As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished. Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her d[...]

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands i[...]

Fleeing an unhappy past in England, penniless Lucy Snowe starts life anew at a boarding school in cosmopolitan Villette, a stand-in for Brussels. The mystery, jealousy, and love that she finds there give Charlotte Bronte's final novel much of the Gothic tone and psychological incisiveness that promp[...]

Film tie-in edition of the internationally bestselling novel, to coincide with the release of the much anticipated Hollywood movie.[...]

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. A gripping and poignant love story set in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands at the end of the Second World War. 'Unique and impeccably researched...the only fault I can find with this book is that I've already finished it[...]

An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons.

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfit[...]

Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It s the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. There he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world. H[...]

Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and [...]

Jacob Jankowski pratar sällan om dem, men minnena

lever fortfarande inuti hans nittioåriga kropp. Minnen

av honom själv som en ung man, av ödet kastad upp på ett skraltigt tåg som var hem åt Bröderna Benzinis spektakulära cirkusshow.

För Jacob var cirkuse[...]

Isabel Duncan, som forskar om apor i ett språklaboratorium, förstår sig inte på människor, men med apor och särskilt dvärgschimpanser har hon ett förtroendefullt förhållande. Bland dem känner hon sig mer hemma än hon någonsin gjort bland människor tills hon möter John Thigpen, en m[...]

Tutkija Isabel Duncan työskentelee Suurten ihmisapinoiden kielilaboratoriossa. Hän tutkii siellä bonoboapinoiden käyttäytymistä ja kommunikointia. Bonobot ovat ihmisapinoita, jotka ovat ihmisen lähisukulaisia: ihmisen ja bonobon DNA on noin 98-prosenttisesti sama. Isabelilla on rankka perheta[...]