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Téhéran, 1953. Pour leur fille, les parents de Roya veulent le meilleur : ils l'inscrivent dans le meilleur lycée de la capitale, espérant bien faire d'elle la future Marie Curie de ce monde. Une savante, une intellectuelle, une femme capable de changer le cours de l'histoire. Après ses cours, la jeune fille fréquente régulièrement la librairie de M. Fakhri, où elle trouve de quoi étancher sa soif de poésie persane et de littérature étrangère. C'est là qu'elle va faire connaissance de Bahman, jeune activiste politique, bien décidé à changer le monde.

A Falcon Flies is the first best-selling novel in Wilbur Smith's epic tale of Africa, The Ballantyne Novels. In search of a father they barely remember, Zouga and Dr Robyn Ballantyne board Mungo St John's magnificent clipper to speed them to Africa. But long before they sight that mighty continent, Robyn knows that she and Mungo will battle with all the fury of natural enemies - and love with all the desperation of those unable to evade the commands of fate.

When a master-craftsmen dwarf is fired, he threatens retaliation. The rogues-for-hire known as Riyria are commissioned to find and stop him. Traveling to the paradise resort of Tur Del Fur, the two are granted a lavish allowance that, along with the easy job, promises to turn the trip into a vacation. Everything would have been perfect except that the disgruntled employee’s last name is Berling and the target of his wrath is the legendary towers of Drumindor.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "None of this is real and all of it is true." —Jim Carrey Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege—but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even ... getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus...

His name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detective. But the accident that felled him has left him with only half a life; his memory and his entire past have vanished. As he tries to hide the truth, Monk returns to work and is assigned to investigate the brutal murder of a Crimean War hero and man about town. Which makes Monk’s efforts doubly difficult, since he’s forgotten his professional skills along with everything else.

The scene of this entertaining story is laid in a charming English village. The plot centres round Miss Barbara Buncle, a maiden lady who was obliged to write a book because – as she naively explained – her dividends were so poor. Unfortunately, Miss Buncle had no imagination, so she wrote about her friends – quite kindly and truthfully, of course, for she was a benevolent and veracious soul.

Young. Ravishing. Exquisitely marriageable. From the moment he spies Lady Morgan Bedwyn across the glittering ballroom, Gervase Ashford, Earl of Rosthorn, knows he has found the perfect instrument of his revenge. But wedlock is not on the mind of the continent's most notorious rake. Nor is it of interest to the fiercely independent Lady Morgan herself...until one night of shocking intimacy erupts in a scandal that could make Gervase's vengeance all the sweeter.

USA Today Bestselling Author “Nothing makes me happier than a new book from Joanna Shupe!”—Sarah MacLean High society reprobate. An unconventional heiress. Childhood friends. Is it too late... Knickerbocker scoundrel Harrison Archer returns to New York to discover that his deceased father...

Prussia, 1841. Abraham only ever wanted to play violin. Hiding his Jewish status so he can study at the prestigious Berlin Academy of Music, the eager young man is delighted to find a patron who believes in him. But he’s mortified when his new friend turns him into a vampire… and Abraham earns the fury of an ancient antisemite who vows to see him permanently dead. Fleeing the hate-mongering fiend across the decades, the sensitive violinist at last settles in twenty-first-century New Jersey with a mortal woman.

In den düsteren Gassen von Truehaven, beherrscht von Hunger und Hoffnungslosigkeit, kämpfen die Zwillinge Aster und Ira Tag für Tag ums Überleben. Doch als die Stadt in Flammen aufgeht und Verrat und Gewalt alles verschlingen, geraten die Geschwister mitten hinein in ein tödliches Spiel aus Macht und Intrigen. Über ihren Köpfen ziehen die gewaltigen Drachen der Krone ihre Kreise – majestätische Bestien, die gleichermaßen Symbole der Herrschaft und Waffen der Vernichtung sind.

Autor Patrick Klein hat auf Basis des berühmten deutschen Nationalepos einen historischen Roman vorgelegt, der erzählt, wie sich die berühmte Sage wirklich zugetragen haben könnte. Die Nibelungen können in einer harten und grausamen Schlacht eine römische Streitmacht besiegen und ihren Einflussbereich erweitern, sowie eine wertvolle Geisel nehmen. Doch die Römer schwören Rache, um diese Schmach wieder wettzumachen. Ränkeschmiede, Verräter und Neider wittern ihre große Stunde. Wird es Siegfried gelingen, das Erreichte zu sichern?

Dall'Ungheria a Londra e ritorno, dal crollo della Cortina di ferro alla pandemia, passando per la seconda guerra del Golfo e l'ingresso nell'Unione Europea dei Paesi dell'ex blocco sovietico, la vita di István è la parabola di un uomo in balìa di forze che non è in grado di controllare. Tutto – i traumi e i lutti, i traguardi raggiunti e le potenziali soddisfazioni – lo lascia ugualmente impassibile, pronto a fronteggiare ogni accadimento, dal più fortunato al più tragico, con l'arma del suo laconico: «Okay».

Parel van China vertelt het indrukwekkende verhaal van twee meisjes uit compleet verschillende families in China die niet zonder elkaar kunnen. Naarmate ze ouder worden, gaat Wilg op in het maoïsme, terwijl Pearl een Nobelprijs wint voor haar schrijftalent. Hun vriendschap wordt op de proef gesteld wanneer de burgeroorlog uitbreekt en Pearl het land uit wordt gezet. Zelfs Wilg, een voorbeeldige communist, wordt gestraft voor haar vriendschap met Pearl. Zal de hechte vriendschap tussen de twee vrouwen standhouden, ondanks de pijn, oorlog en gevangenschap?

Sammy Mountjoy is an artist who has risen from poverty to see his pictures hung in the Tate Gallery. Swept into World War II, he is captured as a German prisoner of war, threatened with torture and locked in a cell of total darkness. He emerges transfigured by his ordeal, realising how his choices have made him the author of his life, interrogating religion and rationality, early loves and formative beliefs - and questioning freedom itself.

Throughout her childhood, Mia has watched her sisters leave their Tuscan villa and start their own families. Now it's her turn and, having promised them that she will follow her heart, she hopes she will finally be brave enough to fall in love herself. In London, Mia meets Ben, a bookseller. Just as her affection grows, Ben tells her he can never leave London. Loving him would mean saying goodbye to her home in the Tuscan hills forever. Then Mia finds a locket, along with a long-forgotten love story that mirrors her own.

Flavius Ferox, Briton turned Roman centurion, is charged with keeping Rome's empire safe. But from his base at the northern frontier of Britannia, he feels enemies closing in from all sides. And now more sinister threats are reaching Ferox's ears. Ambitious leaders await the chance to carve out empires of their own. While men nearer at hand speak in whispers of war and the destruction of Rome. Stories about the sea-dwelling men of the night, who have cursed the land and only come ashore to feast on men's flesh.

Wien, 1947: Seitdem Doktor Pfeifer in Rente gegangen ist, kämpft die jüdische Lehrerin Stella gegen die Anfeindungen des neuen Direktors des Lindengymnasium, die dieser immer offener zur Schau trägt. Nur privat ist ihr mit Leopold ein wenig Glück beschert, aber das Leid der Kinder ist für Stella nur schwer zu ertragen. Um nachhaltig etwas für sie zu verändern, setzt sie alles daran, um Direktorin zu werden ...

Sie geht das Wagnis ein. Lady Gemma Brooks befindet sich noch in ihrer unbeholfenen Phase, als eine boshafte junge Frau sie auffordert, den unerreichbaren Duke of Grovemont um einen Tanz zu bitten. Gemma stimmt zu, nicht um ihrer selbst willen, sondern um die anderen Mauerblümchen vor bösartigem Klatsch und Tratsch zu schützen. Doch was als harmlose Mutprobe beginnt, entwickelt sich bald zu einem Skandal, und Gemma sieht sich gezwungen, völlig unerwartet einen Mann zu heiraten, den sie kaum kennt.

The war is over, but its shadows linger. When spirited Lily Brown meets Robert Linford, heir to a prosperous building dynasty, their connection is immediate and electric. But Robert's father, Joseph Linford, sees only danger in his new daughter-to-be. Convinced Lily is a gold-digger and Robert's love a fleeting fancy, Joseph will stop at nothing to protect the family name. What begins as prejudice soon turns into obsession, and Joseph's actions set in motion a lie that will haunt the Linfords for generations.

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