Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

Across town, at Rico's Auto Repair, the clang of wrenches and the roar of engines formed a chaotic symphony. Rico,...  Read More >>

One woman's journey from the edge of burnout to the village where time stands still. Elena is a corporate shark...  Read More >>

Courtrooms are often misunderstood. To outsiders, they appear dramatic-voices raised, arguments clashing, verdicts...  Read More >>

Três portas. Nenhuma promessa de salvação. Apenas a ilusão da escolha. Um condenado recebe um privilégio raro: decidir...  Read More >>

A powerful collection of modern Urdu short stories exploring memory, rural life, and human psychology by master...  Read More >>

Fred has always been underestimated-by his mother, by his mentor, even by those closest to him. Labeled a failure...  Read More >>

Heinz Wulfestieg war Jazztrompeter und der Halbbruder von Hildegard Knef. Er starb 1978 mit nur 43 Jahren unter...  Read More >>

En el centro de esta obra narrativa y biográfica se encuentra uno de los episodios más impresionantes y, al mismo...  Read More >>

At the heart of this narrative biography lies one of the most impressive and yet almost forgotten episodes in European...  Read More >>

""La voix du Grand Esprit s'entend dans le gazouillis des oiseaux, le clapotis de l'eau, et la douce respiration...  Read More >>

Justice has short legs... but it can run for miles.In the sun-bleached New Mexico Territory, the law is only eight...  Read More >>

The DiVoC Protocol: Fear Is Inefficient When a series of ritualistic murders shatter a university campus, psychology...  Read More >>

In 1987, under the tightening grip of Ceaușescu's Romania, seventeen-year-old Catalin Tinu sits in a brutal prison...  Read More >>

In the Kingdom of Italy, sovereignty isn't inherited-it must be earned.Susy, a descendant of the Augustus dynasty,...  Read More >>

Das belletristische Werk bietet einen Einblick in die teils komplizierte Welt der Beziehungen. Dies betrifft nicht...  Read More >>

Winnie Akinyi Oduor wächst in Homa Bay am Viktoriasee auf, nach ihrer Geburt am 30. Juni 1991 in Nairobi. Als der...  Read More >>

Zum Leben gehören immer Begegnungen. Sie können zu jeder Zeit stattfinden. Die Texte in diesem Buch fanden Großteils...  Read More >>

Gemeine Straftäter? Mutige Rebellen der Berge? Gerissene Raubschützen? Wilderer waren und sind umstritten und die...  Read More >>

A novel weighing the consequence of privacy, influence of observation, spirit of resistance, and risk of thinking...  Read More >>

Au oeur de cet ouvrage narratif et biographique se trouve l'un des épisodes les plus marquants et pourtant presque...  Read More >>

In New America, only the privileged few can find employment after the Transition that saw the annexation of Canada...  Read More >>

Dans un village oublié au bord d'un désert gris comme la cendre, un enfant nommé Charif passe ses jours immobile,...  Read More >>

Many lives. Many deaths. One thread. This is not a conventional novel. Threads Between Lives is a metaphysical...  Read More >>

Paradise is built on bones. And God is just a child wired into the network. Kai, a former stray from the toxic...  Read More >>

What if the USA had a second civil war that left some states lesser and others ... greater ? In a world where only...  Read More >>