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England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Moving between London and Shanghai of the interwar years, When We Were Orphans is a remarkable story of memory, intrigue and the need to return.

"Wir sind wie niemand sonst, wir haben uns selbst erschaffen, die Einzigen unserer Art." Eine geheimnisvolle Explosion bildet das Herzstück dieser spannenden Geschichte, erzählt von den Kindern der Familie Cardinal: Sie haben den Schneid und die Wildheit von Helden, sie haben Angst vor nichts und niemandem. Und sie sind ganze einundzwanzig. Als der Vater in einem kanadischen Dorf ein Zinkvorkommen entdeckt, rechnet der Clan fest mit einem Anteil am Gewinn - doch eine Explosion zwingt die Geschwister zu einem Pakt des Schweigens, der zu einer Zerreißprobe für die ganze Familie wird.

The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller from Stephen King. A uniquely frightening thriller about a young girl lost in the woods as night falls, with only the voice of her beloved Red Sox relief pitcher to sustain her and help her survive—maybe. During a six-mile hike on the Maine–New...

Weil Hector nicht nur Psychiater sondern auch ein guter Freund ist, steckt er bald in einem großen Abenteuer à la James Bond...

Sophie und Lotte kennen sich seit Kindertagen, sie stammen aus derselben Bauerschaft im Süthland. Erst in der Oberstufe stößt Romy dazu: Sie kommt aus der Stadt und ist freier und mutiger – aber auch unzuverlässiger. Die neue Dreierkonstellation ist getragen von gegenseitiger Faszination, die bald Gefahr läuft zu kippen. Beim Versuch, in ihren frühen Zwanzigern ihre Freundschaft nach Köln zu transportieren, hadern die jungen Frauen.

A Stunning Novel of Hope and Redemption Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse...

BOOK RIOT’S BEST BOOKS OF 2021 “This is a novel of great empathy, about connections and coming-of-age, built families and self-acceptance. It contains heartbreak and redemption, and a plucky, irresistible protagonist…[A] propulsive, empathetic novel.” —Shelf Awareness Little River, New...

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years A modern masterpiece about love and kinship, about living in an America birthed from slavery. Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison gives life to characters who struggle with what society tells them to be, and the love they...

Zwei Töchter, zwei Familien – ein unentrinnbares Schicksal Brooklyn, New York, 1928: Die Freundinnen Antonia und Sofia werden ins Mafia-Milieu hineingeboren, von klein auf sind sie unzertrennlich und doch könnten sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Sofia Colicchio ist ein Freigeist, ein wildes, ungezähmtes Wesen. Antonia Russo ist bedacht, beobachtet still die Welt um sich herum. Die Häuser der Freundinnen grenzen aneinander, ihre Väter sind Teil der »Familie«, die beider Welten untrennbar verbindet.

"Chiamami col tuo nome" è il racconto dell'attrazione improvvisa e travolgente che sboccia tra due ragazzi, il diciassettenne Elio, figlio di un professore universitario, in vacanza con la famiglia nella loro villa in Riviera e un giovane ospite, invitato per l'estate, il ventiquattrenne Oliver, che sta lavorando alla sua tesi postdottorato. Quell'estate della metà degli anni Ottanta viene rievocata, a distanza di vent'anni, dal più giovane dei protagonisti.

Karigan Gâ€ladheon, running away from school, is traveling through a deep forest when a galloping horse pounds up to her, its rider impaled by two black-shafted arrows. With his dying breath, he tells her he is a Green Rider, one of the magical messengers of the King. Before he dies, he...

I'll be the first to admit that I live at extremes. After going 10 years locked in what felt like a dysfunctional marriage, I'm now decidedly boy-free. In nearly three years I've had no boyfriends, no flings, no dates, and no sex. For the sake of my dream career, the sacrifice has been easy. At least it was. Until he came along. Lukas Hendricks. He's rude, gorgeous, arrogant - a stone-carved wall of muscle and distraction. He's everything I know to avoid but there's no avoiding your next-door neighbor.

Award-winning author William Kent Krueger has gained an immense fan base for his Cork O’Connor series. In Ordinary Grace, Krueger looks back to 1961 to tell the story of Frank Drum, a boy on the cusp of manhood. A typical 13-year-old with a strong, loving family, Frank is devastated when a tragedy forces him to face the unthinkable - and to take on a maturity beyond his years.

Set in post- World War I America, Fitzgerald’s dazzling debut novel follows the life of Amory Blaine, a charming but self-absorbed Princeton student. As Amory drifts in and out of love affairs, experiences intellectual awakenings and navigates heartbreak, he becomes increasingly desperate to uncover a sense of identity and meaning. Fitzgerald captivatingly reproduces the restless spirit of the Jazz Age with lyrical prose and a profound existential yearning.

Zusammen ist man (wirklich) weniger allein – ein Roman über die heilende Kraft von Gemeinschaft Antiquitäten-Expertin Kristina hat eigentlich genug mit ihren eigenen Angelegenheiten zu tun – die Wohnungssuche läuft nicht gerade rund und auch die Sorgen um ihren Sohn Karl werden immer größer... Doch als der treue Vierbeiner ihres Freundes Per-Olof überraschend stirbt, entscheidet sie, dass etwas getan werden muss.

Der elfjährige Martin besitzt nichts bis auf das Hemd auf dem Leib und seinen schwarzen Hahn, Behüter und Freund zugleich. Die Dorfbewohner meiden den Jungen, der zu ungewöhnlich ist. Viel zu klug und liebenswürdig. Sie behandeln ihn lieber schlecht, als seine Begabungen anzuerkennen. Als Martin die Chance ergreift und mit dem Maler zieht, führt dieser ihn in eine schauerliche Welt, in der er dank seines Mitgefühls und Verstandes widerstehen kann und zum Retter wird für jene, die noch unschuldiger sind als er.

New York Times Bestseller From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Wait for You Do Teresa and Jase have a real shot at getting together or will life get in the way? Teresa Hamilton is having a rough year—she's in love with her big brother's best friend, but he hasn't spoken to her...

Ever since she was a child, Ivy has been gripped by visions of strange realms just beyond her own. But when her sister goes missing, Ivy discovers the truth is far worse - her hallucinations are real, and her sister is trapped in a parallel realm. And the one person who believes her is the dangerously attractive guy who's bound by an ancient legacy to betray her. Adrian might have turned his back on those who raised him, but that doesn't mean he can change his fate, no matter how strong a pull he feels toward Ivy.

In the epic follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Sword Catcher, praised by George R. R. Martin as “everything I look for in fantasy,” Lin and Kel must chart a perilous course between love and lies. ONE OF PASTE’S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR Kel Saren, body double to Conor...

Opposites in every way . . . except the one that matters　 Shaw Landon loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule is everything a straight--A pre-med student like Shaw shouldn't want--and the only person she's never tried to please. She isn't afraid of his scary piercings and...