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The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a sprawling epic in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love’s absence...

Against the mythical dreamscape of America, Auster brilliantly weaves the bizarre narrative of Marco Stanley Fogg, an orphan searching for love, his father, and the key to the riddle of his origin and fate.

藤原道長が恐れ、紫式部を苛立たせた書。それが随筆の傑作「枕草子」だ。

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen—Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and freedom. As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict, Blackthorne’s loyalty and strength of character are tested by both passion and loss.

Nobody's Daughter is a gripping and moving saga from beloved author, Annie Murray and is the third book in the Children of Birmingham series after The Pearl Button Girl and Dora's Dream. Stourbridge, 1864. Raised in a joyless, puritanical home, Ruth Mountford hungers for more. When her mother...

Every gemstone tells a story. Every story holds a secret. Every secret leads to a lost sister . . . In glittering 1950s Monaco, the De la Rosa family is a symbol of opulence, but a devastating betrayal threatens to shatter their world and matriarch Olympia is forced to make an impossible choice...

Miami, 1933. Mary Simons was supposed to fill her scrapbook with photos of her baby's first smiles, locks of fine hair, and handwritten milestones. Instead, she records respiration rates and temperatures, hoping science can save what love can't. When her baby dies, the future she imagined dies with her.

Tauchen Sie ein in die bewegende Geschichte von Kathi, einer tapferen elfjährigen Heldin, die in einer Welt voller Schmerz und Geheimnisse aufwächst. Kathi hat es nicht leicht. Ihre Großmutter, die einzige Lichtgestalt in ihrem Leben, ist verstorben. Ihr Vater Werner ist ein gewalttätiger Alkoholiker, und ihre Mutter Andrea kämpft mit psychischen Problemen.

In 1913, fifteen-year-old Kate Linton’s life is upended when her father dies suddenly and her mother becomes too ill to care for her. Sent to live with wealthy relatives she has never met, Kate arrives at Brockmere House in Cambridgeshire, a world far removed from her old life. As she slowly adjusts to her new life, she forms a close bond with the charming Harry Redfern, a relationship which soon deepens. But during a visit to London, Kate is startled to see a woman she is convinced is her mother leaving an elegant dress shop.

Mientras Perdido se recupera de la inundación, propone la construcción de un dique que impida una nueva catástrofe. Sin embargo, con las obras comenzarán las corrientes impredecibles y las desapariciones. Mientras tanto, en el clan Caskey, la matriarca Mary-Love ve cómo sus intereses chocan con los de Elinor, su misteriosa nuera. Las tensiones entre ambas amenazan con destruir el pueblo entero. En Perdido se avecinan grandes cambios, y las consecuencias serán devastadoras. Descubre el segundo volumen de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal.

Salzkammergut, 1837: Während der Kaiser nach Ischl reist, um die Sommerfrische zu genießen, will sich Bäckerstochter Lisa in der Kurstadt ihren Traum erfüllen: In der Hofkonditorei Zauner möchte sie die edle Kunst der Zuckerbäcker erlernen, doch Frauen bleibt der Beruf verwehrt. Stattdessen bietet ihr Johann Zauner an, als "Zaunerin" im Verkauf zu arbeiten. Nur heimlich ist Lisa an der Herstellung köstlicher Kreationen beteiligt, die sogar die junge Kaiserin Elisabeth begeistern.

Mentre Perdido es recupera de la inundació, s'inicia la construcció d'un dic que impedeixi una nova catàstrofe. Però amb les obres començaran les correntades sobtades i les desaparicions. Mentrestant, al clan Caskey, la matriarca Mary-Love veu com els seus interessos xoquen amb els de l'Elinor, la seva misteriosa NORA. Les tensions entre totes dues amenacen de destruir el poble sencer. Es preparen grans canvis a Perdido, i les conseqüències seran devastadores. Descobreix el segon volum de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal. Dones poderoses que lluiten pel poder durant generacions.

Les Misérables is set in Paris after the French Revolution. In the sewers and backstreets, we encounter "the wolf-like tread of crime", and assassination for a few sous is all in a day's work. We weep with the unlucky and heart-broken Fantine, and we exult with the heroic revolutionaries of the barricades; but above all we thrill to the steadfast courage and nobility of soul of ex-convict Jean Valjean, always in danger from the relentless pursuit of the diabolical Inspector Javert.

江戸時代の日本は徳川将軍家が率いる幕府と、三百諸侯と称された大名家が率いる実数約260もの藩が共同統治する時代であった。

The gripping new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of While We're Apart. After the death of her parents in a bombing raid, Mary Jones discovers a secret in the pages of father’s diaries. Her search for the truth brings her to Cliffehaven on the south coast...

One of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan—read by Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Sandra Oh. “Stunning.” —New York Times...

*This is an MP3 CD edition* "...listening to 4 3 2 1 in audio is worth the commitment, thanks to the author’s easy-on-the-ears baritone" — Newsday This program is narrated by—and includes a bonus interview with—the author. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize A New York Times , Los...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece. A MASON WITH A DREAM 1135 and civil war, famine and religious strife abound. With his...

Jeffrey Archer's Kane and Abel was a global phenomenon when it was first released, selling over one million copies in its first week of sale, and it has captivated fans worldwide ever since. They had only one thing in common . . . William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston...

Quando Edward Cullen e Bella Swan si sono incontrati in Twilight, una storia d'amore destinata a diventare iconica ha avuto inizio. Finalmente, i lettori possono conoscere la versione di Edward in quest'attesissimo nuovo romanzo, Midnight Sun. Vissuta nei panni del bellissimo vampiro, questa storia assume una veste tutta nuova, decisamente più cupa. L'incontro con Bella è la cosa più spaventosa e più intrigante che gli sia mai successa nella sua lunga vita da vampiro.