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'I'll see you in twenty-five years.' Laura Palmer.'Also, ich musste wieder auf ein paar Tage nach Zürich. Es war ganz schrecklich. Aus Nervosität darüber hatte ich mich das gesamte verlängerte Wochenende über so unwohl gefühlt, dass ich unter starker Verstopfung litt. Dazu muss ich sagen, dass ich vor einem Vierteljahrhundert eine Geschichte geschrieben hatte, die ich aus irgendeinem Grund, der mir nun nicht mehr einfällt, ¿Faserland¿ genannt hatte. Es endet in Zürich, sozusagen auf dem Zürichsee, relativ traumatisch.'Christian Krachts lange erwarteter neuer Roman beginnt mit einer Erinnerung: vor 25 Jahren irrte in 'Faserland' ein namenloser Ich-Erzähler (war es Christian Kracht?) durch ein von allen Geistern verlassenes Deutschland, von Sylt bis über die Schweizer Grenze nach Zürich. In 'Eurotrash' geht derselbe Erzähler erneut auf eine Reise - diesmal nicht nur ins Innere des eigenen Ichs, sondern in die Abgründe der eigenen Familie, deren Geschichte sich auf tragische, komische und bisweilen spektakuläre Weise immer wieder mit der Geschichte dieses Landes kreuzt. 'Eurotrash' ist ein berührendes Meisterwerk von existentieller Wucht und sarkastischem Humor.

Ambrosia Wharton is a little faster and a little stronger than her classmates. She has all the problems of the average teenager, except Ambrosia Wharton is a vampire.Nightmares have forced her to live with her mother in Angel Beach, California. The problem is that Ambrosia, Amber for short, hasn't received her powers yet. She has a new school, new friends and has a host of new emotions but there is something about this boy, Adrian...Becoming Midnight is part Graphic Novel, part Novel and all Vampire.

'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle<BR><BR>'A brilliant retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of the enslaved Jim' - The Observer<BR><BR>James is a profound and ferociously funny novel from one of our greatest living writers, Percival Everett.<BR><BR>The Sunday Times Bestseller<BR>Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction<BR>Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction<BR>Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction<BR>Shortlisted for the Booker Prize<BR>Shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award<BR>Finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction<BR><BR>The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he flees to nearby Jackson's Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town.<BR><BR>So begins a dangerous and transcendent journey along the Mississippi River, towards the elusive promise of the free states and beyond. As James and Huck navigate the treacherous waters, each bend in the river holds the promise of both salvation and demise. And together, the unlikely pair embark on the most life-changing odyssey of them all . . .<BR><BR>A 'Book of the Year' in The Observer, The Times & Sunday Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Spectator, New Statesman, Independent, TLS, The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, i newspaper, The Economist, The Irish Times, The New York Times, TIME and The New Yorker<BR><BR>'Who should read this book? Every single person in the country' - Ann Patchett<BR><BR>'Scorchingly funny and action-packed' - The Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year'<BR><BR>'This may be Everett's best book yet' - Bonnie Garmus<BR><BR>'Playful and viciously comic' - The Telegraph, 'Books of the Year'<BR><BR>'My favourite novel this year' - Salman Rushdie

Two rival candidates for a homeowner's association presidency (and former high school best friends) are about to find out how dirty suburbanites fight in this steamy new small-town, enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy from Alexa Martin.

Herr Strumpf ist Immobilienmakler. Ein schwerer, persönlicher Verlust in der Vergangenheit lässt ihn das Weihnachtsfest meiden. In seiner kalten Welt ist das Leben zu ertragen. Einmal im Jahr zieht Herr Strumpf um - an Heiligabend. Auch in diesem Jahr sind alle Vorbereitungen getroffen. Aber dann zieht in dem Haus, in dem er in diesem Jahr wohnt, ein merkwürdiges Gemälde seine Aufmerksamkeit auf sich. Es scheint Anteil an seinem Leben zu nehmen. Anscheinend verändert es sich...

Dieser in den USA 1965 veröffentlichte, in Teilen unter dem Titel «Engel, Kif und neue Länder» auf Deutsch publizierte und nun zum ersten Mal vollständig und in neuer Übersetzung vorliegende autobiografische Roman erzählt von einem Schlüsseljahr in Jack Kerouacs Leben - der Zeit unmittelbar vor der Veröffentlichung von «On the Road» im September 1957.   Nachdem er im Sommer 1956 zwei Monate allein als Feuerwächter auf dem Desolation Peak in den Cascade Mountains an der Grenze zu Kanada verbracht hat, stürzt sich Kerouac in Gestalt seines fiktionalen Alter Egos Jack Duluoz wieder in den wilden, aufregenden Trubel der Bars, Jazzclubs und Partys in San Francisco. Immer ebenso sehr Sucher wie Getriebener, nimmt er danach sein unstetes Leben als Tramp wieder auf, reist nach Mexico City, New York, Tanger, Paris und London. Er versucht, sich der Welt zu entziehen und das Göttliche zu finden, aber er scheitert immer wieder, und schlussendlich lautet seine Erkenntnis: «Halt den Mund und lebe, reise, abenteure, segne und bereue nichts!»«Engel der Trübsal» ist reinster, wesentlichster Kerouac.

**DREAM COUNT, the searing new bestselling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is out now!**WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD'A delicious, important novel' THE TIMES'Alert, alive and gripping' INDEPENDENTIfemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria. In America, Ifemelu suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Meanwhile, Obinze plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, when they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion - for each other and for their homeland - they face the hardest decision of their lives.Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Americanah is a literary masterpiece, and one of the defining books of the decade.'A love story for our time' VOGUE'A brilliant novel: epic in scope, personal in resonance and with lots to say' OBSERVER'A tour de force. Hugely impressive'MAIL ON SUNDAY

The very first story collection from the critically acclaimed, visionary author of the novels Lakewood, The Women Could Fly, and Meet Me at the CrossroadsOver three genre-busting novels, Megan Giddings has emerged as one of the most celebrated and inspiring authors at work today. She has been compared to such luminaries as Ursula K. LeGuin, Octavia Butler, and Jordan Peele, yet her voice is singular and distinctive.Now, at long last, she presents us with a story collection that fully demonstrates the breadth and sophistication of her talent. Over the course of thirteen stories, we navigate complex family relationships, romances both troubled and charmed, and events that straddle the supernatural and the all-too-real. Among the disintegrating husbands, seductive ghosts, and artists communing with the supernatural to find their voices, Giddings establishes herself as a true investigator of modern yearning. Funny, poignant, exquisitely-rendered, and deeply moving, the stories in Black Arts further establish Megan Giddings as one of our most eagle-eyed and groundbreaking literary talents.

Erwin Piontek, Bergmann im Ruhestand, geht seinen Lebenstraum - eine Weltumseglung - bescheiden an: im Boot auf einem Stausee. Doch während er segelt, wird er ein anderer, beginnt für ihn eine höchst abenteuerliche Reise, die ihn durch Zeiten und Kontinente führt: Plötzlich kämpft er als Soldat in Deutsch-Südwestafrika, bald darauf gerät er in Gefangenschaft und soll in Berlin, um der Gerechtigkeit willen, einen grausamen Offizier töten, muss dann schwimmend flüchten, geht unter ... und taucht neugeboren 1979 wieder auf, wird polnischer Präsident und ringt um die Macht in einem nach rechts gerückten Europa.Ein Name reicht Szczepan Twardoch, um ein literarisches Feuerwerk zu zünden und nebenher das 20. und 21. Jahrhundert zu erzählen. Ein Mann, der seinen Träumen durch Zeiten und Epochen hinterherjagt - derselbe Mensch in drei unterschiedlichen Leben. Wie bin ich geworden, der ich bin? Warum ist der Mensch zerrissen zwischen der Sehnsucht nach Ferne, dem Anderen - und der nach Heimat? Ein Abenteuer, eine Feier der Freiheit, das Neue zu denken und zu tun.

'A relentlessly gripping, glorious epic fantasy - an exhilarating must-read fantasy debut' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne*** Finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel ****** Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel and Best Newcomer ****** Shortlisted for the Nommo Award for Best Novel ***A SONG OF REBELLION. A SONG OF WAR. A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST.In the Nine Lands, only those of noble blood can summon the spirits of their ancestors to fight in battle. But when Temi, a commoner from the slums, accidentally invokes a powerful spirit, she sets in motion a chain of events that will change her world forever.For not everything that can be invoked is an ancestor. And some of the spirits that can be drawn from the ancestral realm are more dangerous than anyone can imagine.A relentlessly gripping tale of revenge and rebellion set in a richly imagined world of warring clans and ancestor magic, A Song of Legends Lost is an unmissable debut from a major new voice in epic fantasy, perfect for fans of John Gwynne, Anthony Ryan and Evan Winter.'A truly excellent debut, with a genuinely fascinating magic system, engaging characters and deep worldbuilding. A fantastic read'James Islington, author of The Will of the Many'An epic tale of conflict, betrayal, and intrigue . . . M. H. Ayinde weaves a rich and engrossing story through a unique and fascinating world'Anthony Ryan, author of Blood Song'Stunning and vividly told . . . Ayinde is a master storyteller'Andrea Stewart, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bone Shard DaughterReader reviews:'To me, it was perfect. It is what I have been searching for and it felt like home. One of the easiest 5* I have ever given'¿¿¿¿¿'This book was INCREDIBLE. It was an amazing start to a trilogy, a blazing debut, and overall, just so, so good'¿¿¿¿¿'A breathtaking debut that delivers a compelling mix of action, intrigue and emotional depth . . . an absolute must-read'¿¿¿¿¿'Oh my GOD. Temi, my GIRL! Jinao, badass. Runt, JEEEEESUS . . . thank you M. H. Ayinde for a fantastic book'¿¿¿¿¿'Watch out Sanderson and Martin, Ayinde is incoming!'¿¿¿¿¿'So impeccably done. In awe of the skill on display here, from the prose to the worldbuilding to the character work to the sheer breadth of it all'¿¿¿¿¿'I absolutely loved this book! . . . still thinking about it days after I finished'¿¿¿¿¿'Quite simply a work of art . . . I will be thinking about A Song of Legends Lost for a very long time' ¿¿¿¿¿

Destiny is twenty. She has a record. She's staying in a studio apartment that Mercedes helped her find, enrolled in a GED program at a community center on the West Side, and working the fryer at a Popeyes that pays eleven dollars an hour. She's following the rules. She's also still posting ads - because the GED program is free but the hormones cost money and the rent costs money and eleven dollars an hour does not cover a life, and the math does not math.Every chapter of Destiny's life runs on two tracks. The legitimate economy: Popeyes, GED, parole check-ins with Officer Reyes, who holds Destiny's freedom in her hands and calls it supervision. The underground economy: ads, clients, cash in an envelope under the mattress. The two tracks run parallel, and the system that demands she choose one has made sure the other is the only one that works.Then there's Aisha. Twenty-two, cisgender, a single mother studying for her GED after dropping out to have her son. Warm, practical, protective - and she doesn't know about Destiny's past. Not the sex work. Not the arrest. Not any of it. The relationship develops in the charged space of two young women reinventing themselves, and the question that drives everything is the oldest question in the life: when do you tell? How much do you tell? And what happens when telling risks the only good thing you've built?FRESH OUT is a novel about reentry - about the brutal architecture of a system designed to funnel you back in. It doesn't judge Destiny for working. It judges the world that made working her only viable option.The fourth novel in the Posted Up series - five standalone novels about Black and Latina trans women in Chicago, connected by community, survival, and the refusal to disappear.

Von den engsten Verwandten des Menschen - und einer jungen Frau, die sich auf die Seite der Tiere stelltDieses Angebot kann die Profiturnerin Angel aus dem beschaulichen Fischerdörfchen in Cornwall nicht ablehnen: Eine Reise auf eine abgelegene Insel Tansanias, um die Sprache der Schimpansen zu erforschen - nicht aus der Distanz, sondern mitten unter ihnen, hoch oben in den Baumkronen des Urwalds. Und tatsächlich gelingt es Angel, ein Teil des Stammes zu werden, Freundschaft zu schließen mit dem fröhlichen Milo und sich in die Familie der anderen Forscher auf Samaki Island einzufügen. Doch als die Insel verkauft wird und die neuen Besitzer der Insel ihre ganz eigenen Pläne zu verfolgen scheinen, beginnt ein Kampf ums Überleben - zwischen Trophäenjagd und Naturschutz, Gier und Mitgefühl, Mensch und Natur.Der neue große Roman von John Ironmonger: Der Autor, der denen eine Stimme gibt, deren Sprache wir nicht verstehen.- vom Bestsellerautor von 'Der Wal und das Ende der Welt'- über 600.000 verkaufte Exemplare- inklusive Insel-Karte 'Sie bleiben dort sitzen, die beiden Menschenaffen. Sie haben keine Eile. Unter ihnen ist der Clan und isst, putzt sich das Fell, ruht sich aus, spielt. Vielleicht hecken sie etwas aus. Doch das ist heute nicht wichtig. Heute ist ein guter Tag. Ein sehr guter Tag.'

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • As the Civil War looms, a young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost in this “poignant story of love, family and friendship [that] celebrates the power of liberation” (People).<BR><BR>“An enrapturing tale of survival . . . Eckstine has poured a ton of heart into her characters.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<BR><BR>“The richly textured prose quickly pulled me into [Junie’s] treacherous yet magical world.”—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake<BR><BR>Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to the white master’s daughter, Violet. Her daydreams are filled with poetry and faraway worlds, while she spends her nights secretly roaming through the forest, consumed with grief over the sudden death of her older sister, Minnie.<BR><BR>When wealthy guests arrive from New Orleans, hinting at marriage for Violet and upending Junie’s life, she commits a desperate act—one that rouses Minnie’s spirit from the grave, tethered to this world unless Junie can free her. She enlists the aid of Caleb, the guests’ coachman, and their friendship soon becomes something more. Yet as long-held truths begin to crumble, she realizes Bellereine is harboring dark and horrifying secrets that can no longer be ignored.<BR><BR>With time ticking down, Junie begins to push against the harsh current that has controlled her entire life. As she grapples with an increasingly unfamiliar world in which she has little control, she is forced to ask herself: When we choose love and liberation, what must we leave behind?

Inaugural Winner of Cultured Mag’s Young Writer Prize"Broke my heart from the very first page . . . literary shock and awe at its finest.”—Deesha Philyaw, author of The Confessions of First Lady Freeman and The Secret Lives of Church LadiesFrom a ferocious new talent, a debut story collection excavating the desire, humor, and horror in the everyday lives of Black women and girls—for readers of Deesha Philyaw and Kelly LinkWith a voice that vibrates on the page, Lydia Mathis’ debut collection is set in the American South and her sharply drawn, authentic characters shine a light on what we’re willing to do to ourselves and to others in service of our desires. The madness in the ordinary rules here: an overworked college safety officer is confronted by a bloody figure who walks into her office; a sex worker runs into a client en route to a parent-teacher conference; a teacher is plagued by a ghost determined to tidy her apartment.Desperate Bodies depicts the fragility, strength, and unruliness of Black women and girls’ bodies and the power in being honest about their desires. In unflinching prose, Mathis takes a frank and determined look at what it means to be subjected to imbalances of power through the perspectives of young girls and adult women. With surprising turns and a touch of the supernatural, these stories refuse to look away from the most honest, raw moments of womanhood.Visceral and unyielding, Desperate Bodies is a thrillingly dark ride that introduces Lydia Mathis as a major new writer.

From acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris comes a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living.Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die.Grief never truly fades and even as the tragedy haunts her, Leigh carries on, because survival is in her blood. So, when the transport bus taking her to prison careens off the road, killing everyone onboard except her, she does what's in her nature. She survives. While searching for a place to hide, Leigh stumbles upon an unexpected sanctuary: a flower farm in rural Alabama tucked away from the world. What Leigh doesn't expect is the found family there who have built something from the wreckage of their own lives. Especially Jackson, the farm's owner, who sees through Leigh's defenses, offers her small moments of tenderness, encourages her to face her own tragedies. Slowly, Leigh finds peace with the hard pace and soft nature of the farm, taking comfort in the life blooming around her. Maybe she's not beyond redemption, not too broken for something good. And maybe, just maybe, Leigh starts to heal.But the past isn't so easily buried.No matter how far she runs, the truth of who she is and the ghosts of the Wildes follow. And when those secrets catch up to her, threatening everything she's come to love, Leigh will have to truly face what she can survive.

¿ A budding new romance. A dead body discovered. Who can you trust? ¿ Filled with twists, tension and undeniable chemistry, Death at Daffodil Inn is a must-read Cinnamon Falls mystery. Perfect for fans of Gilmore Girls, Pretty Little Liars and the Dream Harbor series. <BR><BR>Spring is blooming in Cinnamon Falls and the annual Daffodil Jubilee is in full swing.Morgan Taylor, who is reluctantly helping her parents host the event at the Daffodil Inn, wishes she could be left alone to daydream about Will, the dangerously hot single dad she can't seem to get out her head.As the Jubilee draws to a close with the Petals and Promises dance, Morgan's finally finds herself face to face with Will. But their magical moment is swiftly shattered by a bloodcurdling scream. A guest has been found dead in the inn's garden maze, and whispers ripple through the crowd: Murder.With the inn's future at stake, Morgan teams up with Will to solve the mystery. Can they uncover the truth before it's too late, or will their search only end in heartbreak?<BR><BR>Tropes include:<BR>¿ Single dad<BR>¿ Amateur sleuth<BR>¿ Love triangle<BR>¿ Flawed victim <BR>¿ Friends to lovers<BR>¿ Small-town setting<BR> <BR>Praise for the Cinnamon Falls series... (¿¿¿¿¿ star reader reviews)<BR>'Oh. My. Goodness. YES! This book ticked all the right boxes for me'<BR>'The sweet meets sinister in this perfect autumnal read'<BR>'SCREAMING!!! I usually rotate with a thriller and a romance novel, but this had it all in one'<BR>'Encompasses all I love in a book!'<BR>'A little bit of romance alongside a good mystery, plus a cosy atmosphere - just what you need for a good night in'<BR>'If I could rate it 10 stars I would!'

"Smart, fun, and steamy." -Booklist <BR> <BR>"A gratifying romance between kind, confident, deserving leads." -Kirkus Reviews<BR> <BR>A single mom gets a second chance at love with her high school sweetheart.<BR><BR>Wary of love after divorce, Janae Sanders focuses on the best things in her life: her son James and her besties in the Savvy, Sexy, and Single Club. As for romance? Not today, Satan. That is, until high school heartthrob Adam Henderson crashes back into her life at their 20-year reunion. Sparks fly, but just when Janae considers dating again, the new superintendent of James' school district slashes his beloved arts program. Instead of getting her groove back, Janae gets her protest on.<BR><BR>Returning home after twenty years, Adam jumps at the chance to reacquaint himself with Janae, the one who got away. But he's nearly reached his limit, juggling a meddling father, school politics, and-unbeknownst to him-Janae's ire. If he can't get the head of the PTA off his back after cutting programs that were costing the district money, his debut role as superintendent and his love life hang in the balance. <BR><BR>When a school board meeting is called and they both realize they've been dating the enemy, Janae gives Adam two choices: restore the program or lose her. Adam proposes a third option: one weekend at his cabin to talk it all out-funding the arts, and old feelings too. When her girls cheer her on, Janae must decide if she's willing to risk it all. Armed with sass, sarcasm, and a suitcase full of emotional baggage, Janae and Adam discover that sometimes love shows up in the most infuriating and unexpectedly sexy ways.