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Zami: A Carriacou name for women who work together as friends and lovers “Zami is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde’s work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women...

New York Times Bestseller Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century A young poet tells...

«Si no me definiera a mí misma por mí misma, me meterían en las fantasías de los demás y me comerían viva». Una niña negra abre los ojos en el Harlem de los años treinta. A su alrededor, un embriagador remolino de transeúntes, bocinas de coches, lámparas de queroseno, la caída de la bolsa, plátanos fritos, historias de la Granada natal de sus padres. Caminando a la escuela pública por las aceras nevadas, se da cuenta de que tiene la lengua trabada, que es legalmente ciega y que sus hermanas mayores la han dejado atrás.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the acclaimed author of Seabiscuit comes the incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption. “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic...

En una ciudad con muros y edificios de cristal existe una sociedad totalitaria cuyos súbditos sobrellevan unas vidas carentes de pasión y creatividad. Hasta que D-503, un matemático que por las noches sueña con números, efectúaun descubrimiento: tiene un alma individual. Ambientada en el siglo XXVI, Nosotros es la novela distópica por antonomasia, antecesora de 1984 y Un mundo feliz. Un relato que vaticina el destino al que todos podemos estar abocados si rendimos nuestra individualidad a un desvarío tecnológico colectivo.

In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul.

Written in a style that is both precise and sumptuous, weirdly archaic and powerfully novel, Zama takes place in the last decade of the 18th century and describes the solitary, suspended existence of Don Diego de Zama, a highly placed servant of the Spanish crown who has been posted to Asunción, the capital of remote Paraguay. There, eaten up by pride, lust, petty grudges, and paranoid fantasies, he does as little as he possibly can while plotting his eventual transfer to Buenos Aires.

Set in the 26th century A.D., Yevgeny Zamyatin's masterpiece describes life under the regimented totalitarian society of OneState, ruled over by the all-powerful "Benefactor." Recognized as the inspiration for George Orwell's 1984, We is the archetype of the modern dystopia, or anti-Utopia: a great prose poem detailing the fate that might befall us all if we surrender our individual selves to some collective dream of technology and fail in the vigilance that is the price of freedom.

Cocos „Wanderreise" führt sie weiter nach Guatemala, in das Haus der Sippe Najera, die mit den Zamis befreundet ist. Allerdings sind die Najeras keine besonders starken Dämonen – und es scheint, als würden sie von einem Gegner bedroht, der vorgibt, von göttlichem Blut zu sein...

Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in 20th-century literature, and one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women. This essential collection showcases her indelible contributions to intersectional feminism, queer theory, and critical race studies in 12 landmark essays and more than 60 poems-selected and introduced by one of our most powerful contemporary voices on race and gender, Roxane Gay.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “A cri de coeur that takes aim at the tech industry for abandoning its history of helping America and its allies.”—The Wall Street Journal From the Palantir co-founder, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of...

Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider celebrates an influential voice in 20th-century literature. In this charged collection of 15 essays and speeches, Lorde takes on sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class and propounds social difference as a vehicle for action and change. Her prose is incisive, unflinching, and lyrical, reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope.

Die junge Hexe Coco Zamis wird von ihrem Vater nach Trinidad geschickt, wo sie bei dem Hexer Makemake in die Lehre gehen soll. Auf der Insel angekommen, muss Coco jedoch schnell erfahren, dass Makemake nicht der mächtige Dämon ist, der er zu sein vorgibt. Tatsächlich ist Makemakes Leben bedroht und Coco die Einzige, die ihm noch helfen kann.

In a utopian future society, where all social unrest has been engineered away, a man has an awakening. Starting as a happy worker drone, he meets a woman who reveals to him the reality of life outside the state's control - the glories of chaotic nature in the world and in the heart. They become entwined with a conspiracy against the state, and eventually try to escape beyond the walls of the state's control... only to meet betrayal, failure, and a dark ending in the glorious light of the state's total control.

Auf einem Sabbat soll die junge Coco Zamis die Hexentaufe auf sich nehmen, um zu einer echten Dämonin zu werden. Da erscheint der leibhaftige Fürst der Finsternis und unterstreicht seinen Anspruch, der werdenden Hexe ihre Jungfräulichkeit zu nehmen. Soll Coco sich Asmodi verweigern? Die Konsequenzen ihres Entschlusses reichen weiter, als sie zu diesem Zeitpunkt ahnen kann.

On the outside Maddox, Loren and Stephanie go against the grain when it comes to sex. But as relationships shift and physical needs change, can they keep up with the facade? Follow these women on their journey as they navigate their personal and professional lives in Atlanta, where the sun isn’t the only thing that’s hot!

Composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the most famous and influential work of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The work is a philosophical novel in which the character of Zarathustra, a religious prophet-like figure, delivers a series of lessons and sermons in a Biblical style that articulate the central ideas of Nietzsche's mature thought.

From the bestselling author of Christmas in Snow Falls comes a heartwarming read that's perfect for fans of Jenny Hale, Sheila Roberts, Debbie Macomber, and Jill Shalvis. In the charming town of Benson Ridge, Amanda Perkins has learned the hard way that hockey players and happily-ever-afters don't mix. But when disgraced NHL star Jack "The Hammer" Hamilton skates into her life—and the struggling ice rink she manages—Amanda's carefully guarded heart faces off against an unexpected opponent. Jack's court-mandated community service seems like a penalty box for his career, until coaching a ...

Named a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker, TIME, Vanity Fair, and Kirkus Reviews One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 "Smart, somber . . . There’s pleasure in watching a novelist wired to see all sides at once wrangle with her own dynamic subjectivity." - The New York Times Book...

Nach dem Kampf der Zamis-Sippe gegen die Winkler-Forcas müssen die Besitzverhältnisse neu geklärt werden. Aus diesem Anlass empfängt Cocos Familie Skarabäus Toth, den gefürchteten Schiedsrichter der Schwarzen Familie. Aber ist die Vorherrschaft der Zamis in Wien wirklich gesichert? Wenigstens ein weiterer Dämon hat sich offenbar vorgenommen, das Oberhaupt Michael Zamis herauszufordern ...