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The riveting story of Margaret Pole, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, and was one of the few surviving members of the Plantagenet dynasty after the Wars of the Roses. Plantagenet, once carried proudly by Margaret like a crown upon her head, is now, at the end of the 15th century, the most dangerous name in England...

The international phenomenon by debut novelist and screenwriter Fredrik T. Olsson, a breakneck thriller in which a damaged couple must race to save our future

The devastating Phryne Fisher is under fire again in her fourth mystery.A very young man with muddied hair, a pierced ear and a blue tattoo lies cradled in Phryne''s arms. But sadly, it''s not another scene of glorious seduction - this time it''s death. The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, beautifully dressed in loose trousers, a cream silk shirt and a red-fox fur has just had her windscreen shot out inches in front of her divine nose. But worse is the fate of the pale young man lying on the road, his body hit by bullets, who draws his final blood-filled breath with Phryne at his side. Outraged by this brutal slaughter, Phryne promises to find out who is responsible. But Phryne doesn''t yet know how deeply into the mire she''ll have to go: bank robbery, tattoo parlours, pubs, spiritualist halls, and the Anarchists. Along this path, Phryne meets Peter, a battle-scarred, sexy Slav, who offers much more to her than just information. But all thoughts of these delights flee from Phryne''s mind when her beloved maid, Dot, disappears. There''s nothing Phryne won''t do to get her back safely.

When Eva's mother abandons her on Iris's front porch, the girls don't seem to have much in common - except, they soon discover, a father. Thrown together with no mothers to care for them and a father who could not be considered a parent, Iris and Eva become one another's family. Iris wants to be a movie star; Eva is her sidekick. Together, they journey across 1940s America from scandal in Hollywood to the jazz clubs and golden mansions of Long Island, stumbling, cheating and loving their way through a landscape of war, betrayals and big dreams.

LONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARDA stunning, heartbreaking debut We Are Not Ourselves is both the intimate story of a family and an epic of the American Century.The product of a stormy upbringing in an Irish Catholic enclave of New York City, Eileen craves stability. Coming of age in the early Sixties, she meets and marries a young scientist named Edmund Leary.But while Eileen wants more for her family, Ed wont give up teaching for a better-paid job. Inadvertently Eileen starts to climb her own career ladder in nursing. She pushes Ed into finding a new home, but it becomes clear that his resistance is part of a deeply troubling psychological shift.In this masterful debut, Matthew Thomas paints a sprawling, profoundly sympathetic portrait of a family coping with slow-burning tragedy. We Are Not Ourselves is a grand testament to our deepest hopes and most human frailties.

Un libro su quello che siamo e quello che avremmo potuto essere. Una storia sul passato che ritorna e sulle lezioni che non abbiamo imparato.

Un llop a la vora del foc. Apunts d’uns temps i d’uns llocs Albert Camus va gosar definir l’estil dels grans escriptors moralistes francesos dient que, amb les màximes, «més que legislar, pinten». S

Solitude, obsession amoureuse, désenchantement… Tatiana de Rosnay égrène, dans ce recueil inédit, dix nouvelles peuplées de personnages un peu perdus, en quête de frissons ou d'affection. Écrivains e

Comment fabrique-t-on les mots ? Jeanne, l''héroïne de La grammaire est une chanson douce, a sa méthode : pour expliquer, elle raconte. Il était une fois un dictateur qui trouvait son pays trop bavar

"As the financial crisis tightens its grip on Europe, the gilded world of Zurich's leading restaurant, Chez Huwyler, seems immune to plunging stock markets and collapsing banks. But behind the scenes, even the rarefied world of haute cuisine is feeling the bite and so Maravan - a Tamil dishwasher and undiscovered culinary genius - and Andrea - a stunningly beautiful waitress - find themselves out of a job and needing to find another way to survive. After Maravan seduces Andrea by cooking her a dinner that fuses the aphrodisiac recipes of his ancestors with the necromancy of molecular gastronomy, Andrea hits upon a business idea: romantic catering for couples. But even culinary magic can't ward off recession and when their new company begins to struggle, they are forced to enter into a much more unsavoury business, plunging them deep into an underworld where murder and sex feed otherwise unquenchable thirsts..."

This was the original game of thrones George R.R. MartinCharles IV is now king of France and his sister is Edward II of Englands Queen. Having been imprisoned by Edward as leader of the rebellious English barons, Roger Mortimer escapes to France, where he joins the war against the English Aquitaine. But it is his love affair with Isabella, the She-Wolf of France, who has come seemingly to negotiate a treaty of peace that seals his fate

For centuries after a devastating battle between the immortals, humanity has been protected from the Chaos realm by an invisible barrier known as the Legacy.But sealed behind the weakening barrier, the traitor Daemron makes one last, desperate bid for freedom: he casts his most deadly spell and curses four unsuspecting children.Born under the Blood Moon, they are destined to wield Daemron''s talismans of power, to either save the barrier - or bring it crashing down.

Baffin Island: Sam and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved-and filled with pre-Columbian artefacts from Mexico. How can that be? As they research, clues about a link between the Vikings and the legendary Toltec, feathered serpent-god Quetzalcoatl and a fabled object known as the Eye of Heaven - soon emerge. And the Fargos find themselves on the run from treasure hunters, crime cartels, and those with far more personal motivations for stopping them from unearthing the solution to a thousand-year-old mystery ...

L'opera e divisa in due parti, composte a grande distanza di anni tra loro. In un borgo della Mancia vive un povero hidalgo che, totalmente assorbito dalla lettura di romanzi cavallereschi, impazzisce e decide di farsi cavaliere errante. Datosi il nome di Don Chisciotte, scelta come dama una vicina che battezza Dulcinea, parte sul suo ronzino che chiama Ronzinante. Dopo numerose avventure finite male, preso come scudiero Sancho Panza, ritorna al villaggio. Riparte ben presto e si susseguono incontri e vicende che si concludono con un duello che Don Chisciotte perde e che lo vede costretto a tornare al villaggio. Cade ammalato e rinsavisce di colpo, ma dopo aver preso congedo dai suoi vecchi amici, muore.

Ohne Abschied zu nehmen, ist Kommissar Erlendur in die Ostfjorde gereist - dorthin, wo er seine Kindheit verbracht und seinen kleinen Bruder im Schneesturm verloren hat.Jahrzehnte zuvor hatten sich in dieser Gegend dramatische Szenen abgespielt: Ein Trupp englischer Soldaten geriet auf einem Hohenpfad in ein todliches Unwetter. In derselben Nacht verschwand eine junge Frau, deren Leiche aber nie gefunden wurde. Das Schicksal dieser Frau zieht Erlendur in seinen Bann: Er will unbedingt herausfinden, was sich damals zugetragen hat, so schmerzlich es fur ihn auch sein mag, Ereignisse aus dieser Zeit ans Licht zu bringen ...

Friedrichsdorf in der Haseldorfer Marsch, 1248: Die Zukunft der jungen Hilke als Frau eines Handwerkermeisters ist gesichert. Aber dann wird ihr Dorf durch eine Sturmflut verwustet. Die "Allerkindleinsflut" fordert zahlreiche Leben.Hilke verliert ihre Familie und ihr Zuhause. Und so ergeht es vielen Menschen. Umso groer die Wut und der Hass der Dorfler, dass Hilke ihren Freund aus Kindertagen retten konnte. Denn Hein ist seit einem Unfall gelahmt. Ist die Flut nicht die Strafe Gottes dafur, dass in ihrer Mitte dieser unvollkommene junge Mann lebt?

IF YOU FLEE FATE...When Detective Sime Mackenzie is sent from Montreal to investigate a murder on the remote Entry Island, 850 miles from the Canadian mainland, he leaves behind him a life of sleeplessness and regret.FATE WILL FIND YOU...But what had initially seemed an open-and-shut case takes on a disturbing dimension when he meets the prime suspect, the victim''s wife, and is convinced that he knows her - even though they have never met.And when his insomnia becomes punctuated by dreams of a distant Scottish past in another century, this murder in the Gulf of St. Lawrence leads him down a path he could never have foreseen, forcing him to face a conflict between his professional duty and his personal destiny.

The second novel in James S.A. Corey''s SF New York Times bestselling Expanse series.We are not alone.On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a high-level politician struggles to prevent interplanetary war from reigniting. And on Venus, an alien protomolecule has overrun the planet, wreaking massive, mysterious changes and threatening to spread out into the solar system.In the vast wilderness of space, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante have been keeping the peace for the Outer Planets Alliance. When they agree to help a scientist search war-torn Ganymede for a missing child, the future of humanity rests on whether a single ship can prevent an alien invasion that may have already begun . . .Caliban''s War is a breakneck science fiction adventure following the critically acclaimed Leviathan Wakes.

It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A''Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creation...As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld has only one possible saviour. Unfortunately, this happens to be the singularly inept and cowardly wizard called Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world.

The Pearl is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Written with haunting and lyrical simplicity, The Pearl sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive and finds them tragically inadequate.

Just when Karen and Joe Eastman thought they had it all - the perfect marriage and the perfect family - they learn that their young son, Ben, has a terminal illness. The only cure is for them to have a 'designer baby' to provide him with a perfect match bone-marrow transplant. But in the process, a devastating family secret is revealed that not only jeopardises the one hope of their son having a future but also threatens to destroy their marriage...

On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut. It is assumed that this is a drug-related incident of the kind so often uncovered in that area of town. But Adamsberg is convinced that there is more to it. Anxious to keep control of the case, he must call in a favour from the pathologist Ariane Lagarde, someone he had come up against twenty-three years previously.

Chelsea Handler is a woman on a mission. She's smart, sassy and not afraid to speak her mind. From an early age Chelsea knew exactly what she wanted and even in the trickiest of situations, she's never one to pass up an opportunity. Like the time she convinced her third-grade class she was shooting movies with Goldie Hawn on location in the Galapagos just to get them to like her, or when she spent the night in a women's prison, contemplating an affair with the inmate who killed her own sister. Chelsea it seems, has done it all, and a whole lot more...Any mishaps along the way just spur Chelsea on further. Whether she is being dry-humped by a sumo masseur, dumped by her Big Red experiment or kicked out of a London restaurant with her pants down, Chelsea is always armed with an unshakable disregard for rules and is incapable of leading a quiet life. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea is an entertaining memoir-in-stories that will have you rolling around with laughter.

A wonderful novel set in the deep south told through the authentic voices of Aibileen, Minnie and Skeeter, three unforgettable women whose lives and points of view intersect vividly against a landscape of hopeful change in America. You will be swept away as they work, play and love during a time when possibilities for women were few but their dreams of the future were limitless.

A work of fiction that takes us to the heart of what it means to be human. Ganador del premio Dylan Thomas (60.000 libras) 2008. Un trabajo de ficción que nos lleva al mismo corazón de lo que significa ser humano. Ganador del premio Dylan Thomas (60.000 libras) 2008.

Set in Yorkshire, and first published in 1911, this is the story of two spoilt and lonely children who regain happiness by restoring a neglected garden. It was inspired by the rose garden in Great Maytham Hall, Kent, where the author lived for several years, and is illustrated by Charles Robinson.

Late one night, Robert Danziger receives an unexpected call from a childhood friend, Duval Morgan. Duval has spent more than twenty years in an Illinois state penitentiary for the horrific rape and assault of a young nurse. Now he is finally out. Robert has recently returned to his native city of Chicago to make a fresh start - but Duval is a voice from the past, and from a childhood Robert would rather forget. Robert reluctantly agrees to meet him, and is astonished to find he is proclaiming his innocence. But as Duval gradually starts to spend more time with the Danziger family, befriending Robert's wife Anna and young daughter Sophie, Robert's trust is pushed to the limit and he finds himself wondering what his old friend really wants. When Anna, a lawyer, takes up Duval's cause, Robert is reluctant to encourage her, for reasons he's not entirely sure of himself. Then just as Anna's investigations into the rape case start to make progress, Duval disappears.

En hiver, le soir de Noël n'est vraiment pas un soir comme les autres : il est parfois propice à bien des audaces.À quoi rêvent les grandes personnes le soir de Noël ? De Pères Noël coquins en étrenn

The book centers on the character of Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity, whose charitable income far exceeds the purpose for which it was intended. Young John Bold turns his reforming zeal to exposing what he considers to be an abuse of privilege, despite being in love with Mr. Harding''s daughter Eleanor. The novel was highly topical as a case regarding the misapplication of church funds was the scandalous subject of contemporary debate. But Trollope uses this specific case to explore and illuminate the universal complexities of human motivation and social morality. This edition includes an introduction and notes by David Skilton and illustrations by Edward Ardizzone.

»Der Wald« ist ein grandioses erzählerisches Werk und die einzigartige Summe eines schriftstellerischen Lebens mit ihrer Liebeserklärung an den Wald war Kerstin Ekman viele Wochen auf den ersten Plätzen der schwedischen Bestsellerliste vertreten.15Es gab eine Zeit, in der der Wald vom Atlantik bis zu den Karpaten unseren ganzen Kontinent bedeckte. Der Wald ist ein Mythos, ein Naturund Kulturraum, der einzigartig ist, unermesslich sein Reichtum an Sagen und Geschichten. Kerstin Ekmans lebenslange Beschäftigung mit dem Wald mündet in diesem gewaltigen Werk: Sie erzählt darin von der jahrtausendealten Begegnung zwischen Mensch und Wald, schreibt von Waldgeistern, Volksmärchen, Räubern, Wölfen und Dichtern. Ihre Betrachtungen reichen vom Mittelalter bis heute, von der Urbarmachung über das Jagen bis zum Wirtschaftsraum Wald. Kerstin Ekman streift durch die Kiefernwälder ihrer nordschwedischen Heimat, erzählt von der Heilkraft der Nadelbäume und dem Reichtum von Flora und Fauna. Reich bebildert und mit zahlreichen Zitaten versehen ist »Der Wald« ein eindrucks volles Zeugnis einer Welt, die bald verschwunden sein wird.01Kerstin Ekman, geboren 1933 in Mittelschweden, zählt zu den bedeutendsten Schriftstellerinnen der Gegenwart. Sie wurde in ihrer Heimat mit allen großen Literaturpreisen ausgezeichnet, unter anderem erhielt sie für ihr Gesamtwerk den renommierten Pilotpreis.

Several months into his recovery from a nearly fatal illness, 34-year-old novelist Sidney Orr buys a notebook and, for the next nine days, lives under the spell of the blank pages, trapped inside a world of eerie premonitions and bewildering events that threaten to destroy his marriage.

When Tiro, the confidential secretary of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events which will eventually propel his master into one of the most famous courtroom dramas in history. The stranger is a Sicilian, a victim of the island's corrupt Roman governor, Verres. The senator is Cicero, a brilliant young lawyer and spellbinding orator, determined to attain imperium - supreme power in the state. This is the starting-point of Robert Harris' most accomplished novel to date. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice, it takes us inside the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics, to describe how one man - clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable - fought to reach the top.

Emmanuel Desjardins L'effondrement d'une illusion collective est toujours un choc pour une société, mais ce choc peut être salutaire s'il permet de reconstruire sur des fondations solides. L'illusion

Philippe de Wailly Ce nouvel ouvrage du docteur Philippe de Wailly, vétérinaire des " stars ", et " star " des vétérinaires, révèle le rôle considérable des animaux - de tous les animaux - dans le co

Dominique MainardLorsque la rumeur commence a se propager dans la ville, elle parvient tout naturellement aux oreilles de Lena. On murmure qu'un jeune homme, presque un adolescent, hante le parc voisin, racontant des histoires aux enfants venus y jouer. Il est revenu. lui dont elle n'a jamais parle a quiconque, l'homme qui a partage ses jeux d'enfant. La seule personne qu'elle informe de cette reapparition est sa mere avec laquelle elle ne communiquait plus depuis des annees. Depuis la mort de son pere. Depuis le jour ou son frere a disparu. Aujourd'hui, Lena est marie a un homme qui ne sait rien de sa vie passee et dont elle a un petit garçon. Pour autant, elle ne cesse de penser a l'adolescent qui a elu domicile dans le par cet ne peut s'empecher, a l'insu de tous, de partir a sa rencontre. Ce troisieme roman de Dominique Mainard, Le ciel des chevaux, revele une fois de plus le talent et l'imagination indeniables de cet auteur qui reussit a creer un vrai suspense autour des secrets de famille.

Il s''est enfui avec le butin, sain et sauf - ça ressemble à miracle. Un miracle cher payé : il laisse derrière lui deux morts innocents et son coéquipier Raffaello, qui écope de la perpétuité. Quinz

In the ninth installment of the "New York Times"-bestselling Sisterhood series, the women are now back in the United States, ensconced in a home in the North Carolina mountains. The landing of a helicopter brings the Sisterhood its most daunting--and rewarding--mission yet. Original.

Bei einer abenteuerlichen Expedition in ein teilweise noch unerforschtes Hohlensystem entdeckt die Pathologin Diane Fallon einen mumifizierten Leichnam, den sie zur Untersuchung in das Labor ihres kleinen Naturkundemuseums bringen lasst. Doch bei diesem einen Fund bleibt es nicht: In einem Wald, einem nahe gelegenen See und in einem Autowrack tauchen weitere Knochen auf. Diane vermutet, dass es einen Zusammenhang mit dem Toten aus der Hohle geben konnte, und beginnt zu ermitteln ...

Traumatisée par un viol récent, Carol Jordan dirige une nouvelle brigade d'élite où chacun, la sachant fragilisée, met en doute ses capacités. Sa première enquête la conduit à traquer un violeur particulièrement pervers, pour qui rien n'est plus exquis que la souffrance des autres. L'aide de Tony Hill, psychologue profiteur, lui sera indispensable pour démêler une intrigue qui repose sur la manipulation mentale. La reine incontestée du thriller psychologique joue avec nos nerfs dans un suspense démoniaque.

Robert Harlan liebt seine Frau Allyson, seine Tochter Carson und sein Hobby, die Schriftstellerei. Seine Frau ermutigt ihn, den Traum von der Karriere als Autor auch in die Tat umzusetzen. Eines Tages scheint sein Gluck perfekt: Er wird entdeckt, und sein Roman wird zum Bestseller. Berauscht vom Ruhm verliert Robert den Blick fur sein Familiengluck, bis er einem Unbekannten begegnet, der seine Vergangenheit und Zukunft zu kennen scheint und ihm prophezeit, dass er am letzten Tag des Jahres sterben wird