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A little life Hanya Yanagihara
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Yanagihara, Hanya

A little life / Hanya Yanagihara

London : Picador, 2015

To kill a mockingbird Harper Lee
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Lee, Harper

To kill a mockingbird / Harper Lee

London : Arrow books, 2015

Abstract: The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie
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Christie, Agatha

Murder on the Orient Express / Agatha Christie

London : HarperCollins, 2015

Poirot ; 10

Bull Mountain Brian Panowich
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Panowich, Brian

Bull Mountain / Brian Panowich

New York : Putnam's Sons, 2015

Abstract: Clayton Burroughs is sheriff of Bull Mountain and black sheep of the brutal and blood-steeped Burroughs clan. In the forties and fifties, the family ran moonshine over six state lines. In the sixties and seventies, they farmed the largest marijuana crop on the East Coast, and now they are the dominant suppliers of methamphetamine in the South.

All the light we cannot see Anthony Doerr
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Doerr, Anthony

All the light we cannot see : a novel / Anthony Doerr

London : Fourth estate, 2015

Abstract: For Marie-Laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazes. The miniature of a Paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home. The microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the Museum of Natural History. The walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the Nazis invade Paris..

All the light we cannot see Anthony Doerr
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Doerr, Anthony

All the light we cannot see : a novel / Anthony Doerr

London : Fourth estate, 2015

Abstract: Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a perfect miniature of their Paris neighbourhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. But when the Nazis invade, father and daughter flee with a dangerous secret. Werner is a German orphan, destined to labour in the same mine that claimed his father’s life, until he discovers a knack for engineering. His talent wins him a place at a brutal military academy, but his way out ofWeiterlesen

The cousins' war. Philippa Gregory
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Gregory, Philippa

The cousins' war.. volume 6. The King's curse / Philippa Gregory

London [etc] : Simon & Schuster, 2015

Teil von: The King's curse

Abstract: Heir to the Plantagenets, Margaret Pole, is a rival claimant to the Tudor throne. Buried in marriage to a loyal Tudor supporter, she becomes guardian to Arthur, the young Prince of Wales, and his beautiful bride, Katherine of Aragon. But her destiny is not for a life in the shadows. Tragedy throws Margaret into poverty..

The adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain ; introduced by Richard Peck ; illustrations by Neil Reed
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Twain, Mark <1835-1910>

The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain ; introduced by Richard Peck ; illustrations by Neil Reed

London : Puffin books, 2015

Puffin classics

Abstract: On the banks of the Mississippi, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night they witness a murder. The boys swear never to reveal the secret and run away to be pirates and search for hidden treasure. But when Tom gets trapped in a cave with the murderer, can he escape unharmed?

Little women Louisa May Alcott ; introduced by Louise Rennison
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Alcott, Louisa May

Little women / Louisa May Alcott ; introduced by Louise Rennison

London : Puffin books, 2015

Puffin classics

Abstract: Meg the sweet tempered one. Jo the smart one. Beth the shy one. Amy the sassy one. Together they're the March sisters. Their father is away at war and times are difficult, but the bond between the sisters is strong. Through sisterly squabbles, happy times and sad, their four lives follow different paths, and they discover that growing up is sometimes very hard to do ..

100 years of the best American short stories edited by Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor
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100 years of the best American short stories / edited by Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015

Ada or ardor Vladimir Nabokov
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovič

Ada or ardor : a family chronicle / Vladimir Nabokov

London : Penguin books, 2015

Penguin classics - Penguin fiction

Abstract: It tells a love story troubled by incest. But more: it is also at once a fairy tale, epic, philosophical treatise on the nature of time, parody of the history of the novel, and erotic catalogue. Ada, or Ardor is no less than the supreme work of an imagination at white heat.

Tropic of cancer Henry Miller
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Updike, John

Tropic of cancer / Henry Miller

London : Penguin books, 2015

Penguin modern classics - Penguin fiction

Abstract: Set in France (primarily Paris) during the late 1920s and early 1930s, Tropic of Cancer centers on Miller's life as a struggling writer. Combining autobiography and fiction, some chapters follow a narrative of some kind and refer to Miller's actual friends, colleagues, and workplaces; others are written as stream-of-consciousness reflections that are occasionally epiphanic. The novel is written in the first person, as are many of Miller's other novels, and does not have aWeiterlesen

The forty rules of love Elif Shafak
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Shafak, Elif

The forty rules of love / Elif Shafak

London : Penguin books, 2015

Abstract: Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love. So when Ella reads a manuscript about the thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, and his forty rules of life and love, her world is turned upside down. She embarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author of this work. It is a questWeiterlesen

God help the child Toni Morrison
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Morrison, Toni

God help the child / Toni Morrison

London : Vintage, 2015

Vintage fiction

Abstract: The story of a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life, but which caused her light-skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms of love.

I know why the caged bird sings Maya Angelou
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Angelou, Maya

I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou

New York : Ballantine books, 2015

Abstract: Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of the whiteWeiterlesen

Blood meridian, or The evening redness Cormac McCarthy ; mit an introduction by Philipp Meyer
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McCarthy, Cormac

Blood meridian, or The evening redness / Cormac McCarthy ; mit an introduction by Philipp Meyer

London : Picador Classic, 2015

Abstract: Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving.

Emma Jane Austen ; edited with an introduction and notes by Fiona Stafford
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Austen, Jane

Emma / Jane Austen ; edited with an introduction and notes by Fiona Stafford

London : Penguin books, 2015

Penguin classics

Abstract: Beautiful, clever, rich—and single—Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans..

A history of loneliness John Boyne
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Boyne, John <1971- >

A history of loneliness / John Boyne

London : Black Swan, 2015

Abstract: Propelled into the priesthood by a family tragedy, Odran Yates is full of hope and ambition. When he arrives at Clonliffe Seminary in the 1970s, it is a time in Ireland when priests are highly respected, and Odran believes that he is pledging his life to "the good." Forty years later, Odran's devotion is caught in revelations that shatter the Irish people's faith in the Catholic Church. He sees his friends stand trial, colleagues jailed, the lives of young parishionersWeiterlesen

Restoration Rose Tremain
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Tremain, Rose

Restoration / Rose Tremain

London : Vintage books, 2015

Abstract: Robert Merivel, son of a glove maker and an aspiring physician, finds his fortunes transformed when he is given a position at the court of King Charles II. Merivel slips easily into a life of luxury and idleness, enthusiastically enjoying the women and wine of the vibrant Restoration age. But when he’s called on to serve the king in an unusual role, he transgresses the one law that he is forbidden to break and is brutally cast out from his newfound paradise. Thus beginsWeiterlesen

A banquet of consequences
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George, Elizabeth

A banquet of consequences : a Linley novel

New York : Viking, 2015

Abstract: Inspector Lynley investigates the London end of an ever more darkly disturbing case, with Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit. The suicide of William Goldacre is devastating to those left behind. But what was the cause of his tragedy and how far might the consequences reach? Is there a link between the young man's leap from a Dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in Cambridge?