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From Booker Prize winner Ben Okri: a deceptively simple modern fable with an ancient origin. A young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat or suffer every experience until we experience it properly and fully for the first time.

第13回本屋大賞、第4回ブランチブックアワード大賞2015、第13回キノベス！2016 第1位……伝説の三冠を達成！
ゆるされている。世界と調和している。それがどんなに素晴らしいことか。言葉で伝えきれないなら、音で表せるようになればいい。高校生の時、偶然ピアノ調律師の板鳥と出会って以来、調律の世界に魅せられた外村。ピアノを愛する姉妹や先輩、恩師との交流を通じて、成長していく青年の姿を、温かく静謐な筆致で綴った物語。

Premio Biblioteca Breve 2023. Las mayores batallas de una mujer se libran en su propio cuerpo. "El jurado del Premio Biblioteca Breve 2023 ha destacado La educación física, novela ganadora por unanimidad, por una voz narrativa que explora su propia identidad a través del cuerpo y que, al hacerlo, recoge el sentir de una generación y lo convierte en una experiencia a la vez única y universal." Jurado del Premio Biblioteca Breve 2023. Una tarde de finales de agosto, Catalina, que acaba de cumplir dieciséis años, abandona la casa de su mejor amiga en una urbanización de las afueras tras un desagradable percance.

G-money is back, but this time he's on a mission. Not only is he running things all by himself now, but he still has unfinished business that needs to be settled, with Detective Nelson, Rell, and Big Mel. When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object the outcome isn't pretty. Also find out what happens to Ali, Nancy, and the rest of the gang.

Told in Ruskin Bond's simple yet poignant style, the stories and poems in No Man Is an Island thoughtfully explore the many shades of friendship and camaraderie. Featuring classic tales such as 'The Woman on Platform No. 8', in which a mysterious stranger befriends a young boy, and 'The Crooked Tree', in which a writer and a hawker form an unlikely bond, this heartwarming collection is a must-listen.

Gianluca's life is empty. His City job, his seven-figure income, his glossy girlfriends - all have long ceased to satisfy him. His marriage is over, and he barely knows his young daughters. In search of serenity and a deeper purpose, he flees to Italy. But life on the sun-drenched Amalfi coast is not as peaceful as Luca anticipates.

The instinct of the true Porterhouse man faced with a crisis is to reach for the bottle and then to fall back on the subtle tactical skills honed at Cambridge down the centuries: blackmail and kidnap. But will these be enough? Menaced on all sides - by the collapse of the Chapel, by the tentacles of organised crime, and by the hovering threat of the abominable Dog’s Nose Man - will Porterhouse be forced to unleash the most fearsome weapon in its armoury - the college food?

When a young American research assistant is killed by a man-eating lion, three people are devastated. Jed Banks, an American Special Forces soldier serving in Afghanistan; Professor Christine Wallis, a wildlife researcher in South Africa; and Hassan bin Zayid, a hotel magnate in Zambia. The victim, Miranda Banks-Lewis, was their daughter, protegee and lover respectively. Desperate to find out what happened to Miranda, Jed and Christine with the help of a determined Australian journalist.

Reflecting the pace, the memories and the friendships of small-town America, Dorothy's faith-filled adventures will touch your heart and tickle your funny bone at the same time.

A mű középpontjában a barátság, hűség és árulás nagy kérdései állnak. De nem pusztán egyes emberi sorsokról van itt szó, hanem egy másik, talán még nagyobb tragédiáról, arról, hogy a régi rend, társadalom széthullása a hagyományos erkölcsi értékek megrendülését is jelenti. Nagy indulatoktól feszülő, szuggesztív erejű regény ez, Márai stílusművészetének remeke.

The sensational New York Times bestseller The Mill River Recluse reminds us that friendship, family, and love can come from the most unexpected places. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy. Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. From the...

亡き夫への後悔を抱く女性と、人生の選択に迷う会社員。失踪した仲間と、共に登る仲間への、特別な思いを胸に秘める音大生。娘の夢を応援できない母親と、母を説得したい山岳部の女子大生。

Época actual. Logroño Manuela, una abogada racional, recibe una llamada que lo cambiará todo: Palmira, su abuela, supuestamente muerta hace más de treinta años, quiere reencontrarse con ella. Incrédula pero cautivada, acepta la cita, sin imaginar que esta decisión la arrastrará al corazón de una conspiración europea enterrada en la historia familiar. Décadas atrás, entre Europa y Puerto Rico Palmira, una mujer adelantada a su tiempo, huye con su familia hacia América tras cometer un acto desesperado en la posguerra española.

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ネタバレ厳禁。驚愕体験の本格ミステリ！小石探偵事務所の代表でミステリオタクの小石は、名探偵のように華麗に事件を解決する日を夢見ている。

Laughter from the hyenas echoed throughout the dark woods as Erica and Carrie ran for their lives, with Adrianna fast behind them. They could hear the hyenas eating her friend Donna. They looked back and could see Black Ice and his youngest daughter Zaira standing in the shadows, smiling at them as if this was a game.

Spitcat, a raging forest fire in the Sierra Nevada of California, had a lifespan of merely eleven days, "yet its effects could be reckoned ahead in centuries." So writes George R. Stewart in this engrossing novel of a fire started by lightning in the dry heat of September, and fanned out of control by unexpected winds. The book begins with the origins of the fire - smoldering quietly at first, unnoticed, then suddenly bursting into a terrifying inferno, devouring trees and animals over acre after acre and leaving nothing but desolation in its wake.

An extraordinary new voice in contemporary woman’s fiction, Courtney Miller Santo makes her magnificent debut with a novel that will delight fans of Sarah Blake’s The Postmistress, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, and the works of Kristin Hannah. Set in a house on an olive grove in...

昭和39年12月から翌年の11月まで、約1年に渡って朝日新聞に掲載された『氷点』は、三浦綾子の故郷である北海道旭川を舞台に、人間の原罪をテーマに描かれています。

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner, read by Royce Pierreson. A tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves and downs of Dorset. Everyone in the tiny village of Moonfleet lives by the sea one way or another, so it's no surprise when young John Trenchard gets involved in the smuggling trade. Forced to flee England with a price on his head, John little guesses the adventures and trials he will have before he sees Moonfleet again or the change in his fortunes when he does.