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Arthur MacDonald, 85, is having an end-of-life crisis. His beloved, dying wife of over 60 years no longer knows who he is. His older brother still has all his hair and a wife almost half his age. The man his middle-aged daughter is dating has a ponytail. His teenaged grandson wants to cook desserts for a living. And his daughter wants him to move into Silvermine retirement home. Then Arthur meets the gorgeous, radical, 80-something-year-old Robbie and learns that nobody is ever too old to fall in love all over again.

An interesting novel that sparks curiosity and opens one's faculty of imagination.

Missouri, 1985: Um vor den Problemen zu Hause zu fliehen, nimmt der fünfzehnjährige Sam einen Ferienjob in einem alten Kino an. Und einen magischen Sommer lang ist alles auf den Kopf gestellt. Er findet Freunde, verliebt sich und entdeckt die Geheimnisse seiner Heimatstadt. Zum ersten Mal ist er kein unscheinbarer Außenseiter mehr. Bis etwas passiert, das ihn zwingt, erwachsen zu werden. Die Geschichte eines Sommers, den man nie mehr vergisst.

Ricky Delgado works as a chicken hanger at the poultry plant in Rugoso, Texas, a small border town just 30 miles south of Laredo. His quiet, illegal lifestyle is disrupted when he learns that his brother Tomás has been shot and injured shortly after crossing the border. Together, Ricky and Tomás and seek justice, or remain silent and endure the injustices common to all "wetbacks" within the states. Meanwhile, Ricky is fighting a battle within his own body, a disease he acquired in the poultry plant.

In this incandescent novel, V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man, an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history, has come to live in an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. Naipaul gives us the most convincing and disturbing vision yet of what happens in a place caught between the dangerously alluring modern world and its own tenacious past and traditions.

IT MAY BE QUIET IN THE SUBURBS, BUT IT'S FAR FROM PEACEFUL. . . 'A fantastic frothy read about suburbia with all Tom Allen's great style' JACQUELINE WILSON, international #1 bestseller 'A deliciously witty suburban comedy of manners with real bite, shot through with Tom Allen's trademark humour...

Tres años después de jurar como presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez es depuesto por un golpe militar, acusado de querer implantar una dictadura comunista. Tras arrestarlo y exigirle que firme una renuncia que Chávez se niega a convalidar, los espadones no saben qué hacer con el presidente derrocado ni tampoco quién debe asumir el mando en su lugar. Los generales venezolanos discuten si deben matar a Chávez acusándolo de traidor a la patria, o despacharlo en un vuelo a La Habana, o someterlo a un juicio sumario y encarcelarlo de por vida.

The novel is set in Varanasi. Chetan Bhagat initiates the story through the central character of Gopal. It is through Gopal's narration of his life to the author that we are introduced to Raghav and Aarti. The story revolves around these three characters. While Gopal comes from a poor family, Raghav comes from a well-off family. Both set out to achieve success and realise their dreams.

Martin, sechsundsiebzig, wird von einer ärztlichen Diagnose erschreckt: Ihm bleiben nur noch wenige Monate. Sein Leben und seine Liebe gehören seiner jungen Frau und seinem sechsjährigen Sohn. Was kann er noch für sie tun? Was kann er ihnen geben, was ihnen hinterlassen? Martin möchte alles richtig machen. Doch auch für das späte Leben gilt: Es steckt voller Überraschungen und Herausforderungen, denen er sich stellen muss.

Douglas Petersen’s family is on the brink of dissolution. His marriage of twenty-one years to Connie is almost over. When autumn comes around, their son Albie will leave for college. Connie has decided to leave soon after. But before everything falls apart, there's still the summer holidays to get through - a Grand Tour of Europe's major cities - and over the course of the journey, Douglas devises a plan to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with his son.

Und alles gerät ins Wanken, was verlässlich schien. Ein einsam gelegenes Ferienhaus. Tief unten das Tal mit seinen würfelkleinen Häusern, eine Serpentinenstraße führt hinauf. Das kalte Blauweiß der Gletscher, schroffer Granit, die Wälder im Dunst - es ist Dezember, Vorweihnachtszeit. Ein junges Ehepaar mit Kind hat sich für ein paar Tage dieses komfortable Haus gemietet, doch so richtig aus der Welt sind sie nicht: Das Kind erzählt wirre Geschichten aus dem Kindergarten.

Questo romanzo è la storia dell’amore, lancinante e assoluto, di una figlia, Marie, nata da uno stupro, per la madre, Eugénie detta Génie, che, ripudiata dalla famiglia e respinta dalla comunità dopo che ha generato una bastarda, si è murata nel silenzio e nella lontananza. Una madre che sa dirle soltanto: «Non starmi sempre tra i piedi», che raramente la abbraccia; una che tutti, in paese, bollano come matta e sfruttano facendola lavorare nei campi e nelle fattorie in cambio di un po’ di frutta, di un pezzo di carne.

Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and...

तेलुगु भाषा में प्रकाशित होने के बाद बहुत ही कम समय में बेस्टसेलर साबित हुई। इतना ही नहीं बल्कि यह किताब आज भी बेस्टसेलर की श्रेणी में बनी हुई है। अब यह किताब आपके सामने हिंदी भाषा में उपलब्ध है। जिस तरीके से दक्षिण के लोगों ने इस किताब को और इसकी कहानी को पसंद किया है, हमें पूरा यकीन है कि पूरे भारतभर के हिंदी पाठक इस कथा को भरपूर प्रेम देंगे। यह एक ऐसी प्रेम कहानी है, जो हर एक को अपने अंदर झांकने के लिए प्रेरित करेगी।

In A Measure of Mercy by acclaimed author Lauraine Snelling, 18-year-old Astrid Bjorklund’s opportunity for formal medical study in Chicago doesn’t arrive until shortly after her heartthrob Joshua Landseer returns to Blessing, North Dakota. They agree to exchange letters while she’s in Chicago. And, for a time, love blossoms—until the letters from Joshua stop coming. Convinced he no longer loves her, Astrid makes an impetuous and heart-wrenching decision.

The trajectories of Arvind and Arbaaz, both businessmen of a kind whose lives are unwillingly intertwined, ricochet off one another while they play out their sinister and murderous plots of personal and professional one-upmanship, all the while breaking every rule in the book. Both are unaware that what they seek and fight over is the very obstacle in realising an ancient secret that dates back to a time long forgotten. And yet, at the heart of it all, there lies tenderness...and pathos...and blood...and rare moments of an almost exalted happiness.

Now a major motion picture starring Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter and Charlotte Rampling, and directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 'Sarah Waters's masterly novel is . . . gripping, confident, unnerving and supremely entertaining' Hilary Mantel After...

Nora Silk doesn't really fit in on Hemlock Street, where every house looks the same. She's divorced. She wears a charm bracelet and high heels and red toreador pants. And the way she raises her kids is a scandal. But as time passes, the neighbors start having second thoughts about Nora. The women's apprehension evolves into admiration. The men's lust evolves into awe. The children are drawn to her in ways they can't explain.

When 26-year-old Ayan is sent to live with his grumpy old grandfather Gopal Shanker in a tiny village in Kerala, he is understandably devastated. What can a sleepy, idyllic village without even internet connectivity offer a young man?

Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. They compose a secret history, both intimate and panoramic, of modern times, and offer a kaleidoscopic impression of the world within a world that is Paris.