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Pre-empting novels such as the Booker Prize-winning ‘Time’s Arrow’ by as much as twenty years, Counter-Clock World is a story of racial tensions told against the background of the year 1998, in which time flows in reverse as people are born old only to grow younger and younger.

Theo Fester é um inteligente e poderoso magnata do Vale do Silício, empresário mundialmente conhecido e pai de três filhos orgulhosos, frios e bem-sucedidos – mas sua história inicial foi dramática. Filho de um sobrevivente do Holocausto, ele começou a empreender para sobreviver à dor de seu pai, à pobreza e ao bullying na infância, tornando-se especialista em se reinventar.

The Last Free Day is a raw, eye-opening story that captures the harsh reality of too many young men and women in America’s forgotten neighborhoods. With guns, gangs, broken homes, and food deserts shaping lives before they even begin, this story paints the picture of a cycle that feels unbreakable — until one choice changes everything.

In a dorm room at her safety school, surrounded by corn-fed boys and contemptuous girls, Alice is losing her mind. Her first semester is spent clinging to middling grades between drunken hookups and roommate fights. The next brings sleepless nights, extreme weight loss, and effortless, compulsive energy, paused only by an unexpected summoning from the RA for evaluation.

Lucian Graves never expected to sit at his estranged father's deathbed. But now, surrounded by ghosts and years lost to silence, he finds himself on the creaky old porch swing of a man he barely knew-and yet became. With each gust of December wind and the ominous glare of a raven he names the watcher, Lucian confronts a legacy of broken promises and the haunting truth that sometimes the greatest betrayals come from within. This is a holiday story of a man and his family truly learning what matters-even after almost everyone believes it's too late.

Mitten im Arbeitsalltag bricht Sozialpädagogin Ivy einfach zusammen. Nach Wochen auf der Intensivstation erwacht sie und erfährt, dass sie einen schweren Schlaganfall erlitten hat. Nichts ist, wie es einst war. Ivys Geist ist intakt, ihr körperlicher Zustand jedoch nicht. Wird sie damit von jetzt auf gleich zum Pflegefall? Plötzlich ist für jeden noch so kleinen Teil ihres Lebens Unterstützung nötig. Niemand hilft ihr mehr als ihre große Liebe Ben. Gemeinsam versuchen sie, die notwendigen neuen Wege zu meistern.

Angelika er vokset op i skærgården og kender den som sin egen bukselomme, hvilket er en stor fordel, nu hvor hun ejer skærgårdens førende ejendomsmæglerfirma. Men succesen har sin pris. En dag siger hendes krop stop og hovedet føles tomt. Mange års stress har indhentet hende, og efter opmuntring fra sin bror går hun modvilligt med til at tage en måned fri. Det viser sig at være lettere sagt end gjort at lære at falde til ro, men da ferien nærmer sig sin afslutning, begynder hun alligevel at tvivle - vil hun virkelig tilbage til sit gamle liv?

Jahrelang war die Arbeit Yu-jins Lebensmittelpunkt. Als sie zufällig auf das kleine Dorf Soyangri stößt, das in idyllischer Natur am Fuße eines Berges liegt, verliebt sie sich sofort in die Gegend und beschließt kurzerhand, ihr Leben in Seoul zurückzulassen und im Dorf die »Bücherküche« – ein Buchcafé mit integrierter Pension – zu eröffnen. Die Bücherküche wird zu einem Ort, an dem Menschen köstliche Speisen genießen, die von der passenden Lektüre begleitet werden, und Trost und Hoffnung finden.

1999: An island off the southern coast of Greece. Art historian Elizabeth Clarke arrives with the intent to acquire a rare female sculpture. But what begins as a quest for a highly valued cultural artifact evolves into a trip that will force Elizabeth to contend with her career, her ambition, and her troubling history. Disoriented by jet lag, debilitating migraines, and a dependence on prescription pills, Elizabeth turns to her charming and guileless translator to guide her around the labyrinthine island. Soon, the island's lushness take hold of Elizabeth.

"The Burning Secret" by Stefan Zweig is a captivating novella that delves into the complexities of human emotions and relationships. Set against the backdrop of an Austrian resort in the early 20th century, the story revolves around a young baron who, in his pursuit of an intriguing woman, unwittingly befriends her young son. This friendship becomes a strategic tool in his quest, leading to an intricate web of deceit, passion, and emotional turmoil.

What if they hadn't gone? That's the question Clementine can't stop asking herself. It was just a backyard barbeque. They didn't know their hosts that well. They were friends of friends. They could so easily have said no. But she and her husband, Sam, said yes, and now they can never change what they did and didn't do that beautiful winter's day. Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One yapping dog. It's a normal weekend in the suburbs. What could possibly go wrong?

Step into the world of "The Real Thing" by Henry James, a masterful exploration of art, authenticity, and human relationships. This audiobook takes you into the lives of a struggling artist and the wealthy patrons who commission his work. With James' keen observations and elegant prose, the story delves into the complexities of artistic creation and the blurred lines between reality and illusion. It offers a thought-provoking reflection on the nature of truth, beauty, and the quest for authenticity in a world filled with artifice.

When a repairman accidentally discovers a parallel universe, everyone sees it as an opportunity, whether as a way to ease Earth’s overcrowding, set up a personal kingdom, or hide an inconvenient mistress. But when a civilization is found already living there, the people on this side of the crack are sent scrambling to discover their motives. Will these parallel humans come in peace? Or are they just as corrupt and ill-intentioned as the people of this world?

John and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their young daughter's death. But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight, they find that instead of laying their ghosts to rest they become caught up in a train of increasingly strange and violent events. The four other haunting, evocative stories in this volume also explore deep fears and longings, secrets and desires.

Finding a mysterious novel at her bedside plunges documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft into a living nightmare. Though ostensibly fiction, The Perfect Stranger recreates in vivid, unmistakable detail the terrible day she became hostage to a dark secret, a secret that only one other person knew - and that person is dead.

El gran regreso de Mario Mendoza a la ficción después de cinco años. Adán Santana, un novelista con el cuerpo desbaratado y maltrecho por varios accidentes sucesivos, con un precario estado mental, que menguó sus fuerzas y su espíritu, sobrevivió como pudo al encierro de la pandemia y ahora es un náufrago inmóvil. La humanidad no cambió un ápice tras la prueba extrema que experimentó y él, en medio de ese caos, no sabe cómo retomar el rumbo, si es que aún existe alguno, después de todo lo que ha pasado.

Hank Mitchell thought he lived an ordinary, ordered life. But on one chilly afternoon, Hank, his brother, and an unsavory pal, Lou, make a discovery that offers a chance for a life filled with riches beyond their wildest dreams. And in a fateful moment, Hank lays a plan to claim that life - and the horrific crumbling of his ordered world begins.

Eros racconta le passioni sfrenate e gli amori impossibili del protagonista, il marchese Alberti, un uomo alla continua ricerca di un equilibrio interiore ma che scopre proprio attraverso queste esperienze la sua sostanziale incapacità di vivere. Opera giovanile, quasi autobiografica, già rivelatrice delle migliori doti di Verga.

"Celephaïs", extrait : "En rêve, Kuranes contempla la cité dans la vallée. La côte s'étendant derrière le pic neigeux qui domine la mer, et les galères aux couleurs gaies qui sortent du port pour aller vers les régions lointaines où le ciel et la mer se rejoignent. Ce fut également en rêve qu'il acquit ce nom de Kuranes, car lorsqu'il s'éveilla, il constata qu'on l'appelait autrement.

Amber Patterson is fed up. She's tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more - a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted. To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne - a socialite and philanthropist - and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale. Amber's envy could eat her alive...if she didn't have a plan.