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A trio of dramas based on Henry Green’s most notable novels Born Henry Yorke, aristocrat and industrialist Henry Green led a double life as a managing director of an engineering firm and one of the finest English modernists of the 20th century. A contemporary and friend of Evelyn Waugh and...

Ein so zauberhafter wie tröstlicher japanischer Roman über Bücher, Verbundenheit und neue Chancen In einem kleinen Bahnhof nördlich von Tokio befindet sich eine versteckte Buchhandlung mit Café, in der laut einer urbanen Legende immer das perfekte Buch auf dich wartet. Und so besucht auch der Student Fumiya das Buchcafé, um ein verlorenes Buch für seinen kranken Vater wiederzufinden. Es gibt das Buch dort wirklich – und zudem eine herzliche Gemeinschaft, das ungewöhnliche Besitzer-Trio: Sugawa, der kreative Chefkoch mit Fliege, der stets zurückhaltend ist.

Student Fumiya arbeitet seit vier Monaten im Büchercafé und schwärmt immer stärker für seine Chefin. Gleichzeitig will er mehr über die Geschichte der Gründungsmitglieder Makino, Yasu und Sugawa erfahren. Offenbar waren die drei früher ein Quartett: Doch Jin, der vierte im Bunde, kam auf einer Weltreise ums Leben. Der Verlust schmerzt die anderen bis heute. Trost finden sie in Büchern ...

Forty-somethings Fred and Nel embark on an Arctic cruise with a pair of long-time university friends. What they haven’t counted on is the presence of a further journalist friend Heather, and her nemesis, a climate change-denying American oilman called Marvin Ridley. With a potential superpower conflict over oil also now brewing in the background, Fred and Nel discover that this is a journey to the end of the earth in more ways than one.

Für Marina Hansen ist ihre Sylter Heimat das Paradies auf Erden. Doch nach dem Unfalltod ihres Mannes verliert ihre Welt mit einem Schlag alle Farbe. Nur ihr Familienzusammenhalt, die Liebe zu ihrer Tochter Lisa und das turbulente Treiben in ihrem Restaurant "Sölbloom" geben ihr Halt. Und dann ist da noch Oliver, der beste Freund ihres verstorbenen Mannes und Lisas Patenonkel, der ihr steter Anker ist. An seiner Seite gelingt es ihr sogar, kostbare Momente der Leichtigkeit zurück in ihr Herz zu lassen. Und plötzlich ist da diese besondere Anziehung, die alles verändert.

Welcome to the 80s, and to the raunchiest summer of your life When Lady Opal Fairfax discovers her scoundrel of a husband cheating, she decides to turn the tables on him. Instead of getting a divorce, she’s going to get even. Opal invites five daring (and gorgeous) artists to her manor...

Ein Roman, der in Erinnerung bleibt – eine tiefgründige Geschichte über das Leben, die Liebe und das Loslassen. Welche Spuren hinterlässt die Kraft der Liebe? Die vierunddreißigjährige Hanna, frisch getrennt und ohne klare berufliche Perspektive, steht vor einem Neuanfang. Sie nutzt die friedvollen Stunden auf dem Sonnenhügel-Friedhof, um auf ihrer Lieblingsbank über ihre Zukunft nachzudenken. Dabei kreuzen zwei Menschen ihren Weg, die ihr mit jeder Begegnung mehr ans Herz wachsen.

“A beautiful debut, funny, tender, and animated by a willingness to confront life’s obstacles and find a way to survive. . . . It celebrates friendship, finds meaning in difficulty and lets the reader explore dark places while always allowing for the possibility of light. Lenni and Margot...

No primeiro audiolivro, Júlia, uma advogada independente, solteira, que vive sua regrada vida dentro dos limites, recebe a oportunidade de escapar da atual rotina para um refúgio de alguns dias numa bela fazenda, em celebração ao casamento de um amigo de infância.

Yasuko e Yumio hanno in comune la salute cagionevole, due infermiere e le lunghe passeggiate che sono costretti a compiere. È così che diventano amici e, insieme, riscoprono la vita: grazie anche a una tendenza a scoprire le case infestate, verificare le dicerie sulle apparizioni e giocare ai pirati. Ma un giorno un'incomprensione li separa e, nonostante la vita continui a unirli facendoli abitare l'uno a fianco all'altra, quel pomeriggio d'inverno tra le nevi sembra restare per sempre tra loro, anche crescendo. Saprà rifiorire la loro amicizia, infantile ma profondissima?

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick “In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists Perfect for fans of Me...

Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at an all-girls school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan. Donovan has faith in her - and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison.

A moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Shafak. In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating, but her brain is still active - for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembers her life - and the lives of others, outcasts like her.

The painter Mario Minniti has travelled to Naples to seek out his old friend and former mentor Caravaggio. But on arrival, the great painter is nowhere to be found. In a bid to find him, Mario retraces Caravaggio's last known movements. His search reveals a life lived dangerously. Starring David Tennant as Mario Minniti, with Anton Lesser, Peter Hamilton, Joe Dempsie, Tracy Wiles and Harry Livingstone.

Caretta Rutledge thought she’d left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother – coming just as her own life is spinning out of control – has Cara heading back to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers. Before long, the rhythms of the island open her heart in wonderful ways as she repairs the family beach house, becomes a bona fide “turtle lady” and renews old acquaintances long thought lost.

In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them. Set again in the beloved Japanese...

It’s been three years since Claire Kite lost her husband, David, an aspiring novelist, in a tragic car accident. Claire finally finds the courage to move on; then she discovers among the remnants of her shattered world her husband’s last manuscript. It’s intimate, stirring - and unfinished. An idea comes to her.... What if she can find someone to give David’s novel the ending it deserves?

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A girl returns from boarding school to her sleepy Merseyside hometown and waits to be reunited with her childhood friend, Harriet, chief architect of all their past mischief. She roams listlessly along the shoreline and the woods still pitted with wartime trenches, and encounters ‘the Tsar’ – almost old, unhappily married, both dangerously fascinating and repulsive. Pretty, malevolent Harriet finally arrives – and over the course of the long holidays draws her friend into a scheme to beguile then humiliate the Tsar, with disastrous, shocking consequences.

Nina: Mutter, Ehefrau, MTA. Erfüllt alle Rollen, doch daneben gibt es eine, von der niemand etwas weiß. Alexander: Oberarzt, Ehemann, Vater. Tut alles für seine Familie, opfert sich auf als Arzt – und wer dankt es ihm? Emilia: Gymnasiastin. Zum ersten Mal richtig verliebt. Sucht ihren eigenen Weg, geht aber den des Freundes. Ben: Student. Es geht ihm gut. Es geht ihm wirklich gut. Verdammt noch mal, es geht ihm gut! Nina, Alexander, Emilia und Ben. Eine liebevolle Mutter, ein beruflich erfolgreicher Vater, zwei wohlgeratende Kinder. Doch wenn der Druck steigt, reißt die Fassade auf.

Connie attempts to juggle her romantic break with an over-the-top stag do, an increasingly heavy workload and a case of unrequited love. With Ged and Liam turning into major bridezillas, Connie struggles to keep up with their incessant demands for forced enjoyment and their obsessive hunt for A-list celebrities. When the Dollz ramp up their reckless behaviour, Connie finds herself on the receiving end of some disgruntled local mobsters and an accidental wedding that should never have taken place. Amid the chaos, will her and Matteo’s love ever find a way?

Seit einem verheerenden Unfall, der ihn als Siebenjährigen für immer zeichnete, versteckt Michael seine Brandnarben vor der Welt. Doch vor allem kann er nicht verkraften, dass er damals zur Adoption freigegeben wurde. An der Filmhochschule begegnet Michael Jahre später Professor Robert Dunning, der seine eigenen Narben mit bemerkenswerter Offenheit trägt. Ermutigt von dessen Beispiel, startet der junge Mann ein Dokumentarfilmprojekt und entdeckt hinter perfekten Fassaden Menschen, die wie er mit ihrem Spiegelbild kämpfen.

In Three Men on the Bummel, Jerome K. Jerome returns with more witty misadventures in the lives of the lovable trio—George, Harris, and the narrator—this time setting out on a cycling tour through the German countryside. Expect the same delightful chaos as they trade in their boat for bicycles and embark on what was supposed to be a relaxing and picturesque journey.

Vor 25 Jahren durfte Joseph beim FC Seneca den Elfmeter schießen – und traf direkt in die Arme des gegnerischen Torwarts. Von da an gewinnt sein Heimatverein nie wieder. Panenka, wie er seit dem Vorfall spöttisch genannt wird, ist zum Außenseiter im lokalen Pub, sogar zum Sündenbock der ganzen Stadt geworden, was ihm unerträgliche Kopfschmerzen bereit – nicht nur im übertragenen Sinne. Einzig die Beziehung zu seiner Tochter, die nach einer Trennung bei ihm eingezogen ist, und seinem 8-jährigen Enkel Arthur geben ihm Trost. Dann trifft Panenka die sanftmütige Esther.

A superb selection of Emlyn Williams’ finest plays Emlyn Williams was one of the brightest stars of Welsh stage and screen. An acclaimed playwright, actor and director, he made over 40 film and TV appearances, re-invented the one-man show with his virtuoso portrayals of Charles Dickens and...

Durch die nachtschwarzen Straßen von Monza läuft ein junges Mädchen, das Nachthemd klebt ihr am Rücken, ihre Füße sind nackt. Es ist das Jahr 1940 und Francesca hat seit vier Jahren nichts mehr von ihrer besten Freundin Maddalena gehört. Seit dem Tag, an dem sie weggesperrt wurde. Und auch Francescas Leben ist aus den Fugen geraten: Das Haus ihrer Eltern betritt sie nicht mehr, ihre Mutter schimpft sie eine »Malacarne«, eine Entartete. Dann endlich kehrt Maddalena in den Ort zurück.

How fast can charity fundraiser CeCe Barclay’s unimpeachable society life come tumbling down? One minute she’s speaking before Chicago’s glitterati. The next, her financier husband is wanted for embezzlement. Her assets seized and her fall mortifyingly public, CeCe grasps for refuge—and employment—as a sorority housemom at Eli Whitney University, her daughter Hayden’s alma mater.

With nowhere else to go, Harriet Colgan has returned to the sleepy village of Cranfield to sell her beloved aunt and uncle’s cottage, the only place she ever called home. When she arrives at Lavender Cottage, Harriet discovers plans to replace the beautiful lavender fields, her uncle’s pride and joy, with an industrial warehouse.With time on her hands, she realises she must fight to protect her family’s legacy and the village of Cranfield as well. Workaholic businessman Joe Randall was expecting an easy purchase of the lavender fields.

After a whirlwind courtship, Roisin Kelly ignored the sceptics and objectors and married aspiring novelist Brody Brady. Fast forward one year and Roisin’s honeymoon is well and truly over. Brody has become her reclusive, freeloading lodger whilst he pens his masterpiece and she walks on eggshells. Working in the Council Planning office, Roisin dreams to escape the mundanity of her life. Her true passions are cooking and entertaining her family and friends but she lacks the confidence to take it any further.

Antique-store owner Cricket Crosby’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that the rumors of her husband’s affair aren’t just leisurely Southern gossip. Her plan: hire an investigator; find an attorney; enlist the help of her new assistant, Ruby; and make her husband pay.