Showing results for "Thing" in Contemporary Fiction

Abigail Sorensen has spent her life trying to unwrap the events of 1990. It was the year she started receiving random chapters from a self-help book called The Guidebook in the post. It was also the year Robert, her brother, disappeared on the eve of her 16th birthday. She believes the absurdity of The Guidebook and the mystery of her brother's disappearance must be connected....

Lila Shaara is the daughter of acclaimed author Michael Shaara. Every Secret Thing is a provocative novel that will appeal to fans of Jodi Picoult. Formerly a wild supermodel, Gina Paletta has changed her ways for the better, becoming a college professor and spending time with her two young sons. And then something happens that shocks Gina to her core. Somehow, two of her students have found racy pictures of her and posted them on an adult website!

Josie and Jack Raeburn run riot in their father's isolated house. But as his behavior becomes more unpredictable, they are forced to leave and face a world for which they are unprepared. Jack's love for Josie has always been her safety net. However, as his world grows wilder and more dangerous, she finds herself struggling: should she escape his control, or help him? It is only when they are united again in the company of Jack's rich girlfriend Lily that she understands what she must do.

Brought to you by Penguin. Let bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this insightful and uplifting gem of a novel about the important things in life. Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Milly Johnson and Trisha Ashley. "Astley writes with humour and insight about the stresses and...

Glamorous, charismatic Bliss Henderson has led a flawed, fascinating life, from country Australia to the art world of 1960s London, from lust to love and loss. Now, in her last days, she is reliving it all. But as she excavates her past, deeper layers emerge. Secrets she still can't reveal, not even to herself. As her stepchildren hover around her, she wants them to judge her fairly. But how can they when they don't really know who she is?

Au retour d'un voyage en Italie, Lise Thouin est terrassée par un virus. Les médecins ne tardent pas à la condamner. Pourtant, après avoir fait le grand voyage de la mort clinique, elle revient miraculeusement à la vie. Ce qui aurait dû être sa mort devient alors totale renaissance. En effet, à ses yeux plus rien n'est pareil. Son regard sur le monde est en métamorphose.

The collection "Men-Things-Beings" by the subversive writer Petros Argyriou goes back to our birthplaces. Goes to the places of soul and sentiments. As "Historian" of a future without authors and books, he creates ten short stories that describe and satirize the present of the human species. The author "creates" the conditions of a future world without wars, discrimination, superconsumption and environmental destruction. The only value is Men, Things and Beings.

Der wesentlich ältere Waldo Huws-Evans verliebt sich unsterblich in die junge Gloria Davis. Doch diese will von dieser Liebe nichts wissen...

"Børnenes bog" er en overvældende roman om England i perioden 1885-1919, et stort, episk-historisk tidsbillede af den "edwardianske sommer": den idylliske, gyldne periode, der endte i Første Verdenskrigs blodige kaos. Det er en roman, der afslører de spændinger under overfladen, som idyllen skjulte, og som bragte død og undergang med sig, især for den generation af børn, der voksede op omkring århundredskiftet.