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In this incandescent novel, V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man, an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history, has come to live in an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. Naipaul gives us the most convincing and disturbing vision yet of what happens in a place caught between the dangerously alluring modern world and its own tenacious past and traditions.

Maja Lundes großer Roman über das Leben im Jetzt und die eigene Endlichkeit. An einem gewöhnlichen Tag Anfang Juni kommt die Zeit zum Stehen. Niemand stirbt, niemand wird mehr geboren. Die neue Ewigkeit verändert das Lebensgefühl der Menschen: Für Jenny, die an einer unheilbaren Krankheit leidet, gibt es nichts Schöneres als die geschenkte Zeit. Rentnerin Margo will noch einmal ausgelassen das Leben feiern. Krankenschwester Eva erlebt die Sorge der Schwangeren, die nicht wissen, wann die Babys zur Welt kommen.

Stephanie Laurens authors USA Today best-selling historical romances such as A Rake's Vow and Devil's Bride. Lauren's Scandal's Bride is the hot and exciting third novel in her riveting Bar Cynster series.

Brought to you by Penguin. The #1 New York Times Bestseller What if the greatest writer of all time isn’t who we think he is? What if he isn’t even a he? Step back four hundred years and discover the female author who hid behind the mask of the man we know as William Shakespeare . . . In...

Der zweite Roman von Lucinda Riley, den sie mit 26 Jahren verfasste – erstmals auf Deutsch erhältlich. Leah Thompson wächst in den 1970er Jahren in einfachen Verhältnissen im ländlichen Yorkshire heran. Niemand kann ahnen, dass sie eines Tages die Laufstege dieser Welt im Sturm erobern wird. Aber die schicksalshafte Verbindung mit der Familie Delancey bestimmt ihr Leben – und zieht sie in einen Strudel von Ereignissen, der im Zweiten Weltkrieg seinen Ausgang nahm und in einer längst vergessenen Prophezeiung aus der Vergangenheit endet.

England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need, comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor.

ILS ONT VOULU DONNER VIE, ET ILS ONT ENFANTÉ L'HORREUR... Ce livre présente une sélection des plus terrifiantes histoires de monstre enfantés par l'homme : Le Faiseur de monstres , William Chambers MORROW Frankenstein, ou le Prométhée moderne , Mary SHELLEY Le Mort vivant , Marc DONAT Un Homme usé , Edgar Allan POE.

Wealthy and roguish, Demon Cynster is perfectly content without love. Having witnessed his Cynster brethren driven to their knees by women, he knows all too well what the power of love can do to a man. But he never banked on meeting Felicity Parteger, a luscious, curvy beauty in desperate need of help. Could this tempting woman be the one?

Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs. Algernon Stitch, Lord Copper feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia. So begins Scoop.

Laurence and Temeraire made a daring journey across vast and inhospitable continents to bring home a rare Turkish dragon from the treacherous Ottoman Empire. Kazilik dragons are firebreathers, and Britain is in greater need of protection than ever, for while Laurence and Temeraire were away, an epidemic struck British shores and is killing off her greatest defence - her dragon air force is slowly dying. The dreadful truth must be kept from Napoleon at all costs. 

'It is all rather irresistible . . . the book ripples with warmth' The Times 'Poignant and lyrical' Spectator 'Another World attractively maps out the stage in his odyssey between humble pub and broadcasting glory' Daily Telegraph 'A poignant read about awakening ambition' i paper Having won a...

Now a critically-acclaimed Netflix original film directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) and starring Idris Elba (Mandela, The Wire)—the movie-tie in edition of the harrowing, utterly original debut novel by Uzodinma Iweala about the life of a child soldier in a war-torn African country. As...

Brought to you by Penguin. A brilliantly realised account of the most famous archeological dig in British history, now a major motion picture starring Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James. In the long hot summer of 1939 Britain is preparing for war. But on a riverside farm in Suffolk...

With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has...

Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James have become a formidable family crime-fighting team. But one murderous woman has evaded their grasp. And when they’re called to London’s Olympia Theatre to investigate the strange death of a circus clown, they quickly discover their cunning foe has struck again. Tracking the enigmatic killer through London Zoo, a fancy-dress ball, and a sinister occult organization, the erudite duo stays hot on her heels. Each time they close in, a powerful criminal mastermind intervenes, and she slips through their fingers.

In this BBC full-cast production of Twelfth Night, Malvolio is looking for trouble - and revenge... Michael Maloney, Josette Simon and Anne-Marie Duff star in this fast and funny production of Shakespeare's most sparkling and optimistic comedy, when all the world is turned on its head and...

Liv ist erschüttert: Secrecy kennt ihre intimsten Geheimnisse. Woher nur? Und was verbirgt Henry vor ihr? Welche düstere Gestalt treibt nachts in den endlosen Korridoren der Traumwelt ihr Unwesen? Und warum fängt ihre Schwester Mia plötzlich mit dem Schlafwandeln an?

Mit den Schwestern Tessa, Livi, Malea und Kenny hält auch das bunte Chaos Einzug in der alten Villa. Die vier Schwestern finden schnell Freunde in der Nachbarschaft, und schon bald gehört nicht nur ein verrücktes Huhn und der beste Geheimclub aller Zeiten, sondern auch ein spanisches Geheimnis zum Haushalt. Und dabei legen die Chaosschwestern gerade erst los

From Allie Esiri, editor of the bestselling A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year, comes this beautiful audio anthology of William Shakespeare's works. Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year is a collection of 365 plays, sonnets and poems, and Esiri’s...

This audio course offers a range of vocabulary targeted at managers looking to speak French with customers, colleagues, suppliers, and in other business contexts. The words and phrases are targeted at business usage and supply a set of useful words and phrases to improve your business French.