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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。

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.

Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794-1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji, widely considered the world's first novel, during the early years of the 11th century. Expansive, compelling, and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic ideals, Murasaki's tale came to occupy a central place in Japan's remarkable history of artistic achievement and is now recognized as a masterpiece of world literature.

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.

Gosport, 1943. Rita, Amelia, Ruby and Dorothy are all doing their bit to help Britain win the war. Their work at Priddy's munitions factory, is dangerous and gruelling, but undoubtedly necessary. However, when an explosion at the factory almost kills several of the workers, the girls decide it's time to find another way to contribute. Amelia sees an advertisement in the Evening News, seeking Hop Pickers in Kent, accommodation provided. Weeks later, they leave Gosport, ready for a new adventure.

Der Kampf um die Familie, ein Fall von Spionage, das Wirtschaftswunder und eine erbitterte Fehde zwischen Rivalen – die Geschichte einer Familiendynastie in der neuen Bundesrepublik. - "Manchmal bedurfte es eben eines gewissen Risikos, um etwas völlig Neues zu erschaffen." Selb in den 50er Jahren: Marie Thalmeyer hat es geschafft, das Sorgerecht für ihre Tochter zurückzuerlangen, doch die Freude hält nicht lange. Die Porzellanmanufaktur steht nach einem Betrug kurz vor dem Ruin und die DDR öffnet die Grenzen für das Meißner Porzellan.

Eine Porzellanmanufaktur in Scherben. Ein im Krieg verschollener Bruder. Eine Familiendynastie zur Zeit des Wiederaufbaus. - »Sie stand jetzt in der Verantwortung. Für sich, für ihre Liebsten. Und für die Arbeiter in der Manufaktur und ihre Familien.« Selb, die Heimat des weißen Goldes, 1947: Als der Familienpatriarch Ludwig Thalmeyer überraschend verstirbt, muss Marie als älteste Tochter die traditionsreiche Porzellanmanufaktur übernehmen. Mühsam arbeitet sie sich in das Geschäft ein, wird jedoch als junges Fräulein kaum ernst genommen.

All alone, following her mother's death, seventeen-year-old Eden Murray returns to her deceased father's fishing village in search of her roots and a future. Eden has worked in the fishing industry since the age of twelve and is soon employed by local businesswoman Euphemia Ross. Much to Euphemia's annoyance, Eden and her son Lewis Ross strike up a friendship. But Euphemia has grander plans for her son and is hostile towards Eden in preventing them ever having a future together.

La saga phénomène aux 700 000 auditeurs continue… Un délice ! 1949. Betty célèbre ses 30 ans entourée de ses proches. Heureuse gérante d'une librairie et d'une maison d'édition, elle se prépare à passer son permis de conduire. Mais le malheur n'est pas très loin. Les soucis financiers s'accumulent, Viola met brutalement fin à leur amitié, et son plus jeune frère lui donne du fil à retordre, Olof souffre d'un mal dont il refuse de reconnaître l'existence et Martin Fischer, le père biologique de Martina, réapparaît.

When the well-liked local farmer, William Crow, unexpectedly dies on the operating table during a common surgery, the lives and secrets of those living in the rural Tasmanian town of Albert Falls completely unravel.

In Edinburgh’s rain-swept streets, Grace thought she had found her forever in Jamie—until a devastating betrayal shatters their marriage and forces her to question everything she believed about love.

After tragically losing her husband at sea, Eppie Watt must support herself, her daughter Charlotte and mother-in-law and sets to work packing and selling herring in Portsoy Harbour. When her mother-in-law passes, poor Charlotte is sent home to be cared for by Eppie's family. Eppie is thrilled when offered a housekeeper position to Alexander Geddes, a wealthy widower, businessman and father to headstrong Duncan and cloistered Lydia. But Andrew's mother, old Mrs Geddes is set against Eppie and as her interfering intensifies Alexander is left with no choice but to ask his mother to leave.

Bienvenue chez les Vivaldi, où le cirque est une affaire de famille. Le pari paraissait simple pour Autumn, artiste dans le cirque familial : quitter le nid, trouver un logement pour 6 mois, et tout ça dans la semaine. Mais rien n'aurait pu la préparer à devoir cohabiter avec Keith, meilleur ami de son frère et séducteur notoire. Keith, quant à lui, recherche une nouvelle colocataire durable qui saurait résister à ses avances, cette fois ! Malgré les secrets de chacun et contre toute attente, une amitié naît entre les deux colocataires. Mais, attention !

Ein schroffer, verschwiegener Rancher. Eine zurückgezogen lebende junge Frau. Ein Sohn, der es zu mehr bringen will als sein Vater. Ein Verbrecher auf der Flucht vor seiner Vergangenheit. Der erste Band der fesselnden und emotional mitreißenden Familiensaga der New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Jodi Thomas entführt die Hörerinnen und Hörer nach Crossroads am Ransom Canyon im Westen von Texas und stellt die Frage: Was bedeutet Familie? Welche Verbindungen zählen – die familiären oder die selbst gewählten?

Cormac McCarthy, best-selling author of National Book Award winner All the Pretty Horses, delivers his first new novel in seven years. Written in muscular prose, No Country for Old Men is a powerful tale of the West that moves at a blistering pace.

José Arcadio Buendía y Úrsula Iguarán se aman, pero son primos hermanos, y sobre ellos cae el presagio de que sus hijos podrían nacer con colas de cerdo. La maldición los atormenta día y noche sin descanso. Cuando se les aparece el fantasma de un hombre a quien José Arcadio Buendía asesinó, él y su mujer deciden huir de su propio destino. Se van a la selva y fundan el pueblo de Macondo, el mítico escenario donde se desarrollan las aventuras de esta saga familiar a lo largo de siete generaciones.

Light in August features some of Faulkner’s most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.

A modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila, who represent the story of a nation and the nature of friendship.

A national best seller in both hardcover and paperback, the first book of the masterful Cairo Trilogy introduces the engrossing saga of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's occupation by British forces in the early 1900s.

"Du côté de chez Swann" est à la fois l'ouverture de toute l'œuvre, et un roman complet, pourvu d'une conclusion, certes provisoire, mais dont la désillusion peut paraître, à qui ne lirait pas plus loin, le dernier mot de "La recherche".