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1941, Krakow. Lidia Sobieska hears a knock on the door and is shocked to find a baby in a basket on her doorstep. Attached to the basket is a letter from the baby’s mother, begging to save her daughter Suzanne from the Nazis. Always wanting children of her own but unable to conceive, Lidia knows there is only one right thing to do. She names the baby Sophie and vows to do everything she can to love and protect her.

Includes an introduction written and read by Jesmyn Ward, a foreword written and read by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan, and an afterword written and read by Professor James L. W. West III The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family...

A spellbinding tale about an ambitious young woman who must thwart an occult plot by time-traveling fascists during the chaos of the London Blitz—from “one of our most powerful writers of wayward historical fiction” (The Washington Post). Following the acclaim of his previous novels Golden...

As a young woman, Naomi Simmons grabbed her one chance to escape the overwhelming demands of her selfish family by marrying devout older man Jacob Purcell. But it only landed her with a controlling, unfaithful husband who delights in hurling insults at her and their troubled now-teenage daughter, Ethel Mae. So, Naomi is amazed and touched when Homer Clark sees her for the vibrant, intelligent woman she truly is. Believing the handsome, worldly widower is her love of a lifetime, Naomi plans to leave with Homer and start fresh in the big city.

Burnt out from a demanding job and a bustling life in the city, Emelie has left town to spend a few days in the country. Once there, in the peaceful, verdant hills, down by the river, she encounters a mysterious group of seven people, each with personal stories full of pain, alienation, and the longing to live differently. They are misfits, each in their own way, and all led by the enigmatic and charismatic Sara.

Sheena and Vinayak are doctors working in the same dental institute, but their paths would never have crossed if Sheena's deception hadn't woven a web of lies in which Vinayak became entangled. He may have his own reasons for letting her make believe go on but getting his heart involved is not on the agenda. From a rajputana estate to a villa on an Indian Ocean island, join them in a journey of tangled deceit mixed with unwilling attraction in this page-turning romcom. * Excerpt: She didn't have any luck in love. All her so-called suitors had brought was trouble on her head. And now she had...

🌟 A love story that transcends centuries. A mystery that will change everything. When Penny Matthews loses her job and her boyfriend in a single day, she's certain her life is over. But an unexpected phone call changes her destiny: she has inherited Villa dei Cipressi, a stunning estate in the heart of Tuscany. A villa. A mysterious architect. A secret buried for fifty years, tied to a love story never truly ended. Desperately seeking refuge, Penny flies to Italy expecting only temporary peace. Instead, she finds a world that seems to have been waiting just for her. From Nina, the ...

Je revenais de Tel Aviv. Un voyage sur la 480 des plus banals. Il était vingt-et-une heure trente. J’avais passé la journée à écouter de la musique sur le matos à pas moins de cinquante mille dollars de mon pote Rami. On avait débattu de la qualité du DVD-Audio, un nouveau format qui produit le son le plus analogique qu’il est possible d’écouter sur un disque numérique. On avait écouté plusieurs fois The Gypsy Life, le dernier album de John Gorka. Bref, la routine. Personne ne s’était assis à côté de moi et j’avais passé le voyage à me perdre dans mes pensées ...

“Readers rejoice! A captivating new series from Mark Billingham—the very best in the business.”—Richard Osman, #1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Detective Miller is back and investigating his most perplexing case yet The Shadow Step: One taken simultaneously by a pair of...

The acclaimed Tudor historian, whose book Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I was praised as “a must-read for any student of history and especially Tudor fans,” now weaves the dramatic history of the Boleyn family into a richly imagined novel of ambition, bloodlines, and the opulent and deadly court...

This is the most distinguished novel that has come out of South Africa in the 20th century, and it is one of the most important novels of the modern era. Cry, the Beloved Country is in some ways a sad book; it is an indictment of a social system that drives native races into resentment and crime; it is a story of Fate, as inevitable, as relentless, as anything of Thomas Hardy's. Beautifully wrought with high poetic compassion, Cry, the Beloved Country is more than just a story, it is a profound experience of the human spirit.

Cuatro compañeros de universidad se trasladan a Nueva York, donde solo cuentan con su amistad y su ambición para abrirse camino. Willem es guapo, amable y quiere ser actor; JB es un pintor ingenioso y a veces cruel, dispuesto a destacar en el difícil mundo del arte; Malcolm es un arquitecto soñador, y Jude es el joven retraído, brillante y enigmático que pronto se convertirá en el epicentro del grupo.

One day, 14-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find two notes in her mailbox, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl.

First published in 1875, General William T. Sherman's memoir was one of the first from the Civil War and was offered to the public because, as Sherman wrote in his dedication, "no satisfactory history" of the war was yet available. Although Memoirs has been revised and corrected many times over the years, Sherman famously never changed the original text of his recollections.

"This novel will grab you in the gut and hold you there. It’s absolutely outstanding. Once I entered this world I didn’t want to leave.” —Roxane Gay, author of Opinions "The cast delivers powerfully nuanced performances. [Narrator] Dion Graham’s Sabre is both cringe-inducingly unctuous...

A stunning novel of ancient Vietnam based on the true story of two warrior sisters who raised an army of women to overthrow the Han Chinese and rule as kings over a united people, for readers of Circe and The Night Tiger. Gather around, children of Chu Dien, and be brave. For even to listen to...

From the bestselling author of the wildly inventive Strange Pictures and a phenomenon in Japan—unnatural layouts, trap doors, windowless rooms— a sinister conspiracy is concealed within a house’s warped and unsettling floor plans When a writer fascinated by the macabre is approached by an...

A marriage of convenience. A scandal that forces their hand. A love that refuses to stay practical. When Fitzwilliam Darcy proposes to Elizabeth Bennet, it isn’t for love—it’s to satisfy a will that threatens his family’s fortune. She accepts, believing she can bear a husband of pride and duty. But shared mornings, late-night confessions, and the dangerous comfort of tenderness begin to change everything. When whispers of impropriety reach London, their fragile trust is tested—and desire becomes the one truth neither can ignore. Can a marriage born of necessity survive the weight ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION A Best Book of the Year: New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, Kirkus, Harper's Bazaar ""A novel set in a small prairie community. . . that somehow also captures the world.""...

This novel had its birth in the death of Martin Amis's closest friend, the incomparable Christopher Hitchens, and it is within that profound and sprawling friendship that Inside Story unfurls. From their early days as young magazine staffers in London, reviewing romantic entanglements and the...