Book type: fiction (6198)
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Kilmeny of the Orchard by Lucy Maud Montgomery EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
When twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute schoolmaster, he has a bright future in his wealthy family's business. Eric has taken the two-month teaching post only as a favor to a friend -- but fate throws in his path a beautiful, mysterious girl named Kilmeny Gordon. With jet black hair and sea blue eyes, Kilmeny immediately captures Eric's heart. But Kilmeny cannot speak, and Eric is concerned for and bewitched by this shy, sensitive mute girl. For the first time in his life Eric must work hard for something he wants badly. And there is nothi... continue
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Kim by Rudyard Kipling EN
IndiaDescription:
Kim, an Irish orphan, accompanies a holy man on his journey throughout India and his quest for a mystical river.
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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo EN
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
In a small, tidy apartment on the outskirts of the frenzied metropolis of Seoul, Kim Jiyoung--a millennial "everywoman"--spends her days caring for her infant daughter. Her husband, however, worries over a strange symptom that has recently appeared: Jiyoung has begun to impersonate the voices of other women--dead and alive, both known and unknown to her. Truly, flawlessly, completely, she became that very person. As she plunges deeper into this psychosis, Jiyoung's concerned husband sends her to a psychiatrist, who listens to her narrate her own life story--from her birth to a family who expec... continue
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IcelandDescription:
'Kristjansson takes the reader along at a breakneck speed, and it doesn't let up until the final very end' Historical Novel Society First came Scandi-crime and Nordic Noir - now it's time for Viking Crime! Make way, Lisbeth Salander and Sarah Lund, for Helga Finnsdottir. Lies. Manipulation. Murder. There's nothing quite like family . . . Everyone loves a family reunion . . . It is the summer of 970. Adopted daughter Helga awaits the arrival of Unnthor Reginsson's children, who are coming for the regular family gathering at their remote family farm. Unnthor, once a fearsome Viking warlord, now ... continue
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Kinderland by Liliana Corobca EN
MoldovaDescription:
Kinderland unfolds through the letters of a young girl to her absent parents. Her dispatches go unanswered, but they relay to a reader lively tales of cruel pranks and jovial reconciliations, pain and tenderness, despair and hope as these young children grow up alone with sadness, and longing. With her parents gone in search of work, twelve-year-old Cristina must act as a mother to her two younger brothers. Through her eyes, we roam the streets of a contemporary Moldovan village populated almost entirely with children and old people. Just as most of the inhabitants left their countryside and h... continue
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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winner The visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now. “I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.” Dana’s torment begins when she suddenly vanishes on her 26th birthday from California, 1976, and is dragged through time to antebellum Maryland to rescue a boy named Rufus, heir to a slaveowner’s plantation. She soon realiz... continue
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King Lear by William Shakespeare EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
"Presents Shakespeare's tragedy in which an English king foolishly splits his kingdom between the two daughters plotting his doom and disinherits his favorite for speaking out against him." --
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Kings of Cypress Pointe - Bitter Regrets by Rachel Jonas und Nikki Thorne DE
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
WEST GOLDEN - leicht zu hassen, unmöglich, ihm zu widerstehen Blue Rileys Ruf ist zerstört, als das verhängnisvolle Video mit ihr und dem berüchtigten Quarterback der Cypress Prep School an die Öffentlichkeit gelangt. Und nicht nur das: Auch ihr Stipendium ist dadurch in Gefahr, während Wests Position als König von Cypress Pointe unangefochten bleibt. Doch Blue gibt nicht auf, sondern ist entschlossen, zurückzuschlagen und ihren Platz an der Eliteschule zu behalten. Für Blue ist West Golden gestorben, auch wenn es so scheint, als versuche er, sich mit ihr zu versöhnen, und der Verdacht aufkomm... continue
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Kings of Cypress Pointe - Sweet Revenge by Rachel Jonas und Nikki Thorne DE
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
West Golden - leicht zu hassen, unmöglich, ihm zu widerstehen West Golden ist der Star des Footballteams und der unangefochtene König der Cypress Prep. Niemand an der elitären Schule stellt seine Entscheidungen infrage oder zweifelt seine Autorität an. Als er im Safe seines Vaters anrüchige Fotos von Blue Riley, der neuen Schülerin in seinem Jahrgang, findet, hat er nur ein Ziel: ihr das Leben zur Hölle machen. Womit er nicht gerechnet hat: Blue ist die Erste, die sich ihm nicht unterordnet, sondern ihm die Stirn bietet. West ist fasziniert von dem blonden Mädchen mit der rebellischen Ader und... continue