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Sophie Shah was six when she learned her mother, Nita, had died. For twenty-two years, she shouldered the burden of that loss. But when her father passes away, Sophie discovers a cache of hidden letters revealing a shattering truth: her mother didn’t die. She left.

Every winter—a season that lasts a decade and a half - the Earthmen have neighbours: the humanoid hilfs, a nomadic people who only settle down for the cruel cold spell. The hilfs fear the Earthmen, whom they think of as witches, and call the farborns. But both peoples have common enemies: the hordes of ravaging barbarians called gaals, and eerie preying snow ghouls. Can the hilfs and the farborns overcome their mutual suspicions and join forces? Or will they both be annihilated?

تختلف التفاصيل الزمنية لكن يتشابه البشر..تعيش "سكوت" مع والدها في ثلاثينيات القرن وتروي لنا بسردٍ طفولي يومياتها المدرسية ومغامراتها الصبيانية مع أخيها "جيم" وصديقها "ديل" وحادثة الاغتصاب التي هزَّت البلدة وصارت حديث البيوت.

Über die erste Liebe, unverbrüchliche Freundschaften, den Preis von Freiheit und den unendlichen Mut einer jungen Generation. Lai wächst in einem trubeligen Arbeiterviertel in Peking auf. Ihr Vater redet nicht, die Mutter interessiert sich nur für das Geschehen auf dem Hausflur, einzig die Großmutter ist wirklich präsent, kompromisslos in ihrer Liebe zu ihren Enkeln. Als Kind lernt Lai bei einem Nachbarschaftsstreich die Härte des Regimes kennen. Bald darauf auch die erste Liebe. Durch Gen bekommt sie Zugang zu Büchern und Bildung.

Lucas will nichts als seine Ruhe in einer Welt, die ihn einfach nicht in Ruhe lässt. Eine Kurzgeschichte vom internationalen Bestsellerautor Fredrik Backman Videospiele, Wein und Pad Thai – das ist der perfekte Abend für Lucas. Andere Menschen? Muss nicht sein. Warum denn, wenn er auch alleine glücklich sein kann? Als der dreiköpfige Vorstand der Bewohnervertretung überraschend an seiner Tür klingelt und eine Inspektion seiner Bratpfanne verlangt, ist Lucas alles andere als begeistert. Doch Abwimmeln ist nicht.

يسيطر الشعور بالغربة على الشخصية الرئيسية في هذه الرواية، وهي المحرك الأكبر له، شعوره بالغربة بدأ منذ طفولته واستمر طوال حياته، يحاول أن يمحوه بكل الأشكال، الشرب والمخدرات والجنس لكن لا ينفعه شيء عندما يفكر فقط في الموت، ويصل إلى مرحلة يعتبر نفسه فيها لم يعد إنساناً بشرياً، وتأتي الرواية في ثلاث فصول وتحكي قصته من طفولته وحتى أواخر العشرينات من عمره.

"كان مجيئي إلى الدنيا صدمة حقيقية لعائلتي، كانت والدتي في الخامسة والأربعين عندما رُزِقتْ بي، أما أبي فكان في الخمسين من عمره.

كانا يدركان أنهما أكبر سنًا من أن يُنجبا طفلًا، أمر كهذا لم يكن مألوفًا في تلك الأيام".

Danny's family live in a large house close to the school where his father is headmaster. At school, his father's importance gives Danny certain privileges, but it also sets him apart from his classmates. When a new boy Philip, for whom everything seems easy, arrives, he surprises Danny by wanting to be friends. So when he and Philip are invited to work after school with inspiring, artistic teacher Mr. Miller, Danny believes he has found somewhere he can shine.

رواية "واحد، ولا أحد، ومائة ألف " التي يصفها "بيراندِلُّلو" نفسه، في رسالةٍ من رسائل سيرته الذَّاتيَّة، فيقول: "النَّصُّ الأكثر مرارةً من أيِّ نصٍّ آخر، السَّاخرُ أعمقَ ما تكون السُّخرية من تحلُّلِ الحياةِ نفسِها" هو عملَه الرِّوائيَّ الوحيد والأخير. وهو الذي سينظر إليه كثيرٌ من الدَّارسين والمفكِّرين لاحقاً على أنَّه تكثيفٌ لكلِّ الأفكار واختصارٌ لكلِّ العوالم التي أراد "بيراندِلُّلو" التَّعبيرَ عنها في الرِّوايةِ والقصَّةِ والمسرح.

1944. Lasse de se sentir impuissante devant les atrocités de la guerre, Alice décide de passer à l’action : elle déménage à Montréal dans une pension de famille et devient calculatrice au laboratoire de l’Université de Montréal, où travaille déjà son frère Simon. Loin de son mont Saint-Hilaire et de sa classe d’élèves du primaire, elle doit se familiariser avec cette grande ville. Elle pourra compter sur l’amitié de sa colocataire Deborah, qui lui fera découvrir l’univers des boîtes de nuit. Alice s’avoue enfin qu’elle rêve de vivre l’amour, au risque d’être écorchée.

È possibile inseguire il proprio sogno senza perdere la parte più autentica di sé stessi? Sfuggire a un destino già scritto senza che questo finisca per bruciarci? Francesco cresce nella periferia di Milano, figlio di meridionali e con il sogno di scrivere: un ragazzo ai margini di un paese ai margini. O almeno questa è la sua sensazione per dieci mesi l’anno, finché non arriva l’estate e lui torna con i genitori in Basilicata, dove la vita sembra più autentica.

In the middle of the night, Evie is torn away from her beloved home and close-knit community as her family run away to the south. Her father's luck has finally run out, but what should mark a hopeful new beginning is just the start of young Evie’s troubles. With the weight of her family's future on her shoulders, Evie has no one to turn to. Her mother, worn down by life, runs off with a new man, and with her grandmother's sight failing, it's left to Evie to earn their keep and run the house. Holding her family together is only made harder when tragedy strikes at its heart.

In 1975 Lucinda Marsh throws herself in front of a speeding train leaving her 12-year-old daughter Kitty alone, confused and abandoned – save for a selfish aunt, a violent father and her childhood sweetheart Harry Jenkins. When Kitty is sent to an orphanage after the death of her father, she meets Georgie, a lively cockney girl who, through the following difficult years, becomes her loyal friend. Convinced that her feelings for Harry will ruin the brilliant future that lies ahead of him, Kitty turns her back on his love.

Ailsa Rae is learning how to live. She's only a few months past the heart transplant that - just in time - saved her life. Life should be a joyful adventure. But.... Her relationship with her mother is at breaking point, and she wants to find her father. Have her friends left her behind? She's felt so helpless for so long that she's let polls on her blog make her decisions for her. She barely knows where to start on her own. Then there's Lennox. Her best friend and onetime lover. He was sick too. He didn't make it. And now she's supposed to face all of this without him. But her new heart is a bold heart. She just needs to learn to listen to it....

Phoebe Spencer left home a long time ago, desperate to get away from her mother's emotional manipulation. She knows her life is better away from her family, but she can’t help feeling she’s simply running away from her problems… Then Phoebe hears that her younger sister Lucy has disappeared, leaving behind her four-year old daughter, Darcy. Phoebe's certain Lucy will be back soon - she'd never leave Darcy alone - and then Phoebe can get on with her life again.

Eilean was born a “wretched”—a lowly foundling raised by the Aldermaston of Tintern Abbey. Then she’s chosen to assist in establishing the new abbey of Muirwood, now the site of a castle in the swampy Bearden Muir. Eilean’s role is as night servant to the druid Mordaunt, the king’s exiled advisor—and prisoner. He’s clever, dangerous, and invaluable to the Aldermaston.

In Daevabad, where djinn can summon flames with a snap of their fingers, where rivers run deep with ancient magic, and blood can be as dangerous as any spell, a clever con artist from Cairo will alter the fate of a kingdom. Nahri’s life changed forever when she accidentally summoned Dara, a formidable, mysterious djinn, during one of her schemes. Thrust into the dazzling royal court of Daevabad, she needed all of her grifter instincts to survive. Now, as Nahri embraces her heritage and her power, she must forge a new path.

Florrie Buckley is an orphan living on the wind-blasted moors of Cornwall. It's a hard existence, but Florrie is content; she runs wild in the mysterious landscape. She thinks her destiny is set in stone. But when Florrie is 14, she inherits a never-imagined secret. She is related to a wealthy and notorious London family: the Graces.

Madison Myers is a hard-working assistant to one of LA's top talent agents. Determined to make a respectable name for herself in the business, the last thing she wants in her life is singing sensation Walker Rhodes, with his nonstop tabloid-filled antics and bad boy behavior. But after he pulls her onstage during one of his concerts and serenades her in front of thousands of screaming fans, all bets are off. She doesn't want to give in to his charms, but Walker is relentless and keeping a secret of his own.

From the Sunday Times best-selling author of The Queen's Choice. A tale of treachery, power-hungry families and legal subterfuges. Woven through it is a remarkable story of a beautiful girl, desirable as a bride, growing to be a woman of foresight and power. A story of love and loyalty and of the cost of personal ambition. The story of the woman who would ultimately wield power as the King Mother to 10-year-old King Richard II.