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Una famiglia del Nord Italia, tra l'inizio di un secolo e l'avvento di un altro. I Sartori, quattro generazioni, dal 1917 al 2012, dal Friuli rurale alla Milano contemporanea, dalle guerre mondiali alla ricostruzione alla globalizzazione, dal lavoro nei campi alle scrivanie delle multinazionali. Romanzo storico e corale, vasto ritratto narrativo del Novecento italiano, forse il primo di uno scrittore sotto i quarant'anni, il racconto dei Sartori affronta il fardello di un'eredità che sembra andata in malora. Se gli errori e le sfortune dei padri ricadono sui figli, come liberarsene?

1969 : les Américains marchent sur la Lune. Mehdi, 10 ans, débarque au lycée Lyautey de Casablanca où son instituteur, impressionné par son intelligence et sa boulimie de lecture, lui a obtenu une bourse. Loin de son village de l'Atlas, Mehdi pense être un membre de l'équipage d'Apollo découvrant une planète inconnue : qui sont ces Français qui vivent dans le luxe, adorent les choses immangeables, parlent sans pudeur et lui manifestent un tel intérêt ? Durant une année scolaire animée par une galerie de personnages surprenants, l'histoire émouvante d'un enfant propulsé dans un univers aux antipodes de celui de sa famille.

""A gut-churning, heart-wrenching, blockbuster of a first novel . . . Parks-Ramage is an extraordinary new talent and Yes, Daddy is truly something special."" —Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things A propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is...

Kaia Gerber’s Library Science March Book Club Pick Best Books of 2025 List by Vogue Most Anticipated Novels of 2025 List by Marie Claire Best New Books of Spring 2025 List by Bustle Must-Read Books of Spring 2025 List by Town & Country “The year’s best coming-of-age novel...

A prophetic lost classic from interwar Germany, following a group of Berliners navigating economic turmoil and the rise of fascism, now translated into English for the first time Berlin in the 1920s is the largest city in Europe, a cultural mecca, and a political mess: a hedonistic Babylon...

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE 2022 AKUTAGAWA PRIZE The power dynamics of the office are never more obvious than when it comes to food: mandatory lunches with the boss, the colleague who tries to curry favour with home-baked goods, discovering the discarded remnants of someone else's...

When Margaret Hale is forced to leave her home in the tranquil rural South of England for the industrial Northern town of Milton, she finds herself in a very different country run by men, like mill owner John Thornton, with very different beliefs to her own. Margaret is sickened by the working conditions she witnesses and, sympathetic to the poor workers, clashes with their boss, Thornton.

Валер'ян Підмогильний створив модерний роман, в якому, на відміну від традиційної селянської і соціальної тематики, акцент перенесений на урбаністичну проблематику, порушені філософські питання буття й аналізована психіка героїв, а конфлікт розгортається між людьми з різними світоглядами. Місто — перший урбаністичний роман в українській літературі, з новими героями, проблематикою та манерою оповіді.

Netflix’s Inventing Anna and Hulu’s The Dropout meets Catch Me If You Can in this captivating novel about an ambitious young woman who gets trapped in a charismatic con artist’s scam. A Most Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, Parade, New York Post, Shondaland, E!...

I may be a shy letter carrier, but when my beloved apartment building is threatened by a mysterious and reclusive billionaire, I’m willing to push the envelope. I’m going to march right up to Malcolm Blackberg’s fortress of fierceness and deliver a cease-and-desist notice he can’t refuse. Except as soon as I get inside his gilded doors, things go sideways - I’m mistaken for Malcolm’s court-ordered emotional intelligence coach, as if I’m acting out a wacky postal carrier cosplay.

Secret femme-fatale in training Millicent Whittenburg needs to escape her unpleasant and restrictive betrothal. Taking matters into her own hands, she plans her eventual ruin! Then she can disappear from society to carry out the Queen’s deadly missions. Step 1: seduce the one man who despises marriage more than her!

A collection of stories that trace the threads of loss and displacement running through all our lives, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Theory of Light and Matter “What a beautiful book about the profound mystery of ordinary life.” —Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want...

Teenie-Star Grace Turner war auf der Höhe ihrer Karriere. Aber ausgerechnet am Vorabend ihrer ersten Golden Globe-Nominierung verschwand sie. Jetzt, ein Jahr später, ist sie wieder da. Und sie will ihr Leben zurück. Doch dann bittet man sie, dem Mann, der acht Jahre lang jeden ihrer Schritte kontrollierte, den Preis für sein Lebenswerk zu überreichen. Sie begreift, dass sie nicht länger vor dem Geheimnis, das sie damals zerstörte, davonlaufen kann.

Quand Martin Jobard, un enfant du pays devenu haut fonctionnaire à Paris, décide de revenir briguer la mairie de son village normand et de moderniser le réseau d'eau potable, il trouve sur son chemin Maria, la joyeuse et idéaliste tenancière de l'épicerie, qui défend la source des anciens. La lutte qui s'engage va éveiller, chez les habitants, le pire comme le meilleur.

Een heerlijke nieuwe kerstroman van het populaire feelgoodduo Jackie van Laren en Petra Vollinga Robin woont boven Vinyllia, de beroemde vintageplatenwinkel die ze van haar vader heeft overgenomen. Haar hele leven staat op z'n kop als ze hoort dat ze met Kerstmis op straat zal staan. Maar dan komt er op de radio een kerstmuziekwedstrijd voorbij waarmee ze een huiskamerconcert van Mariah Carey kan winnen. Dat lijkt de redding voor Vinyllia, al zal ze wel moeten dealen met die zelfingenomen, veel te commerciële dj Flo. Florian is in zijn hart een echte platennerd.

In her signature sharp prose, brilliantly translated by Jamie Chang, Nam-Joo returns with this haunting account of a neglected housing complex in the shadows of Town: a former fishing village bought out by a massive conglomerate. Town is prosperous and safe―but only if you’re a citizen with “valuable skills and assets,” which the residents of Saha Estates are not. Disenfranchised and tightlipped, the Saha are forced into harsh labor, squatting in moldy units without electricity.

Ein Fremder trifft in einer kleinen norwegischen Hafenstadt ein. Johan Nilsen Nagel, der sich selbst als "Ausländer des Daseins", als "Fremdling unter Mitmenschen" bezeichnet, fällt durch ungewöhnliches und widersprüchliches Verhalten zwischen Bluff, Koketterie und tiefem Ernst auf. Er behauptet, Agronom zu sein und weist sich durch fingierte Telegramme als reicher Mann aus. In seinem gelben Anzug und stets einen Geigenkasten mit sich führend macht er jedoch den Eindruck eines Künstlers.

An Oprah.com Best Romance Novel of 2019! “Perfect for readers who love the dishy women's fiction of Candace Bushnell.” —Booklist From the author of the New York Times bestselling Stiletto and Oxford series, the first in a sizzling new series following the unlikely friendship of three Upper...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, known for her deeply moving stories of love and faith, comes the next chapter in the Bailey Flanigan series--a powerful novel about dreams, heartbreak, and the choices that define us. Bailey Flanigan is living her dream, performing on...

Anthony Trollope was one of Victorian England’s most popular and prolific authors. He worked for the Post Office while establishing himself as a writer, and is credited with introducing the pillar box to Britain. Best known for his ‘Barsetshire’ and ‘Palliser’ novels, he wrote over 50 works in total, including short stories, travel books, biographies and a posthumously published autobiography. Collected here are a selection of superb adaptations of his much-loved novels, as well as a fascinating documentary and an original radio play by Patricia Cumper.