Den bok du står i begrepp att läsa är knappast att sortera in under genren feelgood. Istället är den en roman utan varje romantiskt inslag och utan ambition att skapa lugn i sinnet. Många skulle kalla den för en dystopi. För mig är den helt enkelt en fiktiv berättelse om människans vidare öden och äventyr i den värld hon själv skapat genom nyfikenhet, maktbegär och sin längtan efter mer.Historien tar sin början i nutid och spänner över de kommande få åren. Jag har använt namnen på ...

Ledarna för världens nio kärnvapenstater, med Kina i spetsen, går ihop för att en gång för alla hantera klimatkrisen. Inte nödvändigtvis genom att använda sina massförstörelsevapen, även om detta också är ett hot från deras sida. De menar att det finns bättre sätt att återställa jordens folkmängd till 1960 års uthålliga nivå.Återkommande naturkatastrofer i klimatkrisens spår leder till att människor till slut tvingas acceptera ett allsmäktigt världsherravälde.Kräftans v...

Zwei Frauen mischen sich unter die Knechte und Mägde, die mit ihren Herrschaften ins Heilige Land ziehen. Der Führer des Zuges, Ago von der Schauenburg, weiß nichts ihnen. Die eine wird ihr Leben hingeben um ihn zu retten, die andere wird ihm später helfen müssen. Ago, der eigentlich nach seinem vermissten Vater suchen wollte, wird nach der Ankunft am Ziel entführt. Es sind dieselben Männer, die auch seinen Vater verstecken. Nun liegt es an Freya von Praunfalk, für die Befreiung der Gefang...

International bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition.In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school even though he was only the son of a tailor. He to...

A volte accade che l'adulto mostri una violenza che il bambino non può comprendere e dalla quale viene turbato, lacerato. Se poi questo adulto è uno dei riferimenti affettivi del piccolo, la ferita è ancora più profonda e porta l'anima dei piccoli ad inabissarsi nel profondo del proprio fragile sé. L'incontro con un adulto vivificante, però, diviene occasione per risalire dal fondo, per ritornare alla luce, per ritornare a respirare e, nel calore del fuoco relazionale, provare ad esserci, ...

Three Lovers. Three lessons.Many Million Dreams Ago defies a typical “romance memoir” by dealing with the deeper consequences of discovering such feelings too early on. Its realism is recounted in three eras of a life gone awry from self-harm, codependency, and casual intimacies.Through the endless pursuits of a hopeless romantic in trying to find his other half, we join him on his journey towards an idyllic destiny.

'The greatest living author of epic fantasy' - Brandon Sanderson**'The finest in his field' - Tor.com'Guy Gavriel Kay's A Brightness Long Ago is a masterpiece; perhaps the finest work of one of the world's greatest living storytellers' - Fantasy Book Review*****One of Goodreads' Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2019***Internationally bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evokin...

Flora è un’adolescente come tante, una ragazza forte e ironica. Come tutte le sue coetanee sogna l’amore vero, quello che coinvolge e sconvolge. Il sogno diventa realtà quando nella sua vita compare Marcello: un giovane inizialmente burbero e spigoloso che la travolge in un’estate di emozioni. Flora è finalmente felice, ma l’abbandono improvviso e immotivato di Marcello la ferisce così tanto da farle trovare riparo nel cibo. Inizia così una lunga lotta contro i disturbi alimentari. Purtrop...

Tom Joyce worked in Ohio jails and the Ohio State Penitentiary. During his military service, he took ex-Nazis to Frankfurt, Germany, for de-Nazification proceedings. After military service, he got a PhD from Cornell University. He has taught courses in criminology and sociology to FBI agents, police officers, and college students. For many years, he has been writing, rewriting, and re-rewriting stories about a Vienna police inspector in the 1930s and 1940s. He has three novels and a dozen ...

Set across the savannahs, villages, forests, and skies of East Africa, this story collection brings together unforgettable animal and human characters whose journeys reflect timeless African wisdom, courage, and community values.From Orng’atuny, the young lion who learns that true leadership demands adaptability and wisdom beyond brute strength, to Inguku’, the outcast chicken whose greatest healing comes through self-acceptance, each tale explores...

"A Madness Ago" by Dana Thomas Clancy is a poignant and introspective memoir that traces the author's tumultuous journey from his early childhood to his young adult years. Born in 1948, the narrative opens with the author's recollections of his idyllic early years spent on the grounds of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts. These formative years were marked by innocence, mischief, and a sense of freedom as he explored the fairgrounds, encountered wild cats, p...

In 1968, aged 21, John Western left England, not realising that he might never bother to return. The boy who had always loved maps, trains and travel to new places was posted by Voluntary Service Overseas to a missionary school in rural Burundi, Central Africa. From the world’s longest-industrialised country, he pitches into what was probably then its least industrialised nation. For two years, Western experiences life in an ‘overwhelmingly illiterate subsistence economy of material povert...