Nouveautés

Quelques règles élémentaires de survie dans le bush australien : Ne jamais conduire en pleine nuit sur une route déserte : un kangourou se ferait une joie de défoncer votre pare-chocs. Ne jamais céder aux charmes d'une auto-stoppeuse du cru. Et ne jamais se laisser droguer, enlever et épouser par ladite autochtone. Dans son village, en effet, le divorce n'est pas autorisé. Mais le nombre de veuves y est impressionnant...

"How do you measure a year?" Turning 30 is a milestone age in anybody's life, so why not chart the span of a year by writing a poem a day? Capturing the highs and lows of life and love, this poetry collection houses poems from the deeply personal to the truly random. It's a picture of one man's year through a poetic lens.

In The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Lovecraft guides listeners into a decaying coastal town shrouded in mystery, where ancient pacts and unnatural beings have shaped generations. What begins as an innocent detour for a young traveler turns into a spiraling descent into horror, madness, and the terrifying realization of what lurks beneath the surface—both of the sea and of his own ancestry.

The Wife is one of the famous works of A.P. Chekhov. The plot focuses on a conflict between spouses, where the ambitions and pride of one destroy family life and relationships with others. The work captivates with laconic content, deep meaning and brilliant Chekhov's syllable.

Бывает и так, что, провожая в последний путь близкого человека, ты вдруг оказываешься переброшенным примерно на сотню лет назад, но в свою же собственную семью, где вдруг выясняется, что твой возможный предок оказался сожжён ударом молнии. Теперь тебе остаётся только жить и сделать всё, чтобы твоя семья не сгинула в горниле всяческих революций начала прошлого века.

Printemps 1979, Téhéran. Alors que la révolution islamique met les rues de la capitale iranienne à feu et à sang, les mollahs brûlent tout ce qui représente le modèle occidental vanté par le chah déchu, désormais en exil. Seul dans les sous-sols du musée d'Art contemporain, son gardien Cyrus Farzadi tremble pour ses toiles. Au milieu du chaos, le jeune garçon des quartiers ouest convoque ses souvenirs. Il raconte la splendeur et la décadence de son pays à travers le destin incroyable de son musée.

Al día siguiente, muy temprano, a la hora de siempre, Pinín y Rosa fueron al prao Somonte. Aquella soledad no lo había sido nunca para ellos hasta aquel día. El Somonte sin la Cordera parecía el desierto. De repente silbó la máquina, apareció el humo, luego el tren. En un furgón cerrado, en unas estrechas ventanas altas o respiraderos, vislumbraron los hermanos gemelos cabezas de vacas que, pasmadas, miraban por aquellos tragaluces.

She came to the well alone to escape the whispers. A life marked by scandal had taught her to keep her head down and her heart guarded. But one afternoon, under a searing sun, a stranger speaks to her—not with judgment, but with curiosity, insight, and unsettling compassion. When this mysterious man threatens to upend everything she thought she knew, she faces a choice: bury her truth forever, or let it set her free. Set against the vivid backdrop of first-century Samaria, Davina blends rich historical detail with timeless questions of identity, shame, and second chances.

1920-1921. Vinta la guerra civile contro i bianchi, resta ora da realizzare il comunismo. Ma come? Con l'elettrificazione di tutte le campagne più remote, in modo che anche Ivan Matveevič, analfabeta ma amante dei pensieri scritti, possa finalmente leggere la sera e la vecchia consumata dal dolore e la fatica fin dall'infanzia smetta di chiedere la pioggia a dio, come vuole l'inflessibile ingegnere Dušin? O nel modo immaginato dal goffo e mutilato Ščeglov, stremato dalla nostalgia per i morti, tremante di fronte al mistero dell'universo e legato alla bellissima Lida da un compassionevole amore?

What really lies in the forest’s depths? Aokigahara is a mystery. Born out of an explosion, its roots twist and turn, the dense trees seeming to swallow anything that enters it whole. In recent years it has gained renown as a “suicide forest,” but it wasn’t always this way. Aokigahara: The Truth Behind Japan’s Suicide Forest is fully researched from Japanese sources and looks at the history of the Sea of Trees, how it came to be, and why it became known worldwide as a popular suicide spot.

Lucie est une journaliste mariée à la vie bien réglée, lorsqu'elle croise un homme qui lui fait oublier ses principes et ses méfiances. Basculer dans la dissimulation amoureuse déclenche en elle un vertige et la ramène au destin de sa mère. Et surtout au terrible secret de sa naissance qui fait de Lucie, elle-même, un mensonge.

Money, glamour, luxury, power—Ruby Bell couldn’t be less interested in these things if she tried. After being awarded a scholarship to one of England’s most prestigious and expensive private schools, Maxton Hall, all she wants is to keep her head down, work hard, and get accepted to Oxford. She keeps her distance from everyone, especially the arrogant, rich, and extremely handsome James Beaufort, ringleader of the school’s party boys. When Ruby discovers a scandalous secret about the Beauforts, she is suddenly on James’s radar.

An infant is left on the doorstep of Saint Michael's Orphanage in the winter of 1936 with only an engraved medallion to mark his identity. Marvin Saint Michael grows up under the watchful gaze of the nuns and priests, yet his upbringing is anything but loving. Marvin learns from an early age to keep his mouth shut, to obey, and to refrain from questioning the authority figures that surround him. For when one disobeys, severe repercussions are handed out . . .

İstanbul’dan Ankara’ya uzanan bu küçük apartmanda, kapı aralıklarından sızan hayatın seslerini duyacaksınız. Ayaşlı İbrahim Efendi, eski alışkanlıklarını cebinde taşıyan kurnaz bir ev sahibi; kiracılarıysa Cumhuriyet’in ilk yıllarında yeni bir düzen arayan insanlar: bir memur ailesi, evlilik hayalleriyle savrulan genç bir kadın, ay sonunu getirmeye çalışan idealistler, dedikoduya meraklı komşular…

Was wäre, wenn sich dein vermeintlicher Feind als dein Traummann entpuppt? Jenifer erschafft als Kunsttischlerin exklusive Einzelstücke — als Frau geht sie jedoch in der Masse unter. Dabei träumt sie von der großen Liebe und versucht den smarten Banker Deacon Spencer zu erobern, doch der nimmt keine Notiz von ihr. Auch ihre Zwillingsschwester Jessica kann ihr nicht helfen, denn sie ist in New York und die Schwestern sind zum ersten Mal für längere Zeit voneinander getrennt. Seit dem Tod seiner Frau ist das Herstellen von kreativen Möbeln das Einzige, was Sean Murphys Herz berührt.

Errol was a war orphan, left to raise himself while his father fought in World War II and while his severely depressed mother struggled to hold together her young family. Growing up in a backwoods town where life more closely resembled the 1920s than the 1940s, Errol hunted pennies to buy treats, surfed on borrowed skiffs behind the paddle wheels of passing river boats, and sought adult influences wherever he could find them.

Joy Is My Middle Name documents crawling through your twenties and emerging into your thirties. Walking uneasy cities and rural towns, talking about sex, race, womanhood, addiction, sobriety, consumerism and pop culture, these poems pull at the edges of the performed self with conversational ease.

Across the nation’s history, American writers have produced a compelling and diverse body of literary expression, which joins the great literatures of other cultures to create unique perspectives on human life flowing from America’s trailblazing political system, innovative spirit, and history of immigration. In A Literary Tour of the United States, you’ll take an epic excursion across America, from the wide expanse of the continental states to Alaska, Hawaii, and beyond, delving into the jewels of writing that distinguish our nation’s literature across three centuries.

Margarita, una joven cuya belleza solo es superada por su fría determinación, se ve atrapada entre el amor del misterioso señor Smith y el eco de un pasado que parece perseguirla. Mientras tanto, al otro lado del mundo, soldados y insurgentes se enfrentan en un violento conflicto que podría cambiar sus destinos para siempre. Crane construye una historia donde los lazos de amor, lealtad y venganza se entrelazan como una red imposible de desenredar.

En La segunda generación de Stephen Crane, nos encontramos con Caspar Cadogan, un joven que decide seguir los pasos de su padre, un influyente senador, y buscar la gloria en la guerra. Stephen Crane dibuja magistralmente la lucha interna de Caspar: la presión de las expectativas paternales, el peso de la responsabilidad y la cruda realidad de la guerra.