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Mario lo tiene todo para ser feliz. Sus compañeros se quedan a tomar cervezas después del trabajo y miran a las mujeres que pasan por la calle como si fueran lobos, pero él no. Porque, en palabras del autor, “él tenía el privilegio de desear por encima de todas las mujeres a aquella con la que se habría casado”. Blanca es el polo opuesto de Mario. Todo lo que él tiene de conformista lo tiene ella de inquieta. Tras uno de sus viajes, Mario nota que Blanca ha cambiado. Pero ¿realmente ha cambiado tanto “su” Blanca o es que se trata de otra persona? ¿Qué hacer, acostumbrarse a vivir en ausencia de Blanca o rebelarse contra la situación?

„Jedes Kind weiß, was der Frühling spricht: Lebe, wachse, blühe, hoffe, liebe, Freue dich und treibe neue Triebe, Gib dich hin und fürcht‘ das Leben nicht!“ Hermann Hesse Gedichte und Betrachtungen über den Zauber und die geheimnisvolle Aura des Frühlings.

Agua Fría tiene doce años cuando es obligada a comenzar su aprendizaje para ser sacerdotisa del culto del Cristal. En un mundo desolado y en plena decadencia, deberá vivir su propia iniciación a la madurez, seguir su frágil intuición y transgredir la ley para iniciar un viaje desesperado en busca de su destino, que no es otro que sanar su mundo. Cada vez que alguien muere, sus recuerdos desaparecen con él y, con ellos, la realidad que alguna vez los sustentó. El mundo se desvanece en jirones de niebla, está cambiando, a pesar de lo que sostienen los poderosos sacerdotes del culto del Cristal. De enigma en enigma y de éste a un nuevo reto mortal, Agua Fría deberá conocer el origen de su civilización, para evitar que se extinga.

»Kaffee und Zigaretten« verwebt autobiographische Erzählungen, Aperçus, Notizen und Beobachtungen zu einem erzählerischen Ganzen, in dem sich Privates und Allgemeines berühren, verzahnen und wechselseitig spiegeln. Es geht um prägende Erlebnisse und Begegnungen des Erzählers, um flüchtige Momente des Glücks, um Einsamkeit und Melancholie, um Entwurzelung und die Sehnsucht nach Heimat, um Kunst und Gesellschaft ebenso wie um die großen Lebensthemen Ferdinand von Schirachs, um merkwürdige Rechtsfälle und Begebenheiten, um die Idee des Rechts und die Würde des Menschen, um die Errungenschaften und das Erbe der Aufklärung, das es zu bewahren gilt, und um das, was den Menschen erst eigentlich zum Menschen macht. In dieser Vielschichtigkeit und Bandbreite der erzählerischen Annäherungen und Themen ist »Kaffee und Zigaretten« das persönlichste Buch Ferdinand von Schirachs.

Breen Kelly had always been a rule follower. So, when her father left when she was twelve years old, promising to return, she waited. Now, more than a decade later, she's working at a job she hates and is tired of the life that playing by the rules has dealt her. It's time to make a change. Breen makes a leap into the unknown with a summer trip to Ireland - her father's homeland. Little does she know how much of a leap until a walk in the woods leads her through a portal into another world - Talamh - where Breen will find magic, family and a destiny she could never have dreamed of.

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is strange — not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. But she has a dark power of her own : witchcraft. When Circe's gift threatens the gods, she is banished to the island of Aiaia where she hones her occult craft, casting spells, gathering strange herbs and taming wild beasts. Yet a woman who stands alone cannot live in peace for long — and among her island's guests is an unexpected visitor: the mortal Odysseus, for whom Circe will risk everything.

It is 1918 and the world is at war. But this feels a million miles away for Laurel Shelton. In the house where her parents toiled and died, in the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains. Laurel aches for her life to begin. And then one day a stranger is discovered in the cove near her house. What follows is an unforgettable story of love, fate and divided loyalties.

The day she hears of Johnny's disappearance is one that Imogen blackens from her life, for how could such a brilliant swimmer possibly have drowned? Imogen has so often watched her brother and his friend Bruno, the handsome young German tutor, slicing through the waters of the bay beneath the family house in County Cork, she can't believe all that vitality has gone for ever. Nearly thirty years later, as Imogen slowly pieces together fragments of her family history, we hear the tragic echoes that connect her with the Great War and Ireland in the nineteen-twenties.

Granted leave from the Questura, Brunetti’s wife Paola ships him off to a villa owned by a wealthy relative on Sant’Erasmo, one of the largest islands in the laguna. There he intends to pass his days rowing, and his nights reading Pliny’s Natural History. The recuperative stay goes according to plan until David Casati, the caretaker of the house, goes missing following a sudden storm. Now, Brunetti feels compelled to investigate, to set aside his leave of absence and understand what happened to the man who had become his friend.

Daisy Cooper's life has been pretty uneventful - until the moment it suddenly ends. Unfortunately, her death is (literally) an accident: Daisy wasn't meant to die for another fifty years. One terrible, embarrassing clerical error is behind it - and Death himself is to blame. As Daisy battles against her new reality, she starts to learn that letting go isn't just a challenge faced by those left behind. And while she learns how to survive this impossible new reality, friendship, hope and even love begin to come alive in the most unexpected ways... For Daisy Cooper, death was the perfect time to start making sense of life?

It was only when the bones of the first devoured victims were discovered that the true nature and power of these swarming black creatures -with their razor sharp teeth and taste for human blood - began to be realized by a panic-stricken city. For millions of years, man and rat had been natural enemies. But now for the first time – suddenly, shockingly, horribly – the balance of power has shifted…

Isolde and Johnny - the star-crossed teenage heirs to New Iberia's criminal empires -have run away together, and Robicheaux is tasked with finding them. But when his investigation brings him too close to both Idsolde's mother and her father's mistress, the venomous mafioso orders a hit on Robicheaux and his partner, Clete Purcel. In order to rescue the young lovers, and save himself, Robicheaux must face a terrifying time-travelling superhuman hitman capable of inflicting horrifying hallucinations on his victims, and overcome the demons that have tormented him his whole life...

Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place. Her name is Auri, and she is full of mysteries.

This killer Bookshots special edition of four first-rate thrillers features the Women’s Murder Club, a deadly little black dress, a ruthless band of thieves, and a lethal team of vengeful warriors. The Trial: An accused murderer called Kingfisher is on trial. And Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club are in for a courtroom shocker you’ll never see coming. Little Black Dress: Can a little black dress change everything? What begins as one woman’s fantasy is about to go too far. Heist: A band of ruthless thieves is about to pull off the perfect diamond heist-until a rival crew arrives at the exact same time. The Women’s War: Former Marine Corps colonel Amanda Collins and her lethal team of women warriors have vowed to avenge her family’s murder. And they have nothing left to lose . . .

Una mattina, in una città mai nominata ma perfettamente riconoscibile, Rosario, un bambino di undici anni, si alza, prepara la colazione alla nonna, si affaccia alla finestra e guarda vivere i suoi vicini. Poi prende la borsa degli allenamenti, si veste da calciatore ed esce di casa per compiere il suo primo omicidio. Pedinando Rosario, spiandone i gesti e i pensieri come in una semisoggettiva, De Silva è riuscito a raccontare, con una lingua ricca, affabulante, ipnotica ma priva di pathos, una storia terribile sull’inconsapevolezza delle proprie scelte, sulla casualità del bene e del male. Un romanzo intenso, tragico e bellissimo su quel mondo spaventoso che è il nostro mondo.

I destini, è ovvio, sono inattesi perché sconosciuti. Fino a quando accadono, rivelandosi. Allora tutto cambia. Fa riflettere che a volte basti un raggio di sole a mutarci l’intera esistenza. Come nel caso dell’ingegnere. Voleva pace e tranquillità cercando lassù quelle perle rare, senza sapere che per trovare una cosa bisogna fare a meno di cercarla.

Un encargo editorial pone a Alejandra Varela, especialista en arte urbano, tras la pista de Sniper, un reconocido artista del grafiti, promotor de acciones callejeras al límite de la legalidad -algunas de ellas con resultados fatales- del que casi nadie ha visto jamás el rostro ni conoce el paradero. La búsqueda conducirá a la protagonista de Madrid a Lisboa, y de ahí a Verona y Nápoles en su intento por descifrar cuál es el objetivo al que apunta la mira mortal del cazador solitario.

Rencontres improbables sous les Tropiques : un capitaine nordique et une émigrée russe sur la piste de danse d'une taverne bavaroise, un colonel blasé face à une magicienne des mots. Destins contrariés : le mariage arrangé d'une jeune fille confortablement dotée, une maîtresse d'école à la retraite coupable de meurtre, une mère de famille à la poursuite de ses chimères, une vielle dame en odeur de sainteté... Entre rêve et réalité, illusions et confusions, des êtres se croisent et se connaissent, parfois s'aiment ou se séparent...

Best friends Emelie and Matthew ride to her rescue with an entirely new kind of list - The Single Girl's To-Do List. Rachel doesn't know it, but it will take her on all kinds of wild adventures - and get her in some romantic pickles too. And then it won't be a case of what but who she decides to tick off !

Es ist tiefster Winter auf Sandhamn, ein eisiger Sturm fegt durch die leeren Straßen. An Heiligabend nimmt eine verängstigte Frau das letzte Schiff auf die Insel. Als man ihre gefrorene Leiche am nächsten Tag vor dem Seglerhotel findet, wird Thomas Andreasson nach Sandhamn gerufen. War es ein Unfall ?