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Grace and Tom Penderford are the luckiest people alive. They have a wonderful marriage, a comfortable life and a beautiful baby girl, Chloe. Then, in a heartbeat, happiness becomes despair, and their lives change forever. When three-year-old Chloe falls ill and dies, Tom and Grace's world is ripped apart. As their family of three becomes two, they must find a way to mend each other's broken hearts...and save their marriage, if they can.

The fourth and Final Instalment in the Red Riding Quartet. With Nineteen Eighty Three, David Peace completes the Red Riding Quartet, an astonishing, sustained epic. Three intertwining storylines see the Quartet’s central themes of corruption and the perversion of justice come to a head.

Cosa sarebbe successo se invece di quella scelta ne avessimo fatta un'altra? Che persone saremmo oggi se quel giorno non avessimo perso il treno, se avessimo risposto al saluto di quella ragazza, se ci fossimo iscritti a quell'altra scuola, se... A volte per raccontare una vita non basta una sola storia. Il 3 marzo 1947, a Newark, nasce il primo e unico figlio di Rose e Stanley: Archie Ferguson.

Als Tengo seinen komatösen Vater im Krankenhaus besuchen will, findet er in dessen Krankenbett eine Puppe aus Luft vor, die ein Abbild Aomames als junges Mädchen in sich birgt. Er greift nach ihrer Hand, und eine unsichtbare Verbindung entsteht. Fortan wartet Tengo darauf, der Puppe nochmals zu begegnen, doch vergebens. War das Signal nicht stark genug, um die zwischen Leben und Tod schwankende Aomame zu retten?

Carrie has it all: a stellar career, a gorgeous heart-surgeon boyfriend and an apartment in the city. But when something happens that forces her to question her ability to do her job, the only way she can see through the mess is to get far away from everything. Carrie is thrust into a very different life in Magnolia Creek. She’s knee-deep in renovations at her house at the top of the hill; she’s sharing time and space with her ex, Owen; and newcomer Noah gets under her skin from day one.

Paul Austers "vielleicht bestes Buch" urteilt ARD "Titel, Thesen, Temperamente": Archibald Ferguson heißt der jugendliche Held von Paul Austers Roman, und er kommt darin gleich viermal vor - in vier raffiniert verwobenen Variationen seines Lebens, ganz nach dem Motto: Was wäre geschehen, wenn...? So entwirft Auster ein grandioses, episches Porträt der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts in Amerika, voller Abenteuer, Liebe, Lebenskämpfe und den Schlägen eines unberechenbaren Schicksals.

仕事も恋もあきらめきれない女性社員の部屋にガネーシャが降臨し、筋肉隆々のブラック姿に変身！

Ava: I was about to land my dream writing job when I hit a plot twist. See, I inherited a fixer-upper inn in my small hometown. Where my first love—the guy who broke my heart—still lives. I wish I could say our chemistry had disappeared. But it hasn’t. So now, I have to figure out how to walk down memory lane without repeating history. Because there’s no way I can afford to give him a second chance....

Pour Elena, comme pour l'Italie, une période de grands bouleversements s'ouvre. Nous sommes à la fin des années soixante, les événements de 1968 s'annoncent, les mouvements féministes et protestataires s'organisent, et Elena, diplômée de l'École normale de Pise et entourée d'universitaires, est au premier rang. Même si les choix de Lila sont radicalement différents, les deux jeunes femmes sont toujours aussi proches, une relation faite d'amour et de haine.

Над "Детьми Арбата" я начал работу в самом конце 50‑х годов. Впервые роман был анонсирован в журнале "Новый мир" в 1966 году. А. Т. Твардовский очень хотел его напечатать, я услышал от него много добрых слов, но сделать это не удалось.

The worst has happened. On the eve of their return to Blighty, Brigg and his fellow National Servicemen find themselves sentenced to another six months in Panglin Barracks. Many of the surviving characters from The Virgin Soldiers live again in these pages: dogged Tasker, the odious Sergeant Wellbeloved, the vulnerable Colonel Bromley Pickering and the comically touching Juicy Lucy.

The highly anticipated sequel to Penelope Sky’s critically acclaimed series. "I lost the only thing that matters to me. My wife. And I’m the only one to blame. I will sacrifice my life, my pride, and everything else for the woman I love. Whether she loves me or not".

Paul Austers største, mest hjerteskærende og overbevisende roman. En overvældende og overraskende fortælling om arv og miljø, om kærlighed og livet selv. Den 3. marts 1947 bliver Archibald Isaac Ferguson født på hospitalet i New Jersey. Fra det øjeblik han kommer til verden, tager familiens liv fire samtidige og uafhængige retninger. Hver af de fire versioner af Ferguson bliver tryllebundet af den skønne og mageløse Amy Schneiderman, og hver af de fire Ferguson'er får hver deres egen helt enestående relation til hende. Som læser følger man alle fire i medgang og modgang. Forskellige liv og dog det samme.

With Mike in a coma, the doctors say he may never awaken again. Envy blames herself for Mike's state of condition, but she had no choice. Michael, Jr. wants to put the past behind him and act as if none of the chaos in his life has ever happened. He yearns for a regular, normal life. How could that ever happen when the Devil, in the form of Black ice, is lurking around every corner and within every shadow waiting for an opportunity to strike?

Kate Cassidy is about to celebrate 25 years of marriage to Paddy. But the secret she has kept all this time is about to be discovered. Erin Harris has always known that she is different from the rest of her family. Over the years she has begun to put the pieces together, and now she has to discover who she really is and where she comes from. Nina Harris has always put her marriage and family before everything. But now she must face up to the truth as her daughter is prepared to run off and search for a woman she doesn't know.

Vergangenheit und Zukunft: Die Frauen-am-See-Erfolgsgeschichte geht weiter. Wie geht man damit um, wenn alle Lebensträume zerplatzen? Wie gut kennen wir unsere Eltern? Über ein Projekt im Pflegeheim ihrer Mutter ist Friederike zum ersten Mal gezwungen, sich mit Esthers Leben auseinanderzusetzen. Vieles erscheint in einem anderen Licht... Alex recherchiert für ein Buchprojekt über die Industriellenfamilie Hohnstein, deren weiße Weste angesichts der Verstrickungen in das Nazi-Regime immer mehr Risse bekommt.

At Lost Lake, a few of the students and instructors feel a tremor that arrives with a wake-up call—or those willing to listen and act. Wild life veterinarian, Josephe Rondeau, suspects that someone at the New York State lab may be purposely “losing” the bodies of wild creatures she has sent to determine the cause of their suspicious deaths. Among the students, Rocco is now driven to save to a beautifully marked bear cub he nursed back to health now sought by a trophy hunter.

〈山下町の名探偵〉という名誉だがダサい二つ名を持つロンこと小柳龍一は、友人の凪が所属するヒップホップクルーのライブを観るため、川崎のライブハウスにいた。終演後、熱気さめやらぬ楽屋で凪は、見知らぬ女性にナイフで切りつけられる。メジャーデビューを控えていた彼女は、その事件の影響で活動を休止してしまう。凪の危機にロンはどう動くのか……

A witty account of three friends' boating adventure along the River Thames. Written in the 19th century, the humour is still accessible to a modern audience. Read by leading celebrated British Actor, Sir Timothy Ackroyd.

Kolejne lata wojny odzieraja mieszkanców Europy ze zludzen na rychle jej zakonczenie. Nie tylko na terenie Polski ludzie stykaja sie z okrucienstwem, takze wycienczajaca wojna na wschodzie odkrywa barbarzynskie praktyki, gdzie pojecie czlowieczenstwa zostaje zdewaluowane i ludzkie zycie wydaje sie nie miec wartosci. Los rozdziela czwórke bohaterów i stawia przed nimi kolejne wyzwania, a brzemie wojny odciska na nich glebokie pietno.