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A silver brumby is special, but he will be hunted by man and horse alike, and must be stronger than both... Thowra's speed and courage have always saved him from the men who want to capture him - until now, when the men come on skis quickly and silently over the mountains. This time Thowra must protect his daughter from the hunters who prize the silver brumbies above any other horse.

男たちの矜持が激突する感動のエンターテインメント巨編。第145回直木賞受賞作。

When a young man washes up, naked, on the sands of St Piran, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the schoolteacher, to the beachcomber and the owner of the local bar, the priest's wife and the romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. But what the villagers don't know is that Joe Haak worked as an analyst and has fled the City amid fears of a worldwide banking collapse caused by a computer program he invented. But is the end of the world really nigh?

遂に動き出した「学校内裁判」。検事となった藤野涼子は、大出俊次の“殺人”を立証するため、関係者への聴取に奔走する。

When her ten-year marriage to Alistair ends with his infidelity, Kate Easton vows she will not make the same mistake twice. She will never put herself - or her two children - through a relationship again. Then Alistair announces that his new wife is pregnant and he intends to cut his financial support to Kate. To keep her home she must divide it up and make way for a lodger. Enter Davis Calder, a glamorous and charismatic tutor with a failed marriage of his own behind him.

Un an après avoir quitté l’Élysée, Dan Lehman, ancien président de la République, n’est plus que l’ombre de lui-même. Le couple iconique qu’il formait avec l’actrice Hilda Müller n’est qu’une façade. Alcoolique, menacé par des affaires judiciaires, il tente de revenir sur la scène médiatique tandis que Hilda tient le rôle principal d’un film qui pourrait être sélectionné au festival de Cannes. Mais les fractures de leur vie privée brouillent les frontières entre drame personnel et fiction. Avec ce nouveau roman puissant, Karine Tuil sonde les mécaniques cruelles du pouvoir.

The recent death of one of the descendants of Dr. Watson has brought to light his personal papers. These include a number of stories that Dr. Watson suppressed at the time for various reasons. As all involved are long dead, the inheritor has agreed to the publication of a set of eight of the most interesting adventures.

Il fiore non sa di essere un fiore finché non fiorisce. Settembre nero racconta la fioritura di un ragazzo di dodici anni, Gigio Bellandi, durante un’estate in Versilia nel 1972: la scoperta della musica, della lettura, dell’inquietudine, del desiderio, dell’amore – e poi di tutto questo l’impensabile, fulminea interruzione. Ricostruisce con plastica precisione le immagini, gli odori, i colori e i suoni che animavano quella vita andata perduta, e con vaghezza, invece, perché subìto senza tante spiegazioni, l’evento irreversibile che la travolge.

Nach Herkunft endlich neue Erzählungen des SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautors und Deutschen Buchpreisträgers. Was wäre, wenn man nicht diese eine Entscheidung getroffen hätte, sondern diese ganz andere? Was wäre, hätte man der Erwartung getrotzt? Und: Wäre es nicht schön, könnte man ein Leben probeweise erfahren, bevor man es wirklich lebt? Manchmal fürchten wir uns, feige gewesen zu sein, zu lange gezögert und etwas verpasst zu haben, das uns ein besseres Ich beschert hätte, ein größeres Glück und die besser aussehenden und lustigeren Haustiere und Partner.

「真夜中は、なぜこんなにもきれいなんだろうと思う」。わたしは、人と言葉を交わしたりすることにさえ自信がもてない。誰もいない部屋で校正の仕事をする、そんな日々のなかで三束さんにであった――。

Mara was the demon who tried to distract Lord Buddha with the help of his three daughters—Raga, Arati and Tanha. Paroosh believes Mara’s three daughters have been strayed in this world wearing skins of teenage girls. And he seeks to deliver to Mara, by sacrificing the girls against the peepal tree, for he wants the father to reunite with his daughter.

It is the morning of Pacote's last fight, the finale of a great career. The city of Sevilla waits, heavy with anticipation. But Pacote finds he is afraid and fears disgrace in the ring. Time, once his friend, now presses him on to the moment when the gate opens and the first bull enters the ring.

Songwriter, poet, and best-selling author Travis Hunter was named Author of the Year by readers of the Atlanta Daily World. In The Hearts of Men, a reformed player, a workaholic trying to overcome his past, and a faithful husband diagnosed with lung cancer all struggle to be the men they hope to be. But life and human frailty have a way of throwing stumbling blocks before the best of intentions.

ひとつの死をきっかけに膨れ上がる人々の悪意。それに抗し、真実を求める生徒たちを描いた、現代ミステリーの最高峰。

エリートバンカーの恋窪商太郎は、いわれなき罪を着せられ大手銀行を辞職、地方銀行の庶務行員となって静かな日々を過ごしていた――元ライバル・桜井の「話したいことがある」という電話に出るまでは。

Dartmouth Circle is quiet and exclusive - just the way its residents want it to stay, especially arch busybody Sheila Colby. When she hears that the house next door to her has been bought for a student and four friends to rent, she is incandescent. Nothing in this outwardly serene little cul-de-sac is quite as it seems - will the arrival of Madeleine 'Mad' Richmond and her friends bring seething tensions and dark secrets bubbling to the surface?

Als er vierzehn ist, verliebt sich Hannes Prager in das Mädchen Polina. Um ihr seine Liebe zu zeigen, komponiert der wundersam begabte Junge eine Melodie, die Polinas ganzes Wesen und Wünschen umfasst. Kurz danach stirbt Hannes’ Mutter bei einem Unfall, mit ihr stirbt seine Musik, und Polina verschwindet aus seinem Leben. Nach Jahren, in denen er nichts als Leere fühlt, erkennt Hannes: Er muss Polina wiederfinden. Doch das Einzige, womit er sie erreichen kann, ist ihre Melodie.

The Hypnotist's Love Story is about the mild craziness that lurks behind the facades we present to the world, especially when it comes to love. Ellen O'Farrell is an expert when it comes to human frailties. She's a hypnotherapist who helps her clients deal with everything from addictions to life-long phobias. So when she falls in love with a man who is being stalked by his ex-girlfriend she's more intrigued than frightened.

Gene Wilder's audiobook is the story of Lonny Serkin, a boy dealing with the curves life throws at him. With just his father and then the love of a new mother to guide him, he does his best to navigate the twin countries of humor and tragedy that he must travel through. Even Dogs Learn How to Swim is a story of growing up, deciding to move forward when all seems lost, and appreciating love when and where you find it.

MI5の捜査官イヴ・ポラストリは、ある殺人事件の目撃者の証言から容疑者が女性だと知り、さらにここ最近起こった未解決の殺人事件がいずれも同じ犯人によるものなのではと疑っている。