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マッチングアプリで出会った那月は全てが完璧。彼との間できた子供はまだ私のお腹の中にいて、ママと呼びかける。こんな汚れた私だってきっと大丈夫だよ。（GOAT 第２号「GOAT Summer 2025」掲載）

FonoLibro se enorgullece al presentar María, la obra cumbre de la novela romántica latinoamericana, del prestigioso escritor Colombiano Jorge Isaac. Esta famosa y reconocida novela narra la historia de amor juvenil entre María y Efraín, enmarcada en la zona selvática del Valle del Cauca a fines siglo XIX, en la hacienda "El Paraíso" donde ambos crecieron. Sin embargo el camino de ambos se separo cuando, a la usanza de la época, Efraín fue enviado a Bogota a culminar sus estudios de bachillerato.

In the aftermath of the accident that changed her life, one young woman leaves everything behind to search for the father she never knew, and finds the man of her dreams and the found family she's always wanted in the charming streets of Sorrento, from international bestselling author Maria...

Efraín abandona la casa de su infancia. Junto a su familia, ha quedado también María, la niña y mujer que encenderá su vehemente amor. Sin embargo, las más hondas desdichas asomarán a la vida de los jóvenes amantes.

A groundbreaking masterpiece of early European modernism, originally published in 1910, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge unspools the vivid reflections of the titular young poet and nobleman. From his Paris garret, Brigge records his encounters with the city and its people, muses on his family history, and lays bare an alternately exquisite and grotesque atmosphere of death. With a poet’s attention to language, Rainer Maria Rilke forges a dazzlingly visual coming-of-age narrative, kaleidoscopic in its approach to time and its portraits of Parisian life.

Una fortuna sfacciata è un dono... o una maledizione? Tutto ciò che Jude desidera è farsi notare il meno possibile, starsene in pace a disegnare i suoi fumetti, giocare a D&D con gli amici, aiutare i genitori nel loro negozio di vinili, e possibilmente sopravvivere al liceo. Fino a quando, una sera, si ritrova per le mani un misterioso dado a venti facce e improvvisamente la fortuna gli arride: un suo disegno viene pubblicato dalla sua fanzine preferita, la sua amica Ari arriva alla finale di un concorso per cantautori e lui vince due biglietti per un concerto.

MARIA er en roman om de livsvalg, vi træffer i feltet mellem ungdom, familie og karriere, og hvordan de former os som mennesker. Vi følger to kvinder på deres 40-års fødselsdag, deres tanker om den runde dag og de uundgåelige og svære beslutninger, de hver især står overfor. For denne morgen afleverer Maria og Maria deres børn i institutioner og går en uvis fremtid i møde. Den ene Maria har netop fundet ud af, at hendes mand er hende utro. Den anden Maria er lige blevet degraderet fra sin høje stilling og kan ikke finde ud af at fortælle det til sin mand, som netop beundrer hende så meget for hendes succes.

Emilia wiedzie bezpieczne zycie u boku tureckiego meza, dopóki napiete stosunki pomiedzy imperium osmanskim a Rosja nie doprowadza do wybuchu wojny krymskiej. To burzy spokój rodziny. Zakir postanawia bowiem przylaczyc sie do walk, a zona podaza za nim, choc oznacza to rozstanie z ukochanym synem. Jak potocza sie dalsze losy Emilii?

Die Rückkehr zum Karlsplatz. Lichterfelde, 1968: Zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben reist die junge Tänzerin Maria nach Deutschland, in die Heimat ihrer Mutter Vera. Hier an der Deutschen Oper in Berlin hat sie ihr erstes Solo-Engagement als Ballerina erhalten. Sie taucht ein in die spannende Musikszene der Stadt - und sie macht sich auf die Suche nach den Spuren ihrer Herkunft.

Diana, Lippo ed Emma sono cresciuti insieme nella casa famiglia Littarru, in Sardegna. Erano inseparabili, finché qualcosa si è spezzato. Ora, Diana e Lippo affrontano il mondo da adulti e feriti, con il vuoto di chi ha conosciuto solo il "dentro" e deve imparare a vivere il "fuori". Con l'aiuto di due amici, partono per un viaggio attraverso il sud Italia, inseguendo un passato che ancora brucia.

Mit dem Audible Original Hörspiel „Moriarty: Ein teuflisches Spiel“ haucht Audible dem Sherlock-Holmes-Mythos völlig neues Leben ein–und stellt eine der berühmtesten Rivalitäten der Literatur mit einer gewagten Frage auf den Kopf: Was, wenn Holmes‘ schlimmster Erzfeind in Wahrheit ein unschuldiger Mann wäre? Während sich Professor James Moriarty auf der Spur einer mathematischen Formel befindet, die so mächtig ist, dass sie die Zukunft vorhersagen kann, wird ihm ein grausamer Mord angehängt. Und der berühmte Sherlock Holmes ist daran maßgeblich beteiligt.

It is 1939. Despite a law banning him from performing surgery, Ravic, a German doctor and refugee living in Paris, has been treating some of the city's most elite citizens for two years on the behalf of two less-than-skillful French physicians.

In 1914 Paul Bumer and his classmates are marched to the local recruiting office by a sentimentally patriotic form-master. On a calm October day in 1918, only a few weeks before the Armistice, Paul will be the last of them to be killed.Here, he tells their story. A few years after publication, the Nazis would denounce and publicly burn Remarque's novel for insulting the heroic German army - in other words, for 'telling it like it was' for the common soldier on the front line where any notions of glory and national destiny were soon blasted away by the dehumanizing horror of modern warfare.

You may think you know Vergil’s epic poem, The Aeneid - the story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero, prophesized to found Rome. Or maybe you’ve heard of the fearsome Cyclopes, the tragic queen Dido, the Trojan horse, the River Styx and the three headed dog who guards the underworld. But what of the man who wrote it and why? This is that story.

Cairo, 824—In the bowels of prison, escape is out of the question. The best Roshan can hope for is a quick death. She certainly doesn’t expect a second chance offered by a cloaked stranger who says Roshan is exactly what they need: Someone who can disappear, who will do what needs to be done, someone expendable …

Angela Merkel está deprimida. Al escribir su autobiografía comprende que dejó problemas sin resolver y la convencen para que acuda a terapia de grupo. Sin embargo, tras la primera sesión su terapeuta, el doctor Fenstermacher, salta por los aires en una explosión en su casa flotante. Esto curiosamente mejora mucho el ánimo de Angela: por fin puede volver a investigar porque aunque el inspector habla de accidente, ella ve indicios de asesinato. Lo que sí que no se esperaba es que las sospechas recaigan sobre ella.

Klara, Tochter von Tischlermeister Anton, soll eine Vernunftehe mit dem Kassierer Leonhard eingehen, liebt diesen jedoch nicht. Als ihre Jugendliebe...

As the car pulls up to my husband Dominic’s family home the night before Christmas, I suppress a shudder. I’ve never felt welcome here. His parents make it clear I’m a poor comparison to his perfect first wife, Carla. But I’m determined to lean into the festive cheer. Until Dominic’s mother bustles into our bedroom and blindsides me: ‘You won’t mind, will you. Carla is coming for the holidays. She’s still one of the family, and she can’t get home because of the storm.’ My eyes widen–did she and Carla plan this on purpose?

After 40 years with his beloved wife, Henry is alone for the first time. His sudden bachelorhood is a struggle for him and his daughter Lisa, who is feeling pressure to fill the void. To give Henry the companionship he’s craving, Lisa buys him a personal robotic assistant. The device transforms Henry’s life and inspires him to embrace the possibility of romance during his golden years.

Christoph Maria Herbst hat sich den besonders bissigen Tucholsky vorgeknöpft: Was passiert, wenn ein Mann sich von einer Frau beobachtet fühlt? - Natürlich wird er sich seiner offensichtlichen Strahlkraft und Schönheit ganz bewusst. Bissig, ironisch und immer mit dem Finger in der Wunde beschreibt Tucholsky die Eigenarten der Geschlechter. "Der deutsche Mann, Mann, Mann - das ist der unverstandene Mann" schreibt er - und in der Interpretation von Christoph Maria Herbst tropft das Mitleid aus jeder Zeile.