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Το λάθος
by Antonis Samarakis
Genres: Fiction, Literature, Classics, Greece, Mystery, Novels, 20th Century
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.31

Το Καθεστώς είναι ο τέλειος μηχανισμός εξόντωσης του ανθρώπου. Όπλο του οι πράκτορες της Ασφάλειας, και η αμείλικτα τετράγωνη λογική τους. Όπλο του, επίσης, η επίμονη διάκριση μόνο ανάμεσα σε οπαδούς και εχθρούς.Ο πολίτης που είναι ύποπτος για συνωμοσία ενάντια στο Καθεστώς πρέπει να βγει από τη μέση. Κι αφού ο μόνος μάρτυρας κατηγορίας (ή υπεράσπισης) είναι δολοφονημένος από τους ίδιους τους πράκτορες, τίθεται σε εφαρμογή το Σχέδιο: ο πολίτης θα αντιμετωπιστεί με μια δήθεν φιλική ανθρώπινη συμπεριφορά για να σπάσει ή να αποδράσει κατά τη μεταφορά του για ανάκριση προκειμένου να αποδειχθεί η ενοχή του και να εξοντωθεί δικαιολογημένα από την Ασφάλεια. Στη διάρκεια του ταξιδιού, όμως, ο απάνθρωπος ορθολογισμός και η μαθηματική αντίληψη του Καθεστώτος και της Ασφάλειας θα βρεθούν απέναντι σε ένα απρόοπτο∙ σε ένα λάθος. Ο πολίτης και ο ένας από τους πράκτορες προλαβαίνουν ακούσια να μοιραστούν στιγμές απροσποίητα ανθρώπινες∙ μια βόλτα, η πλαζ, μια μπάλα, το λούνα παρκ.Αρκεί ένας κόκκος ανθρωπιάς για να βραχυκυκλώσει την αμείλικτη τελειότητα του καθεστωτικού Σχεδίου και του μηχανισμού της εξόντωσης; Το αριστούργημα του Αντώνη Σαμαράκη, με καταβολές καφκικές και οργουελικές, μεταφράστηκε σε 33 γλώσσες, σε 114 ξένες εκδόσεις, αγαπήθηκε εξίσου από κριτική και αναγνωστικό κοινό, τιμήθηκε με το Βραβείο των «12» στην Ελλάδα και το Μεγάλο Βραβείο Αστυνομικής Λογοτεχνίας στη Γαλλία, όπου και γυρίστηκε ταινία με τίτλο La Faille.
Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #3)
by Lisa Lutz
Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Humor, Chick Lit, Mystery Thriller, Comedy, Adult
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.13

YOU THOUGHT YOUR LIFE WAS COMPLICATEDPrivate investigator Isabel Spellman is back on the case and back on the couch -- in court-ordered therapy after getting a little too close to her previous subject.As the book opens, Izzy is on hiatus from Spellman Inc. But when her boss, Milo, simultaneously cuts her bartending hours and introduces her to a "friend" looking for a private eye, Izzy reluctantly finds herself with a new client. She assures herself that the case -- a suspicious husband who wants his wife tailed -- will be short and sweet, and will involve nothing more than the most boring of PI rituals: surveillance. But with each passing hour, Izzy finds herself with more questions than hard evidence.Meanwhile, Spellmania continues. Izzy's brother, David, the family's most upright member, has adopted an uncharacteristically unkempt appearance and attitude toward work, life, and Izzy. And their wayward youngest sister, Rae, a historic academic underachiever, aces the PSATs and subsequently offends her study partner and object of obsession, Detective Henry Stone, to the point of excommunication. The only unsurprising behavior comes from her parents, whose visits to Milo's bar amount to thinly veiled surveillance and artful attempts (read: blackmail) at getting Izzy to return to the Spellman Inc. fold.As the case of the wayward wife continues to vex her, Izzy's personal life -- and mental health -- seem to be disintegrating. Facing a housing crisis, she can't sleep, she can't remember where she parked her car, and, despite her shrinks' persistence, she can't seem to break through in her appointments. She certainly can't explain why she forgets dates with her lawyer's grandson, or fails to interpret the come-ons issued in an Irish brogue by Milo's new bartender. Nor can she explain exactly how she feels about Detective Henry Stone and his plans to move in with his new Assistant DA girlfriend...Filled with the signature side-splitting Spellman antics, Revenge of the Spellmans is an ingenious, hilarious, and disarmingly tender installment in the Spellman series.
Feeling Sorry for Celia (Ashbury/Brookfield, #1)
by Jaclyn Moriarty
Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Humor, Chick Lit, Teen
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.80

A funny, touching, revealing story written entirely in the form of letters, messages, postcards - and bizarre missives. Hilariously candid, shows that the roller coaster ride of being a teenager is every bit as fun as we remember--and every bit as harrowing.Life is pretty complicated for Elizabeth Clarry. Her best friend Celia keeps disappearing, her absent father suddenly reappears, and her communication with her mother consists entirely of wacky notes left on the fridge. On top of everything else, because her English teacher wants to rekindle the "Joy of the Envelope," a Complete and Utter Stranger knows more about Elizabeth than anyone else. But Elizabeth is on the verge of some major changes. She may lose her best friend, find a wonderful new friend, kiss the sexiest guy alive, and run in a marathon. So much can happen in the time it takes to write a letter… A #1 bestseller in Australia, this fabulous debut is a funny, touching, revealing story written entirely in the form of letters, messages, postcards - and bizarre missives from imaginary organizations like The Cold Hard Truth Association. Feeling Sorry for Celia captures, with rare acuity, female friendship and the bonding and parting that occurs as we grow. Jaclyn Moriarty's hilariously candid novel shows that the roller coaster ride of being a teenager is every bit as fun as we remember -- and every bit as harrowing.
Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling
by Bret Hart
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Sports, Autobiography, Memoir, Canada, History
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.39

In his own words, Bret Hart’s honest, perceptive, startling account of his life in and out of the pro wrestling ring.The sixth-born son of the pro wrestling dynasty founded by Stu Hart and his elegant wife, Helen, Bret Hart is a Canadian icon. As a teenager, he could have been an amateur wrestling Olympic contender, but instead he turned to the family business, climbing into the ring for his dad’s western circuit, Stampede Wrestling. From his early twenties until he retired at 43, Hart kept an audio diary, recording stories of the wrestling life, the relentless travel, the practical jokes, the sex and drugs, and the real rivalries (as opposed to the staged ones). The result is an intimate, no-holds-barred account that will keep readers, not just wrestling fans, riveted.Hart achieved superstardom in pink tights, and won multiple wrestling belts in multiple territories, for both the WWF (now the WWE) and WCW. But he also paid the price in betrayals (most famously by Vince McMahon, a man he had served loyally); in tragic deaths, including the loss of his brother Owen, who died when a stunt went terribly wrong; and in his own massive stroke, most likely resulting from a concussion he received in the ring, and from which, with the spirit of a true champion, he has battled back.Widely considered by his peers as one of the business’s best technicians and workers, Hart describes pro wrestling as part dancing, part acting, and part dangerous physical pursuit. He is proud that in all his years in the ring he never seriously hurt a single wrestler, yet did his utmost to deliver to his fans an experience as credible as it was exciting. He also records the incredible toll the business takes on its workhorses: he estimates that twenty or more of the wrestlers he was regularly matched with have died young, weakened by their own coping mechanisms, namely drugs, alcohol, and steroids. That toll included his own brother-in-law, Davey Boy Smith. No one has ever written about wrestling like Bret Hart. No one has ever lived a life like Bret Hart’s.For as long as I can remember, my world was filled with liars and bullshitters, losers and pretenders, but I also saw the good side of pro wrestling. To me there is something bordering on beautiful about a brotherhood of big tough men who pretended to hurt one another for a living instead of actually doing it. Any idiot can hurt someone.—from Hitman
Collected Short Stories: Volume 2
by W. Somerset Maugham
Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Classics, Literature, 20th Century, English Literature, Collections
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.37

Somerset Maugham's irony and cool detachment made him an acknowledged master of the short story. The stories collected here are typical of Maugham's wry perception of human weakness and his unique talent for evoking a sense of time and place. They are set in familiar Maugham territory - the South Seas, Europe and America - but they are all concise and compelling dramas played out by unforgettable characters. The collection includes some of Maugham's most famous stories: "The Alien Corn," "Flotsam and Jetsam" and particularly "The Vessel of Wrath," a surprising tale of burgeoning love between a repressed mission lady and a drunken reprobate.
Persephone Returns: Victims, Heroes and the Journey from the Underworld
by Tanya Wilkinson
Genres: Mythology, Nonfiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.20

Jungian psychologist Tanya Wilkinson takes a balanced and compassionate look at the issue of victimization. In an engaging and entertaining style, she explore myths and fairy tales involving victims and heroes and encourages individuals to reach a new level of spiritual and emotional maturity.
Sanctuary
by William Faulkner
Genres: Fiction, Classics, Literature, American, Southern Gothic, Novels, Southern
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.63

First published in 1931, this classic psychological melodrama has been viewed as more of a social document in his tragic legend of the South than mere story. From Popeye, a moonshining racketeer with no conscience and Temple Drake, beautiful, bored and vulnerable, to Harace Benbow, a lawyer of honor and decency wishing for more in his life, and Gowan Stevens, college student with a weakness for drink, Faulkner writes of changing social values and order. A sinister cast peppered with social outcasts and perverts perform abduction, murder, and mayhem in this harsh and brutal story of sensational and motiveless evil. Students of Faulkner have found an allegorical interpretation of "Sanctuary" as a comment on the degradation of old South's social order by progressive modernism and materialistic exploitation. Popeye and his co-horts represent this hurling change that is corrupting the historic traditions of the South, symbolized by Horace Stevens, which are no longer able to protect the victimized Negro and poor white trash due to middle-class apathy and inbred violence.
Wild Magic (Immortals, #1)
by Tamora Pierce
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Magic, Young Adult Fantasy, Adventure, High Fantasy
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.31

Young Daine's knack with horses gets her a job helping the royal horsemistress drive a herd of ponies to Tortall. Soon it becomes clear that Daine's talent, as much as she struggles to hide it, is downright magical. Horses and other animals not only obey, but listen to her words. Daine, though, will have to learn to trust humans before she can come to terms with her powers, her past, and herself.
The Shadow over Innsmouth
by H.P. Lovecraft
Genres: Horror, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Short Stories, Lovecraftian, Science Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.12

Noha életében elkerülték a jelentősebb sikerek, Howard Phillips Lovecraftot (1890-1937) napjainkban már a modern horror műfajának egyik legnagyobb hatású alkotójaként tartja számon a tágabb irodalmi köztudat, műveit világszerte kultikus rajongás övezi.Neve elválaszthatatlanul összefonódott az általa megálmodott „Cthulhu-mítosz”-szal - ezzel a megannyi rémtörténetből felépülő, visszatérő elemekkel („Necronomicon”, „Cthulhu”, „Arkham” - ezek ma már a popkultúra bejáratott hívószavai) megszilárdított sötét szöveguniverzummal, amelynek alapzatát az ismeretlentől való ősi félelem szolgáltatja; annak iszonytató gyanúja, hogy az emberiség csupán jelentéktelen mellékszerepet játszik a modern világ díszletei mögött rejtőző kozmikus entitások mellett.A Helikon Zsebkönyvek második Lovecraft-válogatásában három hosszabb novellán (Cthulhu hívása, Árnyék Innsmouth fölött, A dolog a küszöbön) keresztül kaphatunk betekintést a „Cthulhu-mítosz” lebilincselő izgalmaiba.
The Commoner
by John Burnham Schwartz
Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Japan, Historical, Asia, Cultural, Book Club
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.51

It is 1959 when Haruko, a young woman of good family, marries the Crown Prince of Japan, the heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne. She is the first non-aristocratic woman to enter the longest-running, almost hermetically sealed, and mysterious monarchy in the world. Met with cruelty and suspicion by the Empress and her minions, Haruko is controlled at every turn. The only interest the court has in her is her ability to produce an heir. After finally giving birth to a son, Haruko suffers a nervous breakdown and loses her voice. However, determined not to be crushed by the imperial bureaucrats, she perseveres. Thirty years later, now Empress herself, she plays a crucial role in persuading another young woman's rising star in the foreign ministry to accept the marriage proposal of her son, the Crown Prince. The consequences are tragic and dramatic.Told in the voice of Haruko, meticulously researched and superbly imagined, The Commoner is the mesmerizing, moving, and surprising story of a brutally rarified and controlled existence at once hidden and exposed, and of a complex relationship between two isolated women who, despite being visible to all, are truly understood only by each other. With the unerring skill of a master storyteller, John Burnham Schwartz has written his finest novel yet.
For the Love of the Game: My Story
by Michael Jordan
Genres: Sports, Biography, Basketball, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Biography Memoir
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.21

For 13 brilliant seasons Michael Jordan danced the dance of greatness across hardwood floors of basketball arenas from New York to Los Angeles to Barcelona and Paris. With a warrior's heart and an artist's grace, Jordan long ago transcended the sport to become one of the 20th century's global icons.On the court, his almost mythic flair for the spectacular prompted former Los Angeles Laker superstar Magic Johnson to say simply, "There's Michael, then there's all the rest of us."Off the court, Jordan's ability to alter markets and drive the business of his marketing partners is unprecedented.Through it all, Jordan showed the world that greatness, true greatness, comes from the inside out. He remains perhaps the greatest practice player in the history of sports, his desire to improve upon his own example legendary. When critics questioned his all-around ability, he became the game's most dominant defensive player at his position. When teams decided to close down the lane and eliminate drives to the basket, he became a deadly jump shooter. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson had the most successfully teams of the 1980s but never won more than two consecutive championships. The Bulls won three straight--twice.In For the Love of the Game , Jordan takes us through the wonder of his career on the court and away from the game. From the dream that preceded the game-winning shot against Georgetown in the 1982 NCAA Finals to the methodical dissection of the Utah Jazz prior to his game-winning shot in Game 6 of the 1998 Finals, Jordan pulls back the curtain on one of the most remarkable lives this century.
Guys and Dolls
by Damon Runyon
Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Plays, Classics, Humor, Historical Fiction, Drama
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.10

Meet Nathan Detroit and his long-suffering fiancée, Miss Adelaide; Sky Masterson and Miss Sarah Brown; and Nicely-Nicely Jones. Take in the atmosphere of the Great White Way in its heyday at a little speakeasy called Good Time Charley's. Here are thirty-two of Damon Runyon's best-loved, most "Runyonesque" stories, each woven around the mobsmen, chorus girls, gamblers, and racetrack hustlers of the Broadway he knew and loved. Runyon captures with an acute eye and ear the colorful lives and language of a bygone era, one that lives on in our imagination—and on stage.
Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (Jane Jameson, #2)
by Molly Harper
Genres: Vampires, Paranormal, Romance, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Humor
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.10

Once a devoted children's librarian, Jane Jameson now works at a rundown occult bookstore. Once a regular gal, she's now a vampire. And instead of a bride, she's an eternal bridesmaid -- which leads her to question where exactly her relationship with her irresistibly sexy sire, Gabriel, is headed. Mercurial, enigmatic, apparently commitment-phobic vampires are nothing if not hard to read. While Jane is trying to master undead dating, she is also donning the ugliest bridesmaid's dress in history at her best friend Zeb's Titanic-themed wedding. Between a freaked-out groom-to-be, his hostile werewolf in-laws, and Zeb's mother, hell-bent on seeing Jane walk the aisle with Zeb, Jane's got the feeling she's just rearranging the proverbial deck chairs.Meanwhile, Half Moon Hollow's own Black Widow, Jane's Grandma Ruthie, has met her match in her latest fiance. He smells like bad cheese and has a suspicious history of dead spouses. But Jane's biting her tongue. After all, would a nice girl really think she has a future with a vampire?Listening Length: 10 hours and 13 minutes
Thanks for the Memories
by Cecelia Ahern
Genres: Chick Lit, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, Fantasy, Adult, Contemporary Romance
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.70

A compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from the No.1 bestselling author.How can you know someone you’ve never met?Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn't. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris, which she has never visited. And every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair.Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art and meets an attractive doctor, who persuades him to donate blood. It's the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time.When Joyce leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, she moves back in with her elderly father. All the while, a strong sense of déjà vu is overwhelming her and she can't figure out why …
Curse of the Spellmans (The Spellmans, #2)
by Lisa Lutz
Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Humor, Chick Lit, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Detective
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.04

 THEY'RE BAAAAACK.  Their first caper, The Spellman Files, was a New York Times bestseller and earned comparisons to the books of Carl Hiaasen and Janet Evanovich. Now the Spellmans, a highly functioning yet supremely dysfunctional family of private investigators, return in a sidesplittingly funny story of suspicion, surveillance, and surprise.  When Izzy Spellman, PI, is arrested for the fourth time in three months, she writes it off as a job hazard. She's been (obsessively) keeping surveillance on a suspicious next door neighbor (suspect's name: John Brown), convinced he's up to no good -- even if her parents (the management at Spellman Investigations) are not.  When the (displeased) management refuses to bail Izzy out, it is Morty, Izzy's octogenarian lawyer, who comes to her rescue. But before he can build a defense, he has to know the facts. Over weak coffee and diner sandwiches, Izzy unveils the whole truth and nothing but the truth -- as only she, a thirty-year-old licensed professional, can.  When not compiling Suspicious Behavior Reports on all her family members, staking out her neighbor, or trying to keep her sister, Rae, from stalking her "best friend," Inspector Henry Stone, Izzy has been busy attempting to apprehend the copycat vandal whose attacks on Mrs. Chandler's holiday lawn tableaux perfectly and eerily match a series of crimes from 1991Â­-92, when Izzy and her best friend, Petra, happened to be at their most rebellious and delinquent. As Curse of the Spellmans unfolds, it's clear that Morty may be on retainer, but Izzy is still very much on the case...er, cases -- her own and that of every other Spellman family member.  (Re)meet the Spellmans, a family in which eavesdropping is a mandatory skill, locks are meant to be picked, past missteps are never forgotten, and blackmail is the preferred form of negotiation -- all in the name of unconditional love.
The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way
by Anonymous
Genres: Religion, Spirituality, Christianity, Christian, Nonfiction, Theology, Classics
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.16

This enduring work of Russian spirituality has charmed countless people with its tale of a nineteenth-century peasant's quest for the secret of prayer. Readers follow this anonymous pilgrim as he treks over the Steppes in search of the answer to the one compelling question: How does one pray constantly? Through his journeys, and under the tutelage of a spiritual father, he becomes gradually more open to the promptings of God, and sees joy and plenty wherever he goes. Ultimately, he discovers the different meanings and methods of prayer as he travels to his ultimate destination, Jerusalem.The Way of a Pilgrim is a humble story ripe for renewed appreciation today. The recent changes in Russia have revealed the great religious traditions of that land, and this work, freshly translated for modern times, is among the finest examples of those centuries-old traditions.
When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware, #1)
by Jonathan Kellerman
Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Suspense, Audiobook
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.02

The first Alex Delaware novel. It's a good one!We meet Dr. Morton Handler who practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered in his luxurious Pacific Palisades apartment. The police have no leads, but they do have one possible witness: seven-year-old Melody Quinn.Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware's job is to unlock the terrible secret buried in Melody's memory. As the sinister shadows in the girl's mind begin to take shape, Alex discovers that the mystery touches a shocking incident in his own past. This connection is only the beginning, a single link in a forty-year-old conspiracy. And behind it lies an unspeakable evil that Alex Delaware must expose before it claims another innocent victim: Melody Quinn.
Follow Your Heart
by Andrew Matthews
Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology, Personal Development, Inspirational, Philosophy
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.22

The concepts in this book ring true with practical, applicable advice, and Matthews's lucid writing and witty stories help bring his message into sharp focus. Follow Your Heart is everything you could ask for in a self-help book. It is about doing what you love, dealing with bills and disasters, discovering your own power, and finding peace of mind. Start down the road to changing your life because as Matthews says: "Our mission in life is not to change the world--our mission is to change ourselves."
Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag
by Henry Rollins
Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Biography, Memoir, Punk, Autobiography, History
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.10

As a member of the seminal punk band Black Flag, Henry Rollins kept detailed tour diaries that form the basis of Get in the Van . Rollins's observations range from the wry to the raucous in this blistering account of a six-year career with the band - a time marked by crazed fans, vicious cops, near-starvation, substance abuse, and mind numbing all-night drives. Rollins decided to revise this edition by adding a wealth of new photographs, a new foreword, and an afterword to include some "where-are-they-now" information on the people featured in the book. This new edition includes 40 previously unpublished black-and-white photographs from Rollins's private collection and show flyers by artist Raymond Pettibon. Called "a soul-frying experience not to be undertaken by lightweights" by Wired magazine, Get in the Van perfectly embodies what one critic called the "secular gospel" of one of punk and post-punk's most respected and controversial figures.