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Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye. Addie can’t be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that’s what everyone says. But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet…

Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman.

The 24 stories that make up Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman generously express the incomparable Haruki Murakami’s mastery of the form. Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an ice man, as well as the dreams that shape us and the things for which we might wish. From the surreal to the mundane, these stories exhibit Murakami’s ability to transform the full range of human experience in ways that are instructive, surprising, and entertaining. 

Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. At 33 years old, she is a named partner at her firm and life is going exactly how she planned. The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He is a struggling writer who has had little success in his career. He begins to tire of his and Sarah’s relationship as she is constantly working. Out in the secluded woods, at Adam and Sarah’s second home, Adam engages in a passionate affair with Kelly Summers. Then, one morning everything changes. Adam is arrested for Kelly’s murder.

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human.

He is a brilliant math professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only 80 minutes of short-term memory. She is an astute young housekeeper - with a 10-year-old son-who is hired to care for the professor. And every morning, as the professor and the housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them.

For Jim Nashe, it all started when he came into a small inheritance and left Boston in pursuit of a "life of freedom." Careening back and forth across the United States, waiting for the money to run out, Nashe met Jack Pozzi, a young man with a temper and a plan. With Nashe's last funds, they entered a poker game against two rich eccentrics, "risking everything on the single blind turn of a card."

Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century. It tells the story of one day in Dublin, June 16th 1904, largely through the eyes of Stephen Dedalus (Joyce's alter ego from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) and Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman. Both begin a normal day, and both set off on a journey around the streets of Dublin, which eventually brings them into contact with one another.

For 18 years, Jude Farraday has put her children’s needs above her own, and it shows - her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill moves into their small, close-knit community, no one is more welcoming than Jude. Lexi, a former foster child with a dark past, quickly becomes Mia’s best friend. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable. Jude does everything to keep her kids on track for college and out of harm’s way. It has always been easy - until senior year of high school. Suddenly she is at a loss.

Mikage is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. Grieving, Mikage is taken in by her friend, Yoichi, and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father), Eriko. As the three of them form an improvised family that soon weathers its own tragic losses, Yoshimoto spins a lovely, evocative tale with the kitchen and the comforts of home at its heart.

Zwei Seelen im Einklang mit dem Meer: die neue, berührende Liebesgeschichte von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Mila Olsen. Können die weiß schäumende Weite des Ozeans und das Sternfunkeln darüber eine Seele heilen? Auf der Flucht vor ihrem gewalttätigen Ehemann Tyrone versteckt sich die junge Emery im Küstenort Pine Cape. Eine vorübergehende Bleibe findet sie bei dem zurückgezogen lebenden Sawyer. Doch auch wenn ihr der stille Fremde gefällt: Sie will sich auf gar keinen Fall verlieben und bleibt auf Distanz.

No Business with Mushrooms follows Dr. Daniel Beck from his early years as a boy growing up in a poor alcoholic household in Western Pennsylvania through his success as a present-day Beverly Hills psychiatrist. It explores the people, and the character shaping events that fueled his passion to become a doctor and help others. His addiction to success and accomplishment challenges his well being and moral balance.

Ein Toter in einer Berliner Vorstadtvilla. Nichts Besonderes für einen Fallanalytiker. Aber warum ist das Opfer nackt? Und was hat es mit dem merkwürdigen Raum auf sich, in dem der Junge gefunden wird? Die Nachforschungen haben einen größeren Einfluss auf die Zukunft der Ermittler als zunächst angenommen. Ólafur Davídsson sieht sich im­mer wieder mit seiner eigenen Jugend konfrontiert, die alles andere als perfekt war. Plötzlich steht die Welt auf dem Kopf und eine zweite Jugend ist für ihn scheinbar zum Greifen nahe.

Es ist gerade das Ende des 30jährigen Krieges. Suppius und Klarinett - ein verbummelter Student und ein wandernder Musiker - erreichen nach wechselnden Abenteuern in spektakulärer Art und Weise ein verwahrlostes Schloß, wo sie sich als vornehme Reisende einführen. Sie werden freundlich aufgenommen und sind willkommene Gäste. Nach einiger Zeit avanciert Klarinett zum Bräutigam der vermeintlichen Schloßherrin Euphrosine und bekommt zunehmend die Langeweile der Seßhaftigkeit zu spüren (›auf der Marmortreppe schlug der Pfau täglich dasselbe Rad, die Vögel sangen immer dieselben Lieder in denselben Bäumen‹).

Este es un relato introspectivo y conmovedor que profundiza en las complicadas relaciones entre las posesiones materiales y su influencia en las vidas y relaciones humanas. A través de una narrativa delicada y reflexiva, explora cómo los objetos que acumulamos pueden llegar a definirnos y, a veces, a dominarnos. En este cuento, los personajes se encuentran atrapados en una lucha interna entre el deseo de simplicidad y la carga de sus "cosas", lo que les lleva a cuestionar lo que verdaderamente valoran en la vida.

A Quest for the True Meaning of Life Set in the beautiful temple city of Burma, across the river into Thailand, and then in New York, The Illusion Escaping Tyranny, Finding Redemption tells the story of Danny, a young Burmese student who escapes the tyranny of the military regime by obtaining refuge in the United States. There, he becomes a successful entrepreneur. His construction company grows quickly, but catastrophe strikes when a school building’s walk bridge—built by Danny’s company—collapses.

Rommey Clipper has been given the chance to earn back his lost life by serving as an editor of memories. After making a choice that ended his life, he is slowly mending his fate as he frees others to live new lives without their debilitating memories. The fact that no one remembers him after he performs the edit is just one of the drawbacks of the new existence he is living with his cat, Reddy, as he adds up the edits that will fulfill his obligation and set him free.

En este cautivador relato corto, seguimos a un hombre que, obsesionado con la idea de encontrar la paz lejos del bullicio de la sociedad moderna, se embarca en un viaje hacia una isla remota. El autor, con su característica maestría en la profundidad psicológica, despliega un escenario en el que el protagonista se enfrenta no solo a los retos del entorno natural, sino también a los enigmas de su propia alma. Este relato es una mezcla embriagadora de aventura, introspección y revelaciones dramáticas que cautiva y conmueve, manteniendo al lector en vilo hasta la última página.

There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men’s maximum-security prison: 1) Treat all prisoners with respect. 2) Never reveal any personal information. 3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But none of the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary’s most notorious and dangerous inmates.

As Micah drives his family home from a much needed vacation, the unthinkable occurs; a flat tire with no spare. Hours pass by without help, extinguishing hope and darkening the fond memories of the trip, but finally, their savior arrives. A grizzled mountain man tows the car and family back to his shop up in the California mountains, but they quickly question his motives. With lies and deception plaguing the family at every turn, Micah is forced to face his own dark history to keep his family safe.