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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Thriller master” (Mystery and Suspense Magazine) Janet Evanovich takes you on a global hunt to track down missing masterpieces in this action-packed and steamy follow up to the instant New York Times bestseller The Recovery Agent. Gabriela Rose, recovery...

Mr. Montessori and his family return home from a trip to the beach to discover that their sofa is different. Once dark and contemporary, it’s now antique, green and yellow, and smelling faintly of damp. Its appearance and origins are a mystery. A joke? An inverted theft? A break in the fabric of reality? Yes, the police take the “crime” seriously. But what happens next lies outside their expertise. Strange sounds in the night. A half-bathroom toilet with a mind of its own. Odd, fleeting glimpses of something (or someone) in mirrors.

In the brutal, concrete landscape of Diston Town, teenage Des Pepperdine is doing his best to stay invisible—reading poetry, avoiding trouble, and nursing a dangerous secret. But his guardian, Lionel Asbo, is a ferocious presence: a pit bull-breeding, tabloid-devouring career criminal with a...

""Electrifying and smart, Who Knows You By Heart is part thriller, part prophecy, part gift and all the way live.""--Junot Diaz “Scintillates with light and warmth…And it’s hilariously funny. The view of Big Tech through Olivia the coder’s eyes is delicious. I absolutely loved this book...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Lucky Seed is a family saga, a romance, a bodice ripper—a crotch ripper too—a diasporic Asian American family novel, and a thriller. A family story for a family like this could never have just one genre and Huang knows it and has fun with it. The result is thrilling...

Determined to find his Miss Right, James heads to Mengro City, hoping the legendary weekend dating games at a local bar will finally lead him to true love. But what he finds instead is a parade of peculiar personalities and the unexpected allure of a mysterious woman named Holly, who seems utterly uninterested in the game—or him.

Una breve parodia omaggio a Marco Malvaldi e al mondo delle sue narrazioni.

Humorist Jeanne Robertson has entertained audiences for five decades with her original, hilarious stories. In her new release, this “Grandma Gone Viral” with millions of views on YouTube shares some of her classic stories and introduces new ones. Jeanne’s collection of stories, Don’t Bungee Jump Naked and Other Important Stuff is worth the time to sit, listen, and laugh.

“Banned by 1000 Churches!” And yes, Kingdom's Con Men would indeed be banned if some people had their way. But it's nothing to be afraid of, confused about, angry or offended over. Kingdom’s Con Men strives to be thought-provoking, that’s all. Beyond being a mere crime novel, it takes its time to explore why its two scammers--one an Atheist, the other an ordained minister--decide to take to the road to conduct their cons, specifically targeting corrupt megachurch ministers. In the process, it offers a satirical overview of the current evangelical landscape.

Una brevissima parodia dei personaggi di Montalbano e Catarella in omaggio alla memoria del Maestro Andrea Camilleri.

How Did It All Happen? follows a tiny celestial ops team in a glass room above Earth. Flo manages the rollout, Callisto guards her conscience, Anthrax spins the brand, and Dave lives inside the dashboard. Their job is simple in theory, optimize belief. Their result is two thousand years of miracles, memos, schisms, and fix-it patches, while a stubbornly human Jesus keeps choosing mercy over metrics.

In suburban Wells Port, things are not what they seem: wild animals appear unexpectedly in backyards, raised garden beds produce fruit in days, not weeks, and a mysterious figure lurks across sidewalks late at night. The stories in Starman After Midnight weave an often hilarious and sometimes melancholy spell.

Die Senioren-WG-Freunde Gunther Wagner und Siegfried Holländer haben sich dazu entschlossen, den Bau der "Seniorenresidenz Tannhäuschen" ihrer guten Freundin und Nachbarin Dorotha Nowak zu finanzieren. Sie ist die Geschäftsführerin des Erotik-Clubs "Die wilden 13" in Gunthers und Siegfrieds Nachbarschaft. Die Dame hat das Grundstück ihrer Eltern geerbt und sich dazu entschlossen, einen Alterswohnsitz auf dem Anwesen zu errichten. Gunthers zündende Idee, ausrangierte Eisenbahnwaggons in Wohnungen umbauen zu lassen, treiben die Baumaßnahmen entscheidend voran.

Gabriel, un hombre de setenta años que se niega a rendirse al paso del tiempo, celebra su cumpleaños ascendiendo al Kilimanjaro. Pero su espíritu aventurero no se detiene ahí: un año después viaja a Uganda, la llamada "Perla de Africa", para rastrear a los gorilas de espalda plateada. Lo que empieza como un viaje turístico se transforma en una cadena de enredos románticos: cuatro mujeres, cada una con su propio carácter, lo arrastran a un torbellino de pasiones, celos y situaciones cómicas.

Mark Twain’s "The Jumping Frog", also know as The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is one of America’s most beloved humorous short stories—a tale brimming with wit, mischief, and the charm of small-town life. When a visiting stranger hears the outlandish story of a gambler and his extraordinary frog, “Dan’l Webster,” he’s drawn into a web of good-natured trickery and tall-tale tradition. Twain’s keen ear for dialect and his playful satire of human gullibility make this story a timeless piece of frontier folklore.

Oma Feline lebt allein „achtern Diek" an der Nordsee. Eines Tages beobachten die 8-jährigen Zwillinge Jonte und Jelda, wie Feline Martin füttert. Nach und nach freunden sich die Kinder mit ihr und Hajo an. Als sie erfahren, wie sehr Feline sich ein Weihnachtsfest „wie früher" wünscht und wie sehr Hajo seinen Sohn vermisst, schmieden die beiden einen Plan.

Imogen is a classic left-wing student. War is bad, minorities are good, and I don’t care if I’m ruining Christmas, Mum, it’s important! But when she accidentally falls foul of campus orthodoxy, she finds herself alone, dejected, and friendless. Until a firebrand right-wing news station...

Humankind has one more chance, a second-last chance, to survive. We are in a lot of trouble if these zany characters are our last hope. Prison Planet accommodates the American crew, safely landing with all dubious passengers intact. An evil warden assumes the role of dictator for the planet's lifers. Crew 7 must escape the clutches of the warden and his hench . . . men/women/other. But who are the real criminals?

When an ordinary man with a knack for bad luck, finds himself imprisoned in New Zealand on charges of human smuggling, he discovers that truth and justice are little more than stage props in a political farce. His fellow inmates include tattooed Māori warriors, suspicious Israelis, philosophical Muslims, and a Georgian drug lord with tips on beating the system. Somewhere between the chessboard in the prison yard and the sterile absurdity of the courtroom, Senya realizes he is not just fighting for freedom, but stumbling through a theater of cruelty where the script has already been written.

An unparalleled collection of Full-Cast BBC Drama adaptations of Sean O’Casey’s powerful, poignant works One of Ireland’s foremost playwrights, Sean O’Casey is renowned for his groundbreaking plays depicting the lives of poor, working-class Dubliners struggling with social and political...