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When Bridget arrives penniless in Dodge City, already disillusioned by feckless men and the uncompromising landscape, she has only her wits to keep her alive. Thanks to the allure of her bright red hair and country-girl beauty, she’s recruited to work at the Buffalo Queen, the only brothel in town run by women. Bridget takes to brothel life, appreciating the good food, good pay, and good friendships she forms with her fellow “sporting women.” But with the arrival of some infamous outlaws at the start of winter, tensions in Dodge City run high.

From the National Book Award–winning translator, an atmospheric and wise debut novel of a young Brazilian woman’s first year in America, a continent away from her lonely mother, and the relationship they build over Skype calls across borders.

When you're embarrassed to step out your own front door, is happiness even possible? Jennifer's life is falling to pieces. She's out of work. Her brother's in a coma. Her mom just died. And despite stellar qualifications, every job interview ends in rejection. Also, she's heavier than she's ever been.

It's 1986, and ‘beautiful, radical ideas' are in the air. A young woman arrives in Melbourne to research the novels of Virginia Woolf. In bohemian St Kilda she meets artists, activists, students—and Kit. He claims to be in a ‘deconstructed' relationship, and they become lovers. Meanwhile, her work on the Woolfmother falls into disarray.

Sara is 25. She has never used a tampon without having a panic attack. She starts dating Miles. For three months, they don’t touch. Miles respects her boundaries, though he longs for them to melt away. Sara desires Miles, but she knows her body, or rather she knows it is an unknowable thing. Sara wants to be in love, to find a person who allows her to be herself. Someone who is happy with everything she is and everything she isn’t. Miles hopes he won’t hurt her.

Catherine’s stubborn independence leads her from a bad vacation in Lake Tahoe to the middle of an art heist, and she winds up trapped in a cabin. But she’s not the only one hiding, and the wounded Green Beret inside is just as icy as the blizzard that traps them both. To stay safe and sane in the raging storm, Catherine has to rely on her wits and reluctantly trust the young and handsome soldier, Seth. He in turn slowly warms up to his unwanted houseguest despite his best efforts.

Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend, determined to live day to day and not think too much about either the future or the past. But when she learns that her beloved older brother, who died in a terrible accident, may be made into a Catholic saint, she realises she must at last confront her family, her childhood and herself . . .

Orphaned Pip lives with his sister and her blacksmith husband. One day, the boy helps a hiding fugitive. Years pass, and Pip works as an apprentice for his brother-in-law. He is unhappily in love with Estella, a beautiful girl raised by the wealthy, eccentric old Miss Havisham. The young people are separated by one of the most prosaic reasons—financial status.

Die schönste Überraschung dieser Saison – der berührende Coming-of-Age-Roman des Fußballers. Der wärmste Sommer aller Zeiten, die erste große Liebe, eine Nacht, die alles verändert. Christoph Kramers Roman ist eine so persönliche wie berührende Geschichte über das Fünfzehnsein und die Momentaufnahme einer Zeit, in der alles noch so einfach schien. Erzählt mit ganz viel Herz und einem unwahrscheinlichen Gespür für die kleinen Dinge, die im Leben einfach alles bedeuten. Es ist der Sommer 2006, ein Hitzerekord jagt den nächsten, die Fußballweltmeisterschaft verändert das Land — und für den 15-jährigen Chris verändert sich gerade das ganze Leben.

Und plötzlich ist alles anders: Als die zehnjährige Mona für eine Stunde ihr Augenlicht verliert, verweisen ihre Ärzte die besorgten Eltern an einen Kinderpsychiater. Monas Großvater Henry soll sie zu den Terminen begleiten, doch der hat eine andere, bessere Idee: In der Zeit, die seiner geliebten Enkelin bleibt, soll sie die ganze Schönheit der Welt in sich aufnehmen. Heimlich gehen die beiden in die großen Pariser Museen und betrachten dort Woche für Woche ein einziges Kunstwerk. Mit jedem Leonardo, jedem Monet und Kandinsky entdeckt Mona eine neue Weisheit – und dringt zum Grund ihres Leidens vor.

Lexi, a young Mennonite woman from Saskatchewan, comes to work as housekeeper and nanny for a doctor’s family in Waterloo, Ontario, during the Depression. Dr. Gerald Oliver is a handsome philanderer who lives with his neurotic and alcoholic wife, Cammy, and their two children. Lexi soon adapts to modern conveniences, happily wears Cammy’s expensive cast off clothes, and is transformed from an innocent into a chic urban beauty. When Lexi is called home to Saskatchewan to care for her dying mother, she returns a changed person.

On her wedding day in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1968, Rafaela Acuña y Daubón has mild misgivings, but she marries Peter Brennan Jr. anyway, in a blaze of romantic optimism. She has no way of knowing how dramatically her life will change when she uproots her young family to start over in the American Midwest, unleashing a fleet of disappointments. Against the backdrop of her mother’s isolation in St. Louis, Missouri in the 1980s, Rafaela’s daughter, Ruth Brennan, longs only to belong. Eager to fit in, Ruth lets go of her language, habits, and childhood memories of Puerto Rico.

The year is 1998, the End of History. The Soviet Union is dissolved, the Cold War is over, and Bunny Glenn is an American teenager in Azerbaijan with her Foreign Service family. Through Bunny’s eyes we watch global interests flock to the former Soviet Union during the rush for Caspian oil and pipeline access, hear rumbles of the expansion of the American security state and the buildup to the War on Terror.

Rachel has been in love with Alistair since she was seventeen. Even though she hasn't seen him for sixteen years and she's now married to someone else. Even though she was a teenager when they met. Even though he is twenty years older than her. She's found it impossible to forget their summer together on a remote, sun-trapped Greek island. Until now. When Rachel unexpectedly reconnects with a girl that she knew back then, she is forced to re-examine her memories of that golden summer and confront the truth about her relationship with Alistair.

Claudia è solitaria ma sicura di sé, stravagante, si veste da uomo. Francesco è acceso e frenato da una fede dogmatica e al tempo stesso incerta. Lei lo provoca: lo sai che tua madre e mio padre sono amanti? Ma negli occhi di quel ragazzo remissivo intravede una scintilla in cui si riconosce. Da quel momento non si lasciano più. A Claudia però la provincia sta stretta, fugge appena può, prima Londra, poi Milano e infine Berlino, la capitale europea della trasgressione; Francesco resta fermo e scava dentro di sé.

The simple story of a young man and a young woman reared in two different environments: The young man, Bud Thompson, is a farm boy who lives with his family in the South Carolina Lowcountry, much the same as did their ancestors with the land providing for their needs and nourishment. The young woman, Amber Sawyer, lives in the South Carolina upstate where she is the daughter, an only child, of a prosperous couple and whose culturally and socially driven mother has settled on a direct life path for her daughter. Bud meets Amber in college.

When a crimson dragon rises from the ancient fortress, Evie and her friends think their luck is finally turning. Their enemy is strong, but not invincible. He is raising an army of darkness, but they have powerful allies to come to their aid. They are returning to their parents. Their parents will know what to do. If only things were so simple. A realm divided cannot stand, and it will take more than taking up the crown again to restore the five kingdoms. Sacrifices must be made, an impossible choice that shakes the friends to their very core.

Esteban, an unassuming and pure-hearted man, embarks on a transformative journey that inadvertently sparks a chain of events leading to global harmony and solutions to a pressing humanitarian crisis. His path of resilience takes him from Kochi, India, to the Vatican, where he works closely with the Pope and his inner circle of cardinals.

Unleash the transformative power within and embark on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery in this captivating coming-of-age tale. "Rhythm and Resolve: Finding My Voice" takes you on a profound exploration of identity, resilience, and the remarkable impact of creative expression. Join Malik, a young protagonist grappling with self-worth and the complexities of adolescence, as he discovers the transcendental force of music to forge his path.

"Kennst du die Geschichten, die sich erzählt werden ...?" Linda und Hendrik erfüllen sich ihren großen Traum: ein eigener Hof mit ihren geliebten Pferden. Doch etwas scheint nicht zu stimmen in ihrem neuen Zuhause. Die Pferde zeigen sich nervös und auch die Nachbarn wirken seltsam distanziert. Als schreckliche Gerüchte in der Region auftauchen, beginnt das junge Paar zu zweifeln.