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En sommer. To rivaler. Et plot-twist ingen af dem havde regnet med… Hele Nora Stephens’ liv handler om bøger. Som litterær agent i New York vil hun gøre alt for sine forfattere, men også for sin elskede lillesøster Libby. Så da Libby beder hende tage med på en ferie til den lille...

Sommarens stora popcornthriller! Riley Sagers succéroman Hon som blev kvar är en av de absolut mest hyllade spänningsromanerna på Booktok. Full av oväntade vändningar och med en oemotståndligt suggestiv atmosfär. När familjen Hope brutalt mördas 1929 tror alla att sjuttonåriga Lenora...

Sono rimasto solo, la mia vita ovattata si è dissolta. Resta la confusione nella testa e una cartelletta con delle carte ripiegate, sgualcite, incomprensibili. Cosa vogliono dire? Perché sono state conservate? Chi sono io? Mi affanno nella ricerca della comprensione di sconosciute connessioni che hanno governato la mia vita, indipendenti da me, assolutamente estranee a me. Scavo dentro il mio essere, nel mio profondo, nella accettazione e nella ripulsa della percezione che la vita di ognuno di noi sia indelebilmente intrecciata a scelte e decisioni di altri.

»Die Scham muss die Seite wechseln« Mit diesen Worten veränderte Gisèle Pelicot 2024 die Welt. Sie verzichtete im Prozess gegen ihren Ex-Mann und über 50 weitere Täter auf Anonymität – und wurde zur Stimme von Millionen. Ihr Mut löste internationale Debatten aus, brachte Gesetze ins...

As a child, Richard dreamed of knighthood and gallant deeds. As a grown man, he is committed to doing his best as an officer of the Guard, as a Lord of the land, and as a father. Living up to his oaths is easy. Being a good husband is much more of a challenge. Alysoun has done everything expected of a woman in her position. She has married well and had two clever, healthy children. That's not enough. Richard is kind, but increasingly distant. Alysoun herself has pain and fatigue magic can't fix. In truth, she is isolated and more than a little bored.

Sommerromantik i Hornbæk. Til sin store overraskelse arver Aline et lille hotel ved kysten i Hornbæk efter sin danske bedstefar. Hendes far og brasilianske mor havde et kort, dramatisk forhold, og hun var resultatet, men hun ved næsten intet om Danmark og kan knapt nok huske den store...

Der Industrielle Lance Ingram, den Dr. Mortimer aus seiner Zeit in London kennt, ist in seinen Geburtsort Falls zurückgekehrt, um den Familienbetrieb zu übernehmen. Zur Feier dieses Ereignisses veranstaltet er einen großen Maskenball, zudem er die Mortimers und Sir Henry Baskerville einlädt...

Die sechs Freundinnen werden gerufen, um ein Freundschaftsproblem zu lösen, doch dann entdecken sie ein seltsames Dorf, in dem alle Ponys ihre Schönheitsflecken aufgegeben haben. Den sechs Freundinnen werden ihre Schönheitsflecken genommen und sie müssen einen Weg finden, sie zurückzubekommen. Als sie ein dunkles Geheimnis über das Pony erfahren, das ihre Schönheitsflecken genommen hat, glauben sie, die Lösung gefunden zu haben.

Orwells visionäres Meisterwerk - meisterhaft gelesen von Christoph Maria Herbst! Als Mitarbeiter des Ministeriums für Wahrheit verbringt Winston Smith seine Tage damit, die Geschichte zugunsten der regierenden Partei umzuschreiben. Aber in seinem Inneren wächst ein Widerstand gegen das totalitäre System, in dem das Leben aufs Strengste reguliert und überwacht wird. Als Winston sich verbotenerweise verliebt, erfährt er, was der Wunsch nach Freiheit kostet. Orwells Klassiker in zeitgemäßer Neuübersetzung mit einem Vorwort geschrieben und gelesen von Robert Habeck!

From the award–winning author of Fiebre Tropical, an electric, highly anticipated novel set in Colombia’s underground queer scene. It is a known fact that the queens who refuse their destiny are haunted. Rejection turns itself inward, a bullet to the heart of said queen, and unleashes, per...

Lisey's Story, Stephen King's most personal and powerful novel, explores wellsprings of creativity, the temptations of madness, and the secret language of love. In this special event, recorded live at Symphony Space in New York City, King is interviewed by Irish novelist John Connolly. Maria Tucci reads a selection from Lisey's Story.

Common sense prevails in this all-inclusive look at the health issues of younger women. One of the first chapters considers the historical treatment of puberty and the results of bad medicine on the lives of women over the centuries. Even today, some of those same treatments are used in the health care of younger women. This is the question that Dr. Bright is addressing: What is best for our adolescent women today? The drugs and surgeries in mainstream medicine today, which are used to “make life better,” are shown many times to be inadequate and damaging.

From Maia Toll, the best-selling author of the Wild Wisdom series and The Night School, comes the enchanted story of her own magical awakening, a journey from Brooklyn to Ireland that will inspire readers to uncover their own inner magic. What is the word for craving a relationship with the...

Kate McKinney didn’t move to the middle of nowhere to make friends, she came for the quiet. The kind that doesn’t scream at her through dispatch calls or drag her back to a life she’s trying to forget. But when an old man vanishes from his remote cabin and his niece goes missing right along with him, Kate starts listening harder. A battered truck. A back trail no one uses. And eyes that follow her home after dark. The local sheriff calls it concern. Kate calls it what it is, a warning. Her only early ally is Boone, the sharp-eyed rescue mutt who trusts no one but her.

Cuando Héctor Abad Faciolince, autor de El olvido que seremos, leyó esta primera novela, decidió publicarla de inmediato; muy poco después Lumen se sumaría a su entusiasmo. Tras el éxito en Colombia y mientras Francia prepara su traducción, Cómo maté a mi padre llega a los lectores de ambos lados del océano como una de las revelaciones literarias de los últimos tiempos.

Kulleraugen. Gabby und Panda Pfötchen finden ein Glas mit magischen Kulleraugen und erleben eine freche Überraschung. Zum Glück ist Meerkätzchen mit Problemlöser-Seifenblasen zur Stelle. Schwammi-Saurus. Wenn Schwammosaurus nass wird, wächst er. Trocknet er wieder, schrumpft er. Können Gabby und Panda Pfötchen die richtige Größe für ihren Dinofreund finden?

The acclaimed actress and dedicated activist shares her personal journey of discovery, and destroys outdated ideas about partnership, love and family that will resonate with anyone in an unconventional life situation. Actress and activist Maria Bello made waves with her essay, “Coming Out as a...

Brought to you by Penguin. Sittenfeld's wryly hilarious and insightful new collection, HELP YOURSELF, illuminates human experience and gracefully upends our assumptions about class and race, envy and disappointment, gender dynamics and celebrity. Suburban friends fall out after a racist...

Preachers, teachers, and serious students of Paul will be electrified by this dynamic rethinking of the Apostle. Sr. Pascuzzi condenses the past 25 years of Pauline scholarship and clearly demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches to Paul that have been taken by contemporary researchers. She presents the teachings of Paul against the backdrop of First Century Judaism with its many paths of belief and this puts his mission within the cultural context of the Roman Empire.

W końcu nadeszły upragnione ferie zimowe! Basia, Janek, mały Franio oraz och rodzice ruszają w góry na narty. Tata obiecuje małej Basi, że nauczy ją na nich jeździć. Jednak w rzeczywistości okazuje się to dużo trudniejsze niż oboje myśleli. Z pomocą przychodzi stryjek Grzesiek i udziela dziewczynce lekcji prawdziwej jazdy na nartach. Czy w końcu Basia je polubi i zacznie jeździć samodzielnie? Basia to współczesna, zabawna i mądra przyjaciółka dla Twojego dziecka. Przygody Basi pomagają dziecku zrozumieć świat, pokazują, jak poradzić sobie w trudnych sytuacjach.