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Consigliato dal suo psicanalista, Zeno Cosini, il protagonista di questo straordinario romanzo, forse il più grande del Novecento italiano, scrive la storia della propria vita, nella speranza di guarire dal suo disagio esistenziale tramite una sorta di auto psicoanalisi. Dietro la personalità bugiarda, manipolatrice e parassita di Zeno, si nasconde in realtà la crisi stessa dell'uomo moderno che non trova risposte alle sue inquietanti domande sul senso della vita.

After years of learning how to manage her bipolar disorder, Emily Firestone finally has it under control. Even better, her life is coming together: she's got a great job, her own place, and a boyfriend, Paolo, who adores her. So when Paolo suggests a weekend sailing trip, Emily agrees - wine, water, and the man she loves? What could be better? But when Emily wakes the morning after they set sail, the boat is still adrift ... and Paolo is gone. 

Ein kleiner Ort im ländlichen Louisiana. Seine afroamerikanischen Bewohner blicken mit Stolz auf eine lange Tradition und Geschichte, und vor allem auf ihre Kinder, die von Generation zu Generation hellhäutiger zu werden scheinen. Stella und Desiree etwa, Zwillingsschwestern von ganz unterschiedlichem Wesen. Aber in einem sind sie sich einig: Hier sehen sie keine Zukunft für sich. In New Orleans trennen sich ihre Wege. Denn Stella tritt unbemerkt in eine nur weißen Amerikanern vorbehaltene Welt - und bricht alle Brücken hinter sich ab.

Jane’s days at a Midwest insurance company are perfectly ordinary. She blends in well, unremarkably pretty in her floral-print dresses and extra efficient at her low-level job. She’s just the kind of woman middle manager Steven Hepsworth likes - meek, insecure, and willing to defer to a man. No one has any idea who Jane really is. Least of all Steven. But plain Jane is hiding something. And Steven’s bringing out the worst in her.

Wer mit der Hand schreibt, schreibt mit dem Herzen … Hatokos magischer Wunschzettel ist ein inspirierendes Hörbuch aus Japan über die Kunst der Kalligrafie und die Magie handgeschriebener Worte. In Kamakura steht das Sternenfest vor der Tür: Japans bezaubernde alte Hauptstadt, berühmt für ihre Tempel und ihr literarisches Erbe, ist festlich geschmückt.

On the day author Mari Morgan receives the email, she has little left to live for. The messagesimple yet utterly life-changingoffers a glimmer of hope to her dismal existence. Its the opportunity of a lifetime, and if she takes it, it could change everything. Maris immediate sense of unease is...

Ordinary Wolves depicts a life different from what any of us has known: Inhuman cold, the taste of rancid salmon shared with shivering sled dogs, hunkering in a sod igloo while blizzards moan overhead. But this is the only world Cutuk Hawcley has ever known. Born and raised in the Arctic, he has learned to provide for himself by hunting, fishing, and trading. And yet, though he idolizes the indigenous hunters who have taught him how to survive, when he travels to the nearby Inupiaq village, he is jeered and pummeled by the native children for being white.

La libreria Natsuki è un luogo speciale: un negozio polveroso e solitario, dove gli amanti della lettura possono trovare, tra le pagine dei grandi capolavori di tutto il mondo, un'oasi di pace, un rifugio lontano dal frastuono della quotidianità. Quando il proprietario, uomo colto e appassionato, muore improvvisamente, il nipote Rintaro, un ragazzino timido e introverso, eredita la libreria. Il nonno si è preso cura di lui dopo la morte di sua madre e, ora che è scomparso, Rintaro deve imparare a fare a meno della sua saggezza dolce e pacata.

A Jinbōchō, Tōkyō, il quartiere delle librerie, si trova anche la libreria Morisaki, che appartiene alla famiglia da tre generazioni. Satorue che la gestisce, è l'opposto di sua nipote Takako, che non esce di casa da quando l'uomo di cui era innamorata le ha annunciato che sposerà un'altra. Ed è proprio lui, l'eccentrico zio, a lanciarle un'imprevista ancora di salvezza proponendole di trasferirsi al piano di sopra della libreria in cambio di qualche ora di lavoro.

I know my daughter better than I know myself, and if there’s one thing I know for sure at this moment it's that Maisie is not okay. My ex-husband, Shaun, and I are still friends. We would do anything for our beautiful little girl, Maisie. But now Shaun has moved in with Joanne, and suddenly Maisie has a brand-new family. And there’s something not quite right about it.... I know Joanne isn’t everything she says she is. Yet no-one will listen. I need to discover what she’s hiding. Because if I don’t, my daughter will be in terrible danger.

An innocent bayou girl lost to New Orleans. One of the most popular storytellers of all time, V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) layers psychological suspense with sheer terror in this provocative first book of the classic Landry Family Series. Even in the heart of the bayou...

Maik, Sohn einer zerrütteten, wohlhabenden Unternehmerfamilie, verbringt die Ferien allein am Pool der elterlichen Villa. Am ersten Ferientag sind alle anderen zu Tatjanas Geburtstagsfeier eingeladen, außer den Idioten, den Fetten, dem Nazi, Maik und Tschick. Tschick, eigentlich Andrej, ist Deutschrusse, wohnt im Hochhaus und sieht unerhört asiatisch aus und ein bisschen gefährlich. Plötzlich ist er da und drängt sich dem widerstrebenden Maik auf. Im Handumdrehen hat er aus Maik herausgekitzelt, dass der unsterblich in Tatjana verliebt ist.

Emma Fern has won at life: she's a prize-winning author and she's blissfully happy with her husband, Jim. It wasn't an easy rise to the top, but Emma knows you can't achieve success without sacrifice. The trouble is, Jim knows that too. As her literary triumph starts to fade into the past, Emma comes under pressure to write a second bestseller. But her big secret is that she didn't write the first one. She's a fraud, and the only people who ever knew the truth are...no longer a problem.

Holly never thought she'd move back to her hometown, but then something terrible happened. She doesn't know if she can recover. But she knows she can never tell another soul. People say her neighbour, David, is 'different'. He doesn't go out much, and never after dark. But in David, Holly finds just what she needs: a friend. Someone who's always there. No-one knows Holly's secret or where she lives. She has left the past behind. So why does she feel as though she's in terrible danger?

When I arrive unannounced at my husband's studio in need of a shoulder to cry on after hearing that my best student, Alex, has died, I see a pair of wineglasses drying by the sink, and my deepest fear is confirmed: my husband is having an affair. Most women would fall to their knees in tears and throw him out of the house - but I just can't bring myself to do it. Instead, I go home and cook a healthy dinner for our children, walk the dog, and unload the dishwasher without complaint. I need this marriage to work to protect a terrible secret of my own....

Zwei Brüder, Frankie und Freddie Lehmann. Eine verlorene Tasche. Schnee. Und das Hin und Her der Himmelsmacht. Frankie und Freddie Lehmann, zwei Brüder aus Bremen, in Westberlin, im Jahr 1980. Während der eine seit Wochen damit beschäftigt ist, in Kreuzberg Fuß zu fassen, will der andere weiterziehen nach New York, musste aber erst einmal am Kudamm im Probandenhotel wohnen und als Versuchskaninchen für Antidepressiva herhalten. Jetzt, einen Tag vor Heiligabend, hat er Angst vor Menschen, kann nicht mehr U-Bahn fahren und verliert eine wichtige Tasche.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Mesmerising and unsettling . . . The best debut thriller for years' Sunday Times Now a major film starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong Over 7 million copies sold worldwide ____________ Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to...

She doesn’t realise that she ruined my life. Or that I’m about to ruin hers. Steffi seems to have everything. She lives in a gorgeous house with her fiancé, Tom, his young daughter and their sweet little baby. But she hasn’t told anyone about the unfortunate accidents that keep happening...

After her own mother mysteriously disappears, seventeen-year-old Alicia turns up on her godmother's doorstep and asks if she can stay. Carina can't say no to the godchild she hasn't seen in over a decade. And in a way, Alicia is the daughter she always wanted—she's so smart and driven, and definitely scholarship material. Carina is only too happy to help this brilliant young woman achieve her full potential. But husband Don and children Tegan and Arthur aren't so sure. There's something about Alicia… Is she just too good to be true?

In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During a scorching August in Kyoto, our protagonist and his worst friend, Ozu, are locked in a glaring contest in a...