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The novel is set in Varanasi. Chetan Bhagat initiates the story through the central character of Gopal. It is through Gopal's narration of his life to the author that we are introduced to Raghav and Aarti. The story revolves around these three characters. While Gopal comes from a poor family, Raghav comes from a well-off family. Both set out to achieve success and realise their dreams.

Ally Nightingale has secrets. Secrets she doesn't even share with the Rock Chicks. But two men know what she's up to. One has her back. The other has her heart, but he doesn't know it. As Ally rewinds the last year of her life, she knows two things. One, she’s never going to get what every Rock Chick should have - her own Hot Bunch guy. And two, she’s a Nightingale through and through. She just isn’t sure what to do about that. But as her secrets are revealed, the men in her life react.

Samuel var 11 år, da hans mor forlod ham. Tyve år efter er hun pludselig på alles læber efter at have kastet sten efter en republikansk præsidentkandidat. Medierne beskriver Faye som en radikal hippie med en broget fortid i Chicagos protestbevægelse i 1968, men så vidt Samuel ved, var hans mor en helt almindelig pige fra Iowa, der giftede sig med sin ungdomskæreste. Hvem er hun egentlig - og hvorfor forsvandt hun ud af hans liv?

Dies ist die Beichte von Michail German. Den Namen Viktor Martinowitsch benutzt er nur als beliebiges Pseudonym. Vor Jahren beendete er, aufstrebender Dozent für Architektursemiotik an einer Moskauer Privatuniversität, von einem auf den anderen Tag die Beziehung zu der Kellnerin Olja, die er eigentlich innig liebte. Was steckt hinter seinem plötzlichen Verschwinden? In diesem Buch offenbart er sein Geheimnis.

Multiple award-winning, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson returns with Children of the Revolution, a superb tale of mystery and murder that takes acclaimed British Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks back to the early 1970s—a turbulent time of politics...

Eloise Kelly has gotten into quite a bit of trouble since she started spying on the Pink Carnation and the Black Tulip-two of the deadliest spies to saunter the streets of nineteenth-century England and France. Not only has she unearthed secrets that will rearrange history, she's dallied with...

Deutschland in naher Zukunft. In der Politik gibt es eine Quote für Frauen mit Kopftüchern. Jesus-Statuen in Kirchen werden gegen geschlechtsneutrale Figuren mit Blumenkränzen ausgetauscht. An der Erdogan-Schule in Berlin haben alle Schüler*innen Migrationshintergrund. Zugleich verüben Rechtsradikale, die einen Staat im Staate schaffen wollen, mörderische Anschläge. Wegen der ungelösten Wohnungsnot werden Containersiedlungen errichtet, in denen die Unterschicht untergebracht ist. Und auf der internationalen Bühne greifen China und Russland nach der Weltherrschaft.

Quem me seguir deve primeiro reconhecer suas loucuras e entrar em contato com sua estupidez. Felizes os que são transparentes, pois deles é o reino da saúde psíquica e da sabedoria. Um caminhante que anda no traçado do tempo procurando-se, com um olhar franco e palavras instigantes, o vendedor de sonhos traz em seus discursos ideias arrebatadoras, nos ensina que cada ser humano tem sua trajetória complexa, entre tranquilidade e ansiedade, sanidade, e loucura. Acompanhado de seus discípulos, eles transformam o drama em comédia, fazendo uma grande revolução.

Shortly after the death of the famous socialistic theorist Karl Marx, his literary executor, Friedrich Engels, approaches Sherlock Holmes. While international guests are traveling from all over the world to the funeral in London, he is in need of assistance with solving mysterious events that have occurred and culminate in a showdown at the cemetery.