Langsam kriechen die Schatten der Vergangenheit heranAls an einem Wintertag ein ausgesetzter Säugling auf den verschneiten Feldern am Nordrand der Eifel gefunden wird, tauft man den Jungen auf den Namen Martin Niemand – sein Schicksal scheint vorherbestimmt.
Frankfurt am Main 1612: Erdrückende Steuern und eine rasch steigende Inflation nötigen einen Großteil der Bevölkerung zu einem armseligen Leben unter kläglichen Umständen.
From renowned theoretical physicist, broadcaster and author Jim Al-Khalili, comes this thrilling debut novel drawing on cutting-edge science and set in a near-future full of dazzling technologies.
Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2017A finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International PrizeMy sister Sil ncia was the most recent victim of the lions, which have been tormenting our village for some weeks now When Mariamar Mpepe s sister is killed by lions, her father imprisons her at home.
Now a major TV seriesWinner of the Man Booker Prize 2009Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2012Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013Shortlisted for the the Orange Prize 2009Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2009Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, both winners of The Man Booker Prize, in 2009 and 2012 respectively, are the first two instalments in Hilary Mantel's Tudor trilogy.
Dubliners is James Joyce's groundbreaking collection of short stories capturing the everyday lives, struggles, and quiet epiphanies of ordinary people in early twentieth-century Dublin.
From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold HotelEast is East and West is West Fresh from London, Christine and Donald Manley have come to the alien swelter of Karachi: Christine to conceive a child, Donald to sell the Pill for a pharmaceutical company.
In You and Yours, Naomi Shihab Nye continues her conversation with ordinary people whose lives become, through her empathetic use of poetic language, extraordinary.
On a journey from the Jersey Shore to the Pacific Ocean the driver crosses an America twisted beyond all recognition, pursued by ghosts of his traumatic past, and by the police, who have discovered the horrifying secrets of his basement.
*The perfect summer read, the novel that Dinah Jefferies has called 'A simply stunning novel that will stay with me: magnificent'*Stepping off the boat in Mombasa, eighteen-year-old Rachel Fullsmith stands on Kenyan soil for the first time in six years.
The first in a brand-new WW II historical thriller series introduces Sergeant Cathy Marsden a female police officer working for the Special Investigation Branch who risks her life to protect the city of Leeds from an escaped German spy!
In You and Yours, Naomi Shihab Nye continues her conversation with ordinary people whose lives become, through her empathetic use of poetic language, extraordinary.
'Gripping' Curtis Sittenfeld * 'Electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid * 'Remarkable' Kevin Kwan * 'Stunning' Sunday Times * 'Brilliant' Pandora Sykes In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razor's edge:Kyuri, a beautiful 'room salon' girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours.
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF PRIZE 2019****NOMINATED FOR THE M DICIS PRIZE 2018**'A tale of travel and adventure, the story of a body utterly surrendered to pain and joy.
An insightful and haunting new collection from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic Irreverent and sly, observant and keenly imagined, Come Closer and Listen is the latest work from one of our most beloved poets.
** From the bestselling author of Amazon Number One series THE GIRLFRIEND **Sisters is an unsettling story of sibling rivalry for fans of TM Logan, by the number one bestselling author of The Girlfriend, Michelle Frances.
From a prize-winning new voice in Korean fiction, with roots in feminist SFF, these exhilarating stories will transport you to strange new worlds, celebrating young women striving for their independence and self-expression'Radically brilliant.
*THE #3 IRISH BESTSELLER*'Momentous and epic' BERNARD MACLAVERTY'Superb and moving' JOHN BANVILLE'A lovely, piercing book' SEBASTIAN BARRYThree generations.
Cleanness revisits and expands the world of Garth Greenwell's beloved debut, What Belongs to You, declared 'an instant classic' by the New York Times Book Review.
«Luna 9 weich auf dem Mond gelandet», «Neue Bombenangriffe auf Nordvietnam», «Fluchthelfer-Prozeß in Ost-Berlin» – Schlagzeilen von 1966 aus der Teil- und Frontstadt Berlin.
The Voyage Out is Virginia Woolf's debut novel, a rich and introspective exploration of youth and self-discovery, centring Rachel Vinrace, a young woman embarking on a journey of both physical and emotional awakening.
Recipient of the Windham Campbell Prize for Poetry 2024Jen Hadfield is increasingly recognized as one of the singular poetic voices of our time, admired for the sheer vitality of her style and for her devotion to the natural world.
