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In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.

Di tutte le civiltà che esistevano nell'anno Mille, quella dell'Europa occidentale sembrava la peggior candidata per un futuro radioso. Paragonati agli imperi scintillanti di Bisanzio o dell'Islam, i regni frammentati affacciati sull'Atlantico sembravano poveri, impauriti e poco sviluppati. Ma l'anarchia di quegli anni non era il presagio per la fine del mondo, ma la fucina di un ordine radicalmente diverso.

Il cherche la femme parfaite. Elle cherche une aventure d'un soir. Zoey Moody, agente littéraire, est exilée de la scène éditoriale de Manhattan et coincée dans une petite ville de Pennsylvanie avec sa meilleure amie et unique cliente, Hazel. Le problème ? Elle est complètement fauchée...

Personne ne revient de Witch Knell. Les pécheurs y sont envoyés pour mourir, les légendes parlent de créatures affamées et d'un seigneur maudit qui règne sur les ombres. Elle y découvre un monde oublié, aussi cruel que magnifique. Et un homme. Zevander Rydainn, assassin redouté, surnommé le Scorpion. Froid, calculateur, et lié à elle par une prophétie ancienne. Il devrait la protéger. Il pourrait la sacrifier. Mais ce qu'il ne peut contrôler, c'est l'obsession brûlante qui le consume peu à peu.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK / AUDIOBOOK READ BY MERYL STREEP “Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.”—The Guardian In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself...

This is a concise summary and analysis of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ann Patchett. Ideal those seeking a quick and insightful overview.

Lake Monsters: Strange Encounters offers bone-chilling tales of human survival and death with mysterious creatures of the deep, murky freshwater of North America. These are true, frightening encounters with unimaginable and elusive freshwater cryptids. From the Great Lakes to pristine backyard swimming pools, the next time you stare into the depths, you’ll remember the fantastic and horrifying cryptids that lurk below the surface. Dive in if you dare.

From its quiet beginnings as a picnic grounds in 1872 to its gradual evolution into an amusement park, Geauga Lake became one of Northeast Ohio's most famous attractions. The story of Geauga Lake take listeners through its entire history—from its dramatic climb in status to become a nationally recognized megapark to its almost inexplicable and rapid decline and demise in 2007. The fascinating story illuminates the changing strategies that different owners brought to the park and captures the many changes that regularly transformed the midway.

Twain called this story a "hymn to boyhood". Loved by all ages in countless renditions in all media. A classic piece of American literature.

Greenville, état du Maine, États-Unis. 2017. Un lac sauvage. Une île désertée. Une forêt dense. Une villa isolée. Une bande de jeunes fêtards. Une disparition inquiétante. 2022. Karen Blackstone, journaliste spécialiste des cas de disparitions irrésolues, pose ses valises et ses interrogations à Greenville, bourgade tranquille au bord du lac Moosehead. Bien décidée à élucider le mystère de la disparition de Veronika Lake, elle va très vite se heurter à la méfiance des habitants. De découvertes en révélations, l’enquêtrice tente pourtant de faire émerger la vérité sur cette affaire taboue.

The best selling of any of Twains’s works during his lifetime. A masterpiece of American literature. The adventures of a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The preamble to Twain’s most famous work, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Stuart Woods, the best-selling author of L.A. Times and Heat, has created a haunting thriller full of ghostly images, murder and old family secrets. Part detective story, part ghost story, part Southern gothic - this absorbing novel will fascinate listeners as a small town’s present, past and future converge.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. In 1855, three years after it was published, it was called "the most popular novel of our day". A thrilling and important piece of American literature!

Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. In 1855, three years after it was published, it was called "the most popular novel of our day." A thrilling and important piece of American literature!

Eigentlich steht eine Auszeit an. Ein leichter Herzinfarkt verschlägt mich in Colorados verschneite Berge. Aber mit der Ruhe ist es hier nicht weit her. Der Bewegungsmelder im Garten springt ständig an, dann sind da auf einmal Fußspuren im Schnee und andere, wirklich gruselige Dinge passieren. Letztendlich lande ich bei der örtlichen Polizei, um die Sache zu melden. Dass der Cop ausgesprochen heiß aussieht und definitiv schwul ist, sorgt für Herzstolpern. Dieses Mal jedoch auf gesundheitlich unbedenkliche Art und Weise.

Rick and Scotty go to work on a project at an experimental rocket installation in Nevada at the request of Dr. John Gordon. Someone has been trying to sabotage the rocker launches and leaves pictures of a knight sticking a sword through a rocket. The person calls themselves The Earthman.

This could very well be the definitive American novel. A great success since it was first published. Required reading. Great fun.

The definitive American novel. A great success since it was first published. Required reading. One of the most enjoyable novels ever written.

Brought to you by Penguin. One happy couple. Two divided families. A wedding party to die for. On the private island of Castle Fiore - surrounded by the glittering waters of Lake Garda - the illustrious Heywood family gathers begrudgingly for their son Laurence's wedding to Italian influencer...

Melly was a stray puppy who loved in a big, stinky city. She wanted to find a home with a nice-smelling family, and so she made a plan to be rescued. This is a story about her first Christmas....