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Ethan Carter has always lived an ordinary life—until a devastating accident changed everything. Waking up after weeks in a coma, Ethan struggles to reconcile the vivid, haunting dreams he experienced: golden threads unraveling reality, an enigmatic woman named Calla pleading for help, and a mysterious diary that seemed to write his fate.

After a seismic event leaves the world shattered, an unnamed narrator at the end of a mediocre acting career struggles to regain the ability to walk on ground that is in constant motion. When her alluring younger housemate, Tala, disappears, what had begun as an obsession grows into an impulse to kill, forcing the narrator to confront the meaning of the ruptures that have suddenly upended her life. The drive to find and eliminate Tala becomes an existential pursuit, leading back in time and out into a desolate, dust-covered city.

The Alpenrose is a mountain resort nestled in Austria's scenic landscape among historic churches and castles. It is a vacation idyll that attracts tourists from all over Europe. It is also a mass burial site. Amid the snow-topped peaks and panoramic vistas, ghosts haunt the forest: Edgar Gstranz, a young skier who died in a car crash; Gudrun Bichler, a philosophy student who committed suicide in her bathtub; and Karin Frenzel, a widow who (perhaps) died in a bus accident.

The surviving son of a germophobic mother, Cecil Reitmeister embraces all forms of bacteria and formulates an elaborate plan to lead humanity out of the Anthropocene and into a new era of interspecies harmony. His idiosyncratic plan requires years of experimentation and precise manipulation of his microbiome, the totality of microorganisms present in or on the human body.

At 42, Heather Finch has cared for and buried her husband after strokes and brain injury; now she embarks on a writing retreat in a cottage in the Scottish Highlands. When Heather believes her small writer’s cottage is haunted, she must face her past and present fears–real or imagined– that populate her mind. Chapters are set three years before juxtaposed with ones set in present day.

Bewegend und kraftvoll erzählt Garrett Carr die Geschichte eines Jungen, der versucht, seinen Platz in der Welt zu finden, und die einer Familie und Dorfgemeinschaft, die gemeinsam den Widrigkeiten des Lebens trotzen. Eine Lektüre, die Hoffnung macht. In einer kleinen Gemeinde an der Westküste Irlands wird 1973 ein Baby am Strand gefunden. Ambrose, der Fischer, und seine Frau Christine adoptieren den Jungen, der fortan den Namen Brendan Bonner trägt.

Beth is a new mother struggling to find her place in the world. She is exhausted, mentally and physically, but her anxieties are not simply the fears of a first-time mum. A terror burns in her, fuelled by a secret past she is lucky to have escaped. When a letter arrives, bearing only the infinity symbol, Beth knows immediately it is from them. And that her past is finally catching up with her… Ten years earlier, on the heels of a messy breakup, Beth meets the effervescent Marissa who introduces her to Elixir, a health and wellness organization that she promises will change Beth's life forever.

Overcome with grief at her husband’s death, Lady Franklin, an eligible young widow, unburdens herself to Leadbitter–a gallant, hard-bitten ex-soldier who has invested his savings in the car he drives for hire–as he takes her on a series of journeys. He in turn beguiles her with stories of his non-existent wife and children, drawing her out of her self-absorption and weaving a dream-life with Lady Franklin at its heart.

Richard Mardick is an elderly man with a secret that he has kept since his youth. He recounts his memories to his young protégé and secretary so that his story can be preserved. Faced with illness, the teenage Richard was sent to live with different relatives while being trained as a farmer. Lonely and stifled by family life, he then met a girl and his life changed… with shattering significance for his future.

Konstanze, Ehefrau, Mutter, Angestellte und Tochter - in der Mitte des Lebens angekommen, unzufrieden, überlastet, ausgebrannt...verlorene Träume, vernachlässigtes inneres Kind. Die Suche nach der eigenen Identität einer Frau mittleren Alters beginnt. Mit der Unzufriedenheit als Motor und dem Wunsch tief im Inneren eine längst verlorene Leichtigkeit wieder zu finden. Eingespannt in ihre Aufgaben, erdrückt von Bedürftigkeiten ihrer Familie und ihres Chefs, dazu überfordert von ihren eigenen Erwartungen an sich selbst, hastet sie perfektionsgesteuert durch den Alltag.

Alles scheint um Willa Knox zusammenzubrechen: Als freie Journalistin steht sie ohne Aufträge da. Ihr Mann Iano verliert seine Professur, Sohn Zeke ist gerade Vater geworden – aber alleinerziehend. Und ihr schwerkranker Schwiegervater schwärmt vom "Megafon", dem republikanischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten. Am selben Fleck, 150 Jahre zuvor, freundet sich ein Lehrer namens Thatcher mit seiner eigenbrötlerischen Nachbarin an. Die Naturforscherin Mary Treat steht in lebhaftem Austausch mit Charles Darwin, doch in der verschworenen Ortsgemeinschaft wird die Theorie von der Evolution als Sünde angeprangert.

En este breve relato, un hombre de negocios que viaja se instala en otra habitación de motel. Esta es igual a todas las demás. Las mismas cortinas opacas. El mismo papel pintado descolorido. El mismo olor rancio. Mientras el mundo avanza a toda velocidad fuera de la puerta del motel, él evalúa su carrera y su vida y se pregunta: "¿Dónde estoy?"

Aqui, temos dois contos de Insônia (1947), de Graciliano Ramos: o que dá origem ao nome do livro e versa sobre um homem que não consegue dormir à noite e divaga acerca de suas dúvidas sobre si e o mundo; e "Ciúmes", sobre Zulmira, uma dona de casa comum que descobre ser traída pelo marido, um tipo bonachão aparentemente inofensivo, mas o qual se entrega aos prazeres de uma prostituta de baixo meretrício. A vingança de Zulmira é descontar sua raiva no filho pequeno e "pecar" por pensamento.

Em "Dentro da noite", Rodolfo conta a um amigo, durante uma viagem de trem, sua compulsão em espetar moças com alfinetes. Ele começou por sua noiva, sentindo a necessidade inexplicável de machucar a pele branca de seu belo braço, fazendo-a sofrer. Ela aceita passivamente a tortura, revelando-se a vítima perfeita para o sadismo do noivo. Até que o rito é interrompido quando o pai descobre e desfaz o compromisso. Rodolfo, então, procura prostitutas, que passam a desprezá-lo por sua crueldade inofensiva. Enfim, ele passa a atacar jovens aleatórias na rua, vítimas de oportunidade.

Sechs Astronauten schweben in einer Raumstation durchs All. Den Planeten Erde umkreisen sie in 90 Minuten, sechzehnmal in 24 Stunden. Die zwei Frauen und vier Männer aus ganz unterschiedlichen Nationen arbeiten, essen und schlafen auf engstem Raum – und doch ist alles losgelöst vom Alltag, Schwerkraft und Zeitempfinden sind außer Kraft gesetzt. Was passiert, wenn man seine Heimat nur aus weiter Ferne durch ein kleines Fenster sieht? Wie verändern sich Denken und Fühlen?

Ci viene incontro come un io, e ci racconta di sé, di un'infanzia dentro le soffici spire di una famiglia agiata, della pratica della menzogna come sofisticata strategia di salvezza, di un'adolescenza che si riconosce nelle notti alcoliche, nel precipizio di sentimenti non governati, nel rabbioso esercizio della violenza.

In una Bari che si sta riprendendo lentamente dopo la Seconda guerra mondiale, la famiglia Percoco vive la sua esistenza borghese e illusoriamente...

رواية فلسفية للروائى الكبير نجيب محفوظ تعمد إلى التخيل في بعض أجزائها، فمن خلال بطلها المتفرّد "عمر الحمزاوي" يجلّق محفوظ بخياله ويعبث بعقلنا لنتخيل ما آل إليه ذلك المرثي حاله "عمــر" و إلى أي حد هوى به مرضه إلى الهاوية و أعمق..هي الحيرة حينما تفتح أبوابها على مصراعيها وحينما ترتسم على ثغرها ابتسامة استهزاء وسخرية تجمع ما بين الشماتة والمرارة!

When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child, when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship. Her remote, cruel grandfather was one of the regime's generals and as she sifts through the dusty rooms, Helena discovers an array of valuable objects and antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a trove? What human price was paid for them? Helena's desire to find answers about her heritage dovetails with a growing curiosity for archaeology.

Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past 10 years, this 30-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now he's heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him. In Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. He eats guac, works in a bookstore, and flirts with a journalist neighbor. But while others seem fixated on their own reflections, Joe can't stop looking over his shoulder.