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*NOW A MAJOR FILM by Sony Pictures, starring Chloe Grace Moretz* 'Wildly entertaining . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' The New York Times *The 5th Wave is the first book in the bestselling series from award-winning Rick Yancey. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and Maze...

紅雲町珈琲屋こよみ第7弾。お草さんが営むコーヒー豆と和食器の店「小蔵屋」で片腕として働いている頼れる店員・久実。なぜか男っ気のない久実にもついに春が……!?

Just as the style of a great writer cannot easily be imitated, the performance of a great reader is hard to duplicate. This volume features some of the best readers dramatizing some of the best writings.

Das Finale der Kain-Trilogie Durch puren Zufall erfährt das FBI am 3. März um 19 Uhr abends von einem perfiden Mordanschlag auf Florentyna Kane, die amerikanische Präsidentin. Um 20.30 Uhr wissen fünf Personen alle Details – eine Stunde später sind vier von ihnen tot. Nur der Agent Mike...

En 12-årig dreng bliver vidne til sin jødiske mors affære med en ung østrigsk baron, som han også selv beundrer. En tysk læge forelsker sig i en allerede gift engelsk kvinde, der har bedt ham foretage en abort. En ensom 18-årig pige tilbringer et par nætter med en kendt forfatter, men svigtes af ham, da hun bliver gravid. En Shakespeare-studerende indleder et forhold til sin professors hustru, men er i virkeligheden mere fascineret af professoren selv. Så enkelt, men samtidig så tvetydigt begynder østrigeren Stefan Zweigs erotiske noveller, der var store salgssucceser i 1920'erne, men som blev brændt på nazisternes bål i 1930'erne.

Frank hasn't spoken to his wife Maggie for six months. For weeks they have lived under the same roof, slept in the same bed and eaten at the same table – all without words. Maggie has plenty of ideas as to why her husband has gone quiet. But it will take another heart-breaking turn of events before Frank finally starts to unravel the secrets that have silenced him.  

Pothivelu Pandaram is known as a successful and God-fearing man about town–he has a loyal wife, three daughters, and ample money to pay for their dowries. However, it is an open secret that his success is fueled by a tawdry yet deeply profitable trade–for he owns a group of physically deformed beggars and places them outside various temples to make money for him. The beggars are mere "items" to Pandaram, hardly human, to be bought and sold like cattle.

You can never go back - but can you forgive? A gripping story of love and redemption. The Brennans - parents, Finn and Bridget, and their sons, Jarrah and Toby - have made a sea change, from chilly Hobart to subtropical Murwillumbah. Feeling like foreigners in this land of sun and surf, they're...

Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a place at university. But there's no room for him in the 1980s. Thatcher's government is destroying working-class communities across Britain, and the post-war certainties of full employment, educational opportunity...

The Parasite is an 1894 novelette by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Parasite makes use of a form of mind control similar to the mesmerism of the Victorian era; it works on some hosts but not others. The main character is a young man known as Austin Gilroy. He studies physiology and knows a professor who is studying the occult. The young man is introduced to a middle-aged woman known as Miss Penclosa, who has a crippled leg and psychic powers. She is a friend of the Professor's wife.

Traumatised by an accident that involves something falling from the sky and leaving him eight and a half million pounds richer, our hero spends his time and money obsessively in reconstructing and re-enacting memories and situations from his past: a large building with piano music in the...

Lucky Santangelo har en plan. Hon ska köpa Panther Studios - filmbolaget som hennes skådespelande make, Lennie Golden, är bunden till. Allt som behövs är att gamle Abe Panther går med på att sälja. Vad Lucky aldrig kunnat förutspå är att Abe har ett väldigt specifikt krav för att affären ska gå i lås. Hon måste hjälpa honom sätta dit arvtagarna som driver bolaget, en gång för alla. Sex veckors arbete under täckmantel - sen är Panther Studios hennes.

This hilarious novel describes one year spent on a small university campus in the United States by an Indian student. His English is comically Indian, and his initial notions of America are absurdly inadequate and stereotyped. The theme of the novel is his comic discovery of America and his own growth and maturing through the diverse adventures he encounters.

Dorothy meets a handsome young man with an eye for her inheritance while she is in her sophomore year. They are to be married and her life will be blissful; but Dorothy is pregnant and her fiancé's plans are ruined, for Dorothy would be disinherited if her father discovered the truth. So the...

SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the novel’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as dreams, omens, and fear. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnamon Gardens Nursing Home is nestled in the quiet suburb of Westgrove, Sydney – populated with residents with colourful histories, each with their own secrets, triumphs and failings. This is their...

Le roi des pirates vous coache ! Luffy, le capitaine intrépide de l'équipage du Chapeau de Paille, inspire des millions de fans à travers le monde avec son insatiable soif de liberté, sa détermination inébranlable et sa capacité à rassembler des alliés aussi divers qu'uniques. Mais au-delà de ses aventures légendaires, Luffy incarne des valeurs universelles qui peuvent nous aider à naviguer à travers les défis de la vie réelle. Rejoignez l'aventure et laissez le roi des pirates vous montrer la voie pour devenir la meilleure version de vous-même !

＜日本初＞のハラスメント裁判に挑んだ女性たちがいた。綾瀬はるか主演映画「ファーストボイス」小説版！

Le jour, Florian, médecin dans un planning familial, écoute les patients, rassure, examine, prescrit. Le soir, la fatigue et les doutes le rattrapent. Depuis qu'il est devenu père, quelque chose en lui a vacillé. Alors Florian rejoint un groupe de parole entre soignants.

»Was, wenn der Mut, anders zu leben, der Schlüssel zu deinem Glück ist?« Mia steckt fest im hektischen Alltag der Großstadt, in ihrer Arbeit in einer Kanzlei und dem Gefühl, das eigene Leben zu verpassen. Als sie von ihrer verstorbenen Tante einen geheimnisvollen Stein und einen Brief erbt, spürt sie wieder die leise Sehnsucht nach Veränderung.