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The Melancholy of Resistance, László Krasznahorkai's magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town. A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world, arrives in the dead of winter, prompting bizarre rumors. Word spreads that the circus folk have a sinister purpose in mind, and the frightened citizens cling to any manifestation of order they can find—music, cosmology, fascism.

Seven fathers raising sons in the 1960s and 70s, facing the challenges of changing times and attitudes as the suburbs encroach on small-town life. One Halloween they bond together for a rash protest against the strictures of the times and drag an outhouse from the countryside into the center of town. Over the next twenty years, they’ll recreate this event every Halloween, as their sons grow up and join them. A cross between Iron John and How to Make An American Quilt, The Outhouse Gang is an insightful look at what it meant to be a father, and a son, in those tumultuous times.

After spending her childhood in Haddon House Children's Hostel, Alice Tucker is selected to go into service at Holmorton Lodge. Left behind in the workhouse after the death of her father and the disappearance of her mother, the only clues to Alice's past lie in hazy childhood memories. Now, ten years later, she longs to uncover the truth about her family and who she really is. When a chance discovery leads her from a Welsh nursing home to a solicitor's office in Manchester, Alice begins to unravel a story far more tangled than she imagined.

Eberhofer im Neubau, Birkenberger im Saustall und Susi (fast) im Bürgermeisteramt – und als wäre das Chaos in Niederkaltenkirchen nicht schon perfekt, geht auch noch die Oma auf Kur! Gut, dass die neue Haushaltshilfe Julika für Ordnung auf dem Eberhofer-Hof sorgt, während Franz sich wohl oder übel zwischen Susis Wahlkampf und dem neuen Hobby von Sohn Paul zurechtfinden muss. Als der örtliche »Steckerlfischkönig« plötzlich mausetot auf dem neu errichteten Golfplatz liegt, kommt das dem Dorfsheriff deshalb gar nicht so ungelegen.

"The perfect cozy witchy read" ★★★★★ reader review Being a receptionist at her family's magical inn for witches is not Luna's true calling. But she's stuck doing her duty until she comes up with the perfect escape: a trip to rescue Elias, the magician who once saved her mother's life...

'A gripping cozy crime with lots of heart.' Alice Castle Former rockstar Tarquin Gold thought he had left his wild days behind when he traded in his glamorous lifestyle to become a farmer, but his dreams of a peaceful life come crashing down when murder rocks his newly opened glamping site. As...

A small town. Big secrets. A brand new gripping standalone thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner. The Dixon family house was once a crown jewel of the White Mountains. Perched on a cliff with breathtaking views, it promised summer adventures, winter skiing, and family...

I know I shouldn’t want her, but that’s not stopping me from going after what I want. Jade McKay isn’t just beautiful, she’s temptation wrapped in one delicious package. The way she looks at me. The way she makes me lose control. The way she says my name. It’s everything. She’s everything. There’s only one problem — she’s my best friend’s sister and ten years younger than me. Completely off-limits… and impossible to resist. Now that we’ve crossed that line, there’s no going back. I’m not letting anyone or anything stand between us. Because Jade isn’t what I want, she’s what I need.

Grace longs only to hide away. Fleeing both a traumatic marriage and a scandal-laden divorce, she needs to disappear somewhere safe with her six-year-old son Jacob. Finding the job running a small nature reserve on the remote, beautiful island of Lighthouse Cove off the rugged Maine coast feels...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls returns with a spellbinding page-turner about a crime in a small town that exposes long-held secrets and betrayals among a group of lifelong friends. When Tyler Sinclair left Stone Mountain at eighteen, he had no plans...

Inspirado nos acontecimentos verídicos em torno da destruição da cidade de Iola nos anos 1960, Siga como um rio é a história de um amor avassalador, de pessoas que seguem em frente, fluindo e carregando tudo pelo caminho, ainda que diante de tantos obstáculos. Victoria Nash é apenas uma adolescente na década de 1940, mas já é responsável por todos os afazeres da casa, numa fazenda de pêssegos na cidadezinha de Iola, no Colorado – a única mulher num lar de homens cheios de problemas.

Collin I'm not a fan of change. So, when I hear the old bar I work at a couple of nights a week has sold, I wonder if it's time for me to give up that side gig. It's not like I need the cash. My job as a full-time firefighter is more than enough to keep me comfortable and plenty busy. Then I...

A small California town—and three people within it—become the targets of an ancient evil. Tess Bellamy's return home is anything but triumphant. She's decided Hollywood isn't for her, resigned to a normal life of caring for her ailing mother. Linna Severand would be a powerful sorceress...

Three men. One freezing night. Zero chance I'm walking away from this unscathed. When a brutal frost threatens to wipe out my flower farm, my neighbors show up at 2 AM like they've been waiting for an excuse. Tarps. Heaters. Flashlights cutting through the dark. And three bodies I've spent a...

One dead millionaire, one dead intruder, and a detective whose only path forward means exposing the secrets of Bar Harbor's wealthy elite. Detective Brock Justice never imagined the glittering coastal town of Bar Harbor would be his next battleground. When multimillionaire Granville Warren and...

I ran from my past...straight into the arms of a pack of cowboys. When my best friend wanted to go on a road trip to find her father, I jumped at the chance to leave my parents in the dust. By the time we land in the town of Brackenridge, we're broke and have to do the last thing I've ever...

He is the perfect mayor with a political future mapped out to the last detail. She is the bohemian chaos who has been driving him crazy for months. And they've just been named co-chairs of the biggest festival of the year. Iris I've been in Sunset Valley for six months, and I'm still the...

Read. Sleep. Fall for your enemy. Lilah Owning a spicy romance bookstore was supposed to come with feral readers and a meet-cute or two. Not a billionaire in a three-piece suit trying to bulldoze my business. Lincoln Hanover is everything that's wrong with the world. He's hot, bossy, and far too...

She's spent five years getting over him. He's spent five years trying to deserve her. Sadie knows exactly who Harrison Turner is—the boy who loved her, the quarterback who forgot her, and the man in a viral video she wishes she'd never seen. She healed. She rebuilt. She made peace with the...

Jago Trevarno war vierzig Minuten lang klinisch tot. Nun ist sein Leben ein anderes. Auf dem Hof seines Onkels Jacob an der Küste in Cornwall versucht er, die Teile seines Lebens wieder zusammenzusetzen. In dieser Umgebung findet Jago langsam zur Ruhe. Seine Tage sind bestimmt vom Rhythmus der Natur und der Arbeit. Jago muss Bill Sligo stoppen, um zu bewahren, was er hat: einen Ort, an dem er weiterleben kann. Patrick Charnleys Roman erzählt anrührend und dabei unsentimental von einem Neuanfang im eigenen Tempo.