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Nella Larsen's "Quicksand" paints a poignant portrait of Helga Crane, a young woman grappling with her mixed racial heritage in the 1920s. Caught between societal expectations and her yearning for identity, Helga navigates different settings.

The Silence of the Lambs meets Sadie in this riveting psychological thriller about two teenagers teaming up with the FBI to track down juvenile serial killers. In 1982, two teenagers—serial killer survivor Emma Lewis and US Marshal candidate Travis Bell—are recruited by the FBI to interview...

Do you remember your first love? Have you ever wondered what would happen if you had a second chance to follow your heart? In this collection of novellas written by award-winning and best-selling authors, come home to Echo Ridge as summer winds down and hearts once broken and lost are given one more chance, a second chance to love. This collection includes novellas by Lucy McConnell, Janette Rallison, Cami Checketts, Heather Tullis, and Rachelle J. Christensen.

In this ambitious and wildly original debut -- part social-political satire, part international mystery -- a new virus turns people into something a bit more than human, upending society as we know it. This panoramic fictional oral history begins with one small mystery: the body of a young woman...

Die HYPERION fliegt ins System der Kybernetiker, die sich mittlerweile ebenfalls vom Solaren Imperium losgesagt haben. Cassandra Bennett soll ihnen dabei helfen, die Identität der Genschlüsselträger offenzulegen, um die Vollendung von Richard Meridians Jahrhundertplan zu stoppen. Unterdessen ist John Kartess auf der Suche nach der Machtbasis der Assassinen.

THE JUNE 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK! Ellery Wainwright is alone at the edge of the world. She and her husband, Luke, were supposed to spend their twentieth wedding anniversary together at the luxurious Resort at Broken Point in Big Sur, California. Where better to celebrate a marriage...

« Faut se calmer, essayer d’être ce qu’on est, c’est-à-dire pas grand-chose. Mettre tout ça à peu près en ordre, déjà, déjà ce serait pas mal. Tout sera dans le bon ordre à partir de là, et dans le bonheur peut-être un jour. Et puis je vais essayer d’être polie. Précise, logique et claire pour une fois. » Christine Angot

Christine Angot, livrant ses souvenirs et ses pensées parfois chaotiques adopte un ton enragé, un débit essoufflé et novateur, une phrase hachée et limpide à la fois.

Juin 1626. Pieds nus, vêtue d'une chemise tachée de sang, une petite fille de quatre ans erre, un soir, dans la forêt d'Anet en serrant contre elle une poupée. Elle s'appelle Sylvie de Valaines et sa famille vient d'être assassinée, peut-être par ordre du cardinal de Richelieu pour récupérer certaines lettres. Un jeune garçon de dix ans la recueille et la ramène au château d'Anet. Il s'appelle François de Bourbon-Vendôme, prince de Martigues, et il est l'un des petits-fils d'Henri IV et de Gabrielle d'Estrées.

What you see isn't always what you get in this funny and heart-wrenching story about two girls from different crowds who find common ground, by National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters. Antonia is a "nerd," and Jazz is a "punk." Antonia belongs to the math club; Jazz hangs out at the...

In this compelling and meticulously researched audiobook on the Vietnam War era, David Gerhardt blends his riveting firsthand experience with documented facts. The result is a historical war memoir offering a comprehensive perspective on one of America's most notoriously divisive eras and brutal armed conflicts. Whether they fought in it, demonstrated against it, or subsisted through the tumultuous times, Vietnam belonged to the baby boomer generation.

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15 spannende Folgen der Grundschul-Superhelden in einer Sammlung! Jonas, Anna, Caro und Finn lösen knifflige Fälle, decken Geheimnisse auf und erleben Abenteuer, bei denen kein Rätsel ungelöst bleibt. Perfekt zum Miträtseln, Mitfiebern und Mithören – für kleine Detektivinnen und Detektive ab 6 Jahren.

Ein spannender Ausflug steht bevor: Die Klasse 5a darf die New Ocean Voyager besichtigen – ein beeindruckendes Kreuzfahrtschiff mit Pools, Restaurants und einer endlosen Wasserrutsche. Begeistert entdecken die Kinder das schwimmende Paradies, bestaunen die moderne Technik und genießen das Abenteuer an Bord – bis plötzlich alles ganz anders kommt. Denn als das Schiff ohne jede Vorwarnung ablegt, finden sich die Grundschul-Superhelden Jonas, Anna, Caro und Finn mitten auf hoher See wieder.

Pure Land is the story of the most brutal murder in the history of the Grand Canyon and how McGivney's quest to investigate the victim's life and death wound up guiding the author through her own life-threatening crisis. On this journey stretching from the southern tip of Japan to the bottom of Grand Canyon, and into the ugliest aspects of human behavior, Pure Land offers proof of the healing power of nature and of the resiliency of the human spirit.

Marketing guru Philip Kotler, cause marketing authority David Hessekiel, and social marketing expert Nancy Lee have teamed up to create a guide rich with actionable advice on integrating marketing and corporate social initiatives into your broader business goals. 

Writer Kovie Biakolo became inspired to publish Conversations for Smart People while having rooftop drinks in Brooklyn with a few of her colleagues. In her classic uninhibited style, Kovie deftly weaves through such topics as: being a woman, growing up African, the meaning of beauty, and love. And of course the essay collection includes thoughtful commentary on sociopolitical issues--like race--that Kovie often finds herself discussing in her work.

In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups - the farmers of Shantih and the city dwellers - live in apparent harmony. All is not as it seems, however. While the peace-loving farmers labor endlessly to provide food for the city, the city bosses rule the Shantih with an iron fist. When a group of farmers decide to form a new settlement further away, the bosses retaliate by threatening to crush the "rebellion". 

In the sixth decade of the 21st century, Earth has been transformed. Nanotechnology has been perfected, giving humans the ability to change their environment and themselves down to the cellular level. And the study of the mind has brought a revolution in human psychotherapy and artificial intelligence. It's a sane and perfect world. Almost.

Fame is rare in Driftwood - it's hard to get famous if you don't stick around long enough for people to know you. But many know the guide Last, a one-blooded survivor who has seen his world end many lifetimes ago. For Driftwood is a strange place of slow apocalypses, where continents eventually crumble into mere neighborhoods, pulled inexorably toward the center in the Crush. Cultures clash, countries fall, and everything eventually disintegrates. 

Dans la vallée, il y avait trois fermiers, éleveurs de volailles dodues... Le premier était gros et gourmand ; le deuxième était petit et bilieux ; le troisième était maigre et se nourrissait de cidre. Tous les trois étaient laids et méchants. Dans le bois qui surplombait la vallée vivaient Maître Renard, Dame Renard et leurs quatre renardeaux, affamés et malins.

When Kate wins an item at her children’s elementary school auction - an all-inclusive trip to SeaView at Sandpiper Bay - she thinks it’s just what her family needs after a decade of career disappointments and a marriage on its last legs. She has no reason to believe that said trip is a Fyre Festival-level fraud and, in fact, the catalyst to her unraveling. But it is. Oh, but it is.