"The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in 1948 Beirut. The patriarch, Louis, has built a successful business that he hopes to pass on to his eldest son. With no head for management, Jean nearly sinks the company, then marries a materialistic young woman who insists they emigrate to Paris and join high society. But there is another reason Jean must leave--he has committed a terrible crime. Youngest son Etienne is sent to make his fortune...

"Chtoby zabytʹ o strashnoĭ tragedii, Violetta Tussen pereezzhaet v drugoĭ gorod i ustraivaetsi︠a︡ na dolzhnostʹ smotritelʹnit︠s︡y kladbishcha. Ona nadeetsi︠a︡, chto blizostʹ k smerti pomozhet eĭ vernutʹ interes k zhizni. Ponemnogu Violetta znakomitsi︠a︡ s zavsegdatai︠a︡mi ėtogo mesta. Kak s zhivymi, tak i s usopshimi. Zabota o nikh otvlekaet ee ot sobstvennogo gori︠a︡. Odnikh ona poit chaem v promozglyĭ denʹ i slushaet...

"Sweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times. Armed with this terrible knowledge, Petra meets Johan, a domesday prophet, and Agnes, a widow of 75 who has made bank living a double life on social media as a young influencer. Together, the trio race through Europe as they plan to make...

"He hadn't always just been my brother's best friend. There was a time when he was mine, too. Until he disappeared from our small town when I needed him the most. Now, Caden's back. With his cocky smirk and infuriating nicknames. And I'm struggling to ignore his presence. When my ex refuses to leave me alone, Caden steps in, suggesting that it will get my ex and Caden's calculating father off both our backs if we just pretend to be madly in love....

"I'll never date a football player-- but all the veteran quarterback wants? Me. Daniel: My life's defined by my long career as a quarterback. I'm determined to have a great season, because I'm not sure how many I have left. But when I slam into gorgeous reporter Kelsey Cole on the sidelines, my focus on the game takes a backseat to my fascination with her. She's tiny, smart, and fierce, and she makes me feel young again. Only one she hates football--with...

"A visceral and candid portrait of today's Ghanaian youth, told in interconnected short stories by acclaimed spoken-word artist and author of the poetry collection Woman, Eat Me Whole Ama Asantewa Diaka. In this startling collection of short fiction, Ama Asantewa Diaka creates a vibrant portrait of young Ghanaians' today, captured in the experiences of characters whose lives bump against one other in friendship, passion, hope, and heartache. Men like...

Nathaniel Hawthorne is described as the Shakespeare of American Literature. His novels and stories are mostly set in Puritan New England and are often dark, exposing the psychological complexity and evil within humanity. His literature contains layers of allegory which deepen and enrich the stories. This book contains three novel and three collections of Hawthorne's short stories. The novels are: The Scarlet Letter features the first heroine in American...

"With the dust settling on tragic events that took place just months prior in Clarkston, the residents of the small yuppie town press forward, carrying on their mundane lives as if the puzzling string of murders hadn't taken place. Still, there is one person who is unable to go back to the way things were. How can she? Evelyn Todd has woken up not knowing her true identity or how she wound up in that hospital bed, with wires attached to every extremity,...

"Lucy é a prostituta mais concorrida da cidade. Dalva, por contraste, é de origem familiar e muito tradicional, mulher de Venâncio, senhor de uns ciúmes doentios. Lucy e o casal, Dalva e Venâncio, protagonizam um triângulo amoroso que se afasta dos lugares-comuns dos romances e nos faz questionar, sob formas surpreendentemente originais, quais os verdadeiros limites do perdão, até onde pode ir a intensidade de um amor, de que valores se reveste...