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The ebook bestseller is back with her next hilarious read – a fun, fresh tale of love, friendship and family secrets… When Holly breaks up with her boyfriend Dean, she’s at a loss as to what to do next. But things go from bad to worse when her beloved grandmother Ivy dies – and Holly is...

'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER 'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE 'Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers transformed' BOOKLIST 'A tour de...

Also sprach Zarathustra was conceived and written by Friedrich Nietzsche during the years 1881-1885; the first three Parts were published in 1883 and 1884. The book formed part of his "campaign against morality", in which Nietzsche explored the ethical consequences of the "death of God".

What happens to us after we die? Chris Nielsen had no idea, until an unexpected accident cut his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie. Now Chris must discover the true nature of life after death. But even heaven is not complete without Annie, and the divided soul mates will do...

A haunting novella from the uncannily imaginative author of the national bestsellers Swamplandia! and Orange World: the story of a deadly insomnia epidemic and the lengths one woman will go to to fight it. Trish Edgewater is the Slumber Corps' top recruiter. On the phone, at a specially...

Wherever he goes, the Dreamseller enchants, stirs up trouble, and inspires his listeners to search for the most important thing: the heart of the human soul. Every person he meets is someone who has abandoned their dreams and is struggling through life: a professor who has stopped pursuing his passions; a lonely alcoholic with no family; the elderly who have lost their zest for life. Through his wisdom, the Dreamseller helps them to look into their silent hearts and get to the root of their unhappiness.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Most Anticipated Books of the Year by Time · Best Books of September by The New York Times and NPR · Best Books of Fall by The Boston Globe · A Must-Read of September by Vulture “Alive...vivid...heartfelt.” —AO Scott, The New York Times “A towering accomplishment...

Brought to you by Penguin. A man is cast by an unfamiliar God into a vast, incomprehensible Hell - a labrynth library of books containing the stories of every life ever lived. His only way out is to find the single book that tells his own story. But along the seemingly infinite shelves lies...

A priceless gem, a diamond from India imbued with religious significance, is stolen on the very night it is given as an eighteenth birthday present to a captivating heiress; and so the mystery begins. The rules for the golden age of crime novels are formed in The Moonstone – an English country house, a complex cast of characters, the bungling local constabulary, a celebrated sleuth and the reconstruction of the crime.

At nine years old, Frankie Presto is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. His only possession is an old guitar and six precious strings. But Frankie's talent is unique, and his amazing journey weaves him through the musical landscape of the twentieth century, from classical to jazz to rock...

Every winter—a season that lasts a decade and a half - the Earthmen have neighbours: the humanoid hilfs, a nomadic people who only settle down for the cruel cold spell. The hilfs fear the Earthmen, whom they think of as witches, and call the farborns. But both peoples have common enemies: the hordes of ravaging barbarians called gaals, and eerie preying snow ghouls. Can the hilfs and the farborns overcome their mutual suspicions and join forces? Or will they both be annihilated?

Klug, katastrophal und witzig – wie das Leben: Matt Haigs inspirierender Roman darüber, was es bedeutet, ein Mensch zu sein Andrew Martin, Mathematikprofessor aus Cambridge, kann sich nur wundern: Über sich selbst, denn er läuft nackt über eine Autobahn, empfindet beim Gedanken an Essen Übelkeit und mag weder seine liebevolle Frau Isobel noch ihren gemeinsamen Sohn Gulliver. Vor allem aber über den Rest der Menschheit mit ihrem Ehrgeiz, ihrem Egoismus und ihren zerstörerischen Leidenschaften. Andrew ist nicht er selbst, und er hat eine Mission.

Ein erfahrener leitender Chirurg schläft nach einer anstrengenden Schicht im Ärztezimmer ein. Er erwacht in einer anderen Welt und in einem anderen Körper – mit einer Stichwunde in der Brust. Bevor er irgendetwas anderes tun kann, muss er sich mit dem Fremden auseinandersetzen, der aufwendige Kleidung aus dem 19. Jahrhundert trägt und den blutigen Dolch in der Hand hält. Als sich die Situation beruhigt hat, hat er Gelegenheit, sich umzusehen.

A powerful contemporary literary novel about return, revolution, inheritance, memory and the fragile work of founding a country for the second time.Ali Abbasi returns to Dhaka from abroad carrying a wrapped Quran, a rejected paper, a suitcase of old arguments and the accusation of having watched...

A trumpet rends the heavens and the dead rise to an amphitheater as vast as the sky. Before a throne of dazzling cloud, a tyrant and a saint plead their lives—only to be unmasked by a relentless record and a God whose justice is inseparable from mercy. What follows is a bold, visionary parable...

Eine durchs Wasser übertragene Seuche wütet im Seenland. Manche Menschen machen ein Vermögen mit der Epidemie. Andere bezahlen mit ihrem Leben. Und ich bin die Einzige, der spürt, was in den Tiefen lauert. Ich bin ein Wassermagier. Das Element vertraut mir seine Geheimnisse an. Eine...

From the multi-award-winning author of the literary phenomenon A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, an exquisitely rendered and emotionally devastating meditation on love, loneliness, grief, and the possibilities for renewal. A nameless woman enters a non-descript hotel room she's been in once before...

Vier Geschichten, die uns lehren, aus der Vergangenheit über die Zukunft zu lernen und den Blick nach vorn zu öffnen. Was wäre, wenn du in die Vergangenheit reisen könntest? Bevor der Kaffee kalt wird erzählt die Geschichte von einem magischen Sessel in einem sehr besonderen Café in Japan. Wer sich in diesen Sessel setzt, darf in die Vergangenheit zurückreisen, aber nur solange, bis »der Kaffee kalt wird«. Das Café trägt den Namen »Funiculi Funicula« und zieht viele Menschen unwillkürlich an, weil sie das Bedürfnis verspüren, die Vergangenheit noch einmal zu durchleben.

At the site of a world-famous architectural marvel located in the heart of the mystical red rock country surrounding Sedona, Arizona, a young college student encounters an ancient secret that holds the key to the origins of the universe.

El protagonista de La vida breve, Brausen, escucha a través de una pared una conversación entre un hombre y una mujer. Imagina sus gestos, sus sentimientos... Brausen vive con su mujer, mutilada tras una complicada operación, y para compensar ese vacío físico que detendrá sus caricias, él imagina historias: la de Santa María, y la de un médico llamado Díaz Grey. Pero no solo desea imaginar que es otro, también quiere serlo.