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A fateful car crash sets in motions a series of events for Floriana, Esme. Floriana gathers the courage to attend the wedding of her one true love, and Esme journeys with her to Lake Como to find the man who stole her heart many years ago. It’s time for Esme and Floriana to face the past - and the future - on the shore of the most romantic and enchanting of lakes.

The first novel in Jan Karon’s bestselling and beloved Mitford series--now available in a new 20th Anniversary Edition, including an introductory letter by the author It's easy to feel at home in Mitford, North Carolina. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and...

Freya Halliwell is looking forward to marrying the man of her dreams and starting their new life together. After the death of both of her parents, Ollie, along with Freya’s aunt, are the only family she has, but they are all the family she needs. Until Freya discovers a shocking secret that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her once happy family and especially the man she used to call Dad. Devastated, and feeling more alone than ever before, Freya needs time and space to come to terms with the news. But until then the wedding is off!

When Anna takes on the role of companion to the owner of Wynthorpe Hall on the outskirts of Wynbridge, she has no idea that her life is set to change beyond all recognition. A confirmed ‘bah humbug’ when it comes to Christmas, Anna is amazed to find herself quickly immersed in the eccentric household, and when youngest son Jamie unexpectedly arrives home it soon becomes obvious that her personal feelings are going all out to compromise her professional persona.

Howard and Kitty have recently moved to Lodeshill after a life spent in London; now, their marriage is wordlessly falling apart. Custom car enthusiast Jamie has lived in the village for all of his 19 years and dreams of leaving it behind, while Jack, a vagrant farm-worker and mystic in flight from a bail hostel, arrives in the village on foot one spring morning, bringing change. All four of them are struggling to find a life in the modern countryside; all are trying to find ways to belong.

Shetland: a place of sheep and soil, close ties and an age-old way of life. A place where David has lived all his life, like his father and grandfather before him. A place where Sandy, a newcomer but already a crofter, may have finally found a home. A place that Alice has fled to after the death of her husband. In the wind and sun and storms from the Atlantic, these islanders must decide: what is left of us when the day's work is done, the children grown, and all our choices have been made?

Prinkipo Island, Turkey, 2017. In the glow of a late summer morning, family gather for the 100th birthday of the famous artist Sirin Saka. It ought to be a time of fond reminiscence, looking back on a long and fruitful artistic career, on memories spanning almost a century, but also of an era when imperial forces fought over her homeland. But the deep past is something Sirin has spent a lifetime trying to conceal. Her grandchildren, Nur and Fikret, and great grandchild do not know what Sirin is hiding, though they are intimately aware of the secret's psychological consequences.

When her Maltese love affair turns sour, Lara McDonald returns to her quiet Scottish hometown of Fairview, heartbroken yet determined. Instead of looking for another PR position, she decides to follow her dream of baking. She impulsively takes the first job offered and finds herself working for local dragon Kitty Walker in her tearoom True Brew. Lara's life is full of surprises, however, not the least being an unlikely friendship forged with one of Kitty's elderly customers, the Laird Hugo Carmichael.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist comes The Pine Tree at St. Martin, a never-before-published Christmas parable for the ages. Fans of Paulo Coelho will immediately recognize the master storyteller's incomparable voice, and will treasure this story's simplicity and...

'An enchanting debut' Woman's Own November 1942 Dear Elizabeth, I've got myself a new project, to cheer myself up a bit. It has absolutely nothing to do with the war effort. We're completely starved of art in London these days. Anything decent was stashed away by the authorities years ago.But...

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is partly based on the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, liberally supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and adaptation of material from other books. The title comes from the valley of Taipivai, once known as Taipi.

At the Bay is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in the London Mercury in January 1922 in twelve sections, and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories (1922) with a short descriptive coda which is now the thirteenth section. The story represents Mansfield's best mature work, a luminous example of her literary impressionism. While writing it at the Chalet des Sapins, she was coming to terms with her relationship with Murry and with her own origins and identity.

The coast of New England: beautiful but savage, where storms can whip up out of nowhere, and the wrecks wash up on the beach. James Pfeiffer, a young college dropout, is initiated into the gruelling world of the trawler boats, where he discovers the thrill and terror of life at sea.

Tolv mennesker er på vej til en premiere på Nationaltheatret i Oslo. De er hver især optaget af forandringer i deres liv. Og de er på forskellig vis påvirket af hinanden – uden nødvendigvis at vide det. En lærer er gået en elev for nær og frygter, at han vil blive viklet ind i en MeToo-skandale. En far, hvis datter har begået selvmord, ved ikke om han orker at se et teaterstykke, hvor hovedpersonen skyder sig selv i sidste akt.

At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories. It has been reproduced in numerous collections. The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September 1930, and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr.

Bogen handler om frygt, og de der har modet til at stå op imod den; heltene der tør forcere et hegn, som man ellers skulle bevæge sig langs med. "Kunsten at være bange" handler om sådanne helte og den frygt som de bekæmper. Det er barske emner som krig, terror, sygdom og død, der beskrives både fagligt og personligt. Peter Elsass har opsøgt helte, der kender til kunsten at være bange og som giver håb om en bedre verden.

Hele 126 personer optræder i denne romans eventyrlige og ganske uforudsigelige Århus fra vore dage. Indviklede og ikke altid helt legitime slægtsforbindelser, forelskelser og forbrydelser holder dem alle sammen. Verden vendes ustandseligt på hovedet, og Madsen fortæller skrøner så sandfærdige, at de ofte ender med at blive til virkelighed.

Anna-Lena är tjugo år och bor i Lund. Hennes plan är att bli smal och sedan kan livet starta. Under tiden hetsäter hon halvtinade bullar ur föräldrarnas frysbox. Så småningom flyttar hon hemifrån, blir störtkär i Jan, blir bästis med anorektikern Boel och lever på cigaretter, kaffe och hårdkokta ägg. Samtidigt planerar hon en föreställning som ska slå världen med häpnad. Boken är ett träffsäkert dokument över en generation och en tid som med sina dråpliga formuleringar och självironi skapar en rolig och samtidigt sorglig läsupplevelse.

Nicole is starting again. She’s left her old life behind and has just arrived in the sleepy Australian town of Rosella Cove, renting the old cottage by the water. At first Nicole is determined to avoid making personal ties, but when she discovers a hidden box of letters she soon realises that she’s not the first person with secrets to have lived there. As Nicole begins to let her guard down, she starts to find connections with the close-knit community - especially with handsome Danny, who has been helping her restore the cottage.

Jeg hedder Emanuel Kent. Jeg har én ven, Tore, og jeg har aldrig kysset nogen. Jeg vil gerne være jeres åndelige vejleder. Hvorfor? Se sådan her på det: Hvis jeg laver fejlene, så slipper I. Eller endnu bedre: Sæt jer ind i mit halvmiserable liv, og gør så det modsatte. Spænd selen, her kommer mit første råd: Sænk forventningerne! Jeg garanterer, at du ikke bliver skuffet. Det er egentlig ganske logisk. Hvis ting og sager bliver, som du forventede, så er alt godt.