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Something is rumbling in the depths. Lots of rumbling. And not just once. Tremors now plague the land day and night, threatening the very foundations of the kingdom. And the fault is always dwarves. And maybe Ophelia the Snow Dancer. Now thoroughly fed up but also unbowed, Juliette Contzen...

Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl with her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in...

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick The runaway New York Times bestseller! Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of...

Seit vor zwei Jahren seine Mutter, eine chinesischamerikanische Dichterin, verschwunden ist, lebt der zwölfjährige Bird allein in Harvard mit seinem Vater, einem Bibliotheksmitarbeiter. Ihr Leben wird von Gesetzen bestimmt, die die "amerikanische Kultur" bewahren sollen. Vor allem asiatisch aussehende Menschen werden diskriminiert, ihre Kinder zur Adoption freigegeben. Eines Tages erhält Bird einen Brief von seiner Mutter Margaret und begibt sich auf die Suche nach ihr. Die Reise führt ihn zu den Geschichten seiner Kindheit und einem Widerstandsnetzwerk von Bibliothekaren.

Es brennt! In jedem der Schlafzimmer hat jemand Feuer gelegt. Fassungslos steht Elena Richardson im Bademantel draußen auf dem Rasen und starrt in die Flammen. Bis zu diesem Tag hat sie ein Vorzeigeleben geführt in Shaker Heights, einem wohlhabenden Vorort von Cleveland, Ohio, in dem der Außenanstrich der Häuser ebenso geregelt ist wie der Alltag seiner Bewohner. Ihr Mann ist Partner einer Anwaltskanzlei, sie selbst schreibt Kolumnen für die Lokalzeitung, die vier halbwüchsigen Kinder sind bis auf das jüngste, Isabel, wohlgeraten. Doch jetzt brennt ihr Haus.

Ohio 1977: James Lee möchte seine Tochter Lydia als Abschlussballkönigin sehen - eine Popularität, die ihm als Sohn chinesischer Einwanderer verwehrt blieb. Für ihre Mutter soll die 17-Jährige Klassenbeste sein. Auch ihre beiden Geschwister vergöttern sie. Doch dann der Schock: Lydia wird tot aufgefunden. War es Mord oder Selbstmord? Der tragische Verlust verwandelt das Leben der Familie in eine Tragödie, die ihre glückliche Vergangenheit als Illusion entlarvt. Doch auch dieses Ende birgt die Chance auf einen Neuanfang. Und alle erkennen, dass Ehrlichkeit und Respekt füreinander das Wichtigste im Leben sind.

THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'I am loving Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. Maybe my favorite novel I've read this year' John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars 'To say I love this book is an understatement. It's a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the...

Juliette Contzen is a lazy, good-for-nothing princess. Overshadowed by her siblings, she's left with little to do but nap, read, and occasionally cut the falling raindrops with her sword. Spotted one day by an astonished adventurer, he insists on grading Juliette's swordsmanship, then promptly has a mental breakdown at the result. Soon after, Juliette is given the news that her kingdom is on the brink of bankruptcy. At the threat of being married off, the lazy princess vows to do whatever it takes to maintain her current lifestyle.

The Witch of Calamity has awoken. Shadows and flame threaten the kingdom as an ancient curse stirs to life, promising ashes and ruin in its wake. Dark whispers and fretful glances haunt the night, where, amidst the rising smoke, is the silhouette of a young woman in scandalous attire. Fearful of...

It was the war no one wanted—and no one truly expected to fight. The lessons of the American war crossed the Atlantic and took root in Europe. What had once been improvisation became doctrine. What had once been survival became design. When the powers of Europe went to war in 1915, they did so with confidence. They believed they understood what they had built. They were wrong. The new methods did not decide the war—they fed it. Men and material were consumed at a rate never before seen, armies driven forward without pause, nations strained beyond what they could sustain.

A shadow looms over the border. To the north, the Loerstadt Gate stands as the Kingdom of Tirea's bastion against the ambitions of the Grand Duchy of Granholtz. Yet its walls shake as attacks within the volatile border region threaten the fragile peace that exists between the two nations. Watched by the eyes of the continent, Juliette Contzen, 3rd Princess and sometimes adventurer, strives forth to secure her kingdom's borders against the wiles of the Grand Duchess.

Twelve-year-old Bird lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist. He knows not to ask many questions, stand out too much, stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve 'American culture' in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic—including the work of Bird's mother.

A dragon is missing. Somewhere in the Fabled Realm of Ouzelia, where pianos fall from the sky, pigs shrink on demand, and witches deliver parcels, the mysterious curator of a hidden library is no longer to be seen. Needing to negotiate the terms of her loyal handmaiden's employment, Juliette Contzen, 3rd Princess and very temporary visitor, has come to extort a dragon. But first, she needs to rescue him.

By 1964, the great empires of Europe have not faded into history. They have expanded across the globe, carving the world into spheres of influence, colonial possessions, and rival imperial blocs. For decades, the United States has thrived by playing one empire against another, balancing ambition with diplomacy and avoiding a direct clash with the Old World powers. But when events spiral out of control, that delicate game collapses.

Two rival factions, the Thieves Guild and Smugglers Guild, wage a war for supremacy over the streets and sewers of the kingdom's capital. Refusing to allow lawlessness and economic collapse to threaten her quality of life, Juliette Contzen, 3rd Princess and begrudging adventurer, boldly ventures forth to rescue her kingdom from the clutches of organized crime.

Deep within the countryside, a mysterious prosperity throngs the market town of Hartzwiese. Merchants, travelers, and thieves crowd the bustling streets, all the while rumors of a baroness whose generosity and virtue surpass all others abound, shaking commoners and nobility alike from their idleness. The Rose Princess is here. And only an actual princess can stop her. Even if she's sometimes an adventurer.

A young girl is arguing with a cherry tree. That's a new one for Lily, who's managed to reach the end of her first year at high school without too much weirdness. Unfortunately for her, it's not long after solving this odd mystery that her untroubled life begins to unravel. Discovering an abandoned room at the end of the music department corridor, she finds that aside from it being utterly run-down, it's also devoid of its sole occupant: Sonata Sonoda, the missing journalism club president.

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