Nouveautés

Nil, nell'estate del 1919, è un bambino timido che pensa alla felicità, quando d'un tratto la Guerra civile travolge il suo piccolo mondo. Rimane solo, diventa uno dei tanti "ragazzini randagi" che nel sud della Russia campano di elemosine, furti e prostituzione. È il suo apprendistato al coraggio - il coraggio di "non essere mai stanco di vivere", nonostante tutto. Nei bassifondi, Nil impara a non voltarsi indietro, a sgattaiolare tra gli orrori e a gioire profondamente delle poche cose importanti: la libertà, l'amicizia, l'amore, nella sua banda di mendicanti armati di coltelli finlandesi.

In questo breve romanzo del 1920 l'ininterrotto processo di autoanalisi porterà i personaggi all'accettazione del proprio posto nell'armonia dell'universo, luogo unico dove tutto ciò che esiste è bene. In Klein e Wagner la descrizione della provincia sveva e del mondo artigianale diventa lo sfondo sul quale ai cliché della vita borghese si contrappone la figura del «viandante», capace - secondo Claudio Magris - di ridestare nei borghesi la «nostalgia delle lontananze».

Dr. Walter Humphrey, a man of mixed race, must keep the dangerous secret of passing for white to survive. Alongside his lifelong companion Leatha, and a young woman named Betsy, they form an unconventional household, where they raise their brilliant daughter, Hannah. But it is Hannah whose story will capture your heart. Her journey as a surgeon leads her from the segregated South to the front lines of war-torn London. She must confront the complex legacy of identity and the powerful emotions that come with it.

In an era when fantasy novels often rely on epic battles and world-ending stakes, Gig Harbor: The Enduring Mystery offers something far more sophisticated: a meditation on the quiet heroism of ordinary people protecting extraordinary secrets. This remarkable debut weaves together Pacific Northwest history, environmental conservation, and elements of magical realism into a narrative that feels both timeless and urgently contemporary.

After six years of caring for her ailing parents, literature professor Selwyn Aldridge is alone in the weathered Victorian house where she grew up. Grief hangs heavy in every room, and her mother’s once-glorious garden is buried beneath weeds. When a bottle of morphine disappears during a moment of despair, Selwyn begins to question her grip on reality—until a radiant stranger named Blossom appears, arriving with uncanny timing and an instinct for exactly what Selwyn needs. With Blossom’s quiet guidance, Selwyn begins to restore her mother’s garden—and, slowly, her own sense of purpose.

Born in the early 1840s, to a trapper father and a Northern Shoshone mother, Emily navigates between two worlds. As a child she had the freedom to race bareback across the Fort Hall bottomlands, towards the towering, snowcapped Hoary Headed Fathers. The Season of the Snowy Moons were spent in the warmth and comfort of her mother's lodge, However, the Ward Massacre, which took place on the Oregon Trail between Fort Hall and Fort Boise was just the beginning of drastic changes in young Emily and her mother's lives.

பூத தேவதைகளும் பிசாசுகளும் உண்டா இல்லையா என்ற பிரச்னை கதாசிரியான எனக்கு தேவையில்லை. பல இடங்களிலிருந்து சேகரிக்கபட்ட செய்திகள். இந்த நாவலில் சொல்லி இருக்கிறேன். சங்காரெட்டி என்ற இடத்தில் சூனியம் வைப்பவனைப் போட்டோ எடுக்கப் போய் அவனிடமிருந்து நான் தப்பிப் பிழைத்தது பெரிய விஷயம்.

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a dazzling new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things. It takes us on an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent—from the cramped neighborhoods of Old Dehli and the roads of the new city to the mountains and valleys of Kashmir and beyond, where war is peace and peace is war.

Yann Martel’s astonishing novel begins with a successful writer attempting to publish his latest book, made up of a novel and an essay. Henry plans for it to be a “flip book” that the reader can start at either end, reading the novel or the essay first, because both pieces are equally concerned with representations of the Holocaust. Faced with severe and categorical rejection, Henry gives up hope. He abandons writing, moves with his wife to a foreign city, joins a community theatre, becomes a waiter in a chocolatería.

Henry Hotard was on the verge of fame, gaining a following and traction with his eerie ghost-hunting videos. Then his dreams came to a screeching halt. Now, he's learning to navigate a new life in a wheelchair, back on the reservation where he grew up, relying on his grandparents’ care while he recovers. And he’s being haunted.

Mia Sokolov, Mafia-Erbin mit selektivem Mutismus, macht keine Gefangenen. Landon King ist ein genialer Künstler, ein vornehmer, reicher Junge, der besessen von Mia ist … und dem düsteren Geheimnis, das sie verbirgt. Trotz Landons psychotischer Tendenzen, die Mia in die Enge treiben, bringt seine Obsession sie näher zusammen, als sie beide je erwartet hätten.

Certains monstres sont tout simplement de jeunes filles qui n'ont pas eu de chance. C'est le cas de Méduse. Violée par Poséidon, injustement punie par Athéna, c'est par la faute des dieux qu'elle fut changée en créature hideuse, aux cheveux de serpents et au regard pétrifiant. Mais que sait-on de son cœur, sinon le récit qu'en a rapporté Persée, le héros qui l'a décapitée pour assouvir sa soif de gloire ? Et si le monstre n'était finalement pas celui que l'Histoire retient ?

Step into the world of Hearthkeeper, a series of traditional poetry chapbooks that carry you — through love, loss, and memory — toward hope and hard-won wisdom. In Identity, the second chapbook in the series, you’ll hear poems that explore life events (childhood, illness, moving, sorrow and loss, self-respect, promises, relationships, achievement) and how they shape who we are and who we are becoming. Tender and luminous, each piece opens a space for reflection and self-discovery.

I Call Myself Island introduces a narrative voice named "Island". The listener begins with Day 1 then goes on to travel through a 55 day poetry journey. Along the way, the listener, through "Island", encounters details from the simplicity and complexity of life, all the while asking Big Existential Questions. The listener experiences what Island experiences, gaining through this journey insight into our temporary life on earth.

When Dante brings his wife to his family’s remote cabin in Remington, Georgia, he hopes to rekindle what’s been lost. But the South remembers what it buries. And when a sudden winter storm traps them in, old grief and darker things rise to the surface. In the hush of falling snow, the past stirs. A figure from Dante’s nightmares walks again. And a deal struck in desperation threatens to claim everything he loves.

A Fentanyl death. A missing woman. Dela Alvaro, head of the Spotted Pony Casino security, and Heath Seaver, a Umatilla Tribal Detective, join forces with the FBI to find Dela’s missing basket-weaving instructor and put a stop to a lethal drug flowing onto the reservation. The investigation turns deadly when an undercover FBI agent goes missing and the drug cartel’s girlfriend is out for Dela’s blood.

Some loves aren’t loud. They don’t rush in like a storm. They bloom slowly—like the morning sun warming a quiet street… like hands brushing in the space between words. In this town, love lingers. In the scent of fresh coffee. In the way his eyes find mine across the room. In the way goodbye never really means forever. Maybe love isn’t just a moment. Maybe it’s in the air we breathe, the places we call home… the feeling that, somehow, we were always meant to find each other. If you believe in love that lasts—gentle, enduring, and unforgettable—this story is for you.

Mallory Rosen loves working from home—minimum contact with others suits her just fine. Nothing could make her leave her comfortable Seattle apartment. Until she inherits her late grandmother’s seaside cottage . . . with strings attached: Take care of your grandfather. Fine. She can quickly check on Gramps, rent out the cottage, and return to her life. Yet when she arrives at the independent living community, the WiFi keeps dropping, Gramps interrupts her meetings, and the cottage needs renovating—according to the handsome, extroverted property manager.

「トカトントン」は、26歳の復員青年から、創作、仕事、恋愛、デモ、スポーツなど何かやる気が起きると必ず耳に“トカトントン”の音が幻聴で聞こえてきてやる気が失せるという悩みの相談の手紙を受け取った某作家の返信の書簡。

Märchen bildet in China kein streng gesondertes Gebiet. Von den Ammengeschichten und Fabeln bis zu Göttermythen, Sagen und Novellen sind die Grenzen durchaus schwankend. Die Silberfüchse gleichen den Füchsen; aber sie sind gelb, brandrot oder weiß. Auch sie können die Menschen beeinflussen. Es gibt eine Art, die kann im Laufe der Jahre die Menschensprache erlernen. Man nennt sie die sprechenden Füchse.