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Against the mythical dreamscape of America, Auster brilliantly weaves the bizarre narrative of Marco Stanley Fogg, an orphan searching for love, his father, and the key to the riddle of his origin and fate.

Early one October morning, Grace’s mother snatches her from sleep and brutally cuts off her hair, declaring, 'You are the strong one now.' With winter close at hand and Ireland already suffering, Grace is no longer safe at home. And so her mother outfits her in men’s clothing and casts her out. When her younger brother Colly follows after her, the two set off on a remarkable odyssey in the looming shadow of their country’s darkest hour.

It's been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they've given him have been violent and bloody - which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth: He has to play protector while keeping his hands and fingers off, and for someone who really has a problem with restraint, this new assignment might be the most challenging yet.

In the Black Country in the 1950s, ex-boxer Norman Alonso is a determined and humble Jamaican who has moved to Britain with his wife to secure a brighter future for themselves and their children. At the turn of the millennium, Jesse seeks a fresh start in London - escaping from a broken immediate family, a repressive religious community and the desolate, disempowered Black Country - but finds himself at a loss for a new centre of gravity and turns to sex work to create new notions of love, fatherhood and spirituality.

An unforgettable love story set in Siberia during the Second World War and of living with impossible choices. Lena knows she hasn't got long left. While a nurse administers morphine to ease her pain, she relives her life. Growing up in a small town in Poland, she was an earnest young girl...

It is the late 1920's, the era of Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh, and Al Capone, and Walt is a Saint Louis orphan rescued from the streets by the mysterious Hungarian Master Yehudi, who teaches Walt to walk on air. The vaudeville act that results from Walt's marvelous new abiltiy takes them across a vast and vibrant country, where they meet and fall prey to sinners, thieves, and villains, from the Kansas Ku Klux Klan to the Chicago mob.

Mickey Donnelly is smart, which isn't a good thing in his part of town. Despite having a dog called Killer and being in love with the girl next door, everyone calls him gay. He dreams of going to America, taking Wee Maggie and Ma with him to get them away from Belfast and Da. Mickey realises it's all down to him. He has to protect Ma from herself. And sometimes, you have to be a bad boy to be a good son.

Gisela zieht nach Chemnitz, um neu anzufangen. Die Stadt ist für die Anfang zwanzigjährige ein Versprechen. Endlich studieren, sich finden, weg von der Familie und all den anderen Menschen, die sie nicht versteht und die sie nicht verstehen. Ihren Körper und ihre Gedanken aber nimmt sie mit. Doch in Chemnitz gibt es die Freundinnen, die die Welt nicht so akzeptieren wollen wie sie ist. Zusammen gehen sie auf Demonstrationen, betrinken sich, versuchen, über die Runden zu kommen und gründen eine Band: Superbusen.

Ethan Scofield returns to the place of his birth to bury his father. Hidden in one of the upstairs rooms of the old man’s house, he finds a strange manuscript, a collection of stories that seems to cover the whole of his father’s turbulent life. As his own starts to unravel, Ethan works his way through the manuscript, trying to find answers to the mysteries that have plagued him since he was a child.

As Michael maneuvers through his working-class neighborhood delivering groceries, he enters the homes and lives of his customers. He’s confronted by the school yard and street corner violence of local thugs. With the 1967 Arab-Israeli War fresh in public memory, he passes for Greek or Italian...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Mathew Baynton, known for his roles in Vanity Fair, Horrible Histories, Gavin and Stacey and Ghosts. Nils Holgersson is a naughty boy who tortures animals and never listens to his parents - until one day he wakes up as an elf...

For his whole life, the boy has lived underground, in a basement with his parents, grandmother, sister, and brother. Before he was born, his family was disfigured by a fire. His sister wears a white mask to cover her burns. He spends his hours with his cactus, reading his book on insects, or touching the one ray of sunlight that filters in through a crack in the ceiling. Ever since his sister had a baby, everyone's been acting very strangely.

The classic tale of an Australian girl who marries into the English aristocracy at a time of great change to the traditional order November 1910, and seventeen-year-old Lucinda is looking forward to being making her debut in Melbourne society. Beautiful and wealthy, she is set to make a...

Drei Freunde in ihren Zwanzigern: Thora, Hugo und August. Sie stammen aus verschiedenen Welten. Aber in zwei magischen Sommern erleben sie eine Liebe fürs Leben. Thora und August wachsen in gehobenen Verhältnissen in Stockholm auf, sie sind beste Freunde und gelegentlich auch Liebende. Ihre Beziehung gerät ins Wanken, als ein neuer Mieter bei Thoras Familie einzieht: Hugo. Nach und nach entsteht eine enge, jedoch nie unkomplizierte Freundschaft zwischen den dreien. Bald verbringen sie jede Minute miteinander: in Cafés, bei Radtouren, auf Reisen.

A los trece años, el héroe de Historia del llanto ha completado una formación progresista. Ha estado cerca de los que sufren y ha devorado toda la literatura militante que los años setenta obligan a leer en América Latina. Sin embargo, en septiembre de 1973, cuando asiste por televisión al putsch contra Salvador Allende y el Palacio de La Moneda arde en la pantalla, trata de llorar y se descubre seco. ¿Y si fuera sólo un fan de la lucha armada?

The following three books in the beloved Marked Men series, from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover! This book set includes the following novels: NASH: Saint Ford’s life is exactly how she likes it—calm, serene, and all about work. Not on her agenda: doing a back and forth...

Money isn?t the same as treasure, and IQ isn?t the same as smarts?An uplifting and joyous new novel hailed by Jacqueline Mitchard as ?solid gold.? Perry L. Crandall knows what it?s like to be an outsider. With an IQ of 76, he?s an easy mark. Before his grandmother died, she armed Perry well with...

Dies ist kein Kriminalroman. Hier geht es nicht um Verbrechen. Nein, hier wird warm und stimmungsvoll beschrieben, wie zwei Menschen einander helfen. Kommissar Waporetzki hat es einsam. Seine Wache ist abgelegen, fern aller Menschen und jeder Kriminalität. Er hat es so gewählt. Nichts hat er zu tun und sein Arbeitsort ist wunderschön. Er liebt es, allein zu sein. Aber es wird ein Einbruch gemeldet, der keiner ist. Der Kommissar ist mit einer Teenagerin konfrontiert, ganz zart, ganz harmlos. Sie schwimmt in Hilflosigkeit und er sieht sie. Er sieht sie und die Gewalt.

In Camp Echo, his novella for Scribd Originals, Theroux delivers a compelling coming-of-age story about racism, masculinity, morality, and leadership. Inspired by his own experiences as a Boy Scout in the early 1950s, Theroux writes with precision and vivid detail, drawing from his days as a teen in the wilderness battling his own definition of what it meant to be a man. His is a tale both classic and decidedly of this moment, when prejudice and intolerance are again on the rise.

Klassikeren om den fattige skånske enkemand og sønnen Pelle, der får arbejde som røgter og vogterdreng på en bornholmsk bondegård i begyndelsen af 1900-tallet. Filmatiseret og kanoniseret.