2024

Tadeusz Borowski’s concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup, an extra blanket or the luxury of a pair of shoes with thick soles; and where the line between normality and abnormality vanishes. Published in Poland after the Second World War, these stories constitute a masterwork of world literature.

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. Finally, the time has come. But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long denied—and too glorious to surrender.

As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow’s kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist masters, the Golds—and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow sacrifices himself in the name of the greater good for which Eo, his true love and inspiration, laid down her own life. He becomes a Gold, infiltrating their privileged realm so that he can destroy it from within. A lamb among wolves in a cruel world, Darrow finds friendship, respect, and even love—but also the wrath of powerful rivals. To wage and win the war that will change humankind’s destiny, Darrow must confront the treachery arrayed against him, overcome his all-too-human desire for retribution—and strive not for violent revolt but a hopeful rebirth. Though the road ahead is fraught with danger and deceit, Darrow must choose to follow Eo’s principles of love and justice to free his people. He must live for more.

Dette er en verden delt af blod – rødt eller sølv. De røde er almindelige mennesker, hersket over af en sølvelite med gudelignende superkræfter. Og for Mare Barrow, en syttenårig rød pige fra de fattige Stilts, virker det, som om intet nogensinde vil forandre sig. Indtil hun ender med at arbejde i Sølvpaladset. Her, omgivet af de mennesker, hun hader mest, opdager Mare, at hun trods sit røde blod besidder en dødbringende kraft. En kraft, der truer med at ødelægge magtbalancen. Bange for Mares potentiale skjuler de sølvfarvede hende for åbenlyst syn ved at erklære hende for en for længst forsvundet sølvprinsesse, der nu er forlovet med en sølvprins. Selv om Mare ved, at ét fejltrin vil betyde hendes død, arbejder hun i stilhed på at hjælpe den Røde Garde, en militant modstandsgruppe, og styrte sølvregimet. Men dette er en verden af forræderi og løgne, og Mare er trådt ind i en farlig dans – røde mod sølvfarvede, prins mod prins og Mare mod sit eget hjerte.

Hvis der er én ting, Mare Barrow ved, er det, at hun er anderledes. Mare Barrows blod er rødt – almindelige menneskers farve – men hendes Sølv-evne, kraften til at kontrollere lyn, har gjort hende til et våben, som det kongelige hof forsøger at kontrollere. Kronen kalder hende en umulighed, en bedrager, men da hun flygter fra Maven, prinsen – vennen – der forrådte hende, opdager Mare noget opsigtsvækkende: Hun er ikke den eneste af sin slags. Forfulgt af Maven, nu en hævngerrig konge, begiver Mare sig ud for at finde og rekruttere andre Rød-og-Sølv-kæmpere til kampen mod hendes undertrykkere. Men Mare befinder sig på en dødbringende vej, med risiko for at blive præcis den slags monster, hun forsøger at besejre. Vil hun bryde sammen under vægten af de liv, som er prisen for oprøret? Eller har svig og forræderi for altid gjort hende hård? Det elektrificerende næste bind i Red Queen-serien optrapper kampen mellem den voksende oprørshær og den blodsegregerede verden, de altid har kendt – og stiller Mare over for det mørke, der er vokset i hendes sjæl.

In diesem atemlosen dritten Band von Victoria Aveyards Bestsellerreihe »Die Farben des Blutes« werden Loyalitäten auf allen Seiten auf die Probe gestellt. Und wenn der Funke des Blitzmädchens erloschen ist, wer wird dann der Rebellion den Weg weisen? Mare Barrow ist eine Gefangene, machtlos ohne ihren Blitz, gequält von ihren tödlichen Fehlern. Sie lebt dem Wohlwollen eines Jungen ausgeliefert, den sie einst liebte, eines Jungen aus Lügen und Verrat. Nun ein König, spinnt Maven Calore weiterhin das Netz seiner toten Mutter, um die Kontrolle über sein Land – und seine Gefangene – zu behalten. Während Mare im Palast die Last des Schweigenden Steins trägt, organisieren, trainieren und vergrößern sich ihre einst zusammengewürfelten Gruppen aus Neublutigen und Roten weiter. Sie bereiten sich auf den Krieg vor und können nicht länger im Schatten verweilen. Und Cal, der verbannte Prinz, der ebenfalls Anspruch auf Mares Herz erhebt, wird vor nichts Halt machen, um sie zurückzubringen. Wenn Blut sich gegen Blut wendet und Fähigkeit gegen Fähigkeit, bleibt vielleicht niemand mehr übrig, um das Feuer zu löschen – und Norta, wie Mare es kennt, brennt vollständig nieder.

In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family. Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father’s failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and her father’s former comrades. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the door of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined. Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic—the Red Church. If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel, poison and the subtle arts, she’ll be inducted among the Blades of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and one step closer to the vengeance she desires. But a killer is loose within the Church’s halls, the bloody secrets of Mia’s past return to haunt her, and a plot to bring down the entire congregation is unfolding in the shadows she so loves. Will she even survive to initiation, let alone have her revenge?

Jack and I, we did everything backward. The day he lured me into his office-which was also the first day we met-he proposed. You'd think a guy who looked like him-a bit cold maybe, but still striking and very unattainable-would only ask the love of his life to marry him, right? You'd think he must be madly in love. Nope. It was me he asked. A complete stranger who had never even heard of him. A stranger who had been dumped by her fiancé only weeks before. You'd think I'd laugh in his face, call him insane-and a few other names-then walk away as quickly as possible. Well…I did all those things except the walking away part. It took him only minutes to talk me into a business deal…erm, I mean marriage, and only days for us to officially tie the knot. Happiest day of my life. Magical. Pop the champagne… Not. It was the worst day. Jack Hawthorne was nothing like what I'd imagined for myself. I blamed him for my lapse in judgment. I blamed his eyes, the ocean blue eyes that looked straight into mine unapologetically, and that frown on his face I had no idea I would become so fascinated with in time. It wasn't long after he said I was the biggest mistake of his life that things started to change. No, he still didn't talk much, but anyone can string a few words together. His actions spoke the loudest to me. And day after day my heart started to get a mind of its own. One second he was no one. The next he became everything. One second he was unattainable. The next he seemed to be completely mine. One second I thought we were in love. The next it was still nothing but a lie. After all, I was Rose and he was Jack. We were doomed from the very beginning with those names. Did you expect anything else?

Úchvatný třetí díl sexy akční série Půlměsíční město, navazující na světové bestsellery Rod země a krve a Rod nebe a dechu. Bryce Quinlanová nikdy nečekala, že uvidí jiný svět než Midgard, ale teď, když ho spatřila, se chce jediné: vrátit se zpět. Všechno, co miluje, je v Midgardu: její rodina, její přátelé, její druh. Uvízla v podivném novém světě a bude potřebovat všechen svůj důvtip, aby se znovu dostala domů. A to není snadný úkol, když nemá tušení, komu může věřit. Hunt Athalar se ve svém životě už ocitl v pěkně hlubokých dírách, ale tahle možná bude ze všech nejhlubší. Po několika krátkých měsících, kdy měl všechno, po čem kdy toužil, je znovu v žalářích Asteriů, zbaven svobody a bez sebemenší představy o Bryceině osudu. Zoufale jí chce pomoci, ale dokud se nedokáže vymanit z vodítka Asteriů, má ruce doslova svázané. V tomto sexy, dechberoucím pokračování bestsellerů číslo jedna Rod země a krve a Rod nebe a dechu dosahuje série Půlměsíční město Sarah J. Maasové nových výšin, když se svět Bryce a Hunta ocitá na pokraji zhroucení — a jeho budoucnost spočívá na jejich bedrech.

From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment. Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas’s time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.

Οι πολλές ζωές της θεωρητικής φυσικού Έλσι Χάναγουεϊ την έχουν επιτέλους προλάβει. Την ημέρα, είναι έκτακτη καθηγήτρια, μοχθεί διορθώνοντας εργαστηριακές ασκήσεις και διδάσκοντας θερμοδυναμική, με την ελπίδα να εξασφαλίσει μια μόνιμη θέση. Τις υπόλοιπες ώρες, η Έλσι αναπληρώνει τον ανύπαρκτο μισθό της προσφέροντας τις υπηρεσίες της ως ψεύτικη κοπέλα, αξιοποιώντας την άριστα καλλιεργημένη ικανότητά της να ευχαριστεί τους άλλους, ώστε να ενσαρκώνει όποια εκδοχή του εαυτού της χρειάζεται ο πελάτης. Ειλικρινά, είναι μια αρκετά καλή δουλειά — μέχρι που το προσεκτικά κατασκευασμένο σύμπαν της Έλσι καταρρέει. Γιατί ο Τζακ Σμιθ, ο εκνευριστικά γοητευτικός και μελαγχολικός μεγαλύτερος αδελφός του αγαπημένου της πελάτη, αποδεικνύεται πως είναι ο ψυχρός πειραματικός φυσικός που κατέστρεψε την καριέρα του μέντορά της και υπονόμευσε τη φήμη των θεωρητικών παντού. Και ο ίδιος Τζακ βρίσκεται τώρα στην επιτροπή προσλήψεων του MIT, ακριβώς ανάμεσα στην Έλσι και τη δουλειά των ονείρων της. Η Έλσι είναι έτοιμη για έναν ολοκληρωτικό πόλεμο ακαδημαϊκής δολιοφθοράς, αλλά… εκείνα τα μακρόσυρτα, διεισδυτικά βλέμματα; Το ότι δεν χρειάζεται να είναι τίποτε άλλο πέρα από ο αληθινός εαυτός της όταν είναι μαζί του; Μήπως η έλξη που ασκεί πάνω της ένας πειραματικός φυσικός θα την δελεάσει τελικά να εφαρμόσει στην πράξη τις πιο προσεκτικά φυλαγμένες θεωρίες της για την αγάπη;

Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t. They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most. Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends’ hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week… in front of those who know you best? A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Sparks fly when a romance novelist and a documentary filmmaker join forces to craft the perfect Hollywood love story and take both of their careers to the next level—but only if they can keep the chemistry between them from taking the whole thing off script. Felicity “Fizzy” Chen is lost. Sure, she’s got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she’s asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn’t been practicing what she’s preached. Fizzy hasn’t ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can’t-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Nothing. What happens when the optimism she’s spent her career encouraging in readers starts to feel like a lie? Connor Prince, documentary filmmaker and single father, loves his work in large part because it allows him to live near his daughter. But when his profit-minded boss orders him to create a reality TV show, putting his job on the line, Connor is out of his element. Desperate to find his romantic lead, a chance run-in with an exasperated Fizzy offers Connor the perfect solution. What if he could show the queen of romance herself falling head-over-heels for all the world to see? Fizzy gives him a hard pass—unless he agrees to her list of demands. When he says yes, and production on The True Love Experiment begins, Connor wonders if that perfect match will ever be in the cue cards for him, too. The True Love Experiment is the book fans have been waiting for ever since Fizzy’s debut in The Soulmate Equation. But when the lights come on and all eyes are on her, it turns out the happily ever after Fizzy had all but given up on might lie just behind the camera.

The highly anticipated third novel in the This Woven Kingdom series, full of explosive magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal, from the award-winning and bestselling author of the Shatter Me series. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, and Tomi Adeyemi. As the long-lost heir to the Jinn throne, Alizeh has finally found her people—and she might’ve found her crown. Cyrus, the mercurial ruler of Tulan, has offered her his kingdom in a twisted exchange: one that would begin with their marriage and end with his murder. Cyrus’s dark reputation precedes him; all the world knows of his blood-soaked past. Killing him should be easy—and accepting his offer might be the only way to fulfill her destiny and save her people. But the more Alizeh learns of him, the more she questions whether the terrible stories about him are true. Ensnared by secrets, Cyrus has ached for Alizeh since she first appeared in his dreams many months ago. Now that he knows those visions were planted by the devil, he can hardly bear to look at her—much less endure her company. But despite their best efforts to despise each other, Alizeh and Cyrus are drawn together over and over with an all-consuming thirst that threatens to destroy them both. Meanwhile, Prince Kamran has arrived in Tulan, ready to exact revenge… Layered with exquisite tension and heart-stopping romance, All This Twisted Glory is the explosive third book in the captivating, bestselling This Woven Kingdom series.

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak. Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them? But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex…right?

Newly crowned as king, Keris has watched powerless as his forbidden relationship with Zarrah is revealed. But when Zarrah is imprisoned by the Empress, Keris knows there is only one way to save her: to ally with the kingdom he nearly destroyed. Imprisoned on the dreaded Devil’s Island, Zarrah faces two choices: prove her loyalty to the Empress who condemned her or die a traitor. Yet as she struggles to survive among violent prisoners, Zarrah uncovers a third path: a rebellion to overthrow tyranny entwined with a destiny she must fight to claim. While the Empress plots a war with devastating consequences, Keris and Zarrah must find their way back to each other. Yet their greatest adversary is the fiery passion between them. Unless they overcome the bitterness of betrayal, their love will not be the bringer of peace but rather the fuel that turns the Endless War into an inferno.

For a few beautiful months, Wes had his dream girl: the strong\-willed girl next door Liz. But right as the two were about to set off for college to start their freshman year together, tragedy struck. Wes was left dealing with the fallout, which ultimately meant losing Liz in the process. Flash forward months later, and Wes and Liz find themselves in college, together. In a healthier place now, Wes knows he broke Liz’s heart when he ended things, but he is determined to make her fall back in love with him. Wes knows Liz better than anyone, and he has a foolproof plan to win her back with rom\-com\-worthy grand gestures she loves. Only . . . Liz will have none of it! Wes has to scheme like a rom\-com hero to figure out how to see her. Even worse, Liz has a new friend . . . a guy friend. Still, Wes won’t give up, adapting his clever plans and going hard to get Liz’s attention and win back her affection. But after his best efforts get him nowhere, Wes is left wondering if their relationship is really over for good.