Zadie Smith's „On Beauty“ is a funny, powerful and moving story about love and family. Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set in New England mainly and London p ..

One of the twentieth century's most beloved and acclaimed novels, One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family.Inventive, amusing, magn ..

Ein berüchtigter Scharfschütze und Killer soll 5 Menschen ermordet haben. Untypisch für ihn hat er dabei vielfache Spuren hinterlassen und wird kurz darauf gefasst. Als er seinen langjährigen Jäger Jack Reacher um Hilfe bittet, wittert dieser ein Komplott.

A Book of Wonders for Grown-Up Readers Every once in a great while a book comes along that reminds us of the magic spell that stories can cast over us-to dazzle, entertain, and enlighten. Welcome to the Arabian Nights for our time-a lush and fantasti ..

Der zehnjährige Oskar hat Leukämie und weiß, dass er nicht mehr lange leben wird. Die ehemalige Catcherin Madame Rosa bringt ihn auf die Idee, über alles nachzudenken, was ihn bewegt – in 13 Briefen an den lieben Gott. Unsentimental und unerschrocken ..

An experienced psychologist, educator, and mother explains that parents who use kindness and firmness to teach life skills will encourage self-respect, self-discipline, cooperation, good behavior, and problem-solving skills in their children.

In this „New York Times“ bestseller–a knife-edged thriller of astonishing intricacy and feeling–Gabriel Allon is pitted against a Palestinian mastermind, as hunter and hunted pursue each other across a landscape drenched with generations of blood.

The dark and violent chronicle of an astonishing family: the Wingos of Colleton, South Carolina.

"Oltre alle regole scritte, quelle del codice e delle sentenze che lo interpretano c'č una serie di regole non scritte. Queste ultime vengono rispettate con molta piů attenzione e cautela. E fra queste ce n'č una che piů o meno dice: un avvocato non ..

A fascinating novel of decadence and the veneer of convention, of love and vengeance in the early 20th century.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927) is one of Japan's foremost stylists – a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty, and wild humour.„Rashomon“ and „In a Bamboo Grove“ inspired Kurosawa's magnificent ..

The second part of a masterful retelling of the stories surrounding the Trojan War. RETURN FROM TROY begins after the sacking of Troy, covering Odysseus's trials and Agamemnon's fate. The Heroes Return is the second volume in this masterful retelling ..