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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, comes a breath taking novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both. When Lauren and Ryan's marriagereaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes.Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin tochange Lauren's ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for?This is a love story about what happens when the love fades. It's about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you've got. And above all, After I Do is the story of a couple caught up in an old game-andsearching for a new road to happily ever after.

For more than a hundred years humans, dwarves, gnomes and elves lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over and now the races once again fight each other - and themselves: dwarves are killing their kinsmen, andelves are murdering humans and elves, at least those elves who are friendly to humans . . . Into this tumultuous time is born a child for whom the witchers of the world have been waiting. Ciri, the granddaughter of Queen Calanthe, the Lioness of Cintra,has strange powers and a stranger destiny, for prophecy names her the Flame, one with the power to change the world - for good, or for evil . . . Geralt, the witcher of Rivia, has taken Ciri to the relative safety of the Witchers' Settlement, but it soonbecomes clear that Ciri isn't like the other witchers. As the political situation grows ever dimmer and the threat of war hangs almost palpably over the land, Geralt searches for someone to train Ciri's unique powers. But someone else has an eye on theyoung girl, someone who understand exactly what the prophecy means - and exactly what Ciri's power can do. This time Geralt may have met his match.

Efter ett langt och synnerligen händelserikt liv hamnar Allan Karlsson pa det äldrehem han tänker ska bli hans sista anhalt pa jorden. Problemet är bara att hälsan vägrar ge vika, och en dag bär det sig inte bättre än att det är dags för honom att fyllatresiffrigt. Pompa och stat väntar, med kommunalrad och lokaltidning pa plats. Ett spektakel sa oönskat av Allan att han i stället kliver ut genom fönstret. Därmed är han pa rymmen fran sitt eget födelsedagskalas. I hastigheten rakar Allan fa med sig enväska som han bara skulle vakta ett slag och strax har han bade tjuvar och poliser efter sig. // Hundraaringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann handlar om en manadslang jakt genom Sverige pa Allan och hans nyfunna vänner. Men boken är ocksa enresa genom 1900-talet - den oändligt sorglöse Allan Karlssons livsresa. Hur kommer det sig egentligen att Allan äter middag med blivande presidenten Truman? Och far lift med förre premiärministern Churchill? Och aker flodbat med ordförande Maos ungahustru? Eller för den delen att han tillbringar flera manader med att vandra över Himalaya? Trots att Allan är fullständigt ointresserad av politik och religion tycks han ha paverkat de flesta av det förra seklets stora händelser i världen. I hundra argjorde Allan Karlsson världen osäker, bara genom att vara. Och nu är han lös igen. // Sagt om boken: ''En charmig Forrest Gump-liknande historia. En makalöst rolig bok som fyller i skrattrynkorna. Riktigt uppfriskande. ... ett underbart, komplicerat ochgivande äventyr.'' (Smalänningen) // ''Arets roligaste! Betyg 4 av 5'' (Hemmets Journal) // ''Sjövild och galen, en hejdlöst rolig historia om en hundraarig man som är pa rymmen fran alderdomshemmet. I klass med Arto Paasilinnas bästa.'' (IngalillMosander, Aftonbladet)

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States that throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. This book presents works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicalsand visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields - a feminist leader ahead of her times. It is also the life and death of a famous mother and her almost-famous son

In this compelling memoir his first wife, Jane Hawking, relates the inside story of their extraordinary marriage. As Stephen's academic renown soared, his body was collapsing under the assaults of motor neurone disease, and Jane's candid account oftrying to balance his 24-hour care with the needs of their growing family will be inspirational to anyone dealing with family illness

Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, `Fifty Shades of Grey` is a novel that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever. When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him veryattractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their meeting went badly, she tries to put him out of her mind - until he turns up at the store where she works part-time, and invites her out. Unworldly and innocent, Ana is shocked to find she wantsthis man. And, when he warns her to keep her distance, it only makes her want him more. But Grey is tormented by inner demons, and consumed by the need to control. As they embark on a passionate love affair, Ana discovers more about her own desires, aswell as the dark secrets Grey keeps hidden away from public view...

A szerelemről és más démonokról egy börtöncellába álmodott égi és földi szerelem elbeszélése a García Márquez regényeiből jól ismert trópusi helyszínen, a történelmi és a mesebeli idő metszéspontjában, barokk szentek és afrikai istenségek vigyázótekintetének kereszttüzében.

Moving from Provence to New York to Gloucestershire, from the savageries of a childhood with a cruel father and an alcoholic mother to an adulthood fraught with addiction, Patrick Melrose is on a mission to escape himself.But the drugs don't make him forget his past, and the glittering parties offer him no redemption . . .Searingly funny and deeply humane, Patrick Melrose Volume 1 contains the first three novels in the Patrick Melrose series, Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope. Patrick Melrose Volume 2 is also available, containing the final two novels in the series,Mother's Milk and At Last.

Ancient Greek myths from The Odyssey telling of battles with deadly beasts and a beautiful enchantress.

A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel,Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy andfarce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.'

A young man, broken down in the fog, witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play.When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, gun in her hand. She admits to murder, and the unexpectedguest offers to help her concoct a cover story.But is it possible that Laura Warwick did not commit the murder after all? If so, who is she shielding? The victim's young half-brother or his dying matriarchal mother? Laura's lover? Perhaps the father of the little boy killed in an accident for whichWarwick was responsible? The house seems full of possible suspectsTHE UNEXPECTED GUEST is considered to be one of the finest of Christie's plays. Hailed as 'another Mousetrap' when it opened on 12 August 1958 in the West End, it ran for 604 performances over the succeeding 18 months and has been staged many timesaround the world over the last 40 years.

Theatres have a certain kind of magic. When the curtain rises, we are all enraptured by the glare of the lights and the smell of the greasepaint but its when the curtain falls that the real drama begins . .In 1952 two young lovers meet, in secret, at the beautiful Southern Cross theatre in the very heart of Londons West End. Their relationship is made up of clandestine meetings and stolen moments because there is someone who will make them suffer if hediscovers she is no longer his. But life in the theatre doesnt always go according to plan and tragedy and heartache are waiting in the wings for all the players...Almost seventy years later, a new production of When the Curtain Falls arrives at the theatre, bringing with it Oscar Bright and Olive Green and their budding romance. Very soon, though, strange things begin to happen and they learn about the ghost thatshaunted the theatre since 1952, a ghost who can only be seen on one night of the year. Except the ghost is appearing more often and seems hell bent on sabotaging Oscar and Olive. The young couple realise they need to right that wrong from years gone by,but can they save themselves before history repeats itself and tragedy strikes once more?

0Agatha is going through a man-hating phase and so is unmoved by news of the captivating new curate. But when she meets the golden-haired, blue-eyed Tristan Delon, she is swept off her feet ... along with every other female in the village. She ispositively ecstatic when he invites her to dine with him but the next day Agatha is left with a hangover from hell - and his cold corpse suggests that, once again, she's in the frame for murder!

Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project - a literal dream come true - Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-leadwith Levi Ward. Sure, Levi is attractive in a tall, dark, and piercing-eyes kind of way. But Levi made his feelings toward Bee very clear in grad school - archenemies work best employed in their own galaxies far, far away. But when her equipment startsto go missing and the staff ignore her, Bee could swear she sees Levi softening into an ally, backing her plays, seconding her ideas... devouring her with those eyes. The possibilities have all her neurons firing. But when it comes time to actually makea move and put her heart on the line, there's only one question that matters: What will Bee Königswasser do?

A breathtaking new novel about a young woman whose fate hinges on the choice she makes after bumping into an old flame

Fiona Maye a Legfelsőbb Bíróság egyik vezető bírája, főként családi ügyekben szokott dönteni. Híres, hírhedt kiváló intelligenciájáról, precizitásáról és érzékenységéről. De szakmai sikerei nyomot hagytak magánéletében: harmincéves házassága márateljesen válságba jutott. Nem utolsó sorban azért, mert karrierje miatt állandóan halogatta a gyerekvállalást. Ugyanakkor most egy nagyon sürgős esethez hívják: vallási okok miatt egy 17 éves fiú, Adam megtagadja az orvosi kezelést, amely megmenthetné azéletét. Ráadásul hitbuzgó szülei tiszteletben tartják akaratát. Az idő fogy. Fiona meglátogatja a fiút a kórházban. A bírónő igazi síri hangulattal találja magát szembe, a fiúban viszont új erőteljes érzelmeket vált ki a találkozás. Fionának óriásiteher rakódik a vállára: az ő elhatározásán múlik, hogy Adam életben marad-e vagy sem. Vajon a világi bíróság felülbírálhat egy vallási döntést? A bírónő határozata jelentős hatással lesz mindkettejük életére...Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingeringregret of her childlessness, and now, her marriage of thirty years is in crisis. At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: for religious reasons, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy, Adam, is refusing the medical treatment that could savehis life, and his devout parents share his wishes. Time is running out. Should the secular court overrule sincerely held faith[unk] In the course of reaching a decision Fiona visits Adam in hospital - an encounter which stirs long-buried feelings in herand powerful new emotions in the boy. Her judgment has momentous consequences for them both

Will a tropical escape lead to a perfect romance? It was meant to be the holiday of a lifetime for Samantha: the launch of her travel blog, her best friend?s wedding and ? hopefully ? her own marriage proposal. Until she finds herself on her way toTobago ? single. Disillusioned with his corporate job on Wall Street, Roman is starting afresh in Tobago. He doesn?t need a distraction, especially a free-spirited travel blogger. But something about Samantha intrigues him. As romance blossoms, Roman andSamantha must learn to risk their hearts. But when secrets are revealed, their new relationship is put in jeopardy. Now Samantha and Roman must decide what they really want. They came to Tobago to find themselves, but could finding each other be whatthey needed all along?

AN UNMISSABLE COMPANION TALE TO THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES'With bits of Buffy, Game Of Thrones and Outlander, this is a glorious series of total joy' STYLIST_________________________In this companion tale to the bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Feyre, Rhys and their friends are working to rebuild the Night Court and the vastly changed world beyond after the events of A Court of Wings and Ruin.But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, she finds that those dearest to her havemore wounds than she anticipated - scars that will have a far-reaching impact on the future of their court._________________________Sarah J. Maas is a global #1 bestselling author. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into 37 languages. Discover the sweeping romantic fantasy that everyone's talking about for yourself.

Flapping Eagle is a young Indian given the gift of immortality after drinking a magic fluid. Tiring of the burden of immortal life he sets off to find the mystical Calf Island, where he can rejoin the human race. His journey is peopled with strangeassortments of characters, including the clumsy, loquacious Virgil Jones

A Szőke ciklon Rejtő Jenő groteszk detektívregény paródiáinak egyik legjobb darabja. A szerelmi történetet és a krimit elragadóan kombináló mű cselekménye egy Buddha-szobrocska utáni kutatás kalandjait meséli el. A szobor belsejében található egymilliófontot érő gyémántot, az elhalálozott börtöntöltelék, Jim Hogan örökségét, egy fergeteges iramú, Angliától a Szaharáig tartó hajszában többen is szeretnék megkaparintani. A regény angol nyelvű változata ötödik alkalommal jelenik meg a Corvina Kiadónál.Jenő Rejtő was a journalist, prolific author of cabaret skits, and the steadfast practitioner of comic thrillers with unforgettable characters and one-liners that together have become part and parcel of Hungarian literary folklore. Delightfully grotesqueparodies of the detective novels that had their heyday at the time, Rejtő wrote most of his books in the 1930s under the penname of P. Howard.The Blonde Hurricane is one of the best of the lot. A combination of thriller and love story, it centres around the race to find a priceless family jewel concealed in a statuette of Buddha that an international band of crooks are after - and so is MissEvelyn Weston, the Blonde Hurricane, and without her knowledge, Eddy Rancing, who is in love with her, plus a host of others.Everyone is being pursued as well as pursuing everyone else, from England to the African desert and back. Meanwhile, the humour comes pouring out of Rejtő's pen as fast and furious as it did from his famous contemporary P. G. Wodehouse.

Featured on BBC Radio 4's Open Book * Featured on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking * An ELLE Magazine cultural pick * Reviewed in the Observer'Beautifully written' Joanna Cannon'Fascinating ... full of personality' Guardian'Brilliant ... What a debut' Pandora Sykes'How could I explain to her that nothing in my life felt real? That in a country like Kuwait, where everyone knew everything about each other, the most monumental thing to ever happen to me was buried and covered over? For the sake of my reputation, myfuture, my sister's and cousins

This lavish visual history-featuring over 150 new, full-colour illustrations-is a stunning introduction to House Targaryen, the iconic family at the heart of HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon.For hundreds of years, the Targaryens sat the Iron Throne of Westeros while their dragons ruled the skies. The story of the only family of dragonlords to survive Valyria's Doom is a tale of twisty politics, alliances and betrayals, and acts both nobleand craven. The Rise of the Dragon chronicles the creation and rise of Targaryen power in Westeros, covering the history first told in George R. R. Martin's epic Fire & Blood, from Aegon Targaryen's conquest of Westeros through to the infamous Dance ofthe Dragons-the bloody civil war that nearly undid Targaryen rule for good.Packed with all-new artwork, the Targaryens-and their dragons-come vividly to life in this deluxe reference book. Perfect for fans steeped in the lore of Westeros, as well as those who first meet the Targaryens in the HBO series House of the Dragon, TheRise of the Dragon provides a must-have overview for anyone looking to learn more about the most powerful family in Westeros.

The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household, Aristide, was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection.Suspicion naturally falls on the old man's young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of the late millionare's granddaughter

Agatha investigates things that go bump in the night in the fourteenth book in the series, complete with brand new cover designA vengeful ghost comes back to haunt the living?Reports of a haunted house soon have Agatha snooping around, but it turns out

The worldwide phenomenon continues as Eva and Gideon face the demons of their pasts, and accept the consequences of their obsessive desires...From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Something I couldn't resist. I saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside--so much like my own. I was drawn to it. I needed him as surely as I needed my heart to beat.No one knows how much he risked for me. How much I'd been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become.Entwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. We made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession...