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Vianne
MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOANNE HARRIS SENSATIONALLY RETURNS TO THE WORLD OF CHOCOLAT!
On a warm July evening, Sylviane Rochas scatters her mother's ashes in New York and lets the changing wind blow her to the French seaside town of Marseille. For the first time in her life, Vianne holds the future in her own hands. Charming her way into a job as a waitress in a local bistrot, she knows that she is not here to stay - when her child is born in a few months, she must be gone.
As she discovers the joy of cooking, making recipes her own with the addition of bittersweet chocolate spices, she realises that it possesses its own magic in this town full of secrets. Yet Vianne will never forget her mother's warning: that there is danger in revealing the true desires of those around her - and she must flee these cobbled streets before it's too late... Million-copy bestselling author Joanne Harris returns to the world of Chocolat with the long-awaited story of Vianne, which begins six years before she opens her scandalous chocolaterie in the small French village of Lansquenet.
Sa'iba
''Let us go on, then! And I will tell you the story of my sister and her daughter, from beginning to end.''Alis al-Bustani''s Sa''iba (1891) is one of the earliest known novels authored in Arabic by a female writer. Written when the Arabic novel was only in its third or fourth decade, it takes up the leading fictional theme of the era: the question of young people''s choices in marriage in a society where their elders traditionally made these decisions. In Sa''iba, the focus is on what happens after the wedding, as the eponymous heroine has to fend off a jealous cousin who believes he has a right to her. Drawing on motifs of Victorian Gothic writing, brought into an Arab-Turkish fictional context, the novel powerfully shows the continuing hold of old ideas about women''s sexual susceptibility and moral ''weakness'', as such ideas were slowly giving way among educated Arab and other Ottoman middle classes to new ideals of companionship in marriage. Marilyn Booth''s translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing the themes and social context of the novel, a time of modernizing efforts and pushback against European and American power and culture in the Arabic and Ottman worlds. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Reaper
Homeless on Auckland’s streets, Max Grimes fights to survive when someone starts killing the city’s forgotten. Pulled into a dark past, he must stop the killer or be next. The gripping second instalment in a breathtaking series, from New Zealand’s queen of crime. ‘Brutal, raw and utterly realistic’ Trevor Wood‘Pacy, twisty, relentlessly unpredictable journey through the dark side of New Zealand’s biggest city, where a man battling his own demons must confront a far deadlier one working in the shadows’ Michael Bennett‘Absorbing and addictive. Once you’ve started you won’t be able to put it down until the end. A truly gripping thriller’ Michael Wood_______The City looks away … but someone is watching…A killer is hunting Auckland’s homeless. No one cares. No one but Max. These are his people. Max Grimes is homeless, living on the streets of Auckland, among the forgotten, the invisible. But now someone is hunting the homeless, killing them one by one. No one cares. Except Max. Trying to put his shattered life back together, Max is pulled into a deadly game when a face from his past reappears, reopening wounds he thought were long buried. As whispers of a Grim Reaper spread terror through the city, Max must race against time, not only to find the killer, but to outrun the ghosts chasing him. Because if he fails, he’ll be next. _______Praise for Vanda Symon‘The setting is vivid in these dark but hopeful crime thrillers. It took three years for Max to return but it was worth the wait … this is socially aware fiction with gripping storytelling. Superb’ Paul Burke, CrimeTime‘Tauter and tougher than Symon’s delightful Dunedin procedurals … superb’ The Times‘Completely gripping … a poignant study of how our society shapes unlikely saints and monsters’ Eve Smith‘From the opening pages, this story left me gasping for breath’ Michael Robotham‘New Zealand’s modern Queen of Crime’ Val McDermid‘A one-sitting read’ Ann Cleeves‘Fast, furious and intense’ Helen Fields‘Astonishingly good … compelling, horrifying, intriguing and entertaining. One of the best thrillers I’ve read this year’ Liz Nugent‘Edgy, thrilling and terrifyingly realistic’ Lisa Hall‘Atmospheric, emotional and gripping’ Foreword Reviews‘Fans of The Dry will love Vanda Symon’ Red Magazine‘If you like taut, pacey thrillers with a wonderful sense of place, this is the book for you’ Liam McIlvanney‘A portrait of the underbelly of society, this is a deeply involving novel and a damn good thriller’ Paul Burke, NB Magazine‘Fast-moving New Zealand procedural ... the Edinburgh of the south has never been more deadly’ Ian Rankin‘A sassy heroine, fabulous sense of place, and rip-roaring stories with a twist. Perfect curl-up-on-the-sofa reading’ Kate Mosse‘A plot that grabs the reader’s attention with a heart-stopping opening and doesn’t let go’ Sunday Times‘Reads like the polished effort of a genre veteran. More, please’ Booklist
Maybe Even Happiness
In this striking collection of short stories, written over a twenty-year period, we find Bruckstein, the storyteller, at his most lyrical. Having completed his works charting the Jewish history of his family and community in the Carpathian town of Sighet (The Trap, With an Unopened Umbrella in the Pouring Rain, The Fate of Yakkov Maggid, also published in English by Istros), his voice is here set free to explore the joys in the details of the everyday. The collection opens with an invitation to a wax-work museum, where the viewer is not confronted with the likenesses of the rich and famous, but of ordinary people; neighbours and acquaintances each with a story to tell, each looking for that elusive feeling of happiness, which, unless we are very vigilant, is so often recognised only in retrospect. His heroes’ lives are presented with deep understanding, with humour, sometimes bordering on irony, but always with empathy and love. A sensitive reader need only follow the invitation, and let the wisdom of these stories guide them.
The Family Friend
When Imogen receives the news that she has inherited the crumbling mansion belonging to the late renowned artist, Dorothea Rowe, she is shocked. Apart from spending one summer as a teenager in Dorothea’s house, Imogen barely knew the reclusive elderly lady.As Imogen begins to look into Dorothea’s past, she finds more questions than answers. There’s the stacks of letters that reveal the dark side of her first marriage, and the grotesque life-sized models in the basement – Dorothea’s final project – that someone is determined to stop from being revealed to the public.Imogen soon realises that Dorothea’s sudden death might not be an accident and, if she wants to discover the truth, she risks exposing her own secrets, as well as Dorothea’s…
Pandora in Puzzlevale: Call of the Crow (a Phoenix Comic Book)
Pandora loves mysteries. And she's lost in Puzzlevale - a curious town with enigmas around every corner. With new friends, Pandora searches for answers about her missing parents and the truth about the magical crow who guides her through the town. There are hidden chambers, secret messages and a journey which will change Pandora for ever . . . A heart-racing, brain-bendy alchemy of story and puzzles - perfect for bookworms and budding detectives.
CapWar Empire
They will keep changing the truth... until you believe it.In the explosive finale of Brandt Legg''s CapStone Conspiracy trilogy, truth becomes a lethal weapon?and Hudson Pound is caught in the crossfire.As the world''s most powerful man, Hudson should be untouchable. Instead, he''s marked for death, hunted by the very forces that prop up his presidency. With a globe-spanning web of corruption now exposed, Hudson realizes his power is nothing but smoke and mirrors.The nation teeters on the brink of all-out war. Hudson''s only chance to save it? Embrace the revolution he once fought to quell. But every move could be his last as unseen enemies warp reality to serve their sinister agenda.In a heart-stopping race against time, Hudson must transform his illusory influence into a force for real change. Can he outmaneuver the conspiracy and prevent chaos, or will he become another casualty in their ruthless gam? apWar Empire hurls you into a pulse-pounding thriller where truth is fluid, power is an illusion, and one man''s choice could change everything?or destroy it all.____________________________________Praise for CapWar Conspiracy Thriller Series? Kept me glued to the pages? A riveting political thriller? Without a doubt, Legg?s political thriller trilogy is outstanding.? This is a real page turner, compelling story with unexpected twists and turns. What a great trilogy!? Whew ... what a literary ride! Truly an all-consuming reading experience. I simply couldn''t put it down.
RABBITBOX
‘Powerful… Intense and unforgettable'' MAX PORTER‘I’m blown away… An astonishing work'' AMY KEY‘Amazing… Truly a feat'' RAYMOND ANTROBUS--A transfixing, heart-rending work which follows a mother and her young son living under the shadow of an all-consuming domestic threat, by T. S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet Wayne Holloway-Smith.24 Coalbrook Street. The house is trembling with a father''s anger. It makes a rabbit of a young boy, sends him burrowing into a wardrobe, and leaves his mother standing hapless and mute over the kitchen sink. In this house, how far can a mother’s comfort travel?From the safety of his hiding place, from the magnitude of his fear, a young girl appears offering a way out. Taking him by the hand, reaching through time, she leads him elsewhere; a mother’s love dreaming him away from their reality to the promise – beautiful yet flickering – of a river.Haunting, precise and tender, RABBITBOX heralds a major new work from one of Britain''s most exciting writers.
To Tell a Story
Despite their status as intellectual giants of the twentieth century, John Berger and Susan Sontag's artistic collaboration - and intense friendship - remains virtually unknown. Published for the first time, To Tell a Story offers a glimpse into their shared history that spanned nearly a quarter-century. From sources such as their eponymous film broadcast, rare personal letters and archival recordings, the composite fragments build a portrait of a relationship that was often lively and challenging, sometimes trivial and always affectionate. Berger and Sontag's voices echo throughout these pages, riffing off the other as they grapple with their respective concerns. Above all, their conversations reveal a deep reciprocal admiration and an exchange of ideas about storytelling, the self and society that informed their own work.
Strange Girls
From the prize-winning author of The Giant Dark comes a beautiful exploration of the ties that bind us and the scars they leave when they break.Aliyah and Ava arrive in England from opposite corners of the world with dreams built upon Emily Brontë, Brideshead Revisited and Richard Curtis films. Instead, in the shadow of their historic, fairytale campus, they get the sense that they don''t belong. The two form a Vita-and-Virginia-like bond, building a world full of stories that they write together. For a time, they are inseparable in their identity as ''strange girls''. When the end of university looms, they will have to return to the world where a devotion like this seems impossible to maintain.Years later, Aliyah has everything Ava wants - a room of her own and a publishing deal - and, worse, the thing Ava was certain neither of them had ever wanted: a sensible doctor husband. Arriving back in London for a mutual friend''s hen party, Ava is desperate to unpack the truth of what she really meant to Aliyah.Was what they had - whatever you call it - real?And what will become of the stories they tell themselves about one another?
Will Work For Food & Other Stories
I’ve recently heard from The Donald who told me that save for what he wrote during his formative creative period, these stories by Jacob Dolphy were some of the greatest ever written. Simply fabulous. He said that and I know Dolphy doesn’t even support the guy. But let’s be real. If you’re into adult fiction that depicts the mystery, joy and misfortunes of ordinary people and are not afraid of something unique or strange, be it surreal or subversive, then this book is for you. If you don’t believe me, believe the authorities when the book is banned in Texas for being transgressive. You heard it here first. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Come In and Shut the Door
A Telegraph ‘Best Crime and Thrillers of 2025’ selection'One of Britain's most visionary writers', David Peace ‘That uniquely valuable writer and independent film-maker Chris Petit’, Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian'A tale for our feverish times ... It's fascinating to wander round Petit's baroque imagination' The Times 'A vertiginous, compulsively readable séance of a book.' James Riley, 3:AM Magazine'One of the most fascinating and forensic voices within British counter-culture.' The Quietus'A nightmarish view of the human capacity for destruction on both the personal and political level, rendered with horrible conviction', Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph'Chris Petit weaves a complex web of contradiction and hidden truths, adhering to the principle that the most ‘normal’-seeming lives can conceal sinister reality ... Provocative and multifaceted, here Petit challenges complacency, forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable truths.' Buzz Magazine 'This provocative patchwork of a novel will stay with you as it excoriates complacency', Crime Time ‘Chris Petit is a master of the dark thriller arts. Come In and Shut the Door pushes open a clandestine entrance into another dimension, a Visconti-like world beyond the edge of night.’ Nicholas ShakespeareTHE FINAL DAYS OF ADOLF HITLER ARE SHROUDED IN MYSTERY. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THAT BERLIN BUNKER? AND WHAT HAPPENEND NEX? hen Parker loses his faith and quits studying for the priesthood, he finds himself back in London, looking for employment. He accepts an offer to work as amanuensis to the sinister Robinson, who earns a living as a collector of dubious historical objects. Parker’s duties involve meeting those who have an interest in purchasing the kinds of artefacts in which Robinson specialises. As he becomes immersed in a world of secret histories, Parker discovers things that will lead him into the darkest corners of 20th-century history and that great fault line of civilisation, institutional corruption, of which he is a victim. With a cast of corrupt police officers, property speculators, Russian Mafiosi, abusive Roman Catholic priests, Second World War bomber pilots, Eva Braun, Martin Bormann and Adolf Hitler, Come in and Shut the Door is a bold, brave and scatological masterpiece by one of our best and most original writers.
Marriage Toxin, Vol. 11
Gero may be a master assassin, but he’s not exactly killing it in the romance department! Can marriage swindler Kinosaki help him find true love?Poison Master Hikaru Gero is about to take on his most challenging assignment yet—getting married! Gero couldn’t be more clueless when it comes to dating, but thankfully, marriage swindler Mei Kinosaki knows everything there is to know about love. Together, this unlikely pair is going to do whatever it takes to get Gero hitched—even if they have to take on the entire criminal underworld in the process!After accepting an unexpected job from Water Master Ushio, Gero and Kinosaki find themselves in the midst of the ancient and powerful fire masters! Ushio has been summoned for a sacrificial fight to the death, but when Ushio’s opponent is suddenly found dead beforehand, Gero must help Ushio break free of the fire masters’ backward traditions once and for all!
The Comfort of Distant Stars
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST NEW DEBUT'Echeruo's dazzling bildungsroman throws out ideas like firecrackers. . . It's quite a ride' Financial Times'Echeruo proves a hypnotic, mind-bending talent in this extraordinary novel' AFUA HIRSCH'A breathtaking meditation on time and memory' STEPHEN BUOROEzeani is no ordinary child. He sees things others don't. Despite the burden of these visions, his precocious nature blossoms into genius and Ezeani grows up to be a gifted mathematician and physicist. When he leaves Nigeria and his adoring family behind to study at Cornell in the US, he remains haunted by his most persistent vision, Anyanwu, the Sun God. While Ezeani is adjusting to his new life in America, Anyanwu's presence takes on an increasingly sinister and malevolent form - and chaos reigns. It's enough to make anyone lose their grip on reality. The Comfort of Distant Stars is a bold coming-of-age tale blending physics, philosophy and Igbo cosmology, examining how we understand our place in the universe. It ponders the big questions we all ask ourselves about the nature of time and of being - ultimately revealing the startling vulnerability of the human mind.
Gold, Silver and Bombs
When the world watches, a shadow strikes. Can anyone stop the impending chao? s the world converges on London for the 2012 Olympics, the city pulses with excitement and trepidation. Amidst the grandeur of the Games, an unseen danger lurks in the shadows, threatening to shatter the illusion of security.Tayler''s noir crime thriller delves into the heart of darkness, exploring the fragile balance between safety and chaos in a world where danger assumes many guises. With each twist and turn, the tension mounts, leaving readers breathless and questioning the very nature of security in the modern age.British security forces, already stretched to their limits by the specter of terrorism, face an unprecedented challenge. But the true peril may lie not in the anticipated threats, but in the form of a lone wolf, operating under the radar. As the authorities race against time to unravel the enigma, the stakes rise to unimaginable heights.Brace yourself for an adrenaline-fueled journey that will keep you guessing until the final page._____________________________________________________________________________Praise for The Phoenix Series:? Awesome read--don''t miss this great book!? Gritty and Compelling? Exciting Mystery/Thriller? Compelling, intense, a page-turning all night read. Fabulous!? Good Fast Paced Read? Vigilante justice at its finest
The Vanished Girl
'Hugely enjoyable and compelling' LOUISE DOUGLAS 'Full of friendship, grief, love and loss … a stunning read' ? 'A rollercoaster of a novel, full of twists and turns … an immersive read that I cannot recommend enough. I inhaled it in two days!' RACHEL BURTON 'This really is a tragic tale … one of my favourite books to date' ? 'Atmospheric and captivating' JANE BETTANY The memories of that summer won’t stay buried forever… 1976. It’s a long, hot summer, and all Jo Salway wants is to bask in the freedom of the holidays with her life-long friends. But when little Pippa Jenkins suddenly vanishes without a trace, the friends must close ranks to protect themselves. And in doing so, change the course of their futures forever … 2024. Haunted by the events of fifty years ago, Jo has never returned to her childhood home of Hareton Wick. But in the aftermath of trauma and with her only respite found at the bottom of a bottle, Jo knows that the only way to start afresh is to unravel the secrets of her past. But when the tangled web of Pippa’s disappearance starts to lead closer to home, who will Jo be able to trust, and who will she betray … Readers are HOOKED by The Vanished Girl 'Kathleen McGurl is the undisputed queen of dual timeline historical fiction' ? 'Very addictive' ? 'It will tug on your heart, make you shed a few tears and appreciate the love and support of others when you need it most' ? 'Plenty of twists to keep me guessing. Couldn't put the book down' ? 'What a great read!' ? 'A heart-tugging and addictive journey' ? 'Powerful and heartbreaking' ? 'Atmospheric, nostalgic and utterly unputdownable!' ? Perfect for fans of: 🕰? Dual timeline 🔍 Gripping mysteries Shocking twists
200 Monas
One tiny pill. The promise of a mind-blowing orgasm. Are you coming? What if there was a pill that gave you the most intense sexual release of your life – would you take it? On the brink of graduation, Arvy Keening is ready for her life to begin. The problem? She just found 200 pills in her recently-deceased mother’s closet. When two drug dealers come to collect, they reveal that the pills are Monas – a rare pharmaceutical that induces life-changing orgasms. Arvy gets an ultimatum: sell 200 Monas in 48 hours or die. After recruiting Wolf, a (devastatingly hot) local dealer, Arvy and Wolf barrel through town, appealing to horny students, lonely barflies, and a mysterious sorority, all the while Arvy tries to repress a maelstrom of grief that’s welling up inside. Can Arvy and Wolf sell the drugs and save Arvy’s life? Or will the Monas rock Arvy to her core in more ways than one?
Small Comfort
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026 'Zings and smarts in all the right places . . . breathtakingly original, profound but with a delicious dose of irreverence' INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026 JUDGES'Brilliantly funny, poignant and timeless . . . This newly Booker Prize-longlisted novel is ripe for book club discussions and is not recommended for public transport reading in case you, like this reviewer, miss your stop'READINGS BOOKS, Melbourne'An entertaining, thought-provoking piece of fiction' A Life In Books'Simple, delicate, delicious prose that delivers from the very first story' ? READER REVIEW'Smart, clever . . . such a brilliant read!' ? READER REVIEW_______'You know, love is love, he says. But what about the revolution?'Intricately built and wickedly humorous, these five interconnected short stories are all about one thing: money. From an interview with a child-star-turned-thief to the mysterious death of an employee at a drug manufacturer - or the couple feigning marital bliss to keep their inheritance, Ia Genberg carefully unravels the value we place on both money and people. What does it really mean to be in debt to someone? How does our financial worth permeate the ways we think and feel? And what do we lose when we supposedly win? Small Comfort skewers its characters, slyly implicating the reader along the way. A brilliantly original and thought-provoking collection from the author and translator of The Details, shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize. More praise for Small Comfort:'A delightful and exquisitely executed literary mini-study that brings to mind Joan Didion' - Expressen'Her humour and delight in language make the stories crackle with life' - Svenska Dagbladet'I haven't read anything better this year' - Sydsvenskan 'Genberg captures, with intelligence and insight, the afflictions of our time' - Göteborgs-PostePraise for Ia Genberg:'Miraculous' - Hernan Diaz, author of Trust'I wish I could write like this' - Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove'So good that I kept underlining passages so I could reread them later' - Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 'Mesmerizing and hot to the touch' - Catherine Lacey, New York Times
Still Talking
Following her acclaimed Ladies'' Lunch novella (2023), Lore Segal continued to create stories about a fictional group of nonagenarian friends as they faced the last years, months and moments of their lives. For Lore Segal, the importance lay in ''still talking'', and still writing to the very end. Fittingly, her last story was published in the New Yorker in the week that she died, aged ninety-six.This posthumous novella of interconnected stories and vignettes is enriched by Segal''s inspiring wit and wisdom, her compassionate gaze, and her unquenchable curiosity about life. It''s a book that entreats us to keep talking, regardless of differences and the trials of ageing - a book that we''ll still be talking about many years hence.
Beletria je často nazývaná aj krásnou, alebo umeleckou literatúrou. Toto označenie pochádza z francúzskeho názvu belles lettres (krásna literatúra). Výrazom beletria sa súhrnne označujú umelecké prozaické diela. K najznámejším beletristickým žánrom patrí poviedka, novela, román, črta či umelecká reportáž.
Romány, poviedky a novely ponúkajú pútavé príbehy s výraznými postavami a atmosférou. Divadelné hry zase slúžia ako materiál pre divadelné predstavenia a prinášajú konverzácie, dramatické situácie a komediálne alebo tragické prvky.
Beletria je neoddeliteľnou súčasťou literatúry, ktorá obohacuje naše vnímanie sveta a poskytuje nám príležitosť prežívať rôznorodé príbehy a vstúpiť do rôznych svetov. Bez ohľadu na to, či preferujete dobrodružstvo, romantiku alebo reflexiu, beletria vám umožní objaviť nové myšlienky, inšpirácie a zábavu.
Hľadáte knižných hrdinov, ktorí vás zavedú do sveta romantiky, histórie, sci-fi či fantasy? Prinášame vám ten najlepší výber skutočných príbehov, románov, detektívok, noviel a poviedok. K úspešným autorom beletrie patria Jozef Karika, Dominik Dán, Róbert Bryndza, Kristína Tormová, Urbaníková Evita, Táňa Keleová Vasilková a Stephen King.
