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In this extraordinary novel, a forty-year-old woman journeys to her cultural homeland—and uncovers a harrowing secret that makes her rethink everything she thought she knew about her mother. "An unforgettable story about mothers, daughters, and sisters reaching inward for solace and strength...

Into the Wild is the first book in the Wolf Girl series, a thrilling middle grade trilogy about a young girl, separated from her family, who has to learn to survive with only her new canine family by her side, from Australian bestselling author, actor, and stand-up comedian Anh Do. When disaster...

After her fraught journey to save her queendom, Mirae has finally cast the Netherking back into his dark cage in the Deep. But his imprisonment brings her no peace – because in his final schemes, the Netherking managed to possess her beloved older brother, Minho, and it is his body that languishes in the Deep, tormented by his possessor. Mirae is determined to free her brother and destroy the Netherking once and for all.

“Vivid . . . These stories, in which class divisions form impassable rifts and submission to the status quo comes at great psychic cost, have much to say about our contemporary reality." —The New York Times Book Review “What a gift to have these stories translated, finally, into English...

NOW A NETFLIX TV SERIES The English language debut from bestselling Korean author Kim Ryeo-ryeong – an edgy, arresting drama about a secret marriage service for Korea’s wealthy elite, and one unlikely couple in the thick of it all. Meet Noh Inji: almost thirty years old, with five wedding...

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the Korean by Anton Hur, Your Utopia is full of tales of loss and discovery, idealism and dystopia, death and immortality.

Jeanette Lee was 18 years old when she walked into a New York City pool hall and became enamored by the elegant geometry of the game. Before long, she was an unmistakable figure on the international competition circuit, dressed head-to-toe in black, stalking the billiards table, and gazing down her cue as if tracking her prey. In this new memoir, the woman nicknamed “The Black Widow” opens up about her legendary career and the rich, unpredictable life she’s woven around it.

Romi is an illustrator and hopeless romantic. When she can’t stop obsessing over a brief encounter with a handsome stranger, there’s just one thing to do: hop on a plane and find him. But Romi’s not leaving without her two best friends. Hadam, a budding filmmaker, suggests the trip in the first place. Facing her fear of failure, she envisions Romi’s search for love as the perfect subject for her first documentary.

In the sequel to And Break the Pretty Kings, crown princess Mirae continues to unravel her tangled future in order to save her queendom—perfect for fans of This Savage Song and Six Crimson Cranes. After her fraught journey to save her queendom, Mirae has finally cast the Netherking back into...

Det vrimler med tragiske skæbner i fortiden, men historien om Katarina af Aragonien er en af de mest tragiske.Som datter af Ferdinand 2. og Isabella, med tilnavnet De Katolske Monarker, voksede hun op i et ikke blot stærkt katolsk rige, men også i et af de altdominerende dynastier i Europa på den tid. At vælge sin egen ægtemand var naturligvis udelukket, en ´Infanta´ var et aktiv, der skulle bruges til at binde lande sammen med, og en brik i kampen om overherredømme.England var en attraktiv forbundsfælle mod de forhadte franskmænd, og Katarina blev som spæd forlovet med Arthur, søn af Henrik 7.

2016. Dronning Elizabeth befinder sig i noget af et mareridt. En folkeafstemning splitter nationen, et kaotisk valg optager USA, og en ansat bliver fundet død ved swimmingpoolen på Buckingham Palace. Er der tale om en tragisk ulykke, som politiet tror? Mens Hendes Majestæt søger efter svar, er hendes betroede assistent, Rozie, på sporet af et værdifuldt maleri, der er forsvundet fra dronningens gemakker. Da Rozie modtager et anonymt trusselsbrev, er dronningen ikke længere i tvivl om, at mørke kræfter er på spil – og alt for tæt på.

In this sequel to Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland, Alice enters another fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror. Just like her reflection, everything there is reversed – the nursery rhyme characters are real, running helps one stay still, walking away from something brings it closer. From the Red King to the White Queen, the cowardly brothers Tweedledum and Tweedledee and Humpty Dumpty, Alice meets a cast of characters who are familiar and eccentric.

On a sunny afternoon, Alice discovers a bottle that says DRINK ME. Unable to resist, she follows the label’s instructions...and immediately shrinks to tumble down a rabbit hole into an adventure where nothing is as it seems. From The Mad Hatter to the White Rabbit, the grinning Cheshire Cat and the Queen of Hearts, Alice meets a cast of characters who are both eccentric and memorable.

“It is a privilege to read Crystal Hana Kim’s fiction, which both edifies and enlightens.” —Min Jin Lee A hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center—a...

Winner of the 2024 NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award Finalist for the 2024 Washington State Book Award and the 2025 PNBA Book Award “Spare, beautiful and richly layered, The Liberators is dazzling.” ―Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage “A piercing, patient debut by one of our...

In these hilarious stories by some of the top authors of middle grade fiction today, each young character is coping with a minor superpower—while also discovering their power to change themselves and their community, find their voice, and celebrate what makes them unique. Everyone knows that...

Da Hannah begynder på sit drømmestudie i Oxford, møder hun April, der på alle måder er Hannahs modsætning. April er eventyrligt rig, smuk, selvsikker og populær – og indimellem også en smule ondskabsfuld. De bliver hurtigt bedste veninder, og Hannah begynder et liv, hun ikke engang har turdet drømme om. Aprils nøje udvalgte vennekreds tæller også Will, Hugh, Ryan og Emily, og de seks bliver uadskillelige. Men da skoleåret slutter, er de kun fem tilbage. April bliver fundet død på sit kollegieværelse.

Hvor meget koster sandheden? Sektion M i Göteborg er en specialiseret enhed inden for kriminalundersøgelser, oprettet for at opklare særligt komplekse mord. De kan prale af en opklaringsprocent på 100 % af deres sager. Men er alting virkelig så perfekt, som det ser ud til? Nora Fellers nye start i Malmö endte i en katastrofe. Nu er hun anklaget for mordforsøg og må stole på sin kollega Erika for at rense sit navn. Imens bliver en tortureret og myrdet kennelejer fundet i en park i Malmö.

Historisk roman om dronning Elizabeth af England og den skotske dronning Maria Stuart. Handlingen udspiller sig i perioden 1568-1587, hvor Maria Stuart sad i husarrest i England. Hendes "vært" og fangevogter var Bess af Hardwick, hertuginden af Shrewsbury.

Vilhelms værelse er en delvist selvbiografisk roman om et inferno af et ægteskab, der tager os med ind i skilsmissen, hvor ømhed og galskab huserer, hvor moderskabet og selvmordet står som modsætninger, og hvor kærligheden ikke kan overvinde alt.