Beate Haas, defected from East Germany as a child, is notified that her parents abandoned mansion is available for her to reclaim. She and her two teenagers arrive to meet a ghost town. In the midst of inevitable change, two episodes of devastating, fateful violence come to define the family forever. A multigenerational epic about what it means to leave home, and what it means to return.
A playful, fact-filled exploration of the fascinating history of 35 famous pasta shapes with a delicious, child-friendly recipe perfectly suited to each shape
<b>The Hunger Games meets Percy Jackson in this electric Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the <i>New York Times-</i>bestselling author of <i>Cemetery Boys</i>.</b>
<p> <strong>Thomas Brussig's classic German satire, translated into English for the first time and introduced by Jonathan Franzen, is a comedic, moving account of life in East Berlin before the Fall of the Berlin Wall</strong> </p>
Das bekannteste englische Weihnachtsgedicht »The Night before Christmas«, 1823 erstmals erschienen, wird hier in einer witzigen neuen Versübersetzung vorgelegt, zusammen mit dem englischen Original und den klassischen Bildern des bekanntesten amerikanischen Buchillustrators und Karikaturisten des 19. Jahrhunderts, Thomas Nast.