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A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home...

One day, 14-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find two notes in her mailbox, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up?

All four full-length Dirty Sexy novels (the entire series) are now available in a box set!

Anna and Tom, an expat couple, have fashioned a dream life for themselves in Berlin. They are young digital "creatives" exploring the excitements of the city, freelancers without too many constraints, who spend their free time cultivating house plants and their images online. At first, they reasonably deduce that they've turned their passion for aesthetics into a viable, even enviable career, but the years go by, and Anna and Tom grow bored.

A teenage boy's body is found on a lonely country road at dawn. By the time police arrive, it has vanished without trace. The blanket that covered him remains. The witness is adamant the boy was dead. But when Detective Bob Foreman reaches the scene, there is nothing. No body. No blood. No explanation. With no forensic evidence and conflicting accounts, Foreman is running out of leads. He's already looking for a second missing boy. Last spotted on a moonlit towpath, and never seen again. At the same time, two children are displaying abilities that defy explanation.

A glamorous, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy packed with friendship, flirtation, and scandal, from the Queen of Holiday Reads, Sophie Gravia. The Dicktionary Club girls are back...and seeking American members. Ella, Katy, and Zola are beside themselves when they are offered the opportunity to...

Pas encore! Avant de rendre leur amour officiel, Joséphine et Jérôme doivent obtenir l'accord des parents de ce dernier. Et ce n'est pas gagné... Car eux ont décidé qu'il s'unirait à une autre: Blanche d'Ambert, fille aînée d'un duc. Furieux, Jérôme jure qu'il ne l'épousera pas. Jamais! Hélas, le ciel semble l'entendre, car la pauvre Blanche est retrouvée morte peu de temps après, le crâne fracassé. Et vers qui les indices pointent-ils tous?

All four full-length Book Boyfriend novels (the entire series) are now available in a box set!

Meet Rebecca Bloomwood. She's a financial journalist who spends all day writing articles on how to manage money wisely. Her own method of managing money is to hide her Visa bills under the bed and hope they'll disappear. Becky just can't stop shopping. She knows she has to do something: either Cut Back or Make More Money. Except Cutting Back seems impossible, and her attempts to Make More Money just get her into trouble. Her bank manager is sending her sterner and sterner letters, her credit cards are being declined, her Mum and Dad have no idea… what is she going to do?

Grieving over a devastating loss, Morgan has retreated to the sanctuary of Belle Garde behind a veil of fairy magic, after swearing vengeance upon King Arthur and Camelot. Steeped in her rage, she becomes a storm of retribution, battling to avenge her brother's wrongs whilst trying to undo a terrible tragedy. But with her resurrection skills elusive and Camelot growing in glory and strength, Morgan is failing, her freedom under threat in the wake of her chaos and treasonous reputation.

Even as a girl Morgan has always been wild, like the seas which batter the cliffs beneath her home, Tintagel Castle. But she has always been safe, too. Then one day her father is called away to a war from which he does not return. In his place comes the High King, Uther Pendragon, with the sorcerer Merlin lurking in his wake. Uther claims Morgan’s mother, the Lady Igraine as his queen.

A musical prodigy and his mother spend years searching for each other in this beautiful, sweeping novel of hope, perseverance, and love, from Jenna Bush Hager’s Thousand Voices imprint Song is a nobody—just a food delivery worker from a village in Northeastern China—but her son, River, is...

Bien décidée à oublier Jérôme de Faulcon de Montessand, Joséphine noie sa frustration dans le travail. La voici plus active que jamais, aidant au soin des malades de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, en compagnie de Francine. Bien sûr, le sort en décide autrement. Voilà que le chirurgien de l'hôpital est découvert étranglé dans son bureau ! De son côté, Jérôme trouve une occupation inattendue quand le corps d'un homme est repêché dans la Seine. Ni une, ni deux : le mousquetaire entraîne son ami, Geoffrey de Sept-Vans, sur la trace de l'assassin.

Having escaped an unhappy marriage, Morgan finds herself in Camelot–the city of dreams and peace. Her brother, King Arthur, treats her as a valued advisor and Morgan finally has recognition befitting her intelligence within Arthur’s trusted circle, despite a longstanding conflict with Queen Guinevere. But Morgan’s life is not without complications. Between a vengeful husband determined to snatch their son away, the strict ideals of court life, and a jealous rival for Arthur’s attentions in the sorcerer Merlin, gaining true recognition and freedom is a greater challenge than Morgan envisioned.

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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time "[One morning] in the early spring, I woke up with the remembrance of a girl I'd once known, Sophie. It was a very vivid half-dream, half-revelation, and all of a sudden I realized that hers was a story I had to tell." That...

'The perfect holiday read' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Loved this from start to finish!' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Just gorgeous' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Can a change of setting ever really be enough to bring about a change of heart? When stunt double Amber finds herself...

Maggies Leben wirkt perfekt: ein Superstar als Ehemann, eine Villa in Hollywood, ein Stylist auf Abruf. Doch dafür hat sie ihre eigenen Träume aufgegeben. Annie versucht, schwanger zu werden – und hofft, dass ihre Beziehung dem Druck standhält. Clara glaubt, sie und Ollie seien glücklich, bis eine SMS ihr Vertrauen in ihn erschüttert. Sie alle hoffen, bei einem gemeinsamen Urlaub in Cape Cod Abstand zu gewinnen: Strand, Drinks, lange Abende.

Que fait une fille de médecin quand le père de son ami est gravement malade? Elle met son propre père – et elle-même – dans un carrosse, à destination de la Normandie, pour leur venir en aide, bien sûr! C'est ainsi que Joséphine se met en route pour Arranges, fief de la famille de Jérôme, sans se douter que ce voyage ne va pas du tout tourner comme elle l'imaginait. Car le château des Faulcon de Montessand compte un locataire inattendu: un fantôme, que l'on accuse bientôt de meurtre! Pour la demoiselle et le mousquetaire, à l'esprit rationnel, c'en est trop.

From visionary creator Kenya Barris (beloved TV sitcom Black-ish and the podcast Unusual Suspects). Starring comedy legends Jenifer Lewis, Cedric the Entertainer, and Niecy Nash-Betts, Big Age follows recently retired couple Dot and Butch Watts' reluctant relocation to their new Floridian home, Sunset Gardens, a senior community that is anything but relaxing.