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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - SPECIAL LOW-PRICED EDITION OF THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher! Jack Reacher is back! The "utterly addictive" (The New York Times) series continues as acclaimed author Lee Child teams up with his brother, Andrew Child, fellow thriller writer extraordinaire."One of the many great things about Jack Reacher is that he's larger than life while remaining relatable and believable. The Sentinel shows that two Childs are even better than one."James PattersonAs always, Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. One morning he ends up in a town near Pleasantville, Tennessee.But there's nothing pleasant about the place.In broad daylight Reacher spots a hapless soul walking into an ambush. "It was four against one" . . . so Reacher intervenes, with his own trademark brand of conflict resolution.The man he saves is Rusty Rutherford, an unassuming IT manager, recently fired after a cyberattack locked up the town's data, records, information . . . and secrets. Rutherford wants to stay put, look innocent, and clear his name.Reacher is intrigued. There's more to the story. The bad guys who jumped Rutherford are part of something serious and deadly, involving a conspiracy, a cover-up, and murderall centered on a mousy little guy in a coffee-stained shirt who has no idea what he's up against.Rule one: if you don't know the trouble you're in, keep Reacher by your side. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - BOOKER PRIZE LONGLIST - 'A vibrant, heartstrings-tugging novel' (People) about a mother's love, in all its forms, as a woman searches for the daughter she gave up for adoption, from the prize-winning author of Golden Child 'A beautiful story . . . explores what it means to be a woman and what it means to love.'--Amanda Peters, author of The Berry Pickers'Reads like a Claire Keegan story expanded by Elizabeth Strout.'--The Times, 'Best Books to Take on Holiday This Summer' AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR For much of her life, Dawn has felt as if something is missing. Now, at the age of fifty-eight, with a divorce behind her and her two grown-up sons busy with their own lives, she should be trying to settle into a new future for herself. But she keeps returning to the past and to the secret she's kept all these years. At just sixteen, Dawn found herself pregnant, and--as was common in Trinidad back then--her parents sent her away to have the baby and give her up for adoption. More than forty years later, Dawn yearns to reconnect with her lost daughter. But tracking down her child is not as easy as she had thought. It's an emotional journey that leads Dawn to retrace her steps--from Trinidad to Venezuela and then to London--and to question not only that fateful decision she'd made as a teenager but every turn in the road of her life since. Love Forms is a powerfully moving story of a woman in search of herself--a novel that rings with heartfelt empathy through the passages of a mother's life, depicting the enduring bonds of love, family, and home.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE - 'A bold and memorable achievement.'--The Booker Prize 2025 judges Remember--words are your weapons, they're your tools, your currency a twisty, slippery descent into the rhetoric of power, hailed as 'a nesting doll of satire that leaves readers uncertain where their loyalties lie' (Financial Times) 'Original, vital, and unputdownable.'--Tess Gunty, National Book Award-winning author of The Rabbit Hutch AN NPR AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Late one night on a Yorkshire farm, in the midst of an illegal rave, a young man is nearly bludgeoned to death with a solid gold bar. An ambitious young journalist sets out to uncover the truth surrounding the attack, connecting the dots between an amoral banker landlord, an iconoclastic newspaper columnist, and a radical anarchist movement that has taken up residence on the farm. She solves the mystery, but her viral exposé raises more questions than it answers. Through a voyeuristic lens, and with a simmering power, Universality focuses on words: what we say, how we say it, and what we really mean. A thrilling novel from one of the most acclaimed young novelists working today, Universality is a compelling, unsettling celebration of the spectacular, appalling force of language. It dares you to look away.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NATIONAL BESTSELLER A sweeping, intimate novel about an unconventional and irresistible family, in prose "so finely wrought it shimmers" (Los Angeles Times)from the New York Times bestselling author of In Love, White Houses, and Away"Amy Bloom is at the height of her powers in this epic tale."J. Courtney Sullivan, author of The Cliffs"Bloom approaches each of her characters with empathy, insight, and sensitivity. She remains acutely aware of the absurdities of life, its harrowing hardships, and its fragile, fleeting joys."The Boston GlobeImmigrating alone from Paris to New York after the crucible of World War II, young Gazala becomes friends with two spirited sisters, Anne and Alma. When Gazala's lost, beloved brother, Samir, joins her in Manhattan, this contentious, inseparable foursome makes their way into the twenty-first century, becoming the beating heart of a multigenerational found family.The passing years are marked by the business of everyday existence and the inevitable surprises of erupting passions, of great and small waves of joy and despair, from the beginning of life to its end. Gazala and Samir make a home together, Anne leaves her husband for his sister, and Anne's restless daughter grows up to raise a child on her own and to join a throuple, becoming who she wants to be. Through it all, amid the tumult of these decades, the four friends and their best beloveds stand by one another, protecting, annoying, and celebrating themselves, steadfastly unapologetic about their desires and the unorthodox family they have created. As the next generation falls in and out of love, experiencing triumphs, mistakes and disappointments, the central pillars of their lives are the four indomitable elders they call the "Greats."In I'll Be Right Here, Amy Bloom embraces the complexity and richness of humanity and the lawlessness of love, bringing her trademark voice, wry humor, and compassionate eye to the many, often mysterious ways we live as we love, and hope to be loved in return.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A poignant and bitterly funny tale of a family struggling to stay together in a country rapidly coming apart, told through the eyes of their wondrous ten-year-old daughter, by the bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Our Country FriendsLONGLISTED FOR THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD AND THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, Washington Post, NPR, Oprah Daily, Vox, Denver Public Library, Seattle Times, The Cap Times, Kirkus Reviews"Pull up a beach chair: The book of the summer is here. . . . A poignant Harriet the Spyesque delight."People (Book of the Week)"Genius . . . [a] miracle."The Washington Post"A novel you can read in one sitting that will stay with you forever."Karen Russell "Very funny, very sad, very sharp, and completely delightful."Elif Batuman"A brilliant fable about childhood, and so much more, in our broken country."Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"A must-read."Los Angeles Times"Shteyngart is one of the best comedians in literature today."BookPage (starred review)The Bradford-Shmulkin family is falling apart. A very modern blend of Russian, Jewish, Korean, and New England WASP, they love one another deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds. There's Daddy, a struggling, cash-thirsty editor whose Russian heritage gives him a surprising new currency in the upside-down world of twenty-first-century geopolitics; his wife, Anne Mom, a progressive, underfunded blue blood from Boston who's barely holding the household together; their son, Dylan, whose blond hair and Mayflower lineage provide him pride of place in the newly forming American political order; and, above all, the young Vera, half-Jewish, half-Korean, and wholly original.Observant, sensitive, and always writing down new vocabulary words, Vera wants only three things in life: to make a friend at school; Daddy and Anne Mom to stay together; and to meet her birth mother, Mom Mom, who will at last tell Vera the secret of who she really is and how to ensure love's survival in this great, mad, imploding world.Both biting and deeply moving, Vera, or Faith is a boldly imagined story of family and country told through the clear and tender eyes of a child. With a nod to What Maisie Knew, Henry James's classic story of parents, children, and the dark ironies of a rapidly transforming society, Vera, or Faith demonstrates why Shteyngart is, in the words of The New York Times, 'one of his generation's most exhilarating writers.'.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKNothing to lose. Everything to gain. Winner takes all."Every bit as addictive as your favorite guilty pleasure binge-watch, but with all the substance of a literary classic."Oprah Daily"It's fun to watch hot people do psychotic things in this novel. . . . Smart and provocative [and] so damn addictive."The New York Times Book ReviewA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, THE NEW YORKER, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, OPRAH DAILY, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARYLilya bored, beautiful twenty-somethingwakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality show. To win, she must outlast her housemates to stay in the Compound the longest, while competing in challenges for luxury rewards like champagne and lipstick, plus communal necessities to outfit their new home, like food, appliances, and a front door. Cameras are catching all her angles, good and bad, but Lily has no desire to leave: why would she, when the world outside is falling apart As the competition intensifies, intimacy between the players deepens, and it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between desire and desperation. When the unseen producers raise the stakes, forcing contestants into upsetting, even dangerous situations, the line between playing the game and surviving it begins to blur. If Lily makes it to the end, she'll receive prizes beyond her wildest dreamsbut what will she have to do to win Addictive and prescient, The Compound is an explosive debut from a major new voice in fiction and will linger in your mind long after the game ends.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "The ultimate 'be gay, do crime' thriller!"Layne Fargo, bestselling author of The Favorites"Slick and sexy, with a delightful cast of characters and the eat-the-rich vibes we're all craving."Alison Cochrun, author of Every Step She TakesTwo rival conwomen team up on a high-stakes heist at Miami's most exclusive new island resort in this sultry, slow-burn thriller.Nothing brings Chloe Bly more joy than swindling rich people out of their money. Ever since her mother's funeral, she's used her hotel catering job to slip into people's rooms, pawn their valuables, and use the haul to pay off her family's medical debt. It's a perfect systemuntil she finally gets caught.But instead of turning her in, the eccentric billionaire hotel owner wants to hire Chloe for a job. The con is simple: infiltrate his rival's new luxury hotelpure opulence, from its lavish suites to its guests' attire, accessible only via yachtsteal back his missing Hotel Excellence Award, and get away clean. At stake Enough money to offer Chloe a way out of debt, out of Miami, and away from her problems forever. The only problem is that Chloe won't be working alone. Instead, she must team up with Harper Parisi, the disgustingly wealthy, frustratingly gorgeous conwoman who's been crashing Chloe's jobs all year. Suspicious about why Harper would risk it all for the billionaire's scheme, Chloe doesn't trust heror the complicated feelings she sparks. With time running out and millions of dollars on the line, Chloe must get in and out without letting her emotions sabotage her chances of getting rich . . . or getting even.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An evocative, uplifting, and thoughtfully illustrated collection of poems steeped in the natural world, examining life and healing in the aftermath of trauma"An achievement . . . This book reminds us what poetry is capable of."José Olivarez, author of Promises of GoldSee how the eagles lift now, bound by surviving together.We only get one shot at this. Savewhat you can. Love even what you can't save.What does it mean to love someone, and to love the world, when what we love is vanishing In Birds of America, award-winning poet Chera Hammons reckons with the intersection of personal violence and the violence humans have wrought upon our planet and explores the beauty that remains among the ruins. With graceful lyricism, she translates seemingly mundane scenes from the natural worldtwo eagles locked together in a tandem dive, the fresh sweetness of wild onionsinto exquisite revelations of human feeling, inviting us to glimpse the hidden magic of the everyday.For anyone who struggles to remain grounded when it feels like the world is falling apart, each poem in Birds of America offers a meditative lens with which to view the fraught relationships we have with the living beings around us, which come to life through exquisite artwork by acclaimed illustrator Sophie Lucido Johnson. Hammons encourages us to love fiercely, to embrace a future where our damage teaches us to be kinder people, and to never give up on the beauty of our world. Lucido Johnson, Sophie (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A young Victorian Egyptologist traverses the Nile River on a mission to undo a curse that may have befallen her family in this spellbinding novel. 'An intoxicating tale of adventure and obsession, told in prose that shimmers like the Nile . . . I loved it.'--Emilia Hart, author of Weyward Essex, 1887. Clementine's ability to read hieroglyphs makes her invaluable at her father's Egyptian relic parties, which have become the talk of the town. But at one such party, the words she interprets from an unusual amulet strike fear into her heart. As her childhood games about Isis and Nephthys--sister goddesses who protect the dead--take on a devastating resonance in her life, and tragedy slowly consumes her loved ones, she wonders what she and her father may have unleashed. Five years later, Clemmie arrives in Cairo desperate to save what remains of her family back home. There, she meets a motley crew of unwitting English travelers about to set sail down the Nile--including an adventurer with secrets of his own--and joins them on a mission to reach Denderah, a revered religious site, where she hopes to return the amulet and atone for her sins. With each passing day, she is further engulfed in a life she's yearned for all along. But as long-buried secrets and betrayals rise to the surface, Clemmie must reconcile the impossibility of living in the light while her past keeps her anchored to the darkness.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this soulful debut novel set in the hypnotic music scene of New York City, a young Black woman lands her dream job at a major labelonly to discover just how treacherous a place made to birth stars can be."A decibel-raising debut that compellingly and hauntingly amplifies the unending conflict between striving for more and not losing your soul in the process."Mateo Askaripour, New York Times bestselling author of Black BuckGrowing up in the Bronx, Billie Grand sought solace in music, finding herself in the pulsing beats, striking lyrics, and mesmerizing voices that saved her when money issues and familial strife proved deafening. When she finally lands a coveted A&R assistant role at Lit Music Productions, one of the largest music labels in the country, it initially seems like everything she's dreamed ofsleek offices, exclusive parties, flashy dealmakingand she can't wait until it's her turn to find the next breakout headliner.But as she continues to work at Lit, she discovers a dark side to all the glamour. The hours are long, the demands are insane, the microaggressions from her mostly white colleagues increasingly rattle her, and Billie can't shake the sense Lit's higher-ups are hiding something about their dealings. Then Billie stumbles upon a raspy-voiced, melodic singer and rapper who has the kind of fire to ignite stardom, who represents everything Billie got into this business forsupporting real music, with none of that pretending to be the culture. On the precipice of signing her first artist, a shake-up threatens everything and endangers Billie's already precarious place in the pecking order. The job has put her at odds with her boyfriend who questions her morality and her mother who relies on Billie to help with her bills, but Billie has her sights set on the stars. As a reckoning brews at the office and the costs of her dreams get ever higher, she will have to decide: Is finding success worth losing herself A riveting, poignant, and endlessly entertaining take on privilege and power, When the Music Hits is a moving anthem for making space where there was none before and introduces Amber Oliver as a blazing new talent to watch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this remarkable and harrowing debut novel, three extraordinary women--a mother, her daughter, and their maid--are each forced on a journey of survival during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in World War II.WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARDS - LONGLISTED FOR THE ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE READERS CHOICE AWARD 'A lushly romantic and impassioned story of women's agency and resilience.'--Juhea Kim, internationally bestselling author of Beasts of a Little Land and City of Night Birds 1941. Following the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, the wealthy Tang family has settled in Hong Kong, believing it to be protected under British occupation. As the First Wife of the family, Mingzhu leads a glamorous, if at times lonely, existence--mothering the son of her husband's concubine, overseeing her daughter Qiang's education, and directing their household of servants, including her long-time confidante, Biyu. But when the Japanese invade Hong Kong, the paths of Mingzhu, Qiang, and Biyu wildly diverge. Although Mingzhu's affinity for languages spares her from physical labor, she finds herself coerced to either work for the enemy or face certain death. Qiang and Biyu scrape through days of factory work and meager food supplies, constantly on the run from newly unfolding dangers until an encounter with the East River Column resistance fighters separates them. The longer these women become embroiled in the brutal occupation that engulfs the region, the more determined they are to fight back--but can they support the resistance and still find their way back to one another At once monumental and intimate, When Sleeping Women Wake powerfully explores how ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things, and the unwavering hope that love can carry us through even the darkest of times. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mary Russell's allegiances are tested by the reappearance of her long-lost uncleand a tantalizing case not even Sherlock Holmes could solve.When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her black sheep Uncle Jake. But she hasn't heard from him in many years, and she assumed that his ne'er-do-well ways had brought him to a bad end somewhereuntil he presents himself at her Sussex door. Yes, Jake is back, and with a load of problems for his clever niece. Not the least of which is the reason the family rejected him in the first place: He was involvedsomehowin the infamous disappearance of the Irish Crown Jewels from an impregnable safe in Dublin Castle.It was a theft that shook a government, enraged a king, threatened the English establishmentand baffled not only the Dublin police and Scotland Yard, but Sherlock Holmes himself. And, now, Jake expects Russell to step into the middle of it all To slip away with him, not telling Holmes what she's up to Knowing that the theftunsolved, hushed-up, scandalousmust have involved Mycroft Holmes as well Naturally, she can do nothing of the sort. Siding with her uncle, even briefly, could only place her in opposition to both her husband-partner and his secretive and powerful brother. She has to tell Jake no.On the other hand, this is Jakeher father's kid brother, her childhood hero, the beloved and long-lost survivor of a much-diminished family.Conflicting loyalties and international secrets, blatant lies and blithe deceptions: sounds like another case for Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NATIONAL BESTSELLER READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY A young woman must find her missing husband and prove her innocence in this twisty, unputdownable novel set in an ultrawealthy Florida community where looks can kill."Happy Wife is one of those delicious, fun summer books that you'll open on the beach and never put down."Jenna Bush Hager, Read With JennaNora Davies doesn't exactly fit in to Winter Park, Florida, where old-guard Floridians mix with the tax-fleeing coastal elite. Twenty-eight and barely making ends meet working at a country club, Nora feels like she's going nowhere fast. Enter Will Somerset: a prominent forty-six-year-old lawyer, father to a teenage daughter, and recently divorced. The two set Winter Park's social scene agog when they fall in love and marry after a whirlwind Cinderella-style courtship.But Winter Park is fully upended when Will disappears the morning after a birthday bash Nora throws for him. Going back and forth between Nora and Will's romance and the search in the wake of Will's mysterious disappearance, Nora must answer the question from all angles: Where. Is. Will Combining breathless suspense, glittering and juicy social dynamics, and an unforgettable cast of characters, Happy Wife is a clever and subversive novel that explores marriage, wealth, and the secrets that lurk behind closed doors.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An actress desperate to reclaim her fame must survive the real-life plot of the horror movie that made her famous in this psychologically twisted locked-room thriller."A gloriously glossy solid slasher with more unexpected twists than a roller coaster . . . Fans of '90s horror flicks (like me) are going to lap this up."John Marrs, USA Today bestselling author of The Family ExperimentA CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEARTwenty years ago, Ella Winters was the it girl. She made a name for herself in Hollywood and throughout America as the sole survivor in the cult-classic slasher Grad Night. But the real horror is what happened when the cameras weren't rollingsomething terrible that Ella and her co-stars agreed never to speak of again. Shortly after the movie's premiere, Ella disappeared from the acting scene under the pretense of caring for her ailing mother, hoping for a quiet life out of the spotlight to ease her guilty mind.Since her mother's passing, Ella has decided to return to the silver screen. And with the cast and crew of Grad Night in the process of filming a reunion documentary, Ella has an express ticket back into Hollywood's good graces. Weighed down by the secret she's been keeping all these years, Ella apprehensively makes the trip to the original seta cabin in rural Tennesseeto reunite with her castmates for the first time in more than a decade. But when the actors begin to meet the same gruesome fates as the characters they originally played, falling victim to someone dressed as the Grad Night villain, it's clear their secret is out.Now, the question is: Can the final girl survive one last nightmare.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A party girl and a grumpy British CEO fake a dream European honeymoon for a reality TV show that could save their travel agencyand give them both a new lease on life (and love)if only they'd take the chance."Smart, sharp, sizzling."Elsie Silver, #1 New York Times bestselling authorRebecca "Bex" Daniels has just lost her entire family in a freak train accident, leaving her completely alone in the world and responsible for their travel agency. Only a few months after the tragedy, her father's UK partner, the straitlaced Theo Porter, reveals that the business is about to go under. Their only hope A reality TV deal brokered before her father's death . . . with a rebrand: Bex and Theo are to pose as newlyweds, exploring the world on an extended honeymoon.Bex and Theo couldn't be more differentbut though they initially clash, Bex soon discovers he's amusing, protective, and kind, the sort of man she'd want to be married to in real life, if she thought for a second she deserved him. As for Theo, he can't help but be swept up into the brilliant whirlwind that is Bex, but ever since his brother died, a real relationship is the last thing he wants.As Bex and Theo flit across Europe, from Capri to Paris, exploring sun-drenched villas and remote fjords, they can't help but notice their walls coming down, and their arguments begin to feel a lot more like foreplay than fighting. But they each carry around more than enough emotional baggage, and they'll have to contend with public scandals and crushing grief before they can decide if they're ready to ride off into the sunset once the cameras stop rolling.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - At a lavish summer party on an English country estate, tensions between social classes lead to deadly consequences that won't stay buried in this twisty, engrossing suspense novel by the author of The Midnight Hour. Even the darkest secrets unravel in time. . . . 2024 Jo O'Mara, a young writer, lands a job working for Mimi Mott, a wealthy style icon and legendary founder of a decorating empire. Newly widowed and in her seventies, Mimi is preparing to auction off her possessions, through them finally telling the story of her early life. Famously private, Mimi has kept her past shrouded in mystery. Jo doesn't dare reveal how closely it touches her own. Tasked with collecting the untold tales behind each auction lot, Jo peels back the layers of Mimi's origin story and discovers it's far darker than anyone ever suspected. 1969: Mimi and her sister, Pamela, live in a cramped, musty staff cottage on the grounds of Rushwood, an idyllic English country estate owned by the Caswell family, their demanding new employer. Working alongside their gardener parents, the girls have been raised with their hands in the soil and know only a traditional, simple life--but spirited Mimi hungers for more. When the Caswells' adult children, Nancy and Lawrence, arrive at Rushwood for the summer, the sisters are drawn into a privileged, intoxicating world, unsettling their own, and passions spark under the blazing sun--until a shattering death at Rushwood's high-society party tears Mimi and Pamela apart. Now time is running out. Jo discovers both a missing auction piece and a missing sister and vows to find them no matter how dark the secret they expose--or the cost to herself. …

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A sheltered young woman living at the Chateau Marmont falls under the spell of a scandalous, secretive man as all of Hollywood's glamour swirls around hera stunning feminist reimagining of Jane Eyre from the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Seamstress."A clever, compelling midcentury Gothic . . . a can't-miss read for the madwoman in all of us."Layne Fargo, bestselling author of The FavoritesIn 1957, newly orphaned Aria Jones is sent to live with her aunt, a fading star who hides away in Hollywood's infamous Chateau Marmont. There, two aspiring actresses, Calliope and Flitter, take the grieving Aria under their wing.But the Marmont isn't meant for small girls with big hearts, and Aria's first few nights reveal an insidious secret that continues to haunt her as she grows up in the hotel's halls, where the bright lights of Hollywood cast even darker shadows. If Aria can just stay invisible and invite no trouble as she saves money, then she can leave the Marmont and live life on her own termsalone but free.Her carefully laid plans fall apart when the hotel is bought by Theo Winchester, a reclusive rock star turned unexpected caretaker of his daughter, Adele, and unlike any man Aria has met before. To earn the last bit of money she needs to escape, Aria becomes Adele's tutor, which brings Aria closer to Theo and ignites a passion she never expected.Suddenly, Aria finds herself wondering if she still wants to remain invisibleand if inviting trouble is a risk she's willing to take to pursue what she truly desires.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JANE HAWK SERIES Meet Jane Hawka remarkable new heroine certain to become an icon of suspense. "This gripping thriller grabs readers from the first few pages and sweeps them along to the rousing finale."Booklist "I very much need to be dead."These are the chilling words left behind by a man who had everything to live forbut took his own life. In the aftermath, his widow, Jane Hawk, does what all her grief, fear, and fury demand: find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people admired and happy and sound of mind, have been committing suicide in surprising numbers. When Jane seeks to learn why, she becomes the most-wanted fugitive in America. Her powerful enemies are protecting a secret so importantso terrifyingthat they will exterminate anyone in their way. But all their power and viciousness may not be enough to stop a woman as clever as they are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthlessand who is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.Look for a special preview of Dean Koontz's next Jane Hawk novel, The Whispering Room, in the back of the book.Don't miss any of Dean Koontz's gripping Jane Hawk thrillers:THE SILENT CORNER THE WHISPERING ROOM THE CROOKED STAIRCASEPraise for The Silent Corner"Gripping . . . The paranoia and mystery increase as the story unfolds. . . . Koontz has created such a wonderful character in Jane Hawk that . . . readers will clamor for more tales involving Hawk and her quest for justice. Koontz rocks it again."Associated Press"The latest page-turner by Dean Koontz introduces readers to Jane Hawk . . . an inspired choice for a protagonist, by far the strongest part of a reliably entertaining book by the perennial bestselling author. . . . Action, zippy dialogue and a winning character at the center of the book, part of a new series by Koontz."Minneapolis Star-Tribune"In this era of stingy text-message prose, Mr. Koontz is practically Shakespeare. . . . The Silent Corner brims with both action and emotion."Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"Vintage Dean Koontz: paranoia-fueled suspense . . . sleek and highly realized action, developed characters, and more twists and turns than any two ordinary novels combined. . . . Amongst Dean Koontz's finest contemporary work."Mystery Scene.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Jane Hawkwho dazzled readers in The Silent Corner and The Whispering Roomfaces the fight of her life, against the threat of a lifetime, in this electrifying thriller by #1New York Times bestselling suspense master Dean Koontz. "I could be dead tomorrow. Or something worse than dead." Jane Hawk knows she may be living on borrowed time. But as long as she's breathing, she'll never cease her one-woman war against the terrifying conspiracy that threatens the freedomand free willof millions. Battling the strange epidemic of murder-suicides that claimed Jane's husband, and is escalating across the country, has made the rogue FBI agent a wanted fugitive, relentlessly hunted not only by the government but by the secret cabal behind the plot. Deploying every resource their malign nexus of power and technology commands, Jane's enemies are determined to see her dead . . . or make her wish she was. Jane's ruthless pursuers can't stop her from drawing a bead on her prey: a cunning man with connections in high places, a twisted soul of unspeakable depths with an army of professional killers on call. Propelled by her righteous fury and implacable insistence on justice, Jane will make her way from southern Southern California to the snow-swept slopes of Lake Tahoe to confront head-on the lethal forces arrayed against her. But nothing can prepare her for the chilling truth that awaits when she descends the crooked staircase to the dark and dreadful place where her long nightmare was born.Don't miss any of Dean Koontz's gripping Jane Hawk thrillers:THE SILENT CORNER THE WHISPERING ROOM THE CROOKED STAIRCASE THE FORBIDDEN DOOR THE NIGHT WINDOWPraise for The Crooked Staircase"An absorbing thriller full of fresh touches . . . Writing his unusual heroine, Koontz keeps the pages alive with attitude as well as action. . . . For Hawk, who is as fearless as she is beautiful, no obstacle is too great, especially with the well-being of her hidden-away five-year-old son on her mind."Kirkus Reviews"Spellbinding . . . Beautifully plotted and written with notable care and flare . . . The Hawk series . . . is among [Koontz's] best work."Booklist(starred review)"Unrelenting . . . [Jane] rivets readers' attention. . . . Michael Crichton fans and thriller aficionados who appreciate a fierce female protagonist . . . should be urged to meet Jane Hawk."Library Journal.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Looking for Jane comes a riveting novel about one journalist's harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women's prisonand the detective who uncovers her story decades later. "Heather Marshall's latest is dynamite . . . A tale both timely and explosive."Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Briar Club "Visceral and provocative, Liberty Street ensures no woman is left behind."Karma Brown, #1 bestselling author of Recipe for a Perfect Wife1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine, surrounded by the best women journalists in the country, whose articles tackle the controversial topics no other women's publication dares to touch. When a bombshell letter from an inmate at the notorious Mercer Women's Prison lands on Emily's desk, she senses a scoop that could launch her career as a real, hard-boiled journalist. But after going undercover to investigate the inmate's shocking claims, Emily discovers that getting into the prison is the easy part; the real challenge will be getting back out . . .1996: Unidentified female remains are discovered in an unmarked grave in a small-town Ontario cemetery, and Detective Rachel Mackenzie is tasked with unraveling the mystery. But when the investigation leads her to the now-shuttered Mercer Women's Prison, Rachel's own dark history threatens to surface from where she's kept it carefully buried.Inspired by true events, Liberty Street weaves back and forth through time to shine a light on mental health, incarceration, and the various 'prisons' that hold women captive.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The soul-stirring intersectional biography of the most famous Islamic woman scholar working today, from the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist author of If the Oceans Were Ink and Home, Land, Security."A testament to what it means to labor for justice from inside a faith traditionto love it enough to transform it . . . The Lady Imam is right on time to ignite our courage."Valarie Kaur, bestselling author of See No Stranger and Sage WarriorA feminist scholar-activist, single mother of five, and queer advocate, amina wadud has led a struggle against Islam's patriarchal establishment that's been felt keenly all over the world. Like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X before her, wadud has mobilized faith's potential as an engine of equality. Yet this American trail-blazer's story has never been told in book formuntil now.Born Mary Teasley, the daughter of a Methodist preacher, wadud grew up in Maryland with a rare vantage on socioeconomic divides, living through poverty and her sister's death from an illegal abortion. A gifted student, teenage wadud was sent to live with affluent white families in Weston, Massachusetts. After cross-country hitchhiking and a stint in a Buddhist ashram, she converted to Islam as a twenty-year-old Ivy League student. wadud devoted her life to studying the Qur'an and challenged centuries of patriarchal interpretations, finding in it equality for all. In Manhattan in 2005, she became the world's most famousand infamousIslamic scholar when she became the first woman in 1400 years to lead men and women together in public Friday prayers. The Lady Imam chronicles the life of a singular figure not only in Islam, but also in feminism, Black history, and gender studies. With unprecedented access through years of interviews and archival research, Carla Power has written the definitive account of wadud's extraordinary life while shedding light on our deepest questions about faith, family, and social justice.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An urgent and profound history of vaccine skepticism, seeking to understand how our three most common fears about vaccines hardened into a lethal ideologyfrom a leading science writer"Brimming with righteous anger, this book should infuriate you for all the right reasons, and arm you to take on the grifters and their war against science."Adam Rutherford, author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our GenesSince the advent of smallpox inoculation in the eighteenth century, the idea that a disease introduced to the body in some lesser, weakened form might prevent full-blown infection has been one of the greatest public health insights of the modern era, inspiring the invention of numerous vaccines and saving countless human lives. But, just as humanity acquired the god-like power to stop infectious disease in its tracks, some feared we had gone too far, leading to the skepticism that has hijacked public health discourse today.In three sweeping essays written for our current moment of scientific mistrust, Thomas Levenson searches for the origins of the most common arguments against vaccines: that they are unnatural; that they are more dangerous than the illnesses they claim to prevent; and that they are an affront to freedom. Each arose from the earliest development of particular vaccines and the campaigns to distribute them. Even as the pattern repeats, Levenson reveals how innocent that skepticism initially was and, in each case, how very human fears and questions ultimately turned into something darker, where no truth would be enough to overcome the doubt.Searing but ultimately empathetic, A Pox on Fools explores the human impulse to question and wondersometimes past the point at which the very act of questioning turns deadly.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Guilt, shame, and suspicion swirl as a small community in upstate New York turns on itself in this moody, propulsive thriller from the award-winning writer of In West Mills."Endlessly entertaining . . . Does anyone write about the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality with more honesty and intensity than De'Shawn Charles Winslow "Wiley Cash, author of When Ghosts Come HomeThe truth is closer than you thinkjust beyond the fence.The year is 1982, and the people of the Hudson Valley community of Fervent have begun to move on from a homicide that upended the once quiet town. When the former neighbors who were convicted of the crime, James and Ella White, are proven innocent, released from prison, and return to Fervent, some people have cause for concern.Sylvia Upshaw and her best friend, Lafayette "Fate" Jolly, are uneasy about the Whites' return. While the Whites were incarcerated, Sylvia revealed an explosive secret to their adopted son, Morgan, with devastating consequences. During the murder trial, Fate's testimony helped seal their fate. James and Ella won't let the betrayals go unpunished. Sylvia and Fate quickly become victims of harassment from the Whites, and when another murder is committed in Fervent, the town is left to fend for itself.Intimate and chilling, The Fervent Whites examines how small communities with long-simmering tensions behave when pushed to the limits of civility. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this raw, potent memoir of heartbreak and the life-saving power of fandom, an award-winning sports journalist tells the story of how he hit rock bottomand the unlikely, unlucky soccer team that would carry him through."Legs Hearts Minds might just be the greatest fan memoir ever writtenblazingly honest and sneakily soulful, it finally captures in words the redemptive power of sports."Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the WorldReturning home from a long trip for ESPN, too jet-lagged to sleep, Chris Jones opened his wife's laptop to get a little writing done. Instead, he found a series of text messages that would burn his marriageand his worldto the ground. "In the span of twenty minutes," Jones writes, "I lost my wife and my best friend. In the coming weeks and months, I would lose my house, half my money, and some equal measure of my boys. That wicked morning, that terrible dawn, I watched the sun peel back the longest night of my life, and I felt my anger already making room for sadness, fear, disbelief. I was forty-two years old. Nothing true of my life would be true again."Overwhelmed by sorrow and rage, Jones contemplated suicide. He fought to carry on, for his two sons if no one else, only to end up in an emergency room. To return to himself, he embarked on a journey to understand who he is and the mistakes he has made, to let go of anger and find forgiveness, and to give himself over to something: an underdog English soccer team from an underdog northern town called Burnley, forever destined to also-ran status. Following Burnley mirrored the ups and downs of the rest of his life, and Jones began taking the team's lessons as his own. Together, they would navigate the long journey from hope to despair back to hope again.How do we rebuild a life Can something as simple as soccer give us a reason to live, offering solace and ultimately meaning In this searing memoir, Chris Jones reveals how his love for the game brought him joy, connection, and purpose when he needed it most.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "The most distinctive voice in thrillers is back."Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast How did Joe Goldberg become Joe Goldberg What led to his first love . . . first obsession . . . first kill Find out in the highly anticipated prequel to New York Times bestselling author Caroline Kepnes's hit You series, which inspired the blockbuster Netflix show. Joe Goldberg is ready for his life to start. He's seventeen years old, working in Mr. Mooney's bookshop, falling in love with every girl on the subway all while wondering who will be the one. He knows what he needs: A woman who will force him to get his GED, go to night school, and make something of himself. But who would ever fall in love with him Then he spots it: MISSED CONNECTION, NYC Bookstore Babe.Someone is looking for Joe. And that someone is Vail Gunderson, a production assistant with a passion for rom-coms. The only catch: she's twenty-four, which means that Joe has no choice but to lie about his ageand, naturally, nearly everything else in his life. Joe thinks he's found true love, but when Vail needs more convincing that Joe is her happily ever after, he's determined to convince herno matter what it takes With her incisive and darkly comedic prose, Caroline Kepnes captures Joe poised on the edge of manhood, entering the vicious, dog-eat-dog New York dating scene for the very first time, and buffeted by forces that will determine what kind of man he will becomeand how he will write his own twisted love story.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From Skins and Games of Thrones star Hannah Murray, a 'genuinely jaw-dropping' (Vogue) memoir about fame, mental illness, and the struggle to leave a shadowy wellness organization whose belief in magic shattered her reality. 'A frank and often darkly funny exploration of the convergence of hedonism with the self-help industry.'--The Guardian I lost my mind. I lost my self. I got them back. But they are different . . . From her breakout role as a teen actor on the cult TV show Skins, to critically acclaimed movies, to the smash hit Game of Thrones, Hannah Murray built a career in Hollywood cracking open her own psychological foundations and pushing her body to its limits. But one day, the line between make-believe and reality disappeared, and she found herself confined to a psych ward, dangerously in love with the leader of a shadowy wellness organization, and believing in magic. How she got there--and how she managed to rebuild her life--is the heart of this gripping, powerful memoir that asks: How far would you go to find enlightenment For Hannah, it was deceptively easy to fall down the rabbit hole. As she struggled with her mental health, she sought help in the form of wellness and self-care. After an eye-opening session with an energy healer, Hannah was introduced to an organization that she was told would bring her further spiritual rewards. Enthralled by its charismatic leader and his teachings of a world filled with magic and meaning, Hannah found herself sucked into a rigorous practice involving high control and financial outlay. And as her sense of reality began to slip, eventually resulting in her hospitalization and diagnosis with bipolar disorder, she realized she had fully ceded control of her life to this mysterious organization. And, she thought, as she reckoned with the Hollywood career that conditioned her to give her body and soul over to others, maybe she'd been doing that her whole life. Both a cautionary tale and a cry for radical empathy, Hannah's story of learning to trust herself will resonate with anyone who has struggled to find agency. The Make-Believe is a probing exploration of womanhood and mental health, and a search for the healing that comes when we reclaim our own narratives.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A gripping, propulsive novel about succession, sex, and revenge on a California marijuana farm"Deliciously written and compulsively readable . . . As the ex-lovers of a missing weed farmer grapple for control of her land and harvest, they contend with the force of her presence and the complexities of their own pasts."Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House and Her Body and Other PartiesA Most Anticipated Book: Electric Lit, Harper's Bazaar, The Seattle Times, and AutostraddleSapphire and her farm, Sourland, are fixtures of Northern California's rugged wilderness, offering refuge to rejects, rebels, and outcastsanyone willing to work and learn. But the haven Sapphire has built is fractured when she suddenly goes missing, her scorched truck abandoned on a mountain road.Frankie, a disgraced ballerina and Sapphire's former girlfriend and right-hand woman, returns to Sourland, claiming ownership of the farm. When she arrives, Frankie finds that FizzSapphire's most recent lover, an exbaseball player with a preternatural green thumbhas already begun prepping Sourland for its biggest harvest yet.As the two grapple for power, the farm's fate hangs in the balance, and with it, the future Fizz and Frankie each covet for themselves. Past demons and scorned admirers remain hauntingly close, while the specter of Sapphire looms over the farm: in cryptic notes, in bud-tender gossip, in every blade of grass and whorl of smoke.A brilliantly constructed novel of desire and betrayal, Sourland sparkles with the beauty and grime of the California woods. Dixon's novel warns that our true nature catches up to us allno matter how far we run.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER When a wedding dress designer's daughter becomes engaged, it raises issues of love, safety, and second chances for all the women in her family in this powerful novel by Danielle Steel.Dominque Dupont is one of the world's most sought-after designers of wedding dresses, and is as unfailingly chic as her gowns. Her international list of clients includes royals and presidents' daughters.As for her own adult daughters, Felicity and Violet, they have unconventional views on marriage, due in part to their family history. Dominique's French mother, Marie-Aurélie, was the adored mistress of a famous financier, and Dominique and her faithless husband divorced decades ago.Felicity, an artist, is in no hurry to get married. Unfortunately, her beau, Taylor, is. When she expresses ambivalence, Taylor reveals a dark side that frightens her. Too ashamed to confide in her mother or sister, she agrees to an elaborate wedding with deep misgivings.Fun-loving Violet is dating a sports reporter, but firmly believes one should never spoil a good thing with matrimony. When he slips an MVP ring on her finger, they decide to celebrate their love in a way that is true to themselves.Dominique's own long-term relationship with a married man is no longer giving her what she wants. As she struggles with making a change, her Parisian mother considers rekindling an old flame.As plans for Felicity's wedding proceed, each woman will question the true meaning of commitment in this dazzling novel from a master storyteller.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When three friends lose their way in a serial killer's old hunting ground, they must fight to survive the threat in the woods--and each other--in this spiky, heart-pounding slasher. 'One of the most twisted and shocking explorations of female friendship I've read . . . and I loved every pulse-pounding moment.'--Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of The Girls Are All So Nice Here Never turn your back on a friend. Jade, Stef, and Zoe are hiking Washington State's Bones Hollow Trail, braving cougars, black bears, and storms that roll in without warning. Their anxiety isn't helped by listening to a true crime podcast about the serial killer who once prowled this same forest. When Stef twists her ankle--badly--there's no one to hear them scream for help. The only sign of life for miles is a cabin that looks to be straight out of a horror movie, occupied by a man who's all too eager to invite them in. As things take a chilling turn, the friends must find a way to stay alive together. After all, who can you trust when your back's against the wall Unfortunately for them, the only thing more twisted than this nightmare is their friendship . . . …