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An Oprah's Book Club Selection regarded as one of Faulkner's greatest and most accessible novels, Light in August is a timeless and riveting story of determination, tragedy, and hope. In Faulkner's iconic Yoknapatawpha County, race, sex, and religion collide around three memorable characters searching desperately for human connection and their own identities.

Following the disastrous Java Sea campaign, the Allies went on the offensive in the Pacific in a desperate attempt to halt the Japanese forces that were rampaging across the region. With the conquest of Australia a very real possibility, the stakes were high. Their target: the Japanese-held Soloman Islands, in particular the southern island of Guadalcanal. Hamstrung by arcane pre-war thinking and a bureaucratic mind-set, the US Navy had to adapt on the fly in order to compete with the mighty Imperial Japanese Navy, whose ingenuity had fostered the creation of its Pacific empire.

Abbott Elementary meets Ali Hazelwood in this spicy rivals-to-lovers rom-com starring two kindergarten teachers whose one night stand leads to an unexpected nine-month lesson in love. Quirky, free-spirited Valerie Marquez likes to make sure her kindergarten class has fun while learning. Uptight...

In einer Kurzschlussreaktion lässt Louisa ihr altes Leben samt Job und Verlobtem hinter sich. Mit dem umgebauten VW-Bus ihres Großvaters bereist sie das Land auf der Suche nach ... Nun, das weiß sie selbst nicht so genau. In der malerischen Kleinstadt Pinewood Bay hat Lou bloß einen kurzen Zwischenstopp geplant. Doch plötzlich streikt ihr Navi und dann versagt auch noch der Motor des alten Vans. Lou strandet - und das ausgerechnet auf dem Grundstück des ehemaligen CEO Jay.

Can she outwit the ultimate master in a timeless game of seduction? Chasing Icon, the world's slickest art thief, was the most seductive thrill of London art investigator Zara Leighton's career until the clues led her to the man who holds command of her body and heart, Tobias Wilder, an...