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In Thoughtless, Kiera told her story. Now it\'s time for Kellan Kyle to share his side in Thoughtful . . . The only place Kellan has ever felt at home is on stage. Gripping his guitar in a darkened bar, he can forget his painful past. These days his life revolves around his music and his band mates, and that\'s the way he likes it. And then one woman changes everything . . . Kiera is the kind of girl

Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first title in Cassandra Clare\'s internationally bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy with this sumptuous new edition. Brand new content, including the first chapter of Chain of Gold. Love is the most dangerous magic of all... First in the bestselling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London. Something terrifying is waiting for Tessa

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Im Werk Thomas Manns stehen die Erzählungen gleichberechtigt neben den großen Romanen. Ihre formale Klarheit und sprachliche Präzision zeichnen sie ebenso aus wie ihr Humor und ihr psychologischer Scharfblick. Bereits der junge Thomas Mann hat die kurze Prosa als seine Form entdeckt und früh zur Meisterschaft entwickelt. Über Jahrzehnte hinweg hat der Autor immer wieder Erzählungen geschrieben, die

Jennifer Hernandez is a fourth-year medical student at UCLA whose world is shattered during an otherwise ordinary day. While half-listening to a news report on medical tourism, where first-world citizens travel to third-world countries for surgery, she hears her beloved grandmother\'s name mentioned, and her own heart nearly stops: the reporter says Maria Suarez-Hernandez had died, a day after undergoing

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An enchanting, atmospheric new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Marisa Silver In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, a peasant couple longs for a child. In despair they turn to gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, and one cold wintery night, the couple\'s wish comes true. But the silence that follows the birth forewarns of darker days to come. Strangers look on askance