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This is one of the defining novels of English writer Julian Barnes. An entertaining melange of stories starting with a contemporary account of the launch of Noah's Ark takes us into unexpected areas of human foibles, activities, and tendencies.

Nightwood, Djuna Barnes's strange and sinuous tour de force novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of Europe's great cities, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna - a world in which the boundaries of class, religion, and sexuality are bold but surprisingly porous. The outsized characters who inhabit this world are some of the most memorable in all of fiction.

Två små pojkar förlorar plötsligt sina pappor. Den ena pojkens far har mördats vid stenbrottet, den andra har försvunnit spårlöst och beskylls för att ha stulit gruvbolagets lönekassa. Livet i gruvbygderna i Northumberland präglas av hård kamp för tillvaron, missväxt, slagsmål, rivalitet men även stormande kärlek och vardagslycka. Catherine Cookson föddes 1906 i South Shields och dog 1998 i Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "Kate Hannigan", hennes första roman, utkom 1949.

Award-winning novelist Vikram Seth is renowned worldwide for his magnum opus A Suitable Boy. But his dazzling debut, though less well-known, is equally innovative, masterly and ambitious. First published in 1986 and inspired by Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, it is written entirely in verse, comprising almost 600 stanzas of rhyming sonnets. This epic poem focusses on the interconnected stories of five young professionals, as they make their way in the 'unfettered city' of San Francisco in the '80s.

Nach dem Tod ihres Großvaters, dessen Haus noch vom betörenden Duft gerösteter Haselnüsse erfüllt ist, fühlt sie sich verloren. Als sie im Nachlass des Großvaters ein geheimnisvolles Schriftstück und ein altes Foto von Amrum findet, reist sie kurz entschlossen auf die Insel ihrer Kindheitssommer. Die See ist aufgewühlt und stürmisch, doch Julia spürt instinktiv, dass sie inmitten von Wind und Meer die innere Ruhe finden wird, um sich über ihre eigenen Wünsche klar zu werden – und wieder Nougat zuzubereiten, so wie früher.

Two auditors for the US egg industry go rogue and conceive a plot to steal a million chickens in the middle of the night - an entire egg farm's worth of animals. Janey and Cleveland - a spirited former runaway and the officious head of audits - assemble a precarious, quarrelsome team and descend on the farm on a dark spring evening. A series of catastrophes ensues.

Kate Karlson's only focus in life is her Midwestern horse farm. Ignoring her husband, she spends long days giving riding lessons and training horses. To showcase her teaching ability, she enters her three sons and daughter in all the equestrian shows. But when her family dares to thwart her interests, the results bring tragedy and devastation.

Isak er 84 år. I sit arbejdsliv har han som specialist i kvindesygdomme, været en beundret foregangsmand og pioner inden for forskningen i ultralyd. Erika, Laura og Molly er Isaks døtre, som han har fået med tre forskellige kvinder. I barndommen havde de deres daglige liv hver for sig med deres mødre, men i sommerferierne blev de samlet i Isaks sommerhus på øen Hammerö.

De syv børn havde én ting til fælles: De kom til verden på Rigshospitalets fødegang B, og de skulle alle syv bortadopteres. I månederne efter fandt frøkenerne på det berømte spædbørnehjem Kongslund nye familier til dem rundt om i Danmark, og de voksede op uden at ane det mindste om deres fortid. Et af børnene bar på en hemmelighed, som for enhver pris skulle skjules. Da en ældre kvinde mange år senere blev fundet død på en strandbred tæt ved børnehjemmet, opstod den sag, der kom til at plage hele nationen: Havde det hæderkronede børnehjem gennem et halvt århundrede skjult skandaler på højeste plan?

From bestselling authors in the Amish genre come three sweet stories centered around Amish traditions and the possibility of romance. Building a Dream by Amy Clipston Though they’ve known each other a long time, Kathryn and Anthony have finally decided to try becoming more than friends—but...

This novel is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's extraordinary real-life fight for justice. Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late 19th-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur becomes a doctor, and then a writer, George a solicitor in Birmingham. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age; George remains in hardworking obscurity. But as the new century begins, they are brought together by a sequence of events which made sensational headlines at the time as The Great Wyrley Outrages.

Holed up in prison, Mike Regan is offered a deal - his freedom in exchange for his firm taking down the gang that is supplying a new dangerous drug that has hit the streets. What starts as a game soon becomes a shocking revelation with devastating consequences. Meanwhile, Mike’s fiancé, Zara Ezra, has her own firm to run. But when the so-called Governor is out to take her down, she has her own decision to make - either fight, run, or write her own rule book....

Første del af beretningen om Jesu liv fra hans fødsel til korsfæstelsen og opstandelsen. Alt beskrevet af hans ængstelige mor Maria og hans troende søster. Første del: "Marias barn - Drengen", Anden del: "Marias barn - Manden".

For friends Stevie, Holly and Angela, the last few years haven't been kind. With marriage breakdowns and sacrifices, their only moments of peace come when they are outside in the wild waters of the Lake District. Now it's time for these three women to love themselves, just as they love the cold, and take charge of their own happiness in this uplifting and meditative novel of friendship and the healing power of nature.

Someone’s watching you… Living in a beautiful home on the edge of a council estate, Kara Bannon can’t imagine what it’s like to have nothing. An eerie phone call plays on her mind and within three days she loses everything – her job, her home and Justin, the only person she thought she...

For more than a year, Heather O'Grainne and her small band of heroes, operating out of Pueblo, Colorado, have struggled to pull the United States back together after it shattered under the impact of the event known as Daybreak. Now they are poised to bring the three or four biggest remaining pieces together, with a real President and Congress, under the full Constitution again. Heather is very close to fulfilling her oath, creating a safe haven for civilization to be reborn. But other forces are rising too.

Tre generationer med olika minnen och erfaren heter av stadens historia. En mormor och hennes dotterson vars relation är mer kärleksfull i handling än i ord. Men för ett ovant öga är kanske till och med handlingarna svåra att tyda. Båda två har i alla fall svårt för resten av släkten. Och så döttrarna som var med om en revolution för över trettio år sedan och som försöker gå vidare med sina liv.

Kentia, a beautiful hustler with a taste for the finer things in life, becomes a victim of someone else’s hustle for a change. Kirrah, a video vixen and gold-digger, learns a valuable lesson in playing the game. Sometimes you get burnt. Theori, working as a stripper to pay for college, discovers the high price of deception.

En ensam gatpojke kommer i kontakt med den välbärgade överklassen i 1800-talets London. Men han känner direkt att han vill tillbaka till de välbekanta gränderna kring Covent Garden. Där möter han Lil. Tillsammans står de inför sitt livs äventyr, förhoppningsvis på väg bort från förfallet och det fattiga livet.

Anna Storm kommer i "Det stille barn" ud i et voldsomt uvejr. Kærligheden til den populære rockmusiker Lasse er ved at blæse hende omkuld og kræver al hendes tålmodighed og kvindelige list. På børneafdelingen kommer en fatal fejl til at koste et barn livet, og med sin sædvanlige stædighed kæmper Anna for at få klarhed over hændelserne, som en kollega er skyld i. Det viser sig, at barnet ikke er død af naturlige årsager, og jagten på sandheden kommer næsten til at koste Anna livet.