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From the award-winning author of Finna comes this moving, tender collection of poems exploring love and grief throughout the journey of life in this luminous green corner of a beautiful, bruised continent. there was love between these lovers that still happened amongst it all. In Something Blue...

After the explosive revelation that Lailani couldn’t have expected, she finds solace in knowing she wasn’t losing her mind about someone trying to kill her —though it’s much more complicated than she could have imagined. With the knowledge of what was missing coming to the surface, Lailani learns just how deep love can go, and as scary as it is, she’s finding herself wanting to venture into the depths of the unknown. With the secret of his life out in the open, Reelin fears the worst.

Chocken efter Jonitas avresa har lagt sig som en tung filt över Elveløkken. Leonard kämpar för att förstå hur hans hustru kunde lämna både honom och deras dotter, medan Emmeline vägrar acceptera de vuxnas undanflykter. För att få svar ger sig Rebekka av för att söka upp Jonita –...

Born into slavery. Forged by war. Destined to become the most feared lawman the West ever knew. In 1838, Bass Reeves entered the world as property—a slave on an Arkansas plantation where the only law was the overseer's whip. But when the Civil War erupted and Bass fled into Indian Territory, he discovered a truth that would define his life: a man's worth isn't measured by the chains others put on him, but by the justice he brings to a lawless world.

What if the stories you grew up with were never just stories? In Life Ain't No Nursery Rhyme, author Montrel Powell reimagines beloved nursery rhymes and fairy tales through the lens of adulthood, transforming familiar childhood classics into powerful, relatable stories about real life. From The Ugly Duckling and The Three Little Pigs to Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Pinocchio, and more, each chapter explores the lessons hidden beneath the surface of the tales we've known for generations.

Malakai is a spoken word artist who has everything a man can desire, Money, Power, and a chain of Upscale Nightclubs. He has prospered quite well in his success mostly because of the lovely ladies that work his underground escort business. Malakai and his fierce girlfriend Asperilla have instituted a pleasurable service that provides sexual memories to clients that will last a lifetime.

The beloved classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern Library's top 20 novels of the 20th century. “A remarkable book…From the opening page, brilliant in its establishment of mood, character, and suspense, the book takes hold of the...

Adam kæmper sig gennem den rasende novemberstorm, der truer med at forpurre hans hjemkomst. På Mostadgården venter Jona på ham med ikke én, men to små overraskelser. Netop som lykken breder sig i det lille hjem, dukker den sidste af Markov-brødrene dog op på Værøy, og Jona konfronteres...

Endelig kan Jona vove at tro på det: efter mange års længsel venter hun et barn. Men Normann ved noget om hendes graviditet, en bekymring, han ikke engang deler med Jona … Den glædelige tid bliver brat forstyrret, da Sunniva og Viktors lille Marie forsvinder sporløst fra Sørland-gården...

He owns the city. She's about to own his heart... Czar Savage was never meant for love. Cold. Calculating. The eldest son of Houston's most notorious crime family, he was born into blood and baptized in violence. To the world, he’s untouchable. To women, he’s a dangerous temptation. But to himself, he’s a monster too broken for love. Until her… Kyla Reed buried her heart the night her father was murdered. Since then, she’s allowed no one past her walls. She lives her life by control. Structure. Logic. She doesn’t let her heart lead, doesn’t trust, and doesn’t love. Until him…

Søstrene Oline og Thea vokser op under små kår i den lille vestjyske kystby Nymindegab i mellemkrigstiden. Skyggen fra forældrenes fattigdom og udsigtsløse liv kaster sig langt ind over søstrenes liv, men de to piger er alligevel heldige at være født i en brydningstid, hvor børn formår at hæve sig over deres herkomst og skabe sig et andet liv end deres forældres.

'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' – Roddy Doyle 'His [Dominic Hofman] performance is terrific: variously wry, poignant and thoughtful as he imbues Jim with the humanity and agency denied to him by Twain' – The Guardian, Audiobook of the Week James is a profound...

Dr. Layanna James has mastered the art of healing broken hearts—except her own. At forty, she's one of the world's top cardiothoracic surgeons, but the sudden loss of her husband Angel has left her emotionally hollow and clinging to the routine of a life that no longer fits. Caleb Black knows...

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award–winning film. Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Ralph Elllison's Invisible Man is a monumental novel, one that can well be called an epic of modern American Negro life. It is a strange story, in which many extraordinary things happen, some of them shocking and brutal...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY S WOMEN S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014. From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a powerful story of love, race and identity. As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An official Oprah Winfrey’s “The Books That Help Me Through” selection The acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming-of-age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a foreword by the author and a new introduction by Tayari Jones. One...

At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times) This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time. It starts with the great red...

A piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it's like to be young and black in America.