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The story of four generations of a wealthy bourgeois family in northern Germany facing the advent of modernity; in an uncertain new world, the family’s bonds and traditions begin to disintegrate. As Mann charts the Buddenbrooks’ decline from prosperity to bankruptcy, from moral and psychic soundness to sickly piety, artistic decadence, and madness, he ushers the listener into a world of stunning vitality, pieced together from births and funerals, weddings and divorces, recipes, gossip, and earthy humor.

La historia de amor de America. La novela romantica colombiana y de America por excelencia, "María" ha deleitado y conmovido a sus lectores por mas de un siglo, ya que en esta obra estan no solo el tierno y tragico idilio de Efrain y María, sino tambien el paisaje vallecaucano en todo su esplendor.

Souvent les enfants s'inventent une famille, une autre origine, d'autres parents. Le narrateur de ce livre, lui, s'est inventé un frère. Un frère aîné, plus beau, plus fort, qu'il évoque devant les copains de vacances, les étrangers, ceux qui ne vérifieront pas.

An immediate bestseller when first published, Pay It Forward captured hearts all over the world, became a wildly popular film, and spawned a generation of increased altruism. This anniversary edition includes a new introduction by the author. It takes an inspiring and moving tale of a young boy...

Simon Watson, a young librarian on the verge of losing his job, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home - a house, perched on the edge of a bluff, that is slowly crumbling toward the sea. His parents are long dead, his mother having drowned in the water his house overlooks. His younger sister, Enola, works for a traveling carnival reading tarot cards and seldom calls.

When her sister Lila and brother-in-law Gray are killed in a tragic accident, Bella is named as guardian to her two young nephews. Then she discovers that she's expected to co-parent with Gray's best friend, and grief turns to shock. Noah has always driven her crazy, and Bella's sure the arrogant, handsome Navy SEAL is the last person she wants to share a life with.

Achtung, Papa im Anmarsch: von Tiefkühlkost, Jogginghosen und zweiten Chancen. Was tun, wenn der 83-jährige Vater bei einem einzieht – mitsamt seinen Excel-Dateien, Bofrost-Katalogen und jeder Menge skurriler Angewohnheiten? Genau das fragt sich Apothekerin Carmen, als ihr Vater Heinz nach einer Hochwasserkatastrophe bei ihr und ihrem Partner Frank vor der Tür steht. Prompt wirbelt Heinz nicht nur ihren Alltag durcheinander, sondern findet auch noch per Zufall seine erste Liebe wieder.

BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with the author. With The Sportswriter, in 1985, Richard Ford began a cycle of novels that ten years later – after Independence Day won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award – was hailed by The Times of London as “an extraordinary epic [that]...

Bronx doesn't mind being used as a pawn in the hot lawyer's plan to piss off his father. After all, he probably would have done the same thing if his dad had introduced him to a new step-mom who was barely six months older than him. And it helps that Monty is not only ridiculously good-looking, but he's smart, kind, and has an accent that makes Bronx weak in the knees. He's also an amazing distraction from the fact that Bronx's husband up and left him and his son without warning, turning their lives upside down.

Robert thought he understood love. When he and Yuika first met, their relationship felt effortless—shared experiences, an adventurous spirit, and an unbreakable connection. But after moving to Japan, things began to change. What once felt natural now feels uncertain, as cultural differences, language barriers, and unspoken expectations create distance between them. Hoping to reconnect, Robert embarks on a road trip with Yuika through the vast landscapes of Hokkaido. As they navigate the unfamiliar terrain, they also confront the growing emotional distance between them.

A Most Anticipated Book of the Year: Time, The Washington Post, and Literary Hub A novel tracing a father’s disappearance across time, nations, and memory, from the author of Trust Exercise. One night, Louisa and her father take a walk on the beach. He’s carrying a flashlight. He cannot swim...

The scene is 1920s Kensington and Philip and Joan are testing the very limits of politeness and restraint as they fight to expunge the oppression of their mother–by whatever means necessary. In his first novel, Christopher Isherwood paints an intimate portrait of the battle between old and young as he explores the destruction of a son by a domineering parent.

In the stifling confines of Edwardian Yorkshire, Muriel Hammond is waiting for her life to begin. Marriage, respectability, duty–these are all part of the script–but just as she believes that ‘men do as they like’ while women ‘wait to see what they will do’, she dreams of a life beyond those boundaries. As war transforms the village of Marshington and friends slot into their expected roles, Muriel needs courage to reframe her sad fate as a ‘surplus woman’ and look towards her own independent future.

Kiran Desai's first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, was published to unanimous acclaim in over twenty-two countries. Now Desai takes us to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency challenges the old way of life. In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga...

Ngày xưa, đã lâu lắm rồi, không ai còn nhớ rõ là tự bao giờ. Ở một vùng nọ có hai mẹ con rất nghèo sống với nhau. Người mẹ đau yếu luôn. Mắt bà mờ dần đi, còn tai thì ù không nghe rõ. Con gái bà còn rất nhỏ. Bệnh tình của người mẹ ngày một nặng thêm. Bà không ăn, không ngủ được. Em bé thương mẹ lắm. Em luôn luôn ở bên mẹ, nhưng cũng không thể làm cho mẹ khỏi bệnh được. Người ta bảo em rằng: ở một nơi kia, có ông thầy lang giỏi, nên em quyết tâm đi tìm thầy chữa bệnh cho mẹ. Em đi suốt cả ngày đêm. Rồi một hôm em đến một ngôi chùa. Em vừa đói vừa mệt, nằm vật ra trước cổng chùa.

Florida, 1982. A nine-year-old watches as his dead father's possessions are hauled away: his clothes and tools, his faux-leather recliner. His sensei says it's a perfect time to turn his weaknesses into weapons. His PE teacher says he runs like a pregnant ostrich. His mother takes out a personal ad. Everyone is trying to teach him a lesson but he is, it seems, a slow learner. Meanwhile, with each passing day, his father recedes, growing less and less plausible, almost a myth.

Beckett é um militar americano endurecido pelos horrores que já testemunhou na guerra. A não ser pela amizade sincera que tem com Ryan, um soldado de sua unidade, e com a cachorra Bagunça, ele perdeu a fé no amor e na humanidade. Até que Ryan o convence a se corresponder com sua irmã, Ella, que está do outro lado do mundo, em Telluride, no Colorado. Mesmo sem nunca tê-la conhecido pessoalmente, Beckett encontra refúgio nas cartas que os dois trocam e fica totalmente encantado por ela.

As floods rise and tensions mount, Lauren and her close-knit community face not only the forces of nature, but also the threat of those who would see them divided. With courage, resilience, and unwavering love, they must stand together against hatred, uncertainty, and the echoes of the past.

A classic of American literature from a Nobel Prize–winning author, The Sound and the Fury is widely considered to be one of the best novels of the twentieth century. William Faulkner expertly illustrates the epic and tragic story of the Compson family, three generations of Southern aristocrats on the brink of ruin. Unprecedented for its time, Faulkner weaves a tale spanning nearly two decades and told from multiple points of view in a style all its own.

Globetrotting Libby Jacobs has lost her job but is looking forward to spending more time in her home village of Cranfield. She dreams of turning her chocolate-making hobby into something more permanent. There’s only one problem: Ethan Connolly. Despite being soul mates growing up, Libby hasn’t been close to Ethan since their disastrous date at the school prom. But now he’s back and he has just what Libby needs… a large kitchen! But can they even bear to be in the same room together?