Nouveautés

Chaque jour, Millie fait le ménage dans la belle maison des Winchester, une riche famille new-yorkaise. Elle récupère aussi leur fille à l'école et prépare les repas avant d'aller se coucher dans sa chambre, au grenier. Pour la jeune femme, ce nouveau travail est une chance inespérée. L'occasion de repartir de zéro. Mais, sous des dehors respectables, sa patronne se montre de plus en plus instable et toxique. Et puis il y a aussi cette rumeur dérangeante qui court dans le quartier : madame Winchester aurait tenté de noyer sa fille il y a quelques années.

Informed by her background as a psychoanalyst and her youth in exile, I Who Have Never Known Men is a haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic novel of female friendship and intimacy, and the lengths people will go to maintain their humanity in the face of devastation.

1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.

A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Joan Didion's Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the listener. Set in a place beyond good and evil—literally in Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the barren wastes of the Mojave Desert, but figuratively in the landscape of an arid soul—it remains more than three decades after its original publication a profoundly disturbing novel, riveting in its exploration of a woman and a society in crisis.

Nathalia, a young photographer, has been seeing a therapist. Having accidentally photographed a murder, she finds that she can no longer do her job. Instead, Doctor Faber suggests that she write about the neighbors she idly observes in the building across the street. But as these written snapshots become increasingly detailed, he starts to wonder how she can possibly know so much about them.

Sur une planète baignée de lumière et écrasée par la chaleur, Yumi est une yoki-hijo, une prêtresse qui invoque les esprits pour venir en aide à son peuple. Dans une cité froide entourée de ténèbres perpétuelles, Peintre repousse chaque jour les manifestations physiques des cauchemars des habitants grâce à ses pinceaux. Tout les oppose, ils ignorent même jusqu’à l’existence du monde de l’autre. Pourtant, leurs destins vont littéralement s’entremêler le jour où ils commencent à échanger leur place à chaque réveil.

When a woman finds herself lost and alone in the middle of a dark and desolate town, a young man named Bobby arrives to help her find something she's looking for. The problem is, she doesn't know what that is. Bobby gives her the name Honey until they can recover her lost memories. They search every inch of the town for answers, as several strangers appear before her who all seem very familiar to her.

A desperate man. Many unwelcome visitors. When a small town ignores bullying in one generation, it leads to tragedy in the next. Consumed by anger, Ben Franklin dreads more attacks on his home. The teens in the small town have named his home "The Ghost House." On a moonless Halloween, the beleaguered man does some scaring of his own and injures a teenage girl. The teen, April, followed her two friends in completing the tradition of facing the foreboding structure.

Animati dall’orgoglio per il proprio paese, incalzati dal professor Kanterok e persino dai genitori (anch’essi darebbero loro dei vigliacchi se non lo facessero), Paul Bäumer e molti dei suoi compagni partono volontari per il fronte. Qui però la terra ribolle sotto l’esplodere delle bombarde, sprizzano fontane di fango e di ferro, volano schegge di granate e le pance dei cadaveri si gonfiano. Meyer, Marx, Hämmerling e Kemmerich sono morti, Haie Westhus sta morendo, Martens non ha più le gambe.

Endlich hat Kathy es geschafft, sich aus ihrer Ehe mit David zu lösen. Seitdem lebt sie mit John, dem Abenteurer und ehemals besten Freund ihres Mannes. Eine neue Liebe, eine neue Stadt und ein neues Leben. Davis, John, Kathy - drei Teile einer Gleichung, die mit mathematischem Geschick einfach umgestellt wurde. Ein scheinbar neues Leben auf altem Grund. Doch nichts ist, wie es scheint. Eigentlich müsste Kathy glücklich sein. Wären da nicht der Ehering, den sie immer noch trägt, und das gemeinsame Haus in Portland, das sie nicht verkaufen möchte.

Three brides have been chosen for my pleasure and displeasure. One of them will become a King’s consort; the others will be discarded. Until my decision is made, I get to feast on them all. They are mine. After the demise of my uncle, the O’Sullivan family has yet to choose the new Don. With two brothers and a vengeful, unhinged cousin also vying for the position, tension is rising in an already dangerous business.

Chwip o nofel sy'n mynd â'r darllenydd ar daith igam-ogam ar draws Cymru. Stori wefreiddiol arall gan awdur mwyaf darllenadwy Cymru - Ifan Morgan JonesAr ôl darganfod eu bod yn disgwyl babi, mae cwpwl ifanc yn dianc o ogledd Cymru ac yn dechrau bywyd newydd yng Nghaerdydd. Caiff y darpar dditectif Sally Morris ei chyflogi gan y teulu gofidus i chwilio am eu merch gan ddechrau ar antur gyffrous a pheryglus sy'n ei harwain i isfyd tywyll y brifddinas, diwydiant twristiaeth Aberaeron ac i galon lwgr y mynydd copr.

The Means of Keeping is a profound exploration of grief, friendship, and the indelible impact of climate change on personal and global scales. Set in a near-future America, the novel follows Tereza Allard and David Luca, two lifelong friends in their forties shattered by a climate crisis-induced tragedy that claims the lives of their families.

The collection Tales of the Jazz Age includes the short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Jelly-Bean ; May Day ; Porcelain and Pink ; Tarquin of Cheapside ; Oh Russet Witch! ; The Lees of Happiness ; Mr. Icky ; Jemina, The Mountain Girl.

Это история девочки-подростка, в один день потерявшей все... Первые тринадцать лет своей жизни она провела в обеспеченной семье, с любящими мамой и папой — вернее, с людьми, которых считала своими мамой и папой. Однажды ей сообщили, что она должна вернуться в родную семью — переехать из курортного приморского городка в бедный поселок, делить сумрачный тесный дом с сестрой и четырьмя братьями. Дважды брошенная, она не понимает, чем провинилась и кто же ее настоящая мать.

Ли Ёну и Кан Сончжэ заключили брак по расчету два года назад. И вот настал день развода. Ёну рада этому, потому что такие отношения тяготят ее. На выходе из зала суда девушка получает сообщение о зачислении 1 миллиарда вон на депозит — последний подарок от бывшего мужа. И тут, прямо на глазах Ёну, Сончжэ сбивает машина. Вернувшись с похорон, девушка находит открытку с поздравлением, которую ее муж отправил еще до их развода. И это разбило ей сердце...На следующий день Ли Ёну просыпается в знакомом месте — в их доме, сто дней назад. Это день, когда она написала мужу с просьбой о разводе.

The gift that Joshua Brown receives from his father is a desperately needed understanding that every minute of our lives is precious, but never more so than when we are with the people we love. Magically though, this gift comes to Josh more than twenty-five years after the sudden death of his father. Since that fateful day, Josh has become a successful thirty-six year old executive, but sadly he has also become a man who hasn't let anyone into his heart, not even his wife or children.

A collection of 15 stories exploring how unexplored affections and missed opportunities often resonate more strongly in the face of loss. The anthology, with contributions by some of the finest emerging voices in the literary scene, offers perspectives on love, life, and the enduring human spirit. It delves into the intricacies of relationships and the universal experiences that bind us all.

Después de la destrucción, ¿qué queda para volver a empezar?, se pregunta David Toscana en La ciudad que el diablo se llevó, una novela coral que hace de la imaginación un proceso de supervivencia en un país devastado por la Segunda Guerra Mundial, donde el futuro parece que no llega nunca. Feliks, Kazimierz, Eugeniusz y Ludwick conviven con las heridas de una ciudad que no acaba de resucitar y recorren las ruinas de Varsovia como si recorrieran sus propias vidas despedazadas por la guerra.

Alba all'ultimo convegno a cui partecipa. Linguista, docente universitaria, correttrice di bozze, Alba è un'esperta - e un'amante - delle parole, e il tema delle lingue in pericolo di estinzione le sta a cuore, dal momento che l'islandese ne fa parte. Per questo interviene in conferenze in tutto il mondo, il che per lei, abitante di un'isola a nord del Circolo polare artico, significa per forza salire su un aereo. Di ritorno dal convegno, Alba fa una riflessione: per compensare la sua impronta di carbonio di quell'anno, dovrebbe piantare cinquemilaseicento alberi.