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For more than 20 years Sultan Khan defied the authorities to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned, and watched illiterate soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. In spring 2002, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad spent four months living with the bookseller and his family. As she steps back from the page and lets the Khans tell their stories, we learn of proposals and marriages, hope and fear, crime and punishment.

When Isabel's Yorkshire village is devastated by the Black Death, it seems that the world is ending in horror and fear. But for the survivors of the terrible plague, a new and freer society will rise from the destruction of the feudal system that enslaved her family. A powerful historical novel from one of today's most exciting young writers.

Addison Grant sagt immer, was sie denkt - vor allem zu ihrem arroganten Nachbarn Drake O'Hara. Als Drake ihr jedoch den Job als seine persönliche Assistentin anbietet, ist Addy das erste Mal in ihrem Leben sprachlos. Denn trotz ihrer Wortgefechte knistert es gewaltig zwischen ihr und dem erfolgreichen (und zugegebenermaßen ziemlich heißen) CEO. So stark die Anziehungskraft zwischen ihnen auch ist, die Regeln ihrer Geschäftsbeziehung sind klar: Drake ist ihr Boss, nichts weiter - bis es bei einem Firmenevent zu einem Kuss kommt, der alles verändert.

Zara, Ziggy, and Zoe are three little witches who live together in Magic Wood, where anything can happen. Cups and saucers wash themselves up, letters sprout wings, a calendar sings a song, the signpost changes direction, and Wizard Wink's school moves from place to place.

The Tides are a family full of secrets. Returning to Clifftops, the rambling family house high on the Dorset coastline, youngest daughter Dora hopes for a fresh start, for herself and the new life she carries. But can long-held secrets ever really be forgiven? And even if you can forgive, can you ever really learn to love again? Secrets of the Tides is the spellbinding debut from Hannah Richell; a rich and compelling family drama with a dark thread of suspense at its heart.

Le bestseller #1 du New York Times s'adresse à tous ceux qui souhaitent se concentrer sur l'énergie, la créativité et l'efficacité professionnelle. Par un après-midi pluvieux, Gretchen Rubin a eu une révélation : "Les journées sont longues, mais courtes sont les années". "Le temps passe vite" elle s'est rendue compte avec le cœur lourd, "Je vivais ma vie sans me poser la question essentielle : suis-je heureuse ?". Il n'a pas fallu longtemps après l'épiphanie pour Gretchen de décider de lancer son opération bonheur.

Wie weit würdest du für deine große Liebe gehen? Als Taylor Jensen an ein und demselben Tag nicht nur ihren Job an einen Kollegen verliert, sondern auch ihren Freund beim Fremdgehen erwischt, hat sie von Männern erst einmal genug. Völlig verzweifelt läuft sie Daniel Grant in die Arme, der ihr ein Zimmer in seiner WG anbietet. Einst waren sie beste Freunde, aber ein männlicher Mitbewohner mit sexy Tattoos und einem unwiderstehlichen Lächeln ist das Letzte, was Tae jetzt gebrauchen kann.

Octavia's credentials are fine (a sitcom-star mum, a film-director dad), but she's never fitted in at Darlinham House School, where the kids of the super-rich and famous go to get educated (if you can call tai-chi and Sanskrit an education.) It's hard enough for Octavia to avoid the pygmy blondes (India, Asia, China, and Twinkle), without having to deal with her mother too, who can't wait to see Octavia with the right guy, at the right party, in the right magazine. Can a D-list disaster like Octavia ever become an A-list glamour girl? And will the cost be worth it?

All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. Grant McAllister, an author of crime fiction and professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked them all out. But that was 30 years ago. Now he's living a life of seclusion on a quiet Mediterranean island - until Julia Hart, a sharp, ambitious editor, knocks on his door. His early work is being republished and together the two of them must revisit those old stories: an author hiding from his past and an editor keen to understand it.

It is June 1950 and a sleepy English village is about to be awakened by the discovery of a dead body in Colonel de Luce's cucumber patch. The police are baffled, and when a dead snipe is deposited on the Colonel's doorstep with a rare stamp impaled on its beak, they are baffled even more. Only the Colonel's daughter, the precocious Flavia, has the ingenuity to follow the clues that reveal the victim's identity.

The Man in the Brown Suit is Agatha Christie at her best, as a young woman makes a dangerous decision to investigate a shocking “accidental” death she witnesses at a London tube station. Described by the Queen of Mystery herself as one of her favorites of her published works, Crooked House is a classic Agatha Christie thriller revolving around a devastating family mystery.

Josie Jenkins, aged eight and three quarters, can do a few tricks, but she astonishes herself and everyone else when she finds she can lift a table, a car and even a bus with no effort at all.

Eleven-year-old Olivia Brown has been in care since she was five. She has just been asked to leave her eighteenth placement. Her new home is a secluded farmhouse, centuries old, where she slowly bonds with her foster family. But the house holds dark secrets. The danger is real - but does it come from the twisted mind of a very disturbed child?

On a balmy June night, Kirsten, a young university student, strolls home through a silent moonlit park. Suddenly her tranquil mood is shattered as she is viciously attacked. When she awakes in hospital, she has no recollection of that brutal night. But then, slowly and painfully, details reveal themselves: dreams of two figures, one white and one black, hovering over her...wisps of a strange and haunting song...the unfamiliar texture of a rough and deadly hand.

Grant McAllister, a professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked all the rules out – and wrote seven perfect detective stories to demonstrate. But that was 30 years ago. Now Grant lives in seclusion on a remote Mediterranean island, counting the rest of his days. Until Julia Hart, a brilliant, ambitious editor knocks on his door. Julia wishes to republish his book, and together they must revisit those old stories: An author hiding from his past and an editor keen to understand it.

Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Author of the Year, 2007.
Winner of the British Book Awards, Richard and Judy Best Read of the Year, 2006.
In Carcassonne a young girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alais cannot understand the strange words and symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in protecting it.

Lady Chatterley's Lover was the subject of one of the most infamous trials of the 20th century when Penguin was prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act. However, with expert witnesses for the defence, including E.M. Forster, Penguin was acquitted and permitted to publish in 1960. The book became a best seller largely on account of explicit scenes of a sexual nature and use of four letter words.

Romantisch, turbulent und sexy. Um ihre Familie wieder zu vereinen, hat Nayna Sharma zugestimmt zu heiraten - einen Mann, den ihre Eltern für sie auswählen. Doch zuvor möchte sie noch einmal ausbrechen - und findet sich in den Armen eines geheimnisvollen Fremden wieder, der küssen kann wie kein anderer. Aber Raj sucht kein Abenteuer, er sucht eine Liebe fürs Leben. Und staunt nicht schlecht, als ihm die unbekannte Schönheit am nächsten Tag als mögliche Ehefrau vorgestellt wird ... Teil 2 der "Cherish"-Reihe von SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autorin Nalini Singh.

Following the success of Catching LIfe by the Throat, Josephine Hart compiles more poetry from the like of such poets as Milton, Byron, Keats, Shelley, Browning, Frost and Lowell.

Read by a dazzling cast of actors including Eileen Atkins, Nancy Carroll, Alan Cox, Charles Dance, Joanna David, Lindsay Duncan, Edward Fox, Emilia Fox, Robert Hardy, Tom Hollander, Jeremy Irons, Felicity Kendal, Elizabeth McGovern, Mark Strong, Dominic West, Greg Wise.

In Poppy Page's mind, there are two types of women in this world: those who are faithful to their husbands and those who are not. Until now, Poppy has never questioned which she was. But when handsome, charming Matthew Gordon walks back into her life after almost two decades, that changes. Poppy makes a single mistake - and that mistake will be far more dangerous than she could imagine. Someone is going to pay for it with their life....