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When the fiery new girl, Jill MacGregor, in their international High School in the country of Turkey, captures Rick Foster’s heart, he is desperate to impress her. He conjures up a bodacious lie, but her capriciousness gets them both in hot water, imprisoned in the Russian Soviet embassy. With hidden inheritances, Cold War tensions, and the Beatles as a surprising soundtrack, "Danger 9b: and his Goddess of Fortune”, based on true experiences, is a Young Adult rom-com immersed in international intrigue as a fast-paced adventure.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB AWARD 2026 A COUPLE THAT SLAYS TOGETHER, STAYS TOGETHER ** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ** 'If you liked Mr & Mrs Smith, you'll love this' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Darkly funny and clever' KATY BRENT 'Sexy, stylish, thrilling. A razor-sharp tale of marriage and...

“An uproarious romp!” —People “Pooley weaves together the most cleverly flawed and lovable characters and then sets them free to prove that we are limitless at any age.” —Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author of Summer Romance A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with...

In this new Audible Original series – Daisy’s first ever podcast - she’s invited six celebrity friends to try to covert her to books by telling her all about their favourite classic. She promises she’ll definitely read one of them by the end of the series. Maybe.

"Dunne channels Meg effectively, helping listeners envision all the action of the audiobook" —AudioFile on Gift of the Magpie (Earphones Award Winner) 'Tis the season for sleuthing in Donna Andrews' cheery new addition to the New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow series. Meg has been roped...

Nancy Kranich (played by Emmy-nominated actress Natasha Lyonne of Russian Doll and Orange Is the New Black) is a night nurse on an orbiting space station. But Nancy hates her job, is sick of space, and longs to find adventure and a safe place to smoke cigarettes that won’t blow everyone up. But when Nancy gets caught up in an outer-space conspiracy involving President Kennedy, former vice-president Richard Nixon, and an intergalactic object that could change the course of history, she gets way more adventure than she bargained for.

A SPECIAL 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR Discover the deliciously dark and fantastically funny No. 1 bestseller about a woman living life rather too well and being whisked away from it all, from the No. 1 bestselling author of Grown Ups 'How did it end up like this? Twenty-seven...

‘I absolutely loved it! So different, clever, funny and charming’ Sunday Times bestseller Katie Fforde ‘Funny, wise, moving and full of lovely moments…The characters are endearing and unforgettable’ Hazel Prior, author of the Richard & Judy Book Club Pick Away with the Penguins...

Hit Job follows Brynn Morris (Palmer), an aspiring artist desperate for a job to help her ailing grandmother.

You said you'd listen to your favorite narrators read anything: Well, this ambrosial new audiobook brings together an acclaimed cast of narrators to read aloud the menus of some of our favorite local restaurants here at Audible headquarters in Newark, New Jersey, as only they know how. You haven't truly lived, or dined, until you've heard Cassandra Campbell capture the emotional nuances of Newark's best Indian-inflected burgers or let Nick Podehl extol the virtues of the pear arugula salad and then seductively steer you toward a plate of creamy mushroom linguini.

From Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead—the hilarious and heart-pounding follow-up to Finlay Donovan is Killing It. "A funny and smart, twisty and surprising series."—Megan Miranda Finlay Donovan is—once again—struggling to finish her next novel and...

Ein Fest des Humors von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautor Walter Moers – gelesen von Andreas Fröhlich. Ein Einhörnchen, das lieber rückwärts leben möchte; ein Werwolf, der ein Wiewolf sein will; eine fleischfressende Pflanze, die sich vegetarisch ernähren möchte; ein Trollbluthund, der lieber eine Kratze wäre – etliche Bewohner des Kontinentes Zamonien haben Probleme mit ihrer Identität und daher kein leichtes Leben.

Le temps d'un été, Arthur et son petit-fils rattrapent les années perdues. Plus de 60 ans les séparent, mais ensemble ils vont partager les souvenirs de l'un et les rêves de l'autre. Le bonheur serait total si Arthur ne portait pas un lourd secret. Un roman sur le temps qui passe, la transmission et les plaisirs simples qui font le sel de la vie. Entre émotion, rire et nostalgie, Aurélie Valognes nous touche en plein cœur.

All Bunny McGarry wants is a spot of breakfast and a decent cup of tea. So imagine how annoyed he gets when two masked men attempt to rob the New York diner he is in. Unfortunately, dealing with that problem just leads to a whole lot more. One of the diner’s other customers isn’t who she appears to be, and the odds aren’t great that she is going to live to see another breakfast.

In the sequel to Portuguese Irregular Verbs, our hero, Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, is the unlikely choice to address veterinarians in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas; is dogged by dachshunds; becomes embroiled with that notorious Coptic schismatic, the Duke of Johannesburg (and his victim the Patriarch of Alexandria); and finally ends up being mobbed as the star attraction on a Mediterranean cruise ship.

Winner of the Man Booker Prize, The Line of Beauty is a classic novel about class, politics and sexuality in Margaret Thatcher's 1980s Britain. There was the soft glare of the flash – twice – three times – a gleaming sense of occasion, the gleam floating in the eye as a blot of shadow, his...

In the Memorial Room is a brilliant black comedy by the celebrated author of An Angel at My Table. Harry Gill, a moderately successful writer of historical fiction, has been awarded the annual Watercress-Armstrong Fellowship - a 'living memorial' to the poet Margaret Rose Hurndell. He arrives in the small French village of Menton, where Hurndell once lived and worked, to write. But the Memorial Room is not suitable - it has no electricity or water. Hurndell never wrote here, though it is expected of Harry.

INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH 'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN Mildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations or even the great moments of life - birth, marriage, death...

Woche fuer Woche erscheint im "Magazin der Sueddeutschen Zeitung" Axel Hackes beruehmte Kolumne "Das Beste aus meinem Leben". Berichte aus dem Alltag eines Mannes in den besten Jahren, seiner Ehefrau Paola und des kleinen Sohnes Luis. Geschichten, die sich mit den brennenden Fragen unserer Zeit auseinandersetzen: Wieso haben grosse Sportler einen Trainer, aber nicht ich? Wie koennen Wegschmeisser und Behalter ein gemeinsames Leben fuehren? Warum regnet es immer dort, wo ich Urlaub mache?

Scarlett Kelly is the poster child for responsible living. Growing up as the daughter of the town floozy, she's made it her mission to be the exact opposite of her mother. So when she wakes up naked and hung over in bed with a bad-boy rock star, she bolts immediately. There's only one problem: Scarlett's bedmate is her new husband. Gavin needs to repair his image, or his music career will go down the tubes. He's also just learned he has a son he never knew existed. He needs to settle down, and bribing his new wife to stay married may just fit everything into place.