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Cassandra Edwards is a graduate student at Berkeley: gay, brilliant, nerve-racked, miserable. At the beginning of this novel, she drives back to her family ranch in the foothills of the Sierras to attend the wedding of her identical twin, Judith, to a nice young doctor from Connecticut. Cassandra, however, is hell-bent on sabotaging the wedding.  

Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a distribution warehouse and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young—but life is catching up with them.

When retired Jill Parker wins an all-expenses paid Mediterranean cruise for two she is thrilled! At 63 life in retirement has got a little bit bland for Jill and this might be just the holiday she and husband Eddy need to get the sparks back in their marriage. But when Eddy admits he would much prefer to build his patio and look through the latest DIY magazine, Jill is left with only one other option – her sister Diana. Diana has become rather reclusive since her husband, Caspar died, but perhaps this is the push she needs to bring some excitement back into her life, too?

"What the gods give with one hand, they take away with the other, for if you are gifted, you shall also be cursed". The End of Dreams is the nervewracking and glorious conclusion to The Gifted and the Cursed trilogy. As Daleth the Witch-King and his horde ready themselves for the final battle, a small alliance prepares for a desperate last stand. However, the alliance is weak and fractured, led by a king interested only in retaining his wealth and a lord commander consumed by his thirst for revenge.

En el pequeño pueblo de Maycomb, Alabama, durante los años treinta, un hombre negro es acusado de violar a una mujer blanca. Atticus Finch, abogado íntegro y viudo a cargo de sus dos hijos, Jem y Scout, decide ponerse al frente de una defensa imposible. Desde la mirada impregnada de humor y de ternura de la pequeña Scout, Harper Lee explora las grietas de una sociedad dominada por el prejuicio racial, la desconfianza hacia lo diferente, la rigidez de los vínculos familiares y vecinales y un sistema judicial sin garantías de imparcialidad.

A-list actress Shauna Jackson has the perfect life. Fame, fortune, marriage. Or so it seems. Running from a scandal, Shauna must return to the place that changed her life 20 years ago, the idyllic Greek island of Ithos. Captivated once more by her island escape, bittersweet memories resurface of one summer, one unforgettable man, and a long-hidden secret. Can Shauna take the chance to confront her past?

When Noah and Maya find themselves on the same rescue team, they’re immediately drawn to each other. Yet, with so many complications in their personal lives, do they have time to open their hearts to someone new? As their friendship grows, Noah and Maya are both about to discover that life is worth nothing unless you share it with the people you love.

It’s 23 December 1971, and the Hildebrandts are at a crossroads. Fifteen-year-old Perry has resolved to be a better person and quit dealing drugs to seventh graders. His sister Becky, the once straight-laced high school social queen, has veered into counterculture, while at college, Clem is wrestling with a decision that might tear his family apart. As their parents–Russ, a suburban pastor, and Marion, his restless wife–tug against the bonds of a joyless marriage, Crossroads finds a family, and a nation, struggling to do the right thing.

Brooke is a divorced single mom, financially strapped, living with her mother, and holding tight to the one thing that matters most: her two-year-old daughter, Etta. Then, in a matter of seconds, Brooke’s life is shattered when she’s carjacked. Helpless and terrified, all Brooke can do is watch as Etta, still strapped in her seat, disappears into the Los Angeles night. Miles away, Etta is found by Molly, a homeless teen who is all too used to darkness. Thrown away by her parents, and with a future as stable as the wooden crate she calls home, Molly survives day to day by her wits.

Lauren and Jenna are as close as two sisters can be and they made a pact years ago to keep a devastating secret from their mother – but is it time to come clean? Lauren's teenage daughter Mackenzie masks her own pain by keeping her mother at a distance. Her mother, aunt and grandmother keep trying to reach her but will it take a stranger to show her the true meaning of family? When life changes in an instant, the Stewart women are thrown together for a summer and suddenly they must relearn how to be a family. 

Brought to you by Penguin. THE MUST-READ RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK. Chilling, moving and unputdownable, The Memory Wood is a thriller like no other. Elijah has lived in the Memory Wood for as long as he can remember. It's the only home he's ever known. Elissa has only just arrived. And...

Frances Angel, drunk and disgruntled, arrives in Italy to attend the I Zingari Art School, leaving behind her dazzling career as a successful theatrical impresario and returning to a distant and painful past. She falls into an eclectic group of performance artists, ex soldiers and a housewife...

Todo empieza con un juego: algunas noches, en los diez minutos suspendidos antes de que Abuela regrese del bingo, dos hermanas salen a escondidas por la puerta de atrás hasta El Ahorcado —un volcán redondo como una panza bocarriba—, cuentan hasta tres y corren de vuelta sin mirar atrás. Sin embargo, una noche algo cambia… porque una vez traspasado el terreno de una infancia violenta, ¿cómo se mira el mundo?

Veerman Werner vindt een filosofische brief van Mandy in de IJssel en gaat op zoek naar de mysterieuze schrijfster die worstelt met haar bestaan en dementie.

From the author of the emotionally devastating epic fantasy series The Spellbinders and the Gunslingers comes... well, the complete opposite of that. It begins and ends, as things do, with a girl throwing a birthday party for a dragon. Or it would, if things were ever that simple. Generations...

Ein berührender und kluger All-Age-Roman über das Leben, den Tod und die Bedeutung von Freundschaft und Familie 30 Tage bis zum Ende der Welt: Was würdest du tun? Eine Gruppe Teenager zwischen Hoffen, Bangen und dem unbändigen Wunsch, die letzten Tage mit Leben zu füllen Noch 30 Tage, bis...

Mila hat die Klinik hinter sich gelassen. In Zürich findet sie endlich wieder Halt – sogar die Schule fühlt sich leicht an. Und doch kann sie etwas nicht vergessen: Nicolas. Sein plötzliches Verschwinden. Die Enttäuschung, nachdem sie ihm blind vertraut hatte. Auf einem Fest trifft sie...

An Army officer knocks on the door only a few days before Christmas-and a family's world quietly unravels. When Marshall Gatlin retreats to his dusty attic in search of solace, he stumbles upon an old notebook tucked inside a forgotten box. Written by his son Jake at the age of eleven, the letters inside are addressed to a deceased grandmother... but their words are very much alive.

MOUNTAINS IN US is a family saga set outside of Asheville, North Carolina, where the Moyers' two most exciting weekly events are church and ten-year-old Colm's little league baseball games. Otherwise, Colm and his little brother spend their time playing in the woods behind their house with their next-door cousins, his older sister is always figuring out what to do next, his dad devours books, and his mom keeps everyone together. As Colm grows older, his idyllic childhood and the people who made it that way take on a different light.

She woke up with no memory. She soon wished she hadn't. Trapped in a sterile hospital room, the young survivor doesn't remember what brought her to this place. Her mind is an empty canvas—but the nightmares are already painting a grotesque supernatural horror story. The doctor's face melts into black ooze. Her dearest friend is consumed by fire. Whispered words echo a chilling prophecy: Death suits you better. Is she losing her sanity, or is this the terrifying new reality?