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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER‘Written with love, told with joy’ Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove‘Wise and captivating’ People MagazineWithin the pages of 96-year-old Doris’s red address book are the names of all those she has loved and lost, telling the story of a colourful life. Living alone in Stockholm, she is comforted by the weekly calls of her grand-niece Jenny, who is haunted by a painful childhood.Finally, Doris decides to put pen to paper, using her address book to recall the...
| Автор | Sofia Lundberg |
A secret history of scent, memory and desire from the Sunday Times bestselling author of ELEGANCE and THE DEBUTANTE.One letter will turn newly-married Grace Munroe’s life upside down: ‘Our firm is handling the estate of the deceased Mrs Eva D’Orsey and it is our duty to inform you that you are named as the chief beneficiary in her will.’So begins a journey which leads Grace through the streets of Paris and into the seductive world of perfumers and their muses. An abandoned perfume shop on the...
| Автор | Kathleen Tessaro |
‘Who is Rich? Is a tantalizing novel – acute and smart and stark, but mostly it’s unrelentingly funny about a large number of very inappropriate things. It’s one of those rare books: you open it, then you’re up all night. I was‘ Richard FordEvery summer, a once-sort-of famous cartoonist named Rich Fischer leaves his wife and two kids behind to teach a class at a week-long arts conference in a charming New England beachside town. It’s a place where drum circles happen on the beach at midnight,...
| Автор | Matthew Klam |
A powerful debut set in Belfast and London in the latter years of the twentieth century. The Troubles turned Northern Ireland into a ghost factory: as the manufacturing industry withered, the death business boomed. In trying to come to terms with his father’s sudden death, and the attack on his harmless best friend Titch, Jacky is forced to face the bullies who still menace a city scarred by conflict. After he himself is attacked, he flees to London to build a new life. But even in the midst of...
| Автор | Jenny McCartney |
“12 jõulujuttu” koosneb tosinast novellist. Neid kõiki ühendab see, et tegevus leiab aset jõulude ajal. Kuid pühalikku rahu ei oska tegelased saavutada, sest nad jäävad igasuguste probleemidega räheldes oludele jalgu ning mässivad end jaburatesse ja ennekuulmatutesse situatsioonidesse. Tegu oleks justkui lihtsate inimestega, kellel on aga keeruline hingeelu ja kes ei oska ega tahagi normaalselt elada.
| Автор | Tarmo Teder |
Järg Helen Fieldingu ülimenukale romaanile "Bridget Jonesi päevik". Eelmise raamatu lõpus saabus õnn Mark Darcy kujul Bridgeti õuele. Kas Markiga on aga võimalik koos elada ja kuidas teda kinni hoida – need on küsimused, millega Bridgetil nüüd tegemist tuleb teha. Lisaks annab talle nõu ema, kelle eraelu on läinud üsna tormiliseks, Bridget peetakse kinni narkoäris kahtlustatuna ning ka eneseabiraamatud ei paista enam aitavat. 368 lk
| Автор | Хелен Филдинг |
„Uus algus” on Willetti Chadwicki perekonna kroonikate kolmas romaan. Nagu ka tetraloogia esimesed osad „Ootus” ja „Kannatlikkus”, kujutab romaan endast liigutavat ja lõbusat lugu Chadwicki perekonna erinevatest põlvkondadest, kes kõik elavad kaunis Kindluse-nimelises häärberis.
| Автор | Marcia Willett |
Kui kaugele kavatseb Rose minna, et oma lubadust täita?
Hiljutine strigoide rünnak Püha Vladimiri Akadeemiale oli kooli ajaloos hukutavaim, selles said surma nii moroidest õpilased, õpetajad kui ka kaitsjad. Hullem veel – strigoid võtsid endaga kaasa mõned ohvrid…
| Автор | Richelle Mead |
An ingenious dystopian novel of one young woman’s resistance against the constraints of an oppressive society‘Unrelentingly disturbing’ Observer‘Taps deep into contemporary anxieties over the rise of surveillance, totalitarian governments and invasive technology’ Daily Mail‘Oates is still casting some awfully dark magic’ Washington PostWhen a recklessly idealistic girl in a dystopian future society dares to test the perimeters of her tightly controlled world, she is punished by being sent back...
| Автор | Joyce Carol Oates |
‘It’s the book you should give someone who thinks they don’t like novels … Here is surely a future prizewinner that is easy to read and impossible to forget’ Melissa Katsoulis, The TimesThe things history will do at the bidding of loveOn a warm Sunday afternoon, Nazia and Sharif are preparing for a family barbecue. They are in the house in Sheffield that will do for the rest of their lives. In the garden next door is a retired doctor, whose four children have long since left home. When the...
| Автор | Philip Hensher |
‘Philosophical, funny, cleverly structured, unpredictable’ Gabrielle ZevinIf a machine could offer a prescription for happiness but you might not like the results would you take the test?Eat more tangerines. Divorce your wife. Cut off your right index finger. The Apricity machine’s recommendations are often surprising, but they’re 99.97% guaranteed to make you happier. Pearl works for Apricity – meaning happiness is her job – but her teenage son Rhett seems more content to be unhappy, and...
| Автор | Katie Williams |
A moving and evocative exploration of grief and guilt in the wake of one family's devastating loss When former DC journalist Abigail Wolff attempts to rehabilitate her career, she finds herself at the heart of a US army cover-up involving the death of a soldier in Afghanistan–with unspeakable emotional consequences for one family. As the story of what happened comes to light, Abigail will do anything to write it.The more evidence she stumbles upon in the case, the fewer people it seems she...
| Автор | Kimberly Belle |
Ob Dichter, Philosoph, Musiker oder Staatsmann: geliebt haben sie alle. Mal einschmeichelnd, mal beschwörend öffnen die Herren in ihren Briefen der Geliebten ihr Herz. Autoren: Bismarck, Brentano, Fontane, Goethe, Kafka, Kleist, Klopstock, Mahler, Mörike, Mozart, Pestalozzi, Reger, Rilke, Ringelnatz, Schiller, Schumann, Tucholsky.
| Автор | Вольфганг Амадей Моцарт |
Max Stolprian möchte gerne ein junges Mädchen heiraten und wird von dessen Vetter eingeladen. Doch vor Aufregung hinterlässt er das reine Chaos bei der vornehmen Gesellschaft … Heikko Deutschmann liest eine der lustigen Geschichten aus Heinrich Zschokkes «Max Stolprian».
| Автор | Heinrich Zschokke |
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INAUGURAL ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION‘Intense, beautifully crafted . . . Her talent is electric. Get ready for a shock’ GuardianThis is a work of fiction. Keep telling yourself that.America has changed. For women, it has changed for the worse.Ro, a single high-school teacher, is desperate to become a mother. But with IVF now illegal – along with abortion and other reproductive rights – parenthood looks increasingly unlikely for her. Her best friend Susan is trapped in...
| Автор | Leni Zumas |
Gripping, emotional and uplifting – a novel about the true power of friendship.‘Tender, emotional and uplifting … I loved it’ Lucy Diamond’A superb writer – the Irish Jojo Moyes’ Irish ExaminerThe simple fact of the matter is that Iris loves life. Maybe she’s forgotten that. Sometimes that happens, doesn’t it? To the best of us? All I have to do is remind her of that one simple fact.Tuesday morning starts like any other – until Terry discovers her best friend Iris has gone missing. Finding her...
| Автор | Ciara Geraghty |
The hilarious second novel, and Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller, from author of the smash hit Why Mummy Drinks.Monday, 25 July The first day of the holidays. I suppose it could’ve been worse. I brightly announced that perhaps it might be a lovely idea to go to a stately home and learn about some history. As soon as we got there I remembered why I don’t use the flipping National Trust membership – because National Trust properties are full of very precious and breakable items, and very precious and...
| Автор | Gill Sims |
‘Deliciously funny’ Helen Oyeyemi‘Enormously entertaining’ Lionel Shriver‘Smart, brilliant … I love it so much!’ Joanna CannonA wickedly caustic tale of a student who stumbles on a literary treasure.Anna Brisker is running out of ideas.Her PhD advisor thinks she’s a let-down, her fellow students see her as roadkill on the way to academic success and her family have just stopped asking when she’s going to get a real job.Then Anna Brisker stumbles on a rare notebook that could make her a literary...
| Автор | Juliet Lapidos |
Es ist eine kleine Erzählung über das Unrecht, doch deren Bedeutung ist umso größer. Denn Unrecht hat ein jeder mal … Konrad Beikircher liest Johann Peter Hebels großaritige Geschichte «Der Vater und der Sohn».
| Автор | Johann Peter Hebel |
Ein junger Bergmann und ein Mädchen wollen heiraten, doch acht Tage vor der Hochzeit kommt der Bergmann nicht mehr von seiner Schicht zurück. Aber nach über fünfzig Jahren kommt es zu einem unverhofften Wiedersehen … Andrea Sawatzki liest Johann Peter Hebels Erzählung «Unverhofftes Wiedersehen» in einer ungekürzten Fassung.
| Автор | Johann Peter Hebel |
"Macht hoch die Tür" von Georg Weissel gehört zu den bekanntesten Liedern der Advents- und Weihnachtszeit. Carlo von Tiedemann versteht es, dem besinnlichen Text eine noch wundervollere Stimmung einzuhauchen.
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
‘Cecelia Ahern at her quirky, magical best’ Daily MailA story for every woman. A story for every moment.Whether you want to laugh To be moved To love To feel less guilt To cry To be comforted To ROAR There is a story for you.From Sunday Times bestselling author Cecelia Ahern comes a collection of witty, original and moving stories for women everywhere.‘Funny, wise and weighty, in a very good way…read one or two of Ahern’s fables at a time [to] truly appreciate their wit, pathos and imagination.’...
| Автор | Cecelia Ahern |
‘DAZZLING’ Marian Keyes, ‘HILARIOUS’ Dolly Alderton, ‘TENDER’ Jessie Burton, ‘MAGNIFICENT’ Daisy Buchanan, ‘INCREDIBLE’ Candice Carty Williams, ‘MOVING’ Laura Jane Williams, ‘BRILLIANT’ Nikesh Shukla, ‘I LOVED IT’ Sam Baker, ‘PAINFULLY TRUE’ Kate DaviesJenny is unloved, unemployable and emotionally unfiltered. Her long-suffering friends seem sick of her and whilst her social media portrays her life as a bed of roses, it is more of a dying succulent.Adults is what you want it to be. A...
| Автор | Emma Jane Unsworth |