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Saleem Sinai is born on the stroke of midnight on 14th-15th August 1947, at the exact moment that India and Pakistan become separate, independent nations. From that moment on, his fate is mysteriously handcuffed to the history of his country. But Saleem's story starts almost 30 years earlier, when his grandfather, Dr Aadam Aziz, falls in love with a woman concealed behind a perforated sheet. That pivotal moment in Kashmir in 1919 sparks a series of bizarre events that will lead to the birth of a boy with an extraordinary destiny.

Japan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day routine in what could be viewed as a post-Fukushima time, with all the children born ancient - frail and gray-haired, yet incredibly compassionate and wise. Mumei may be enfeebled and feverish, but he is a beacon of hope, full of wit and free of self-pity and pessimism.

The instant Sunday Times bestseller. The must-have sequel to Sosuke Natsukawa's bestselling The Cat Who Saved Books – an uplifting tale from Japan about a talking cat and the power of books to make a difference in the world. Nanami Kosaki loves reading. The local library has become a home from...

Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life. Until the day one of her favorite customers—a lonely yet charming old man—dies right in front of her. Cassie is devastated. She always loved his stories, and now she has nothing to remember him by. Nothing but the last book he was reading. But this is no ordinary book… It is the Book of Doors. Inscribed with enigmatic words and mysterious drawings, it promises Cassie that any door is every door. You just need to know how to open them.

Listeners will find themselves immersed in the strange world of best-selling Haruki Murakami's wild imagination. The story of a lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plotting their escape from a nightmarish library, the book is like nothing else Murakami has written.

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than 100 years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer.

Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered. There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you’re inside, there are only two ways out: you graduate or you die. El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school’s many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy the countless monsters that prowl the school. Except, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too.

Em uma vila distante do sertão nordestino, um aprendiz de mágico faz a alegria da população com truques mirabolantes tirados de sua cartola. Acostumado com os olhares surpresos e abestalhados, Dino não espera que na noite da véspera de São João a mesmice de sua vida esteja prestes a findar. Uma forasteira desconhecida de olhos grandes e encantadores, que carrega asas de ferro nas costas, parece assisti-lo de maneira diferente, vendo além do que mostra em seu espetáculo.

Once upon a time, there was a forgotten era of magic and monster. But the remnants—and all memory—of the old world have been replaced by the sane, the scientific, and the rational. But sometimes the magical past isn’t content to stay past. That’s where Jack Damian comes in. It’s his joy to protect our present from the supernatural remnants of an earlier time, a different history. It’s his job to make the past safe. Jack is called to the Tate Museum, where dozens of people have disappeared beneath the surface of a painting.

Ivy Morgan knew she was in for a world of hurt when she was sentenced to community service. She had no idea just how bad things were going to be, though. On her first day of picking up trash along the roadside, one of her crew members stumbles over a body, and it happens to belong to someone she knows. Sasha Carmichael was described as a “good girl” and nobody can figure out how she ended up alone in the woods, so close to a road and help, and abandoned. When Jack Harker and his partner start digging down, though, some dark possibilities come to the surface.

In a village where fate is dictated by an unseen force called The Hum, 17-year-old Verus questions everything. While others eagerly await their life path through a sacred ritual known as The Quieting, Verus is haunted by grief, isolation, and an inner voice that refuses to be silenced. His journey begins with loss and the crushing weight of expectation—but what starts as a quest for answers soon spirals into a battle between free will and control. In a world where certainty is comfort and questioning is rebellion, how far will you go to find your truth?

Funnel cakes are delicious, but are they truly to die for? When a woman turns up dead at the spring fair, Callie finds herself the sole name on the suspect list. Even though the case seems open and shut, Noelle knows she’s no murderer. With the evidence piling up and the fair coming to a close, it’s up to her to clear her friend and bring the real killer to justice. While she’s searching for one killer, a menacing force lurks ever closer and gathers force to take out the Flynn girls and all they stand for.

20 years ago, an unspeakable crime cast its shadows over Katherine Louis and her family. Jack has made a new life and found a new family for himself. As his eldest daughter, Virginia, becomes a woman, he becomes increasingly disturbed by the dark intentions hiding behind her smile.

Со временем серебряное зеркало работы венецианского мастера стало фамильной реликвией, передающейся из поколения в поколение по женской линии. В наши дни владелицей артефакта становится Людмила - дочь богатого предпринимателя, недавно потерявшая мужа, умершего при странных обстоятельствах. Скромная, безынициативная, всю жизнь она подчинялась воле жестокого отца.

Йалка Симонов — обычный парень, если не считать того, что он представитель нуоли — древнего северного народа. Надеясь что-то понять о себе, Йалка записывается на сценические курсы; параллельно с этим новым увлечением он влюбляется в коллегу — Натали, но ответит ли она ему взаимностью? И как быть с Элиной, девушкой-нуоли, которая, кажется, собирается выйти за него замуж?

Молодая талантливая программистка Хан Совон в детстве пережила трагедию, в которой продолжает себя винить. У нее проблемы с общением: она мечтает найти хотя бы одного друга. Для того чтобы с кем-нибудь подружиться, она разрабатывает приложение, исполняющее любые самые тайные и заветные желания. Так Совон пытается поддержать тех, кто считает свои мечты мелкими и незначительными, тех, кто стремится добиться отмщения или справедливости, тех, кто одинок или несчастен. Нужно только прийти на интервью в ее офис, и она настроит приложение индивидуально под каждого клиента.

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Annie MacLeod always knew she was different, growing up on a sailboat in the Pacific Northwest, navigating by stars and swimming with sea creatures alongside her parents and best friend Evan. But when a tsunami shatters her world, Annie is stranded on land and forced to confront how eccentric she is. In the wreckage, she rescues a wordless man named Walker, who emits a hum only she can hear.

Eniiyi wird an dem Tag geboren, an dem ihre Tante Monife begraben wird. Aufgrund der unheimlichen Ähnlichkeit mit Monife ist sich die Familie sicher: Sie ist ihre Reinkarnation. Die Frauen in Eniiyis Familie finden seit Generationen schon keinen Frieden, weil sie ihre geliebten Männer verlieren. Laut der Yorubapriesterin Mama G ist ein Fluch am Werk, der ihnen allen zum Verhängnis wird. Bleibt die Frage: Kann wenigstens Eniiyi dem Familienfluch und dem mysteriösen Schicksal, das Monife ereilt hat, entkommen?