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With the disappearance of a young man and his old friend Vicky Holden accused of murder, Father John O'Malley must prove his hunch that both events are connected to a dangerous sect leader known as Orlando—who has resurrected the old Shadow Dance religion...

Eka is a vishkanya, fed a diet of poison from a young age until she can kill with it, but it cannot kill her. She is commanded to be a weapon for her king, and when Alexander the Great threatens her homeland Eka is sent to stand in the way of his relentless conquest. Hidden within his court, Eka...

Ein mitreißendes historisches Abenteuer, inspiriert vom Leben Grace O'Malleys, der legendären irischen Volksheldin, die alles riskierte, um ihr Volk zu verteidigen Grace O'Malley wurde geboren, um Kapitänin zu werden. Doch trotz ihres natürlichen Talents auf dem Wasser erkennt Grace schon...

A wide selection gritty and hard hitting plays from the award-winning English playwright Edward Bond Edward Bond was an English playwright, theatre director, poet, dramatic theorist and screenwriter. He was the author of some 50 plays, among them Saved (1965), the production of which was...

Bloomsbury presents Deafiant: My Journey in Theatre, written and read by Jenny Sealey. Jenny Sealey has spent her career to date championing the work of Deaf and Disabled artists and the importance of having their stories on our stages and screens. Now, she shares her own experience as a Deaf...

An artistic "gem," (Historical Novel Society) as revealing as it is beautifully told from beloved author "Sean of the South." "The Southern story you've been waiting for." --Patti Callahan Henry, NYT bestselling author "A heartwarming and well-told tale with lyrical writing." --Boo Walker...

“An immersive tale of betrayal and injustice that reverberates with a howl of anguish three centuries old.”—Chris Brookmyre, author of The Cracked Mirror From internationally bestselling author Val McDermid and Geographer Royal of Scotland Jo Sharp, a heart-wrenching novella about an...

From Alexis Daria, USA Today bestselling author of You Had Me at Hola, comes a festive and flirty holiday romance set in the world of The Dance Off. On New Year's Eve, Broadway dancer Nik Kovalenko and ballroom champion Jess Davenport shared an impulsive midnight kiss. Jess hoped it would be the...

From the author of The Empress comes a sweeping historical novel and Cold War thriller that reimagines the fate of Frida Kahlo’s mysterious missing masterpiece as a Soviet secretary risks her life to save it. In postwar Moscow, Soviet secretary Olga Simonova is instructed to destroy a painting...

静岡のとある海沿いには、深夜から夜明けまでの間だけ開く、不思議な食堂がある。 店主の菜実さんも不思議な人だ。夜をさまようお客さんそれぞれの悩みを見抜き、ぴったりの料理を提供してしまう。ひとりぼっちの子育て、結婚に踏み切れない葛藤、八方塞がりな人生の岐路。

金軍・兀朮と呼吸を合わせたかのように戦を停止し、本拠に戻った岳飛。一方、呉用は宣凱に「岳飛を救え」と言い遺していた。梁山泊が救出に動き始める。ようやく臨安府に赴いた岳飛は、帝に拝謁後監禁されてしまう。

The apparent suicide of a young Arapaho on sacred ground shocks the populace of the Wind River Reservation. But strange events following the death lead Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley to suspect foul play...

France's defining fantasy/science fiction odyssey of the 21st century, the basis of the award-winning video game Expedition 33 and now published in English for the first time, celebrates twenty-three brave warriors of the wind Twenty-three adventurers—each with a unique personality and a...

A beautifully written and often speculative story collection infused with Caribbean and African myths and cultures, exploring love, betrayal, motherhood, death, and home. GROUNDED IN CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND INFUSED WITH TRADITIONS of Africa and the Caribbean, A Good Haunting: Stories spins myth...

Ich habe ihn überlebt. Und ich bin immer noch ich. Statt gebrochen aus meiner persönlichen Hölle herauszugehen, bin ich stärker denn je. Das Wissen, dass er seine gerechte Strafe bekommen wird, erfüllt mich mit Genugtuung. Doch werde ich die Stärke in mir finden, seine Henkerin zu sein?

Con la concesión del premio Nobel de Literatura a Bob Dylan quedó de manifiesto algo que millones de lectores ya sabíamos desde hace tiempo: muchos de los grandes compositores contemporáneos son también grandes poetas. En el caso de Johnny Cash, no solamente su música y su voz son sin duda...

巨大な白い鯨〈モービィ・ディック〉をめぐって繰り広げられる，アメリカの作家メルヴィル（1819―1891）の最高傑作．本書は海洋冒険小説の枠組みに納まりきらない，法外なスケールとスタイルを誇る，象徴性に満ちあふれた「知的ごった煮」であり，およそ鯨に関することは何もかも盛り込んだ「鯨の百科全書」でもある．

Magdalena summons the soul of her friend, Lucia, who migrated north to find work and disappeared. She tells daughter Veronica how they yearned to be teachers. How poverty and gender roles stole away their dreams. Yet, each woman remained true to herself, Lucia as a Zapatista leader and curandera...

"An intimate study of broken lives that showcases Fossum's poet past." —Bloomberg In this chilling addition to the internationally bestselling Inspector Konrad Sejer series, the detective must face down his memories and fears as he investigates the deaths of two troubled young men. The first...

A lively account of medieval England through the eyes of its most famous poet and chronicler Who were Chaucer's thirty-three pilgrims, and why were they heading to Canterbury? What do they and their tales tell us about medieval England as a place, and about the daily lives of its people?...