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Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en 1964, La vida secreta de las abejas es la historia de Lily Owens, cuya vida ha sido formada alrededor del recuerdo confuso de la tarde en que su madre fue asesinada. Esta es una novela notable sobre el poder divino femenino, una historia que las mujeres compartiran y pasaran a sus hijas por generaciones.

Eine Kindheit in den Fünfzigern, in einer Stadt, nicht groß, nicht klein; ein bürgerlicher Haushalt, in dem viel Musik gemacht wird; der Vater ist Gefängnisdirektor. Der Krieg ist noch nicht lange her, und die Eltern versuchen, durch Hingabe an klassische Musik und Literatur nachzuholen, was sie ihre verlorenen Jahre nennen. Überall spürt der Junge Risse in dieser geordneten Welt. Gebannt verfolgt er die politischen Auseinandersetzungen, die seine älteren Brüder mit Vater und Mutter am Esstisch führen. Aber er bleibt Zuschauer. Immer häufiger flüchtet er sich in die Welt der Phantasie.

When fate brings Jazmine and the X-Man together, the only thing they have in common is a dream to make it big in the music business. Jazmine, a college student, sings in the church choir and yearns for the courage to move away from her overprotective father. The X-Man, who packs a .38 and gets high with his homies, performs his own brand of gangsta rap in the street. Suddenly Black Tie Records discovers them both, and, amazingly enough, they discover each other. These unlikely lovers are a good match, realizing their dreams together....

You think you have the perfect life. You're successful. Attractive. Well liked. And you've just got married for the third time. But that’s OK because everyone’s happy. Your children are happy. You're happy. And so is your new wife. But one tragic accident smashes your perfect life to pieces. Because everyone has secrets, and secrets have consequences. Some of which can be devastating. Another unforgettable novel from top 10 best seller Lisa Jewell, author of Then She Was Gone and Watching You.

Jules Verne was born in 1828 in France. His dream was to write a new kind of novel, which combined scientific fact with fiction. Verne eventually wrote 40 novels in his Voyages extraordinaires series. "What one man can imagine, another will someday be able to achieve." Is a quote from an article in the Encyclopedia Britannica that sums up Verne so well. In All Around the Moon three space travelers are conversing about science and mathematics. They decide to alter the course of their projectile, which leads to unanticipated results.

Zee Finch has come a long way from a motherless childhood spent stealing boats—a talent that earned her the nickname Trouble. She’s now a respected psychotherapist working with the world-famous Dr. Liz Mattei. She’s also about to marry one of Boston’s most eligible bachelors. But the suicide of Zee’s patient Lilly Braedon throws Zee into emotional chaos and takes her back to places she thought she’d left behind.

The Hypnotist's Love Story is about the mild craziness that lurks behind the facades we present to the world, especially when it comes to love. Ellen O'Farrell is an expert when it comes to human frailties. She's a hypnotherapist who helps her clients deal with everything from addictions to life-long phobias. So when she falls in love with a man who is being stalked by his ex-girlfriend she's more intrigued than frightened.

Camille se acerca a la cuarentena cuando, de repente, se ve envuelta en un mar de dudas. No es que sea desgraciada, pero tampoco se siente realmente feliz. Tiene la impresión de que la felicidad se le escurre entre los dedos. Es cierto que ha conseguido un trabajo que le permite estabilidad financiera, pero en realidad no le apasiona. En casa, la rutina se ha instalado en su matrimonio: ya ninguno de los dos se esfuerza. Y la relación con su hijo... es más tensa que la cuerda de un equilibrista.

Mann is only 13, yet he has already had to deal with more than most go through in a lifetime. His family is still reeling from the tragic shooting death of his little brother, Jason, each person coping with grief in his or her own way.

Everyone tells Martha Friel she is clever and beautiful, a brilliant writer who has been loved every day of her adult life by one man, her husband Patrick. So why is everything broken? Why is Martha - on the edge of 40 - friendless, practically jobless and so often sad? And why did Patrick decide to leave? Maybe she is just too sensitive, someone who finds it harder to be alive than most people. Or maybe - as she has long believed - there is something wrong with her.

激しくて、物静かで哀しい、100パーセントの恋愛小説!あらゆる物事を深刻に考えすぎないようにすること、あらゆる物事と自分の間にしかるべき距離を置くこと――。

Ein Haus an einem märkischen See: Es ist der Schauplatz für fünfzehn Lebensläufe, Geschichten, Schicksale von den Zwanzigerjahren bis heute. Das Haus und seine Bewohner erleben die Weimarer Republik, das Dritte Reich, den Krieg und dessen Ende, die DDR, die Wende und die Zeit der Nachwende. Jedem einzelnen Schicksal gibt Jenny Erpenbeck eine eigene literarische Form, jedes entfaltet auf ganz eigene Weise seine Dramatik, seine Tragik, sein Glück.

"Hundreds of years in the future, after the Something that Happened, the world is an alarmingly different place. Life is lived according to The Rulebook and social hierarchy is determined by your perception of colour.Eddie Russett is an above average Red who dreams of moving up the ladder by marriage to Constance Oxblood. Until he is sent to the Outer Fringes where he meets Jane - a lowly Grey with an uncontrollable temper and a desire to see him killed.

Das erste Hörbuch der Bachmann-Preisträgerin Sharon Dodua Otoo: "Adas Raum" verwebt die Lebensgeschichten vieler Frauen zu einer Reise durch die Jahrhunderte und über Kontinente. Ein überraschender Roman, der davon erzählt, was es bedeutet, Frau zu sein. Ada erlebt die Ankunft der Portugiesen an der Goldküste des Landes, das einmal Ghana werden wird. Jahrhunderte später wird sie für sich und ihr Baby eine Wohnung in Berlin suchen. In einem Ausstellungskatalog fällt ihr Blick auf ein goldenes Armband, das sie durch die Zeiten und Wandlungen begleitet hat.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner, read by Royce Pierreson. A tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves and downs of Dorset. Everyone in the tiny village of Moonfleet lives by the sea one way or another, so it's no surprise when young John Trenchard gets involved in the smuggling trade. Forced to flee England with a price on his head, John little guesses the adventures and trials he will have before he sees Moonfleet again or the change in his fortunes when he does.

第170回芥川賞受賞作！　日本人の欺瞞をユーモラスに描いた現代版・バベルの塔。ザハの国立競技場が完成し、寛容論が浸透したもう一つの日本で、新しい刑務所「シンパシータワートーキョー」が建てられることに。

Woodrow McIlmore, the town's golden boy and local gynecologist, is married to his beautiful high school sweetheart, Milan, and seems by all appearances to be leading the perfect life with his two children and extended family and friends. But when Wood's daughter announces that she is smitten with a college classmate and intends to marry him, her parents are stunned.

It's four innings into an Orioles victory, when Emma meets Mabel. Their flirty first encounter ends abruptly when Mabel's longtime boyfriend steals her away. This is the start of the sweetest of summers. One of Blue Ridge Mountain hiking, river floating, and steamy, coffee-fueled mornings. But as the summer closes, Mabel's insecurities about her same-sex attraction emerge. She heads back to college. Without Emma. Over the next four years, Emma juggles temporary loves, a big move, and new jobs, all while trying to shove down an imagined fairytale outcome with Mabel. I

ひょっとしたら、と彼女は思う、世界は本当に終わりかけているのかもしれない。

The Elvis Oke of Chris Abani's novel is a child left to fend for himself in the urban jungle of Lagos, Nigeria. He has a talent for Elvis impersonations (hence the name) and wants to make it big so he can escape his violent and tumultuous life. In a place where angels fear to tread and only fools rush in, Elvis searches for redemption and a small piece of graceland.