Endlich ist es da, das neue und charmante Alltagsgeschichtenbuch von heiter über frech bis böse: Die erfolgreiche Autorin erzählt aus ihrem Leben – und damit vom Balanceakt einer Working Mom, die gegen ein bisschen ureigenstes Privatleben zwischen Arbeiten und Kindergroßkriegen auch nichts einzuwenden hat.
Top voices in historical fiction deliver an unforgettable collection of short stories set in the aftermath of World War I—featuring bestselling authors such as Hazel Gaynor, Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig and edited by Heather Webb.
Unvorhergesehene Zwischenfälle verfolgen uns Menschen auch noch über den Tod hinaus, wie diese Geschichten des "Bestatters mit Leib und Seele" Julius Müller belegen, in denen der Grundsatz "Die richtige Leich im richtigen Sarg zur richtigen Zeit am richtigen Ort" regelrecht auf den Kopf gestellt wird.
'One of the great novels of the 20th century' ObserverIn April 1942, Hitler and Mussolini plan the huge offensive on the Eastern Front that will culminate in the greatest battle in human history.
Published in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context.
Classic crime fiction's 'Indiana Jones' Tony Medawar unearths more unpublished and uncollected stories from the Golden Age of suspense, including John Bude, John Dickson Carr, Dorothy L.
These early works by Arthur Conan Doyle were originally published at the beginning of the twentieth century and we are now republishing them with a brand new introductory biography.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLES JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOKWINNER OF THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTIONNamed a Best Book of the Year by: New York Times * NPR * Washington Post * LA Times * Kirkus Reviews * New York Public Library * Chicago Public Library * Harpers Bazaar * TIME * Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air * Boston Globe* The AtlanticA vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American lifeimmersive and comic, yet unsparingthat offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communitiesSeamlessly transitioning between the absurd and the tenderhearted, balancing acerbic humor with sharp emotional depth,Afterpartiesoffers an expansive portrait of the lives of Cambodian-Americans.
Best Womens Erotica of the Year, Volume 1, edited by award-winning author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, delivers risky, romantic, heart-pounding thrills.
'Hotter than the rest of your TBR' Cosmo'Pure, steamy fun, and the perfect summer read' Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love Hypothesis'A fun, stay-up-late-to-finish read!
Fifty remarkable short stories from a range of contemporary fiction authors including Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jhumpa Lahiri, and more, selected from a survey of more than five hundred English professors, short story writers, and novelists.
Opulent, farbenprächtig, hochspannend und zutiefst menschlichDer historische Roman »Das Reich der Mitte« von Bestseller-Autor Edward Rutherfurd entführt ins chinesische Kaiserreich des 19.
Die Geschichten von Breece D'J Pancake, geschrieben in den Siebzigern des letzten Jahrhunderts, entführen uns in die Berge und Täler West Virginias, in spärlich besiedelte Gegenden, hin zu Menschen, die hart arbeiten, rau miteinander umgehen, die trinken, sich prügeln, Opossums jagen und mit ihren alten Autos rücksichtslos durch die Landschaften brettern – und die davon träumen, eines Tages ein besseres Leben zu haben.
In a world torn apart by endless warfare between the Soviet Union and the United Nations, humanity struggles to survive amidst the desolation of a nuclear wasteland.
A feminist pioneer, writer, and patron of the arts and literature in Buenos Aires, Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979) was a larger-than-life personality of legendary vitality.
The first translation of The Countess von Rudolstadt in more than a century brings to contemporary readers one of George Sand's most ambitious and engaging novels, hailed by many scholars of French literature as her masterpiece.
The latest book in the internationally bestselling Erast Fandorin Mysteries series'Readers can expect prime Akunin - ingenious, twisty, exotic' Daily Mail Crimea, 1914.
