Three angels are sent down to bring good to the world: Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer; and Bethany, a teenage girl who is the least experienced of the trio. But she is the most human, and when she is romantically drawn to a mortal boy, the angels fear she will not be strong enough to save anyone-especially herself. . . Is love a great enough power against evil?
A series of seismic events--the tanking of Claudia's film, the return of Jeremy's manipulative ex-girlfriend, and the staggering adjustment of their monthly mortgage payments--deal a crushing blow to a young married couple dreaming of the bohemian life and their professional aspirations, and make them question their values and their shared vision of the future.
"Alice Howland is a 50-year-old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard, and a world-renowned expert in linguistics, with grown children and a satisfying marriage, when she starts to experience fleeting forgetfulness and disorientation. She initially attributes these episodes to normal aging or menopause. But as her symptoms worsen, she sees a neurologist and is given the diagnosis that will change her life forever: early-onset Alzheimer's disease. With no cure or treatment, Alice struggles to find meaning and purpose in her everyday life as her sense of self is gradually stripped away, leaving her unable to continue in her profession, take care of herself, recognise her loved ones or even understand that she has a neurodegenerative disease. Without memory or hope, Alice is forced to live in the moment, which is in turns beautiful, terrifying, and maddening."--Publisher description.
Raised amidst the confines of Iranian society, young Tamila Soroush escapes the oppression of Iran for the freedom of America, enjoying her everyday acts of rebellion against her background and capturing her new life through the lens of her camera, all the while searching for a husband who can prevent her return home. Original.
Een psychopaat ontvoert stelletjes en dwingt ze te kiezen wie van hen tot zonsopgang blijft leven en wie niet. De jonge profiler Mark Nelson wordt op zijn eerste werkdag in het team van de succesvolle rechercheur John Mercer meteen in de zaak van de 50/50-moordenaar betrokken. Mark krijgt te maken met een verbrand lijk van een man en een vreemde tekening op de muur. Als een volgend slachtoffer ontsnapt en zich verward en verminkt op het politiebureau meldt, wordt de zoektocht naar diens vriendin een race tegen de klok. Zij moet voor de ochtend aanbreekt gevonden worden...
Op de dag dat een echtpaar miljonair wordt, komt er een eind aan hun huwelijk.
In this globe-scattered Sri Lankan family, we speak of only two kinds of marriage. The first is the arranged marriage. The second is the love marriage. In reality, there is a whole spectrum in between, but most of us spend years running away from the first toward the second.The daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants who left their collapsing country and married in America, Yalini finds herself caught between the traditions of her ancestors and the lure of her own modern world. But when she is summoned to Toronto to help care for her dying uncle, Kumaran, a former member of the militant Tamil Tigers, Yalini is forced to see that violence is not a relic of the Sri Lankan past, but very much a part of her Western present.While Kumaran’s loved ones gather around him to say goodbye, Yalini traces her family’s roots—and the conflicts facing them as ethnic Tamils—through a series of marriages. Now, as Kumaran’s death and his daughter’s politically motivated nuptials edge closer, Yalini must decide where she stands. Lyrical and innovative, V. V. Ganeshananthan’s novel brilliantly unfolds how generations of struggle both form and fractures families.
Sequel to the top ten bestseller BRETHREN - the most exciting launch in historical adventure since Conn Iggulden.
Seven Trials, Seven Keys, Seven Days. . . One chance to save the world. When Robert Reckliss is sent a copper puzzle box accompanied by a cryptic note, he has no idea his life is about to be transformed. That night, an acquaintance kills himself; the following day, an old friend reveals a terrorist threat that could wipe the Western world from the face of the planet. And the responsibility for hunting down this weapon, this Malice Box, lies with Robert. The weapon is primed to explode in seven days and Robert must undergo a quest in order to track down the keys vital to prevent detonation. The Malice Box is utterly unique. Crack the clues with Robert; read his blog online: www.malicebox.blogspot.com, and join in the quest to close the Malice Box once and for all.
The Bastard of Istanbul is a vivid tale of two families intertwined by a dark history. Armanoush, an Armenian American, seeks her roots in Turkey, while Asya, a spirited young woman in Istanbul, navigates her own identity. This dramatic novel explores themes of memory, forgetting, and the complexities of national identity.
