t's a classic old-fashioned haunted house story - set in a big box Swedish furniture superstore. Designed like a retail catalogue, Horrorstor offers a creepy read with mass appeal-perfect for Halloween tables!
From the multi award-winning Claire North comes the second book in a trilogy of stories retelling of the classic Greek myth of Penelope. It's time for the women of Ithaca to tell their tale . . .
From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a "rare and astonishing" (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.
Paperback edition of Ernaux's literary memoir which traces the descent of Ernaux's mother into the depths of Alzheimer's disease and reveals the author's own complex feelings of guilt and responsibility toward the woman she still loved and admired but could no longer help. 'A testament to the persistent, haunting, and melancholy quality of memory.' - The New York Times
A stunning love story about a young Black woman whose life is torn apart when her lover is wrongly accused of a crime—"a moving, painful story, so vividly human and so obviously based on reality that it strikes us as timeless" (The New York Times Book Review). • Also a major motion picture from Barry Jenkins.
A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania "Powerful and provocative
Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up - she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.
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Kafka on the Shore follows Kafka Tamura, a teenage boy fleeing home to escape a prophecy or find his family, and Nakata, an aging simpleton drawn to Kafka for mysterious reasons. As their paths converge, Haruki Murakami creates a surreal world where cats talk and spirits engage in strange acts, highlighting his storytelling brilliance.
An epic and unforgettable love story continues in Keeping 13, the second book in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh.
He had her, he lost her . . . and he'll do anything to win her back.
Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street.
He has everything - a beautiful home, a beautiful wife and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he's never satisfied.
In his endless quest for more, he drives a
A virgin 'ice queen' heiress & the arrogant god who wants to melt her... Rose Calloway thought she had everything under control. At twenty-three, she's a Princeton graduate, an Academic Bowl champion, a fashion designer and the daughter of a Fortune 500 mogul. But not everything comes easy. When Rose's fashion line is in peril, she plans an unconventional solution to save it.
Told from June's point of view—and set between the shattering events of The Midnight Blade and The Skeleton Road—June's Wild Flight brings new characters, high-stakes action, and stunning revelations in an adventure that could only be June's. An essential Last Kids story that readers won't want to miss!
In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County - to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto - pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger
Finally in paperback: the New York Times bestseller by the acclaimed, bestselling author of Start With Why and Together is Better. Now with an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, based on Simon Sinek's viral video "Millenials in the workplace" (150+ million views).
Jenna Metcalf was with her mother the night she disappeared in tragic and mysterious circumstances, but she remembers nothing. Over ten years have passed, and desperate for answers, Jenna uses all her savings to recruit the aid of a private detective - and a psychic. Jenna knows her mother loved her. She knows she would not leave her. And she will not rest until she finds out what happened.
We are children of the stars. This is our legacy and our heritage. In the history of the cosmos Earth is a young planet. Our souls on the other hand have been around forever and will continue to be around forever. Thus Earth is not our only home. We have lived many lives in unusual environments before deciding to journey here and learn the lessons of Earth.
In Kevin Kwan's latest, Rufus Gresham must choose at his sister's wedding: marry for money, betray his heart, or confess to his neighbor, Eden. As scandals erupt and secrets unfold, can the Gresham family salvage their reputation? Kwan's tale spans Hawaii to Marrakech, weaving love, money, murder, and deception in a thrilling saga.
In 1652 the East Indiaman Pelikanen sails from Java to Japan. The Dutch seaman Dirk smuggles his twelve-year-old daughter Liv on board the ship. Liv rides with her father and the Swede Frederick Coyett on the Tokaido road through Japan to attend the Shogun in Edo (Tokyo). He is promoted to be a governor over Formosa (Taiwan).
He was attackt by the feared chines japan Koxinga.