Set in the suburbs and cities of the Midwest, Mid-South, and Texas, these stories explore the lives of characters biracial, black, white, and all sorts of in-between.
Seamen: from mariners on huge yachts to competitive sailors in races like the America's cup to recreational boaters, the combination of men and water is irresistible.
In his novel The Eighth Wonder of the World, Plevnes takes his dark sense of humor and undeniable wit on a search for a common ground in an uncommon world.
'A writer out to do whatever the hell he wants' Observer'Set to become an Irish cult classic' Sunday Business Post'A tremendously engaging and fun read .
A self-serving political player in sixteenth-century Rome is caught up in the ruthless and powerful Borgia family’s deadly intrigues of murder and betrayal It is known as the City of God—but Rome at the dawn of the sixteenth century is an unholy place where opulence, poverty, and decadence cohabitate sinfully under the ruthless rule of Rodrigo Borgia, the debauched Pope Alexander VI.
#1 International Bestseller In this surging epic, a veritable decathlon of the spirit, Kennedy incisively dramatizes the enigma of chance, petty cruelty, and catastrophic evil, unalloyed grief, and the tensile strength concealed beneath our obvious vulnerability.
While researching in Nantes, a port city enriched by the slave trade, celebrated French novelist Fabienne Kanor came across a chilling report written in 1774 by the commander of a slave ship, Le Soleil.
This first book-length work on Terrence McNally shows how his decades in the theater have refined his thoughts on subjects like growing up gay in mannish, homophobic Texas, Shakespeare's legacy in contemporary drama, and the life-giving power of forgiveness.
An inspiring and intriguing tale of heroism, Zherois quest for education and self-worth takes him from the rustic village of Amabra to the cities of Port Harcourt and Lagos.
This modern classic is “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly).
'From an author who has a wicked sense of humour comes a skillfully written must-read for any woman who winces at the idea of celebrating the "e;big 3-0"e; - or for any man who still seeks the answer to the eternal question: What do women really want?
From the singularly inventive mind of Rikki Ducornet, Trafik is a buoyant voyage through outer space and inner longing, transposing human experiences of passion, loss, and identity into a post-Earth universe.
An ';enchanting' (Caroline Kepnes, author of You) ';fairy-tale-inflected thriller' (The New Yorker) about two sisters who encounter a captivating yet possibly dangerous underworld cult that challenges their perception of reality.
In this this page-turning spin-off prequel to the Playing Dirty and Notorious duology, national bestselling author Kiki Swinson burns up the page with calculating characters, ingenious plot twists, and a ruthless depiction of Southern conniving, risingand taking the final hard fall.
Wei Bo irrlichtert durch eine Welt ständiger erotischer Verfügbarkeit, in der er zum Spielball in einer geheimnisvoll matriarchal kontrollierten Gesellschaft wird.
A scrappy Brooklyn orphan turned vengeful assassin narrates a visionary tale of the American WestIn this panoramic tale of Manifest Destinythe second stand-alone book in The American Novels seriesStephen Moran comes of age with the young country that he crosses on the Union Pacific, just as the railroad unites the continent.
The author of Mermaids reunites the unforgettable women of the Flax family decades later: “Its plot twists will make you laugh—after you wipe away tears.
For some East Germans, the fall of communism was like the end of a long and painful love affair: free to tell the truth at last, they found they no longer wanted to hear it.
In the first book of the Mountain Song Legacy series readers step into a small Kentucky coal mining town in the late 1800's where hope is found in the hearts of two young girlsthe vibrant, red-headed Maggie MacAuley and her fragile friend Summer Rankin.
