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A chilling novel about our modern world, from the author of Empire of the Sun and Crash. An architect is driving home from his London offices when a blow-out sends his speeding Jaguar hurtling out of control. Smashing through a temporary barrier he finds himself, dazed and disorientated, on a traffic island below three converging motorways. But when he tries to climb the embankment or flag-down a passing car for help it proves impossible - and he finds himself marooned on the concrete island.

All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty. To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of Rum, but when seven guests join her, what started as a retreat from the world turns into a deadly nightmare. Each of the guests has a secret, but one of them is lying—about who they are and why they're on the island. There's a murderer staying in the Bay View hotel. And they've set their sights on Anna.

Naomi Alderman's The Lessons reflects the truth that the lessons life teaches often come too late. Hidden away in an Oxford backstreet is a crumbling Georgian mansion, unknown to any but the few who possess keys to its unassuming front gate. Its owner is the mercurial, charismatic Mark Winters, whose rackety trust-fund upbringing has left him as troubled and unpredictable as he is wildly promiscuous.

Unerbittlicher als ihre Schwester verteidigt eine Frau wohl nur eins: ihr Baby.Nach ihrem frenetisch gefeierten, preisgekrönten Bestseller "Meine Schwester, die Serienmörderin" legt Oyinkan Braithwaite ihren zweiten Roman vor. "Das Baby ist meins" ist eine augenzwinkernde Ansage an das Patriarchat, ein spannender Einblick in die nigerianische Gesellschaft - und vor allem eine rasante Geschichte um zwei Frauen, die wie Löwinnen um das süße Baby in ihrer Mitte kämpfen. Natürlich ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste oder gar auf den Mann, der versucht herauszufinden, wem er glauben soll.

Robert Moore ist kein einfacher Mann. Der Architekt zieht es vor, allein in New York zu leben. Nachdem seine Haushälterin auch die Segel streicht, steht er kurz vor Weihnachten ganz alleine da und muss sich um alles selbst kümmern, selbst um seine Post. Als Robert an einem Briefkasten Abigail Olsen kennenlernt ist er nicht begeistert. Denn Abigail ist 7 Jahre alt und Robert mag keine Kinder. Durch einen Zufall fällt ihm Abigails Brief an den Weihnachtsmann in die Hände. Was er darin liest, lässt ihn nicht kalt, denn Abigail hat nur einen Wunsch – einen Job für Kate, Abigails Mutter.

“The Wonders is a poet’s novel, delicate but strong, impressing its images firmly on the imagination.”​ —Hilary Mantel NOW TRANSLATED INTO FIFTEEN LANGUAGES From award-winning Spanish poet Elena Medel comes a mesmerizing new novel of class, sex, and desire. Already an international...

Um retrato (único e cativante) de personagens sobre os quais prestamos pouca atenção. Com este seu primeiro romance, José Falero já se apresenta como um dos nomes mais relevantes da nova literatura brasileira. Ao criar um narrador culto e perspicaz — que contrasta com o dialeto a um só tempo urbano e filosófico da periferia —, o autor mostra seu talento incomum, fazendo uma verdadeira arqueologia da pobreza. Falero nos leva direto ao supermercado Fênix, na região central de Porto Alegre.

After years of braving the Arctic’s frigid temperatures or endless hours tracking the Spirit Bear to capture the perfect shot for National Geographic, Meg Jeffries decides to move back to the city — San Francisco. Westin Drake is famous for fast cars and box office sales. When the public mistakes a simple kiss on the cheek for a budding romance, Meg and West are caught in a media frenzy. Somewhere amid the backseat getaways and plastered smiles, Meg discovers the man behind the glossy photographs, and West wonders how he’ll ever let her go once the cameras stop rolling.

Finn ist eigentlich nicht der Typ für Beziehungen. Er geht ihnen so gut er kann aus dem Weg - bis er Lena kennenlernt. Sie ist etwas ganz Besonderes und für sie ist er vielleicht sogar bereit, seine eigenen Regeln zu brechen. Wie oft findet man(n) schon eine Frau, die sich auch von seinem Geplapper nicht abschrecken lässt? Wird Finn es schaffen Lena für sich zu gewinnen, oder macht er mit seinen unbedachten Äußerungen oder seinem Geheimnis alles kaputt, bevor es richtig angefangen hat?

Affidato a un compaesano, Ninetto detto Pelleossa si lascia alle spalle la Sicilia e, la valigia carica di pacchi di sale, parte verso il Nord. Con timida meraviglia, va alla scoperta di una Milano in pieno boom economico, dove impara il ritmo del lavoro e a distinguere tra amici veri e falsi. E se con gli anni arriveranno prove difficili da affrontare, è nella forza del racconto che Ninetto troverà un riscatto alla sua storia.

Nel dicembre del 1957 un lungo inverno di cenere e ombra avvolge Barcellona e i suoi vicoli oscuri. La città sta ancora cercando di uscire dalla miseria del dopoguerra, e solo per i bambini, e per coloro che hanno imparato a dimenticare, il Natale conserva intatta la sua atmosfera magica, carica di speranza. Daniel Sempere - il memorabile protagonista di "L'ombra del vento" è ormai un uomo sposato e dirige la libreria di famiglia assieme al padre e al fedele Fermín con cui ha stretto una solida amicizia.

A woman meets her next-door neighbor and loans her a spatula, then starts suffering horrific gaps in her memory. A man, feeling jilted by an unrequited love, becomes obsessed with sorting through his neighbors' garbage in the belief that it will teach him how to better relate to people. A landlord decides to raise the rent, and his tenants hatch a plan to kill him at a team-building retreat. In 10 captivating, unnerving stories, Flowers of Mold presents a range of ordinary individuals who have found themselves left behind by an increasingly urbanized and fragmented world.

I used her body like an altar. Now she’s here for confession. I left my past behind. Then she walked into my church. Once, I was Bane Blackwolf—heir to a legacy of blood and sin. A monster in the making. Instead, I chose the cloth over the crown, buried my name, and became Father Blackwood. For years, I was in control of my darker nature. Until her. Moira. The woman with a sinner’s mouth and a body made for worship. The woman who doesn’t know it was me behind the mask that night—me who had her on her knees, begging.

“This is such a love story to cities & people & heartbreaks, death & loss. It's not at all corny, it's smart. But I just finished it & it made me cry.” — Eileen Myles "Signals the arrival of a novelist sure to resonate with young people who endeavor to make intimate connections." —The...

Die selbstbewusste Kerze ist gerade noch ein Kind. Sie lebt in einem kleinen, von Wald und Feldern umgebenen Dorf. Die Alten, zu denen die Nachbarin Hitschke gehört, sind in der Überzahl. Kerze verteidigt ihr Dorf gegen den Schwund, sie ist hier fest verwurzelt. Eines Tages geht Power, der Hund der Hitschke, verloren, und Kerze verspricht, ihn zu finden. Eine mitreißende, schonungslose Suche beginnt, der sich immer mehr Kinder anschließen. Als die Kinder schließlich im Wald verschwinden, erklärt die Dorfgemeinschaft den Ausnahmezustand.

I thought I'd never see Julian Walker again. Never came much sooner than I expected. After killing the Hedge witches that wreaked havoc among covens for decades, I thought people were finally going to learn how to see past the physical. I thought they'd begin to trust me. I was wrong. I didn't expect things to go from bad to worse so fast, until I found Julian Walker on the floor of my office, barely even breathing. He tells me he needs me. He tells me that I'm the only one who can stop the fairy who had destroyed the fairy realm and its Courts.

"Süßes, sonst gibt's Saures!" Manchmal schätzen wir unsere eigene kleine Welt erst, wenn sie uns abhandenzukommen droht. Halloween 1996. In der Ära der Garagenbands und Skateboards weiß die Filmnärrin Bailey Wood nach dem Schulabschluss nicht wohin mit sich. Als plötzlich ein mysteriöser Junge in der Videothek auftaucht, geraten Zukunftssorgen in Vergessenheit.

Ein hinreißender italienischer Liebesroman... der Lust auf Urlaub, Liebe und Sommer macht ... Julia reist von Hamburg nach Rom, um endlich einmal den Urlaub zu genießen, den sie möchte. Ihre Scheidung liegt schon drei Jahre zurück und nun fühlt sie sich bereit für ein neues Leben. Ihr Sohn Sebastian schließt sich ihr an, doch von ihm kriegt sie nicht viel zu sehen, denn er gestaltet seine eigenen Ferien. Also verbringt Julia ihre Zeit mit Bruno, dem Vermieter ihres Ferienhauses.

My life changed dramatically ever since I found out that I’m a long-lost lion shifter, complete with awesome magic and special abilities. Being the only male lion shifter in Thornveil City comes with a few perks of its own, and my new celebrity status means that everyone wants to know what I’ll do next.

El año en que se produce una ola de suicidios en la sede francesa de una compañía de telecomunicaciones, la protagonista de esta historia entra a trabajar para su filial en Madrid. Pronto se ve sometida a mobbing: no le encargan ni una sola tarea.