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High up on a mountain, young Clay-Boy Spencer joins his father and eight uncles to hunt the mythical white deer. What he finds on the mountainside changes his life - and marks him for a special destiny. Years later, Clay-Boy is the first in his family to get the chance to go to college; but success as an adult is much more complicated and bittersweet than the legendary success of Clay-Boy’s childhood quest. 

CHASE - I've been on my own since my parents kicked me out. I made my first million at twenty and never looked back. Then I found out I was the long, lost son of the wealthy and powerful Winters family. Their name means fame, fortune, power. F--k that. Blood doesn’t make a bond. The Winters might be glad they’ve found me, but they need to understand one thing: I was never lost. Until now. When a mix-up leaves me homeless, I find myself living in Winters House. It's too close. Too much. Too in my face. The little café down the street is the perfect escape. Perfect coffee.

Cornwall, 1790. Ross Poldark faces the darkest hour of his life. Accused of wrecking two ships, he is to stand trial at the Bodmin Assizes. Despite their stormy married life, Demelza has tried to rally support for her husband. But there are enemies in plenty who would be happy to see Ross convicted, not least George Warleggan, the powerful banker whose personal rivalry with Ross grows ever more intense.

The White Dinner is a love poem to friendship, joy, elegance, and the monuments of Paris. And each year it is an unforgettable summer night, especially for Jean-Philippe Dumas, a longtime participant, and the three couples he's carefully selected to attend this exclusive and cherished event. Interweaving the stories of seven individuals, lives will be forever changed on the eve of one such White Dinner; a night that will lead to new friendships, new love, and of course, magical possibilities.

In the stratified world of ancient Rome, there are citizens and slaves, soldiers and senators, priests and priestesses - and Caesar Augustus rules them all. Yet his authority holds only as long as the people believe the gods of Rome support him, particularly the beloved goddess of the home and hearth, Vesta. As chief Vestal Virgin, Pomponia continues to devote her life to protecting her order and the eternal flame of Vesta. She has risen to a position of esteem in Rome and is a valued member of Caesar’s inner circle. But now a contagion ravages the city and tension rises....

The shop girls of Harpers Emporium on Oxford Street are happy in their work, and their lives are moving on at quite a pace. United by the suffragette cause and now living under one roof, some will find love and marriage whilst others experience heartache and tears. Harpers is the bond that holds them together, bringing strength through hardship and pain and friendship and love.

Picking up where Fall of Giants, the first novel in the extraordinary Century Trilogy, left off, Winter of the World follows its five interrelated families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - through a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the great dramas of World War II, and into the beginning of the long Cold War.

Čtyřdílná kronika vypráví o osudech severočeského podnikatelského rodu Heřmanů od konce 17. století až do zrušení nevolnictví na sklonku 18. století. Životní peripetie členů rodu, kteří se stanou sklářskými a textilními podnikateli, umělci, úředníky i učenci, se prolínají s příběhy rázovitých severočeských postav – hraběcím rodem Kinských, sloupskými poustevníky, polevskými a šenovskými obchodníky, členy tajných evangelických sekt, jezuity i rozmanitými císařskými úředníky a kněžími. V závěrečném dílu tetralogie se vrací Falknovská huť částečně zpět do vlastnictví rodu Heřmanů.

Morocco, 1968. As she stands at the window, Mathilde reflects on the opportunities before her. Looking out at her garden, the roses - brought in from Marrakech - have bloomed and their sweet, fresh scent pervades the garden. Anything feels possible, and she is determined to celebrate it. Don't they have the right to enjoy life, after dedicating their best years to the war and then to this farm?

Proud grandmother Matelda Cabrelli always has something to say. But, as she faces the end of her life, she worries she's failed to tell the stories that matter. Most of all, she finds herself needing to tell the tale of her mother Domenica's two great loves. First, Domenica's childhood sweetheart: a boy from her own small coastal town of Viareggio. Second, a mysterious captain: an infatuation forged in the midst of WW2, and the father Matelda never knew. 

Die nahe Zukunft verheißt die Wasserkriege des 21. Jahrhunderts – ein Kampf, der nicht nur Länder entzweit, sondern auch eine Familie spaltet. Ein innovatives, aber riskantes Wasseraufbereitungsprojekt in Südafrika wird zur Feuerprobe für Ma, eine erfolgsverwöhnte deutsche Unternehmerin. Nach einem vielversprechenden Start häufen sich vor Ort die Probleme, Mas Anwesenheit ist dringend erforderlich. Dabei hatte sie ihrem Mann versprochen, es nach dem Auszug der Kinder ruhiger angehen zu lassen. Als das Unternehmen in finanzielle Schieflage gerät, bleibt Ma nur eine Möglichkeit.

Die dunkle deutsche Vergangenheit stellt Luise vor eine unmögliche Wahl. Hamburg 1951. Luise Vossen ist in London aufgewachsen und hat sich ihr ganzes Leben danach gesehnt, die Stadt kennenzulernen, in der ihre Eltern sich vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zum ersten Mal trafen und in der sie selbst das Licht der Welt erblickte. Sie ist beeindruckt vom alten Glanz der Metropole, der zwischen den Trümmern hindurchschimmert. Und noch etwas fasziniert Luise: der charmante Anwalt Jens Thomsen. Die Familiengeschichten der beiden sind eng mit dem Warenhaus Tietz verbunden.

Наши дни. Парижскую подругу Ореста Волина, капитана французской полиции Ирэн Белью прямо на улице обворовывает банда малолетних налетчиков. Однако Ирэн удается задержать самого младшего из них, двенадцатилетнего Венсана Ретеля. Тот приводит ее к своей матери, торгующей на блошином рынке старинными и просто ветхими вещами разной ценности. Ирэн обнаруживает, что на лотке у мадам Ретель лежит фотоальбом с частью украденного фотоархива иранского шахиншаха Насер ад-Дина, которого когда-то спас Нестор Загорский. Май 1910 года.

Manchester, 1940: the minute war was declared, best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home guard. An Auxiliary Fire Service girl by night, Sally ends up stationed at the salvage depot by day. When Sally meets Andrew, a quiet carpenter with a heart-breaking smile, she finally feels as though her efforts are making a difference. As love blossoms, Sally feels herself opening up to Andrew in a way she'd never imagined possible. But then, a devastating air raid threatens everything she holds dear.

Eine Liebesgeschichte zwischen duftenden Hyazinthenfeldern und den Wirren der Märzrevolution. Berlin, 1848: Wo später einmal der Boxhagener Platz sein wird, erstrecken sich duftende Hyazinthenfelder so weit das Auge reicht - die Ländereien der fünf Sonntag-Schwestern. Früher waren sie unzertrennlich, doch seit dem Tod ihres Bruders Heinrich steht ein dunkles Geheimnis zwischen ihnen. Vor allem die mittlere Schwester Alba leidet sehr unter dem großen Streit. Zumal ihre Familie drauf und dran ist, die Felder zu verkaufen, die Alba über alles liebt.

Juliette Collins is privileged and isolated from the world by her overprotective father. She thinks she knows the truth about her history until a file in her father's safe reveals she has sisters about whom she never knew. A family she's never met. Betrayed, she realizes there's a life waiting for her outside the walls of her daddy's New York City penthouse, and Juliet is determined to live it. Against her father's wishes, she heads to a small beach community to meet her siblings...and finds herself way out of her depth instead.

The first novel in a new historical romance series from Kelly Bowen.

Four young women's lives intersect in the apartment they've shared in Hell's Kitchen: Claire, a shoe designer; Abby, an aspiring novelist; Morgan, a successful financial consultant; and Sasha, a resident in obstetrics. As different as they are from one another, the women had become a family by choice. But while their lives had proceeded smoothly in the years they'd lived together, new relationships, job opportunities, and surprising circumstances will test the strength of their bond in and outside the loft that had become their home.

When a chance encounter with Theodore Camden, one of the architects of the grand New York apartment house the Dakota, leads to a job offer for Sara Smythe, her world is suddenly awash in possibility - no mean feat for a servant in 1884. The opportunity to move to America. The opportunity to be the female manager of the Dakota. And the opportunity to see more of Theo, who understands Sara like no one else...and is living in the Dakota with his wife and three young children.

Thorstein Thomsens meget roste romaner, "Bare vi har hinanden", "Roser til mor" og "Han er min bror" kommer nu i en flot omnibusudgave. Persongalleriet i de tre romaner er beboere i det samme boligkompleks i Lyngby, og bøgerne giver et flot tidsbillede af forstadslivet fra 1950'erne til slutningen af 1980'erne - med øget velfærd, ungdomsoprør, ny musik, uddannelsesboom, kvinder på arbejdsmarkedet og opbrud i kernefamilien.