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From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a “stunner” (People) of a novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.

From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression....

A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition....

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes a novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name.

Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side....

Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge - until strangers arrive in force....

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring, like her mother....

Eight months ago, I was a naive, small-town farm girl nursing a shattered heart. Then hotel billionaire Henry Wolf picked me up off the ground (literally), and my entire life changed.

Daisy is a girl coming of age in LA in the late '60s, sneaking into clubs, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock 'n' roll she loves most. By the time she's 20, her voice is getting noticed....

This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families....

In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend....

My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila, who represent the story of a nation and the nature of friendship....

In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan.

Years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive a child have broken more than Angie DeSaria’s heart. Following a painful divorce, she moves back to her small Pacific Northwest hometown and takes over management of her family’s restaurant....

José Arcadio Buendía y Úrsula Iguarán se aman, pero son primos hermanos, y sobre ellos cae el presagio de que sus hijos podrían nacer con colas de cerdo. La maldición los atormenta día y noche sin descanso....

A single choice can define an entire life.

The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known....

In this powerhouse of a novel, Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of a husband and wife, in love and at war....

Meghann Dontess is a woman haunted by heartbreak. Twenty-five years ago she was forced to make a terrible choice, one that cost her everything, including the love of her sister, Claire....

Kristin Hannah's True Colors is a novel about sisters, vengeance, rivalry, betrayal - and ultimately, what it truly means to be a family....

Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, the family drama that ensues will change their lives forever....

Sixteenth-century Spanish gentleman Don Quixote, fed by his own delusional fantasies, takes to the road in search of chivalrous adventures....

Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than 20 years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists....

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon....

Brilliantly executed and compulsively listenable, Unsheltered is the story of two families, in two centuries, who live at the corner of Sixth and Plum, as they navigate the challenges of surviving a world in the throes of major cultural shifts....

A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels east in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing west. Driven back again and again, he meets criminals, naturalists, religious fanatics, swindlers, American Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre, offering a probing look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness.

Haiwen is buying bananas at a 99 Ranch Market in Los Angeles when he looks up and sees Suchi, his Suchi, for the first time in sixty years. To recently widowed Haiwen it feels like a second chance, but Suchi has only survived by refusing to look back. Suchi was seven when she first met Haiwen in their Shanghai neighborhood, drawn by the sound of his violin. Their childhood friendship blossomed into soul-deep love, but when Haiwen secretly enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft, she was left with just his violin and a note: Forgive me.

When Vanessa Young finds herself aged out of her job as a Hollywood stylist and facing the loss of her father, she acts on a bold impulse and reconnects with the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty years ago. To her surprise, Emily is also at a crossroads in her life, equally eager for change and a fresh start. Together, they travel to Vanessa's hometown of Rosemary Beach, Florida, to embark on a journey of self-discovery and second chances.

San Francisco, 1953: Heartbroken over the mysterious death of her husband, Celina Savoia, a second-generation chocolatière, resolves to take their young son to Italy’s shimmering Amalfi coast to meet his father’s family. Just as she embarks on a magical, romantic life of making chocolate by the sea surrounded by a loving family, she begins to suspect that her husband had a dark secret–forged in the final days of WWII–that could destroy the relationships she’s come to cherish.

When costume designer Ariana Ricci leaves her groom at the altar, she seeks solace with her great-aunt, a Texas-born Hollywood legend who worked on the film Roman Holiday as an extra. There, Ariana discovers Audrey Hepburn gave Ruby Raines an intriguing necklace during filming, and a cache of 1950s letters, postmarked Italy, raises more questions about Ruby’s hidden past.

When Marina Moore’s life blows up on national television, she seeks refuge at her grandmother’s beach house called the Coral Cottage. Now in her mid-forties with children in college, Marina is in dire need of her grandmother's gutsy advice to a well-lived life. Marina meets an old friend, Ivy Bay, proprietor of the Seabreeze Inn, who encourages her to share her love of food at the local farmer’s market. Soon Marina’s sister Kai arrives on a summer break from her musical theater troupe.

Ivy Marin’s life implodes after discovering her late husband spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher and with nowhere to go, Ivy and her recently jilted sister head to Summer Beach to recreate their lives. If only renovating a historical home didn’t unveil a host of hidden secrets in the beachside community—and her former high school crush wasn’t in charge of the small town.

In the glamorous world of 1940s New York, Hattie James is a rising star, enchanting audiences at the iconic Copacabana Club. But her glittering life is shattered by a shocking phone call: her father, a respected diplomat, has been arrested for espionage, accused of aiding Nazi Germany. As her world crumbles, Hattie is plunged into a whirlwind of danger and deceit. Following her father's dramatic escape and alleged betrayal, Hattie is coerced by the FBI to aid their hunt. Her mission: infiltrate Rio de Janeiro's high society and uncover the truth about her father's loyalties.

The Soviet army is sweeping into East Prussia, with their sights set on punishing Germans for the Nazis' reign of terror. Thirteen-year-old Giti and her younger brother, Otto, live with their mother and grandmother. When soldiers arrive and brutally attack the two adult women, killing their grandmother, the farm is set ablaze. The children, along with their severely wounded mother, are loaded into a crowded train bound for the Soviet Union.

April Raines is facing the end of her long-term marriage after her husband begins another family. Eager for a fresh start, she returns home with her grown daughters to Crown Island, just off the coast of Southern California. When Ryan Kingston acquires the historical Majestic Hotel, he is determined to bring the vintage Victorian beach resort back to life. But it could come at a steep cost to him and his carefully guarded privacy. Especially when April Raines, head of the new Crown Island Historical Society, captures his attention. Will they both get a second chance at life?

Nothing can hinder the immediate attraction between Lisa and Ken, except their exes. Ken Franklin, Betsy’s brother, currently lives in Ryan Maddox’s basement after losing his nursing job because of booze. Lisa is on his radar, and Ken’s on hers, but any rendezvous must be done on the Q-T because Ryan is suddenly jealous. The attraction is so intense between Lisa and Ken, like magnets, the gravitational force between them will not be denied. But before they can satisfy the longing to unite, they must pay some dues, suffer heartache, experience a few hardships before they can come ...

women of the Sauromatae, Akmaral is bound for battle from birth, training as a girl in horsemanship, archery, spear, and blade. Her prowess ignites the jealousy of Erzhan, a gifted warrior who hates her as much as he desires her. When Scythian renegades attack, the two must unite to defeat them. Among their captives is Timor, the rebels’ enigmatic leader who refuses to be broken, even as he is enslaved. He fascinates Akmaral. But as attraction grows to passion, she is blinded to the dangerous alliance forming between the men who bristle against the clan’s matriarchal rule.

London im Jahr 1330: Der achtzehnjährige Jonah hat kein leichtes Leben als Lehrjunge im Haushalt seines Cousins. Einzig seine Großmutter schenkt ihrem verwaisten Enkel ein wenig Zuneigung. Doch eine Begegnung mit König Edward und Königin Philippa lenkt Jonahs Schicksal in neue Bahnen. Er findet Aufnahme in der elitären Londoner Tuchhändlergilde, und gemeinsam mit Königin Philippa revolutioniert er die englische Tuchproduktion. Aber je größer sein Erfolg, desto heimtückischer werden die Intrigen seiner Neider.

America is at the brink of the precipice. Competing ideologies divide the citizens, setting neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother. In a time when facts are what anyone wants them to be, disinformation and mistrust of each other are the only truth being broadcast.

London, 1939: Mit 19 Jahren lernt Olivia die reichen Ruthwells kennen. Während die exzentrische Grace Ruthwell sie wie eine Tochter aufnimmt, schlägt ihr von anderen Familienmitgliedern Misstrauen entgegen. Als Olivia eines Tages ohne Nennung eines Grundes Hausverbot erteilt wird und Grace kein Wort mehr mit ihr spricht, ist sie zunächst erschüttert. Doch die junge Frau lässt sich nicht entmutigen: Sie findet ihren eigenen Weg als Lehrerin – und die Liebe. Immer wieder kreuzt sich ihr Weg unfreiwillig mit dem der Ruthwells. Wird Olivia je das Geheimnis lüften, was damals geschah?

William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married.

Par l'autrice des best-sellers Ecoute ton corps et Les 5 blessures qui empêchent d'être soi-même. Pardonnez pour libérer votre âme. Malgré sa difficulté à accepter le principe de la réincarnation, Arissiel reprend corps en tant que Ari, fils de Benani, son propre fils dans son ancienne vie. Accompagné par son guide spirituel, il développe des dons psychiques qui lui permettent de venir en aide à d'autres personnes. Après plusieurs années de conflit, il devra, entre autres, faire la paix avec son père.

In London's swinging sixties, Victor Johnson, a young immigrant from the Caribbean, arrives in Britain with dreams of becoming a journalist in the mother country. Instead, he finds work collecting rent for Peter Feldman, a landlord equally kind and unscrupulous, and then falls into a relationship with Peter’s lonely secretary Ruth, herself a migrant from the north of England.

Lilianna wiedzie szare życie zwykłej księgowej. Jej czas wypełnia córka, przyjaciółka Kinga oraz praca. Pewnego grudniowego dnia Lilianna otrzymuje tajemniczy list, w którym nieznana dotąd cioteczna babcia informuje, że przekaże jej w spadku dom, jeśli dziewczyna zgodzi się na warunki testamentu. Lilka, za radą Kingi, nie traktuje tej wiadomości poważnie. Tymczasem świat obu kobiet niemal z dnia na dzień staje na głowie. Czy przyjaciółki pozwolą, by świąteczny czas stał się dla nich niczym operacja na otwartym sercu?

Porstmouth, mars 1943. April, qui s'était engagée avec son amie Paula dans les forces féminines de la Royal Navy, est contrainte de quitter la base militaire et l'armée, où elle avait trouvé une mission qui lui plaisait et l'amour dans les bras d'un séduisant GI. Rejetée par sa mère et confrontée à un avenir incertain, elle se réfugie à Cliffehaven, sur la côte sud-est de l'Angleterre, où son oncle Stan est chef de gare. Sur place, elle emménage à la pension du Bord de mer.

The Exodus Directive. A sweeping tale of survival, freedom, and the enduring power of the human spirit, set against a backdrop of global turmoil and corruption. Step into a world where the imagined and the real collide in The Exodus Directive, a modern dystopian odyssey that reflects the fears and hopes of our turbulent times. This gripping tale delves into economic instability, societal fragmentation, and the eternal human longing for freedom and self determination.

Widower Sir Adam Wilson has put off remarrying in favor of seeing to his textile business and the tenants farmers who work the fields. At thirty-five and a father of a young daughter, he can no longer ignore his need for an heir. When he discovers how his grandfather found his Lady Wilson, he decides to do the same—run a bride contest at the local fair.

Francia-Inghilterra, XII secolo. Caparbia e intraprendente, la sedicenne Isabelle desidera più di ogni altra cosa sfuggire alla vita soffocante nella provincia francese e all’intransigenza della madre, una donna austera e di vedute ristrette che la vorrebbe confinata in casa e che disapprova il suo sconfinato amore per i libri e le storie. Il matrimonio combinato con Gérard de Meurtaigne, un ricco nobile, altero e imprevedibile come i falchi da cui è ossessionato, sembra, all’inizio, soddisfare il suo desiderio di avventura.

Drei beste Freundinnen – jede von ihnen lebt in Nazi-Deutschland, jede in großer Gefahr. Ein unverzeihlicher Fehler zerstört ihre Freundschaft. Nun, rund ...

Anna entdeckt, dass sie von ihrer verstorbenen Tante Gerda nicht nur das Bistro, sondern auch tief verwurzelte Geheimnisse geerbt hat. Sie schließt mit ihrem Leben in Hamburg ab und zieht in ein kleines Dorf an der Ostseeküste. Während sie beginnt, sich mit ihrer Erbschaft auseinanderzusetzten, fängt das Leben ihrer Tante an, auch ihr Leben zu beeinflussen. Sie wird mit der Vergangenheit konfrontiert und erfährt immer mehr erschütternde Details aus dem Leben der Tante.