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Matilda Goodman is an underemployed wedding photographer grappling with her failure to live as an artist and the very bad lie she has told her boyfriend (that she has a dead twin). Harry, her (totally alive) brother, is an untenured professor of literature, anxiously contemplating his publishing status (unpublished) and sleeping with a student.

Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.

Ranging from the gritty back rooms of Providence, RI to the power corridors of Washington, DC and Wall Street to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, City in Ruins is an epic crime novel of love and hate, ambition and desperation, vengeance and compassion.

James Patterson's BookShots. Fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. Caleb Rooney knows how to do two things: run a food truck and solve a murder. When people suddenly start dying of foodborne illnesses, the stakes are higher than ever.

Always deeply personal and unapologetic in her writing, Eastman has made a habit of inviting strangers into her life. In this collection of her best essays, she shares intimate bits with readers like: losing her father and virginity within 30 days, her ongoing battle with depression, and various lessons in love. Eastman reminds us the strength in vulnerability and how freeing it can be when we finally decide to tell the truth.

Auf der Jagd nach dem Mörder Santer wird Old Shatterhand von Winnetou getrennt und macht die Bekanntschaft eines alten Scout, mit dem er gegen den Ku-Klux-Klan kämpft. Als er seinen Blutsbruder wiedertrifft, erfährt er etwas über das tragische Schicksal von Winnetous großer Liebe. Gemeinsam mit Old Firehand wollen sie dem Mörder von Ribanna das Handwerk legen - und erleben eine unerwartete Überraschung.

When a tragic drowning accident destroys the perfect world of university swimming prodigy Lan Basin, he starts to experience unprovoked hallucinations and nightmares. Drowning in feelings of self-deprecation and humiliation, Lan leaves behind his past by transferring to North Lake Valley University. Soon, Lan finds himself in hot water when strange, unexplainable happenings plague his life once again. Unsure of what is fact and what is fiction, he can barely keep his head above water.

Eine historische Aufarbeitung der brisanten politischen Debatte um die Praxis des Gedenkens, die 2003 für Schlagzeilen sorgte: Der damalige Außenminister Joschka Fischer hatte den ehrenden Nachruf für einen Botschafter aufgrund dessen NSDAP- und SS-Vergangenheit abgelehnt, woraufhin über hundert ranghohe Diplomaten eine privat finanzierte Zeitungsanzeige für diesen schalteten. Döscher hatte als erster Historiker Einsicht in die geheimen Protokolle und beleuchtet die Missstände im Auswärtigen Amt von einer neuen Seite.

When a tragic bushfire puts two kids in hospital, Indigenous teenager Andrew knows the police will come after him first. But Andrew almost wants to be caught, because at least it might make his dad come and rescue him from suburban Brisbane and his neglectful mother. Growing up in small-town Tasmania, Andrew struggled at home, at school, at everything. The only thing that distracted or excited him was starting little fires. Flames boosted his morale and purified his thoughts, and they were the only thing in his life he could control.

Spring 1593. England is a powder keg of rumour and fear. Plague rages, famine is rife, the ageing Queen's couriers scheme: Elizabeth's Golden Age is truly tarnished. Meanwhile Spain watches and waits - and plots. Into this turmoil a small cart clatters through the streets of London, carrying a deadly load. It is the first in a wave of horrific bombing attacks on the Dutch immigrant community that will change John Shakespeare's life for ever.

Dive into the heart-wrenching world of Voices of New Belarus, a searing documentary drama by renowned Belarusian playwright-in-exile Andrei Kureichik. This powerful work captures the harrowing events of the 2020 Belarusian revolution through the deeply personal accounts of 16 political prisoners. Each monologue reveals a distinct story, a unique truth, and together they create an unflinching mosaic of resistance, sacrifice, and hope.

John Thornton, a self-made wealthy young entrepreneur, inherits his ancient family shipyard in the harbor town of River Sunday, Maryland. To carry out a childhood promise he intends to find the local traitor who, decades ago in 1941, betrayed his grandfather’s ship, War Boat, to a U-Boat ambush and mass murder.

Set in a sun-drenched Sicily, among the decadent Italian aristocracy of the late 1950s, Steven Price’s Lampedusa explores the final years of Giuseppe Tomasi, last prince of Lampedusa, as he struggles to complete his only novel, The Leopard. In 1955, Giuseppe Tomasi was diagnosed with advanced emphysema; shortly after, he began work on a novel that would fail to be published before his death four years later. When The Leopard at last appeared, it won Italy’s Strega Prize and became the greatest Italian novel of the century.

Den 1. januar 1990 skød og dræbte den 18-årige Abel syv af sine kammerater i en ungdomshybel i Narsaq. Dommen lød på ubestemt tid i anstalten Herstedvester. En dokumentarisk historie om Abel, hans forældre, hans lærer, kammerater, de pårørende, præsten og indbyggere i Narsaq, en lille by i Sydgrønland, hvor livet blev ændret i løbet af en nytårsnat.

In der Asche eines Krematoriums wird ein wertvoller Platinring gefunden. Er trägt die Gravur "In ewiger Liebe, deine Leonie"...

Viivi näkee kaupassa söpön lelukissan. Hänen on pakko saada se omaksi! Onneksi vanhemmat suostuvat ostamaan kissan. Se saa nimekseen Taneli Kaneli. Taneli Kaneli ei ole tavallinen lelu. Se osaa puhua! Viivistä ja Taneli Kanelista tulee parhaita ystäviä. Mutta miten Taneli Kaneli päätyi kaupan hyllylle? Viivi ja Taneli Kaneli ovat erottamaton parivaljakko. Hyppää mukaan seuraamaan lelukissan ja pienen tytön valloittavaa elämää!

Bereits als kleiner Junge träumt Cristoforo davon, zur See zu fahren und Abenteuer in der Ferne zu erleben. Dass aus dem Sohn eines italienischen Wollwebers tatsächlich der Admiral des Weltmeeres wird, grenzt an ein Wunder. Genau wie das, was er im Herbst 1492 erlebt, als nach einem kräfteraubenden Monat auf dem Atlantik der Ruf "Land in Sicht!" vom Krähennest der Santa Maria herunter schallt: Kolumbus hat zwar keine neue Schiffsroute nach Indien gefunden, sondern einen für die Europäer damals unbekannten Kontinent.

Jamie Canning har aldrig fundet ud af, hvorfor han mistede sin bedste ven for fire år siden. Hans fandenivoldske, flabede roommate droppede ham fra den ene dag til den anden uden en forklaring. Ja okay, tingene udviklede sig lidt mærkeligt mellem dem deres sidste nat på hockey camp - men de havde bare fået alt for meget at drikke og fjollede rundt. Der skete jo ikke rigtig noget. Ryan Wesleys største fortrydelse er, at han lokkede sin meget heteroseksuelle ven ud i et væddemål, der overtrådte grænserne for deres venskab.

Jo and Bethie Kaufman were born into a world full of promise. Growing up in 1950s Detroit, they live in a perfect 'Dick and Jane' house, where their roles in the family are clearly defined. Jo is the tomboy, the bookish rebel with a passion to make the world more fair; Bethie is the pretty, feminine good girl, a would-be star who enjoys the power her beauty confers and dreams of a traditional life.

If you could know exactly how and when calamity would strike, would you want to know? And more importantly, would you tell your insurance company? What if it was something smaller, like the next time you were going to get a bad case of athlete’s foot? Would you let them know then? In House of Apollo, they already know. The actuaries have won: Big Data predicts it all.