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Yeongju tem se sentido desmotivada. Sua vida se tornou uma sucessão de frustrações e ela sente um vazio eterno no peito. Cansada de viver assim, decide deixar tudo para trás e colocar em prática um antigo sonho: abrir uma livraria. Desde a infância, Yeongju encontra conforto nos livros, e abrir a loja parece ser a solução ideal para os seus problemas. Mas começar um negócio nunca é fácil, e ela precisa aprender que ser uma amante dos livros não é o suficiente para tornar o seu sonho realidade.

The residents of Garrett Island are part of a visionary experiment. Their cars have been sent to the mainland and for one month, they’ve got self-driving vehicles called Arrivals. With just a voice command, an Arrival will take you where you want to go, and as the cars are all aware of each other, road accidents should be a thing of the past. As the world’s press arrives for a glimpse of this driverless future, islander and single mom Sandra Montrose preps for the huge media event.

In this fantastically sharp novel, a trans woman reenters life on the outside after more than twenty years in a men’s prison, over one consequential Fourth of July weekend—from the author of the PEN/Faulkner Award winner Delicious Foods. “Dangerously hilarious.” —Los Angeles Times...

If only Pat Macgregor had an inkling of the embarrassment - romantic, professional, even aesthetic - that flowed from accepting narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce Anderson's invitation for coffee, she would never have said yes. And if only Matthew, her boss at the art gallery, hadn't wandered into his local bookshop and picked up a particular book at a particular time, he would never have knocked over his former English teacher or attracted the attentions of the police.

Alma is a private detective in a near-future England, a country desperately trying to tempt people away from the delights of Shine, the immersive successor to the Internet. But most people are happy to spend their lives plugged in, and the country is decaying. Alma's partner is ill and has to be treated without fail every four hours, a task that only Alma can do. If she misses the five-minute window, her lover will die.

Questa famosa raccolta di racconti vuole offrire uno spaccato dell’esperienza dublinese di Joyce. I quindici racconti restano sospesi nella nebbia della città, cogliendo delle istantanee nella vita dei suoi personaggi, offerte così, senza un inizio o una fine nel senso stretto della parola. Dal racconto più lungo, I morti, è stato tratto un film.

Attraktiv, unkompliziert und charmant - das ist Elijah. Noch dazu taucht er im perfekten Moment auf, denn Cat braucht nach ihrer miesen Trennung dringend Ablenkung. Da kommt ihr ein unverbindlicher Flirt gerade recht!

Der neue Roman von Pascal Mercier nach dem Millionenbestseller »Nachtzug nach Lissabon« Seit seiner Kindheit ist Simon Leyland von Sprachen fasziniert. Gegen den Willen seiner Eltern wird er Übersetzer und verfolgt unbeirrt das Ziel, alle Sprachen zu lernen, die rund um das Mittelmeer...

Storie viste dal marciapiede, dal basso di chi nei luoghi sta. Cartoline, brevi lettere, trenta racconti scritti come si fa quando si parte per davvero e si racconta una storia a qualcuno che si ama. Con lo stesso titolo era già uscito un altro racconto di Erri De Luca, alla fine degli anni Novanta. In quell'edizione c'erano le storie dei suoi viaggi nella Bosnia in guerra, nel pieno della Guerra civile jugoslava. In questo altro Pianoterra quelle storie non ci sono quasi più. Resta però identica la prospettiva di chi guarda. Perché questo audiolibro è un "atto di residenza".

Brought to you by Penguin. It’s late 1944. Hitler’s rockets are slamming down on London with vicious regularity and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. Allied victory is on its way, but it’s bloody well dragging its feet. In a large house next to Hampstead Heath, Vee Sedge is just...

The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother, Bon, try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, but still inwardly tortured by his re-education at the hands of his former best friend, and struggling to assimilate into a dominant culture, the Sympathizer is both charmed and disturbed by Paris. 

'Ingenious and intriguing' BA PARIS 'I devoured this Londoner in LA story in a day’ CAROLINE KEPNES 'I loved it' TM LOGAN 'Engaging and suspenseful' NEW YORK TIMES ‘Stylish, riveting, hugely atmospheric — I couldn’t put it down’ LUCY FOLEY THE NEW GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM...

From New York Times bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay, Flowers of Darkness is a riveting and emotionally intense novel, set in a near future Paris, where a woman confronts past betrayal and present mystery. Author Clarissa Katsef is struggling to write her next book. She’s just snagged a...

WINNER OF THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATED LITERATURE A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A surreal, devastating story of a homeless ghost who haunts one of Tokyo's busiest train stations. Kazu is dead. Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Japanese Emperor, his life is...

Art. Sex. Murder. Paris. One hot June. Fin Vollmer, a 23-year-old American expat turned sex worker is living on his wits and his beauty. He’s overstayed his visa, and he has no plans to leave. There’s nothing for him back home but the haunting tragedy he fled. But when Fin arrives one early...

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW NOVEL FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS ‘This makes no sense, he thought. Look at your wonderful life…' Hackney, August 2023. Tommy skives off work early. He’s hungry for a little more pleasure before summer is over. It’s a beautiful...

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The Secret History meets Industry in this unputdownable debut, set within the shifting alliances and simmering tension of London's glamorous art scene. Sexy, gripping and dark, this is the thrilling story of how desire - for love, power and success - can destroy you. Caroline never dreamt of...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Still Standing is a raw, personal hip-hop journey from E. D. Lewis, tracing decades of music, setbacks, incarceration, family, rebuilding, and the determination to keep creating when life keeps testing you. At its core, it’s about survival, identity...

‘A must read for anyone who has loved hard, lost big and needs to be reminded that it’s all okay’ LENA DUNHAM ‘A wonderful novel, I loved it’ CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE From the bestselling author of Really Good, Actually, a wickedly funny, wise and tender novel about modern love, artistic...