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The novel depicts the story of the "second generation of Xinjiang" born in the oases of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in the 1960s-1970s growing up with their fathers' generation. It portrays the passionate era of two generations dedicating themselves to defending and developing the borders, and the arduous process of building a happy homeland.

The epic saga behind the Disney-produced Hulu series The Lions of Sicily The magnificent third installment of the Florio story–a sweeping, decadent, and romantic finale that tells the story of Italy’s most powerful and notorious family as it faces its dramatic end. After triumph and...

In a matter of days, Peter McDowell loses everything he has worked so hard for - his wealth, his property, his livelihood as a star investment banker. And then it gets worse. The stock market crash not only plunges Peter into joblessness, it causes a rift in his marriage that he cannot repair. Stripped of everything, he has only one place to retreat to: a lakeside cottage he inherited from his parents, who left most of their modest estate to Peter's twin. With no other choice, the prodigal son goes home.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In “the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written” (The Washington Post), the acclaimed author tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion—and doesn’t offer easy answers. “A gripping courtroom drama . . . Given the current...

Handsome, widowed, sophisticated, utterly charming, Paul Parker won the heart of a wealthy young Frenchwoman - the daughter of an American financier, the granddaughter of a major French art dealer - as his second wife. In two marriages, he fathered a challenging son and three very different daughters. But as irresponsible as he was irresistible, he ultimately shrugged off the demands of marriage and parenting to pursue life as an international bon vivant.

Un accidente de tráfico, un semáforo en rojo que alguien no ha respetado, un coche que se da a la fuga, una mujer herida sin nombre en un hospital; un inmigrante que hace su ronda esa misma noche de tormenta resistiéndose a perder la poca dignidad que le queda, rebuscando en la basura, bajo la lluvia, algo que vender para sobrevivir.

Norditalien im 15. Jahrhundert: Der plötzliche Tod ihres Vaters lässt Sofia di Maderno mit drei jüngeren Geschwistern zurück. Jetzt muss sie, auf sich allein gestellt, die Papiermühle der Familie führen. Als Sofia sich weigert, den Sohn eines anderen Müllers zu heiraten, werden aus den Nachbarn Konkurrenten, die ihr die Gesellen abwerben. Bald steht die Mühle kurz vor dem Ruin. Erst die Unterstützung des väterlichen Freunds Sebastiano, eines Franziskaner-Mönchs, lässt Sofia wieder Hoffnung schöpfen.

Sansibar 1880. Elisabeth fasst allmählich Fuß auf Sansibar, doch der Handel mit Gewürzen macht ihr zunehmend Sorgen. Vonseiten des Palasts werden ihr Steine in den Weg gelegt und noch immer ist es ihr nicht gelungen, im Auftrag ihres Bruders Gewürznelken zu kaufen. Als es zu Missverständnissen zwischen Jacob und ihr kommt, scheint sie ganz allein dazustehen. Sowohl der Arzt Dr. Wessels als auch der Pflanzer Christian Gramberg machen ihr Avancen und Elisabeth landet in einem gefährlichen Netz aus Verrat und Intrigen. Wem kann sie vertrauen?

With an introduction by Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall. Originally published in 1956, The Long View is Elizabeth Jane Howard's uncannily authentic portrait of one marriage and one woman. Written with exhilarating wit, it is a gut-wrenching account of the birth and death of a relationship. In...

The Second World War has finally ended and so begins a new era of freedom and opportunity for the Cazalet family in Casting Off, the fourth novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's magnificent Cazalet Chronicles. Read by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Luther and Oedipus at The Old Vic). 'Compelling...

Beautifully read by Indira Varma and poignantly told, Marking Time is the second novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s bestselling family saga The Cazalet Chronicles, set during the onset of World War II. 'Compelling, moving, unputdownable . . . Maybe my favourite books ever' - Marian Keyes...

Great Plumstead is buzzing with news that the American GIs have arrived on the nearby aerodrome. However, when a serious accident forces Thea to step back from her work, she must focus her full attention on Rookery House. There is an impossible amount to get done - and a new arrival to accommodate. Will she manage to keep things afloat? Prue is as busy as ever, finding homes for evacuees while worrying about her sons, Jack and Edwin, who are involved in key Allied battles overseas...

After giving birth to her daughter, Kate O'Connor finds herself back in Poor House Lane with some momentous decisions to make. Faced with the opportunity to move out of the slums, she invests her unexpected fortune in a new shoe factory to challenge Eliot Tyson's monopoly over the workforce, regardless of whether or not he is the father of her children...

Le Nord façonne les âmes au fil des vagues et du fer. Héritier de l’Ours, Björn n’a qu’une voie: mériter son nom. Des fjords brumeux aux rivages lointains, il doit guider ses hommes, négocier avec l’ennemi comme avec le destin, et affronter les tempêtes qui grondent dehors autant que celles qui se lèvent dans son sang. Entre serments et trahisons, runes et rumeurs, la légende se trempe à chaque coup de rame, chaque choc de bouclier.

Depuis qu’il a trouvé Caramel, petit chien espiègle, Eliott tient bon face aux remous d’une famille qui se défait. Mais quand un accident fait vaciller son monde et qu’une séparation forcée menace son compagnon, l’enfant de huit ans prend une décision qui le propulse hors des sentiers connus. Dans le quartier St‑Roch de Québec, s’ouvre une course contre la montre: une fugue qui devient partie de cache‑cache, des ruelles où l’innocence croise le danger, et autour d’eux des adultes tiraillés entre peur et bienveillance.

In a land scarred by war and haunted by its own dark secrets, betrayal and bloodshed rule the night.

“Lazar is an exquisite and masterly pronouncement that a gifted young writer walks among us.”—Patti Smith An “astonishing…disturbingly dreamlike” (Daniel Kehlmann, The Director) debut, inspired by the author’s own family story—a gothic, inter-generational family saga capturing...

So, it turns out the town sheriff is a total cinnamon roll. A big, burly, grumpy, hot as sin, cinnamon roll. He found me hiding out on private property. Trespassing. I lied and told him I was only there because I was out of cash and had to sleep in my car. I thought he’d give me a ticket and send me on my way. Instead, he insisted that I stay at his guest house—right next door to him and his three kids.

The Grey sisters had only each other when their mother died years ago. Their father provided for them physically on Water's Edge, the ranch that had been in their family for three generations, each of them however, longed for their father's love.

When a hurricane bears down on the town of Grand Meadows, a group of strangers is forced together in a house on Hawkstone Hill. Among them is Trent Barnes, a haunted man carrying a lifetime of family shame, and Maya Bruce, a journalist seeking more than just headlines. As floodwaters rise and walls collapse, what begins as a fight for survival becomes something deeper: a reckoning with the past. A letter, long-buried truths, and the legacy of a man buried in shame emerge from the ruins. For Trent, it’s a chance to face his family name—and to decide who he wants to become when the storm passes.