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«День поперек недели» — роман в рассказах о семье, дружбе и о времени перемен, которым стали и 1990‑е, и нынешние годы. Главный герой — мальчик эпохи перестройки, подросток 90‑х, — взрослеет у нас на глазах, от рассказа к рассказу. Его родня ищет лучшей жизни, исторические декорации стремительно меняются, но 90‑е показаны без ужасов бандитизма и политики, мы видим их глазами подростка, а детский глаз ловит больше красок.

In 1956, lonely teenager Teddy is drawn to the water and woods surrounding his small town, where he meets bad boy Wade and becomes overwhelmed by his attraction to him. During the rapturous early period of their friendship, the two range over the area’s mountains and waterways before falling out after high school over Teddy’s sexuality.

A young woman's deliciously unhinged descent into a feral and glamorous hell. A devoted lover and wannabe screenwriter, January is unable to love or write after finding out her (now ex) girlfriend has cheated. Restless and questioning it all, January and her stoic bestie, Laura, travel to a...

Любовь между матерью и дочерью всегда хрупка. Колебания между нежностью и непониманием, желанием быть вместе и стремлением к независимости—таков портрет отношений Габриэль и Лили. Мать делает все возможное, чтобы детство ее умной и смелой дочери было радостным и беззаботным. Однако чем старше они становятся, тем больше отдаляются друг от друга.

Art de Almeida hat alles: eine erfolgreiche Bar, ein wildes Privatleben und jede Menge Liebe für seine Nichte und seinen Neffen. Verpflichtungen? Braucht er nicht. Schon gar keine Beziehung – auch wenn seine Schwester das anders sieht. Bis Joey Manning in seinem Büro auftaucht. Joey braucht dringend einen Job. Die Rechnungen stapeln sich, seine Schwestern zählen auf ihn, und Scheitern ist keine Option. Also arbeitet er viel zu viel. Die Wortgefechte mit Art sind die Highlights seiner Tage, doch der ist sein Boss und damit definitiv niemand, mit dem Joey flirten sollte.

Dramatisations of two novels by the Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick White Australian author Patrick White is widely regarded as one of the most important English-language novelists of the 20th century. His debut novel, 1939’s Happy Valley, was awarded the Gold Medal of the Australian...

After a surprise proposal fractures her life into two parallel timelines, a speech pathologist must learn to trust her own inner voice in this hopeful and inspiring story about identity and belonging. Lucy Hughes has never loved being the center of attention, so she’s shocked when her...

Die Demeter soll eigentlich nur Passagiere nach Alpha Centauri bringen. Doch plötzlich sterben Menschen an Bord – und diesmal ist kein technischer Defekt schuld. Der berüchtigte Graf Dracula ist mit an Bord. Um nicht stillgelegt zu werden, geht die Schiffs-KI ein riskantes Bündnis ein – mit einer denkbar ungewöhnlichen Mannschaft: einem Werwolf, einer Ingenieurin aus Leichenteilen, einem uralten Pharao, einem rachsüchtigen Vampir und einer Schar fröhlicher Spinnendrohnen.

The reappearance of an old flame, held hostage by a man claiming to be her husband. A seemingly-innocuous invitation laced with a coded signal for help. An impossible neighborhood with a terrifying secret. Sorrel follows the calls for help from her ex Maud to Trinity Springs, an uncanny Americana neighborhood that she cannot find any record of actually existing. A place that defies the laws of physics. A place of eerily smiling faces, white-picket fences, and manicured lawns. A place where she, and only she, is warned not to go outside after sundown.

A woman haunted by the disappearance of her sister and best friend thirty years ago uncovers the terrifying urban legend behind the last film they watched together, in this chilling riff on the cursed film subgenre by the Bram Stoker award-winning author of Queen of Teeth. Perfect for fans of...

In 1955, Daisy Buchanan is found dead in an abandoned West Egg mansion, but her daughter Mel knows she's really been gone for years. No one knows whether Daisy was murdered, or if it was a simpler, slower death: her yearslong spiral of alcohol, abuse, and helplessness. But when Mel enters the estate, she finds Daisy's ghost, somehow frozen at twenty-five, and a charming, bleeding phantom that used to be Jay Gatsby.

Betty Lou Dearden has been a member of the Ogden Quilters Association for more than twenty years when it is announced that the biggest quilting competition in the country is coming to Utah. With the clock ticking and a chance to finally beat their long-time rival quilting circle, the women welcome two young gay men to their group as they bicker their way to an award-worthy entry.

Ten years after the devastating massacre that occurred on Christmas morning in 2003, the community of Burnt Sparrow, NH struggles to move forward. Meanwhile, Rupert Cromwell and Gladys Esherwood find themselves trapped in End House and suffering unbearable monotony day in and day out. When a town courier named Pierce arrives at End House and introduces Rupert to a secret organization known as The Perdido Society, Rupert discovers a deeply intricate and intensely sinister web of secrets spreading through the town.

Lucy isn't a normal girl. Ghost. Victim. Killer. She's a doll on a mission—to find the man who killed her and return the favor. Lucy McQuinn has been murdered, but she's not about to go quietly. If she doesn't get to keep breathing, then neither does Kyle, her killer. Possessing the body of an...

Before she became a wife, mother, and co-founder of Sanctuary, Nandi Monroe was a young lieutenant, engineer, and mech pilot in the United Colonies Militia’s first Advanced Mech Division. During her first deployment into the war-torn megacity of White Run, she is thrown into brutal urban warfare where survival depends on courage, intelligence, and the machine she helped create: Morningstar. As war consumes the city around her, Nandi discovers the legend she is destined to become.

Seit 500 Jahren wacht Lydia, eine mächtige Vampirin, über die Einhaltung der Gesetze ihrer Art. Doch alles ändert sich, als sie auf einer Vernissage der jungen Künstlerin Sophie begegnet. Zwischen der Vampirin und der Künstlerin entsteht eine gefährliche Anziehung – leidenschaftlich, verboten und unvergesslich. Als jedoch Lydias Clanführer plötzlich ein besonderes Interesse an ihr zeigt, gerät das Spiel aus Macht, Liebe und Blut völlig außer Kontrolle.

En cette année 1916 où la guerre dévore chaque jour sa ration de chair humaine, les survivants n'ont d'autres ressources que d'offrir leur corps en sursis à la douceur du désir et à la violence des étreintes. Vincent, le narrateur, est un très jeune homme particulièrement beau et intelligent. Il découvre la passion dans les bras d'Arthur, un jeune soldat qui tente d'échapper pour quelques jours à l'horreur des tranchées ; et dans le même moment, il noue une amitié amoureuse avec Marcel Proust que la séduction de cet adolescent trouble.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Long Island 'A writer at the height of his considerable powers' – The Guardian 'A giant amongst storytellers' – The Telegraph 'One of our finest contemporary writers' – New Yorker Beautifully read by the author, Colm Tóibín. Miquel and his...

Miquel and his father are living an uneasy life together in his mother's house in the Pyrenees, the house she had been returning to on the day she died. A new bridge connecting the remote valley with a changing world is almost complete, which will end its isolation and create an easier route for...

In the beginning, there was Adam. Marcos Ferreira’s first love. The first man who made him feel chosen—and the first man to break his heart. What they had was passionate, consuming, impossible to let go of. And too big to keep hidden forever.