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The Pickett family rises from extreme generational poverty to play a crucial part in the growth of the human race. Over the span of generations, and the course of centuries, the family saves humanity from an alien invasion, works to reverse global warming, and prevents the extinction of the human race at the edge of the known galaxy. But, yes, before all that they were in the ... um ... klan for several generations. They dropped the racism and joined the human race. Come join us for one of the longest, weirdest multi-generational redemption arcs known to mankind.

The Grumpy Old Man does not like cruises. He does not like crowds, schedules, loud announcements, moving furniture, or people who are having fun too early in the day. He prefers solid ground, quiet corners, and knowing exactly where he is standing at all times. Unfortunately, he is now on a cruise ship. From overpacked decks and endless lines to surprise photographs and beds that move without permission, the Grumpy Old Man faces a floating world that refuses to behave properly. Meals take too long, the internet takes forever, and the sun will not leave him alone.

Mars has declared its independence from Earth. But building a country takes more than a new flag, an arena-worthy anthem, and naming Pluto the donkey the national animal. As the Red Planet spirals into political upheaval, Flip Buchanan—the irreverent, reluctant son of the most powerful man on Mars—stumbles through two tumultuous decades of alien discoveries, killer clones, and the chaos of a new nation still working out the kinks.

Who'd want to assassinate Charlie March? The original Cold War hero. Mentor, brother, confessor-in-chief to Nathan Muir, he's the spy who waltzed in from the cold and wrote a bestseller in the Florida sunshine. But when a bomb on his yacht puts Charlie March on ice, and his dying words implicate Muir, the CIA dispatch hard-luck Agency lawyer Russell Aiken to force Muir's confession and bury forty years of dirty secrets. By legal means...or otherwise.

Seit der extravagante Hundesalon »Crew Ella« neben Robert Mondrians Buchhandlung eröffnet wurde, ereignen sich seltsame Dinge: Diebstähle häufen sich, und auf den Wegen an der Rems begegnet man so vielen Dalmatinern wie nie zuvor. Als ein Tierarzt im Salon erdrosselt wird, gerät schnell Besitzerin Ella Reitermann – stilbewusst wie ihre berüchtigte Londoner Namensvetterin und mit Dalmatiner-Faible – unter Verdacht. Nur hat sie ein Alibi. Doch manchmal beginnt die beste Spur dort, wo man am wenigsten Ahnung hat.

Somewhere in a "major-league" American city, there lives a man named J. Henry Waugh—no-account accountant, barfly, and country music fan. The most important part of Waugh's life, as far as he is concerned, is lived in his head, where he is sole proprietor of the Universal Baseball Association, which is now entering its fifty-sixth season. The games are played with dice and scorecards, and the players are just numbers and names, but for Waugh they're more real that the dreary office, the dive bar, and the dingy apartment in which he spends his days.

When high-ranking Tory minister Sir Randall Panderyn gets himself photographed in a compromising position in a seedy London dungeon, Conservative Party HQ must act fast to avoid a calamitous scandal!

আপনি যদি অ্যালকোহল (মদ্য) না খান তবে আপনি এই বইয়ে মাতাল হওয়ার গল্পটি শুনতে পারেন। বা যদি মদ্যপান করেন, তাহলে এরই...

FBI agents Tom Kendrick and Carla Mendez are assigned to monitor two fringe conspiracy streamers, Zeke and Elizabeth. What starts as routine surveillance quickly turns into obsession as the pair’s cryptic broadcasts begin aligning with real-world anomalies: financial transfers, coded threats, and echoes of past collapses. Drawn further onto the web, Tom drinks to silence the voices invading his dreams, while Carla creates a shrine of notes and red string in her apartment.

Demons is Dostoevsky’s profound and moving novel of politics, psychology, and social upheaval. Exploring how ideas come to possess those who espouse them, this is a story of unforgettable characters who pass through times of love, enlightenment, betrayal, and tragedy. Their story and the story of their life together show how the choices they make in turn make a fabric of destiny and how the fate of their people rests on the nature of an idea.

Donald J. Bingle, the author of GREENSWORD (a dark comedy about global warming) and Frame Shop (about murder in a suburban writers' group), further demonstrates his "signature dark humor" in this collection of twisted tales.

Em abril de 2018, Benny T.S., um consagrado estrategista de campanhas políticas internacionais, cujo auge foi a eleição de Trump em 2016 e a vitória no Brexit, é contratado para planejar o marketing de um candidato à presidência em Vera Cruz, um país fictício ao sul da linha do Equador.

Angel Summer looks as if she has found her happy ever after. She's married to the love of her life, sexy footballer Cal, they have a beautiful baby girl and Angel is Britain's top glamour model. But all is not as it seems and there is heartache in store. When Cal is transferred to AC Milan...

Sînt o babă comunistă a fost ecranizat în regia lui Stere Gulea. În 2010, a avut loc premiera piesei de teatru Baba comunistă pe scena Teatrului Bouwkunde din Deventer, Olanda; în 2013, a avut loc premiera maghiară la Teatrul "Katona József" din Budapesta, iar la Ateneul Tătăraşi din Iaşi a avut loc premiera naţională a piesei, cu un text adaptat şi în regia lui Lucian Dan Teodorovici.

'I loved it - another hugely satisfying read from Roisin' Sheila O'Flanagan, author of The Honeymoon Affair Three great loves. Two very different countries. One step closer to finding her way home... As a new decade begins, hopeless romantic and big dreamer Ellen is finally moving on from her...

Following their victory at the debate, Alya and Masachika have some downtime to strategize for the upcoming closing ceremony. But can you really call an impromptu lunch date, hypnosis chaos, and vigorous study sessions “downtime”? Either way, it draws to a close when Masachika suddenly gets...

Susy Branch (Tavi Gevinson) and Nick Lansing (Adam DiMarco) aren’t into each other, but they share a similar problem. Susy is a down-on-her-luck socialite who doesn’t want to get a real job, and Nick is a struggling writer who’s tired of tutoring the kids of the one percent. All of their wealthier friends are getting married, to seemingly lucrative results. So, Susy and Nick devise a plan: have a wedding.

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Library Journal Jezebel’s May Book Club Pick “Inventive . . . astute . . . sharp and unexpected . . . Haunting and hilarious, Goddess Complex is at once a satire, a Gothic tale, a novel...

I’ve lost it. :( The only thing in the world I wasn’t supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It’s been in Magnus’s family for three generations. And now the very same day his parents are coming, I’ve lost it. The very same day! Do not hyperventilate, Poppy. Stay positive :) !! Poppy...

Summer vacation has arrived, so Masachika and Alya get to spend some time together away from the hubbub of school. However…studying at Masachika’s place is the only thing they’ve been doing! Alya takes it upon herself to teach Masachika how to treat a woman, but once those two get into it...