In a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11, nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key... The key belonged to his father, he's sure of that. But which of New York's 162 million locks does it open?

It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex-girlfriend. Suddenly out of nowhere she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. Easy for her to say.

Ignatius J Reilly is fat, flatulent, eloquent and almost unemployable. By the standards of ordinary folk he is pretty much unhinged, too. But is he bothered by this? No. For this misanthropic crusader against an America fallen into vice and ignorance has a mission: to rescue a naked female philosopher in distress.

I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer.

The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading.

Hidden in Jinbocho, Tokyo is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building lies a shop filled with hundreds of second-hand books.

Twenty-five-year-old Takano has never liked reading, although the Morisaki bookshop has been in her family for three generations. It is the pride and joy of her uncle Ojisan, who has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife Momoki left him...

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Maura ist eine Powerfrau, die alles im Griff hat. Als sie die Nachricht erreicht, dass ihre Tante gestorben ist und Maura deren Haus geerbt hat, macht sie sich widerwillig auf den Weg in ihre alte Heimat, die sie mit 18 fluchtartig verlassen hat. Mauras Plan: Die Beerdigung so schnell wie möglich hinter sich bringen, Tante Hetties Ha...

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Als Henry Turner zum neuen Captain des Eishockeyteams ernannt wird und ausgerechnet im ultraschweren Kurs seines meistgehassten Professors landet, wird klar, dass das neue Semester an der UCMH alles andere als ein Spaziergang werden wird. Doch Henry hat Glück im Unglück: Nachdem er aus Versehen den Buchclub von Halle Jacobs crasht, bietet die akademische Ãœberfliegerin ihm an, ihm Nachhilfe zu geben - für einen Preis. Denn Halle sucht dringend Inspiration fÃ...

Sal Paradise, young and innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American Dream.A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel defined the new 'Beat' generation and became the bible of the counter culture.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is Carver's most famous collection of short stories and remians one of the most influential pieces of modern literature to date.