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'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies… Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enríquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart, Ainslie Hogarth, Robert Lautner, Adorah Nworah, Irenosen Okojie, Lucy...

In the third installment of his acclaimed anthology series, master of crime fiction Lawrence Block has gathered together the best talent from popular fiction to produce an anthology of short stories based on masterpieces of American art. Among the star-studded lineup of writers you'll find Jerome Charyn, Jane Hamilton, Christa Faust, John Sandford, Sara Paretsky, Walter Mosley, Charles Ardai, Barry Malzberg, and Janice Eidus.

Der Roman "Die Wohlgesinnten" ist die fiktive Autobiografie des SS-Offiziers Maximilian Aue, Sohn eines deutschen Vaters und einer französischen Mutter, promovierter Jurist und frühes NSDAP-Mitglied. Es sind die beklemmenden und verstörenden Erinnerungen an die Schauplätze des Zweiten Weltkriegs und an das Grauen der Judenvernichtung, an die Einsatzkommandos und Massenhinrichtungen in der Ukraine und im Kaukasus, an Babi Jar, den Kessel von Stalingrad, Auschwitz und Krakau, das besetzte Paris und das kriegszerstörte Berlin, an die Begegnungen mit Himmler, an Abendessen mit Eichmann, an Heydrich, Höß und Speer.

Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century. It tells the story of one day in Dublin, 16 June 1904, largely through the eyes of Stephen Dedalus (Joyce's alter ego from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) and Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman. Both begin a normal day, and both set off on a journey around the streets of Dublin, which eventually brings them into contact with one another.

家族小説に定評のある著者が、父と息子の会話形式でやさしく説く、子どもに伝えたい“人生の当たり前のこと”。

一度開けば大きな災いをもたらすという彼岸の門が開いてしまった。門の場所を知る白陽を探すためにホテル櫻葉を離れた椿木冬緒は、かつて風来と雷訪が白陽と暮らしていた集落に辿り着く。

Akiko "Jane" Thompson, a half-Japanese, half-Caucasian woman in her mid-30s, is attempting to forge a quietly happy life in the Bay Area with her fiance, Shiro. But after a bizarre car accident, things begin to unravel. An intruder ransacks their apartment but takes nothing, leaving behind only cryptic traces of his or her presence. Shiro, obsessed with government surveillance, risks their security in a plot to expose the misdeeds of his employer, the TSA. Jane's mother has seemingly disappeared, her existence only apparent online.

“A juice box of suburban satire laced with Alfred Hitchcock” (The Washington Post)—a novel of art, motherhood, and the intensity of female friendships, set in the posh hills above Los Angeles, from the New York Times bestselling author of California NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR...

内容紹介。魯迅の長編小説。阿Qという愚かでうぬぼれの強い最下層の人間を主人公として描き、国民へ無知・無自覚であることへの危機を訴えた作品である。

"[Narrator Saskia Maarleveld's] tour de force reading perfectly encapsulates Anna’s anxieties, shame, and overwhelming guilt at failing to achieve perfection" — Booklist, starred review **A People Pick for Best New Books** Yara Zgheib’s poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting...

Even before Lawrence Block could rest on his laurels from "In Sunlight or In Shadow", a question arose. What would he do for an encore Suppose each author was invited to select a painting from the whole panoply of visual art - from the cave drawings at Lascaux to a contemporary abstract canvas on which the paint has barely dried. And what a dazzling response! 

Dive into the gripping world of Scene 17, where classic Hollywood glamour meets modern-day intrigue. This novel begins with the mysterious vanishing of Alan Ascot, a fading star of the silver screen whose disappearance mirrors the plot of his most iconic film, The Final Curtain. Follow Detective Whitney Abbott, a relentless investigator juggling motherhood and murder cases, as she unravels the enigma behind Ascot’s cryptic Instagram post and the shadowy past that threatens to consume him.

A Storytel tem a honra de apresentar uma série original para quem está em casa, para quem está lutando, para quem enxerga além. A cada sexta-feira, cinco grandes autores terão suas histórias publicadas em áudio, ficções que trazem esperança e novos horizontes. Ouça histórias...

"Il fallait que la planète ferme pour que les cœurs s'ouvrent." Le 17 mars 2020, par la grâce d'un virus, un sans-abri se retrouve confiné avec une créature de rêve. Est-ce la femme qui jadis enflamma son adolescence, une mythomane, une perverse manipulatrice, ou une ultime chance de survie.

17. In the Laboratory: Holmes and Watson discover a secret laboratory. Soon they realize that not only chemical, but also questionable medical experiments have been conducted on the premises.

"Ich habe eine Frau, zwei Kinder, zwei Katzen - und meine Mutter..." Trotz ihrer 84 Jahre erlebt Wladimir Kaminers Mutter dank ihrer unersättlichen Neugier mehr Abenteuer als alle anderen Familienmitglieder - ob beim Englisch lernen, beim Verreisen oder beim Einsatz hypermoderner Haushaltsgeräte. Ihre Erfahrungen möchte sie an die nächste Generation weitergeben, denn schließlich ist Wladimir mittlerweile in einem Alter, in dem Erziehungsarbeit langsam sinnvoll wird.