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In the heart of Lincoln Park, Chicago, where the city’s vibrant pulse meets the calm of nature, there’s Nevaeh—a young woman caught in life’s noise. Like so many of us, she’s grappling with the question that tugs at the core of existence: Who am I? Feeling more adrift than ever, Nevaeh hears about a Philosopher named Joe Bandra, known simply as “J.” It is believed that he’s cracked the code of existence, uncovered life’s secrets, and lives a simple, insightful existence by Salem Lakes, just outside Antioch, Illinois.

1900: Aufbruch, Fortschritt, Optimismus – die Heirat der englischen Industriellentochter Claire mit dem Berliner Unternehmersohn Friwi ist ein Sinnbild des modernen Europas. Doch während Friwi in China und Afrika für Deutschlands Aufstieg zur Weltmacht kämpft, streitet Claire für die Rechte der Frauen. Wird sie Kaspar je vergessen, der sich in Paris und St. Petersburg der Revolution verschrieben hat? Noch wetteifern bei Segelregatten nur die Jachten der Könige um den Sieg.

¿Es posible ser a la vez un rico y ladino banquero y un anarquista consumado que lucha por la liberación de la sociedad? Según Pessoa, sí. Es lo que intenta demostrar El banquero anarquista , un sorprendente relato publicado en 1922. La producción literaria pessoana, como violenta suma de excepciones que es, nos enfrenta a menudo a la excepción de la excepción. Es insólita en verso y en prosa. Y lo es hasta el punto de que hay textos cuyo origen parece nescrutable.

Julia rennt nicht weg. Zumindest nicht so richtig. Aber sie braucht dringend eine Auszeit von ihrem Leben, und da fühlt sich das Angebot aus Biarritz an wie eine Rettungsleine. Hals über Kopf zieht sie an die Atlantikküste, wo sie als Psychologin den Bewohnern eines Seniorenheims zur Seite stehen soll.

Yann Martel’s astonishing novel begins with a successful writer attempting to publish his latest book, made up of a novel and an essay. Henry plans for it to be a “flip book” that the reader can start at either end, reading the novel or the essay first, because both pieces are equally concerned with representations of the Holocaust. Faced with severe and categorical rejection, Henry gives up hope. He abandons writing, moves with his wife to a foreign city, joins a community theatre, becomes a waiter in a chocolatería.

In Beyond Obsession, A. R. Boyd returns with the gripping true story of loyalty tested beyond human limits. Torn between fierce devotion and the bitter cost of betrayal, Robin fights to hold her world together as it crumbles around her — through prisons, broken dreams, lost fortunes, and shattered promises.

Originalmente publicado em 1954 e lançado pela primeira vez em língua portuguesa nesta edição, O ninho do pássaro é um romance menos conhecido de Shirley Jackson, mas não menos impactante. A maestria da autora de A assombração da Casa da Colina aqui expressa a plenitude do título de "rainha do terror", atribuído a ela por mestres do gênero, como Stephen King. Elizabeth Richmond, ou Lizzie, sente dores de cabeça quase todos os dias.

Rose’s life was shattered when her partner, Sebastian, died under mysterious circumstances—before she even knew she was pregnant. Now, as she navigates her grief and prepares for motherhood alone, she’s forced to confront a web of lies, betrayal, and buried secrets. When an unexpected and intense connection forms between Rose and the brooding, protective Jasper, she is drawn into a world where the lines between the living and the dead blur. But Rose is not the only one haunted by the past. The ghost of Sebastian continues to reach out, with messages of forgiveness and danger.

The carefree existence of a young New Yorker is upended on a Friday afternoon at the office. His recruitment by the high flyers at his Wall Street firm for a special project thrusts him into life in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. There, he experiences incredibly odd happenings and paranormal activities that have him question his own sanity. However, a special errand takes him to the United Kingdom and back; all to deliver an ancient remedy to the special client.

Mabel, 86 Jahre alt, ist sich sicher, dass sie weiß, was das bedeutet: Sie muss ihre beste Freundin Dot ausfindig machen, die sie seit dem schicksalhaften Tag, an dem sie vor mehr als sechzig Jahren fortging, nicht mehr gesehen hat. Plötzlich ist Mabels seit Jahren stiller und fast eintöniger Alltag voller Leben, und ihre erste eigene Liste wird immer länger.

In Umbra River, California, the closets are full of skeletons. Unsettled spirits. Missing children. Family secrets. The Geode Cafe and Bookshop is the nucleus of life and friendship where, on Friday nights, Olivia, the owner, hosts her two best friends over dinner and wine. Anna, who owns Besties, a pet rescue and supply store next door, is a psychic animal communicator and a non-practicing veterinarian. Emmaline, a young widow, is a trauma survivor trying to find her way. She's also the mother to Charlie, a four-year-old with a psychic gift.

Bill and Ellen are trying to rekindle their relationship. After accepting an invitation to a private resort, Bill and Ellen find themselves accompanied by wealthy guests on a secluded, lush island. After Ellen and another guest encounter a massive glowing crab, everything changes. As the days go by, Bill realizes something is wrong with nearly everyone on the island, especially his wife. Feeling alone and outnumbered, he investigates and discovers horrors beyond imagination.

As the Soviet Union crumbles, chaos overtakes Ukraine. Criminal empires rise swiftly, filling the void left by a dying regime. Amid the storm of violence, betrayal, and ruthless ambition, a quiet young man from an intellectual family finds himself dragged into a world he never imagined. Climbing to the top of one of Ukraine’s most feared criminal gangs, he soon discovers the brutal price of power. Torn between insatiable greed and a longing for something deeper, he must confront life’s most profound questions: Does love truly exist? What matters more—following your dreams or simply surviving?

An Embassy in Huelva in 1986 gets a shock, when a man named Julian Ford, an American ex-pat decides to seek asylum. Detective Evans must look further into Julian who not only seeks cuffs, but has his own as well. On an endless rainy night, Detective Evans gets a call about a rape accusation for Julian Ford. Evans decides to dig into everything Julian is connected to, even his childhood best friend, Cindy Livingston. Evans along with Detective Matthew Murphy and Luka Hubbard, will all be tested in a battle to unearth who Julian Ford really is. Can they do it?

A thirty-four-year-old American woman—a secret agent—is sent to do dirty work in France. “Sadie Smith” is how the narrator introduces herself to her lover, to the rural commune of French subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to the reader. Sadie has met her love, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian, by “cold bump”—making him believe the encounter was accidental. Like everyone Sadie targets, Lucien is useful to her and used by her. Sadie operates by strategy and dissimulation, based on what her “contacts”—shadowy figures in business and government—instruct.

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?

My husband was not a monster. No matter what they say.... The day my husband, Michael, stepped in front of a lorry after being questioned by the police, my world fell apart. He was devoted to me and our six-year-old daughter. But they’d connected him to the disappearance of a young mother from our tiny village.

Bad things don’t happen in Cason Glen. The locals make sure of it. So, when the residents of the town’s most exclusive subdivision discover one of their own is missing, it sends a wave of panic and discord throughout the neighborhood. They are supposed to be safe. But they quickly realize not everything is as it once seemed in their idyllic world.

Nina McCarrick has it all: a loving husband, two beautiful boys, a well-appointed home and more time than she knows what to do with. Life is perfect. Until her husband, Finn, is killed in a car accident and everything Nina thought she could rely on unravels.

"[ Memnoch] is one of Rice's most intriguing and sympathetic characters to date. . . . Rice ups the ante, taking Lestat where few writers have ventured: into heaven and hell itself. She carries it off in top form."( The Seattle Times)