In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, “old same,” in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow Flower, introduces herself by sending...
An overwhelmed new mom asks to hear her grandmother’s story of her family’s desperate escape from the Nazis, discovering unexpected parallels to her own life in America in this sharp, heartfelt novel.
“A fresh perspective—one that’s...
Taking place during World War II, Somewhere in the Stars is the story of three young men from San Francisco—Nick Spataro, his cousin Paolo, and friend Nathan Fein—and their adventures as members of an American tank battalion chasing the Germans...
The literary bestseller that took the Baltics by storm now published for the first time in English.
This novel considers the effects of Soviet rule on a single individual. The central character in the story tries to follow her calling as a...
Džeks Londons
SPĒLE
KOPOTI raksti desmit sējumos-II SĒJUMS
SASTĀDĪJUSI TAMARA ZĀLĪTE NO ANGĻU VALODAS TULKOJU'SAS ROTA EZERIŅA UN HELMA LAPIŅA MĀKSLINIEKS ĀDOLFS LIELAIS...
Diāna Gabaldone
Spāre dzintarā-1
Sena skotu leģenda vēsta: īstajā brīdī izejot cauri Kreignedana kromleham, var nonākt pagātnē vai nākotnē. 1945. gadā atvaļināta medicīnas māsa Klēra Rendela pazūd bez vēsts. Kad...
Es atkritu zālē un raudāju. Pār mani noliecās zāles stiebrs un jautāja:
— Kāpēc tu raudi?
— Cilvēki man nodarīja pāri. Tie samina kājām manu darbu, ko es strādāju...