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"Am Morgen des 16. April trat der Arzt Bernard Rieux aus seiner Wohnung und stolperte mitten auf dem Flur über eine tote Ratte." Die Pest ist ausgebrochen. Leidenschaftlich, aber mit wachsender Verzweiflung, tun Rieux und einige andere alles, um zu helfen.

警察小説の新たなるヒロイン誕生！念願かない警察広報職員から刑事になった森口泉。記憶力や語学力を買われ、希望していた機動分析係へ配属された。

The Condition tells the story of the McKotches, a proper New England family that comes apart during one fateful summer. One day on the beach, Frank McKotch is struck by an image he cannot forget: his 13-year-old daughter, Gwen, strangely infantile in her child-sized bikini, standing a full head shorter than her younger cousin Charlotte. At that moment, he knows a truth that he can never again unknow: something is terribly wrong with his only daughter.

Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, Third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are under anaesthetic at the dentists when something strange happens - and their identities are swapped. Suddenly Joey can use his six-foot frame to get his own back on his Hollywood persecutors. But Reggie has to endure everything Joey had to put up with in the horrible life of a child star - including kidnap.

Colm O’Flynn was loved by his close circle of family and friends, however his death came too soon for everyone to make peace with their past. Shauna, his second wife, adored him. But one night she broke their marriage vows and didn’t get time to ask Colm’s forgiveness. Jess was the first Mrs O’Flynn. Her heart is set on someone new, but will the last one-night stand she shared with Colm come back to haunt her? Colm’s best friend, Dan, is recently divorced. Can he take a second shot at happiness if it means betraying the one person who always had his back?

Erst sind es Kleinigkeiten: Konrad Lang legt aus Versehen seine Brieftasche in den Kühlschrank. Bald vergisst er den Namen der Frau, die er heiraten will. Je mehr Neugedächtnis ihm die Krankheit- Alzheimer - raubt, desto stärker kommen früheste Erinnerungen auf. Und das beunruhigt eine millionenschwere alte Dame, mit der Konrad seit seiner Kindheit auf die ungewöhnlichste Art verbunden ist.

The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling military thriller writer and coauthor of the bestselling Rogue Warrior series goes beyond the headlines and worldwide speculation in this pulse-pounding fictional account of the breathtaking hunt for the world’s most wanted terrorist, Usama Bin Laden. Some truths are better told in fiction.

The year is 1967. Thirteen-year-old Maisie is at her decaying family home, once a medieval abbey. Lucas, an artist and friend, is painting a portrait of Maisie and her sisters. Maisie embarks on a portrait of her own: telling the story of herself, her sisters and their lovers, and of her friend, Daniel Nunn. Twenty-three years later, Lucas's now-famous portrait features in a retrospective of his work. Daniel, obsessed by the sisters and determined to understand what happened that summer at the abbey, pursues answers.

The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London. The book's protagonist, Humphrey van Weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. Its first printing of forty thousand copies was immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.

"CÓRKA CIENI" TO JULIANA I JEJ NIESAMOWITA HISTORIA. Przypadkowo znaleziony pamietnik odkrywa tajemnice. Przedwojenny zakazany romans, ucieczka w Bieszczady, brutalnosc wojny, bandy ukrainskie, trudna rzeczywistosc powojennej Polski - na tle historycznych zawirowan dorasta w samotnosci mala dziewczynka. Ciag dalszy losów Juliany - tom 2 "Obce matki", tom 3 "Burza przed cisza".

Born into the lap of luxury and comfortable in the here and now, spoiled, tempestuous Tamara Goodwin has never had to look to the future, until the abrupt death of her father leaves her and her mother a mountain of debt and forces them to move in with Tamara's peculiar aunt and uncle in a tiny countryside village. Tamara is lonely and bored, with a traveling library as her only diversion....

【Audible Originals】芥川賞作家・川上未映子によるAmazon Audible書き下ろし小説。朗読は、主演映画「愛がなんだ」をはじめ数々の映画やドラマ、舞台に出演している 俳優 ・岸井ゆきの。

Mulheres abandonadas. Desde sempre, a literatura é permeada de histórias trágicas de figuras fascinantes, como Medeia e Dido, que se desfazem diante do abandono masculino. Emma Bovary e Anna Kariênina, personagens inesquecíveis, também sucumbem. A mesma Simone de Beauvoir de O segundo sexo escreveu A mulher desiludida, antologia de contos sobre personagens despedaçadas, uma delas por essa mesma via. No século xxi, Elena Ferrante atualiza a tradição, criando personagens que definham ou enlouquecem depois de dispensadas — é o caso de Olga, em Dias de abandono, que se vê confrontada com novas questões: Como pode uma mulher padecer "de amor" nos anos 2000?

Björn is a compulsive, meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works—a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge. When Björn is in his room, what his co-workers see is him standing by the wall and staring off into space looking dazed, relaxed, and decidedly creepy. Björn’s bizarre behavior eventually leads his co-workers to try and have him fired, but Björn will turn the tables on them with help from his secret room.

Das neue Hörbuch von Arno Geiger - aufrichtig und lebensklug. Frühmorgens bricht ein junger Mann mit dem Fahrrad in die Straßen der Stadt auf. Was er dort tut, bleibt sein Geheimnis. Zerschunden und müde kehrt er zurück. Und oft ist er glücklich. Jahrzehntelang hat Arno Geiger ein Doppelleben geführt. Jetzt erzählt er davon. "Wenn man jung ist, ist alles einfach wie Messer und Gabel." Und doch bleibt die Frage, die sich jeder stellt: Wie finde ich meinen Weg durchs Leben? Arno Geiger erzählt von seinem sehr persönlichen Umgang damit. Wie er Dinge tat, die andere unterlassen.

Headstrong and organised, Mia is a single mum who wants to fix the world - but the one thing she can’t fix is her family. Responsible older brother Will has fled Primrose Bay, unable to forgive and forget after the ultimate betrayal. And Jasmine, no longer the wayward baby sister, is determined to prove to her brother and sister that she’s just as capable as they are. Together in the bay after years apart and a separation spanning three continents, it doesn’t take long for the siblings to clash when Mia calls everyone together in a family crisis.

Quando la vita chiama, il cuore risponde. Impossibile, però, dare ascolto a questo richiamo quando si è imbottigliati in un'esistenza troppo frenetica, un'esistenza come quella di Lorenzo, che ha sacrificato amicizie e passioni dando corpo e anima alla Londra dell'alta finanza. Non senza fatica, è riuscito a trovare l'onda giusta e a cavalcarla. E ora, eccolo qui: giovane e brillante, una macchina da guerra tirata a lucido e alimentata da adrenalina e ambizione. Ma il carburante si esaurisce. Lorenzo cade e affoga in quell'onda che prima lo teneva in piedi. Ha sopportato troppo, e ora si è spezzato.

Shuttled among orphanages and foster homes since he was 11, Wesley Benfield - newly converted - is trying to turn over a new leaf. But two things are keeping him from a straight-and-narrow kind of existence: lust for Phoebe, and a National Steel Dobro bottleneck guitar. There’s more than one way for an ungainly white boy to find a little soul, and Wesley strikes out on his own path of redemption.

A poignant story about friendship, betrayal, obsession and second chances – this novel is an immensely powerful portrayal of human resilience. Sierra Leone: civil war has left an entire population with terrible secrets to keep. In the capital's hospital Kai, a gifted young surgeon, is plagued by demons. Elsewhere in the hospital lies Elias Cole, a university professor who recalls the love that drove him to acts that are far from heroic. As past and present intersect, Kai and Elias are drawn unwittingly closer and into the path of one woman at the centre of their stories.

Late one summer evening, antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow is returning from a client visit when he takes a wrong turn. He stumbles across a derelict Edwardian house, and compelled by curiosity, approaches the door. Standing before the entrance, he feels the unmistakable sensation of a small cold hand creeping into his own, ‘as if a child had taken hold of it’. At first he is merely puzzled by the odd incident but then begins to suffer attacks of fear and panic, and is visited by nightmares.