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From the 2025 Booker-longlisted author of Seascraper 'One of the finest British novelists of his generation' Times 'A huge talent' Hilary Mantel 'Benjamin Wood is a magnificent writer and I intend to read everything he has written' Douglas Stuart 'What a writer' Richard Osman ‘With his third...

Quirke finds himself at the center of a deadly intergenerational feud in the latest novel from Booker Prize-winning "literary polymath" (The New York Times) John Banville Two men go sailing off the coast of Ireland. Only one comes back, claiming the other shot himself. But Detective Inspector...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize, this “cinematically plotted...radiant” (The New York Times) novel follows shanker Thomas Flett as his quiet life in a small English coastal town is forever changed over the course of one fateful day. Twenty-year-old Thomas Flett lives a slow, deliberate life...

The acclaimed and now-classic biographical novel of Walter Benjamin's last days--adapted into screenplay by Jay Parini. It is 1940. For the past decade, Walter Benjamin--the German-Jewish critic and philosopher--has been writing his masterpiece in a library in Paris, a city he loves. Now Nazi...

Fitzwilliam Darcy and George Wickham were raised almost as brothers, until a terrible truth from their shared past derailed everything. Now, both are in Meryton with a poisoner on the loose. It's their job to catch the killer, but both men are waist deep in secrets.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists returns with an intimate yet epic love story—and a sweeping odyssey of scientific discovery. Under Story invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for more time with the people we...

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.

Benjamin Weis erblickt 1919 in Frankfurt als Sohn der ledigen Kanzleigehilfin Anna das Licht der Welt, vom Vater fehlt jede Spur. Der Anwalt Fritz Bernoulli nimmt sich der jungen Familie an, stellt Wohnung und Unterhalt zur Verfügung. So wächst Benjamin trotz der widrigen Umstände behütet in der Bergerstraße heran. Er taucht ein in die Welt von Don Quijote und Robinson Crusoe und erlebt mit seinen Freunden kleine und große Abenteuer.

Una encrucijada de pasado y presente, de realidad y ficción, un soberbio ejercicio de maestría narrativa en el que dos historias confluyen a través de la narración. Nuestro protagonista viaja a Portbou para investigar la muerte misteriosa de Benjamin Walter, un refugiado de la guerra civil que apareció muerto sin explicación en el pueblo al poco de hacer un alto en su escapada de una España recién conquistada por el bando nacional. Las implicaciones de su muerte y sus ramificaciones atraparán a nuestro protagonista en un relato en el que nada es lo que parece.

Benjamin Frankiln’s Bastard by Sally Cabot is an absorbing and compelling work of literary historical fiction that brings to life a little-known chapter of the American Revolution — the story of Benjamin Franklin and his bastard son, and the women who loved them both. William Franklin, the...

A sweet story about a very special relationship between a boy and a very unusual friend....

En este relato, Scott Fitzgerald nos demuestra cómo la perspectiva es fundamental a la hora de concluir lo que se ha visto. Benjamín es un hombre que nace viejo pero a medida que pasan los años va recuperando la juventud, lo cual le va a permitir ver a la sociedad que le rodea con los ojos con gran capacidad crítica, que le permite una perspectiva completamente diferente.

This magnetic new recording of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel is read by award-winning actor Allyn Burrows, who masterfully transports listeners into the era of jazz as the mysteries and romance of millionaire Jay Gatsby and his former lover Daisy are unveiled. This recording is followed by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Exclusive to Audible, the readings are followed by an interview with Allyn Burrows and producer Alison Larkin, in which Burrows talks about his experience narrating F. Scott Fitzgerald during the pandemic.

The man who aged backwards!

This story, a whimsical "fantasy" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, first published in 1921, became (in December 2008) a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. This audiobook is not associated with the Hollywood movie, however; it is entirely faithful to Fitzgerald's original short story.

This short story of Francis Scott Fitzgerald depicts the strange and curious life of Benjamin Button, born an old man and aging backwards. Narrated by Michael Ward