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The house-party at Chateau Blissac, Brittany features a rather odd array of guests this year. Mr. J. Wellington Gedge is hoping for some peace and quiet while his wife takes herself off for a while. She, however, has invited numerous visitors to the chateau, to whom he will have to play reluctant host. Senator Opal and his daughter are expected, and so is the chateau's handsome owner Vicomte de Blissac.

Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice, on the sides of roads, in forgotten parks, and neglected backyards. For years, the group has struggled to break even. Then, natural disaster creates an opportunity, a sizable farm seemingly abandoned.

Depuis l'enfance, Keiko Furukura a toujours été en décalage par rapport à ses camarades. À trente-six ans, elle occupe un emploi de vendeuse dans un konbini, sorte de supérette japonaise ouverte 24h/24. En poste depuis dix-huit ans, elle n'a aucune intention de quitter sa petite boutique, au grand dam de son entourage qui s'inquiète de la voir toujours célibataire et précaire à un âge où ses amies de fac ont déjà toutes fondé une famille. En manque de main-d'œuvre, la supérette embauche un nouvel employé, Shiraha, trente-cinq ans, lui aussi célibataire.

Sofia is in a rut. Her dissertation work is stalled, and her life seems to be one gray day after another. When an elderly scholar, Monsieur Charles Vinson, invites her to his house in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon to spend the summer writing and cataloging his dead father's papers, she jumps at the offer. There, in the south of France, Sofia spends her days flipping through an archive of anti-Semitic papers and relics from the past century, burrowing deeper into the troubled history of the Vinson family.

Set on a Southern army base in the 1930s, Reflections in a Golden Eye tells the story of Captain Penderton, a bisexual whose life is upset by the arrival of Major Langdon, a charming womanizer who has an affair with Penderton's tempestuous and flirtatious wife, Leonora. Upon the novel's publication in 1941, reviewers were unsure of what to make of its relatively scandalous subject matter.

Der 1774 erschienene Briefroman "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spielt in der Zeit um 1771 in der deutschen Kleinstadt Wahlheim und handelt von dem jungen Rechtspraktikanten Werther, der sich unglücklich in die bereits verlobte Lotte verliebt und am Ende Selbstmord begeht. Seine Gedanken und Handlungen hält er in den Briefen an seinen Freund Wilhelm fest.

An Oprah's Book Club Selection regarded as one of Faulkner's greatest and most accessible novels, Light in August is a timeless and riveting story of determination, tragedy, and hope. In Faulkner's iconic Yoknapatawpha County, race, sex, and religion collide around three memorable characters searching desperately for human connection and their own identities.

Geoff Rickly’s debut novel Someone Who Isn’t Me is a feverish journey through the psyche of someone who no longer recognizes himself. When Geoff hears that a drug called ibogaine might be able to save him from his heroin addiction, he goes to a clinic in Mexico to confront the darkest and most destructive versions of himself. In this modern reimagining of the Divine Comedy, survival lurks in the darkest corners of Geoff’s brain, asking, will he make it? Can anyone?

S'il fallait décrire Juliette en un seul mot, "transparente" serait sans nul doute le bon. Depuis qu'elle est toute petite, Juliette a toujours fait ce que l'on attendait d'elle. Pour ne pas déplaire, pour ne pas décevoir. Mettant de côté ses rêves et celle qu'elle est vraiment. Résultat, à trente ans, elle mène une vie sans relief, ennuyeuse au possible. Une vie où choisir entre lasagnes et sushis est un événement. Pourtant, elle se sent de plus en plus à l'étroit dans cette vie, dans cette peau.

Born from Bukowski's columns, the LA underground press of the 1960s, Bukowski defined his early alter ego, Hank Chinaski, as a self-described dirty old man who eyes his defeatist attitude about himself with his clarity to see humor and holiness in others. Addictive and instructive listening, Bukowski delivers the humanity and intelligence of all the unseen. Filled with his usual obsessions - sex, booze, gambling - Notes features Bukowski's offbeat insights into politics and literature, and his tortured, violent relationships.

This collection of Buk's grimmest diaries gives an insight into the noir and brutal Los Angeles that Bukowski observed and lived so well. He was a legend in his time: a madman, a recluse, a lover...tender, vicious...never the same. These are exceptional stories that came pounding out of his violent and depraved life - horrible and holy. You cannot listen to them and come away the same again.

Two Syndicate World star systems have fallen prey to a mysterious fleet of warships - a fleet controlled entirely by artificial intelligence - that is now targeting Alliance space. The warships are no mystery to Geary. They were developed by his government to ensure security but malfunctioned. If the Syndics learn the truth, the war with the Alliance will resume with a vengeance.

Recently orphaned and left destitute, Briar Monroe accepts the protection of Lord Danville and the shadowed sanctuary of Thornby Manor. As Briar navigates the undercurrents of a household ruled by watchful servants and locked doors, she is drawn ever deeper into a web of suspicion, desire and fear. Whispers in the night, figures at windows, and a constant sense of being watched leave her questioning not only the truth about Thornby, but her own safety within its walls.

Carrie Soto est féroce, et sa détermination à gagner à tout prix ne l'a pas rendue très populaire. Mais lorsqu'elle se retire du tennis en 1988, elle est la plus grande joueuse que le monde ait jamais connue. Elle a pulvérisé tous les records et remporté vingt titres du Grand Chelem. Pour devenir la meilleure, Carrie a tout sacrifié, entraînée par son père depuis l'âge de deux ans. Mais six ans après sa retraite, Carrie voit la jeune et éblouissante Nicki Chan lui arracher son record mondial. À trente-sept ans, Carrie décide de reprendre l'entraînement pour tenter de reconquérir son titre.

Munich, 1946. La ville a été très touchée par les bombardements. Tandis que les troupes américaines s'installent durablement, les civils allemands cherchent à survivre. Misère et humiliation, c'est précisément ce que veut fuir Birgid, une jeune infirmière à peine revenue du front de l'Est. Elle a vu ce que les soldats allemands ont fait, ce qu'ils ont subi et désormais, elle veut jouir de l'existence, à tout prix. Pour Hans, l'ancien SS, l'occupation américaine signifie en revanche la fin de la liberté.

Una generazione di trentenni, disillusa e insoddisfatta, affronta il divario tra ciò che sognava di diventare e ciò che è diventata. A Roma, le vite di Filippo, Giulia, Michele e Chiara si intrecciano in un momento di crisi e smarrimento, dando il via a un cambiamento inaspettato. Un romanzo che racconta la fatica di crescere e il bisogno di ricominciare.

Im 9. Nordsee-Krimi von Sven Koch bekommen es Tjark Wolf und Femke Folkmer mit Öko-Terroristen zu tun. Eine Gruppe von Öko-Terroristen hat in der Nordsee ein Strom- und Daten-Kabel gekappt und damit in ganz Norddeutschland einen Blackout verursacht. Die Gruppe droht mit weiteren Anschlägen, sollte das heftig umstrittene, milliardenschwere Projekt »Green Islands« nicht gestoppt werden. Für die SOK um Tjark Wolf und Femke Folkmer beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Und gegen eine neue Bundesbehörde, die ganz eigene Ziele verfolgt.

On the road to Lublin, plagued by birds that whistle like a Cossack's sword, three young lads from Mezritsh brave drought, visions, bad shoes, Russian soldiers, cohorts of abandoned women, burnt porridge, dead dogs, haemorrhoids, incessant sneezing, constipation, and bad jokes in order to seek their fortune.

Drei Meter dreißig, so hoch sind die Wände der Wiener Altbauwohnung, in der Klara und Balázs leben. Doch eines Nachts verändert sich alles, Balázs liegt reglos im gemeinsamen Bett und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt. Was bleibt von einer Liebe, wenn ein Leben endet? Wer ist man, wenn man seine Heimat verlassen hat und eine fremde Sprache spricht?

With a nature as wild as the moors she loves to roam, Catherine Earnshaw grows up alongside Heathcliff, a foundling her father rescued from the streets of Liverpool. Their fierce, untamed bond deepens as they grow – until Mr Earnshaw's death leaves Hindley, Catherine's brutal brother, in control and Heathcliff reduced to servitude. Desperate to protect him, Catherine turns to Edgar Linton, the handsome heir to Thrushcross Grange. She believes his wealth might free Heathcliff from cruelty – but her choice is fatally misunderstood.