BOOKS 2023 #crown

Maika, the "Prince of Chicago", has it all. He is beautiful, rich and the son of a reality star. Only one thing is missing - love. Because unfortunately, Micha is too shy to ask anyone out. So he draws all the guys he's turned on and uploads the drawings anonymously to the successful 'Instalab' page.

The story 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner', after which this file is named, was published in 1959 and earned its author an important literary award. His cinematic adaptation was groundbreaking, and well-known musical works were also composed based on his inspiration. This modern classic is now presented to the reader for the first time in a Hebrew translation.

Shawn Bethel never dreamed of running a used bookstore, but somehow, at the age of 31, he found himself the owner of a building that was falling apart and about a hundred thousand books. In his diary Bethel tells honestly and with humor about the routine of life in his store, and about its eccentric employees.

The polyphonic novel before us brings to life the events of a broken family. Only a small child, with a book under his shirt, is required to collect and connect the fragments. This is the story of the boy, later the writer's late husband, and in his writing she fulfilled his request.

Clover has an unusual occupation: Clover is a "doll of death". She sits in the company of the dying, accompanies them and listens to their confessions, advice and regrets. She makes a point of recording their last words in three notebooks that she guards carefully.

Nancy and her best friend Berry have everything needed to open a detective agency - from a pink raincoat to a top secret cipher. But where will they find a mystery? When a valuable item disappears from the display table in their classroom, the detectives immediately launch an investigation

The annual end-of-summer party of supermodel and surfer Nina Riva. Everyone wants to be invited to the magnificent mansion in Malibu and snuggle up in the photo of Nina and her famous siblings...

Mimi, a boy with a rich imagination, is mesmerized by the sight of a girl dancing a dangerous dance on the balcony of the apartment in the opposite building. He catches his breath with every step she takes and falls head over heels in love with her. In order to win her attention, he is also ready to go into battle against another boy in the neighborhood, who has announced that she will be his wife.

An exciting, funny and clever story about the loves, adventures and attitudes of soldiers during the Yom Kippur War and after it: fighters, contacts, and intelligence personnel against the background of the vibrant existence of the intelligence base in Umm - thinking in Sinai. Reproduced on the fiftieth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War with an afterword by its author.

Private Timahoni is asked to do gardening work in the yard of a grumpy officer and his quick-witted and frivolous wife. He performs the job as well as he is asked, and now the branches of the oak tree that has grown no longer hide anything from what is going on in the couple's home as well as the neighbors'

An original, brilliant and funny thriller for lovers of classic detective literature.

Evelyn Hugo, an elderly and lonely movie star, is finally ready to tell the truth about the fascinating glamorous life she lived. But when she chooses the unknown journalist Monique