A hit-and-run accident sends the lives of both driver and victim into unforeseen trajectories in a family drama set against the backdrop of the sexual revolution and 1970s California.
Kalendergeschichten, Erinnerungsskizzen aus deutscher Vergangenheit, Begebenheiten aus dem Leben von Dichtern, Denkern und Verbrechern, Erzählungen, Kürzest-Essays, Anekdoten, Beobachtungen – Otto Jägersbergs vielgestaltige Prosa ist zugleich hinreißend einfach und lustvoll komplex.
A story about the fairy-tale fantasies of girlhood and the realities of growing up by “one of our quirkiest and most interesting novelists” (Jane Smiley, USA Today).
A haunting and heart-breaking new thriller from the author of the word-of-mouth bestseller The Girl With All the GiftsFellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire moors.
For fans of Downton Abbey and Atonement - Kate Williams follows her sweeping novel The Storms of War with a passionate, sweeping tale of 1920s London and ParisIn the aftermath of the Great War, the de Witt family are struggling to piece together the shattered fragments of their lives.
The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Rose to a destination in deep space - Justicia, a prison camp stretched over seven planets, where Earth colonies deal with their criminals.
Ten years after leaving South Africa, the country of her birth and the place where her mother died, Eva van Rensburg returns to her dying father, a violent man whose terrible secret Eva has kept since she was a child.
Before the world knew Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Cassady, this “brilliant and important” novel chronicled the author’s early years among the Beats (Los Angeles Free Press).
Mit unverwechselbarem Sound und großem Witz erzählt Stefanie de Velasco in ihrem neuen Roman von drei Frauen, die keine Lust auf das Lebensmodell haben, das für sie vorgesehen ist.
Worlding America explores the circulation of short narratives in the early Americas through a combination of neglected primary materials and scholarly commentary.
When Watson s son Lucius returns to the treacherous wilderness of the Everglades searching for the truth about his father s death, the coast s lawless inhabitants, alligator poachers and moonshiners hold close their secrets, and a deep uneasiness drifts through the region like a low swamp mist.
On the morning of August 9, 1757, British and colonial officers defending the besieged Fort William Henry surrendered to French forces, accepting the generous "e;parole of honor"e; offered by General Montcalm.
The astonishing novel and “tour de force” about a love affair in postwar France from the iconic author of All That Is (The New York Times Book Review).
The eagerly anticipated sequel to the global bestseller The Passage, now an epic drama on Fox from writer Elizabeth Heldens and executive producer Ridley Scott.
Headlined by New York Times bestseller Carl Weber, three authors bring readers tales of power, greed, and ambition set in some of the country's roughest neighborhoods.
Abraham Karpinowitz (1913-2004) was born in Vilna, Poland (present-day Vilnius, Lithuania), the city that serves as both the backdrop and the central character for his stories.
As the head of Wits Mining, the last major mining company to do an empowerment deal, Max Sinclair has a mandate from the board and a clear directive: to sell a share of the company to a black consortium.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARDWINNER OF CALIBRE AUDIO'S 'HIDDEN GEM' AWARD________'Poignantly paints the extraordinary in ordinary lives'THE SUNDAY POST'An engrossing and moving story' CLARE CHAMBERS, author of Small Pleasures'An evocative portrayal of love and family' AYISHA MALIK'Invites you in, not as a stranger but as a family friend' KATIE FFORDE'A masterclass in representation and brilliant writing' ZEBA TALKHANI, author of My Past is a Foreign Country______Your roots can always lead you home.
Layké Caphiya, le président de la République de Sahamaque, avait réussi à museler toute l'opposition, à présent, il pouvait diriger le pays sereinement sans contrainte.
Ein komischer, berührender Roman über das Scheitern in und an unserer Zeit Die große Liebe ist gefunden, das erste Kind ist unterwegs, bevor steht der Umzug in die Provinz – weg aus der Wahlheimat Berlin.
