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Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).

The truth was written. Then it was removed. When reclusive novelist Julian Vale vanishes days before publishing his most dangerous manuscript, disgraced investigative journalist Mara Thorne is drawn into a case that was never meant to be solved. What begins as a missing-person inquiry becomes a confrontation with a system designed not to erase truth—but to neutralize it. Vale’s final work hinted at an invisible network shaping narratives, careers, and memory itself.

Marcus Hale believes he’s a good neighbor. He keeps his yard neat. He minds his business. And when something unsettling happens next door late one night, he convinces himself it isn’t his problem. But silence has consequences. As small omissions begin to pile up, Marcus is forced to reckon with what it means to witness something—and choose not to act. The truth doesn’t arrive all at once. It settles in slowly, tightening with every rationalization.

What if your memories weren’t yours—and the crimes tied to them were never confessed? Nathan Cole thought he understood his past. Then a violent breach inside a hidden research facility reveals a truth he was never meant to uncover: He isn’t the first version of himself. Buried beneath steel corridors and locked chambers lies a secret decades in the making—human experiments, fractured identities, and a man erased from history to create something new.

The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman at his side. Of course, there's a catch to the invitation...

Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat's Cradle is one of this century's most important works...and Vonnegut at his very best.

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.

Galapagos takes the listener back one million years to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Galapagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave new, and totally different, human race.

Breakfast of Champions (1973) provides frantic, scattershot satire and a collage of Vonnegut's obsessions. His recurring cast of characters and American landscape was perhaps the most controversial of his canon; it was felt by many at the time to be a disappointing successor to Slaughterhouse-Five, which had made Vonnegut's literary reputation.

Few perspectives epitomize the sheer drama and sacrifice of combat more perfectly than those of the fighter pilots of World War II. As romanticized as any soldier in history, the World War II fighter pilot was viewed as larger than life: a dashing soul waging war amongst the clouds. In the 65-plus years since the Allied victory, stories of these pilots' heroics have never been in short supply. But what about their adversaries - the highly skilled German aviators who pushed the Allies to the very brink of defeat?

Als Winston Niles Rumfoord sein Raumschiff in ein chrono-synklastisches Infidibulum flog, wurde er in pure Energie verwandelt. Er wird nur dann wieder stofflich, wenn seine Energiewelle einen Planeten kreuzt – also materialisiert er sich alle 59 Tage in seiner Heimat Newport, Rhode Island, und das auch nur für eine Stunde. Aber immerhin weiß er jetzt alles über alles, was je geschehen ist und je geschehen wird.

In der Milchstraße spitzt sich der Konflikt mit den feindlichen Hauri zu, die aus dem Universum Tarkan heraus angreifen. Nach dieser Entdeckung weiß Reginald Bull, dass er unbedingt nach Tarkan vorstoßen muss. Dort ist seit einiger Zeit bekanntlich Perry Rhodan verschollen. Mit seinem neuen Raumschiff, der CIMARRON, macht sich Bull nun auf.

From the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast, comes a guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities. Narrated by Roman Mars, with a bonus Q&A and a Full Episode of 99% Invisible. Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk...

Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul's rebellion is vintage Vonnegut – wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality.

Set after the fourth season of the groundbreaking television drama Sons of Anarchy, from the mind of Executive Producer Kurt Sutter… Jax learns that his half-sister, Trinity, has been in the U.S. for months without his knowing - and has abruptly gone missing. He heads to Nevada with Chibs and Opie to search for her... only to find that Trinity has gotten herself caught in the middle of a war between rival factions of the Russian mafia, and dragged Jax and the Sons in after her.

Claire Benton downloads an anonymous confession app to vent about her marriage. It listens. It responds. It remembers. Soon, the app knows things it shouldn’t—names she never gave, secrets she never spoke, conversations that haven’t happened yet. When Claire hears her husband’s private confessions replayed without his consent, she realizes the app isn’t just listening. It’s modeling behavior. Predicting outcomes. Adjusting lives.

Seven years after his wife vanished, true-crime podcaster Liam Hart has learned to live with silence. Then, in the middle of a storm, a woman knocks on his door—claiming to be Emily. She knows things only Emily would know. But she doesn’t recognize the house. And she’s terrified of being found. As Liam pulls at the threads of her impossible return, he uncovers evidence of a secret research program built around memory manipulation, human “versions,” and a buried experiment that never ended.

From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling true story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the Enron scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever. It was the corporate collapse that appeared to...

When a teenage girl vanishes from a forest trail, former detective Alex Haven is pulled into a case that mirrors the unsolved disappearance that destroyed his childhood. As staged evidence leads him through underground tunnels and psychological traps, Alex realizes he's not hunting a kidnapper—he's the subject of an elaborate experiment designed by a man who has studied his every failure. With each clue bringing him closer to the missing girl, Alex must confront the guilt he's carried for twelve years: the day he let another child fall.

Lily accepts a last-minute overnight babysitting job in an upscale, heavily monitored home. The parents are polite. The child is observant. The rules are simple—except one: if anything feels off, do not call the police. At first, the house is merely unsettling. A locked room no one discusses. Security cameras with unexplained gaps. Notes that appear without explanation. But when Lily finally does what she believes is responsible—documenting her concerns—she discovers that the act of reporting is not neutral. It is transformative.