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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, read by George Blagden. The tender feelgood story of a man's journey around Japan with a streetcat. Translated by Philip Gabriel, a translator of Murakami. It's not the journey that counts but who's at your side. Nana is on a road trip, but he is not sure where he is going. All that matters is that he can sit beside his beloved owner, Satoru, in the front seat of his silver van. Satoru is keen to visit three old friends from his youth, though Nana doesn’t know why, and Satoru won’t say.

No one in Eden remembers when Starling House was built. But everyone agrees that it's best to let the house – and its last lonely heir – go to rot. Starling House is uncanny and ugly and fully of secrets, just like its heir. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but it might be a chance to get her brother out of Eden. It feels dangerously like something she's never had: a home. But Opal isn't the only one interested in the house, or the horrors and wonders that lie beneath it. If Opal wants a home, she'll have to fight for it.

Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow's best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home.

The continuing story of Arthur, the second in a trilogy which began with The Winter King. The novels bring Arthur and his world to vivid life. A man battling for his vision of the future in a brutal age, dragged down by suspicions and magics of the past, surrounded by intrigue, dependent on his skill at war and genius for leadership.

Rusant pour échapper à son exécution, la belle Chahrazade entame un récit qui durera mille et une nuits : aventure, humour, poésie, cruauté et sagesse composent ces histoires empruntes d'une fascinante atmosphère propre aux contes orientaux, qui ont marqué l'imaginaire collectif depuis des siècles. Un vrai voyage littéraire à la rencontre du monde arabe du XIIIe siècle, un monde où les princesses et les khalifes côtoient les djinns et les voleurs, où la passion parle haut et où la magie fait corps avec le quotidien.

In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. For a family’s eighth-born son, there’s greatness. For the second daughter, nothing. In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule. And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba despairs and gives in. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. So she takes her dead brother's identity and begins her journey. Can Zhu escape what’s written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land?

Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort—a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny", and seem to move and speak as one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon"....

The only thing protecting me from the demons...is the beast. Nyfain, the golden dragon prince, tried to set me free. But there is no freedom in this kingdom. Not for anyone. The demons have sought me out. They want to trap me. To use me against Nyfain. It's only a matter of time before they call in the demon king.

I could save him, but he would ruin me. The beast. The creature that stalks the forbidden wood. The dragon prince. He has suffered a fate worse than death. We all have. A curse put upon us by the mad king. We are a kingdom locked in time. Shifters unable to feel our animals. Stuck here by a deal between the late king and a demon who seeks our destruction. The only one keeping this kingdom alive is Nyfain, the golden prince to a stolen throne. The last dragon shifter.

Vireo Reinhold relishes collecting his monarch’s proper dues. Working hard to prolong and fund the king’s never-ending war, the self-centered official revels in the perks of luxury that come with his unorthodox role. But his world upends when he unearths an ancient spellbook that promises to unlock a shadowy, forgotten magic. Embroiled in a secret affair with a fellow noble’s wife, Vireo is mortified when he’s forced to commit an unthinkable act.

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre but for everything—and everyone she holds dear.

Holly is no stranger to the night. Her unique position means that the still hours in the darkest parts of the night are when most of her work gets done. It’s not completely silent—she has Parliament to thank for that—but it does get a bit lonely. Not even the letters from her faithful correspondent can completely fill the empty space, and it’s only a matter of time before she loses even those.

Los ensayos manejan ideas, las novelas personajes. Los mitos describen ánimos, sentimientos recurrentes de la vida. En contraste con prosas que prescinden de imágenes y música, el discurso mítico cuenta nuestra historia desde la historia de otros, con un procedimiento parecido al juego de las muñecas rusas. Propio y ajeno, dentro y fuera, ayer y mañana pierden así su recíproca extrañeza: lo particular de cada caso expresa también algo constante y general.

With faith and hope as their guiding threads, the Shrimant family, alongside Jayant, has staked everything to uncover the truth behind Rohan's will. Yet, in a journey riddled with deception at every step, whose truth is truly trustworthy? To bring an end to the clash between the Mumukshus and Chiranjivis and reveal the ancient truth buried under layers of deceit, what ultimate price will Jayant and the Shrimant family have to pay? This story is a gripping saga of loyalty, betrayal, and the relentless quest for hidden knowledge.

Healer Anja knows little of politics but much of poisons. When she is summoned to treat the mysterious illness afflicting the king’s daughter, she finds herself against the clock, desperate to track down the source of the poison killing Princess Snow. But the chance discovery of a strange alternate world inside a magic mirror leads Anja to darker discoveries, including what really happened to Snow’s dead sister, Rose, and why their mother seemingly went mad and cut out her heart.

Every month at St. Pete’s Tavern in rugged western Montana, a meeting is convened by the Basic Bigfoot Society’s members—both of them. Jute and Vergil are lifelong friends, bound by an affinity for the elusive North American Wood Ape. Their monthly meetings and annual expeditions are a tradition that keep their friendship alive when so much else about their small town has fallen away. But things are about to get exciting for the Basic Bigfoot Society.

Vier Elite-Fae-Krieger. Eine Sterbliche. Eine magische Verbindung, die sie weder zulassen noch ihr widerstehen können.Als Waise wurde sie vor Jahren an einen strengen Meister verkauft. Seitdem besteht Leras Leben darin, Ställe auszumisten, den Annäherungsversuchen ihres Meisters auszuweichen und den mysteriösen Wald zu meiden, der die Welt der Sterblichen von der der Fae trennt. Nur Narren wagen sich in die unsterblichen Lande, und nur dunkle Vorahnungen verlassen ihn wieder …

It takes a village to fall in love. Set in Scotland, on the Isle of Skye, we meet Harry and Emilia, who have always been best friends, well, until they complicated everything by sleeping together. Drunk and alone on New Year’s Eve, Emilia phones up the TV’s psychic and spills out all of her sorrows. When her friends propose to stay in a cabin in the middle of nowhere for Christmas, Emilia jumps at the chance, but the atmosphere quickly dampens when Harry announces his girlfriend will be joining them.

"Denkst du, es lässt dich unschuldig wirken, wenn du mich hier einsperrst? Du hast wohl den Verstand verloren." "Noch nicht", murmelt er und senkt den Blick. "Noch habe ich meinen Verstand, weil er sich verzweifelt daran klammert, dass ich dich beschützen möchte. Aber wer weiß, wie viel Zeit mir noch bleibt, bis die Göttlichkeit in mir mein Herz übertrumpft und dich zu meiner Feindin macht." Fero atmet hörbar aus. "Unsere Schicksale waren von Anbeginn an nicht einfach. Aber jetzt … verliere selbst ich langsam die Hoffnung." Fortsetzung der magisch-märchenhaften Reihe mit nordischer Mythologie.

Wenn ich denke, es könnte in meinem Leben nicht schlimmer kommen, erscheint ein verrückter Kerl, der sich für einen nordischen Gott hält und mich nach Asgard bringt. Jedenfalls in die Nähe der sagenumwobenen Götterwelt. Den Weg dorthin muss ich selbst finden, um meinen Wert zu beweisen. Denn ich soll die nächste Frau Holle werden, die nicht nur eine Märchenfigur ist, sondern eine mächtige Göttin und Gefährtin Odins. Als ich allerdings erfahre, dass ich dazu in wenigen Wochen einen der drei Prinzen des Reichs heiraten soll, habe ich nur einen Gedanken: Flucht.