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The next novel from New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks.

Wie alles begann: der erste Fall für Maddalena Degrassi. Ganz Grado genießt das herrliche Sommerwetter, da erschüttert ein mysteriöser Fall die Lagunenstadt: Am Strand verschwindet vor den Augen der badenden Gäste ein junges Mädchen. Für Maddalena Degrassi, frischgebackene Commissaria und als einzige Frau im Team von ihren männlichen Kollegen misstrauisch beäugt, beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, der sie auf eine harte Probe stellt.

After fate cruelly takes her parents in a chilling train accident, 14-year-old Jobeth is whisked away to a sinister foster home overshadowed by a nefarious couple with darkness of their own. Thrust into a world where secrets whisper through the walls, an ominous flower marks Jobeth, birthed from violence. Forever tethered together, it refuses to let go, lurking in the darkness, gaining strength with each step she takes. Fleeing, the tendrils of abuse and shattering revelations seek to entangle her. Trying to hold her down. Yet this time, she is not alone.

Die Frauen vom Birkenhof. Schleswig-Holstein, 1977: Die Liebe zwischen Gesine und dem Pferdetrainer Grigori endet jäh, als er plötzlich spurlos verschwindet. Doch eines Tages stößt Gesine auf Hinweise über seinen Verbleib, die sie nicht nur tief in die Vergangenheit ihrer Familie, sondern auch in die Abgründe europäischer Geschichte führen.

Träume so kostbar wie Perlen. Lorena kennt das Luxuskaufhaus ihrer Familie besser als jede andere. Sie träumt davon, das Kaufhaus eines Tages zu übernehmen, doch die Tradition sieht vor, dass nur die männlichen Nachkommen das Unternehmen weiterführen dürfen. Wenn es nach ihren Eltern geht, besteht Lorenas Aufgabe einzig und allein darin, einen reichen Ehemann zu finden, der gut zu den Werten der Familie passt. Lorena ist frustriert. Sie hat keine Lust, sich ihre Zukunft diktieren zu lassen, und will ihrer Familie zeigen, was in ihr steckt. 

Meesterverteller Follett weet als geen ander rijke historische details te verweven met het leven van alledag. Kingsbridge, 1792. De industriële revolutie is in volle gang, en alles moet sneller en goedkoper kunnen, zonder dat er rekening gehouden wordt met het welzijn van de mensen die al deze nieuwe machines moeten bedienen. Ook doemt er een oorlog op aan de horizon met Napoleon Bonaparte die steeds meer macht krijgt en wordt Kingsbridge verontrustend in de gaten gehouden door alle buurlanden. Sal Clitheroe is werkzaam als spinster, maar vreest voor haar baan.

«Тёщин Язык» — обычный посёлок-«полуостров» в излучине реки. Здесь всего четыре дома. В каждом доме, на каждом участке, безмятежно течёт своя привычная жизнь. Но однажды мирное течение летнего благополучия нарушено — на пороге одного из домов появились «чёрные риелторы» и объявили хозяйке, чтобы она немедленно покинула дом, так как он теперь принадлежит новым владельцам. Да, победа лёгкой не была! За неё пришлось побороться! Но можно ещё раз убедиться в том, что честность, порядочность и отвага всегда победят подлость, злобу и алчность.

Dall’autore della fortunata saga Blackwater, un altro romanzo impossibile da interrompere. Alla fine del XIX secolo, nel cuore del famigerato Triangolo Nero, una ricca famiglia cerca di affermarsi pretendendo di liberare la città dalla corruzione. Gli Stallworth, guidati con pugno di ferro dal loro patriarca, l’influente e implacabile giudice James Stallworth, coadiuvato dal figlio Edward, predicatore dai sermoni incendiari, e dal genero Duncan Phair, giovane avvocato dalla carriera promettente, hanno un piano impeccabile: estirpare il male annientando una famiglia di corrotti e criminali: gli Shanks.

The twenty-third book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country made of blood, passion, and dreams. A new century has dawned as Australia forms their country. New hopes characterise the lives of the young Australians. Some had to the Outback in search of gold and glory. Others find their fulfilment in politics and seize power in the newly-formed country. Some are even moving north to conquer new lands.

Despite the misery of war in the air, some things in the small hamlet of Strawbridge remain unchanged. The strawberry harvest is nearly ready and friends Leah, Alice and Dora still have each other. Before the war, the three women had found a tentative happiness but now war has torn their lives apart. Each woman must learn to live with their new life at war, dealing with the absence of their loved ones and finding courage in the hardest of times.

Josef was an illegitimate child, a charity case from Salzburg, schooled by a benefactor. He was drafted to fight in the Second World War while still at school and sent to Russia, returning with only one leg. He married his nurse, and brought his family to the high, idyllic slopes of the Austrian Alps, where he took a position as manager of a home for injured soldiers, a strangely suspended, deeply isolated place with a remarkable library. He was a man of many mysteries. To his daughter, Monika, none was greater than his obsession with these cloistered, crumbling books.

1946: The war might be over but for the Gilby family there are still battles to be fought at home. For Birmingham and the Gilby family the war years have been a time of great change. With husband, Len, having left her for another woman, Ann Gilby is finally free to follow her heart. While the neighbours may be scandalised by having a divorcee in their midst, Ann is determined to rise above the local gossip and make a happy home with her former sweetheart, the father of Ann's youngest child.

It is the summer of 1927 and Hotel Portofino is prospering under Bella’s stewardship. As the season begins, Bella is keenly looking forward to her son Lucian’s imminent arrival and the chance to discuss with him her plans to convert the hotel’s basement into a spa. But then Bella’s husband Cecil turns up unannounced. Over the course of several hot weeks in the middle of the Italian summer, Bella is forced to confront the reality of her relationship with Cecil and to decide to what extent she is prepared to go against social convention to get what she wants.

When Pearline abruptly leaves her life in Brooklyn and returns to her childhood home in Jamaica to care for her dying father, Rupert, she leaves her grown daughter to cope, overwhelmed, with her granddaughters back in Brooklyn. But Pearline isn’t prepared for Rupert’s puzzling deathbed wish that she find siblings she hasn’t seen in 60 years. What is revealed in the wake of Rupert’s death is the secret that splintered the family.

Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon is best-known for A Scots Quair, a trilogy of novels comprising Sunset Song, Cloud Howe and Grey Granite that are considered to be among the most important works of the 20th century Scottish Renaissance. Featured here are the BBC Radio dramatisations of the first two novels, as well as a special documentary feature exploring the landscape and legacy of Sunset Song.

Por primera vez en español. La serie "La Leyenda del Pueblo del Hielo" ya ha cautivado a 40 millones de lectores en todo el mundo. Tristan Paladín es el miembro más sensible del Pueblo del Hielo, pero es profundamente infeliz. Tiene muy poco por lo que vivir hasta que conoce a Hildegard, una mujer enferma cuyo marido la maltrata. Siempre caballeroso, Tristan acude en su auxilio. A través de ella, descubre la existencia de una orden malvada que practica el sacrificio humano y que planea derrocar al rey.

Ruth Rothwax finds order and meaning in the words she writes for other people, but she can’t find words to understand the loss her family experienced during World War II. She becomes obsessed with the idea of returning to Poland with her father, Edek, making sense of her family’s past, and visiting the places where her beloved parents lived and almost died. But there’s more to this trip than Ruth can plan for. By facing Poland and the past, she might be able to confront her own future.

Three generations of fiercely strong and stubborn Mexican American women face grief head-on as they attempt to shed generational trauma and discover the true meaning of home in this lyrical novel that features magical realism in the tradition of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina and The House of the Spirits.

Bella is born into a life of comfort and privilege, with parents who adore her. They encourage her to travel and to speak her mind. But when she falls in love it reveals a long-buried secret at the very centre of her family. The layers of deception lead to tragedy, destroying all she holds so dear. However, change beckons for everyone as the threat of war looms. Bella and all around her must face a new beginning.

Livvy knows that her family's survival rests on her shoulders - with her parents gone, it falls to her to support her grandfather, Morris, and younger sister, Joan. Times are tough, largely due to the hardships of war, and Livvy knows that she will struggle to keep her family safe with the meagre pay most jobs would afford her. When US soldiers are stationed nearby, Livvy decides to take advantage of the opportunity to make some easy and, along with her best friend Vera, begins selling herself on the streets.