Kosmos jest opowieścią o długiej odkrywczej podróży ludzkości oraz o tych, którzy wywarli znaczący wpływ na postać współczesnej nauki. Carl Sagan z kosmicznej perspektywy spogląda na naszą planetę przypominającą błękitny klejnot, zamieszkaną przez istoty, które właśnie zaczynają poznawać sens jedności z otaczającym światem i wyprawiać się na rozległy ocean kosmosu. Dzięki jego zdumiewającej umiejętności przedstawiania zagadnień naukowych w sposób zarówno zrozumiały, jak i ekscytujący powstała przejrzysta opowieść o nauce, o tym, jak równocześnie rozwijały się i nauka, i cywilizacja. Autor omawia m.in. działalność starożytnej Biblioteki Aleksandryjskiej, pochodzenie życia oraz materii, gwiazd i planet, podstawy teorii ewolucji, misje sond kosmicznych. Rozważa również najnowsze odkrycia dotyczące życia poza Ziemią i sposoby ewentualnego porozumiewania się z istotami zamieszkującymi inne planety.

Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers to the British and French war efforts during World War I. So what if June edits Athena's novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song--complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn't this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That's what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. But June can't get away from Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June's (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface takes on questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation not only in the publishing industry but the persistent erasure of Asian-American voices and history by Western white society. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love - a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per­formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.

FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE “[Han Kang writes in] intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”—from the Nobel Prize citation “Unforgettable . . . a disquietingly beautiful novel about the impossibility of waking up from the nightmare of history.”—Hernan Diaz Han Kang’s most revelatory book since The Vegetarian, We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter of Korean history. One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at a hospital in Seoul. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet—a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon’s house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal—or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesn't yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into the darkness that awaits her at her friend's house. Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality, We Do Not Part powerfully illuminates a forgotten chapter in Korean history, buried for decades—bringing to light the lost voices of the past to save them from oblivion. Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering, it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable violence—and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.

Pembunuhan bisa terjadi di mana saja, termasuk di sebuah kota kecil, terpencil, dan nyaris terlupakan di tengah pandemi Covid-19. Seorang mantan guru SMP ditemukan tewas tercekik di halaman rumahnya sendiri. Polisi tidak tahu apakah ini pembunuhan terencana, pembunuhan tak disengaja, atau aksi pencurian yang berakhir dengan pembunuhan. Korban adalah guru yang disegani. Setelah pensiun pun, mantan murid-muridnya sering menghubunginya untuk meminta bantuan atau nasihat. Jadi, tentu saja para mantan muridnya, yang pulang ke kota itu demi menghadiri reuni, termasuk dalam daftar orang-orang yang dicurigai. Polisi kebingungan, dan si pembunuh lega karena identitasnya tidak akan pernah ketahuan. Namun, ia tidak menyangka bahwa putri korban akan muncul bersama pamannya—seorang mantan pesulap eksentrik—dan ikut menyelidiki apa yang sebenarnya terjadi dan mencari tahu siapa yang membunuh Kamio Eiichi.