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'Captivating, notable, brilliant, thought-provoking' A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 'A vigorous and engaging new study of the Irish famine . . . Richly underpinned by research in contemporary sources and firmly rooted in historical scholarship.' Fintan O'Toole 'Comprehensive, elegantly written...

Hirka is stranded in a rotting world, with nothing but a raven and a notebook to connect her to the life she left behind in Ym. She came in search of her family, believing that she could protect Rime and the rest of Ym from the ancient evil of the blind. Instead, what Hirka finds in this new world are people willing to do anything for the blessing—or the curse—of eternal life. And for Rime, the threat of the blind is only growing stronger… Separated by worlds, unsure who to trust, and in danger from all sides, Hirka and Rime fight to end a thousand-year quest for power and revenge.

Something is very wrong in the town of Dunswell. At only seventeen years of age, Liv feels as though she has lost everything. But she will come to learn there is always something more to lose. Leonard is a sexual deviant. Although he doesn't yet know it, the dark visions plaguing his dreams have been guiding him towards this town.

Nine children travel with their families to their Grandfather's vacation property, where strange things begin to happen: eyes blink from the bottom up, mushrooms ooze blood, people's faces don't hang right anymore—except they do, once you look more closely. Transformations warp the children's sense of time and place, the very land itself seeming to encroach upon them.

“A masterwork…mesmerizing…We come away troubled, unsettled — and in some subtle way changed.”–The New York Times "The perfect steamy read for those hot summer nights." –People A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning, visionary Akwaeke Emezi One weekend. The elite...

The conversations you didn't ask for, but can't stop listening to.Going places that most like to avoid. Raw. Honest. Gritty.

Fünfhundert Jahre nach dem von allen nur als "Etwas, das passiert ist" bezeichneten Ereignis ist eine neue Gesellschaft entstanden. Eine Gesellschaft, in der die eigene Stellung davon abhängt, welchen Teil des Farbspektrums man sehen kann. Dies ist die Welt, in der Eddie Russett und Jane Grey leben. Jane und Eddie müssen die engen Regeln der Farbpolitik überwinden und die Wahrheit über ihre Welt herausfinden: Was ist sie, wo ist sie, ja sogar, wann ist sie? Während sie die Lügen entlarven, die ihre Existenz bedrohen, kommen sie zu einem beunruhigenden Schluss: Sie sind nicht allein.

Der Junge Branko verliert seine Mutter und sein Zuhause. Bald verdächtigt man ihn des Diebstahls und sperrt ihn ein. Doch Zora, das Mädchen mit den roten Haaren, befreit ihn und er wird in ihre Bande aufgenommen, die in einer alten Burg haust. Gemeinsam schlagen sich die Kinder druchs Leben, genießen die Freiheit und halten auch in Hunger und Not fest zusammen.

Franziskas Flucht aus der eintönigen Ehe mit dem reichen Vertreter Herbert und aus dem Verhältnis mit dessen Chef, dem Industriellen Joachim...

Kyle Brubaker, a carefree California surfer, finds little to celebrate in a small Wisconsin town until he meets beautiful and spirited Marianne Avery. But their budding romance is snuffed when they are brutally attacked by three hoodlum brothers. With his life unraveling around him, Kyle accepts an offer of help from a mysterious carnival fortune-teller. Soon after that, things really go to hell....

Something has happened to the world. People are going mad, the very foundations of society are crumbling. Only Adam Keller, testing a prototype environment suit, apparently remains safe - but for how long? Can anything be done, can any of it be reversed, before everything goes to rot?

Agent Franks ist etwas ganz Besonderes. Zusammengesetzt aus verschiedenen menschlichen Teilen und versehen mit unmenschlichen Kräften, gehört er zu den effektivsten Waffen, die Monster Hunter International zu bieten hat. Doch nur unter einer Bedingung stellt er seine durchschlagenden Fähigkeiten der Organisation zur Verfügung: Sie musste ihm versprechen, keine weiteren Wesen wie ihn zu erschaffen. Franks Schöpfer ist jedoch unersättlich.

Seit der Luxemburger Koch Xavier Kieffer mit Frankreichs berühmtester Gastrokritikerin liiert ist, wird er zu den exklusivsten Events eingeladen. Doch das edle Dinner beim Pariser Bürgermeister endet bereits nach der Vorspeise: Ryuunosuke Mifune, Europas berühmtester Sushi-Koch, kippt plötzlich tot um. Die Diagnose lautet: Fischvergiftung. Doch Kieffer ist skeptisch und deckt schnell Widersprüche auf. Er taucht ein in die Welt der Sushiküche und muss erkennen, dass es Fische gibt, die teurer sind als Gold - und wertvoller als ein Menschenleben.

Dr. Kane will Sadie keine verstaubten Sarkophage zeigen - er plant nicht weniger, als den ägyptischen Gott Osiris zu beschwören...

Fifteen-year-old Benny Imura lives in a world infested with zombies where, when a kid turns 15, he must get a job to continue receiving food rations. Benny has no interest in the family business of zombie killing, but figures he doesn’t have much of a choice. He’s tried out a bunch of other jobs, and hasn’t found anything he likes. But as Benny starts training with his brother, he learns things about being human that he never expected.

Eight years ago, an infection hit London, before spreading outwards. Ninety percent of the population was either contained by the military, trampled during the riots, or infected by the disease. A disease that came to be known as The Rot. Colin Bolton survived the incident, but not without losing everything he held dear to him - his life, his love, and his humanity. Now, he's living at a farmhouse, acting as a bodyguard for a new surrogate family. Life is stable. He's making do. He’s surviving. That is...until a vagrant scavenger comes knocking at the door.

Join us as we talk about anything and everything; no subject is off-topic. We are letting the rot out of our brains! Come hang out with us!

O piloto de Fórmula 1 Travis Keeping, de 24 anos, está tendo uma temporada incrível, com o troféu mundial ao alcance das mãos. Até que um acidente gravíssimo na Fórmula 2, envolvendo vários carros, vira seu mundo de cabeça para baixo. Um dos pilotos em estado crítico é Jacob Nichols. Ninguém sabe, mas os dois namoram há quase um ano. Agora o único homem que Travis já amou está lutando para sobreviver, sua equipe não entende por que seu desempenho nas pistas degringolou de repente e os pais de Jacob o querem longe de seu filho.

Rot is a mutant potato. Like most mutant potatoes, Rot loves all sorts of games and contests. So when he sees a sign for the “Cutest in the World Contest,” he can’t wait to enter. But when Rot realizes who he’s up against - an itty-bitty baby bunny, a little-wittle cuddly kitten, and an eenie-weenie jolly jellyfish - he loses confidence. Will the judges find room in their hearts for an adorable mutant potato?

Esta biografia traça o percurso de uma personalidade única da cultura portuguesa, debruçando-se tanto sobre a sua intensa atividade criativa como sobre a sua atribulada vida privada.