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Akiko "Jane" Thompson, a half-Japanese, half-Caucasian woman in her mid-30s, is attempting to forge a quietly happy life in the Bay Area with her fiance, Shiro. But after a bizarre car accident, things begin to unravel. An intruder ransacks their apartment but takes nothing, leaving behind only cryptic traces of his or her presence. Shiro, obsessed with government surveillance, risks their security in a plot to expose the misdeeds of his employer, the TSA. Jane's mother has seemingly disappeared, her existence only apparent online.

家族小説に定評のある著者が、父と息子の会話形式でやさしく説く、子どもに伝えたい“人生の当たり前のこと”。

문학성과 대중성이 만난 작품 『휘청거리는 오후』는 우리 주변에 있음직한 평범한 중산층 가족의 삶을 다룬 소설로, 결혼 적령기에 접어든 세 딸, 초희, 우희, 말희의 연애와 결혼, 그리고 그 과정에서 파생된 자영업자...

一度開けば大きな災いをもたらすという彼岸の門が開いてしまった。門の場所を知る白陽を探すためにホテル櫻葉を離れた椿木冬緒は、かつて風来と雷訪が白陽と暮らしていた集落に辿り着く。

“A juice box of suburban satire laced with Alfred Hitchcock” (The Washington Post)—a novel of art, motherhood, and the intensity of female friendships, set in the posh hills above Los Angeles, from the New York Times bestselling author of California NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE...

"Il fallait que la planète ferme pour que les cœurs s'ouvrent." Le 17 mars 2020, par la grâce d'un virus, un sans-abri se retrouve confiné avec une créature de rêve. Est-ce la femme qui jadis enflamma son adolescence, une mythomane, une perverse manipulatrice, ou une ultime chance de survie.

A Storytel tem a honra de apresentar uma série original para quem está em casa, para quem está lutando, para quem enxerga além. A cada sexta-feira, cinco grandes autores terão suas histórias publicadas em áudio, ficções que trazem esperança e novos horizontes. Ouça histórias...

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies… Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enríquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart, Ainslie Hogarth, Robert Lautner, Adorah Nworah, Irenosen Okojie, Lucy...

17. In the Laboratory: Holmes and Watson discover a secret laboratory. Soon they realize that not only chemical, but also questionable medical experiments have been conducted on the premises.

Even before Lawrence Block could rest on his laurels from "In Sunlight or In Shadow", a question arose. What would he do for an encore Suppose each author was invited to select a painting from the whole panoply of visual art - from the cave drawings at Lascaux to a contemporary abstract canvas on which the paint has barely dried. And what a dazzling response!

School psychologist Skye Denison has been waiting forever for her happily-ever-after with police chief Wally Boyd. But her bliss threatens to unravel on the very first day of their luxurious honeymoon cruise, when Skye becomes convinced that she has glimpsed her mother on board! Surely even momzilla May wouldn't have manipulated Wally into booking the same trip that her knitting group is taking...or would she?

Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century. It tells the story of one day in Dublin, 16 June 1904, largely through the eyes of Stephen Dedalus (Joyce's alter ego from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) and Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman. Both begin a normal day, and both set off on a journey around the streets of Dublin, which eventually brings them into contact with one another.

"Ich habe eine Frau, zwei Kinder, zwei Katzen - und meine Mutter..." Trotz ihrer 84 Jahre erlebt Wladimir Kaminers Mutter dank ihrer unersättlichen Neugier mehr Abenteuer als alle anderen Familienmitglieder - ob beim Englisch lernen, beim Verreisen oder beim Einsatz hypermoderner Haushaltsgeräte. Ihre Erfahrungen möchte sie an die nächste Generation weitergeben, denn schließlich ist Wladimir mittlerweile in einem Alter, in dem Erziehungsarbeit langsam sinnvoll wird.