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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.

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。

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。

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...

The New York Times bestselling saga of a most unusual family from the award-winning author of The World According to Garp. “The first of my father’s illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels...

Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy's genius is clearly seen in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle, all of them fully realized and equally memorable.

"À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs" se présente en deux parties : "Autour de Mme Swann", où le héros fréquente les Swann à Paris, et "Noms de pays : le pays", deux ans plus tard, qui dépeint un séjour à Balbec en bord de mer. "Enfin elle, je l'aimais et ne pouvais par conséquent la voir sans ce trouble, sans ce désir de quelque chose de plus, qui ôte, auprès de l'être qu'on aime, la sensation d'aimer."

Brought to you by Penguin. Bradford, 1917. Spirited Hattie Braithwaite divides her days between tending to her demanding father and working at Joshua Swainbank’s struggling woollen mill, now turned over to the war effort. But when Maggie Flemming, an avid football fan who is not at all...

Brought to you by Penguin. Two women. One war. A friendship that will change everything...A sweeping and emotional WW1 historical fiction novel, perfect for fans of Daisy Wood, Rachel Burton, and Evie Woods… Mary Cooper and Alice Dearing’s lives are worlds apart. Though both born and raised...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the emotionally gripping new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling historical fiction and family saga author. Liverpool, 1919. The Great War is over, but Polly Caveney’s nightmare is only just beginning. And when a shocking discovery forces her to flee...

In the lands of Xonthian, where magic breeds fear as war consumes the edge of humanity, devouring cities and leaving many without a home. Young Tiger's world shatters when a vampire assassinates his father, pushing him toward an inevitable path of serving in the war. Driven by a fierce need to see justice, he allies with Bree, a tormented daywalker who hunts her own bloodthirsty kind in a quest for vengeance against the monsters that cursed her.

Hubo un tiempo en que cuatro grandes rocas se alzaban majestuosas en un remoto rincón de la costa escocesa. Cuenta una leyenda milenaria que fueron levantadas por un padre afligido para guiar a sus hijas de vuelta a casa, y que pronunció una maldición para todo aquel que osara derribarlas y también sobre sus descendientes, que se dispersarían por el mundo y jamás encontrarían el camino de regreso.

Meg Walsh always had a plan. Climb the ladder. Earn the title. Build a life on her terms. But when she returns to Laguna Beach after her brother's emergency call, the tidy version of her life begins to unravel. The Beach Shack—her grandmother's restaurant and the heart of their coastal town—is floundering. The money is disappearing. And no one wants to talk about why. Suddenly, Meg is swept into a world of sourdough starters, bonfires, and unexpected truths.

From the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers, an unforgettable novel of family, legacy, and the secrets that bind and endanger us, following one woman as she confronts buried truths, memories of passionate young love, and the fragile future she alone must protect Born under the shadow of a...

Alle sieben Jahre blüht der Wald. Von der Mutter gedrängt, heiratet sie mit 21 in eine angesehene Familie, obwohl sie einen anderen liebt. Ganz anders ihre Schulfreundin Burgi, die früh der Enge ihres Elternhauses entflieht und ihrem Drang nach Freiheit unbeirrt folgt. Beide Frauen zahlen einen hohen Preis, um ein selbstbestimmtes Leben zu führen. Aber sie gehen konsequent ihren Weg.

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.

In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all - beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love...

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.