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Det börjar med en fotnot. En obetydlig rad i en statlig ekonomirapport får SVT-journalisten Anna Berg att stanna upp. Siffrorna verkar stämma. Formuleringarna är korrekta. Ändå är det något som inte går ihop. När hon börjar jämföra versioner av samma dokument upptäcker hon små...

Un amor dispuesto a desafiar la historia. Una herida abierta. Un regalo para Hitler. Una gran novela histórica de amor y espionaje en la Italia de Mussolini, donde el arte y el pasado se enfrentan a Hitler en una misión imposible: salvar una vida con una falsificación perfecta. Florencia...

Это последняя книга Джорджа Оруэлла, он опубликовал ее в 1949 году, за год до смерти. Роман-антиутопия прославил автора и остается золотым стандартом жанра. Действие происходит в Лондоне, одном из главных городов тоталитарного супергосударства Океания. Пугающе детальное описание общества, основанного на страхе и угнетении, служит фоном для одной из самых ярких человеческих историй в мировой литературе.

Em abril de 1905, 1033 coreanos ― ladrões e membros da realeza, sacerdotes e soldados, órfãos e famílias inteiras ― embarcaram rumo ao México em busca de novas vidas. Ao chegar lá, foram obrigados a trabalhar como escravos e acabaram no fogo cruzado da violenta Revolução Mexicana...

Nach dem sensationellen Debüt „Hast du uns endlich gefunden" befasst sich Edgar Selge erneut mit den dunkelsten Jahren der deutschen, der eigenen Geschichte und macht daraus große Literatur. In seinem neuen Roman stößt der Erzähler, Edgar, auf das Schicksal eines Jungen, der während der Blockade Leningrads durch die deutsche Wehrmacht verhungert ist. Jura hat ein Tagebuch hinterlassen, das Edgar immer wieder liest, sodass er bald glaubt, den Jungen zu kennen. Zwischen den beiden entspinnt sich ein Austausch über Jugend, Träume, Literatur, Mütter, Abschied, Fremdheit und Nähe...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the internationally bestselling author of Conclave, Precipice and the acclaimed Cicero trilogy comes a sweeping new political thriller about the general who built an empire—and paid the ultimate price. Agrippa is Robert Harris’s monumental return to the world of...

Brought to you by Penguin. In one night, Nayan lost everything. Years later, his world is at risk again. Nayan has fought hard to move on, losing himself in his political work, trying to make a better world. A fresh challenge arrives with newcomer Megha, who threatens not just his career...

A work of literary horror in the gothic tradition, The Invisible Hotel is a startling, speculative tale of political and ideological adolescence in the long afterlife of the Korean War. Yewon dreams of a hotel. In the hotel, there are infinite keys to infinite rooms—and a quiet terror she is...

An action-adventure that rockets around the world, Acid Test is a novel of intense thrills, insider's detail, and unforgettable characters locked in a titanic struggle—as the U.S. and a top Air Force investigator face an enemy they never saw coming. In a chilling what-if scenario that could...

Brought to you by Penguin. LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 A multigenerational novel of love, oppression, trauma and the pursuit of freedom, inspired in part by the author's own family history, China Room twines together the stories of a woman and a man separated by more than half a century...

Set in a small village of India, the people face water problems and decide to take the issue to the government. To bring it to the notice of the government Babaya decides to forgo his life for it, but will it bring the desired results?

Zwanzig Jahre sind vergangen: Als sich Stefan und Theresa zufällig in Hamburg über den Weg laufen, endet ihr erstes Wiedersehen in einem Desaster. Zu Studienzeiten waren sie wie eine Familie füreinander, heute sind kaum noch Gemeinsamkeiten übrig. Stefan hat Karriere bei Deutschlands größter Wochenzeitung BOTE gemacht, Theresa den Bauernhof ihres Vaters in Brandenburg übernommen. Aus den unterschiedlichen Lebensentwürfen sind gegensätzliche Haltungen geworden. Stefan versucht bei seiner Zeitung, durch engagierte journalistische Projekte den Klimawandel zu bekämpfen.

Brought to you by Penguin. From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally funny and brilliantly true portrait of Britain told through four generations of one family 'A wickedly funny, clever, but also tender and lyrical novel about Britain and...

As US hegemony fails in the wake of an unprecedented economic crisis, wars erupt across the globe. Meanwhile, a small band of engineers and scientists work in secret on a mission to redirect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. 

He wants power, and she wants revenge. The Best Laid Plans is full of manipulators, dirty dealers, and dastardly rascals, all snatching at power—political, financial, and sexual, or all of the above. Against the backdrop of Washington politics and the war in Bosnia, a handsome, charismatic attorney is determined to win the presidency at all costs, while his jilted fiancée is intent on revenge and grows a media empire to destroy him. In a world of beautiful people, money, and deception, two equally determined people are headed on a collision course.

The animals of Manor Farm are in the midst of a revolution. Overworked and mistreated, they set themselves against Mr Jones and with flaming idealism and stirring slogans they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice and equality; only to find that revolution isn’t always so simple.

NOMINATED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE Samuel has lived alone for a long time; one morning he finds the sea has brought someone to offer companionship and to threaten his solitude… An intense and powerful novel about guilt and fear, friendship and rejection; about the meaning of home. “A...

Brought to you by Penguin. In the sweltering summer of 1938, with Lisbon in the grip of Portugal's dictatorship of António Salazar, a journalist is coming to terms with the rise of fascism around him and its insidious impact on his work. Consumed by the passing of his wife and the child he...

From Trisha Sakhlecha, Can You See Me Now? is a gripping psychological suspense thriller about a young Indian woman, now a government minister, whose past secrets are about to reverberate into the present and shatter her life. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Erin Kelly. 'Deceptively clever'...

The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program. The IAC's goal of getting as many people as possible off Earth before it becomes uninhabitable is being threatened.