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Sarah Miller struggles to remain conscious while medical teams work diligently to save her life. As she slips into a deep sleep, she enters an ethereal realm where her grandfather, Ralph Miller, awaits her under the protective canopy of a large oak tree beside a still pond. But this is no ordinary tree! As Sarah gazes into its glittering leaves, she is whisked away into one memory after another. With her grandfather's ever-changing tie, Ralph guides Sarah into understanding life's tragedies and the power of decisions.

Joey Vasquez’s life is the definition of good on paper. At thirty-two, she’s a Los Angeles lawyer on the cusp of making partner, but while she’s a professional success, she’s a personal disaster. Her social life mostly consists of nights spent watching TV with her elderly cat. Life isn’t quite what she dreamed when she was younger, but really, whose life is? But a dinner party with the best friend she’s secretly pined after for years and its aftermath changes everything.

Good Bones, Simple Murders and The Tent collects together three classic books of short stories. Queen Gertrude gives Hamlet a piece of her mind and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula hopelessly wrong in Good Bones Knowing when to stop is of deadly importance in a game of Murder in the Dark . And a cat goes to heaven and discovers new playthings in The Tent In this bewitching cocktail of prose and poetry, fiction and fairytales, Margaret Atwood brings her astonishing world view to the comings and goings of ordinary life.

1943, El Paso, Texas. La adolescente Nena pasa sus días cuidando de los hijos pequeños de sus hermanas mayores y anhelando una vida de aventuras. Las premociones y desvanecimientos que ha padecido desde la niñez están empeorando, y a Nena le preocupa acabar como la espeluznante curandera de su calle. Reza por recibir ayuda y cuando la misteriosa Hermana Benedicta llega una noche, la sigue a través de los límites del espacio y del tiempo. En el México colonial, Nena desarrolla su poder, encuentra el amor y aprende que la magia siempre tiene un precio.

Grace Schaffer is adrift. Raised by an eminent but emotionally withdrawn scholar, her talent landed her a coveted spot on Antiques Roadshow, where she charmed legions of viewers. But she's recently fallen from her gilded perch, losing her career, her marriage and her very identity in the process, leaving her with the same question her clients so often ask of her: What is it worth? Or, the question that beats beneath it, What am I worth?

Michael M. Naydan’s Seven Signs of the Lion is a mesmerizing blend of magical realism, cultural exploration, and spiritual discovery. Set in the enchanting city of Lviv, this novel takes listeners on a vivid journey through Ukraine’s rich history and mythology. The protagonist, Nicholas Bilanchuk, meets a cast of unforgettable characters—each symbolic and deeply connected to the city’s spirit—while seeking the mysterious “seven signs of the lion.”

Many people experience going to places or meeting people for the first time, yet feeling they recognize them as already familiar. Scientific research and neuroscience are now seriously exploring the phenomena of past life memories, and finding increasingly persuasive evidence that our consciousness is not limited to the present.

Quando la protagonista, chiamata semplicemente la Scrittrice, ha un aborto spontaneo, nel mezzo di un periodo già turbolento della sua vita caratterizzato da relazioni sbagliate e lotte professionali, perde del tutto non solo la capacità di parlare e scrivere ma anche quella di comprendere il proprio posto nel mondo. In questo scenario di smarrimento interiore, dal Dipartimento di Ricerca Celeste viene inviato sul posto uno Spirito Guida per aiutarla.

Nagi Hayakawa is facing an impossible choice. With only a few years left to live, should she marry the man she loves? Desperate for advice from her mother, who died years ago, she reserves a table at the Chibineko Kitchen. When she takes her first bite of the miso-marinated tofu and rice, the resident kitten meows, the air grows hazy, and she embarks on a reunion with the departed that has the potential to restore her love of life.

Most humans cower in the face of Death. Not Nella May Carter. She sees him. She doesn’t hide. Instead, she bargains. Born enslaved in eighteenth-century Georgia, Nella still believes in the will to survive amid the most untenable of conditions, in the glory of life, and in the ultimate goodness of the human race. She asks that Death, doubtful and curious, allow her to live long enough to prove it. He’s giving Nella all the time in the world.

Saunter James, a true spirit in the west of the wild, runs from her Stone Ranch just in time. With her father away and her mother dead, Saunter barely escapes her ghastly aunt, leaving the only home she's ever known. Her pony and the blue dragonfly ever with her through the sacred forest, danger follows her at every turn. The silver moon and twisted trees lead the way to her realizing who she really is. The crooked cottage is a place to rest but, while there, Saunter encounters mystical beasts and new friends with magical gifts that help her on this journey.

When down-on-her-luck writer Eva Blake returns to her seaside hometown to inherit her grandmother’s crumbling bookstore, the last thing she expects is a magical typewriter—or a talking cat who edits her prose. But when the characters she writes come to life, Eva finds herself caught in a whirlwind of imagination, responsibility, and redemption.

Klappentext: Was, wenn dich jemand hören, sehen und fühlen lassen kann, wie er es möchte? Was, wenn er deine Realität bestimmt, nur um an sein Ziel zu gelangen? Keiner ist ihm gewachsen. Nach Belieben manipuliert Kilian Menschen und vernebelt ihren Verstand. Er ist skrupellos, egoistisch, übernatürlich. Doch seine Gier macht in unvorsichtig. Als er genau an die Person gerät, die man sich besser nicht zum Feind macht, nimmt seine Erfolgsstory ein jähes Ende. Es beginnt mit ihrem Erscheinen. Ein Lächeln, eine Unterhaltung und dann bricht die Hölle los.

Jamie is basically your average New England academic in-training—she has a strong queer relationship, an esoteric dissertation proposal, and inherited generational trauma. But she has one extraordinary secret: she's also a powerful witch. Serena, Jamie's mother, has been hiding from the world in an old one-room schoolhouse for several years, grieving the death of her wife and the simultaneous explosion in her professional life. All she has left are memories.

Damien Rain scheint das perfekte Leben zu führen: Zwischen PS-starken Boliden, vornehmen Spielcasinos und schönen Frauen, genießt der dritte Lord Narborough das unbeschwerte Dasein eines Jet-Set-Playboys in Monte Carlo. Doch niemand ahnt etwas von den dämonischen Alpträumen und Visionen, die ihn Nacht für Nacht heimsuchen. Als Rains Verlobte, Lady Helena Francis, unverhofft nach New York aufbricht, dringt ein monströser Himmelskörper in die Erdatmosphäre ein. Erbarmungslos schlägt das Grauen zu.

In una Sicilia incantevole e misteriosa si svela una storia che intreccia realtà e visione, dove i confini della coscienza si dissolvono e il tempo sembra fermarsi. Come i ricordi di un sogno, questo viaggio è sfuggente ma lascia un segno indelebile nella mente dell'ascoltatore. Tra le ultime luci del crepuscolo e il primo chiarore dell'alba, questa narrazione ci conduce in un regno di magia e stupore, dove tutto è possibile, i sogni diventano realtà e la realtà un sogno. Immergiti in un mondo fantastico, in cui il limite tra sogno e realtà è fragile e incerto.

27-åriga Solveig har inte riktigt funnit sin plats i livet, hon söker både efter den stora kärleken och ett namn som liksom känns mer som hon. En morgon vaknar hon helt förtvivlad i nattens - dröm blev hon av med sin älskade cykel! Självklart kontaktar hon sitt försäkringsbolag för att anmäla stölden, men de kan till hennes irritation inte hjälpa henne. Vad ska hon ta sig till? Det måste ju finnas fler som hamnat i samma situation. Snart blir hon en frontfigur fören hel rörelse, skapar ett register över försvunna cyklar och får anmälningar från hela världen.

Lina fühlt sich oft fremd in der Welt. Sie spricht wenig, denkt viel und erlebt ihre Umgebung intensiver als andere. Als sie eines Morgens einen überwucherten Pfad im Stadtpark entdeckt, gelangt sie an einen geheimen Ort – einen stillen Garten, der sich auf rätselhafte Weise mit ihren Gefühlen verbindet. Je besser Lina sich selbst versteht, desto lebendiger wird der Garten. Doch mit dem Erwachen der Blüten regt sich auch eine dunkle Kraft, die droht, alles zu zerstören – nicht nur den Garten, sondern auch Linas innere Welt. Was ist dieser Ort? Warum reagiert er auf sie?

Scrappy, worldly Kennedy Jenkins and soft-hearted Emma Keil barely know each other, but when life throws them each a curve ball, they’re suddenly living together—in a rundown trailer park they’ve inherited from their late father, in a nowhere California town aptly called Ghost. After all, their neighbor, Madam Misty, is a soothsayer-witch, and Halloween is just around the corner.

Después de haber trabajado más de un año en la Galería los Sueños de Dallergut, Penny puede decir que es una experta en atender a los clientes, gestionar el inventario y cuidar que los medidores de párpados estén a punto. Por si fuera poco, ahora puede alardear de estar acreditada para entrar en "la zona empresarial" como una profesional más de la industria de los sueños. Sin embargo, allí tendrá que hacer una parada obligatoria en la Oficina de Atención al Cliente, donde hay numerosos usuarios lamentándose de sus sueños.