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Zweigs frühe Erzählung entstand 1913 und wurde noch im gleichen Jahr publiziert, erscheint hier aber in der von ihrem Autor überarbeiteten Fassung des Buchdrucks von 1925, die Zweig um zahlreiche, »aus seiner späteren Sicht offenbar allzu ›expressive‹ Passagen gekürzt« hat, so der Herausgeber Michael Scheffel. Die beklemmende Atmosphäre der Geschichte, in der die Hauptfigur von einer ihr unbekannten Frau wegen ihres Geliebten erpresst wird, hat Zweig meisterhaft eingefangen – einer der Gründe, warum dieser Text inzwischen zum ausgewiesenen Schulklassiker geworden ist.

A powerful epic fantasy novel with roots in the 20th-century history of China. Opium runs through the heart of the Nikara Empire, a constant reminder of the war with the Federation of Mugen that brought it to the empire's shores. A war that only ended thanks to three heroes - the Vipress, the Dragon Emperor and the Gatekeeper - known as the Trifecta. They were legendary figures, each bestowed with god-like powers, who united the warlords of the Empire against the Federation. Decades have passed. The Trifecta is shattered; the Dragon Emperor is dead, the Gatekeeper is missing, and the Vipress alone sits on the throne at Sinegard. Peace reigns, yet the poppy remains. War orphan Fang Runin grew up with it. Her adopted family smuggles it throughout the Rooster province, making a living on the misfortune of those addicted to its smoke. But when Rin's parents force her into an arranged marriage, Rin refuses to accept her fate and fights her way to the prestigious military academy at Sinegard. There she will learn of drug-fuelled shamanic powers thought to be myth, powers which might defeat the Federation during its third invasion. But the cost of some power is too great to pay, even if it means winning a war that threatens to destroy an entire nation.

"Acht Minuten. Länger war die fünfjährige Marie nicht alleine. Doch als ihre Mutter zum Auto zurückkommt, ist Marie spurlos verschwunden. Kommissarin Kim Lansky übernimmt den Fall. Es ist ihre letzte Chance, sich als Ermittlerin zu beweisen. Die Suche nach der Wahrheit führt sie in die dunkelsten Kapitel ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit - und zu einer erschreckenden Frage: Warum bleiben gerade in München so viele Kinder verschwunden?"--Back cover.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award From the author of the New York Times bestseller Empire of Pain--a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year - Long Listed for the National Book Award - Winner of the Orwell Prize - TIME Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of the Year - Best Book of the Decade by EW and LitHub Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book--as finely paced as a novel--Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga. --New York Times Book Review Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I.R.A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I.R.A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I.R.A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I.R.A. past--Say Nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish. Look for Patrick Radden Keefe's latest bestseller, Empire of Pain

She’s twelve. He’s dead. But together they’re going to save the world. Hopefully. The iconic first book in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series.

'An addicting read for anyone desiring a chance to escape on a journey of young love and finding out who you are in the process . . . If Dunbridge Academy is taking applications, let me know!' ANNA TODD Charles Sinclair is Victoria Belhaven-Wynford's best friend. Ever since primary school, he's been the one Tori can confide in. The only thing she can't tell him about is the pit in her stomach that just won't fade since she started dating her crush, Valentine. Deep down, Tori suspects that whatever she has with Valentine, it's nothing like what she feels for her best friend. But her classmate Eleanor has claimed Sinclair's attention, the Juliet to his Romeo in Dunbridge Academy's annual theatrical performance. Not that Tori would mind. If she weren't the one who's supposed to write the script for the love story between the star-crossed lovers . . . I don't know who I'm kissing. Romeo or Sinclair. Sinclair or Charles. The boy I fell in love with all those years ago, or the man who has been driving me mad for the last few weeks. Whoever it is - it feels better than anything. READERS LOVE SARAH SPRINZ 'I couldn't put it down' 5* reader review 'I loved this story' 5* reader review ''Sarah Sprinz has done it again' 5* reader review 'What an amazing book!' 5* reader review 18+ content

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of The Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic... The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch: A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates A smart-ass tech-whiz with the galaxy's biggest chip on his shoulder An alien warrior with anger management issues A tomboy pilot who's totally not into him, in case you were wondering And Ty's squad isn't even his biggest problem that'd be Aurora Jie-Lin O'Malley, the girl he's just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler's squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy. NOBODY PANIC. 'Aurora Rising is to sci-fi what Stranger Things is to the cinema of the eighties - a fusion of everything you love about the genre that adds up into something completely fresh.' Samantha Shannon 'A beyond epic space adventure that will make a sci-fi fan out of anyone.' Alexandra Christo, author of To Kill A Kingdom

'Thea Guanzon's talent is limitless, and she is the kind of writer that comes around once in a generation. Mark my words: lives will be changed by The Hurricane Wars trilogy.' Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis Two hearts circle each other in the eye of the storm in this Sunday Times bestselling follow-up to the The Hurricane Wars. After a lifetime of war, Alaric and Talasyn were thrust into an alliance between their homelands. Now Talasyn must play the part of Alaric's willing empress while her allies secretly plot to overthrow his reign. But a greater threat is rising - the Moonless Dark, a cataclysmic magical event that could devour everything. Only Alaric and Talasyn can stop it. For Alaric, helping Talasyn save their world from this disaster is a mere preface to his father's more sinister schemes. But Talasyn is a burning flame in the darkness, tempting both his loyalties and his desires. The Hurricane Wars aren't over. It's time to choose what - and who - to fight for. Praise for The Hurricane Wars: '[M]y newest obsession' Kerri Maniscalco '[W]ill leave you burning long before the last page descends' Ehigbor Okosun 'This book made me GIDDY!' Katee Robert 'I'm obsessed' Hannah Whitten 'Simply unputdownable' HuffPost '[W]ill likely obsess fantasy romance fans everywhere' Paste Magazine

Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. All she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn't know about his grandma: she was once an international jewel thief and she has been plotting to steal the crown jewels. Now she needs Ben's help.

Dua Lipa's September Book Club Pick! Included in The Guardian's Best Translated Fiction of 2024 "[Bad Habit] shows us that a 'trans novel' can actually be anything it wants to be." -New York Times "A novel that could very well serve as a surrogate mother for future children who grow up lonely and trans." -Washington Post Combining the raw realism and vulnerability of Shuggie Bain and Detransition, Baby with the poignant sensibility of Pedro Almodóvar, a staggering coming-of-age novel deeply rooted in the struggles of a trans woman growing up in Madrid. Anchored by the voice of its sweet and defiant narrator, Bad Habit casts a trans woman's trying youth as a heartfelt odyssey. Raised in an animated yet impoverished blue-collar neighborhood, Alana S. Portero's protagonist struggles to find her place. As the city around her changes-the heroin epidemic that ravages Madrid through the '80s and '90s, rallying calls of worker solidarity and the pulsing beat of the city's night scene- she becomes increasingly detached from the world and, most crucially, herself. Yet through her eyes, the streets and people of Madrid are illuminated by a poetry absent from everyday life. And by this guiding light she begins to plot her own course, from Margarita, the local trans woman whose unspoken kinship both captivates and frightens her, to Jay, her first love and source of an inevitable heartbreak, to the irrepressible diva Caramel. As she forges ahead, she sets her compass to a personal north star: endeavoring to find herself. But with each step forward, she is confronted by a violence she doesn't yet know how to counter; in this exciting, often terrifying, world each choice is truly a matter of life and death. With her first novel, Alana S. Portero strikingly underscores the ties between gender and class, the search for identity, and the power of sisterhood and community. Gentle but blistering, Bad Habit is a mesmerizing story of self-realization that speaks to the outsider in all of us. Translated from the Spanish by Mara Faye Lethem