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Facing challenges in an increasingly colonial world, Chye Hoon, a rebellious young girl, must learn to embrace her mixed Malayan-Chinese identity as a Nyonya - and her destiny as a cook, rather than following her first dream of attending school like her brother. Amidst the smells of chillies and garlic frying, Chye Hoon begins to appreciate the richness of her traditions, eventually marrying Wong Peng Choon, a Chinese man. Together, they have ten children.

A heartbreaking novel of love, betrayal, and a secret passed down through a family. Inspired by an incredible true story. Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, We Were the Lucky Ones, and The Alice Network.

The New York Times bestseller—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz! “An irresistible tale which showcases the transformative power of literacy, reminding us of the hope and sanctuary our neighborhood bookstores offer during the perilous trials of war and...

A spellbinding novel of World War II based on the little-known history of the X Troop—a team of European Jews who escaped the Continent only to join the British Army and return home to exact their revenge on Hitler’s military. A lone soldier wearing a German uniform stumbles into a British...

This is the story Harry Ransom. If you know his name it's most likely as the inventor of the Ransom Process, a stroke of genius that changed the world. Or you may have read about how he lost the battle of Jasper City, or won it, depending on where you stand in matters of politics. Friends called him Hal or Harry, or by one of a half-dozen aliases, of which he had more than any honest man should. He often went by Professor Harry Ransom, and though he never had anything you might call a formal education, he definitely earned it.

Two Solitudes is the story of two peoples within one nation, each with its ideas of what a nation should be. Set in WWI-era Quebec, MacLennan focuses on two individuals whose love increases the prejudices that surround them until they discover that “love consists in this, that two solitudes protect, and touch and greet each other”.

The story opens with a poem and a premonition just outside Ft. Lewis in the early days of World War II. Young newlywed Maudie Cameron watches her husband and others around her do their part to help on the home front. Feeling left out, she is determined to help with the war effort in the only way she can: she becomes a landlady and rents out one-room cabins and a trailer that resides on her secluded property.

‘This book's power lies in its depiction of civilians trying to lead ordinary lives during the horror of war . . . It is shattering stuff, but Rothmann is tender towards his characters and this book is as memorable as his last.’ The Times, ‘Historical Fiction Book of the Month’ As the...

Ses dons percent tous les secrets, même les plus sombres, mais lui ouvriront-ils celui de ses origines ? Printemps 1944. À Angoulême, les miliciens et l'armée allemande affrontent les Combattants de l'ombre. Parmi eux, le jeune maquisard Adrien, dont la jolie Abigaël est profondément éprise. Mais en ces temps troublés, il est difficile pour les deux tourtereaux de vivre pleinement leur amour.

Look for Pam Jenoff’s new novel, The Woman with the Blue Star, an unforgettable story of courage and friendship during wartime. A New York Times bestseller! “Readers who enjoyed Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants will embrace this novel. “ —Library...

The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love and brings into the group a young woman who will become a comrade as well, as they are all tested in ways they can have never imagined.

In The Last of All Possible Worlds, royalty, bankers, lovers, and wives intertwine to create a vivid portrait of Europe in the early 1900s. We meet wise and worldly Prince Sobieski, Vienna's ambassador in London, his enchanting wife, her English lover, and her enigmatic lifelong companion, Josefa. When Sobieski's illegitimate daughter makes a demand of her influential father, the unspoken rules of the family are challenged.

Deserts of sand and deserts of the heart, Middle Eastern deserts and American deserts: Two Deserts, a collection of stories, follows the circles of two unforgettable women across cultures and deserts. The Arabian circle includes a 17-year-old girl yearning for freedom and a Muslim mother plotting to rescue her son from a jihadist movement. The American circle includes a hooker who is training her daughter for the life, a priest in love, and a club of women whose husbands are dying.

【解説】 「人間失格」は、「恥の多い生涯を送って来ました。」という告白で始まる人間を恐れる男の手記。子どもの頃から、人間を恐れる一方で求愛するがために、道化となり人を笑わせる。長じて、女性に好かれる天性があることを悟り、女道楽に耽り心中未遂も起こす。実家から縁を切られた「私」は、編集者の女との同棲、荒れた飲酒などの日々の後、人を疑うことを知らない処女のヨシ子に惹かれて結婚。しかし、彼女が出入りの商人に汚され、「私」は荒れて薬物中毒となり、遂に脳病院に入れられてしまった。人間失格・・・。しかし、それでも、ある女性は彼のことを、「とても素直で気がきいて、神様みたいないい子でした。」と語るのだった。 「日の出前」は、実際にあった殺人事件をもとに書かれた小説で、昭和十七年に「花火」という題名で発表されたが、検閲で全文削除された。戦後に改題して刊行。高名な画家の息子が、非行に走り凶暴化していく。チベットで事業をやるなどと非現実的なことをいい、金や妹の着物、親の作品を持ちだして売り払う、家族を脅し、女中を犯す、無頼の作家や左翼の活動家とつきあう。一家は疲弊しきった。そんなある月夜の晩、泥酔した息子と一緒に、井の頭公園でボートに乗った父親が、一人だけで岸に戻ってきた…。最後の妹の言葉が衝撃的である。 ...

As a child, isolated from the world in a secretive military encampment with her distant mother, she turns for affection to a sympathetic soldier and to the only other girl in the camp, forming two friendships that will shape the rest of her life. As a young adult in New York, cut off from her native country and haunted by the scars of her youth, she is still in search of a home. She falls in love with a married woman who is the image of her childhood friend, and she follows strangers because they remind her of her soldier.

With tears in her eyes, Giulia listens out for bombers flying overhead. When Tori Coleman discovers that her mother was adopted, her whole world shatters. Just as Tori is getting closer to answers, an unexpected call from Jeremy stops her in her tracks.

Concierto para Delinquir es un exquisito relato del realismo mágico que nos llevará a situaciones inusuales llenas de humor, intriga, amistad, poder y odio.

In Itzel II, we continue to follow Nauta, Itzel, and Basta through the cascading outcomes of their desire for agency and for change in their world. We move from the Oaxaca coast back to Mexico City, from Nauta's Brooklyn streets to her time in Canada, from the attraction between Basta and Itzel that has altered the characters' friendship to the rumours and reckonings that result.

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【解説】 「羅生門」「蜘蛛の糸」「舞踏会」「鼻」など、芥川龍之介の多彩な内容の短篇を5作品収録。 天災や飢饉でさびれた京の都の荒れ果てた羅生門で、死人の髪の毛を一本一本抜いている老婆を見つけた下人が、生きるために老婆から着物を奪い取る「羅生門」。地獄に落ちた男が、蟻に慈悲を一度だけ見せたことがあるために垂れてきた救いの蜘蛛の糸を上るも、自分だけが助かりたいという身勝手さを出した途端にまた地獄に落ちる「蜘蛛の糸」。明治19年、鹿鳴館の舞踏会に初めて参加した名家の令嬢明子は、その美しさにより周囲の注目を一身に集める。やがて、フランスの海軍将校とワルツやマズルカを踊り、夜空を眺めながら語らう。明治の開化物の代表作「舞踏会」。他に、顎まで下がる長い鼻を気に病む高僧が、鼻を短くするために四苦八苦する可笑しみを描く「鼻」、仙人になりたいといって医者の家に長年住みこむ男を描いた「仙人」を収録。 【朗読時間】1時間45分47秒 【朗読】wis(透明感のある声で知られる女性朗読家です)