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When Mateo Vargas begins volunteering at a small natural history museum, he expects to guide school groups and shelve books. Instead, he discovers a hidden basement containing tens of thousands of uncatalogued specimens—moths, beetles, and butterflies carefully preserved for questions no one has asked yet. Downstairs, collections manager Dr. Patricia Okafor guards more than jars of insects. She protects unfinished work, decades-old promises, and the legacy of a scientist who trusted the museum to “hold space for the future.

Nachdem ihre geliebte Kochsendung eingestellt wurde, bewirbt sich Louise als Köchin in der Villa Hilda, einem neu eröffneten Gästehaus auf der idyllischen Insel Halsterö im Stockholmer Schärengarten. Auch Thomas, ein Journalist aus Finnland, findet hier als Manager seine neue Heimat. Während Louise täglich neue Rezepte ausprobiert und sie gemeinsam die erste Saison vorbereiten, entdecken die beiden nicht nur, dass das Haus seine ganz eigenen Geheimnisse und Geschichten hat, sondern auch, dass sie mehr verbindet, als sie anfänglich dachten.

Sian Bishop has only ever experienced one moment of recklessness - a moment that resulted in her beloved son Rory. It's not that she doesn't love the outcome of that wild night, but since then she has always taken the safer route. So when dependable, devoted Richard suggests a move to the...

He’s dangerously sexy. My brother’s billionaire best friend. And the last man I should ever fall for. After being burned before, I don’t trust easily. Especially men who seem too good to be true. But when a stranger with a wicked smirk steps in to protect me from a seemingly random creep...

Apothekerin Lena steht kurz davor, mit ihrem Traumjob durchzustarten, als plötzlich alles anders kommt: Ihre Lieblingstante stirbt und hinterlässt ihr die traditionsreiche Stadtapotheke in Glückstadt. Von heute auf morgen steht Lena vor einer Entscheidung, die ihr Leben auf den Kopf stellt – und dann taucht auch noch der charmante Tom auf. Während sie zwischen ihrer Karriere im Pharmakonzern und der familiären Apotheke schwankt, wird Tom ihr immer sympathischer. Kann sie ihm vertrauen?

Born on an Iowa farm in 1906, Mary Cromer grows up under the watchful rule of a mother who demands propriety and relentless usefulness. Intelligent and inwardly defiant, Mary finds refuge in books, poetry, and the private rituals of her imagination. But as adulthood closes in, mental illness and family obligation narrow her choices. As her outer world contracts, her inner life deepens.

From New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winner Matt Goldman, danger runs rampant in the idyllic town of Riverwood. Riverwood Police Chief Zoey Jensen has her hands full. A murdered fishing guide, the theft of a gold brick from a home safe, Zoey’s menacing ex-husband who’s...

Nurse Jenny Martin is found dead in a burned-out car. It looks like she was strangled and beaten to death before being unceremoniously crammed into the boot. The police believe Nick ‘the Ace’ Fenny to be the chief suspect. At nineteen years old, he has a reputation for being a joyrider and troublemaker. But Nick’s mum refuses to believe her son’s a murderer and seeks out Kate to help clear his name. In no position to be turning down work, Kate accepts her offer and takes the victim’s old job to find out who else might have a motive for killing.

For five-year-old Mary Anne, a fairytale is something she has only read about with her mother, Nancy Jane, who had her at a very young age. But after she and her mother escape from an abusive situation in Chicago, their lives slowly begin to transform. The two of them run away to Mackenzie, Texas, to live with Nancy Jane’s grandmother and start a new life. There, Nancy Jane meets Davy Fahey, a sixteen-year-old.

Along a rugged stretch of coastline, a lighthouse stands guard over deadly reefs that have claimed countless ships. When lighthouse keeper Coraline Wescott pulls a half-dead stranger from the wreckage below her tower, she expects a simple tale of storm and shipwreck. Instead she uncovers something far more dangerous. Hidden lantern signals are guiding ships through the reefs at night. Smugglers are using the coastline as a secret route. And the lighthouse itself may be the final signal that completes their trap. The stranger, Thaddeus Harrow, carries charts proving the illegal routes exist.

Alle sieben Jahre blüht der Wald. Von der Mutter gedrängt, heiratet sie mit 21 in eine angesehene Familie, obwohl sie einen anderen liebt. Ganz anders ihre Schulfreundin Burgi, die früh der Enge ihres Elternhauses entflieht und ihrem Drang nach Freiheit unbeirrt folgt. Beide Frauen zahlen einen hohen Preis, um ein selbstbestimmtes Leben zu führen. Aber sie gehen konsequent ihren Weg.

Mordecai Tremaine, former tobacconist and perennial lover of romance novels, has been invited to spend Christmas in the sleepy village of Sherbroome at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame. Arriving on Christmas Eve, he finds that the revelries are in full flow - but so too are tensions...

The Morgan sisters spent many blissful summers at their family's lake house growing up, but as they grew older, their lives took very different paths. Hope adores her twin girls, but she doesn't love being a stay-at-home mom. When her workaholic husband doesn't support her career aspirations, she packs up the kids and goes to Sunset Cottage, thinking that some time apart will help her decide what she really wants.

Visiting her family's South Carolina estate, socialite Gray Godfrey wakes from a night out to an empty bed. Her husband, Paul, is gone, and a thrashing hangover has wiped her memory clean. At first, she's relieved for the break from her tumultuous marriage; perhaps Paul just needed some space. But when his car is found abandoned on the highway, Gray must face the truth: Paul is gone. And Gray may not want him found. Her life is unraveling. When a stranger named Annie calls claiming to know Paul's whereabouts, Gray reluctantly accepts her help.

Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late 20th century. Eighty years old, Ebenezer has lived his whole life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, a stony speck of a place caught between England and France yet a world away from either. Ebenezer himself is fiercely independent, but as he reaches the end of his life he is determined to tell his own story and the story of those he has known.

"Regain" ou l'éclatante première manière de Giono : mystique, solaire, animale. Aubignane se meurt. Seuls trois fidèles occupent encore ce village devenu un nid de spectres. L'hiver finit par chasser le vieux forgeron, et la veuve du puisatier disparaît au printemps, avec la promesse qu'elle avait faite à Panturle de lui trouver une femme. Au village, désormais, ne reste plus que ce chasseur qui devient peu à peu fou de solitude. Une femme surgit, par des chemins presque surnaturels.

A House for Mr. Biswas, by Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul, is a powerful novel about one man's struggle for identity and belonging. Born into poverty, then trapped in the shackles of charity and gratitude, Mr. Biswas longs for a house he can call his own. He loathes his wife and her wealthy family, upon whom he is dependent. Finding himself a mere accessory on their estate, his constant rebellion is motivated by the one thing that can symbolize his independence.

Selma, eine alte Westerwälderin, kann den Tod voraussehen. Immer, wenn ihr im Traum ein Okapi erscheint, stirbt am nächsten Tag jemand im Dorf. Unklar ist allerdings, wen es dann wirklich treffen wird. "Was man von hier aus sehen kann" ist das Porträt eines Dorfes, in dem alles auf wundersame Weise zusammenhängt. Vor allem ist es eine Geschichte über die Liebe unter schwierigen Vorzeichen, Liebe, die scheinbar immer die ungünstigsten Bedingungen wählt.Das WDR-Hörspiel - mit Jule Ronstedt als Erzählerin - fängt den herzerwärmenden und gewitzten Ton der Romanvorlage kongenial ein.

Une maison d'un étage, à la façade de lierre, dans un village des environs de Paris où le narrateur, que l'on appelait plus facilement "Patoche" à l'époque, a grandi avec son petit frère car leur mère était partie jouer une pièce en tournée. Une maison où ne vivaient que des femmes, une époque où tant de questions se bousculaient : qu'est-ce qu'une tête brûlée ? et une "série noire" ? Eliot Salter, marquis de Caussade, reviendrait-il dans son château comme l'avait promis le père des enfants lors d'un déjeuner ?

A mysterious virus has infiltrated the good people of Lake Wobegon, transmitted via unpasteurized cheese made by a Norwegian bachelor farmer, the effect of which is episodic loss of social inhibition. Mayor Alice, Father Wilmer, Pastor Liz, the Bunsens and Krebsbachs, formerly taciturn elders, burst into political rants, inappropriate confessions, and rhapsodic proclamations, while their teenagers watch in amazement. Meanwhile, a wealthy outsider is buying up farmland for a Keep America Truckin' motorway and amusement park.