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Januar 1942. Für June Porter Hudson ist die Führung des Avalon und seines ihm treuen Personals kein Beruf, sondern Berufung. Umgeben von der magischen Einsamkeit der Appalachen, steht das legendäre Grand Hotel für Luxus, Raffinesse und für sein besonderes Heilwasser. Doch als die Wirrungen des Krieges in seine Welt einbrechen, muss June sich einer harten Prüfung stellen, denn nur sie kennt die Kräfte, die aus den Quellen hinter den Fassaden wirken. Sind das Hotel und die ihm verschriebenen Menschen zu retten und eine Katastrophe aufzuhalten?

Lázár tells the story of a noble Hungarian family and their decline over several generations, taking us from the beginning of the 20th century through the Nazi and Soviet eras to the Hungarian national uprising in 1956. It is an astonishingly self-confident, clever novel and Nelio Biedermann demonstrates himself to be a psychologically sensitive and brilliant storyteller at the age of 21. A fresh voice from a new generation looking at history through a different lens and telling it in a way that feels both modern and timeless.

East Village, summer of 1984. Renata is a young dyke-about-town who happens to have the ability to see ghosts, which has been happening more and more frequently as her friends have started dying of what has recently been named AIDS. So, when her best friend Mark dies, she assumes she'll see him again. There's no way Mark wouldn't give her a chance to say goodbye, would he? But to her disappointment - and increasingly, her concern - Mark doesn't appear. Renata has other problems, too.

Mother and adopted daughter, Taylor and Turtle Greer, are back in this spellbinding sequel about family, heartbreak and love. Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam during a tour of the Grand Canyon with her guardian, Taylor. Her insistence on what she has seen, and her mother's belief in her, lead to a man's dramatic rescue. The mother and adopted daughter duo soon become nationwide heroes - even landing themselves a guest appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show.

My husband is planning to leave me soon, and he thinks that I don't know. Can you believe that after fourteen years of marriage and three kids, he simply wants to discard me like I am trash? Not going to happen. Throughout our entire marriage, he lied and I ignored it, he cheated and I still stood by his side. But now, he has double-crossed me, and dragging him through a messy divorce simply won't cut deep enough. No. I want my pound of flesh. Not literally, of course, because I'm no killer, but then again, thanks to my husband, I've developed a knack for lying.

Arvy Keening is just trying to get through the week. Tantalizingly close to leaving her college years at Westheimer University behind, all she has to do is pass her finals, pack up her life, and ship off to San Francisco for a prestigious Big Pharma internship. The problem? Arvy just found 200 hits of Molly in her dead mother’s closet. And when two drug dealers come to collect what they are owed, they reveal that the pills are not Molly, but Mona – a rare pharmaceutical that induces intense orgasms.

Four obsessed women kidnap a K-Pop idol with unexpected and devastating results in this chilling, thought-provoking literary thriller that blends the dark impulsions of Butter with the ratcheting tension of Misery.

Doggone is a story of loss. It is also a wickedly wry tale of love gone wrong in three generations of a middle-class American family. It combines the heartaches and longings of the parents, grandparents, and children as they struggle with the skeletons and secret addictions kept hidden deep in the household closets. Suicide becomes a stumbling stone on their path. Learning to survive their losses presents them with an even greater hurdle.

Sharp-eyed and sweltering, Little One masterfully captures the dread of facing your deepest desires, when the hunger to become your best self threatens to drown out everything else. An achingly astute look at modern womanhood and wellness culture, it tackles the enduring question: How far would you go to be good?

A woman meets a man on a train in Copenhagen and agrees to visit him in London. While she sits out a two-week Covid quarantine in his apartment, she begins to tell her story. Years ago and desperate for money, she sold herself to a stranger called T. He offered her a suitcase full of money and lavish gifts in exchange for total control of her body. But at the last moment, she aborted the treacherous game and fled.

Nach dem Tod ihres Großvaters, dessen Haus noch vom betörenden Duft gerösteter Haselnüsse erfüllt ist, fühlt sie sich verloren. Als sie im Nachlass des Großvaters ein geheimnisvolles Schriftstück und ein altes Foto von Amrum findet, reist sie kurz entschlossen auf die Insel ihrer Kindheitssommer. Die See ist aufgewühlt und stürmisch, doch Julia spürt instinktiv, dass sie inmitten von Wind und Meer die innere Ruhe finden wird, um sich über ihre eigenen Wünsche klar zu werden – und wieder Nougat zuzubereiten, so wie früher.

Across a bridge, in view of cherry blossom lies the Marble Cafe where a woman writes in a notebook and a young waiter prepares her favorite hot drink. Taking a walk along the river, cooking the best tamagoyaki, ordering hot chocolate, forgetting to remove our nail polish... The small, everyday acts that we do can offer unexpected encounters and ultimately change a life. Hot Chocolate on Thursday connects twelve slice-of-life moments that open and close with a woman ordering her regular hot chocolate at the mysterious Marble Cafe.

Als Mona erfährt, dass sie Großmutter wird, bricht sie nicht vor Freude in Tränen aus – sie bekommt eine mittelschwere Panikattacke. Als die werdenden Eltern wegen eines Wasserschadens für ein paar Wochen in Monas kleiner Wohnung unterkommen, beginnt die Situation zu eskalieren. Mit ihrer besten Freundin Annemor verbringt sie das Wochenende auf dem Land. Nun macht Mona sich inkognito Luft über die Zumutungen ihres Lebens als baldige Großmutter – und kann sich bald darauf vor Followern nicht mehr retten.

Anne ist eine junge Frau, die ihr Leben im Griff hat. Doch als sie beim Staubwischen ein Schreiben von einer ihr unbekannten Dame findet, gerät ihr Dasein aus den Fugen. Es kommt zum Streit und Anne muss sich entscheiden, ob sie ihm vertraut oder nicht.

It was a grey and misty morning when she appeared on the Cornish shore. A girl of only four years old, soaking wet, unable to speak. With no one to claim her, rumours started to swirl and the villagers began to believe she was brought from the sea, the daughter of mystical sea creatures. Now, newly widowed, she returns to the village to start a new life and as she settles into life in Cornwall, she feels the sea calling to her to come back home.

緊縛、浣腸、剃毛……。義理の娘とともに、ズベ公たちによって性の奴隷として屈辱的な調教を受ける静子夫人。救出に来た探偵の京子も嬲られたうえ、妹の女高生・美津子までが捕らえられた。奈落の底に落ちた女たちに、容赦なく襲いかかる餓狼たち。

“大いなる文学のために、死んでください。自分も死にます、この戦争のために” 「私」(太宰)の二人の友人の死についての話。ひとりは病気で、もうひとりは戦争で命を落とした。小説家を目指していた「三井君」と、詩人を目指していた「三田君」である。「私」は生前、三井君の小説も、三田君の詩もまったく認めていなかった。「私」は、このような戦争の時代に体が悪くて兵隊にもなれない三井君をあわれであると思うが、しかし一方で、母親を相手に寝ながら世間話をしている最中、ふと口を噤み、それきり静かに臨終を迎えた三井君の死を、比類が無い美しさであると思う。“人間の最高の栄冠は美しい臨終以外のものではない”、小説の上手下手など、まるで問題にも何もなるものではないと「私」は思う。そして、徴兵されアッツ島の戦いで玉砕した三田君。彼から太宰へ宛てた最後の便り。その葉書に書かれていた文章に「私」は感動する。そして三田くんの最後の手紙を最高の詩であると認め、称賛する。「散華」とは、花と散る、という意から、死ぬこと、特に若くして戦死することをいう。 太平洋戦争期における、太宰の死に対する思いや、そして文学への思い、覚悟について語られている。 ※ 本オーディオ商品は、無断で複製・転載・公衆配信できる状態にすることは法律により禁じられております。 制作・著作パンローリング株式会社

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「桜の花が咲くと人々は酒をぶらさげたり団子をたべたて花の下を歩いて絶景だの春ランマンだのと浮かれて陽気になりますが、これは嘘です。」 昔、鈴鹿峠の山中にあった桜の森。花の季節になると、旅人はみんな森の花の下で気が変になったといいます。この森に住み始めた情け容赦のない山賊は、あるとき美しい女に出会い、亭主を殺して女房にします。その女のいいなりになり多くの人を殺めますが、桜に惑わされやがてその女房を…。 鬼気迫る桜の花の妖しさを林隆三が凄みをきかせて語ります。