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Die neunjährige Katya wächst im Russland der 60er Jahre in bescheidenen Verhältnissen in einer Stadt nahe Moskaus auf. Von einer tiefen Unruhe getrieben, lauscht sie jede Nacht den eindringlichen Klaviersonaten des Mansardenbewohners. Er sei ein Ungeheuer, sagt man, ein geflohener SS-Scherge. Als der Mann stirbt, erbt Katya sein Klavier. Ein Blüthner. Es wird ihre erste große Liebe. Clara ist Automechanikerin in der Nähe von L.A. Ihre Eltern sind bei einem Brand ums Leben gekommen, und ihre...
| Автор | Chris Cander |
A man's past doesn't have to map his fate, especially when a woman holds the key to his destiny in this timeless novel by New York Times bestselling author and legend in historical romance Mary Jo Putney. . .Disinherited and disgraced, Reginald Davenport's prospects cried for a dire end. But fate has given him one last chance at redemption–by taking his rightful place as the heir of Strickland, his lost ancestral estate. Davenport knows his way around women, yet nothing prepares...
| Автор | Mary Jo Putney |
Finalist for the 2015 PEN Literary Award for Translation[/b] Winner of the 2016 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature "A quirky, compulsively readable book that deftly hints at the emptiness and sadness at its core."—New York Times A finalist for both the Strega Europeo and Gregor von Rezzori awards (and winner of every Bulgarian honor possible), The Physics of Sorrow reaffirms Georgi Gospodinov's place as one of Europe's most inventive and daring writers. Using the...
| Автор | Georgi Gospodinov |
Stories from an age when losing your wits could mean losing your head. Wisdom's Way is a collection of true stories from ancient China. Filled with palace intrigue, ambitious warlords, greedy swindlers, and justice-seeking wise men, each story evokes the legendary wisdom of the Far East. These delightful tales offer both historical lessons and insight into human relationships, from the grand maneuvering of emperors to a pair of tradesmen arguing over an old coat. Test your wit in a...
| Автор | Walton C. Lee |
Three kingdoms at war.<br>Two kings are dead.<br>One king is missing.<br>Are the god's playing around?<br>An assassin sent to find and end the life of the missing king.<br>Will the king find his way home in time to conquer another assault?<br>Will the king live by fighting his way past all obstacles placed in front of him?<br>Find out how a young king fights his way home in this epic adventure of sword, beast and magic!
| Автор | Norman Sr. Willey |
Escape From Paradise – the long-awaited novel about the 1979 Iranian Revolution – is heartfelt, powerful, and compulsively readable.<br><br>The lives of a group of Iranians and a young American woman with her two children are seriously threatened in the devastating aftermath of the bloody Iran revolution of 1979. Combined, their lives make a tapestry that reflects the entire colorful canvas of society's different political persuasions and social classes....
| Автор | Majid MD Amini |
A collection of ghostly encounters from Michigan's Thumb and Upper Peninsula include the following: a haunted hunting camp, a spirit who is damned to perdition, a residual haunting in the ghost town of Fayette, wet footprints left by a waterlogged spirit, a fishing pier whose ghosts are not camera shy, and a young spirit searching for a playmate for eternity. Hauntings are frequent in the small towns and villages of Lake Huron's sunrise coast known as the Thumb. The huge fires of...
| Автор | Jan BSL Langley |
After an aimless life, Martin Blaskett is ready to settle down, unaware of the tension rising in his new town from unknowable forces. When he draws the attention of a shape-shifter from local legend, his world is shaken, and he is led across the hazy border of the feral wilderness with a tempestuous history. Steve Himmer is author of the novels The Bee-Loud Glade and Fram. His stories have appeared in Hobart, Hawk & Handsaw, the Collagist, the Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere. He edits the...
| Автор | Steve Himmer |
Deon Opperman het televisiekykers geboei met sy epiese familiesage Hartland. Hierdie omvangryke Boere-Dallas word nou ’n groots opgesette roman waarin Opperman se meesterskap as storieverteller sorg vir ’n pakkende leeservaring. Hartland vertel die verhaal van drie Afrikaanse families, van die bloedlyn wat hulle bind, en die manier waarop botsende drome en ambisies hulle voortdryf na ’n onvermydelike ontmoeting met die noodlot. Die moderne lewe met sy maalkolk van sosiale, politieke en...
| Автор | Deon Opperman |
The story moves back and forth in time from the arrival of Thea from her isolated village in arctic Norway in search of a new life in the near wilderness of a small town and logging camp on the shore of Lake Superior to the travails of her orphaned son, Odd, some twenty years later. When Thea’s aunt and uncle do not meet her boat as planned, she’s initially left abandoned with no money or prospects and without speaking the language. Befriended by a local businessman and...
| Автор | Peter Geye |
Recently, Grand Central Publishing announced plans for a prequal to Mario Puzo's The Godfather, to be written by our very own Ed Falco – of whom the New York Times Book Review noted, «There is in Mr. Falco's fiction a little of Raymond Carver's sensitivity to the menace of the everyday, and a lot of Andre Dubus's sturdy empathy with his characters' failings and regrets.»The Family Corleone will hit bookstores everywhere in May – but you don't need to wait that long...
| Автор | Ed Falco |
Вернитесь в Страну чудес, когда Эйприл путешествует по зазеркалью и попадает в объятия Гарольда Марча. Между ними вспыхивают искры, но неведомый им всем старый враг замышляет месть. Когда-то давным-давно Три сестры должны были править страной чудес. Отделенные друг от друга, чтобы наблюдать за своими избранными королевствами, безумие начало просачиваться в их сердца. Одна за другой падали сестры-одна от смерти, одна от изгнания, а другая от отчаяния. Только две сестры, новички в королевстве,...
| Автор | Rebekah Lewis |
Was passiert, wenn der Held, der das Wunderland vor der Zerstörung durch den berühmten Jabberwocky gerettet hat, eine würdige Geliebte finden muss, bevor die Rote Königin eine für ihn aussucht? Devrel, der letzte der Grinsekatzen, hat die perfekte Lösung. Er wird einfach eine aus der menschlichen Welt lesen und sie ihm zu seinem Nichtgeburtstag schenken. Was passiert, wenn der Held, der das Wunderland vor der Zerstörung durch den berühmten Jabberwocky gerettet hat, eine würdige Geliebte finden...
| Автор | Rebekah Lewis |
Ritorno al Paese delle Meraviglie. April viaggia attraverso lo specchio e atterra tra le braccia di Harold March. Scintille si accendono tra i due, ma, all'insaputa di tutti, un vecchio nemico progetta la sua vendetta. Uno scontro tra regine. C'erano una volta tre sorelle destinate a dominare il Paese delle Meraviglie. Separate l'una dall'altra per sovrintendere ai regni scelti, la follia cominciò a penetrare nei loro cuori. Una ad una, le sorelle caddero, una per morte, una per esilio e l'altra...
| Автор | Rebekah Lewis |
&lt;li>Nearly 1 in 5 students (21%) report being bullied during the school year, impacting over 5 million youth annually (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2018)&lt;/li> &lt;li>Essential resistance to bullying comes out of core strength, and &lt;i>Down to the Potter’s House&lt;/i> is a portrayal and model of core strength &lt;li>Students who experienced bullying are nearly 2 times more likely to attempt suicide....
| Автор | Annette Valentine |
<P>Based on a popular legend in Gansu, the far western province of China, The Tortoise in Asia recounts the exploits of Marcus, a young Roman centurion schooled in the Greek classics who, after a devastating loss in a battle with the Parthians, is taken prisoner, marched along the Silk Road, and pressed into service as a border guard on the eastern frontier. After a daring escape, Marcus has many adventures working with the Hun army as a mercenary. Throughout this harrowing...
| Автор | Tony Grey |
Set against the unexpected splendor of an ostrich ranch in the California desert, April Dávila’s beautifully written debut conjures an absorbing and compelling heroine in a story of courage, family and forgiveness.   When Tallulah Jones was thirteen, her grandmother plucked her from the dank Oakland apartment she shared with her unreliable mom and brought her to the family ostrich ranch in the Mojave Desert. After eleven years caring for the curious, graceful birds,...
| Автор | April Davila |
Arden FD, #1 Katherine lost one hero in the line of duty – can she risk loving another? Katherine Pelham's fiance was a police officer, shot and killed during a robbery. Left with a house she can't afford, she must rent out the first floor to solve her money woes. Before she can finishing putting up the For Rent sign, along comes a man who seems interested in more than just the apartment. Fireman Jack Connelly is in a bind: he's rescued a dog, and his lease doesn't allow...
| Автор | Christa Maurice |
She holds the key to more than a fortune…There’s more to love than meets the eye… The daughter of a wealthy merchant, Sophia Russell has no interest in marriage, especially after a recent humiliation—and especially not to Maximilian, Marquess of Devereaux. But it’s the only way to save herself from fortune hunters—and those who wish to seize a powerful connection she prefers to keep secret—even from her future husband… Marrying Sophia is the only way Max can regain the wealth his father...
| Автор | Lynne Connolly |
Emperors of London, #1 If Connie loses her standing in society, she risks losing everything. . .except Alex. When country widow Constance Rattigan finds herself in a notorious London brothel instead of at the altar, only one person can save her from the auction block. Alex Vernon walked away from Connie once before, when he discovered her engagement. Now that her fiancé has betrayed her, Lord Ripley doesn't intend to leave her again. But Connie has other ideas. . . She won't marry him...
| Автор | Lynne Connolly |
AS CHILDREN THEY PLAYED GAMES OF MYTH AND MAGIC… Veronica Kent fell in love with Caith Breckwood when they were children. As a teenager, she was certain he was the man she was destined to marry. But a traumatic event from Caith's past led him to fear a future together. He left Veronica, hoping to save her from a terrible fate. Twelve years later, Caith, now a P.I., is hired to investigate bizarre incidents at the secluded retreat Veronica manages. Returning to his hometown, Caith is forced...
| Автор | Mae Clair |
Will the magic still be there when they wake on Christmas morning? Having long since lost his Christmas spirit, Rudi comes to Santa's Secret Village looking to sell the resort. His seven-year-old daughter already knows the truth about Santa, and neither of them is particularly in the mood for the festive season. Practically a recluse since the death of her husband, Eva's not looking for romance. Her trip to Santa's Village is for the sole purpose of making Christmas more festive...
| Автор | Sharon Struth |
An aspiring dressmaker, orphaned Starling Smith is accustomed to fighting for her own survival. But when she’s offered a year’s wages to temporarily pose as a wealthy man’s bride, she suspects ulterior motives. She can’t lose the chance to open her own shop, but she won’t be any man’s lover, not even handsome, infuriating Alisdair Seymour’s… To prevent his visiting sister from parading potential brides in front of him, Alisdair has decided to present a fake wife. He lost his heart once, and had...
| Автор | Virginia Taylor |
Ella Beaufort knew better than to rely on a sexy stranger. But with two sisters to support on the modest earnings of the family sheep station, she accepts shearer Cal Lynton’s help—along with his intoxicating kiss. The most Ella can hope for is an affair. Something a woman in her situation wouldn’t dare—or would she? Heir to his family fortune, Charlton Alfred Landon Lynton abandoned his privileged life to prove his independence. He doesn’t have time for a woman, but once he woos the lovely Ella...
| Автор | Virginia Taylor |