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Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto. She wants Kido to investigate a dead man - her recently deceased husband, Daisuké. Upon his death she discovered that he’d been living a lie. His name, his past, his entire identity belonged to someone else, a total stranger.

The Treasure Hunt is the sixteenth gripping novel in Andrea Camilleri's bestselling Inspector Montalbano series. Montalbano opened the door to step out. But Gallo held him back, putting one hand on his arm. 'What's in there, Chief?' 'If it's what I think, it's something so horrific that it'll...

Hoping to put behind him tragedy in his professional life and to resolve the turmoil in his personal life, Reykjavik police officer Guðgeir Fransson has moved as far away from home as he can, marking time in a dead-end job in a small town in eastern Iceland.

Written by the 17th-century Zen master Takuan Soho (1573-1645), The Unfettered Mind is a book of advice on swordsmanship and the cultivation of right mind and intention. It was written as a guide for the samurai Yagyu Munenori, who was a great swordsman and rival to the legendary Miyamoto Musashi.

Under the orders of Ireheart, now High King of the dwarves, a small delegation is sent to search for Tungdil Goldhand, the true High King, who many believe dead. Against all odds, Tungdil has survived his mission to the terrifying realm of Phondrasôn. But is he truly the legendary hero of the dwarves, or an impostor at the heart of a deeper conspiracy?

Brought to you by Penguin. The heartwarming Japanese bestseller for fans of Matt Haig, Fredrik Backman and THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS 'Library. What a nice-sounding word. So comforting. I feel like I'm a student again. Library ... Am I allowed to borrow books?' 'What are you looking for?' asks...

The heartwarming, award-winning Japanese sensation, My Grandfather, the Master Detective is an affectionate, cosy whodunit – and a story of living your days to the fullest. Perfect for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold. There used to be a cafe called Mon Cheri at Nishi Waseda where members...

Kolmivelhoturnajaisia ollaan järjestämässä Tylypahkassa. Kisaan kelpaavat mukaan vain yli 17-vuotiaat velhot, mutta se ei estä Harrya haaveilemasta kisan voitosta. Kun liekehtivä pikari paljastaa kurpitsajuhlassa turnauksen osallistujat, Harry saa hämmästyksekseen kuulla olevansa yksi valituista. Häntä odottavat kuolemaa uhmaavat haasteet, lohikäärmeet ja pimeän velhot, mutta parhaiden ystäviensä, Ronin ja Hermionen, avulla Harry voi vielä selvitä hengissä!

Da han setter seg i sidevognen på Gygrids motorsykkel, og de flyr mot himmelen og legger Hekkveien bak seg for siste gang, vet Harry Potter at Fyrst Voldemort og dødseterne ikke er langt bak. Trylleformelen som har beskyttet Harry frem til nå er brutt, men han kan ikke fortsette å skjule seg. Mørkets herre truer alt Harry er glad i, og for å stoppe ham må Harry finne og ødelegge de gjenværende malacruxene. Den endelige kampen må begynne – Harry må møte sin fiende....

This essential biography, by the author most deeply familiar with the vast archives of the Soviet era, offers an unprecedented, fine-grained portrait of Stalin, the man and dictator. Without mythologizing Stalin as either benevolent or an evil genius, Khlevniuk resolves numerous controversies about specific events in the dictator's life while assembling many hundreds of previously unknown letters, memos, reports, and diaries into a comprehensive, compelling narrative of a life that altered the course of world history.

En natt vaknar Harry Potter av att ärret i pannan brinner som eld - ett säkert tecken på att Lord Voldemort befinner sig i närheten. Harry får snart annat att tänka på när världsmästerskapen i quidditch går av stapeln. Och när sommarlovet är slut väntar en överraskning: tillsammans med två andra trollkarlsskolor, Durmstrang och Beauxbatons, ska Hogwarts tävla i en mytomspunnen trekamp. Bara en från varje skola får delta. Alla är lika spända på vems namn som kommer att dras ur den flammande bägaren.

Manche Häuser finden keinen Frieden. England, 1917. Noch erschüttert vom Tod ihres Verlobten nimmt Stella das Angebot ihrer schwangeren Schwester Madeleine an, gemeinsam in deren imposantem Landhaus Greyswick zu wohnen. Als Stella dort ankommt, findet sie ein Haus vor, das von einer...

Patrick McLaren: CEO der McLaren Hotels. Hubschrauberpilot. Teilzeit-Adrenalinjunkie, der Erfrierungen wie eine kleine Unannehmlichkeit behandelt. So ein Mann, der mit einer hochgezogenen Augenbraue eine ganze Vorstandsetage zum Schweigen bringt. Unglücklicherweise bin ich – Georgie...

Proust's In Search of Lost Time is many things. It is a staggering achievement, an evocation of an elite milieu, a literary reckoning with memory; it is also a massive reading challenge, a book more abandoned than read. For Laure Murat - who first read In Search... when she was twenty years old...

Una historia de Europa desde la primera guerra mundial hasta nuestros días. Ian Kershaw, uno de los más prestigiosos historiadores actuales, revive la historia de Europa desde la primera guerra mundial hasta nuestros días, partiendo del relato de las décadas de violencia en que el continente...

Indispensable para conocer la historia de Europa desde finales de la segunda guerra mundial hasta la actualidad. Después de los horrores de la primera mitad del siglo XX, que Ian Kershaw describió en su libro anterior como un «descenso a los infiernos», los años de 1950 a 2017 trajeron paz...

Am dunkelsten Ort verteidigte sie das Menschsein – Die unglaubliche Flucht von Mala Zimetbaum und Edek Galiński aus Auschwitz Mala Zimetbaum ist Häftling in Auschwitz-Birkenau, doch es geht ihr besser als den meisten. Denn aufgrund ihrer Sprachkenntnisse wird sie zur Lagerläuferin ernannt...

LLEVAMOS MUCHAS DÉCADAS TRATANDO DE ENTENDER POR QUÉ OLVIDAMOS. LA PREGUNTA QUE DEBERÍAMOS HACERNOS ES POR QUÉ RECORDAMOS. ¿De qué manera el cerebro decide archivar en su memoria una experiencia u otra? Esa ha sido la gran pregunta de la neurociencia desde sus inicios y la respuesta...

Olvídate de PowerPoint y aprende a cautivar a cualquier audiencia con el poder de un buen pitch El experto en comunicación Danny Fontaine nos enseña cómo transformar el acto de presentar en una experiencia emocionante y creativa. Basándose en su amplia trayectoria, expone las claves...

El único libro que explica de forma rigurosa, clara y accesible la ciencia que hay detrás del alzhéimer. El alzhéimer es una enfermedad compleja, pero entenderla no tiene por qué ser difícil. Michael Hornberger, investigador especializado en demencia, nos ofrece una guía clara, amable y...