Fiction: general and literary

The claim jumpers: A romance explores frontier conflict, ambition, and moral testing within a harsh developing settlement where land, power, and reputation shape every decision.

Mistress and maid: A household story unfolds within the quiet confines of a modest home run by three elderly sisters Miss Leaf Selina and Hilary who take on a new servant Elizabeth Hand.

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The boy allies at Liege or Through lines of steel presents an energetic account of youthful courage set against the turmoil of a major military conflict.

Ich habe meine Tochter zu dem gemacht, was ich bin.

Un retrato de Edward Hopper a través de los ojos de su esposa"A veces sueño, me veo dando pinceladas, la sangre me sube a los ojos, me repongo, ataco los verdes, dejo caer capas de azules sobre el lienzo, en trombas, en volutas.

It was the trial that swept the nationBut her story isn't finished yet .

Revered as one of the great literary classics of Japan, The Tales of Ise is an anonymous tenthcentury collection of Japanese poems and prose.

A classic tale that will captivate lovers of Japan, history, and epic adventure alike.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2022 im Fachbereich Literaturwissenschaft - Literatur der Romantik, Note: 1,0, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germanistik und Komparatistik), Veranstaltung: Historische Modellanalysen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit wird das komplexe Verhältnis zwischen Viktor Frankenstein und seiner Kreatur in Mary Shelleys "Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus" untersucht, insbesondere die parallele Entwicklung ihrer Charakterzüge.

It's never too late for second chances.

'I promise that you have never read a book like Canon.

The River With No Bridge (Hashi no nai kawa) explores with outspoken frankness a subject still taboo in Japan: the intolerance and bigotry faced daily by Japans largest minority group, the burakumin.

La influencia que el escritor y pintor inglés John Ruskin ejerció en la lengua francesa en la segunda parte del siglo XIX fue interiorizada por Marcel Proust de tal modo que sobre ese cemento elaboró no sólo una teoría estética propia, sino que además formó ese "yo" que soporta la estructura de la novela-catedral que es "A la busca del tiempo perdido".

This classic Japanese story by Soseki Netsumethe foremost novelist of the Meiji Periodis a masterpiece of Japanese literature.

"e;Lane Dunlop's translations read elegantly, and his selection of modern Japanese Stories is both fresh and persuasive.

A wonderfully atmospheric and compelling historic novel set in Scotland in 1695, from the author of All The Bees In The Hollows.

'Rejoice: the final instalment of the Harlem Trilogy is here' TELEGRAPH'A hugely satisfying conclusion to a towering achievement' FINANCIAL TIMES'Another tour de force .

Each night Unda asks the endlessness of dream time to let him reach back to save his daughter.

Life and Its Nuances is a poignant and beautifully crafted novel that traces the transformative journey of Valentina, a dreamer whose childhood aspirations blossom into a legacy of love, resilience, and sustainable artistry.

American-born project manager Nora Bloom enjoys her life in London, but love hasn't been easy.

Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Literaturwissenschaft - Literatur der Romantik, Note: 1,0, Universität Potsdam (Institut für Romanistik), Veranstaltung: Lateinamerikanische Kurzerzählungen/Cuentos de América latina: el siglo XX, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit untersucht die narrative Funktion solcher Parallelwelten und ihre Verknüpfung mit der Gattung der Fantastik, um aufzuzeigen, wie diese Welten unser Verständnis von Realität und Fiktion herausfordern und verändern.

Acclaimed author of The Anthropologists Aysegl Savas's acute and tender first collection explores the distances we keep, and those we try to close, in the age of connectivity.

The Tosa Diary reveals the life of a traveler in tenth-century Japan whose journey lasted 55 days on a ship from Tosa, where Ki no Tsurayuki served as governor, to Kyoto.

Jeffrey Ulrich's The Shadow of an Ass addresses fundamental questions about the reception and aesthetic experience of Apuleius' Metamorphoses, popularly known as The Golden Ass, by situating the novel in a contemporaneous literary and philosophical discourse emerging in the Second Sophistic.

The sky is falling.

Laziness as a Philosophy: Reframing Idleness as Resistance in the Age of Productivity is a thoughtful and provocative reflection on one of the most misunderstood words in modern life: laziness.

Durante un verano abrasador, dos hombres llegan a un pueblo del oeste de Irlanda con la intención de hacerse ricos.

She was grateful to get into Gameland.

At nineteen, I went to a seance at Uncle Jacob's house where I was told by a world famous clairvoyant that I would meet a man much older than myself, be married within months and travel to an ancient land.

A heartbroken girl, a pact with the bad-boy, and one rule neither of them expected to break: don t fall for each other Fresh off a betrayal by her ex, her sister, and her best friend, Everett "e;Evie"e; Riley lands at Camden Academy craving a fresh start.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2025 im Fachbereich Literaturwissenschaft - Literatur der Romantik, Note: 2,0, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Romanisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Lateinamerikanische Autorinnen der Moderne, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Hausarbeit aus dem Bereich der Gender Studies im Rahmen des Masterseminars "Lateinamerikanische Autorinnen der Moderne" beschäftigt sich mit dem Theaterstück "Polyxene und das Küchenmädchen" von der argentinischen Autorin Alfonsina Storni aus dem 20.

Relationships can be tricky when people can't lie to you, so Agent Matthew Whitman focuses his unusual powers on solving cases for the Society.

When the United States entered World War II, Italian nationals living in this country were declared enemy aliens and faced with legal restrictions.

Holden Worthington's globetrotting days are over.

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A mighty achievement' OCEAN VUONG'Beautiful, brilliant' R.

Derrick and Trevor used to have an incredibly passionate relationship, full of spontaneity and sizzle.

Desire roused the demon within him.

He's everything I've never wanted-too young, too weird, too wild.

This enduring classic of Mexican literature traces the path to ruination of a country girl, Santa, who moves to Mexico City after she is impregnated and abandoned by her lover and subsequently shunned by her family.

La detective del Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles Renée Ballard sigue los pasos de un aterrador violador múltiple cuyo rastro se ha perdido.

Mary Elizabeth Braddon's The Factory Girl (1863) was a cheap serial intended for working-class readers.

Metal Mouth.

Life has taught Angie DeMarco that all baseball players are womanizers, and her incredible one-night stand with sexy San Francisco Blaze back-up catcher J.

Book three of The Galactic AllianceAfter nearly causing a galactic incident, fleet captain Gideon Arcturus is disgraced, demoted and exiled with nothing to do but pass the time at a seedy club on seedier planet Elora Ki.

The very thought of Christmas is enough to darken Carrie Jones's day.

Book three of Agamemnon FrostEdgar Mason is losing Agamemnon Frost despite everything they've been through the passion, the torture, the heat.

What if one moment in time changed everything?

Jane Elliott has found peace.

Startling, clear-eyed, undeniably cool' Observer'Bold, necessary, profound' New Statesman'Exhilarating' Financial TimesTwo friends meet in an art gallery after decades of silence.