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Beim Klagenfurter Bachmann-Wettbewerb 2005 lag er in der Publikumsgunst ganz vorn. Dennoch machte Am Seil, Thomas Langs “Kammerspiel auf der Tenne” (Jurymitglied Heinrich Detering), das Rennen. Nun winkt dem Publikumsliebling auch noch...

Das Schulfest auf dem Feuerfelsen steht vor der Tür. Der Höhepunkt eines jeden Schuljahres. Nur der kleine Drache Kokosnuss weiß nicht, ob er sich darauf freuen soll, denn den Flug zum Feuerfelsen schafft er immer noch nicht. Das ist...

Bis auf Tassilo und ihre treuen Freunde hat Papavera nahezu alles verloren, und auch ihr treues Pferd hätte sie fast, wie den Rest der Tiere, im Teufelsmoos verloren. Seit ihr Vater im Zuge eines Kreuzzugs im Namen Friedrichs II. ins Heilige...

Shatteringly well-written, this is a carcrash-compelling description of a week in the hell inhabited by one splintered and savage soul - an unrehearsed and unputdownable Jekyll and Hyde for our time. It is suitable for readers of Fight Club, Bret...

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Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with...

I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret. For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, the lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen...

The New York Times Hannah, the protagonist of Sittenfelds new novel, is a kind of female Charlie Brown: shy, hapless and downtrodden The New York Times Sittenfeld proves herself once again to be a rigorous and wily...

Dana Clarke has always longed for the stability of home and family—her own childhood was not an easy one. Now she has married a man she adores who is from a prominent New England family, and she is about to give birth to their first child....

A miscarriage of justice, in Mayers unconvincing view, occurred in the Oklahoma town of Ada when two young men, Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot, were accused of the 1984 rape and murder of Denice Haraway, a newly married 24-year-old grocery clerk,...

Of all Manhattans fabled East Side dwellings of the super-rich, 740 Park Avenue has perhaps the best pedigree. Designed by Rosario Candela and developed by James T. Lee, Jackie Os maternal grandfather, as a cooperative haven for the elite, it had...

Richardson, executive dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, set out to write a single-volume, nonpartisan explanation of terrorism in all its complexity. Her reach, however, exceeds her grasp in an evaluation that leans more on theory...

Collected here for the first time are some of the numerous essays and lectures by Norman Davies, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Europe, The Isles and Rising 44. Spanning over a decade and a half of his remarkably prodigious...

A big new American novel for our times, by the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Empire Falls, about innocence and cynicism, optimism and despair, mining the secrets of society and the human heart in a rich, dramatic and big-hearted story of families...

A tongue-in-cheek, but seriously useful guide to understanding the French, Talk To The Snail is intended as a small format, witty hardcover in the Lynne Truss mould. Each chapter will consist of an essay illustrating a theme, followed by...

With this new thriller, New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers her own message to suspense fans everywhere: Dont turn off the lights, and keep reading if you dare. From the gritty streets of Los Angeles to its most protected enclaves...

A mysterious death in a Virginia farm town has the locals scratching their heads - while frisky feline Mrs. Murphy and her friends, fat-cat Pewter and corgi Tee Tucker, uncover clues as they curl their way around a cold-blooded killer. This balmy...

Elena Weaver was a surprise to anyone meeting her for the first time. In her clingy dresses and dangling earrings she exuded a sexuality at odds with the innocence projected by the unicorn posters on her walls. While her embittered mother fretted...

Summer Psychic, which I bought sort of accidentally was surpsingly good. Actually, it was very good, which was a surprise. Unlike many of her novelist sisters, Jessica Adams seems to understand the male mind, and the male world. She throws that...

Monica Alis stunning second book is a collection of stories set in the Alentejo province of Portugal, linked by characters and by a vivid sense of place and time. Teresa is a beautiful young girl from the village who is supposed to marry a suitable...