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A small town in Northern California is at risk of being destroyed by a failing levee, and Colter Shaw has been hired to locate a family swept away by the raging water, with just mere hours to survive. But is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes or is someone sabotaging it? With the help of his sister, Dorion, the duo must save the citizens before the old town washes out at the hands of a secret conspirer.

David Federman has never felt appreciated. An academically gifted yet painfully forgettable member of his New Jersey high school class, the withdrawn, mild-mannered freshman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to be embraced by a new tribe of high-achieving peers. But, initially, his social prospects seem unlikely to change, sentencing him to a lifetime of anonymity. Then he meets Veronica Morgan Wells. Struck by her beauty, wit, and sophisticated Manhattan upbringing, David falls feverishly in love.

When Ned chases Anna and their six-year-old daughter from Alaska to Maine, the two go into hiding in a run-down motel on the coast. As his pursuit of Anna and their child moves from threatening to criminal, Ned begins to alter his wife's world in ways she never could have imagined. This double-edged and satisfying story features a strong female protagonist, a thrilling plot, and a creeping sense of the apocalyptic. Sweet Lamb of Heaven builds to a shattering ending with profound implications for its characters.

In Iain Reid’s second haunting, philosophical puzzle of a novel, set in the near future, Junior and Henrietta live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, far from the city lights, but in close quarters with each other. One day, a stranger from the city arrives with alarming news: Junior has been randomly selected to travel far away from the farm...very far away. The most unusual part? Arrangements have already been made so that when he leaves, Henrietta won't have a chance to miss him, because she won't be left alone - not even for a moment.

An excellent student from a poor, traditional family in Seoul, the narrator has absorbed the same message her whole life: Only a boy can provide the family with dignity and wealth. Not her. Not her three sisters. Receiving approval only for uncomplaining sacrifice, she has resolved to take on her family’s troubles. She is a good girl. And she knows what good girls must do.

Ragle Gumm has a unique job: every day he wins a newspaper contest. And when he isn't consulting his charts and tables, he enjoys his life in a small town, in 1959. At least, that's what he thinks. But then strange things start happening. He finds a phone book where all the numbers have been disconnected, and a magazine article about a famous starlet named Marilyn Monroe, whom he's never heard of. Plus, everyday objects are beginning to disappear and are replaced by strips of paper with words written on them, like "bowl of flowers" and "soft-drink stand".

Exiled for 2,000 years God must retake the Earth from the clutches of his nemesis using a man caught between life and death as His vessel. God is in exile. The only man who can help is clinically dead. Herb Asher, an audio engineer by trade, is in suspended animation following a car accident that appears to have taken his life. As he floats in cryonic suspension he awaits his new spleen and dreams back through the last six years of his life which reveal much of his bizarre journey and the battle with Belial, the force of evil that will stop at nothing to achieve its goal.

Episcopal bishop Timothy Archer is haunted by the suicides of his son and mistress, and must cope with the implications of the discovery of a religious artefact. These events drive him into a quest for the identity of Christ. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer is Philip K. Dick's last completed novel and a learned, moving investigation of the paradoxes of belief.

Eugénie Valier, héritière déclinante d'un grand groupe industriel, se résigne quant à elle à une mort prochaine. Et puisque l'humanité court à sa perte, elle décide de démanteler l'empire érigé par son père au lieu de le léguer à son fils. L'intégralité de sa fortune ira à une fondation destinée à nettoyer les “trash vortex”, ces vastes tourbillons marins qui charrient tous les déchets dérivant à la surface des océans. Mais cette mission, a priori vertueuse, sert en fait un projet de liquidation générale, auquel se mêle un inavouable règlement de comptes familial.

"The Life of Edward Karnadi Husin from Kindergarten to Junior High School" delves into the world of personal struggles. Through the eyes of a young boy who grappled with emotional turmoil and social isolation, the story unfolds with honesty and introspection. As the boy navigated the challenges of childhood and adolescence, he confronts bullying, betrayal, and unspoken trauma.

Gregorio Bajocchi è un uomo di successo: esperto di finanza, avvocato, possiede la Conventina, un’azienda agricola di oltre mille ettari adagiata sulle colline tra Po e Appennino. La tenuta appartiene alla sua famiglia da sempre ma quando Gregorio l’ha ereditata, dopo la morte prematura di entrambi i genitori, aveva solo diciassette anni. A quel tempo, erano stati i contadini, lì da generazioni, a prendersi cura della proprietà consentendo all’azienda di prosperare e a Gregorio di studiare. Ormai adulto e in grado di occuparsi della Conventina, Gregorio sposa Cora, che conosce fin da ragazzo.

En la actual Barcelona varios personajes deambulan sin rumbo compartiendo las calles sin lustre de una ciudad que ha dejado de pertenecerles. Una novela de historias que se engarzan entre sí formando el dibujo de una Navidad de dudoso fulgor, con más sombras que luces.

Francis, Mr. Frankie, decide regresar al lugar donde vivió las primeras cosas, su barrio. Se marchó de allí persiguiendo su particular sueño de rock'n'roll, que le llevó a acariciar con la punta de sus dedos una fama tóxica y efímera. Ahora Francis vuelve para dejar atrás la miseria y la drogadicción. Pero su viejo barrio son ruinas por donde aún deambulan su padre, su medio hermana, su primera novia y algún que otro amigo. Francis quiere empezar de nuevo y hacer las cosas bien.

Existe el viaje circular, el del retorno al lugar de origen que describe la Odisea. Pero también existe el viaje sin retorno, la odisea rectilínea y sin Ítaca que transforma a un individuo que ya no regresa a casa. Dentro de este segundo apartado debe incluirse la original modalidad del viaje vertical que es el que, tanto en lo geográfico como en lo vital, emprende el protagonista de esta novela, el septuagenario Federico Mayol.

Julio se encuentra desesperado desde que a Elena, su esposa, le ronda la intención de quitarse la vida. Angustiado por salvarla en cualquier momento de un trágico fin, Julio se adentra en su memoria, descubriendo el origen de sus temores y explorando sus propios traumas que le ayudarán a comprender los de Elena y así, poder rescatarla, finalmente. Una historia que es, por encima de todo, un canto al amor y a la vida.

¿Qué nos queda cuando estamos ya lejos de Veracruz, lejos del volcán de nuestras pasiones de antaño y, en definitiva, estamos ya muy lejos de la vida? Al menor de los tres hermanos Tenorio, al narrador de esta fascinante novela, le queda sólo la literatura como último refugio, pues se encuentra en una situación en la que casi lo único que se puede hacer es escribir.

Matthew Liu sees his parents gunned down on a lonely Sydney backstreet. A young woman, the killer, stares him in the face before fleeing the scene. When the police arrive, all they find is the discarded gun. Detective Inspector Paul Harrigan's unit is pitched into a high-profile investigation with little to go on. Who is the young woman? How can she have vanished into thin air? When DC Grace Riordan follows up a connection between one of the victims and a termination clinic, pieces start to fall into place, but Grace is forced to confront some personal demons.

Hay una fuerza extremadamente poderosa que puede cambiar nuestra concepción del universo y nuestra propia vida. Hasta ahora nadie había conseguido encontrar su explicación. Albert Einstein la resolvió en su momento en una ecuación matemática, pero, por alguna razón desconocida, decidió que permaneciera oculta.

Seit Jahren lebt Emilie im Altersheim. Längst hat sie zu sprechen aufgehört – und kommuniziert nur noch mit ihrer Freundin Marianne, ebenfalls Bewohnerin des Heims. Ihre Tochter Hanna scheint Emilie kaum wahrzunehmen, vielleicht lehnt sie sie sogar ab, das ist nicht so genau zu sagen. Liegt es an mangelnder Zuwendung der Tochter, sind es die Verletzungen, die sie über die Jahrzehnte einander zugefügt haben? In einem Akt der Erlösung entführt die Tochter ihre Mutter und deren Freundin, um mit ihnen einen Ausflug zu machen. Dorthin, wo ein lange vergangener Sommer positive Erinnerungen birgt.

Im heißen Sommerwind steht Maggie auf einem Wasserturm und blickt hinunter auf die zahllosen Häuser, in denen sie ihr Leben verbracht hat. Die Kindheit in Pflegefamilien ein Abgrund, der sie immer wieder ins Taumeln bringt. Doch da sind auch die Momente von Glück und großer Güte: die Sonne mit Strahlen im O zum Lesenlernen, die Fahrten auf dem Gepäckträger, eine erste Liebe. Und da ist Judith, die ihr beibringt, an sich selbst zu glauben. Bis ein Verlust ihr Leben erneut ins Wanken bringt und sie tiefer und tiefer in den Strudel der Vergangenheit gezogen wird.