Sarah Perry
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"London, 1893. Seeking refuge after the death of her husband, Cora Seaborne departs for coastal Essex. Once there, she hears rumors that after nearly three hundred years, the mythical Essex Serpent, a fearsome creature that once roamed the marshes, has returned. Eager to investigate, Cora is introduced to parish vicar William Ransome. As they attempt to discover the truth, these seeming opposites find themselve inexorably drawn together--and as their...
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It's been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts -- or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she persuades...
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One hot summer's day, John Cole decides to leave his life behind. He shuts up the bookshop no one ever comes to and drives out of London. When his car breaks down and he becomes lost on an isolated road, he goes looking for help, and stumbles into the grounds of a grand but dilapidated house. Its residents welcome him with open arms - but there's more to this strange community than meets the eye. They all know him by name, they've prepared a room...
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"Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits--torn between their commitment to religion and their desire to explore the world beyond their small Baptist community. It is two romantic relationships that will rend their friendship, and in the wake of this rupture, Thomas develops an obsession with a vanished nineteenth-century astronomer...
5) Melmoth
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Ein fesselndes und wunderbar unheimliches Hörbuch
Helen Franklins Leben nimmt eine jähe Wende, als sie in Prag auf ein seltsames Manuskript stößt. Es handelt von Melmoth - einer mysteriösen Frau in Schwarz, der Legende nach dazu verdammt, auf ewig über die Erde zu wandeln. Helen findet immer neue Hinweise auf Melmoth in geheimnisvollen Briefen und Tagebüchern - und sie fühlt sich gleichzeitig verfolgt. Liegt die Antwort, ob es Melmoth wirklich...
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Britischer Buchpreis 2017 in der Kategorie "Bester Roman"! London im Jahr 1893. Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes verlässt Cora Seaborne die Hauptstadt und reist gemeinsam mit ihrem Sohn Francis in den Küstenort Aldwinter. Als Naturwissenschaftlerin und Anhängerin der provokanten Thesen Charles Darwins gerät sie dort mit dem Pfarrer William Ransome aneinander. Beide sind in rein gar nichts einer Meinung, beide fühlen sich unaufhaltsam zum anderen hingezogen....
8) If
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Illustrations present such imaginative possibilities as worms with wheels, caterpillar toothpaste, and whales in outer space.
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A searing memoir of the author's efforts to understand her late mother's life and murder describes the traumatic loss of her mother in childhood, the 12-year manhunt for the killer and the author's investigations into her mother's past in the dark corners of a small Maine community.
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2016
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Goodbye, board room and legal briefs--hello, dimples, diapers, and destruction. Women know that raising children will be different from climbing the corporate ladder. But nothing can truly prepare them for the mind-muddling world of motherhood. It doesn't take long for a new mom to question whether her tyrannical, diapered boss really understands her value to the organization. Because honestly? She's not always sure herself. With her signature wit,...
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This book is about a true miracle that happened in a hospital to a critical patient who doctors believed would die. Because of the patients strong faith in God, she was determined to hold on to Gods hands. She was encouraged by her devoted daughter each day that she was on life support that she was not going to leave her and neither was God. The patient was able to see and feel a surrounding presence that she never wanted to leave. This book will...
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You know that thing when you're in Walmart at noon before you discover you haven't brushed your teeth? Sarah Parshall Perry gets that. She also gets weird things showing up in her bed, her daughter asking for war paint, and her son crawling into a giant blue sock on Christmas morning. Mainly, she gets that conflicted feeling of finding her kids hanging out in the dogs' cages and happily realizing they have stopped getting into trouble for a minute....