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It is at the end of the eighteenth century, in the new French Republic, when the savage is first seen outside the village of Lacaune. The boy quickly becomes a legend among the townsfolk. Is he truly a human child or a wild beast? "Wild Child" is based on the story of Victor of Aveyron, the feral child brought from the French wilderness to Paris in an attempt to civilize him. It is the story of a boy who, at the tender age of five, had his throat slit in the forest and was left for dead.

Lulù si sveglia una mattina senza alcun ricordo di sé né del proprio passato. È in una clinica e accanto al letto c’è solo una favolosa Birkin di Hermès in pelle di coccodrillo, rosa. Grazie all’aiuto di un fascinoso medico quarantenne, Lulù comincerà a riscoprire la propria vita. Dall’oblio, riemergerà anche il rapporto con Lui, un presuntuoso e arrogante avvocato, da cui Lulù si è sempre sentita attratta. Nel frattempo, domande affollano la sua mente: è soddisfatta della sua esistenza? È stata lei a voler dimenticare qualcosa?

A provocative new novel from bestselling author T.C. Boyle exploring the first scientific and recreational forays into LSD and its mind-altering possibilities. In this stirring and insightful novel, T.C. Boyle takes us back to the 1960s and to the early days of a drug whose effects have...

When Libby receives an invitation to train with an elite group of figure skaters, deep in the Bavarian Forest, it seems almost too good to be true. Masterminded by the reclusive Lukas Wolff, a man notorious for his controversial methods, the skaters will be competing to learn the most dangerous move in history. The last one standing is promised fame and fortune, but at what cost? When one of the skaters dies in mysterious circumstances, the trainees start to question Lukas's motives. And with a blizzard raging and communications down, they are completely cut off from the outside world.

Amy Mackenzie is on the up. Her florist business is thriving, with a roll call of wealthy clients. And none are more glamorous than architect James Elliott and his beautiful wife, Eleanor. But try as she might to become part of their world, Amy is always on the outside looking in. Hired by the couple to provide the flowers for a lavish party, Amy sees an opportunity to have the kind of lifestyle she's always dreamed of. But when a guest suffers a violent and shocking death, the finger of blame is soon pointing at Amy.

From bestselling and award-winning author T.C. Boyle, a lively, thought-provoking novel that asks us what it would be like if we could really talk to the animals When animal behaviorist Guy Schermerhorn demonstrates on a TV game show that he has taught Sam, his juvenile chimp, to speak in sign...

Un roman puissant sur les blessures de l'enfance jamais cicatrisées, et qui questionne sur la maternité, la parentalité. Un roman d'aujourd'hui, à tension psychologique. Par l'auteur de "On n'efface pas les souvenirs". Il y a un avant et un après dans la vie d'Olivia. Gynécologue dans une clinique parisienne, elle élève seule, heureuse, ses trois enfants. Mais un jour, confrontée à l'insoutenable, elle fait un choix insensé qui met en danger sa propre famille et va fragiliser son existence et celle des siens.

EVERYONE IS HIDING A SECRET. ONE OF THEM IS MURDER. 'I raced through it - edgy, tense' Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange 'I for one am terrified of the woman next door!' Louise Candlish, author of The Other Passenger 'Tightly plotted, edge-of-seat gripping' Sophie Hannah, author of Haven't...

The gripping new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of THE BOOK CLUB 'Gripping, unpredictable and immensely satisfying' SOPHIE HANNAH, author of Haven't They Grown 'A dark, original and twisted story of revenge' FIONA CUMMINS, author of When I Was Ten 'Deliciously sinister' ALLIE...

Upon its first publication in 1846, "Poor Folk" was an immediate critical triumph. Composed entirely of an exchange of letters between a middle-aged copy clerk and a young seamstress who live on opposite sides of a Petersburg tenement courtyard, the novel explores the emotional and psychological effects of a threatening urban environment on the psyches of poor people struggling to survive.

While T.C. Boyle is known as one of our greatest American novelists, he is also an acknowledged master of the short story and is perhaps at his funniest, his most moving, and his most surprising in the short form. In The Relive Box, Boyle's sharp wit and rich imagination combine with a...

Per Loris tutto ha avuto inizio nel tempo bambino, quando era insieme al nonno, il bisogno eccessivo di leggere per scacciare le angosce scompariva e lui imparava cose. Ora Loris ha trent'anni, ha fatto della lettura il suo mestiere, vive in città e ha una fidanzata di soprannome Jo. Ma il lavoro in casa editrice è precario, l'ansia di non essere all'altezza dell'età adulta lo schiaccia. Loris scivola dentro sé stesso: c'è un male dentro di lui, un male capace di portarsi via ogni residuo di speranza.

Weil alle Leben miteinander verwoben sind... '23 Leben' beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema, inwieweit unsere Handlungen oder Nichthandlungen Einfluss auf das Leben eines Nächsten haben. Warum läuft ein athletischer Mann in den Autoverkehr, nachdem ein sibirischer Strafgefangener einen Brief verfasst hat? Oder warum setzt eine Frau ihren Job beim Jugendamt aufs Spiel, nachdem ein Mann aus der IT-Abteilung die Rechnung im Lokal nicht bezahlt? Welche Begegnungen gibt es zwischen vermeintlich willkürlichen Ereignissen, die das eigene Leben oder die eigene Emotion existenziell bedrohen?

An electric collection of new short stories from the inimitable, bestselling writer of Talk to Me and Outside Looking In In the title story of Walk Between the Raindrops, a woman sits down next to a man at a bar and claims she has ESP. In “Thirteen Days,” passengers on a cruise line are...

All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty. To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of Rum, but when seven guests join her, what started as a retreat from the world turns into a deadly nightmare. Each of the guests has a secret, but one of them is lying—about who they are and why they're on the island. There's a murderer staying in the Bay View hotel. And they've set their sights on Anna.

അസാധാരണവും ബലിഷ്ഠവും വികാരസാന്ദ്രവുമാണ് സി വി ബാലകൃഷ്ണന്റെ ദിശ. Please note: This audiobook is in Malayalam...

Seven families arrive at an ancient castle, expecting a grand feast - but each guest brings the weight of their own expectations, not to mention hidden agendas and a thirst for revenge that will push them into darkness as evil approaches. Listen to it because: Experience a Warhammer Horror take on a classic set-up - people gathering for a meal, each of them carrying their own secrets. It's sure to terrify and delight you in equal measure.

Your wife has lied since the day you met. So has your brother. You love them both, but can you trust them? Twelve years ago, Nick’s brother Rob was caught in a storm out at sea and drowned. His body was never found. When Nick met Susie at his brother’s funeral, he thought it was destiny at play. Then Rob suddenly appears on television. He is a hero. He has brought down a terrorist who opened fire on dozens of restaurant diners. Everyone wants to know who Rob is, but he’s vanished a second time, without a word.

When DI Thomasine Albright is informed that the remains of her 15-year-old sister have been found, she has the tragic responsibility of breaking the news to her mother. Thomasine promises her mother that she will be the one to find Karen’s killer. But Karen Albright wasn’t the only girl to go missing during that weekend in 1973.... Veronica Lightfoot disappeared, too. They’d lived barely four miles apart yet apparently never met. Suddenly there is a new question: was Veronica involved in Karen’s death? Is that why she vanished?

On an icy winter's day in southwest Michigan, Grace Abbot wakes up as the survivor of a car crash. But she's left with a traumatic brain injury and a terrifying reality: she can't remember anything. Left in the care of her sister, Grace returns to the family's secluded old farmhouse to recover - but within an hour of her return, the police arrive. Grace's boyfriend has been murdered. Without any memory, Grace has no alibi.