Stefan Vogel lives in East Berlin, behind the Iron Curtain. His father has connections with the West, the big America and his mother always wanted to give the impression that they were privileged. The father would bring back gifts and Stefan would treasure them. Stefan saw the possibilities the West offered and wanted to go. Even when that entailed selling his soul to some people with power.
James Lasdun has written a intruiging story about the youth in former East Berlin. What their dreams and what their possibilities were. How they survived the communistic society they lived in.
this is a preview of seven lies — james lasdun
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Kate Stein is a housewife. Together with her husband Ben and her three children she lives in Upchurch, a little city in Connecticut with, so it seems, only perfect housewives. The problem is, she is not one of them. She can’t look sophisticated, doing the household, looking after the kids, have time for extracurricular activities all at the same time.
She is used to the lifestyle of New York where she has lived most of her life. First together with her parents, then together with her best friend Janie and even with Ben for a little while. But New York is no more and she is bored. What can happen to make her feel like an independent woman with her own life again? Well…a murder! One of the perfect wives is murdered under suspicious circumstances. Why should a normal housewife be killed and who did it? Kate is intrigued and determent to unravvel this mystery. Will she succeed together with Janie and her old flame Evan?
this is a preview of goodnight nobody — jennifer weiner
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Gabriel is a data thief. Together with his friend he hacks computers, security systems etc. to get the information he needs for his multiple employers. He is happy with who he is and what he does. And then a certain man named mr. Whittington contacts him with a question: would Gabriel be interested in finding his son, who disappeared some time ago. Gabriel is puzzled why Whittington should come to him, but after he learns his former girlfriend Frankie is the wife of Whittington, and therefor he knows something about Gabriel, a secret ability, that would be helpful in this case, Gabriel reluctantly agrees to look into it. His path leads to two beautiful sisters with unknown powers and that is the start of a very intriguing and thrilling journey.
this is a preview of season of the witch — natasha mostert
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Guy Montag is a fireman; not a fireman that extinguishes fires, but one that ignites them. He lives in a time (somewhere in the future) when having books is illegal. When the people who own them are found out, the fire brigade is being called to burn down the house together with the books. Guy is happy with his job until on one call a woman refuses to leave her books and burns together with them. On that occasion Guy grabs a book with him; there must be something in books if people don’t want to leave them even when that means their death. From that moment on his entire life turns upside down and he has to make some difficult choices and decisions.
this is a preview of fahrenheit 451 — ray bradbury
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