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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
In nineteenth-century England, all is going well for reclusive Mr Norell, who has regained some of the power of England's magicians from the past, until a rival magician, Jonathan Strange, appears and becomes Mr Norrell's pupil.
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Joseph Anton : A Memoir by Salman Rushdie EN
IndiaDescription:
The extraordinary story of how a writer was forced underground, moving from house to house, with the constant presence of an armed police protection team. The story of one of the crucial battles, in our time, for freedom of speech.
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A breakthrough in genetic engineering leads to the development of a technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA, a method that brings about the creation of Jurassic Park, a tourist attraction populated by creatures extinct for eons. Reissue.
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Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a co... continue
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Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky EN
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
Four fan-girls of The Ruperts, sneak away to a hotel in Manhattan to see their favorite boy band, but when one of them literally drags Rupert Pierpont to their room and they tie him up, things get complicated--and when Rupert is killed things go from bad to worse.
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Kill the Next One by Federico Axat EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
An audacious psychological thriller where nothing is what it seems. Ted McKay had it all: a beautiful wife, two daughters, a high-paying job. But after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor he finds himself with a gun to his temple, ready to pull the trigger. Then the doorbell rings. A stranger makes him a proposition: why not kill two deserving men before dying? The first target is a criminal, and the second is a man with terminal cancer who, like Ted, wants to die. After executing these kills, Ted will become someone else's next target, like a kind of suicidal daisy chain. Ted understa... 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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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