Inhalt: Richard Ford returns with four deftly linked Christmas stories narrated by the iconic Frank Bascombe. Now sixty-eight, Frank resides again in the New Jersey suburb of Haddam, and has thrived - seemingly but not utterly - amidst the devastations of Hurricane Sandy. The desolations of Sandy, which left countless lives unmoored, are the perfect backdrop for Ford - and Bascombe. With a flawless comedic sensibility and unblinking intelligence, these stories range over the full complement of universal subjects: ageing, race, loss, faith, marriage, the real estate debacle - the tumult of the world we live in.
English Umfang: 256 S. Standort: For / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-1-4088-6664-1
Inhalt: The story combines untold mysteries, a family saga, revenge, financial crisis, a career, and a love story doomed with a wholesome atmosphere of suspense, thrill, and romance, featuring Lisbeth Salander. This book has some jaw-dropping secrets to reveal about the missing Harriet Vanger.
English Umfang: 554 S. Standort: Lar / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-1-84724-692-9
Inhalt: We all do stupid things when we're kids. Ryan Cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for you. And nobody says Ryan's stupid. Not even behind his back. It's the people around him who are the problem. The gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'. The neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than that. The prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one night . . . The only one on Ryan's side is his girlfriend Karine. If he blows that, he's all alone. But the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need it.
English Umfang: 384 S. Standort: Ine / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-1-4447-9888-3
Inhalt: Kathleen is a 49-year-old travel writer, an Irishwoman based in London who has not been back to Ireland since she was twenty. Her home is her office, her family and friends a few close colleagues. She has not experienced passion since she was young. When, over the course of a few weeks, the props of her life fall away one after another, it is to passion that she turns - not in her own life, but in the fragmentary account of a scandalous affair in 19th century rural Ireland, between the wife of a big Anglo-Irish landlord, and her servant. And so Kathleen is drawn back to Ireland, to see whether she can find out more...
English Umfang: 447 S. Standort: O'Fao / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-0-14-028813-1
Inhalt: For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life-until the unthinkable happens.
English Umfang: 400 S. Standort: Owe / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-0-7352-1910-6
Inhalt: Imagine if you could go back ten years and meet your younger self - would you recognise her? What advice would you give: wear sunscreen, back away from those PVC trousers, DON'T give that idiot your phone number, lemon juice won't bleach your hair - it just attracts wasps - He's The One - don't let him get away.
For Charlotte Merryweather, there's no need to imagine. She's about to find out for real. With some surprising consequences...
English Umfang: 376 S. Standort: Pot / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-0-340-95411-9
Inhalt: Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own children, Posy knows she must make an agonizing decision. Despite the memories the house holds, and the exquisite garden she has spent twenty-five years creating, the house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it.
Then a face appears from the past - Freddie, her first love, who abandoned her and left her heartbroken fifty years ago. Already struggling to cope with her son Sam's inept business dealings, and the sudden reappearance of her younger son after ten years in Australia, Posy is reluctant to trust in Freddie's renewed affection. And unbeknown to Posy, Freddie - and Admiral House - have a devastating secret to reveal
English Umfang: 672 S. Standort: Ril / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-1-5290-1496-9
Inhalt: When Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of ninety-five he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, so devastating that it could rock the English establishment to its core . . .
Joanna Haslam is an ambitious young journalist, assigned to cover the legendary actor's funeral. The great and the good of the celebrity world are there. But Joanna stumbles on something dark beneath the glamour: the mention of a letter James Harrison has left behind, the contents of which others have been desperate to conceal for over seventy years. As she peels back the veil of lies that has shrouded the secret, she realizes that there are other forces attempting to prevent her from discovering the truth. And they'll stop at nothing to reach the letter before she does.
English Umfang: 624 S. Standort: Ril / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-1-5098-2504-2
Inhalt: Childhood friends Mackensie, Parker, Laurel and Emmaline have formed a very successful wedding planning business together but, despite helping thousands of happy couples to organise the biggest day of their lives, all four women are unlucky in love.
Photographer Mackensie Elliot has suffered a tough childhood and has a bad relationship with her mother, which makes her wary of commitment. But when she meets Carter Maguire, she can't stop herself falling for him, although his ex-girlfriend is prepared to play dirty to keep him. Mackensie soon realises she has to put her past demons to rest in order to find lasting love . . . Umfang: 352 S. Standort: Rob / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-0-7499-2886-5
Inhalt: Manhattan lawyer Ellen Branford is going to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish - to find the hometown boy she once loved and give him her last letter. Beacon, Maine, home to blueberry fields and eccentric locals, is the last place she wants to go so close to her upcoming wedding. Hoping to be in and out in 24 hours, Ellen ends up the talk of the town when a tumble into the ocean introduces her to Roy Cummings, the carpenter who saves her life. Roy happens to be the nephew of Ellen's grandmother's lost love, and the one person who can bring closure to her quest. But as Ellen learns what Beacon has to offer and what her grandmother left behind, she may find that a 24 hour visit will never be enough...
English Umfang: 352 S. Standort: Sim / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-1-4722-0387-8
Inhalt: Don is getting married. He just doesn't know who to yet. But he has designed a very detailed questionnaire to help him find the perfect woman. One thing he already knows, though, is that it's not Rosie. Absolutely, completely, definitely not.
Sometimes, though, you don't find love: love finds you...
English Umfang: 368 S. Standort: Sim / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-1-4059-1533-5
Inhalt: Eight years have passed since Andrea "Andy" Sachs quit the job "a million girls would die for" working for Miranda Priestly at Runway Magazine-a dream that turned out to be a nightmare. Now Andy's on the top of the world: she's writing and reporting to her heart's content; running The Plunge, her wildly successful high fashion bridal magazine with Miranda's other ex-assistant, Emily; and most importantly, getting married to the scion of a storied media family and the love of her life.
But the night before her wedding, Andy can't sleep. As happy as she is-as happy as she should be-she's still haunted by the specter of her former boss. Maybe it's survivor syndrome? Or maybe it's justifiable, self-inflicted, paranoia. From the start, Andy and Emily have felt entitled to use their rolodex of contacts-Miranda's contacts-from Runway as they make their way in the magazine world. As The Plunge succeeds, Andy and Emily realize they'll soon come face to face with their former tormenter at industry functions, award ceremonies, and even weddings. Still, Andy can hardly anticipate the horrifying reality that's approaching-a reversal so profound that she will be squarely in Miranda's crosshairs once more.
Karma's a bitch. And Andy's efforts to build a bright new life have led her directly to the one she fled-and into the path of the Devil herself
English Umfang: 385 S. Standort: Wei / Fremdsprachenregal ISBN: 978-1-4767-1617-6
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