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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Ralph Elllison's Invisible Man is a monumental novel, one that can well be called an epic of modern American Negro life. It is a strange story, in which many extraordinary things happen, some of them shocking and brutal...

In Creal Springs, Illinois, the dying is peaceful. That's the worst part. They go easy, in their sleep, with a look on their faces the undertaker doesn't have to fix. The county calls it a hard winter. Old hearts. Cold nights. Nothing to see. Eli Crews sees it. He fixes water wells. He has a wife who is better than he deserves, a daughter who thinks he hung the moon, and a thing he did in a stairwell in Ramadi that he has never said out loud to a living soul.

**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** Life on our planet as you've never seen it before A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they...

Brought to you by Penguin. Another undisclosed facet of her million secrets glittered before us... Emerence is a domestic servant – strong, fierce, eccentric, and with a reputation for being a first-rate housekeeper. When Magda, a young Hungarian writer, takes her on to help around the house...

After several years living abroad, the fictional protagonist of Galatea 2.2 - Richard Powers - returns to the US as Humanist-in-Residence at the enormous Center for the Study of Advanced Sciences. There he runs afoul of Philip Lentz, a cognitive neurologist intent upon modeling the human brain. Lentz involves Powers in an outlandish and irresistible project: to train a neural net on a canonical list of Great Books. Through repeated tutorials, the device grows gradually more worldly, until it demands to know its own name, sex, race, and reason for existing.

Nur wenige seiner Werke hielt Franz Kafka für gu genug, um der Nachwelt erhalten zu bleiben. Die Verwandlung gehört dazu. Gregor Samsa findet sich eines Morgens in ein großes Ungeziefer verwandelt. Er nimmt diese Metamorphose scheinbar stoisch hin - doch wie soll und wird es weitergehen? Kafkas wohl berühmtestes Werk.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads and more “A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.” —People "Spellbinding...

With My Annihilation, Fuminori Nakamura, master of literary noir, has constructed a puzzle box of a narrative in the form of a confessional diary that implicates its reader in a heinous crime. Delving relentlessly into the darkest corners of human consciousness, My Annihilation interrogates the unspeakable thoughts all humans share that can be monstrous when brought to life, revealing with disturbing honesty the psychological motives of a killer.

It is a June day in London in 1923, and the lovely Clarissa Dalloway is having a party. Whom will she see? Her friend Peter, back from India, who has never really stopped loving her? What about Sally, with whom Clarissa had her life’s happiest moment? Meanwhile, the shell-shocked Septimus Smith is struggling with his life on the same London day.

Dans un monologue sans échappée, un homme, condamné à mourir, livre l’ébranlement de ses heures. Peur, souvenirs, sursauts d’espérance et révolte se heurtent à l’attente de l’irrévocable. À travers la voix nue d’un vivant déjà retranché des vivants, Victor Hugo fait entendre la solitude absolue et interroge les rouages d’une justice qui tue, tandis que la dignité persiste jusqu’au dernier instant.

When the first victim is found dead in his kitchen with a mysterious number and message on his forehead, FBI Agent Victoria Heslin knows this is no ordinary hit job. It’s also just the beginning. As she follows the leads, calls start coming in—more dead bodies across D.C. and Virginia, each with a different message. With no common denominator connecting the victims, Victoria fears anyone might be next. Then the killer leaves a personal note for Victoria, making clear she isn’t just investigating the case, she’s part of the equation.

When yoga teacher Amelia falls victim to an online scam, her colleague Paige really comes through for her. And with their daughters Marnie and Taryn becoming best friends, the two families grow even closer. But all is not as it seems. Paige has an agenda.

Brought to you by Penguin. A leak is traced to a small sub-section of the secret service, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. The sort of atmosphere, perhaps, where mistakes could be made? For Maurice Castle, it is the end of the line anyway, and time for him to...

Преступление и наказание — произведение классика русской литературы и одного из лучших романистов мирового уровня Ф. М. Достоевского (1821–1881).Герой книги Родион Раскольников решил проверить свою теорию о существовании людей, которым разрешено совершать убийства, и тех, кто этого делать не может. Роман называют энциклопедией жизни России 60-х годов XIX века. Произведение является обязательной частью школьной программы. Достоевский написал много замечательных произведений: Идиот, Братья Карамазовы, Бесы, Бедные люди, Униженные и оскорбленные, Игрок, Белые ночи, Кроткая, Мальчик у Христа на елке, Неточка Незванова.

#1 New York Times Bestseller OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK “Extraordinary.”—Stephen King “This book is not simply the great American novel; it’s the great novel of las Americas. It’s the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful.”—Sandra Cisneros...

They were hardened warriors and heroes in paranormal realms, but back home . . . they need therapy. For thirty-four years, Reed Hastings defended the kingdom of Relundia as an honored knight—before returning to his fifteen-year-old body and high school existence. College student Mel Beck once...

My husband Matt and I are an ordinary married couple in every way but one. At the end of each day, we return to our own homes and our own spaces. But beyond the fairy lights I string at my window, darkness is pressing in. Two local women have gone missing, and I don't want to be alone. Sipping our coffees, looking out of my kitchen window, I soon notice how observant Brenda is. When she tells me that perhaps my husband isn't simply working late, something cold takes root.

The Great Gatsby, a work that seriously examines the theme of aspiration in an American setting, defines the classic American novel. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with a socialite, and by parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

『낙원남녀』 나혁진 작가의 신작. 상큼하고 발랄한 로맨틱 추리극이었던 전작과는 달리 인터넷 속의 세상을 배경으로 삼아 사회의 이면에 드러나지 않은, 그러나 결코 사라지지 않고 존재하는 이슈를 사건을 통해...

When her beloved sister Caroline dies suddenly, Deirdre is heartbroken. However, her sorrow turns to bone-chilling confusion when she receives a message Caroline sent days earlier warning that her death would be no accident. Long used to being a pariah to her family, Deirdre covers her tattoos and heads to Manhattan for her sister’s funeral. The message claimed Caroline’s husband, Theo, killed his first wife and got away with it.