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Some neighborhoods are there to keep you safe. This one wants to keep you prisoner. Kate Harris thought River Falls was her family’s ticket to a fresh start: a pristine, exclusive gated community with perfect lawns, friendly neighbors, and all the luxuries they could ever dream of. But beneath the glossy veneer of this suburban paradise lies something sinister.

Miguel Balfour has been writing poetry since high school. What started out as two poems in the 12th Grade led to two volumes of hand-written song lyrics in two hardcover exercise notebooks. The initial thought was to possibly be a songwriter as one of my future endeavors. But alas! There was College, then Medical School, then Residency, then “real world” work, and as such the writing, which had continued over the years, never materialized to becoming actual songs. I had put the books away and only recently found the two volumes.

Eine Liebe, geboren aus Zucker, Honig und Mandeln Der Duft von Mandeln und geschmolzenem Zucker liegt über Alicante, warm und betörend wie ein Versprechen. Hier begegnen sich 1930 die stolze Sagrada Blasco, Tochter eines Mazapán-Fabrikanten, und José Vidal, der Erbe der rivalisierenden...

Der amerikanische Prosa-Künstler Washington Irving hat mit seinen Erzählungen einen prägenden Einfluss auf die amerikanische Literatur ausgeübt. Das liegt an seiner sehr angenehmen Sprachgestaltung und dem Realitätsbezug des gewählten Gegenstands. Allerdings ummantelt er seine Geschichten ebenso gerne mit einem Grotesk-Phantastischen Gewand, so dass man zum einen nie weiß was als nächstes kommt und zum anderen immer das Gefühl vermittelt bekommt hautnah dabei zu sein, wobei einem die beschriebenen Szenen sofort an dem geistigen Auge vorüberzuziehen scheinen.

“Dona Bárbara” foi escrito em 1929 e tem como cenário uma Venezuela rural, com enredo que foca no conflito entre diferentes famílias ao longo de gerações e a chegada de uma mulher que, por sua beleza e inteligência, corrompe a todos com o objetivo de enriquecer e tomar o poder da região. Para além do protagonismo feminino, a obra chama a atenção por trazer questões que ainda são bastante atuais na América Latina.

"Coyoteland promises to be as dynamic and explosive a suburban drama as LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE." —LitHub (MOST ANTICIPATED) "Written with WITH, EMPATHY, and HEART." —Electric Lit (MOST ANTICIPATED) "Totally PROPULSIVE." —Ingrid Rojas Contreras "A TOUR DE FORCE." —Kirstin Chen "A...

Kimiko Halim thinks happy endings only exist in fairy tales. But her late grandmother’s will specifies settling down as a condition to inherit her yarn store, and the family’s legacy is the only thing that matters. Kim’s plan is simple: find a guy, date him until the store is hers, then gently uncouple from the poor, unsuspecting victim. But the clock is ticking, and her dates have been more frogs than princes. When Rob Carmichael, a perpetual groomsman and self-proclaimed proponent of happily-ever-afters, overhears Kim’s cynical view of love, he’s baffled.

Bloomsbury presents Men Like Ours by Bindu Basinath, read by Francine Pinheiro “Bindu Bansinath’s Men Like Ours shows that the Immigrant Novel is not dead yet. Absolutely hilarious, mesmerizing, and disturbing.” --Gary Shteyngart, The Guardian "A genuine and offbeat talent . . . like the...

Christina Baker Kline’s national bestseller is now an Earphone Awards Winner! Beloved narrator Marin Ireland’s rich voice and sensitive performance bring this immersive story to life. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of the...

Uma criança desaparece em plena luz do dia. De um lado desse vazio brutal, o instante de desatenção de uma mulher que nunca quis ser mãe. Do outro, uma mulher que deseja ser mãe a ponto de cometer um ato desesperado. Entre esses dois pontos de vista, acompanhamos uma narrativa que ecoa as diversas formas de maternidade, das impostas às almejadas, do seu papel social à sua natureza primordial, em uma trama visceral e inquietante.

Elizabeth Zhang knows her place in the world. She knows she’s in the tenth percentile for likability, the seventieth percentile for attractiveness, and the ninety-ninth percentile for academics. With a hard-working ethic instilled in her by immigrant parents, armed with impeccable grades...

Deux fois veuve, à la tête d'un domaine qui tombe en ruine et criblée de dettes, elle s'accroche à la respectabilité que lui confère le titre de son défunt mari, consciente que ses filles ne seront à l'abri du besoin qu'une fois mariées. Alors quand un messager de la cour se présente avec une invitation au bal royal, elle y voit la chance d'assurer enfin leur avenir. Mais seule Elin, sa belle-fille, a été invitée... Ravalant son orgueil, Ethel va plaider la cause de ses filles auprès de la reine, avec qui elle partage une vieille inimitié.

En este libro, la poesía ofrece un descanso del mundo. Cartografía las grietas en el asfalto, busca los rayos de sol que se alcanzan a colar entre los edificios, agiganta los silencios que sobreviven en el escándalo urbano. Al nombrarla invoca una pausa, y sus lectores entramos a un ámbito microscópico donde el tiempo se detiene. Este artefacto lírico y experiencial contiene el paisaje íntimo donde el ser se reconoce cuerpo y conciencia estrechamente unidos.

Camarada imaginario o encarnación del subconsciente, destinatario de postales que hablan de la extrañeza del mundo, el amigo al que la autora dirige estos poemas sirve de ancla incierta pero entrañable en el ir y venir de una voz: la de quien recorre el mundo en derivas vitales y literarias, a través de las rutas de la imaginación y los países ajenos. Un perro, corazón oculto del libro, trota sobre presencias y ausencias. La poesía como vía de descubrimiento, principio de incertidumbre que conlleva sorpresa y dicha.

From the author of The Help. “You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away—she’ll grow fierce and wild to get it back.” Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home...

Lucy Hua comes from a long line of extraordinary women—Chinese perfumers gifted with the secret power to craft magical scents to stir hearts and ensure fortunes. For centuries, the Hua women held sway over the courts of emperors and the boardrooms of billionaires…and in every fifth generation, an eldest daughter is born with the rarest gift of all: the ability to summon true love.

Instant New York Times Bestseller A love letter to the rookie in all of us: Singer-actor Joshua Bassett's fearless memoir in verse about surviving the darkest moments of fame, addiction, and mental health struggles—and finding hope on the other side. "We're all figuring it out as we go along...

A heartwarming small-town tale of rediscovering joy in unexpected places. Starting over isn't easy, but sometimes it's exactly what we need. Newly divorced and determined to prove she can stand on her own, Joyce Hicks moves back to small-town Texas, leaving behind the life she has known for...

Claire Roth sacrificed love for a life of comfort on Lake Toxaway—until the dam broke, and the lake washed down the side of the mountain. Fourteen years later, she longs to see the lake restored to its former glory even as the country faces hard economic times on the eve of the Great Depression.

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and “queen of the beach read” (Cosmopolitan) Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a heartfelt escape to coastal Carolina. After the worst day in her professional life, burnt-out NICU nurse Daisy Stevens runs to Cape Carolina, North...