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Ricky Delgado works as a chicken hanger at the poultry plant in Rugoso, Texas, a small border town just 30 miles south of Laredo. His quiet, illegal lifestyle is disrupted when he learns that his brother Tomás has been shot and injured shortly after crossing the border. Together, Ricky and Tomás and seek justice, or remain silent and endure the injustices common to all "wetbacks" within the states. Meanwhile, Ricky is fighting a battle within his own body, a disease he acquired in the poultry plant.

「すみれがぼくにとってどれほど大事な、かけがえのない存在であったかということが、あらためて理解できた。すみれは彼女にしかできないやりかたで、ぼくをこの世につなぎ止めていたのだ」　「旅の連れ」という皮肉な名を持つ孤独な人工衛星のように、誰もが皆それぞれの軌道を描き続ける。

Cassie Claiborne's world is riddled with problems beyond her control: her hard-living father has another wife; her stoic, long-suffering mother is incapable of moving herself mentally away from the kitchen window; her closest friends, Puck and Emmy, are adolescent harbingers of their own doomed futures. Frustrated by her inability to care deeply enough for so many troubled souls, Cassie finds in the local pool hall an oasis of green felt where she can master objects and restrain her emotions.

Daphne "Dee Dee" Dupree has arrived at age 41 with a career she loves but a romantic life she doesn't. Insecure about her weight and protective of her often-broken heart, Dee Dee is an expert at hiding her inward struggles from the thousands of Chicago residents who hear her on the radio every night. A successful, charismatic DJ for the local blues station, Dee Dee is still looking for the type of love she's missed since her divorce.

男たちの矜持が激突する感動のエンターテインメント巨編。第145回直木賞受賞作。

Baptiste y Marion llevan una vida feliz y tranquila con sus cabras a las afueras de un pequeño pueblo en la montaña. Una noche de invierno, Marion sufre fuertes dolores y, para asombro de ambos, da a luz en el baño de casa. Este es el punto de partida de Caída de las nubes, un relato coral que combina múltiples puntos de vista sobre la llegada de este bebé inesperado que pondrá en cuestión todo lo que los personajes creían saber y que explora el conflicto íntimo entre el instinto maternal y las consecuencias de un hecho traumático.

Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of Surry Hills, where money is scarce and life is not easy. Filled with beautifully drawn characters that will make you laugh as much as cry, this Australian classic will take you straight back to the colourful slums of Sydney with convincing depth, careful detail and great heart.

In den 1960er-Jahren schwirren viele Gerüchte über Kya Clark durch die ruhige Küstenstadt Barkley Cove. Isoliert lebt sie im Marschland mit seinen Salzwiesen, Sandbänken, Buchten. Sie kennt jeden Stein und Seevogel, jede Muschel und Pflanze. Zwei junge Männer werden auf die wilde Schöne aufmerksam, und Kya öffnet sich einem neuen Leben – mit dramatischen Folgen. Als einer der beiden tot aufgefunden wird, sind sich die Bewohner sicher: Das »Marschmädchen« ist schuld. Delia Owens erzählt intensiv und atmosphärisch davon, dass wir für immer die Kinder bleiben, die wir einmal waren.

Lifelong friends, now in their sixties, James, a teacher, and Hugh, a TV personality, both live with attractive women 25 years their junior. But the age difference is a time bomb, ticking away at the heart of both relationships. Kate's hunger for a life more in keeping with her own age threatens to bring her eight years with James to an end. And how is Julia to cope when her own career begins to blossom while Hugh's is withering before their eyes? The arrival of Miss Beatrice Bachelor, a razor-sharp Oxford spinster, fuels the discontent in both girls.

多崎つくる、鉄道の駅をつくるのが仕事。名古屋での高校時代、四人の男女の親友と完璧な調和を成す関係を結んでいたが、大学時代のある日突然、四人から絶縁を申し渡された。

Главное, что есть в моем новом романе "Наполеонов обоз", это любовь - такая, какая выпадает не каждой паре, снести которую не каждому дано.

東京から父の郷里・ハヤブサ地区に移住した売れない作家の三馬太郎。田舎暮らしを楽しむはずが、地元の消防団入りした彼を待ち受けていたのは連続放火事件だった。

Two stunning dramatisations from one of the twentieth century’s most beloved authors Sink into the lyrical landscapes and beautifully observed lives of J. L. Carr’s finest stories, brought to life in these glorious, full-cast dramatisations starring Shaun Dingwall (Noughts and Crosses, Top...

エリートバンカーの恋窪商太郎は、いわれなき罪を着せられ大手銀行を辞職、地方銀行の庶務行員となって静かな日々を過ごしていた――元ライバル・桜井の「話したいことがある」という電話に出るまでは。

1941 год. До начала войны остаются считанные дни. Неподалеку от села Красное совершает вынужденную посадку военный самолет У-2. Возможности отбуксировать самолет нет, поэтому принято решение выставить возле него часового.

A widely acclaimed international best seller, I'm Not Scared combines a coming-of-age narrative with a satisfying and spine-tingling story of suspense. A sweltering heat wave hits a tiny village in Southern Italy, sending the adults to seek shelter, while their children bicycle freely throughout the countryside, playing games and getting into trouble. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous he dare not tell a soul.

Diwan-e-Ghalib is the famous collection of poetic works of legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.

She traded her gun for the power of words, but now she needs both. Amelia Lennon no longer wears a uniform or carries a weapon. An Army-trained Foreign Affairs Officer, she's negotiating a dispute with the Kyrgyzstan government that threatens to leave the United States without an airbase in that region. While following a government contact - the lawyer daughter of Kyrgyzstan's president - Amelia witnesses an attempt to abduct her.

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the City The third novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga. The calamity-prone residents of 28 Barbary Lane are at it again in this deliciously dark novel of romance and betrayal...

Роман "Женщины Лазаря" - культовый роман, лауреат множества литературных премий, семейная сага длиною в ХХ век. Это роман о большой любви и большой нелюбви. Лазарь Линдт, гениальный ученый и большой ребенок, - центр инфернальных личных историй трех незаурядных женщин.