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Bath, 1821: Rachel Crofton escapes her unhappy employment as a governess by marrying a self-made businessman. But her new life soon takes an unexpected turn. Reclusive Jonathan Alleyn is a man tormented by the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Alice. Starling, foundling child and now servant, is convinced that Alice, the woman she loved as a sister, was stolen from her. Did Alice run away? Or did something altogether more sinister occur? As Starling tries to expose the lies behind Bath's immaculate facades, others want only to forget, and will go to extreme lengths to do so.

Yet again J. G. Ballard’s inimitable clairvoyance is on display in this timely, powerful story of a community shattered by a massive act of violence. A massacre rocks a suburban utopia - 32 adults murdered, and their children missing - in Running Wild, one of Ballard’s most dazzlingly subversive works of fiction.

A silver brumby is special, but he will be hunted by man and horse alike, and must be stronger than both... Thowra's speed and courage have always saved him from the men who want to capture him - until now, when the men come on skis quickly and silently over the mountains. This time Thowra must protect his daughter from the hunters who prize the silver brumbies above any other horse.

Carrie has it all: a stellar career, a gorgeous heart-surgeon boyfriend and an apartment in the city. But when something happens that forces her to question her ability to do her job, the only way she can see through the mess is to get far away from everything. Carrie is thrust into a very different life in Magnolia Creek. She’s knee-deep in renovations at her house at the top of the hill; she’s sharing time and space with her ex, Owen; and newcomer Noah gets under her skin from day one.

The Darling is Hannah Musgrave's story, told emotionally and convincingly years later by Hannah herself. A political radical and member of the Weather Underground, Hannah has fled America to West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends and colleagues of Charles Taylor, the notorious warlord and now ex-president of Liberia. When Taylor leaves for the United States in an effort to escape embezzlement charges, he's immediately placed in prison.

Griffin is a happy man, settled comfortably in a Chicago suburb with his eight-year-old daughter, Zoe, and his shy wife, Ellen. When he wakes one morning to hear of his wife's affair and request for a divorce, Griffin's life is irrevocably altered. Overnight, he goes from being Ellen's husband to being her roommate, from a lover to a man denied passion and companionship. Now he must move on or fight for his marriage, deny or admit to his part in the sudden undoing of his seemingly perfect life.

Un matin, Ethan reçoit le faire-part de mariage de Céline, la femme qu'il aimait et qu'il a quittée pour se consacrer à sa fulgurante carrière. Une décision qu'il regrette amèrement aujourd'hui. Sur un coup de tête, il se rend au mariage et se met au défi de reconquérir la jeune femme. Il ne lui reste que quelques heures pour y parvenir. Quelques heures folles et pleines de mystère, au terme desquelles il est abattu par un inconnu. C'est alors que l'incroyable se produit.

Audible prastut karta hai The Black Hunter, ek Audible Original, in association with Hind Yugm. Lekhak Saurabh Kudesia ke shadb. Kidnapping ke baad hosh udaati ajeeb halaat main laute logon ke band dimaag kholne ke liye Central Crime Investigation (CCI) director Shridhar ne apne puraane dost aur CCI department ke purv criminologist Dr. Vedi ki madad li. Apahriton ke band dimaag ki parton main chhupe dharm, adhyaatm, manovigyaan ke hairat-angej, vichitr aur aprakat mayajaal ko suljhaane ke liye Dr. Vedi ko uss vichitr ‘Nark’ ko todna tha jise iss khel ke Mastermind ne jivon ke karmon ka nyay karne ke liye rachaa thaa. Disclaimer- Ye show vyasyak shrotaayon ke liye banayi gayi hai. Yeh karyakram poori tarah kaalpanik hai aur vaastavik vyakityon, vyavsaayon, sthaanon ya ghatnaayon ke saath koi bhi samaanta maatr sanyog hai. Iss series ka uddyeshya kisi vyakti, sansthan, jaati, samudaay, nasl ya dharm ko thes pahunchaana ya badnaam karna ya kisi sansthan ya jeevit ya mrit vyakti ko badnaam karna nahin hai

Kirby Caldwell never anticipated on falling in the hands of the sexy, rich and, authoritative Castle Black. Nineteen years her senior, the powerful drug lord stakes his claim the moment he lays eyes on her. Nothing will stop him from courting Kirby - not even his wife or nephew, Grip, who ironically shares a past and burning desire for his new love interest. When skeletons begin tumbling out of the closet and buried secrets are revealed, who will triumph and who will end up brokenhearted in the end?

Los deslumbrados lectores de Catedral, primer libro publicado en España de Carver, reencontrarán en De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de amor la atmósfera y los personajes de un autor que dominó indiscutiblemente el panorama literario norteamericano de los años 80. Parejas que se despedazan, compañeros que parten desesperadamente a la aventura, hijos que intentan comunicarse con sus padres, un universo injusto, violento, tenso, a veces irrisorio.

Em meio ao frio cortante e à escuridão do fim do outono norueguês, um vínculo singular aflora entre duas meninas. Siss é popular, a líder da escola. Unn é solitária, mas tem uma personalidade marcante. Publicado em 1963, o melancólico romance O castelo de gelo rendeu a Tarjei Vesaas o Prêmio de Literatura do Conselho Nórdico, que destacou "o estilo sensível que transforma realidades interiores em uma visão sublime da solidão humana e da busca por companhia".

Casey Han's years at Princeton have given her a refined diction, an enviable golf handicap, a popular white boyfriend and a degree in economics. But no job, and a number of bad habits. As Casey, the daughter of working-class Korean immigrants, navigates an uneven course of small triumphs and spectacular failures, a clash of values, ideals and ambitions plays out against the colourful backdrop of New York society.

In the small Irish town of Knockglen, best friends Bernadette ('Benny') and Eve are inseparable. Benny is an adored only child, and Eve a poor, birdlike orphan brought up by nuns. On their first day at University College, Dublin, a fatal road accident brings the pair together with fellow students Nan Mahon and Jack Foley, and new friendships are quickly struck. Jack and Nan introduce Eve and Benny to a life of excitement and sophistication.

"Hermanas avanza en una sorpresiva búsqueda por la identidad, ahondando en el silencio y las palabras postergadas, que buscan ser nombradas. Mediante un final inesperado, la segunda novela de Gisela Antonuccio recuerda que en lo efímero de un equilibrio se oculta a veces la clave de la existencia." -Claudia Piñero.

The tenants of 28 Barbary Lane have fled their cozy nest for adventures far afield. Mary Ann Singleton finds love at sea with a forgetful stranger, Mona Ramsey discovers her doppelgänger in a desert whorehouse, and Michael Tolliver bumps into his favorite gynecologist in a Mexican bar. Meanwhile, their venerable landlady takes the biggest journey of all - without ever leaving home.

In the seemingly idyllic town of Rundle Junction, Bennie and Walter are preparing to host the wedding of their eldest daughter, Clem. A marriage ceremony at their beloved, rambling home should be the happiest of occasions, but Walter and Bennie have a secret. A new community has moved to Rundle Junction, threatening the social order and forcing Bennie and Walter to confront uncomfortable truths about the lengths they would go to to maintain harmony.

Thomas Cale has been running from the truth. Since discovering that his brutal military training has been for one purpose - to destroy God's greatest mistake, mankind itself - Cale has been hunted by the very man who made him into the Angel of Death: Pope Redeemer Bosco. Cale is a paradox: arrogant and innocent, generous and pitiless. Feared and revered by those created him, he has already used his breathtaking talent for violence and destruction to bring down the most powerful civilisation in the world.

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: Trust no one. Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave. On a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, until Cassie meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan may be her only hope for rescuing her brother and even saving herself. Now she must choose....

A traveller on a train returning to London smells the burn of brakes as it hisses to a stop in the middle of the countryside. He sees a white-faced woman leap from the train and race to the aid of a sheep stranded on its back, unable to rise, in a field. Righting it, she turns, and he sees her face is full of tragedy. Considering tragedies of his own, he does not intrude, but the image lodges in his mind: a strange but familiar despair, unable, despite itself

This is... Denise. Married to Ray, her first and only love, Denise has never, for one moment, regretted putting the husband she idolised on a pedestal above everyone and everything else. But, after forty years of marriage, he is gone, leaving Denise to discover that their perfect marriage was fatally flawed. Now she faces a future alone. But first, she must face the betrayals of the past. This is... Claire. The estranged daughter of Denise, the woman who put her husband before her children, Claire took the opposite path and devoted her life to raising her family, sacrificing.