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After a spectacular explosion involving an armadillo, some homemade hooch, and very questionable decision-making, Ordell Clayton Hart finds himself at Heaven's gates — only to be told he's not quite ready for admission. Instead, he's given a unique opportunity for redemption: returning to Earth in various animal forms to learn what he's been missing in life. Under the guidance of an angel named Gabriel, Clay gets a second chance to learn a valuable life lesson. Each transformation brings him closer to understanding what he lost twenty years ago when his childhood sweetheart Maddie moved away.

Our moon is something special. It illuminates the magical things that could otherwise hide from view. Here there be witches and werewolves. A horror-comedy collection from the author of Demons and Other Inconveniences, What Tangled Webs, and Mortimer Grim.

Toad Hall, derelict and empty for a century, sees the return of the impecunious Horatio Toad and his six wives to the ancestral home. In need of cash, Horatio has leased out his estate and formed a partnership with oddball rewilder Georges Montgolfiere, who needs the land more than he needs Horatio. Tensions mount as Horatio’s vision of an animal-based theme park replete with zipwires and gift shops is diametrically opposed to Montgolfiere’s purist sensibilities. Meanwhile, a bemused Mole surfaces not to a “Silent Spring”, as Montgolfiere contends, but to a fractious one.

30 Jahre Ehe sind so einfach vorbei? DAS muss Elisabeth erst einmal verdauen. In der Silvesternacht lässt ihr Gatte sie einfach sitzen, zu allem Übel sperrt sich aus und ist mit rosa Plüschpantoffeln im schmuddeligen Wetter unterwegs, den Ersatzschlüssel im Elternhaus einige Kilometer entfernt zu holen. Der Freund betrügt sie mit ihrer besten Freundin? Dem MISTKERL hat die jugendliche Diebin Tanja den Marsch geblasen und ist kopflos aus dem Haus gestürzt. Es ist bitterkalt, aber zurück kann sie nun nicht mehr, daher begleitet sie lieber diese seltsame Tussi mit den rosa Schlubben.

This is an urban tale, adventure fiction taking place in St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Buffalo, NY. We follow the main character, Tommy Quinn from 1964-1977 as he and his friends grow up. The 75 stories take us all around Buffalo and Western New York from St. Thomas Aquinas grade school and Timon High School to The Aud, Mulligans Brick Bar, Crystal Beach, Uncle Sam's and many more funny stories about growing up in Buffalo, NY.

Drei Tage nach der Kreuzigung erwacht Jesus in seinem Felsengrab, lebendig - und verwirrt. Ein satanisches Ritual hat ihn unsterblich gemacht, aber wenn er nicht stirbt, sind die Sünden der Menschen nicht vergeben, und das war doch seine einzige Aufgabe auf Erden! Gemeinsam mit seinem Verräter Judas reist Jesus durch die nächsten 2000 Jahre Menschheitsgeschichte, inspiriert Leonardo Da Vinci zum letzten Abendmahl, begegnet Martin Luther und muss mit blutenden Marienstatuen klarkommen.

Bei einer Auktion auf Monroe Manor entpuppt sich ein wertvolles Whiskyfass als Sarg für einen Mann, der dort seit den 1870er Jahren ruht. Wer war der Mann im Fass? Und warum musste er sterben? Detective Wilson will den Fall schon abschreiben, doch dann zeigen plötzlich Verstrickungen aus viktorianischer Zeit bis heute ihre Wirkung.

Terra di nessuno è ambientato alla fine dell'agosto 1937, nei giorni precedenti alla Battaglia di Belchite durante la guerra civile spagnola, ma non si tratta assolutamente di un romanzo di guerra. È un avvincente romanzo d'avventura ricco di humour che ha come protagonisti Alex Riley e il suo inseparabile amico Joaquín Alcántara che, senza volerlo, si vedranno coinvolti in una temeraria missione di salvataggio proprio sotto il naso dell'esercito di Franco.

The sequel to Jonas Jonasson’s international best seller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harbouring a suitcase full of contraband uranium on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un....

Saul "doc" Karoo, écrivaillon sans talent traînant une bonne dose de névroses est script doctor pour Hollywood. Sa fonction ? Massacrer les films des autres pour les rendre "commerciaux". Quant à l'homme privé, il se délecte amèrement de son inaptitude à toute forme d'intimité comme à toute émotion spontanée. Ultime échec : son impossibilité à noyer dans l'ivresse la conscience de sa vie de raté. Jusqu'à ce qu'une occasion unique se présente à lui : à la demande d'une vieille gloire hollywoodienne, le remake d'une ancienne comédie romantique à souhait qui va l'inciter à reconsidérer son existence.

Rebecca Bloomwood verdient ihren Lebensunterhalt damit, anderen Leuten gute Tipps in Geldfragen zu geben. Ihre Freizeit verbringt sie mit Einkaufen. Kein Wunder, dass sie sich ständig gezwungen sieht, sich durch ausgiebiges Shoppen zu entspannen - ein Teufelskreis. Schließlich droht sie in ihrem selbst geschaffenen Chaos unterzugehen, da sie sich gleichzeitig die Bank vom Leib halten, den attraktiven Luke Brandon beeindrucken und ihrer täglichen Arbeit nachgehen soll...

Jonas Jonasson nos regala un personaje maravilloso. Un abuelo sin prejuicios que no está dispuesto a renunciar al placer de vivir. Momentos antes de que empiece la pomposa celebración de su centésimo cumpleaños, Allan Karlsson decide que nada de eso va con él. Vestido con su mejor traje y unas pantuflas, se encarama a una ventana y se fuga de la residencia donde vive, dejando plantados al alcalde y a la prensa local.

Lou brings a dog, Hector, to the studio. They decide to auction the dog off. Bud tells Lou to up the bidding. The dog is sleeping with Abbott and Costello in the bedroom. They find a lost dog ad and return the dog to the pet shop. Lou wants to keep the dog. Lou agrees to work in the pet shop to buy the dog. Lou takes Hector to a dog show. Lou wins as a dog.

The sensational new crime novel from the best-selling author of Snap. Pensioner Felix Pink is about to find out that it’s never too late...for life to go horribly wrong. When Felix lets himself in to Number Three Black Lane, he’s there to perform an act of kindness and charity: to keep a dying man company as he takes his final breath. But just 15 minutes later Felix is on the run from the police - after making the biggest mistake of his life.

John Dortmunder leaves jail with ten dollars, a train ticket, and nothing to make money on but his good name. Thankfully, his reputation goes far. No one plans a caper better than Dortmunder. His friend Kelp picks him up in a stolen Cadillac and drives him away from Sing-Sing, telling a story of a $500,000 emerald that they just have to steal. Dortmunder doesn't hesitate to agree.

When friends Louise and Irina find a dead body in the local park whilst walking their dogs, they are soon drawn into the mystery of who murdered local entrepreneur Phil Creasey. Phil used to be a member of their dog walking community – nicknamed The Pack – until the death of his cockapoo, and The Pack feel they owe it to Phil to investigate his death. With Louise and Irina leading the charge, they soon come up against local drug dealers, stolen cars and a disturbing incident of poisoned dog biscuits.

They're not kids anymore, but Milo Caro is certain that Colton Mathews will only see her as his best friend's little sister for the rest of their lives. After all, he made that clear the night before she left for college. But four years later, her brother is getting married and Colt's the best man - and guess who is the best man's last-minute date?

In the year 2038, there’s only one destination that can play host to the world’s wealthiest adventure seekers: the Pengalaman Island Resort and Virtual Reality Theme Park. Located on a private South Pacific island, guests here live out their wildest fantasies in custom-made virtual reality simulations while also enjoying the usual amenities of an exclusive five-star getaway. All is relatively breezy until famed billionaire and avid guest, Mr. Wagner, goes missing within a virtual simulation. His only hope? A daring rescue led by Derek Ambrose and his ragtag search party.

Ray Welter, who was until recently a high-flying advertising executive in Chicago, has left the world of newspeak behind. He decamps to the isolated Scottish Isle of Jura in order to spend a few months in the cottage where George Orwell wrote most of his seminal novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Ray is miserable and quite prepared to make his troubles go away with the help of copious quantities of excellent scotch.

Have you ever slathered mustard on a hotdog and thought, "Wow, I sure hope the company that made this condiment isn't a corrupt tech startup run by a CEO who is a tyrannical chauvinist!" Well, you're about to.