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13-årige Jákup får ondt i maven, da han jager søpapegøjer med sin far. Lundebestanden er lav, og Færøerne har allerede mistet én fugleart. Storesøsteren Bjarma bekymrer sig om de høje koncentrationer af kviksølv, der er i hvalkød. Om natten sker der noget mærkeligt. De voksnes...

Dyk ned i en verden, der er blevet flået fra hinanden af en race med fænomenale psykiske kræfter, styret helt og fuldt af logik og aldrig af hjertet … I en verden, der fornægter følelser, hvor de herskende Psyk straffer ethvert tegn på begær, tvinges Sascha Duncan til at skjule de...

Det var sidste fredag i juli, og jeg forsøgte ihærdigt at lade være med at gå i panik over vores forestående deadline, da Lily kom med det forslag, der ændrede alt. ”Jeg har en idé,” sagde hun med sin rolige stemme. ”Jeg vil opfinde en test, der kan vise, om man er psykopat.” Et...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Miles Reed never intended to change history. One moment, he is a 25-year-old AI enthusiast living in 2026. The next, he is stranded in 1861 with a damaged phone, limited power, and AURA—an offline AI agent carrying knowledge from a future that has not...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A clear and accessible guide to William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, one of the most demanding novels in American literature. This book reconstructs the Compson family story, explains the novel’s fragmented chronology, and analyzes the...

Dora Minor, a quirky and fiercely courageous girl, grows up in a remote Virginia mountain community in a family of outliers, thanks to their Quaker beliefs that all people are born equal. After her mother’s death, her indomitable, pipe-smoking grandmother Alma—a revolutionary in her own right—becomes her primary caregiver and protector. With a fierce moral compass, Alma helps shape Dora’s worldview and guides her to question the status quo.

Et dødbringende virus spredes hastigt i befolkningen, mens myndighederne kæmper en forgæves kamp mod smitten. Først for sent går det op for alle, at virusset ikke alene er dødbringende, det bringer også de døde til live igen. En række skæbner kastes ud i en desperat kamp for...

I et goldt og brutalt hjørne af universet kredser planeten Timanoon om solen Sila. Timanoon er arnested for slaveri, minedrift og menneskelig udnyttelse. Her er frihed en illusion, og menneskeliv en ressource. Tamira er minearbejder i mørket under jorden. Som barn var hun eksotisk selskab for...

In this buoyant novel blending magical realism with heartfelt family drama, a woman at life’s crossroads reinvents herself in the haunted hallways of her family’s hotel. Annie Torres needs to do something great…fast. According to her late mother, women should find their greatness before...

Erstmals 1855 erschienen und von Walt Whitman bis zu seinem Tod 1892 immer wieder bearbeitet und erweitert, stellen die "Grashalme" unzweifelhaft eines der Hauptwerke der amerikanischen Lyrik dar. In seinen "Grashalmen" sprengte Walt Whitman alle damals bestehenden Konventionen durch den Einsatz freier Rhythmen und das Anschlagen eines hymnischen Tons, der das Individuum in seiner kosmischen Dimension wie auch die Demokratie in ihrer Vielstimmigkeit auf eine bis dahin ungelesene und unerhörte Weise feiert.

En este volumen se recoge una cuidada recopilación de mitos, leyendas y narraciones populares de la India. Son historias de gran belleza e interés intrínseco y sirven, además, para conocer de cerca una cultura milenaria y profunda que empleó extensivamente la literatura no solo para difundir sus ideas religiosas, sino también como el más adecuado medio de enseñanza para los jóvenes.

An immersive new 3D Spatial Audio edition of the classic epic novel that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he...

Como é viver à sombra de um mito? Ou, pior, de um legítimo rei do rock: John Lennon. Essa é a sina de Juan LMK, que pelos desígnios do acaso nasceu no mesmo dia, hora e hospital onde morria o gênio dos Beatles. Estamos em 2020, e a banda de Juan, a...

One of the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die A Le Monde 100 Books of the Century book Recognized as a Great American Novel by The Atlantic " occasionally beautiful, frequently wrenching, and thoroughly destabilizinga tale told by a genius, signifying, somehow everything." Megan Garber for The...

An organized crime boss in Kentucky believes money and power are everything until his enterprise collides with a family tragedy in this gripping noir thriller perfect for fans of S.A. Cosby and Eli Cranor. Cannabis kingpin Burl Spoon has reigned over the Jackson County area for three decades...

From Minrose Gwin, award-winning author of The Accidentals, comes Beautiful Dreamers, a story of a precocious teen and her mother, their gay best friend, and the con man who unravels their family. Its 1953 when Memory Feather and her mother, Virginia, are welcomed back home to the Mississippi...

In this steamy Regency romp, Lady Selina is determined to find the Duke of Stanhope the perfect wifethe only problem is she's starting to think that might be her. Peter Kentnewly inherited Duke of Stanhope and recently of New Orleans, Louisianamust become respectable. Between his radical...

La inédita e inesperada novela de Gabriel García Márquez. Como cada 16 de agosto, Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador para llegar a la isla donde está sepultada su madre, se registra en el hotel habitual, compra un ramo de gladiolos, pasa la tarde en el cementerio y, al día siguiente...

At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughout her life, and she writes him stories about beautiful and impossible things. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil is an intoxicating and unsettling linked collection that lures listeners into...

Wesley Friends School is Washington, DCs most prestigious prep school, so of course Aki Hiyashi-Brown is proud to teach at it and send her daughter Meg there. Why wouldn't she be proud? Parents kill to have their kid enrolled at Wesley. Not only is Wesley the premier academic destination for the...