For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, What You Are Looking for Is In the Library, and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop comes an enchanting novel that will linger in your heart long after the last page is turned. As the last petal falls, the final page is turned… Welcome to The Cherry Blossom Bookshop, a haven for book lovers that only appears during the fleeting cherry blossom season. Nestled amidst the bloom of delicate petals, you’ll find a sanctuary for those burdened by regrets and past sorrows. Here, Sakura, the mysterious young owner, and her wise calico cat, Kobako, patiently await the arrival of souls in need of solace and healing. Told over four seasons, each visitor to the bookshop holds a book that bridges their past and present, guiding them towards understanding and acceptance. Within the antique charm of the shop and the soothing aroma of freshly brewed coffee, Sakura and Kobako help their guests confront their lingering sadness through the power of stories, enabling them to move forward with renewed hope.

Nathaniel is a boy magician-in-training, sold to the government by his birth parents at the age of five and sent to live as an apprentice to a master. Powerful magicians rule Britain, and its empire, and Nathaniel is told his is the "ultimate sacrifice" for a "noble destiny." If leaving his parents and erasing his past life isn't tough enough, Nathaniel's master, Arthur Underwood, is a cold, condescending, and cruel middle-ranking magician in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The boy's only saving grace is the master's wife, Martha Underwood, who shows him genuine affection that he rewards with fierce devotion. Nathaniel gets along tolerably well over the years in the Underwood household until the summer before his eleventh birthday. Everything changes when he is publicly humiliated by the ruthless magician Simon Lovelace and betrayed by his cowardly master who does not defend him. Nathaniel vows revenge. In a Faustian fever, he devours magical texts and hones his magic skills, all the while trying to appear subservient to his master. When he musters the strength to summon the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus to avenge Lovelace by stealing the powerful Amulet of Samarkand, the boy magician plunges into a situation more dangerous and deadly than anything he could ever imagine.

For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, What You Are Looking for Is In the Library, and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop comes an enchanting novel that will linger in your heart long after the last page is turned. As the last petal falls, the final page is turned… Welcome to The Cherry Blossom Bookshop, a haven for book lovers that only appears during the fleeting cherry blossom season. Nestled amidst the bloom of delicate petals, you’ll find a sanctuary for those burdened by regrets and past sorrows. Here, Sakura, the mysterious young owner, and her wise calico cat, Kobako, patiently await the arrival of souls in need of solace and healing. Told over four seasons, each visitor to the bookshop holds a book that bridges their past and present, guiding them towards understanding and acceptance. Within the antique charm of the shop and the soothing aroma of freshly brewed coffee, Sakura and Kobako help their guests confront their lingering sadness through the power of stories, enabling them to move forward with renewed hope.

»Wie man eine Hexe erkennt? – Man muss einfach herausfinden, ob sie einen mächtigen Mann verärgert hat!« Daily Mail In 13 Prozessen aus Geschichte und Gegenwart begegnet Marion Gibson Menschen vom Rande der Gesellschaft, meist Frauen, die als böse und gefährlich abgestempelt, als Hexen angeklagt, verurteilt und nicht selten getötet werden. Die Geschichte hat sie zum Schweigen gebracht, Marion Gibson gibt ihnen ihre Stimmen zurück. Sie erforscht die Überschneidungen von Geschlecht und Macht, indigener Spiritualität und kolonialer Herrschaft sowie politischer Verschwörung und individuellem Widerstand – und zeigt, wie in jeder Epoche und an jedem Ort der Welt Angst als Waffe gegen unliebsame Menschen eingesetzt werden kann. »Gibson untersucht, wie Hexenjagden seit Langem nicht nur mit Fragen von Geschlecht und Sexualität, sondern auch mit Klasse, Herkunft, Kolonialismus und Nationalismus verknüpft sind.« The Guardian 

Sophia Fritz analysiert Weiblichkeit in all ihren Facetten. »Man lernt als Powerfrau so vieles aus diesem Buch – u. a., wieso genau es womöglich kein schlimmeres Wort gibt als Powerfrau.« (Sophie Passmann)Etwas fühlt sich falsch Wenn wir lächeln, obwohl wir eigentlich streiten möchten. Wenn wir unsere Freundinnen ghosten, weil wir Konfrontation fürchten und Konflikte vermeiden wollen. Wenn wir uns für Feminismus einsetzen, aber anderen Frauen* nicht vertrauen und instinktiv nach ihren Fehlern und Schwächen suchen. Was lauert da in uns weiblich sozialisierten Menschen, dass wir uns immer wieder gegen uns selbst und andere richten? In mutiger Selbstbefragung führt uns Sophia Fritz dorthin, wo es weh tut, und zeigt uns ein Phänomen, von dem wir gerade erst begreifen, wie sehr es unsere Lebenswelt Toxische Weiblichkeit. Der Essay der Stunde für alle, die sich nach einem neuen feministischen Miteinander sehnen, von einer der kreativsten und klarsten Denkerinnen der neuen Generation.