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In the wake of her family's collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions - personal, moral, artistic and practical - as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city, she is made to confront aspects of living that she has, until now, avoided and to consider questions of vulnerability and power, death and renewal, in what becomes her struggle to reattach herself to and believe in life.

Caro, gallant and adventurous, has been courted long and hopelessly by young scientist, Ted Tice. The milder Grace seeks fulfilment in an apparently happy marriage. But as the decades pass and the characters weave in and out of each other's lives, love, death, and two secrets wait in ambush for them.

Marseille 1940: Tausende Verfolgte aus ganz Europa treffen in der Hafenstadt aufeinander, um vor den Nazis zu fliehen. Auf der Jagd nach rettenden Transit-Visa verbinden Angst, Verzweiflung und Hoffnung für kurze Zeit fremde Leben und zahlreiche Schicksale. Das vielschichtige Hörspiel des Bayerischen Rundfunks mit Bonusmaterial (Anna Seghers im O-Ton) ist Auftakt der großen "Anna-Seghers-Reihe".

On a dark, brooding evening on the Isle of Wight, Agnes Raybould and her companion find themselves an empty first-class compartment on the train. But before long a middle-aged man, clearly in high spirits after dining at his club, joins them, and begins a conversation. His name is Edwin Blanchard – and within moments of the train leaving the station, Agnes and her accomplice strangle him.

Efter sin skilsmisse flytter forfatteren Faye med sine to sønner til London for at begynde på en frisk. Men opbruddet fører andre ændringer med sig - af både personlig, moralsk, kunstnerisk og ikke mindst praktisk karakter. Faye sætter sit hus i stand og taler med de mennesker hun møder i et et forsøg på at genfinde troen på livet, men vakler mellem at føle sig stærk og fuldkommen magtesløs. En elegant og reflekteret roman om menneskers livsfortællinger; om hvordan vi forsøger at styre vores liv ved at fortælle, men også om, hvordan fortællingerne forvandler os.

Caro, gallant and adventurous, is one of two Australian sisters who have come to post-war England to seek their fortunes. Courted long and hopelessly by young scientist, Ted Tice, she is to find that love brings passion, sorrow, betrayal and finally hope. The milder Grace seeks fulfilment in an apparently happy marriage. But as the decades pass and the characters weave in and out of each other's lives, love, death and two slow-burning secrets wait in ambush for them.

Lieutenant Anthony Pacino reports aboard the “project boat” USS Vermont two years after having survived the catastrophic sinking of the Piranha. Pacino quickly learns that Vermont’s missions are all ultra-secret with the boat reporting only to the sub force commander, the national security advisor, and the president: Vermont does the dirty deeds that need doing in deadly silence and obscurity. After Vermont misses the mark on an easy mission, there are questions asked about her ability to conduct the next mission.

After the publication of Outline, Transit and Kudos - in which Rachel Cusk redrew the boundaries of fiction - this writer of uncommon brilliance returns with a series of essays that offers new insights on the themes at the heart of her life's work. Encompassing memoir and cultural and literary criticism, with pieces on gender, politics and writers such as D. H. Lawrence, Olivia Manning and Natalia Ginzburg, this collection is essential reading for our age: fearless, unrepentantly erudite, both startling and rewarding to behold.

A woman invites a famed artist to visit the remote coastal region where she lives, in the belief that his vision will penetrate the mystery of her life and landscape. Over the course of one hot summer, his provocative presence provides the frame for a study of female fate and male privilege, of the geometries of human relationships and of the struggle to live morally between our internal and external worlds.

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Vom Gehen und Ankommen. Wohin geht man, wenn man im Nirgendwo steht: zwischen zwei Ländern, zwischen nahen Erinnerungen und ferner Gegenwart, zwischen einem stets redenden Vater und einer schweigenden Mutter? Das Mädchen ist sechs, als sie die DDR verlässt und mit ihrer Familie ein neues Leben im äußersten Westen Deutschlands beginnt. Warten dort die Verheißungen, auf die ihre Eltern gehofft haben? Kann der Vater sich neu erfinden, wird die Mutter ihre Krankheit, aus DDR-Gefängnissen mitgebracht, überwinden? Das Kind sehnt sich nach der Großmutter im fernen Leipzig und lernt, wie die Aachener zu reden.

On Shirley Hazzard is a vibrant and personal tribute in which the Miles Franklin Award-winning novelist Michelle de Kretser offers a masterclass in writing and reading. She celebrates the precision and musicality of Hazzard’s prose and illuminates the humour and humanity in her work. This exhilarating book is both a brilliant introduction to Hazzard and a gift for her longtime readers. On Shirley Hazzard reveals Michelle de Kretser’s lively intelligence at work and her distinctive wit.

Black Water Transit is Jack's container ship company, and when Jack is approached by a man wanting to ship his gun collection to Mexico he sees an opportunity. So Jack cuts a deal with the ATF to trade one illegal gun dealer for one slightly imperfect kid. Everything should come off without a hitch. . .until the shooting starts and people start dying. As the body count rises, Jack must go on the lam, in a race for his life, and there isn't a law enforcement agency in the world that can help him now.

Esta antología reúne a escritores nacidos en algún lugar de Latinoamérica y que viven en España. Todos han conspirado en el apretado salón del cuento. Contiene, además, un mapa para escapar de los corsés ideológicos que tantos militares, políticos e intelectuales trataron de imponer al continente; un pergamino con veinte itinerarios que recogen distintas formas de huir, de volverse sospechoso en dos países a la vez, en el despegue y en el aterrizaje. Veinte maletas con ropa suficiente para vestir al anfitrión de huésped.

Denton Cassal is a sales engineer on a sales trip to Tunney 21. His mission is to recruit an engineer for his company, Neuronics Inc., with the aid of an electronic implant called Dimanche. On the way, Cassal has a transfer point on the planet of Godolph. Unfortunately, his transfer doesn't go as smoothly as he wants, and he now seems stranded on Godolph. There is something strange about travelers on Godolph, as Cassal quickly learns.

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It was supposed to be a wonderful and relaxing cruise, and if it turned out that she hooked up with a handsome man, then all the better. She had no idea, though, that this cruise was special and she would indeed be hooking up with a handsome man. In fact, she'd be hooking up with six of them and would be forced into a rough and reluctant gangbang complete with forced deep throat and double penetration!