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The narrator and protagonist of 'Maya's Notebook' is a 19 year-old-girl who grows up in Berkeley, California, and falls into a life of drug addiction and crime. To rescue Maya, and save her from the criminal types pursuing her, Maya's Chilean grandmother sends her to a remote island off the southern coast of Chile. Here she lives among a traditional rural people, the Chilote, who speak an older form of Spanish and have remained largely isolated from the materialism, crime, and fast-paced contemporary life which is our own. The book alternates between the narrative in the US and that on Chiloe, the island, with the two strands of the story unfolding at the same time.

Die letzte Stunde der Menschheit ist angebrochen: Welt­weit erheben sich die Maschinen gegen ihre Schöpfer. Unter der Kontrolle einer überragenden künstlichen Intelligenz werden scheinbar harmlose Computer zur ebenso tödlichen Bedrohung wie hochentwickelte ­Waffensysteme. Die Robocalypse vernichtet die Welt, wie wir sie kennen - doch mit einem haben die Maschinen nicht gerechnet: dem Überlebenswillen der Menschen ... »So muss phantastische Unterhaltung sein: erschreckend, brillant geschrieben und sehr, sehr realistisch.« Lincoln Child

1984. Aomame hat zwei verschieden große Ohren. Beim Rendezvous mit einem reichen Ölhändler zückt sie eine Nadel und ersticht ihn - ein Auftragsmord, um altes Unrecht zu sühnen. Tengo ist Hobby-Schriftsteller. Er soll einen Roman der exzentrischen 17-jährigen Fukaeri überarbeiten, damit sie einen Literaturpreis bekommt. Der Text ist äußerst originell, aber schlecht geschrieben - ein riskanter Auftrag. Aomame wundert sich, warum die Nachrichten ihren Mord nicht melden. Ist sie in eine Parallelwelt geraten? Um diese Sphäre vom gewöhnlichen Leben im Jahr 1984 zu unterscheiden, gibt Aomame der neuen, unheimlichen Welt den Namen 1Q84.

È la primavera del 201 1. Adolf Hitler si sveglia in una di quelle campagne vuote che ancora si possono vedere nel centro di Berlino. È una Berlino, ai suoi occhi, alquanto bizzarra, almeno rispetto a quando l'aveva lasciata. Senza guerra, senza insegne nazionalfasciste e accanto a lui non c'è Eva. E le stranezze non finiscono qui. Berlino sembra in un periodo di pace, eppure è invasa da migliaia di stranieri (addirittura cinesi!), e la Germania è governata da una donna (!) tozza e bassina che in Europa fa quello che vuole. Così, 66 anni dopo la sua caduta, il redivivo si getta di nuovo nell'agone politico, per iniziare una nuova carriera. Naturalmente, tutti lo credono uno straordinario imitatore con una perfetta somiglianza fisica al Fuhrer, dunque perfetto per fare il comico in televisione, spopolare su youtube e i social network. Ma lui, invece, non scherza affatto, anzi è semplicemente se stesso.

A boy rides a bicycle down a dusty road. But in his mind, he envisions himself traveling at a speed beyond imagining, on a beam of light. This brilliant mind will one day offer up some of the most revolutionary ideas ever conceived. From a boy endlessly fascinated by the wonders around him, Albert Einstein ultimately grows into a man of genius recognized the world over for profoundly illuminating our understanding of the universe. Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky invite the reader to travel along with Einstein on a journey full of curiosity, laughter, and scientific discovery. Parents and children alike will appreciate this moving story of the powerful difference imagination can make in any life.

In this classic Little Golden Book from 1956, The Lone Ranger and Tonto help a young boy find his missing brother--and end up capturing a bunch of bandits! For little cowboys ages 2 to 6.

Using simple text and cartoon-style illustrations, Charise Mericle Harper introduces young readers to a new graphic novel series, Bean Dog and Nugget.These two engaging characters capture young kids'' actions, reactions, conversations, imagination, and humor with spot-on accuracy. Kids will want to follow Bean Dog and Nugget and their adventures in each and every book in the series.In The Ball, the first book in this series, Bean Dog and Nugget lose Bean Dog''s shiny new ball in a bush. They dream up elaborate and silly ways to get it back while they argue about who is actually going to go and get it. Enter Superdog and Ninja Nugget for a hilarious ending that kids will love and relate to.

Le lycée Avery, prestigieuse pension de Nouvelle-Angleterre, est sous le choc depuis la découverte d''un film. Sur cette vidéo, les ébats sexuels de quatre élèves : trois garçons, ivres, et une fille

Les copains des maisons de campagne, un jeune homme confronté à la lâcheté, un père divorcé qui s''inscrit à un jeu télévisé pour conquérir ses enfants, une jeune femme qui sacrifie tout pour courir

Drowned brides are like buses: nothing for ages, then two come along at the same time ...! Abandoned by husband James, Agatha hops on a plane to the South Pacific, hoping to mend her broken heart. But there she meets a happy honeymooning couple, for whom disaster strikes when, tragically, the bride drowns. Back home, alarm bells start ringing for Agatha when a woman, dressed in a wedding gown, is swept down river. The police say suicide, but Agatha, spurred on by recent memories, particularly her own disastrous marriage, sets out to prove them wrong. Praise for the Agatha Raisin series: ''Sharp, witty, hugely intelligent, unfailingly entertaining, delightfully intolerant and oh so magnificently non-PC, M.C. Beaton has created a national treasure'' - Anne Robinson. ''M.C. Beaton''s imperfect heroine is an absolute gem'' - "Publishers Weekly". ''The Miss Marple-like Raisin is a refreshing, sensible, wonderfully eccentric, thoroughly likeable heroine'' - "Booklist". ''Once started, you''ll have a job to put it down until you''ve finished'' - Amazon reader, Kent. ''Another wonderful tale about Agatha and her chums ...Long live Aggie!'' - Bookworm, Essex.

Aux derniers jours du règne colonial, Albert Vandel n'a pas renoncé. Barricadé dans son bordj, il devient fou comme un roi qui se meurt, revivant le temps des pionniers, des conquêtes algériennes, al

En juin 1642, une copie du traité d'alliance passé entre le marquis de Cinq-Mars et l'Espagne arrive mystérieusement sur le bureau du cardinal de Richelieu. Dans le Paris de Louis XIII certains s'interrogent sur le role qu'aurait pu jouer la marquise de Rambouillet, surnommee Arthenice, durant les trois conspirations de 1641 : celle du duc de Vendome, celle du duc de Soissons et celle du marquis de Cinq-Mars. Le perspicace notaire Louis Fronsac, ami du poete Vincent Voiture et du commissaire-enqueteur Gaston de Tilly, recherche la verite sur la mysterieuse chambre bleue d'Arthenice. Enquete pour laquelle il risque sa vie, mais heureusement il est protege par Giulio Mozarini... On retrouve ici Louis Fronsac, le jeune et audacieux notaire, deja remarque dans ses precedentes aventures La Conjuration des Importants et Le Dernier Secret de Richelieu.