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Anthony Peardew is the keeper of lost things. Forty years ago he carelessly lost a keepsake from his beloved fiancée, Therese. That very same day, she died unexpectedly. Brokenhearted, Anthony sought consolation in rescuing lost objects - the things others have dropped, misplaced, or accidently left behind - and writing stories about them. Now, in the twilight of his life, Anthony worries that he has not fully discharged his duty to reconcile all the lost things with their owners.

The Shape of Water is set in Cold War-era Baltimore at the Occam Aerospace Research Center, which has recently received its most sensitive asset ever: an amphibious man captured in the Amazon. What unfolds is a stirring romance between the asset and one of the janitors on staff, a mute woman who uses sign language to communicate with the creature.

In a village at the edge of the wilderness of Northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, a stranger with piercing blue eyes presents a new father with a gift - a precious jewel on a delicate chain, intended for his young daughter. Uncertain of its meaning, the father hides the gift away, and his daughter, Vasya, grows up a wild, willful girl, to the chagrin of her family. But when mysterious forces threaten the happiness of their village, Vasya discovers that she may be the only one who can keep the darkness at bay.

The House of the Spirits brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife, Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. When their daughter, Blanca, embarks on a forbidden love affair in defiance of her implacable father, the result is an unexpected gift to Esteban.

Something evil has swept into the small Western Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the latest winter storm. Sheriff Norris Ridgewick and his team are desperately searching for two missing girls, but time is running out to bring them home alive. In Washington, DC, 37-year-old Gwendy Peterson couldn’t be more different from the self-conscious teenage girl who once spent a summer running up Castle Rock’s Suicide Stairs. That same summer, she was entrusted - or some might say cursed - with the extraordinary button box by Richard Farris, the mysterious stranger in the black suit.

Esta que tiene en sus manos me la explicó una amiga colombiana mientras tomábamos tinto con almojábanas en un café de Cali, al sur de Colombia, y narra los increíbles acontecimientos que hace unos años le sucedieron a una niña llamada Luz.

Burned by napalm as an infant and adopted by the guardian spirit of a river, Numamushi spends the first years of his life catching frogs to eat and learning to shed his skin like his serpentine father. Then one day, a lonely man moves into the abandoned house next to the river, and curiosity for all things human awakens in Numamushi. This mysterious man shares Numamushi’s penchant for eating frogs but also carries the scars of war, a love of the written word, and knowledge of the secret history of the house and its river.

Восхитительно вкусное приключение, которое захочется пережить каждому! В Ресторанчике токкэби могут оказаться только те, у кого возникли какие-то проблемы в жизни. Тебя отвергают одноклассники и не понимают друзья? Ты не такой как все и потому ты одинок? Ты новенький в классе и тебе сложно вписаться в коллектив? Ресторанчик токкэби распахнёт перед тобой свои двери. Там тебе предложат попробовать самые любимые вкусности, а потом и угостить ими других. Взамен попросят лишь самую малость... Приглашаем каждого отведать стряпню Тохваран, хозяйки этого таинственного ресторанчика! Первая книга серии.

On the evening of July 4th, Sylviane Rochas scatters her mother's ashes in New York and lets the changing wind blow her to the French seaside town of Marseille. For the first time in her life, Vianne holds the future in her own hands. Charming her way into a job as a waitress in a local bistrot, she knows that she is not here to stay - by the time her child is born in a few months' time, she must be gone.

Carolina lebt ihren Traum, idyllisch mit Mann und Kindern in einem Landhaus mit großem Garten am Rande der schwäbischen Alb. Doch als sich Carolinas Mann von einem Tag auf den anderen von ihr trennt, bleibt sie zunächst alleine zurück, denn auch ihre nächste Liebe endet nicht gut. Dann entdeckt sie durch Zufall, dass ihr Bach heilende Kräfte besitzt, was sich schnell herumspricht. Nun pilgern die Menschen in Scharen in Carolinas Garten und es wird klar, dass die Heilkraft ihres Baches schnell eine merkwürdige Eigendynamik entwickelt.

Areion hat Daria das größte Geheimnis des Ordens offenbart. Obwohl der Gral ein Verbotenes Artefakt ist, hütet ihn der Orden seit über einem Jahrtausend. Nicht nur ist er ihr höchstes Heiligtum, sondern hat auch eine bedeutungsschwangere Geschichte, die noch über den Ursprung des Ordens hinausreicht. Nicht nur viele Geheimnisse sondern auch das Vermächtnis von Darias Familie ist eng mit diesem Artefakt verwoben. Der sagenumwobene Gral ist noch mächtiger und gefährlicher als jedes Artefakt, dem Daria bis jetzt begegnet ist, und hat schon so manche hoffnungsvolle Menschen ins Verderben gestürzt.

Magie, Romantik und packende Spannung erwarten die Leser auch im 4. Band der epischen Fantasy-Reihe aus der Feder von Ina Linger. Die Burg Ezieran, einstiger Sitz sagenumwobener Könige und Zauberer, gibt Leon und seinen Freunden zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit das Gefühl, sicher und geschützt zu sein. Doch bald schon muss Leon feststellen, dass dieses Gefühl trügerisch ist und auch die dicken Mauern einer Festung keinen Schutz vor Intrigen, Angst und Verrat bieten können.

Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It's called The Dellawisp and it's named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy. When Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother's apartment at The Dellawisp, she meets her quirky, enigmatic neighbors including a girl on the run, a grieving chef whose comfort food does not comfort him, two estranged middle-aged sisters, and three ghosts. Each with their own story.

The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room. She opens it - and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother.

In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power. In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her. In Brooklyn, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels.

Ce jeune homme qui rentre à l’issue d’une nuit blanche passée avec les derniers fêtards d’un mariage ignore, en regagnant sa demeure, que le destin l’attend et qu’il mourra poignardé. Pourtant tout le monde le sait et Santiago Nasar, livré à ses bourreaux avec l’assentiment collectif, sera la victime de ce crime d’honneur. Qu’il soit ou non coupable, il n’échappera pas à cette mort annoncée. Car la mariée n’était plus vierge.

Французский бестселлер в жанре магического реализма. Пленительно красивая и филигранно сотканная сказка, обладающая лирической красотой поэмы и повествовательной силой древней легенды. Здесь фантазия и реальность сшиты прочно и без швов, а гипнотически увлекательный сюжет достоин лучших произведений Маркеса и Гарсиа Лорки. Испокон веков женщины семьи Караско, живущей в деревушке на юге Испании, передают друг другу по наследству таинственную шкатулку. Ее содержимое меняется в зависимости от того, в чьи руки она попадает. Каждая находит внутри то, что помогает раскрыть ее уникальный дар.

قد نخطط أحيانًا لحياتنا بالقلم والمسطرة، وننسى أن الحياة لا تخلو من الألم؛ ألم لفراق، وألم لابتلاء، وآلام لنفسٍ تتألم ولا تتكلم..

Sowena’s life changes forever when she is forced from her home chased by soldiers and dogs. Her birth mother’s coven, that she never knew existed will reveal her mother’s sordid past and her own magik gifts. She will join a lifelong sisterhood and learn the truth of her lineage as well as how to hone her magik. Amid the chaos of war, fear of capture, and struggle to learn her magik spells, Sowena will experience something she didn't expect, the confusion of first love. The witches need to join forces with other magik allies, some of whom are not thrilled to be working with them.

"فيفالدو بونفين" موظف حكومي يعيش حياة رتيبة ومملة في مكتبه بمصلحة الضرائب، لذا يأخذ معه بعض الروايات ليقرأها خلسة، ذات يوم ، وبينما كان يتظاهر بالعمل انغمس في القراءة واختفى من هذا العالم بين ثنايا الكتب ...هذه هي حكايته الحقيقية كما يرويها ابنه إلياس بونفين ، الذي يخرج بحثًا عن والده عبر أمهات كتب الأدب الكلاسيكي مثل جزيرة الدكتور مورو، ودكتور جيكل ومستر هايد (روبرت لويس ستيفنسون) ، الجريمة والعقاب (فيودور دوستويوفسكي) ، و٤٥١ فهرنهايت (راي برادبري) !!