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Was, wenn man dem Weihnachtsmann schreibt... und der auch noch antwortet? Für die kleine Lu startet so eine ungewöhnliche Brieffreundschaft, die zeigt, was passiert, wenn wir unsere Augen und Herzen ein bisschen weiter öffnen. Denn das schönste Weihnachtswunder liegt oft viel näher, als man denkt - vielleicht sogar fast vor der eigenen Haustür. Erzählt wird diese Kurzgeschichte von der deutschen Stimme von Jennifer Lawrence, Maria Koschny.

What’s in a name? A lot. The name Tinaca, for example, has been passed down in the Jones family for generations of women. In fact, the Joneses name a Tinaca every other generation, to let the name breathe a little. To let each Tinaca shine. And shine is exactly what Tinaca Jones intends to do.

2174. Après deux siècles de réchauffement climatique, les villes ont été enfouies et les survivants parqués dans des petites communautés souterraines. L’Humanité a trouvé pour dernier refuge les entrailles de la terre.

La capitaine, Julie Nils interprétée par Clémence Poesy, est envoyée dans une région souterraine pour enquêter après le massacre d'une expédition.

No dia em que o pai se envolve numa briga com um casal gay, a mãe descobre que o filho Gabriel, de 5 anos, se apresentou na casa dos amiguinhos como uma menina. Esse é o ponto de partida de Ninguém Com Esse Nome, série de ficção que acompanha uma família já marcada por um trauma passado e que precisa lidar com a busca do filho caçula por descobrir quem é. Toda criada em cima de ligações telefônicas, a série atravessa 12 anos de transformação de uma família liderada por Karen, vivida por Cláudia Abreu.

Diesmal wird es brandgefährlich: Lauert der Tod im Zug? Für Auftragskiller gelten besondere Regeln: keine Frauen, keine Kinder... und keine unerledigten Aufträge. Wer diese ungeschriebenen Gesetze bricht, muss sich um seine Rente garantiert keine Sorgen machen. Zwischen den Stationen beginnt schleichend ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, erzählt von der deutschen Stimme von George Clooney.

In After Anatevka, Alexandra Silber picks up where Fiddler on the Roof left off. Second-eldest daughter Hodel takes center stage as she attempts to join her socialist-leaning fiancé Perchik at the outer reaches of a Siberian work camp. But before Hodel and Perchik can finally be together, they both face extraordinary hurdles and adversaries - both personal and political - attempting to keep them apart at all costs.

The last in the Afrolit Now series, The Sins of The Fathers by Zukiswa Wanner is narrated by a man dealing with immense grief. When he’s unable to heal from the trauma of loss, Akani begins to question his and his father’s role as a parent and, in doing so, awakens to the patterns between them. In trying to avoid being like his father as a husband and as a parent, did he inadvertently become exactly the man he wished not to be? And what secrets lie untold? As he grieves, he wonders whether he was ill-advised to keep secrets that may unwittingly hurt his family.

Hay lugares que guardan secretos inconfesables, metas inconclusas, promesas no cumplidas. Voluntades tan fuertes, que son capaces hasta de levantar a los muertos. Este Panteón es uno de esos lugares. Y es que en ocasiones, hay quienes no saben cómo morirse.

After a soul-crushing Tinder date, a woman returns to her apartment to cook some squid and seethe. Her eye starts to itch; her memory starts to skip, and she starts to spiral. Offense is an auditory explosion and an exploration of the rash of loneliness...and what happens when the voices inside our heads start to warp.

In "People in Hell Want Ice Water" - an eerie and suspenseful short story about connection, trust, and self-preservation - a random hookup amidst the COVID-19 pandemic brings two lonely people together when they need it most. Colin is an immunocompromised software engineer living alone in Los Angeles when he meets Martha on an early morning walk. She’s irreverent and mysterious, and although Colin knows better than to invite a stranger into his house, it’s been over 40 days since he’s been touched, and he can’t resist the temptation.

"Little Surrenders" is a dark, mesmerizing short story about a marriage that’s reached its breaking point, and just how far a woman will go to reinvent herself after one too many compromises.

A moving story of an old woman reckoning with memories - both cherished and heartbreaking - of her past, from French Rwandan author Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, winner of the 2020 Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie.

Wide-eyed Kate Sullivan is thrilled when she scores a job as the assistant to the fabulous yet slightly unhinged Brazilian art dealer Rafaela de Souza. Struggling in her new position, fish-out-of-water Kate is on the verge of being fired when she catches the eye of both "it artist" Kodi Best and charming dealer Cole Beaumont. Suddenly her career takes off, and she’s swept into the murkier depths of the art market, where she must question how far she’s willing to go to make the illustrious career she imagined a reality.

Hal Beekman is exhausted. With all of his energy devoted to his real estate developments, he doesn’t have the bandwidth to figure out why his wife is sad. As for Stacey Beekman, a transplanted Midwesterner with divorce-whisperer friends, the only solution for a husband who doesn’t desire her is to find a second husband who does. But with Stacey left alone in a new house to parent her tech-addicted children and Hank isolated in a Greenwich McMansion that neither of them ever loved, COVID-19 has surprises in store for the Beekmans.

From Steven Millhauser, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler and one of the most imaginative and essential voices of our time, comes a fable about a race of miniature people and the way of life they have come master within our own. By turns enchanting and provocative, The Little People explores the fascination and unease the little people create in us, examines our private desire to disappear into their world, and reveals what happens when our personal and romantic lives inevitably collide.

¡Prepárate para una emocionante experiencia con esta nueva historia que trae de regreso el clásico Libro Vaquero! Con una serie Neo-Western cargada de acción y aventuras, serás testigo de un mundo postapocalíptico en el año 2100, donde la humanidad se enfrenta al borde de la extinción tras múltiples pandemias y experimentos médicos que han causado una infertilidad masiva.

Jim Stenson has been flown to the bohemian island of Formentera for a monthlong gig: writing a screenplay for a famous Spanish director, loosely based on the classic French film Contempt. With his career flagging, Jim is determined to make the most of the opportunity. But the director raises the stakes, pushing Jim to draw inspiration for the script from his strained relationship with his wife Anna.

England im 14. Jahrhundert: Nach dem Tod seines Vaters, des wegen Hochverrats angeklagten Earl of Waringham, hat der junge Robin alles verloren - auch den Anspruch auf sein Erbe und ist der Willkür der Obrigkeit ausgesetzt. Besonders Mortimer, der Sohn des neuen Earls, schikaniert Robin, wo er kann. Zwischen den Jungen erwächst eine tödliche Feindschaft, die sie bis ins Erwachsenenalter begleiten wird.

A barely employed tech worker has never felt they belonged. Not in society, not even in their own family. Their days are filled with loneliness, a struggle to survive and a desperate search for connection—even if that connection is merely virtual. Now, a black-market hacker promises to open a new world for them, and it works—in ways no human has ever experienced. They find a world of wonder, of possibilities and of danger—where their new virtual reality could mean the end of their physical reality. And what they discover could change the fate of humankind—forever.

Robert and Mkiwa Livingston are happily ensconced in their tranquil life in Geneva, Switzerland, when Robert's best friend drops dead from a brain aneurysm, sparking a mid-life crisis. Nostalgic for the New England of his youth, Robert begs his wife for a chance to go back to his native America. As the Livingstons settle into their new home in Marblehead, Massachusetts, they - along with the rest of the country - become engrossed in a popular TV show called Quiet Time, about a family who decide to give up all electronic devices and smartphones for one year.