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In der Asche eines Krematoriums wird ein wertvoller Platinring gefunden. Er trägt die Gravur "In ewiger Liebe, deine Leonie"...

A spectacularly original thriller about a professional torturer who has a strict code, a mysterious past, and a dangerous conviction that he can save the life of an innocent child Geiger has a gift: he knows a lie the instant he hears it. And in his business—called "information retrieval" by...

Eine historische Aufarbeitung der brisanten politischen Debatte um die Praxis des Gedenkens, die 2003 für Schlagzeilen sorgte: Der damalige Außenminister Joschka Fischer hatte den ehrenden Nachruf für einen Botschafter aufgrund dessen NSDAP- und SS-Vergangenheit abgelehnt, woraufhin über hundert ranghohe Diplomaten eine privat finanzierte Zeitungsanzeige für diesen schalteten. Döscher hatte als erster Historiker Einsicht in die geheimen Protokolle und beleuchtet die Missstände im Auswärtigen Amt von einer neuen Seite.

Deutschlands beliebteste Quiz-Show steht vor der Tür. Und dieses Jahr findet sie nirgendwo anders als in der Heimatstadt von Wolfram Tannenberg statt. Unter anderem nimmt auch ein Teil seiner Familie, nämlich Vater, Bruder und Neffe, als ein Kandidatenteam teil. Doch während der Livesendung meldet sich ein skrupelloser Erpresser - er verlangt den Hauptgewinn von 10 Millionen Euro! Sein Druckmittel sind die Sprengsätze, von denen der behauptet sie im Keller des Gebäudes deponiert zu haben. Als dann ganz in der Nähe auch noch zwei Bomben explodieren, realisiert Tannenberg, dass er schnell handeln muss, wenn er eine Katastrophe verhindern will.

Der er gået næsten tre år siden vores første kys. Mit liv ændrede sig den regnfulde aften i Lake Placid, hvor Jamie skubbede mig op imod siden af en bar og kyssede mig. Det var som at forsvinde ind i en fantasi, hvorfra jeg aldrig har været nødt til at vågne op. Jamie og Wes nyder livet i Toronto, hvor Wes spiller i den professionelle liga, og Jamie elsker sit job som ishockeytræner.

Marcus Knuth har, siden han blev valgt ind i Folketinget i 2015, været en, man enten elsker eller hader. Enten mener man, at hans politik er fremmedfjendsk og udemokratisk, og at han er billedet på en uhyggelig højredrejning i det borgerlige Danmark, eller også synes man, at han er principfast, og at han har forstået det, de andre endnu ikke har forstået, nemlig at vi har lukket for mange ind, og at Danmark og Europa står på randen af noget større og værre.

A stunningly imaginative novel about the Cold War, the Russian space program, and the amazing fraud that pulled the wool over the eyes of the world. It's 1964 in the USSR, and unbeknownst even to Premier Khrushchev himself, the Soviet space program is a sham. Well, half a sham. While the program...

"Aren't you a terrorist?" "There are no roles for people who look like you." "That's a sin." "No girls allowed." They've heard it all. Actress Alia Shawkat reflects on all the parts she was told she was too "ethnic" to play. Former NFL player Wade Davis recalls his bullying of gay classmates in an attempt to hide his own sexuality. Holocaust survivor Fanny Starr tells of her harrowing time in Aushwitz, where she watched her family disappear, one by one. What made them rise up through the hate? What made them overcome the obstacles of their childhood to achieve extraordinary success?

Hannah Webber fears she will never be a mother, but her prayers are finally answered when she gives birth to a son. Nurturing Sam’s intellect becomes Hannah’s life purpose. She invests body and soul into his development, much to the detriment of her marriage. She convinces herself, however, that Sam’s acceptance to the most prestigious of New England boarding schools justifies her choices. When he arrives at Dunning, Sam enjoys his newfound freedom - until, late one night, he stumbles upon evidence of sexual misconduct at the school and is unable to shake the discovery.

By the author of A Terrible Country and Raising Raffi, a novel of love, sadness, wasted youth, and literary and intellectual ambition—"wincingly funny" (Vogue) Keith Gessen is a brave and trenchant new literary voice. Known as an award-winning translator of Russian and a book reviewer for...

From Australia’s master storyteller comes this retrospective of his best short stories from the past two decades. Pictures of You: Collected Stories brings together the best of acclaimed writer Tony Birch’s short fiction. Cherrypicking from across his oeuvre, this anthology showcases his skills at finding the extraordinary in ordinary lives, and the often-unexpected connections and kindnesses between strangers. His work is by turns poignant, sad, profound and funny–and always powerful.

From the New York Times best-selling author of City on Fire comes an intimate epic that plunges us deep into the lives of a troubled teenage girl and her estranged father when he returns home in an attempt to save her. Navigating love, grief, betrayal, and redemption, Jolie and Ethan must find...

I wrote this book in an effort to help creative souls who feel directionless and lost like I had been, and to provide hope through the stories of my life. To help them in ways teachers and authorities in their lives may have failed them. And to see their value in the world, regardless of their circumstances, and in business, in the markets in which they’ll trade in.

What does it take to show our true self to the one we love? Kell is an American botanist working in Malaysia. He meets the engaging and alluring Nitti and is instantly smitten, but getting to know her is anything but straightforward. Open and childlike one moment, guarded and invulnerable the next, she ducks and vacillates, and keeps Kell guessing why. Nitti’s mother lies paralyzed in a far corner of their home, tended by a sinister housekeeper who exerts a mystifying control over Nitti and her father. Still, Kell believes he’s found the woman of his dreams, and he perseveres.

I wrote this book in an effort to help creative souls who feel directionless and lost like I had been, and to provide hope through the stories of my life. To help them in ways teachers and authorities may have failed them. And to see their value in the world, regardless of their circumstances. The stories in this book feel like the movies l used to watch, like "The Outsiders", "Raising Arizona", "Rounders", and "Goodfellas", because I lived more in fantasy than reality. I'd listen to music and hear soundtracks to my crazy life unfolding, romanticized it all as a coping mechanism.

Travel into dream with a man haunted by his lost twin sister, and share the insights and power of the subconscious mind. Fathom the uncanny wisdom and power of dream space.

Thirty-four stories, three postscripts, and one big message: Positively Altered is a call to action for every one of us to unapologetically live and love our own way no matter what challenges life brings. Positively Altered is about how to find happiness in the rarest of places--for starters, at the bottom of a chemo bag. In a collection of raw, in-the-moment stories that come to life with self-deprecating humor and a hearty dose of reality, Cindy doesn’t sugarcoat her journey any more than she bemoans her fate.

When a tragic bushfire puts two kids in hospital, Indigenous teenager Andrew knows the police will come after him first. But Andrew almost wants to be caught, because at least it might make his dad come and rescue him from suburban Brisbane and his neglectful mother. Growing up in small-town Tasmania, Andrew struggled at home, at school, at everything. The only thing that distracted or excited him was starting little fires. Flames boosted his morale and purified his thoughts, and they were the only thing in his life he could control.

He thought losing their child would be the most pain he would ever endure—until his wife committed suicide shortly after. After falling into a deep, unshakable depression, he decided to take a vacation to a small, secluded town randomly chosen by throwing a dart at a map. All he brought was his wife’s tarot deck and the clothes he was wearing. Will he find peace, the truth behind his wife’s death, or something else entirely? Or will he be unlucky enough to find all three?

Raised by his drug-addicted mother in the small town of Coraki, Australia, Monroe Morgan is determined to escape a life steeped in misery. With dreams of a better future, he has secured a job at his brother-in-law’s pub in Coffs Harbour and is set to start as soon as he turns eighteen. However, a month before his departure, Monroe’s life takes a drastic turn when his neighbour, Indi, appears at his doorstep, battered and scared for her life. She reveals harrowing details about her upbringing in The Church of Salvation and declares that she is being forced to marry the church’s pastor.