Fiction: general and literary

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The First World War was a transformative experience for women, facilitating their entry into new spaces and alternative spheres of activity, both on the home front and on the edges of danger zones in Europe and beyond.

As a woman lies at death's door in hospital, her touching story, encapsulated in her diaries, springs back to life.

In the aftermath of World War II, the members of the Sutton family are reeling from the death of their “golden boy,” Eddie.

In a literary thriller about science, power, and the lives of ordinary people, John Keeble tells the story of a woman whose passion for her work puts herself and her family at serious risk.

Hilde und Lore Brüggemann (82) sind baff: Ihre stillgelegte Kneipe, das Lindenstübchen, soll einem Einkaufszentrum weichen?

From the Pulitzer Prize winning Michael Chabon comes this bestselling novel for readers of all ages that blends fantasy and folklore with that most American coming-of-age ritual: baseballnow in a new edition, with an original introduction by the author.

A girl matches wits with a war god in this kaleidoscopic, epic tale of oppression and the cost of peace, where stories hide within other stories, and narrative has the power to heal.

Un inspecteur de police fraîchement arrivé de métropole est amené à enquêter sur la disparition d’une jeune Tahitienne.

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Winner of the 2019 American Fiction Award for Best Historical FictionSet in London and Russia at the turn of the century, Susana Aikin's debut introduces a vibrant young woman determined to defy convention and shape an extraordinary future.

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKYDostoevsky's beautiful writing style and universal themes make this epic 19th century novel unmissable.

Ein heiter-melancholischer Roman über das Erwachsenwerden im Italien der Nachkriegszeit.

Pyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell.

From the author of Romancing Spain, a novel about two fishing buddies and about home, family, and the stories we tell to keep the illusion alive.

A courageous and compelling journey through the chaotic and hyper-real world of Hillbrow, South Africa.

Band zwei der neuen Lake-Porter-Serie von Lynn Blackburn mit ganz viel Romantik & Spannung – jeder Teil der Serie ist in sich abgeschlossen.

Der neue Feelgood-Roman von Viola Shipman bringt das Lebensgefühl der achtziger Jahre zurück und erinnert uns an die Sommer, die uns zu denen machten, die wir sind.

Marion Reddy, Iris Zachenhofer Dachschaden - zwei Neurochirurginnen decken auf.

The Sunday Times top 10 bestselling novel from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*Over 400,000 copies sold*Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award'Exquisitely sensual' Emma Donoghue, author of Room-----Fresh out of university and in disgrace, Lexie Sinclair is waiting for life to begin.

This study, first published in 1986, examines the evolution and application of the policies of wartime governments designed to deal with the danger to national security thought to be posed by enemy alien residents, and considers the social and political forces which helped shape these policies.

Katika miaka zaidi ya 20 ya kufundisha Kiswahili kwa wageni, sija-kutana na andiko la hadithi nzuri kama hizi alizoandika mwandi-ihi Marc Eichen.

The Threattells the darkly comic story of Melvin Levin, a middle-aged man who is dissatisfied with his dull andmediocre life.

An intellectual history of one of the most important contributions to Western society The Just State explores influential Greek and Roman ideas about justice and their institutional context, and discusses their legacy in later political thought.

Before We Were YoursmeetsWater for ElephantsinNew York Timesbestselling author Ellen Marie Wiseman's vivid, daring, emotional novel about the devastating power of family secretsbeginning in the poignant, lurid world of a Depression-era traveling circus and coming full circle in the transformative 1950s.

'Magnificently horrifying' Daily Mail'Gripping' Glamour'Impressive and moving' Irish Times'Unique, bold and unsettling' Aiwanose Odafen'Claustrophobic and very disturbing' Guardian'Unflinching, unforgettable' Layne Fargo'Perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Daisy Johnson' Amy GentryMy name is Ikemefuna Nwosu, and I am your wife.

Streets Of New York Volume 1 takes readers into the turbulent lives of Promise, Squeeze, Show, and Pooh, four young men from the rough-and-tumble streets of Brook-nam.

This clinician's manual and workbook were developed to provide alternatives in the efforts to reduce the national epidemic of spouse/partner maltreatment.

A wonderfully entertaining collection of Christmas tales from the enduringly popular Miss Read.

A dazzling, smart and razor-sharp story collection by Curtis Sittenfeld, Sunday Times bestselling author of Rodham and American Wife.

Beautiful, charismatic, and deadly, these three women are bound by blood to do whatever it takes to stay afloat and keep each other alive.

A masterful, multifaceted story collection from one of American literature’s most influential writers and teachers As a creative writing teacher whose students included Raymond Carver, Joy Williams, and Andre Dubus, and as longtime editor of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, R.

"e;Tales of City Life"e; is a is a 1861 work by Catharine Maria Sedgwick.

Liebe auf den ersten Blick: Bei der Vollbremsung eines überfüllten Autobusses in der Kairoer Innenstadt stossen ein junger Angestellter und eine Studentin zusammen.

The iconic American melodrama that inspired the 1943 cult classic film starring Bette Davis.

Conflict between Boomer parents and Millennial children about how you should lead your life….

';Fluent, mordant, authentic, propulsivewonderfully lit from within' (Lee Child, The New York Times Book Review), this critically acclaimed, stunningly mature literary debut is the darkly comic story of a car thief on the run in the gritty and arid landscape of the 1970s Texas panhandle.

"e;Will break your heart, but Leah Weiss's beautiful writing will sew it back together again"e; -Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling authorA Southern story of friendship forged by books and bees, when the timeless troubles of growing up meet the murky shadows of World War II.

In Mixed Company Jenny Shank reveals moments of grace and connection between people of her hometown, Denver, through stories that contrast the city during its oil-bust era of economic troubles and court-ordered crosstown busing for racial desegregation with the burgeoning and gentrifying city of recent years.

The Sunday Times bestselling novel from viral sensation, @MammyBanterA hilarious warts-and-all novel about modern motherhood - and how having it all sometimes isn't what you think it might be.

Set simultaneously in the farm country of Wisconsin and a small mining town in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado during the nineteenth century, this new novel by Peter Grandbois follows the lives of three brothers as each strives to re-create himself despite the forces that work to determine his identity.

An exquisite piece of historical fiction (Winnipeg Free Press), The Moors Account is brilliantly imagined fictionrewritten to give us something that feels very like the truth (Salman Rushdie).