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Nicht jedes Kribbeln im Bauch verspricht eine glückliche Beziehung ... Toxische Beziehungen haben immer nur andere? Aber was, wenn man plötzlich doch selbst betroffen ist? Wenn sich die Schmetterlinge im Bauch als Motten entpuppen und die schönen ersten Wochen nichts weiter sind, als eine Erinnerung, an die man sich klammert? Wenn der Traumtyp zum Arschloch mutiert, der aufregende Sex zur Angsterfahrung, die schmeichelhafte Eifersucht zur Besessenheit und Manipulation.

When Alex invites new to the neighborhood Cleo Baird to join her tight-knit playgroup, Cleo can’t believe her luck and knows she has just the “in” she’s been hoping for. But it isn’t just luck. As the women grow closer and Alex shares more secrets, she doesn’t realize Cleo is keeping secrets of her own. It’s no coincidence that Cleo and her daughter moved to Oak Valley. Cleo came to town with a specific goal in mind: to destroy Alex’s enviable and seemingly perfect life.

When Roger Huntington comes home from college for the summer and is met by his best friend, Tooth, he knows they're going to have a good time. A summer full of beer, comic books, movies, laughs, and maybe even girls. The sun is high and the sky is clear as Roger and Tooth set out to shoot beer cans at Bobcat Mountain. Just two friends catching up on lost time, two friends thinking about their futures. . . two friends suddenly thrust into the middle of a nightmare.

In Die Frauen von Capri – Das Lied vergangener Sommer erzählt SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Antonia Riepp von vier Frauen, einer unerwarteten Erbschaft und einem alten Verbrechen. Weite Himmel, türkisfarbene Wellen und steile Felsen – die Trauminsel Capri hat auch ihre Abgründe. Und in diesem 2. Band von Antonia Riepps Capri-Reihe wird Italiens schönste Insel zur farbenprächtigen Kulisse für einen packenden Urlaubsschmöker. Herrschaftlich, strahlend weiß und wunderschön – von der Villa des Sängers Carlo Romano, hoch oben auf den steilen Felsen Capris, kann man bis dorthin sehen, wo türkisfarbenes Meer und blauer Himmel eins werden

Kivousavé, on n'en parle qu'à mots couverts, à l'heure du thé. Kivousavé, c'est la mère de la narratrice, disparue quand elle avait deux ans. Depuis, l'enfant vit entre son père, trop faible, et sa grand-mère, qu'elle déteste. À 12 ans, elle découvre que sa mère n'est pas morte comme on le lui avait fait croire. Que cachent ces mensonges ? Pourquoi sa mère est-elle partie ? Qu'est-elle devenue ? La narratrice est sûre d'une chose : elle va la retrouver.

Ce matin-là, sur la table de la cuisine, Mona découvre une lettre que lui a laissée l'homme dont elle partage la vie depuis plus de 30 ans. Il lui annonce qu'il part. Que faire quand tout s'effondre brusquement ? Privée de son futur, submergée par le sentiment d'avoir échoué, Mona fait un pas de côté. Elle s'échappe à son tour, et son voyage la mène entre la terre et l'eau : à la lisière des vagues.

Teacher, Tara Lomas just wants to spend time with her husband, Steve but he is intent on working hard to secure them a bright future in order to raise a family. Feeling bored and unloved Tara is persuaded to try a little social networking. Once she embarks on setting up a profile on Friend Finder she soon becomes addicted and hunts for her old netball coach Lee Powell.

Everyone knows me as Amber Reynolds, the fierce and determined law student, who won’t let her blindness hold her back. My friends and colleagues encourage and applaud me, but I never feel clean. Because they don’t know who I really am… or the true reason I’m blind. You see, my father used to hurt people, until one day he kidnapped and brutalized the wrong boy. And the men who came to get him destroyed our lives. I’ve been given a new identity, but deep down inside, I know I will never be clean… An unexpected romance has made me start to believe that maybe happily ever after is possible.

England in the time of his boyhood was a cold and colourless country. They had seen to that, the Autumn Men. They who had been lifted high, the old men of his country and other countries, who in the autumn of their years, reflecting on the unfulfilled promise of their youth, and their failures as yet unredeemed, feeling as any old man adrift alone on a small boat, sails broken, oars lost, swept hopelessly onward towards the deafening roar of the approaching weir, might feel, decided that too few had sweetly and honourably been called.

Муму — психологическая повесть Ивана Тургенева о глухонемом дворнике Герасиме, который из-за прихоти барыни вынужден был разлучиться с любимой и утопить единственного друга — собачку. Автор симпатизирует простому и доброму Герасиму, а его хозяйку изображает жесткой, циничной и капризной. Перу автора принадлежат и другие известные произведения, такие как «"Ася", "Отцы и дети", "Дворянское гнездо", «Бирюк", "Накануне", 'Пожар на море", "Постоялый двор', "Часы", "Три портрета", "Странная история", "Свидание" и т. д.

As the new owners of the local village pub, Alex and Maggie Silva and their two children, are the picture of respectability…but looks can be deceptive. Because the Silva family is keeping deadly secrets. Alex Silva is a man with a dark past and a bounty on his head – one he knows will only be paid with his life. He’ll do anything to protect Maggie and the kids, but one wrong move could cost them everything…

Un nuovo anno sta per concludersi e Asle, un anziano pittore rimasto vedovo, ripensa alla sua storia. L'uomo vive da solo sulla costa norvegese, i suoi unici amici sono il suo vicino, Åsleik, un contadino-pescatore scapolo, e Beyer, un gallerista che vive in città, a un paio d'ore di auto. Lì vive anche un altro Asle, artista anch'egli, solitario e consumato dall'alcool. Asle e Asle sono due versioni della stessa persona, due racconti della stessa vita, che si interrogano sull'esistenza, la morte, l'ombra e la luce, la fede e la disperazione. Dall’autore Premio Nobel per la Letteratura 2023.

Philip Notman, an acclaimed historian, attends a conference in Bergen, Norway. On his return to London, and to his wife and son, something unexpected and inexplicable happens to him, and he is unable to settle back into his normal life. As he tries to make sense of both his personal circumstances and the world surrounding him, he finds himself embarking on a course of action that will push him to the very brink of disaster.

Frank ha diciannove anni ed è figlio dell’attraente tenutaria di una casa di appuntamenti in una città del Nord durante l’occupazione nazista. Freddo, scostante, insolente, solitario, Frank vuole in segreto una cosa sola: iniziarsi alla vita. E crede che il modo migliore per farlo sia uccidere qualcuno senza ragione. Con sbalorditiva sicurezza, Simenon entra nella testa di questo personaggio al limite fra l’abiezione e una paradossale innocenza, e intorno a lui fa vivere il mondo della neve sporca – la sordida scena di una città dove tutto è tradimento, rancore, doppio gioco.

Un día en la vida de Farrington, un oficinista dublinés atrapado en la monotonía y la frustración. Farrington, acosado por su jefe exigente y atrapado en un trabajo que detesta, busca refugio en el alcohol y la compañía de otros hombres en los pubs de Dublín. Su jornada laboral se ve interrumpida por un acto de rebeldía que lo lleva a ser reprendido y humillado, exacerbando su deseo de escapar. La historia sigue su descenso por la tarde y la noche, destacando sus fracasos en el trabajo, en la taberna y finalmente en su hogar, donde su impotencia y su ira culminan en un acto de violencia hacia su hijo.

Este relato corto narra las experiencias de un joven irlandés, Jimmy Doyle, tras una emocionante carrera de coches. Hijo de un próspero tendero que busca ascender socialmente, Jimmy se mezcla con sus amigos adinerados europeos, sintiéndose cautivado por su estilo de vida glamuroso. La historia sigue a Jimmy y sus compañeros mientras celebran los resultados de la carrera, derrochando dinero y sumergiéndose en el lujo. Durante una cena y posterior juego de cartas en un yate, Jimmy se va sumiendo gradualmente en la embriaguez y la ansiedad a medida que se juega su dinero.

El cuento se centra en Tom Kernan, un comerciante que, tras una caída humillante en un bar, es persuadido por sus amigos para asistir a un retiro espiritual. A través de la figura de Kernan y sus interacciones con personajes variopintos, Joyce examina la hipocresía y la sinceridad dentro de la búsqueda personal de la gracia. La narrativa despliega con sutileza los esfuerzos de estos hombres por reconciliar sus vidas mundanas con sus anhelos espirituales, tejiendo críticas a las instituciones religiosas y sociales.

Il libro ha come protagonista un giovane avvocato di successo, Luca Pertinelli, e il coro di amici (e colleghi di lavoro) che l'accompagnano "in scena". Fino a quando non arriva dall'Inghilterra la giovane Sabine, di cui Luca si innamora entrando in conflitto con il proprio ambiente, la moglie e le regole di un mondo in cui egli stesso è irrimediabilmente prigioniero. Nella seconda parte del romanzo, la scena si sposta su un'isola vacanziera dove la presenza di Sabine farà esplodere in modo drammatico le contraddizioni che dominano il circuito di sciagurati gaudenti attorno ai quali Bulgaro traccia un disegno collettivo di grande respiro.

It’s the tabloid sensation of the year: two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt. As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh reflects on the events that have led him to this moment. Since leaving his island home, his life has been a lie on many levels. He’s a talented footballer who wanted to be an artist. A gay man in a sport that rejects diversity. A defendant whose knowledge of what took place on that fateful night threatens more than just his freedom or career.

Nayan Olak keeps seeing Helen Fletcher around town. She’s returned with her teenage son to live in the run-down house at the end of the lane, and—though she’s strangely guarded—Nayan can’t help but be drawn to her. He hasn’t risked love since losing his young family in a terrible accident twenty years earlier.