Zeigt Titel in Magischer Realismus

Eight-year-old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he is focused on his duties as chief of a Maori tribe in Whangara, on the East Coast of New Zealand - a tribe that claims descent from the legendary 'whale rider'. In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir - there's only Kahu. She should be the next in line for the title, but her great-grandfather is blinded by tradition and sees no use for a girl. Kahu will not be ignored.

Une ode merveilleuse à la lecture et à l'imagination faisant écho au "Petit Prince"... Rintarô Natsuki, lycéen flegmatique, est sur le point de fermer la librairie héritée de son grand-père quand il reçoit une visite inattendue. Au milieu des livres, il découvre un gros chat brun tigré, un chat qui parle ! Et ce félin exprime une requête plutôt inhabituelle : il demande - ou plutôt exige - l'aide de l'adolescent pour aller sauver des livres.

Der Rattenfänger von Čzernoc ist wieder da! Um Abstand von ihrer Nahtoderfahrung und den Manipulationen der Schatten zu gewinnen, flüchtet sich die Nebelwandlerin Alexis in die Slums. Dort verbringt sie viel Zeit mit Ryuk, der ihr dabei hilft, ihre Fähigkeiten zu trainieren, und die beiden kommen sich näher. Doch eine fremde Macht hat sich in die Slums geschlichen, die die Bewohner zu ihrem seelenlosen Gefolge macht und den Ewigen nicht unbekannt ist: der Rattenfänger von Čzernoc.

In äußerster Verdichtung verknüpft Peter Adolphsen die Geschichte der Erde mit dem Aufeinandertreffen zweier Menschen an einem Sommertag im Jahr 1973 in Austin, Texas. Geschult an Borges und Cortázar, ausgerüstet mit Ironie und Scharfsinn, präsentiert der originellste Schriftsteller der jüngeren Generation aus Dänemark eine aberwitzige und zugleich zwingende Abfolge von Materie, Energie und dem Zufall, aus dem unser Leben besteht.

An unpredictable, poignant, and captivating tale for readers of all ages, by the critically acclaimed author of Only Forward. There are a million stories in the world. Most are perfectly ordinary. This one… isn’t. Hannah Green actually thinks her story is more mundane than most. But she’s...

The million-copy bestselling series. Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s touching Before Your Memory Fades, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last...

Published in 1928, Orlando is a fictional biography that spans several centuries and follows the protagonist, Orlando, an Elizabethan nobleman who undergoes a mysterious gender transformation. The novel explores themes of gender identity, fluidity and the constraints imposed by societal norms. It challenges traditional notions of gender roles and raises questions about the nature of identity and the passage of time.

The sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you’re offered something irresistible – not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to go back...

»Weißt du, was ich bereue?« Nirans Stimme klang so schwach wie der Laut einer Grille.»Was denn?« Sie war froh darüber, dass er sich mit ihr unterhielt.Er schwieg eine Weile. Vielleicht hatte er im Wahn gesprochen und das Bewusstsein verloren. Doch dann drang seine Stimme wieder an ihr Ohr. »Ich habe nicht herausgefunden, wie es sich anfühlt, dich zu küssen.« Gegen ihren Willen soll Prinzessin Seraphina mit einem wichtigen Verbündeten ihres Vaters vermählt werden. Auf dem Weg zur Hochzeit wird ihre Reisegruppe überfallen.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage of Opposites and The Dovekeepers comes a soul-searching story about a young woman struggling to redefine herself and the power of love, family, and fate. Growing up on Long Island, Shelby Richmond is an ordinary girl until one night an...

A witty, spectacular, and timely tale of modern-day witches waging war on the patriarchy, from fan favorite Kirsten Miller, the author of The Change and Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books. There are places on earth where nature’s powers gather. Girls raised there are bequeathed...

Èkó, the spirit of Lagos, and his loyal minion Tatafo weave trouble through the streets of Lagos and through the lives of the ‘vagabonds’ powering modern Nigeria: the queer, the displaced and the footloose. With Tatafo as our guide we meet these people in the shadows. Among them are a driver for a debauched politician, a lesbian couple whose tender relationship sheds unexpected light on their experience with underground sex work, a mother who attends a secret spiritual gathering that shifts her reality. 

Bernie Moon's ambitions and dreams have been forgotten by everyone else - including Bernie herself. At 19 she was full of promise, but now facing 50 and going through the menopause, she's a fading light. Until the murder of a woman in a local park unlocks a series of childhood memories, and with them, a talent that she has hidden all her adult life. What happens when the frustrations and power of an older woman are finally given their chance to be revealed?

‘Absorbing’ GUARDIAN ‘Magical’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘Suspenseful’ MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Wildly inventive’ LIZ MOORE A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK In this dazzling debut novel, a young reclusive coder unearths the story of a lost Shanghai pencil company and a legacy of magic...

Ava loves city life, but when something happens to make her feel unsafe, she retreats to the calm and quiet of Bluebell Wood. The once high-flying Ava now locks herself away in her fairy-tale cottage, only leaving to explore the trails of the nearby woods or to potter in the garden with her dog, Merlin. When Ava begins to feed the wild birds that flock to her bird table, they start leaving her trinkets of appreciation in return. The gifts seem innocent at first, but they soon take on a deeper meaning. 

Der Kunsthistoriker Benedikt Oswald wird von einem Freiburger Kollegen gebeten, in einem Schwarzwalddorf ein Gutachten über den Erhalt einer Kapelle zu erstellen. Doch es kommt anders. Vom Tag der Anreise an findet er sich einer seltsamen Welt gegenüber. Ereignisse aus ferner Vergangenheit werden lebendig, die Gegenwart verwirrt ihn. Die unscheinbare Kapelle mit der Statue der Heiligen Barbara öffnet ihm einen Weg, auf dem nichts ist, wie es scheint. Und dann gibt es die geheimnisvolle Witwe, mit der er sich auf unerklärliche Weise verbunden fühlt.

Annie Beyers has everything - a beautiful house, a loving husband, and an adorable daughter. It’s a day like any other when she takes Hannah to the pediatrician…until she wakes hours later from a car accident. When she asks for her daughter, confused doctors tell Annie that Hannah never existed. In fact, nothing after waking from the crash is the same as Annie remembers. Five happy years of her life apparently never happened.

«… Y ahora me doy cuenta que el verdadero antecedente de Cien años de soledad es La hojarasca, y en el camino está El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, están los cuentos de Los funerales de Mamá Grande y está La mala hora», Gabriel García Márquez. ¿Dónde está el germen de Macondo?...

You don't choose the book. The book chooses you… 'A book I was sorry to finish.' ★★★★★ 'A timeless story that emphasizes the healing and transformative power of books.' ★★★★★ – Long ago, a bookshop was born – the beating heart of all those who find hope within the pages...

At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers such as 'Billy the Kid' Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in 'Old Sparky'. Guards as decent as Paul Edgecombe and as sadistic as Percy Wetmore watch over them. But good...