Nel sud-ovest del Giappone, in una pozza di mare condivisa da due province, Kagawa e Okayama, nuota un'isoletta unica al mondo: Teshima. Sulla punta orientale dell'isola, sorge un minuscolo edificio in cui sono catalogate le pulsazioni del cuore di decine di migliaia di persone, alcune vive altre già ombre, provenienti dai luoghi più disparati del pianeta. Si chiama Shinzō-on no Ākaibu, l'Archivio dei Battiti del Cuore. Alle porte di Tōkyō, in una cittadina lambita dall'oceano e circondata dalle montagne, sorge la casa dove Shūichi ha trascorso l'infanzia e dove ha appena fatto ritorno. Shūichi è un noto illustratore, ha quarant'anni e una cicatrice in mezzo al petto. È ossessionato dal proprio cuore che si ausculta ogni sera e dalle memorie confuse che ha del passato. Sua madre, per proteggerlo dai dispiaceri, ne ha manipolato i ricordi d'infanzia: di tutti i suoi piccoli drammi gli ha sempre raccontato una versione migliore. Ma se non si ha la certezza di aver sofferto in passato e di avercela fatta, da dove si ricava il coraggio di tentare ancora? È allora che Shūichi si accorge di un misterioso bambino che si aggira intorno alla casa. Questa strana presenza fa nascere in Shūichi molte domande: chi e quel bambino che lo osserva e perché ha scelto la sua casa? E soprattutto: come si pesca un pesce-bambino? Shūichi scopre che il pesce-bambino si chiama Kenta, ha otto anni e vive prodigiose avventure nella solitudine più assoluta. Ma il pesce-bambino che è Kenta e il disegnatore surfista che è Shūichi, stringono giorno dopo giorno una straordinaria amicizia e quell'incontro cambierà per sempre la loro vita. Li porterà in un luogo che batte al ritmo del cuore, pronunciato in tutte le lingue del mondo. È Teshima, un'isoletta remota nel sud-ovest del Giappone, dove sorge l'Archivio dei Battiti del Cuore. Dopo Quel che affidiamo al vento, Laura Imai Messina torna a un luogo incredibile eppure reale del Giappone. E, nel viaggio in cui ci conduce, ci permette di avvicinarci a un modo diverso di concepire la vita e i suoi smarrimenti. Ma soprattutto ci dona una delle chiavi essenziali per interpretare il presente: quella per ritrovare la felicita perduta.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781538742570. Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out… and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late. But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They don’t know what I’m capable of…

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Center convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back. Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body, might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, "The Konkatsu Killer," Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.

‘For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changed’ Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.

The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating terror that inspired the Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again—or for the first time!

In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire-- a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970's film "Taxi Driver"--a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity and financial security . . . until she decides she's done waiting. "A ferocious new voice. A fierce and immersive debut."--Weike Wang Damani is tired. Her father just died on the job at a fast food joint, and now she lives paycheck to paycheck in a basement, caring for her mom and driving for an app that is constantly cutting her take. The city is roiling in protests --everybody's in solidarity with somebody-- but while she keeps hearing that they're fighting for change on behalf of people like her, she literally can't afford to pay attention. Then she gives a ride to Jolene (5 stars, obviously). Jolene seems like she could be the perfect girlfriend - attentive, attractive, an ally - and their chemistry is off the charts. Jolene's done the reading, she goes to every protest, and she says all the right things. So maybe Damani can look past the one thing that's holding her back: She's never dated anyone with money before, not to mention a white girl with money. But just as their romance intensifies and Damani finally lets her guard down, Jolene does something unforgivable, setting off an explosive chain of events. A wild, one-sitting read brimming with dark comedy, and piercing social commentary and announcing Priya Guns' feverishly original voice, Your Driver Is Waiting is a crackling send-up of our culture of modern alienation.