'Towles has a genius for immersive scene-setting, and most of Table for Two ... feels more mythically New York than a Woody Allen storyboard painted by Edward Hopper' THE TIMESMillions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. Told from seven points of view, "Eve in Hollywood" describes how one of Towles's most beloved characters, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility, crafts a new future for herself-and others-in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles.Written with his signature wit, humour, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles's canon of stylish and transporting fiction.
'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York Times'A remarkable talent' Independent'A gutsy ... coming-of-age tale with romance at its heart' Daily MailWhen a country is plunged into civil war, two brothers on either side are divided but determined to find their way back to each other. Kunle's search for his sibling Tunde becomes a journey of atonement over a long-kept secret, leading him to conscript in a war he hardly understands. There, he forges lifelong friendships and meets a woman who changes his world forever. But will he find his brother?From the twice Booker-shortlisted author Chigozie Obioma comes an odyssey of brotherhood, redemption, and unimaginable courage set during the Biafran War. Intertwining myth and realism, The Road to the Country is a thrilling and emotionally powerful masterpiece.'Destined to be a classic' Ishmael Beah'In a league of his own' Imbolo Mbue
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING, BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR'Stunning, deeply felt and profoundly intelligent' Guardian It's autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer, Lucy Barton, who lives nearby in a house next to the sea. Together, Lucy and Bob talk about their lives, their hopes and regrets, and what might have been.Lucy, meanwhile, befriends one of Crosby's longest inhabitants, Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive's apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known - "unrecorded lives," Olive calls them - reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning.Brimming with empathy and pathos, TELL ME EVERYTHING is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, "Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love."'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith'Strout's ability to reveal the wonder in unrecorded lives continues to astonish' TelegraphOPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK: 'A beautiful read reminding us that there is extraordinary love in ordinary actions' Oprah Winfrey Elizabeth Strout, Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 2022
In the epic follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Sword Catcher, praised by George R. R. Martin as “everything I look for in fantasy,” Lin and Kel must chart a perilous course between love and lies.ONE OF PASTE’S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEARKel Saren, body double to Conor, crown prince of the dazzling city of Castellane, is caught between two worlds. In order to protect his beloved prince, Kel must find the culprits responsible for a massacre at the royal palace—and the only clues are held by the Ragpicker King, the notorious criminal who rules Castellane’s underworld. The trail Kel follows leads back to the Hill, where among decadent nobles and glittering parties a dark conspiracy to destroy the royal family has taken hold—a conspiracy headed up by the monstrous Artal Gremont, the man engaged to marry the woman Kel adores.Meanwhile, Lin Caster must face the aftermath of the greatest risk she’s ever taken. To save the life of a dying friend, Lin has falsely claimed to be the Goddess Reborn, the legendary heroine destined to save her people. Now the terrifying—but strangely magnetic—leader of her people has arrived to test her powers. The price of failure is exile, and only through her alliance with the Ragpicker King can she continue to access the magic that may save her.Then Prince Conor reappears in her life, demanding that she use her healing powers to cure the madness of his father, the King. Lin soon realizes the King is gripped by an ancient and terrible magic, one whose lure she cannot deny any more than she can deny her growing passion for Conor.As the simmering tensions in Castellane reach a fever pitch, Lin and Kel must decide who to trust when any false move means death—or worse.
'Without mud, the lotus could not survive.'Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa has severe spine curvature and uses an electric wheelchair and ventilator. Within the limits of her care home, her life is lived online: she studies, she tweets indignantly, she posts outrageous stories on an erotica website. One day, a new male carer reveals he has read it all - th
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PRE-ORDER NOW to get a deluxe limited edition with designed sprayed edges—available only on the first printing! This special first edition hardcover will include a gorgeous, shimmering jacket with effects, beautifully illustrated endpapers and sprayed edges."A gothic, darkly alluring tale that will leave readers spellbound"—Dua Lipa, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriterA haunting novel about the boundaries people will cross to keep their dreams alive.A mysterious stranger shows up at Riccardo’s apartment with some news: his grandmother Perihan has died, and Riccardo has inherited her villa in Milan along with her famed butterfly collection.The struggling writer is out of options. He’s hoping the change of scenery in Milan will inspire him, and maybe there will be some money to keep him afloat. But Perihan’s house isn’t as opulent as he remembers. The butterflies pinned in their glass cases seem more ominous than artful. Perihan’s group of mysterious old friends is constantly lurking. And there’s something wrong in the greenhouse.As Riccardo explores the decrepit estate, he stumbles upon Perihan’s diary, which might hold the key to her mysterious death. Or at least give him the inspiration he needs to finish his manuscript.But he might not survive long enough to write it.
"In this exciting historical romantasy in the spirit of The Hurricane Wars and The Time Traveler's Wife-Outlander set in Japan-a young Scottish woman is magically transported to the last Samurai era, where she encounters ghosts from the past, her own Japanese ancestry, and a love that transcends time. While in Japan researching her family's history, a vicious typhoon sends Isla Mackenzie 128 years back in time, to the dawn of the Satsuma Rebellion. There she meets her ancestors, and a charismatic samurai, Kei, with whom she unexpectedly finds romance. But, unlike her Beloved, Isla knows about the looming Samurai rebellion-and Kai's fate. Should she attempt to change history or somehow make her way back to the life she'd had before? Compulsively readable, historically grounded, and irresistibly immersive, Gate to Kagoshima is an unforgettable tale of duty, and of timeless love"--
In this poignant, funny, and brutally honest memoir, one of the world's most beloved storytellers, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells the story of his family's adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs?a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible of dogs, family.
Ocean's 8 meets Blade Runner in this trail-blazing debut science fiction novel and swashbuckling love letter to Hawai'i about being forced to find a new home and striving to build a better one?unmissable for fans of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.
In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative?a surprisingly cutting, yet heartfelt drama about art and love, identity and connection, and, ultimately, what makes us human. This is a story unlike anything you've read before.
"Confessions is a remarkable debut. A complex and compulsive read that unravels the intricate twists and revelations among three generations of women with elegance and urgency." --Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper PalaceFor fans of The Goldfinch and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, an ambitious and absorbing debut that follows three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again.New York City, late September 2001. The walls of the city are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady's father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. When a letter arrives from an aunt she didn't know existed in Ireland with the offer of a new life, the name jogs a memory: an old videocassette game Cora used to play as a child where two sisters must save the students of a mysterious boarding school.County Donegal, 1974. An eclectic group of artists known as the Screamers arrives in Burtonport and moves into the old schoolhouse down the road from where Roisin lives with her older sister Moira. Alternately kind and cruel, brilliant artist Moira is a mystery to Roisin, as is Moira's relationship with the boy next door, Michael. When the Screamers look to hire an artist in residence, Roisin enlists Michael's help to get Moira the job, setting in motion a chain of events that will put an ocean between the sisters and threaten to tear them apart forever.Burtonport, 2018. Lyca Brady lives in a sprawling old house with her mother, Cora, and great aunt, Ro. Abortion has just been legalized in Ireland, and Lyca is struggling to find herself outside her mother's activism. An unexpected message from a childhood friend sends Lyca searching her house's mysterious attic, with its strange collection of old medical equipment, piles of paperwork, and dusty boxes of ancient video games. There, she unearths secrets hidden for decades--secrets perhaps better left unknown.Catherine Airey's haunting debut spins a mesmerizing story of family and fate, survival and revelation, examining the irresistible gravity of the past--how it endures through generations, pervasively present even when buried or forgotten.
In an alternate London in 1923, one girl accidentally breaks the tenuous truce between dragons and humans, in this sweeping debut and epic retelling of Bletchley Park steeped in language, class, and forbidden romance. Perfect for teen fans of Fourth Wing and Babel.
A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught her. Lauren Groff's new novel is at once a thrilling adventure story and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a world succumbing to the churn of colonialism. The Vaster Wilds is a work of raw and prophetic power that tells the story of America in miniature, through one girl at a hinge point in history, to ask how-and if-we can adapt quickly enough to save ourselves.
#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson shows us a future in the Cosmere Universe where a perpetual planetary wanderer must decide whether to keep running, or stay and make a difference on a struggling planet.
The second book in a new series from Ingrid Seymour. ECHOES OF THE RAVEN is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance, set in a new magical world, infused with Spanish culture and the millennia-old secrets that shape the realms' magic .
Acclaimed developmental psychologist David Yeager reveals the new science of motivating young people in this groundbreaking book. It is a must-read for parents, educators and mentors.___________________________________'Required reading for anyone who aspires to be a wise influence on the young people they care about.' Angela Duckworth'One of the most fas
Ex-grifter Phoebe Graves’ new life threatens to come crashing down around her in the next unputdownable novel from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Addicted series. As the daughter of a con artist, Phoebe Graves only knew a life of swindling the rich until her best friend and fellow grifter, Hailey Tinrock, proposed an idea to start a new, honest life in a wealthy college town of Connecticut. Once there, they decided to leave behind their deceitful tricks and be truthful for once. But you know what they say about best intentions. . . . While Phoebe is fake-dating Jake Waterford, the third-born son to an uber-wealthy and influential family, she’s actually dating and falling deeper in love with Brayden “Rocky” Tinrock—Hailey’s older brother. To make matters more complicated, Phoebe’s mother shows up out of the blue with conniving match-making designs of her own. Her mother’s arrival threatens to unravel Phoebe’s plans. To keep her love, her friends, and her newfound happiness, Phoebe will have to return to her old games . . . and win.
Valter är bara fyra år när han blir föräldralös. Året är 1905 och tillsammans med storebror Georg hamnar han hos en hjärtlös styvfader. Var deras andra syskon hamnar, får de inte veta. Livet är hårt för bröderna och de litar bara på varandra. Men bara två år senare skiljs de åt. Nu börjar den verkliga kampen för Valter som är ensam kvar med sin förövare.
Sara som kallar sig Tess flyr från sitt våldsamma förflutna till staden Kargvik. Efter tre veckor får hon jobb som städerska på Kargviks Stadshotell. Där möter hon Agnes och Maria. Det dröjer inte länge innan hon bryter sin regel om att bara hålla sig för sig själv. Genom Agnes träffar hon Patrick, Agnes bror.Patrick är hjärtekrossad då hans flickvän Emma försvann spårlöst när hon var ute och seglade. Patrick fattar tycke för Tess samtidigt som hon finner en trygghet i honom. När Patricks barndomsvän Tim flyttar tillbaka till Kargvik är attraktionen mellan Tess och Tim oundviklig, men de är båda överens om att det inte kan bli något mellan dem eftersom ingen utav dem vill såra Patrick.
Med över 80 uppgifter är "Signal: Engelska Årskurs 6" din ultimata guide för att lyckas på nationella provet i engelska. Att behärska engelska kan vara en utmaning, men med rätt övningar och verktyg kan alla elever nå sina mål. Denna bok erbjuder noggrant utvalda exempel och uppgifter som liknar de på nationella provet, vilket hjälper dig att systematiskt förbättra dina färdigheter.Här är vad boken erbjuder:Speaking: Träning och exempel för att hjälpa dig att tala engelska med självförtroende och flyt.Reading: Läsförståelseövningar som utvecklar din förmåga att tolka och analysera texter.Writing: Uppgifter som stärker din förmåga att skriva olika typer av texter.Denna bok är en ovärderlig resurs för att förbereda dig inför nationella provet och förbättra dina resultat. Varje steg du tar i din förberedelseprocess för dig närmare att bli en mästare i engelska.Så här använder du boken:Focus: Inled varje kapitel med en genomgång av centrala koncept och exempel.Ankaruppgifter: Praktiska uppgifter med steg-för-steg-lösningar som liknar provfrågorna.Övningsblad: Övningar som hjälper dig att tillämpa och förbättra dina färdigheter.Facit: Lösningar till alla uppgifter för att följa upp dina framsteg.
Kanske vad som varillusion och vad som var verklighet endera barasamma råmaterial tillbörlig ett farligaste vapen,alltså nånting mer än att utforska ett humantspråk ifall om frigör det från nån alfabetiskkundkrets - bara du själv vaktar om ditt själv eninnersta kärnfrågan kring en överhöghet vadsom gör oss tankestyrd och där sätts på prov förvad som verkligen var verkligt eller villovägar förhjärnslingor, rädsla för ett skrämskott där oronomgärdar men alltid vid att kunde ha ryggattillbaka för en annan röst - det inramat för ettljus och ett mörker och hur fick stå mellan utavtvå betydelser och att när inget utav dem gickatt, undvara
När du är stressad är din reptilhjärna aktiverad. Det gäller all stress. Även ekonomisk stress. När reptilhjärnan är aktiverad fattar du lika bra beslut som när du är alkoholpåverkad. Inte särskilt bra beslut med andra ord. Det är problem nummer ett. Problem nummer två är att din ekonomiska stress är så pass normaliserad att du inte alltid ser den eller ifrågasätter den. Om du lägger märke till din ekonomiska stress är det förmodligen för att reaktionen är väldigt kraftig, och så tänker du, Det är så här DET är, alltså att pengar är ett nödvändigt ont för alla, eller så tänker du, Det är så här JAG är.Men inget av det är sant. Ekonomisk stress går att identifiera på ett djupare plan och därmed bearbeta och förändra. Precis som vilken stress som helst. Goda nyheter, inte sant? Nu är det dags att släppa taget om reptilhjärnan och bli ekonomiskt emotionellt intelligent.Älskade Pengar , din handbok i ekonomisk emotionell intelligens är en samling reflektioner och erfarenheter efter över tusen samtal om pengar med olika personer. Författaren delar med sig av personliga anekdoter i utforskandet av den egna relationen till pengar. Förhoppningen är att bjuda in till nya tankar och samtal om ett ämne som fortfarande är tabu. Vad är pengar egentligen och hur mycket kan den subjektiva upplevelsen av ekonomin förändras genom nyfikenhet och empati?
Cilla önskar bara en sak, att få leva med Jenny. Hon har försökt skiljas men Gert sätter sig på tvären hela tiden. Till sist tröttnar hon och ser bara en väg ut ur detta helvete till äktenskap. Att döda honom. Det är lättare sagt än gjort. De försöker men det blir bara fel, ännu mer kaos. Till sist får de hjälp från ett oväntat håll. Nancy, den vita häxan har sett vad som håller på att hända, vilket är, enligt henne, helt fel väg att gå. Med hennes hjälp och de magiska krafterna får även denna berättelse ett lyckligt slut.
The gloriously uplifting, nostalgic and wonderfully puzzling novel from Samuel Burr, perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and Lessons in Chemistry. Don't miss the hotly-anticipated debut that everyone is talking about!
The story continues in the second book of this epic, dark romantasy trilogy loosely inspired by the Greek myth of Astraea and the fall of the Golden Age - from B&N Top 10 bestselling author Chloe C. Penaranda.
This book is written by The last warlock and is a wonderful journey in our evolution. A brand-new ism is revealed, Dao Buddhism with all that it means and a breathtaking look upon this world today. It reveals the truth about the human being and brings you a better faith in tomorrow. There is groundbreaking metaphysics and facts that are brought up. This book covers the world picture and normality norm of Dao Buddhism. There are some discussions about some hot topics, and it gives a thought to anyone reading this. There is a taste of the vision of humanities and this planets future. This is the first book about Dao Buddhism written by Medusa Loveheart, the second book is called "One Unity now and beyond" and is the full vision of the future from Dao Buddhism point of view,Third edition
This is the Second book by Medusa Loveheart about Dao Buddhism. This book covers the full Vision of the future for humanity and this planet. It is a one-of-a-kind vision that is strong enough to cover not just this planet but universe itself. The first book that was written by Medusa Loveheart about Dao Buddhism is: "The Proposal a new arrival: Dao Buddha" and it gives the foundation of Dao Buddhism and its view upon the world today.Second edition
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