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Sophie Kinsella has dazzled readers with her irresistible Shopaholic novels - sensational international best sellers that have garnered millions of devoted fans and catapulted her into the first rank of contemporary storytellers. Now her beloved heroine Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) returns in a hilarious tale of married life, toddlerhood, and the perils of trying to give a fabulous surprise party - on a budget! Becky Brandon thought motherhood would be a breeze and that having a daughter was a dream come true: A shopping friend for life! But it’s trickier than she thought.

【2021年本屋大賞ノミネート作】【第33回柴田錬三郎賞受賞作】——僕は、そうは、思わない。敵は、先入観。世界をひっくり返せ！　伊坂幸太郎史上、最高の読後感。

大学を中退し、夜の街で客引きのバイトをしている優斗。ある日、バイト中に話しかけてきた大阪弁の女は、中学時代に死んだはずの同級生の名を名乗ったが――「違う羽の鳥」　失業中で家に籠もりがちな恭一。ある日小一の息子・隼が遊びから帰ってくると、聖徳太子の描かれた旧一万円札を持っていた。

When the grief from losing her son is too much for Rachel to bear, she mentally breaks down, but then finds something Michael left behind that will help her take her revenge on her baby father.

1995年1月、地震はすべてを一瞬のうちに壊滅させた。

心から一歩も外に出ないものごとなんて、この世界には存在しない──君たち二人の運命が、ただの成り行きによってここで邂逅したわけではない。君たちは入るべくしてこの世界に足を踏み入れたのだ。

Eine geheimnisvolle Bibliothek in einer ummauerten Stadt am Ende der Welt, die nur betreten kann, wer seinen eigenen Schatten zurücklässt: Hier lebt das wahre Ich des Mädchens, in das sich der namenlose Erzähler mit siebzehn Jahren unsterblich verliebt. Er macht sich auf die Suche, gelangt in die Stadt, doch das Mädchen erkennt ihn nicht mehr.

Audible presents Adulting, a 20 episode series created by Dice Media. From the makers of Little Things and What The Folks (WTF!) comes “Adulting”, a coming of age story about two young women trying to handle the responsibilities of being independent adults in the fast-paced, urban bustle of Mumbai. Take a peek into the daily life and shenanigans of two twenty-something women: Ray & Nikhat (played by Yashaswini Dayama and Aisha Ahmed respectively), as they try to make it through adulthood in their own unique way. Now in audio with all new episodes. Disclaimer: This show is a work of fiction and is partly inspired by true-life incidents. All stories and names have been fictionalized and the contents of the show are not a true or accurate depiction of what transpired. Any resemblance to real persons, businesses, places or events is unintentional and coincidental. This show contains expletives, strong language and mature content for Adult listeners. This show is not intended to offend or defame any individual, entity, caste, community, race, or religion or to denigrate any institution or person, living or dead. Listener's discretion is strongly advised

19世紀後半、栄華を極めるパリの美術界。画商・林忠正は助手の重吉と共に流暢な仏語で浮世絵を売り込んでいた。野心溢れる彼らの前に現れたのは日本に憧れる無名画家ゴッホと、兄を献身的に支える画商のテオ。

A murder has taken place in a tony Mumbai neighbourhood. A prime suspect, Prashanth, keeps his silence in the interrogation room as Inspector Khan plays the tapes of his therapy sessions. The explosive tapes, surreptitiously recorded by therapist Shaily Gupta, slowly reveal shocking information about Prashanth, about his relationship with his girlfriend Sonya, about the therapist and about the gruesome murder in question.

Nobel Prize-winner V. S. Naipaul, one of the world's most acclaimed authors, effortlessly tackles provocative ideas that lesser novelists shy away from and always leaves his audience with something to think about.

Diwan-e-Ghalib is the famous collection of poetic works of legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.

謎のウイルスをぶっ飛ばせ!!「マドンナ・ウイルス? なんじゃそりゃ」第二次内閣を発足させたばかりの武藤泰山を絶体絶命のピンチが襲う。

Irland i 50'erne: Den unge pige Eilis bor sammen med sin mor og søster i en lille by, hvor der er meget langt til resten af verden. Faren er død, og pengene er små. Storesøsteren arbejder hårdt om dagen og spiller golf om aftenen. Her møder Eilis en praest, som er hjemme på besøg fra New York, og som lover at skaffe Eilis et job "over there". Efter en hård overfart til Amerika møder den lidt sky og tilbageholdende pige den nye verden, Brooklyn og New York. I Brooklyn flytter Eilis ind i et pensionat for irske piger og begynder at arbejde bag disken i en paen tøjforretning.

The two-hundred-year-old cottages known as Tyler’s Row, with charming leaded-glass windows and an arched thorn hedge over the gateway, are supposed to provide a haven of peace for their new owners, Peter and Diana Hale.

June Hayward und Athena Liu könnten beide aufstrebende Stars der Literaturszene sein. Doch während die chinesisch-amerikanische Autorin Athena für ihre Romane gefeiert wird, fristet June ein Dasein im Abseits. Niemand interessiert sich für Geschichten "ganz normaler" weißer Mädchen, so sieht es June zumindest. Als June Zeugin wird, wie Athena bei einem Unfall stirbt, stiehlt sie im Affekt Athenas neuestes, gerade vollendetes Manuskript, einen Roman über die Heldentaten chinesischer Arbeiter während des Ersten Weltkriegs.

その誰かは、そこにあるものが本当(傍点傍点)に(傍点)ある(傍点)ことを確認するために、彼の幅広い手をいっそう強く握りしめた。長く滑らかな指、そして強い芯を持っている。

It's 1978, and Ave Maria Mulligan is the thirty-five-year-old self-proclaimed spinster of Big Stone Gap, a sleepy hamlet in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She’s also the local pharmacist, the co-captain of the Rescue Squad, and the director of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, the town’s long-running Outdoor Drama. Ave Maria is content with her life—until, one fateful day, her past opens wide with the revelation of a long-buried secret that will alter the course of her life.

Der größte Roman, den Jonathan Franzen seit den Korrekturen geschrieben hat. Sein Meisterwerk! Es ist der 23. Dezember 1971, und die Familie Hildebrandt steht an einem Scheideweg. Der Vater Russ, zweiter Pastor an einer Vorstadtkirche in Chicago, ist bereit, sich aus seiner Ehe zu lösen, die ihm freudlos erscheint - vorausgesetzt, seine patente, aber labile Frau Marion löst sich zuerst. Ihr ältester Sohn, Clem, kommt über die Feiertage aus dem College nach Hause, nachdem er eine moralische Entscheidung gefällt hat, die seinen Vater erschüttern wird.

Prinkipo Island, Turkey, 2017. In the glow of a late summer morning, family gather for the 100th birthday of the famous artist Sirin Saka. It ought to be a time of fond reminiscence, looking back on a long and fruitful artistic career, on memories spanning almost a century, but also of an era when imperial forces fought over her homeland. But the deep past is something Sirin has spent a lifetime trying to conceal. Her grandchildren, Nur and Fikret, and great grandchild do not know what Sirin is hiding, though they are intimately aware of the secret's psychological consequences.