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13-år gamle Maria Tambini har en fantastisk sangstemme. Hun har vokst opp i en italiensk innvandrerfamilie på den skotske øya Bute. En dag blir hun oppdaget i en talentkonkurranse og blir tatt med til London. Her begynner hennes vei mot stjernene. Gradvis mister hun seg selv og blir besatt av utseendet, og hun starter sin egen private krig mot sin egen kropp. Det hjelper ikke at hun er omgitt av en manager som driver henne stadig hardere, og en mor som ikke klarer å gi henne nærhet og forståelse. Hvordan skal hun klare å ta tilbake kontrollen over livet sitt?

Romanen handler om den tyske journalisten Paul Pokriefke som tar på seg oppdraget om å skrive om det tidligere cruiseskipet og nazistenes paradeskip Wilhelm Gustloff, som ble senket i Østersjøen 30. januar 1945. Dette gjør han til tross for at han er lei av denne historien som er altfor nært knyttet til hans eget liv. Moren hans var en av de overlevende, og han ble født samme natt.

Winifred Rudge attempts to write a novel about a woman haunted by the ghost of Jack the Ripper, and finds herself the object of spectral phenomena as she arrives in London to find her friend John mysteriously missing.

Det er gått flere år siden dr. Hannibal Lecter klarte å rømme fra fengslet. FBI-agenten Starling har ikke glemt ham, heller ikke Mason Verger som var Lecters sjette offer. Fra respiratoren styrer han sitt forbrytersyndikat, besatt av hevn. Snart forstår han at for å klare å fange den bestialske morderen, må han finne et agn. En delikat person med et uskyldig utseende, det er dette som dr. Lecter trekkes mot. Dette er den tredje romanen om Hannibal Lecter. Romanen er filmatisert.

I 1942 får det matematiske geniet Lawrence Waterhouse i oppdrag å hindre at nazistene finner ut at de allierte har knekket deres berømte Enigma-kode. I nåtida forsøker Waterstones barnebarn Randy å skape et sted hvor dekrypterte data kan utveksles uten innblanding.

Boken handler om begynnelsen av 1990-årene, og forfatteren prøver å finne spesielle karakteristika ved samfunnet og "ting i tiden" i denne perioden. Boken er en analyse av samfunnet med hovedvekt på det amerikanske.

Krigsveteranen Eddie er en mann som etter at årene har gått, har forandret seg fra å være en optimistisk , ungdommelig mann til en sur og bitter gammel mann. Dagene hans består av arbeidsrutiner, ensomhet og mismodighet. På sin 83-årsdag dør han når han prøver å redde en liten pike fra å slå seg i hjel i fallet fra en berg- og dalbane. I det han trekker sitt siste åndedrag, kjenner han to små hender i sin. Han våkner i det hinsidige, der han erfarer at himmelen ikke er noen Edens hage, men et sted der det jordiske livet blir forklart gjennom fem mennesker han levde samtidig med. En etter en kaster de lys over de usynlige forbindelsene i livet hans mens han levde.

En ung kvinne blir funnet lemlestet i en leilighet på Broadway. Dagen etter holder vakre Nora Acton på å lide samme skjebne, men kommer seg unna morderen. Hun blir riktignok så sterkt preget av ugjerningen at hun får hukommelsestap. Disse hendelsene skjer på samme tid som Sigmund Freud befinner seg i byen, og sammen med en kollega vil han hjelpe Acton med å få hukommelsen tilbake. Romanen kombinerer fiksjon, fakta og psykologi.

Boka inneholder de seksten novellene Fellesterassen, Svømmelaget, Majestet, Mannen i trappen, Søsteren, Denne personen, Det var romantikk, Noe som ikke trenger noe, Jeg kysser en dør, Gutten fra Lam Kien, Elskov i 2003, Ti sannheter, Bevegelsene, Mon Plaisir, Fødselsmerke og Hvordan man skal fortelle historier for barn.

Five amazing authors. Five unforgettable stories.In this exciting collection of paranormal tales, best-selling authors Stephenie Meyer (Twilight), Kim Harrison (Once Dead, Twice Shy), Meg Cabot (How to Be Popular), Lauren Myracle (ttyl), and Michele Jaffe (Bad Kitty) take prom mishaps to a whole new level--a truly hellish level. Wardrobe malfunctions and two left feet don't hold a candle to discovering your date is the Grim Reaper--and he isn't here to tell you how hot you look.From angels fighting demons to a twisted take on getting what you wish for, these five stories will entertain better than any DJ in a bad tux can. No corsage or limo rental necessary. Just good, creepy fun.

Dette er den femte boka om Septimus Heap.

Sugar and spice . . . not everyone's nice.Fresh from being betrayed by one of her closest friends, new celebrity Jane Roberts has learned a few lessons. Most important: know who to trust. And in Hollywood, that list is short. Determined to get control of her life, Jane swears off boys and all the trouble they bring. But when high school sweetheart Caleb and L.A. crush Braden show up, both acting sweeter than ever, Jane has a hard time remembering her no-boys rule.And for the first time Jane's best friend, Scarlett, has only one guy on her mind: her new boyfriend, Liam. But being on a hit reality show means hanging out with other guys on-camera, and Liam isn't too happy with pretending to play a bit part in her love life.Just when everything feels out of control, Jane makes a discovery that changes everyone's definition of "reality" forever. In television star Lauren Conrad's L.A. Candy series, the drama is pure dishy fun.

'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to' And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of trim and sunny place where the films of his youth were set. Instead, his search led him to Anywhere, USA; a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by lookalike people with a penchant for synthetic fibres. He discovered a continent that was doubly lost; lost to itself because blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; lost to him because he had become a stranger in his own land. Bryson's acclaimed first success, The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature - hilariously, stomach-achingly, funny, yet tinged with heartache - and the book that first staked Bill Bryson's claim as the most beloved writer of his generation.

Gregs far kommer stadig med forslag om maskuline aktiviteter som skal gjøre Greg til et skikkelig mannfolk. Greg tar det ikke så alvorlig før han skjønner at faren har tenkt å melde ham inn på en militærskole,

Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre (which isn't green and doesn't have a lake) he is not surprised. Every day he and the other inmates are told to dig a hole, five foot wide by five foot deep, reporting anything they find. The evil warden claims that it is character building, but this is a lie and Stanley must dig up the truth. Wonderfully inventive, compelling and hilarious, Louis Sachar has created a masterpiece. This multi-million bestseller now in an exciting new package ahead of the publication of Sachar's newest 9-11 fiction title Fuzzy Mud (publishing August 2015)

17 år gamle Mia må ta et vanskelig valg. Skal hun virkelig tørre å satse på musikken - selv om det betyr at hun må reise fra kjæresten, familien og vennene? I løpet av ett skjebnesvangert øyeblikk er valgmulighetene borte. De forsvinner idet bilen Mia og familien hennes sitter i kolliderer. Bare ett valg gjenstår. Det viktigste av dem alle. Dette er den første boka om Mia og Adam.

The book contains fourteen stories about women that are oppressed but not defeated. The stories are about love, lust, fame, and cultural thievery; the perils of pornography, abortion, and rape; the delight of new lovers; and the rediscovery of old friends, affirmed even across self-imposed color lines.

In this compilation of the author's earlier poetry, she offers a historical perspective on the political and spiritual issues spanning three decades of injustice, perseverance, and hope. Revelatory introductions to each group of poems.

An irresistible story from Kasie West that explores the timeless question What do you do when you fall for the person you least expect?When Autumn Collins finds herself accidentally locked in the library for an entire weekend, she doesn't think things could get any worse. But that's before she realizes that Dax Miller is locked in with her. Autumn doesn't know much about Dax except that he's trouble. Between the rumors about the fight he was in (and that brief stint in juvie that followed it) and his reputation as a loner, he's not exactly the ideal person to be stuck with. Still, she just keeps reminding herself that it is only a matter of time before Jeff, her almost-boyfriend, realizes he left her in the library and comes to rescue her.Only he doesn't come. No one does.Instead it becomes clear that Autumn is going to have to spend the next couple of days living off vending-machine food and making conversation with a boy who clearly wants nothing to do with her. Except there is more to Dax than meets the eye. As he and Autumn at first grudgingly, and then not so grudgingly, open up to each other, Autumn is struck by their surprising connection. But can their feelings for each other survive once the weekend is over and Autumn's old life, and old love interest, threaten to pull her from Dax's side?

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It's the perfect solution for the millions of readers who love all things Freakonomics. Surprising and erudite, eloquent and witty, When to Rob a Bank demonstrates the brilliance that has made the Freakonomics guys an international sensation, with more than 7 million books sold in 40 languages, and 150 million downloads of their Freakonomics Radio podcast.When Freakonomics was first published, the authors started a blog-and they've kept it up. The writing is more casual, more personal, even more outlandish than in their books. In When to Rob a Bank, they ask a host of typically off-center questions: Why don't flight attendants get tipped? If you were a terrorist, how would you attack? And why does KFC always run out of fried chicken?Over the past decade, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have published more than 8,000 blog posts on Freakonomics.com. Many of them, they freely admit, were rubbish. But now they've gone through and picked the best of the best. You'll discover what people lie about, and why; the best way to cut gun deaths; why it might be time for a sex tax; and, yes, when to rob a bank. (Short answer: never; the ROI is terrible.) You'll also learn a great deal about Levitt and Dubner's own quirks and passions, from gambling and golf to backgammon and the abolition of the penny.

Forfatterne stiller uventede spørsmål til forskjellige årsakssammenhenger i samfunnet og i den enkeltes liv. De undersøker bl.a. kostnadene ved å være kvinne, diskuterer hvorfor selvmordsbombere bør tegne livsforsikring, avslører at folk er både mindre snille og mindre slemme enn man har trodd og ser på den globale oppvarmingen.

The second book in Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series, The Elite is a must-read for fans of fairy tales, The Bachelor, and dystopian YA fiction. This sequel to The Selection delivers even more glamour, intrigue, and swoon-worthy romance, and will captivate readers who loved Veronica Roth's Divergent, Ally Condie's Matched, and Lauren Oliver's Delirium. Thirty-five girls came to the palace to compete in the Selection, and to win Prince Maxon's heart. Now six girls remain, and the competition is fiercer than ever. But America Singer's heart is torn. Is it Prince Maxon-and life as the queen-that she wants? Or is it still Aspen, her first love?

He was the first to popularize the concept of time travel. He disturbed--and fascinated us with a frightening doctor's island. He wrote of an invisible man, of men on the moon, and of a war of the worlds. He has influenced countless other writers, artists, and even scientists. H. G. Wells is one of the most acclaimed science fiction writers who ever lived, and five of his classic tales are collected in this book for readers to treasure.H. G. Wells includes The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The Invisble Man, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, and The Food of the Gods. Readers new to this remarkable author will delight in these amazing stories, while fans of Wells will enjoy the insightful introduction by an expert on the author's life and work. All will appreciate the leather cover, gilded edges, printed endpapers, ribbon bookmark, and other features on this unique gift book.No library is complete without the works of H. G. Wells, the father of science fiction!

another comebackclimbing back up out of the ooze, out ofthe thick black tar, rising up again, a modernLazarus.you're amazed at your goodfortune.somehow you've had morethan your share of secondchances.hell, accept it.what you have, you have.you walk and look in the bathroommirrorat an idiot's smile. you know your luck.some go down and never climb back up.something is being kind to you.you turn from the mirror and walk into theworld.you find a chair, sit down, light a cigar.back from a thousand warsyou look out from an open door into the silentnight.Sibelius plays on the radio.nothing has been lost or destroyed.you blow smoke into the night, tug at your rightear.baby, right now, you've got itall.