Book type: fiction (5996)
401.
Archipelago by Monique Roffey EN
Country: North America / 
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
When a flood destroys Gavin Weald's home, tearing apart his family and his way of life, he doesn't know how to continue. A year later, he returns to his rebuilt home and tries to start again, but when the new rainy season arrives, so do his daughter's nightmares about the torrents, and life there becomes unbearable. So father and daughter and their dog - embark upon a voyage to make peace with the waters. Their journey will take them far from their Caribbean island home, into other unknown harbours and eventually across a massive ocean. They will sail through archipelagos, encounter the grande... continue
402.
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indriðason EN
IcelandDescription:
On a January day the Reykjavik police are called to a block of flats where a body has been found: a young boy frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The discovery of a stab wound on his stomach extinguishes any hope that this was an accident. Erlendur & his team embark on their investigation with little to go on.
403.
Arde el monte de noche by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel ES
Country: Africa / 
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Description:
La novela está ambientada en una de las islas de Guinea Ecuatorial (posiblemente Annabon, donde nació el autor; Guinea Ecuatorial fue la única colonia que tuvo España en el África Subsahariana.
El narrador es una hombre que cuenta recuerdos de su infancia en la isla, en la que habitan solamente dos hombres blancos, el representante de la Corona Española y el sacerdote. Lo más peculiar del ambiente, es que se trata de un lugar profundamente aislado, y sus habitantes tienen una idea muy vaga de la existencia de otros hombres en otros lugares. La ... continue
404.
Ardiente paciencia : (el cartero de Neruda) by Antonio Skármeta ES
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
Un joven pescador decide convertirse en cartero de Isla Negra, donde el único que recibe y envía correspondencia es el poeta Pablo Neruda. Entre ambos se forja una relación muy peculiar cuando el cartero recurre al poeta para seducir a su enamorada. La enrarecida atmosfera del Chile de aquellos años precipitara un dramático desenlace.
Spain406.
Arid Dreams : Stories by Duanwad Pimwana EN
ThailandDescription:
From Thailand's preeminent contemporary female writer, Duanwad Pimwana's first English-language collection is a social realist exploration of Thai culture.
407.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
408.
Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
High school seniors Aristotle and Dante find ways to spend time together despite being at different schools, having to keep their love secret, and nightly news of gay men dying from AIDS.
409.
Armerian Golgotha by Grigoris Balakian EN
ArmeniaDescription:
On April 24, 1915, Grigoris Balakian was arrested along with some 250 other leaders of Constantinople’s Armenian community. It was the beginning of the Ottoman Empire’s systematic attempt to eliminate the Armenian people from Turkey—a campaign that continued through World War I and the fall of the empire. Over the next four years, Balakian would bear witness to a seemingly endless caravan of blood, surviving to recount his miraculous escape and expose the atrocities that led to over a million deaths. Armenian Golgotha is Balakian’s devastating eyewitness account—a haunting reminder of the firs... continue
410.
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne EN
FranceDescription:
Verne's classic novel of global voyaging One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.... continue