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At 64, Jenni Murray's weight had become a disability. She avoided the scales, she wore a uniform of baggy black clothes, refused to make connections between her weight and health issues and told herself that she was fat and happy. She was certainly fat. But the happy part was an Oscar-winning performance. In private she lived with a growing sense of fear and misery that it would probably kill her before she made it to 70.

On the morning of Saturday 15th April 1989, Jenni Hicks, her husband and their two teenage daughters, Sarah and Vicki, went to watch a football match. That was to be their last day as a family. Sarah and Vicki didn't come home, and Jenni's world was changed forever. Since that fateful day, Jenni has tirelessly campaigned for justice for her own and others' families. But this is not the story of the Hillsborough tragedy. This is a story of what came before and after that day.

Dr. Sue Ann Parish is hired as principal of the one-room school in Moose Springs, Alaska. With her teenage daughter she moves to a community of dog mushers, trappers, gold miners, writers, artists, shady characters running from the law, and rugged individualists in general, each one with a story, whether told or hidden. With the challenges of living in a remote bush village come additional problems, including falling in love with the elusive artist Shade Dubois, who hides dangerous secrets of his own.

Als die Mauer fiel, war der gebürtige Dresdner Ingo Schulze 27 Jahre alt. Er arbeitete als Dramaturg am Theater. 1993 gab er als "Wessi" zusammen mit anderen Journalisten in St. Petersburg eine Zeitung heraus und schrieb seine erste Episoden-Sammlung über seine Erfahrungen in der russischen Stadt: "33 Augenblicke des Glücks". Seit diesem Buch und seinem ersten Roman "Simple Storys" reißen die Lobeshymnen über den genauen Beobachter und lakonischen Erzähler nicht ab.

Thomas von Steinaecker schreibt Romane, Hörspiele und rezensiert Comics. Sein erster Roman "Wallner beginnt zu fliegen" (2007) gewann gleich mehrere Preise. Dabei ist der gebürtige Bayer gerade mal knapp über 30. In seinem neuen Buch "Schutzgebiet" (2009) geht es um ein fiktives deutsches Kolonialgebiet in Afrika, in dem sich 1913 eine skurrile Gruppe verkrachter Existenzen versammelt.

Gleich sein erster Roman "Mai, Juni, Juli" aus dem Jahre 1987 brachte Joachim Lottmann den Titel "Vater der Popliteratur" ein. Wenn auch erst 2004, als der verschwundene Autor durch ein Kritikerlob in der FAZ sein grandioses Comeback startete. Seitdem hat der 53jährige gebürtige Hamburger bis heute fünf weitere Romane veröffentlicht, bloggt für die taz und kritisiert leidenschaftlich gern andere Autoren. In seinem neuesten Roman "Der Geldkomplex" (2009) beschreibt Lottmann, wie man als Geisterfahrer im Strom der Krise doch noch sein Glück finden kann.

In Meineckes neuestem Buch "Jungfrau" arrangiert der Musiker, DJ, Buch- und Hörspielautor eine ganze Handvoll seiner Lieblingsthemen umeinander herum: Feminismus, Musik, Religiosität, die Parallelen zwischen spiritueller und sexueller Hingabe und B-Movies der 50er Jahre. Zwischen seinen Protagonisten wimmelt es von Querverweisen auch auf Heilige und Philosophen des 19. Jahrhunderts.

"Meine literarische Heimat bin ich selber, die unabhängige autonome Republik Katja Lange-Müller", sagt die 1951 in der DDR geborene Schriftstellerin. Wegen "unsozialistischen Verhaltens" von der Schule geflogen, arbeitete sie zunächst als Bildredakteurin, Psychiatrie-Schwester und Schriftsetzerin, bis sie Anfang der 80er Jahre ihre Bestimmung im Schreiben fand und einem Exil in der Mongolei doch die Ausreise nach Westberlin vorzog.

Elzibeth just wanted to be left alone to play her grandfather's flute, but others in her village seem to think she needs a lesson in bringing her down from her soaring dreams and stand firmly on the ground like everyone else. Three brothers take it upon themselves to teach Elzibeth how dangerous dreams and fancies can be. Three brothers challenge her to seek out the dragon's cave, even though the last man who went there never returned.

Kids can say the creepiest things. Twenty-seven New Zealand and American authors delve into the strange, the unexpected, and the downright terrifying things that kids say in this collection of all-new flash fiction. From the mouths of babes come 37 stories, from the haunting to the hilarious to the horrific. Leave the lights on tonight. So you’ll see them coming.

Wolves. Predators of the wild. Stalkers of the forests. Born into rankings and expected to live up to their roles. Blue Boy, the alpha male of his pack, is the largest wolf many have ever seen, and his dream is to have a firstborn son who will take after him in every way. But Lamar is not turning out the way his father hoped. Lamar likes to watch butterflies. He worries if his younger siblings fall behind in the hunt. He has little interest in peacocking in front of other clans.

Britain has traditionally been defined by its conflicts, its conquests, its men and its monarchs. It’s high time that it was defined by its women. In this unique history, Jenni Murray tells the stories of 21 women who refused to succumb to the established laws of society, whose lives embodied hope and change. Famous queens, forgotten visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politicians - all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world. In Murray’s hands their stories are enthralling and beguiling; they have the power to inspire us once again.

It’s Nikki Maxwell’s birthday! Will it be a blast or a bust? Find out in the 13th installment of the blockbuster number-one New York Times best-selling Dork Diaries series!

Jules Strauss is a Princeton senior with a full scholarship, acquaintances instead of friends, and a family she's ashamed to invite to Parents' Weekend. With the income she'll receive from donating her "pedigree" eggs, she believes she can save her father from addiction.

Britain has been defined by its conflicts, its conquests, its men and its monarchs. To say that it's high time it was defined by its women is a severe understatement. Jenni Murray draws together the lives of 21 women to shed light upon a variety of social, political, religious and cultural aspects of British history. In lively prose Murray reinvigorates the stories behind the names we all know and reveals the fascinating tales behind those less familiar.

Nikki and her friends, Brandon, Chloe, and Zoey, are up for another adventure in the 11th book in the number-one New York Times best-selling Dork Diaries series.

In the latest novel from the number-one New York Times best-selling author, four women bound by obligation and opportunity struggle to become a family. With startling tenderness and laugh-out-loud humor, Jennifer Weiner once again takes listeners into the heart of women's lives in an unforgettable, timely tale that interweaves themes of class and entitlement, surrogacy and donorship, the rights of a parent, and the measure of motherhood.

Brett and Kelly Courtney are the shining jewels in a New York-based reality TV show called Goal Diggers. Vicious backstabbing, scathing social media attacks and finely tuned scripting draw in the viewing public every week, all orchestrated by the show's omnipotent producers. But even they don't know that season four will end in murder....

When five hypersuccessful women agree to appear on a reality series set in New York City called Goal Diggers, the producers never expect the season will end in murder....

Mias Gefühlsfleck wird himbeerbrausepulverrosa, wenn sie an David denkt, doch David scheint sich mehr für ein anderes Mädchen zu interessieren. Mia beschließt, einen Liebestrank für ihn zu brauen. Doch das ist gar nicht so einfach. Ob Mias Plan aufgeht?