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“Bewitching … Tokarczuk is an excellent storyteller.” —The New York Times A novel about the rich stories of small places, from the Nobel Prize–winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Books of Jacob and Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead A woman settles in a remote...

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "A brilliant literary murder mystery." —Chicago Tribune "Extraordinary. Tokarczuk's novel is funny, vivid, dangerous, and disturbing, and it raises some fierce questions about human behavior...

“Two world wars and the passage of more than a century do not overshadow [Bernhard Schlink’s] story of lovers who never fully belong to each other, just as they never fully belonged to the world.”—Booklist “A brilliant novel about history and the nature of memory.”—Evening Standard...

A NEW YORKER “ESSENTIAL READ” “Just as awe-inspiring as the Nobel judges claimed.” – The Washington Post “Olga Tokarczuk is one of our greatest living fiction writers. . . This could well be a decade-defining book akin to Bolaño’s 2666.” –AV Club “Sophisticated and ribald...

"All three narrators are Puerto Rican–born and deliver the Spanish passages with musical grace, thereby enhancing an already fine novel." —The Washington Post “The narrators’ accents and code-shifting create a vibrant auditory experience. In particular, Guerra’s luscious voice conveys...

Is it really possible to change your entire personality in a year? An award-winning journalist experiments with her own personality to find out—and reveals the science behind lasting change. Olga Khazan was spiraling toward an existential crisis. Though she treasured her loving relationship...

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR “A folk horror story with a deceptively light and knowing tone … elegant and genuinely unsettling.” –The New York Times Book Review The Nobel Prize winner’s latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of...

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE A visionary work of fiction by "A writer on the level of W. G. Sebald" (Annie Proulx) "A magnificent writer." — Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize-winning...

Olga of Kyiv could be called the mother of Christianity, yet her life was far from saintly. When her husband was murdered in a most gruesome way, she vowed revenge and executed it with a hardness that few could comprehend. Olga was left to protect their only son, who would become Grand Prince, if he were to live long enough to take the title. Left to rule a violent world, Olga found a way to earn the loyalty of her people. Still, every day brought challenges, including an enormous secret that could never be revealed. How did this woman become a saint? The answer is found in the quest for ...

💥 Struggling with relationship anxiety? Always waiting for the other shoe to drop? You're not too sensitive or needy—your anxious attachment style is in overdrive. If you find yourself overthinking texts, constantly seeking reassurance, or fearing abandonment—even in close relationships—it doesn’t mean something is wrong with you. It means your nervous system is trying to protect you the only way it knows how. Whether it’s with a partner, a parent, or even yourself, anxious attachment can quietly shape how you connect. You’re not alone—and there is a way forward.✨ In ...

In seventeenth-century Denmark, Christenze Kruckow, an unmarried noblewoman, is accused of witchcraft. She and several other women are rumored to be possessed by the Devil, who has come to them in the form of a tall headless man who gives them dark powers: they can steal people's happiness, they have performed unchristian acts, and they can cause pestilence or death. They are all in danger of the stake.

“Powerful and haunting . . . an intimate and unforgettable tale that transports the reader to the heart of Imperial Russia.” —Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba This sweeping novel takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of...

¿Sientes que nunca eres suficiente para tu madre? ¿La culpa, la ansiedad, la rabia o la confusión siguen contigo aunque te hayas alejado? No estás loca o loco. No eres débil. Y no estás exagerando. Lo que viviste tiene un nombre. Y, sobre todo, tiene salida. Sobrevivir a una madre narcisista es la guía de recuperación definitiva para hijos e hijas de madres narcisistas o tóxicas que siguen arrastrando, en la vida adulta, las secuelas invisibles del abuso emocional: baja autoestima, culpa, ansiedad, hipervigilancia, pensamientos obsesivos y una dolorosa pérdida de identidad. Porque...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as “A cause for celebration”—an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love. “The Correspondent is this...

Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The human and humanoid crew members complain about their daily tasks in a series of staff reports and memos. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew becomes strangely and deeply attached to them, even as tensions boil toward mutiny, especially among the humanoids.

¿Qué pasa por la mente de un asesino? ¿Y si no nació monstruo, sino que fue creado a golpe de abandono, humillación y hambre? En el corazón del País Vasco del siglo XIX, una serie de asesinatos sacuden la tranquilidad de Vitoria. Mujeres de distintas edades, condiciones y pasados son encontradas muertas, víctimas de una violencia que hiela la sangre. Pero esta no es solo una novela de crímenes. Es una inmersión brutal y desgarradora en la mente de Juan Díaz de Garayo, el hombre detrás del mito del Sacamantecas. "El alma del Sacamantecas" es una novela de crimen psicológico ...

The Global Citizen Vocabulary Mastery audiobooks are intentionally and judiciously structured for vocabulary definition and pronunciation learning, retention, and recall for individuals who are completely new to the language!

Actor, writer and comedienne Olga Thompson shares her story of growing up in the 80s, in her vibrant family hair salon, El Greco Of Hornsey. A quirky, yet candid account of ‘growing up Greek’, in a post immigrant Britain. Join Olga as she sweeps up the Split Ends of her life, reflecting on her childhood, navigating the ups and the downs of motherhood and getting real about menopause (with every hairdressing pun intended).

“Surprising and spellbinding, I Am Agatha is a beautiful love story and meditation on grief, memory, art, and the deepest secrets we hold to keep living....And that extraordinary ending! Once I finished, I had to turn back to the beginning to reread and rethink through the whole story again...

Un regard, depuis le point de vue de l’astrologie métaphysique, sur les symboles, les fonctions et les essences des planètes du système solaire. Comment utiliser la tranche ésotérique du symbolisme astrologique lors de la lecture du thème natal pour un travail spirituel sur soi-même. Vivre dans l’illusion est dénué de sens, mais la voie de l’illumination est trop douloureuse, voilà la tragédie de l’existence humaine. Mais la pensée ésotérique ne peut être comprise qu'en s’y consacrant avec tout notre être. Les citations et les dogmes n'aideront pas ici.