On a winter night on a deserted road, two unemployed computer programmers strike a man with their car. Beside the body, they discover a bag containing two million euros; without a second thought, they flee the scene—taking the money with them. The very next day, the body of a girl—blind since birth and the daughter of a wealthy couple—is found in an abandoned warehouse. What if the money was...

Selten hat ein Buch der Nachkriegszeit derart erregte Diskussionen ausgelöst wie die Ansichten eines Clowns, die die Moral und den Lebensstil der bürgerlich-katholischen Gesellschaft in ihrem Nerv trafen.

Auschwitz, 1943. It’s snowing outside and Block 10 looks even bleaker than usual. Gioele Errera, a young Jewish boy imprisoned in the camp, finds the body of an SS officer. Detective Hugo Fischer is sent to investigate the unexplained death of the renowned Nazi. But Hugo is hiding a secret – he is suffering from a degenerative disease. The only way for him to survive is to give his support to...

Diary of Volodymyr Vakulenko-K. — painful and true records that the writer kept from the beginning of the full-scale invasion and during the occupation of Izyum and his native village of Kapitolivka in Kharkiv Oblast. Until the abduction by the Rashists, the inevitability of which he was aware of, as well as the fact that he had little chance of survival - because he is Ukrainian, because he...

Der von Jochen Schubert herausgegebene Band bietet eine umfassende Auswahl aus dem erzählerischen Werk Heinrich Bölls und folgt dabei mehreren Gesichtspunkten: Neben den bekanntesten Erzählungen stehen solche, die aufgrund ihres Themas und ihrer Erzählweise repräsentativ sind, und andere, die bisher noch gar nicht oder nur an schwer zugänglichen Orten veröffentlicht wurden. Die insgesamt 75...

It’s been a decade since Trumanell Branson disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint behind. Her pretty face still hangs like a watchful queen on the posters on the walls of the town’s Baptist church, the police station, and in the high school. They all promise the same thing: We will find you. Meanwhile, Tru’s brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah in the desolation of the old family house,...

Что говорят нам сегодня имена Амадиса Галльского, Пальмерина Английского, Дона Бельяниса Греческого, Тиранта Белого? А ведь именно как пародия на романы об этих рыцарях создавался «Хитроумный идальго Дон Кихот Ламанчский» Мигеля де Сервантеса Сааведры (1547–1616). И пародия эта на века пережила пародируемый жанр. В 2002 г. согласно опросу, проведенному среди писателей Нобелевским институтом,...

Die große Neuausgabe eines der meistdiskutierten Bücher der DDR-Literatur. Das Sensationsbuch erstmals so, wie die Autorin es schrieb. Dank eines Glücksfundes können wir diesen Roman, der aufgrund seiner verblüffenden Modernität derzeit international für Begeisterung sorgt, in einer ungekürzten, politisch ungeschönten Fassung auch hier neu entdecken.

Artemis's mother has contracted a deadly disease--and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save the lemur. Not only that, but he must face his deadliest foe yet: his younger self.

David Burroughs was once a devoted father to his three-year-old son Matthew, living a dream life just a short drive away from the working-class suburb where he and his wife, Cheryl, first fell in love—until one fateful night when David woke to discover Matthew had been murdered while David was asleep just down the hall.

Weil Franziska lieber 30 wilde Jahre wählen würde statt 70 brave, ignoriert die junge und begabte Architektin den vorgezeichneten Karriereweg. Ein Jahr wird sie in der hintersten Provinz arbeiten. Sie will sich nicht zufriedengeben mit dem Machbaren, will auch nicht zynisch werden wie Ben, dieser rätselhafte Mann, den sie zu ihrem Geliebten macht. 

Before you is a book from the series Classics in School, which contains all the works studied in elementary school, middle and high schools. Do not waste time searching for literary works, because these books have everything you need to read in the school curriculum: for reading in the classroom and for out-of-class assignments. Rid your child of long searches and lessons not learned. The book...