rosie, the seemingly untrainable elephant Jacob cares for.

A fraudulent teen quester must team up with a brooding, royal rival on a perilous adventure to save her brother’s life in this cosy young adult romantasy full of mythical creatures by the New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This is Ever After. Seventeen-year-old Ellinore...

‘Pure adrenaline: I swallowed this book whole’ ERIN KELLY, author of top ten bestseller He Said/She Said ‘A stunning debut … Superbly written, clever and engrossing’ B A PARIS, author of Behind Closed Doors The perfect couple commit the perfect crime in this New York Times bestselling...

When Liz retires as a detective and moves to sleepy Scarlet Cove, the murder and lies of the big city, soon follow. Days after starting her new life, she finds the body of a fisherman. What appears to be an accident soon reveals itself to be something worse: poison! With her new life on the line...