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Former special agent Elinor Gilbert has disappeared from law enforcement. She hasn’t been on a case in years—until her old FBI boss offers a special surveillance detail. The target: An art dealer suspected of ties to organized crime. The location: A ritzy New York mansion. The assignment: An undercover gig…as a grandmotherly live-in nanny.

Nobody in Manhattan eats better than Bernice Black. It’s 1972, and she is the city’s busiest restaurant critic, juggling her fiance and his two young sons with demands of fine dining. Bernice talks fast, walks faster, has a razor-sharp wit and no patience for anything--or anyone--that gets in her way. When she stops by the famed restaurant of her favorite chef and mentor, Laurent Tirel, early one morning, she stumbles across a horrific scene in the kitchen: Laurent's severed head, perfectly preserved in a flawless mold of jellied aspic.

They tried to kill him. They tried to destroy his marriage. They tried to take his friends, his company, and his title, but did they succeed?! Well, yes… yes they did, on all counts. But that doesn’t matter! For Jackson Blackwell, the one and only Shadow Master, took it all back. However, Sophia and her cabal of conspirators have gone too far this time. To defeat his enemies and save his daughter, Jackson and his loyal crew of misfits must venture into the dark, soulless depths of genre fiction’s red-headed stepchild: Young Adult Fantasy.

Câștigător National Book Award 2021 Satirică și ingenios construită, O carte dată naibii leagă firele unei narațiuni complexe despre identitate, dragoste și violență. Jason Mott cucerește printr-un stil amețitor și ludic, pe care îl folosește ca să echilibreze un nucleu tematic dur. El explorează continuu ce înseamnă să scrii, alternând voci eclatante care se întâlnesc pe teritoriul unui prezent nesigur. JASON MOTT este un romancier și poet de origine americană. S-a născut în Carolina de Nord și tot acolo și-a încheiat studiile.

On one side: Dick Winchester and his indomitable band of underground delivery drivers, war criminals, unpaid interns, and a returning cast from The Opening Salvo. Opposing them: the combined forces of Öber Eats, FloorDash, and the Deepest State, headed by its shadowy monarch. Facing such stiff opposition in his life’s mission to break the dominance of app-based food delivery, Dick embarks on a quest to enlist more allies. His journey will take him across the D.C. area’s most well-known landmarks, from the Pentagon to the Watergate Hotel.

Anders Jensen is having a bad month. His roommate is a data thief, his girlfriend picks fights in bars, and his best friend is a cyborg…and a lousy tipper. When everything is spiraling out of control, though, maybe those are exactly the kind of friends you need. In a world divided between the genetically engineered elite and the unmodified masses, Anders is an anomaly: engineered, but still broke and living next to a crack house.

Prepare for the most uproariously grim tour of Tudor England ever recorded! Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett's classic satire skewers the so-called "golden age" of English monarchy, revealing the Tudors as they truly were: a parade of tyrants, schemers, and royal disasters who treated their subjects like pawns in a deadly game of power.

John has been evicted and become homeless for the first time in his life. He doesn’t know anyone who has ever been homeless, so he doesn’t know what to do nor where to go in order to get assistance or help. When life takes an unexpected turn, all you can do is GET BACK UP! With little money after unemployment ran out and a fresh eviction, John experiences some unreal and definitely unexpected events that will have you bursting out with laughter to pondering what in the world happened?

Step into a whimsical, prehistoric England where myths come alive and bravery is a matter of perspective. The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill by Max Beerbohm is a delightful satirical fable that blends gentle humor with timeless themes of courage, self-discovery, and community.

What starts as a battle of passive-aggressive post-it notes escalates with the death of literary titan Edward David Adams, A.K.A. The Lion. His estate is up for grabs, and Rebecca and Ben are thrown into a fierce competition to land it. But when secrets about the Lion emerge, they are forced to ask—what role do they want to play in his legacy? And most importantly, is their post-it war actually . . . flirting?

பூலோக விந்தை என்ற சமஸ்தானத்தின் புதிய திவான், தன் புகாரை தள்ளுபடி செய்ததால் மகாராஜாவிடம் முறையிட்டு அவரும் திவானின் முடிவையே அங்கீகரித்ததால், பாதிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு சாமான்யன் ஒரு கற்பனை திவானையே ஏற்படுத்தி மகாராஜாவிற்கும் திவானுக்கும் பாடம் கற்பிப்பதாய் புனைந்த புதினம் இது. நகைச்சுவையும் இனிய ஜனரஞ்சகமான நடையுடன் படிக்க படிக்க மேலும் படிக்கத் தூண்டும் கதை.

Life is built on single decisions. Choose wisely. It’s one of life coach Nikki Parekh’s mottos. That and being open to opportunities and taking leaps without fear. But when Nikki accepts her boyfriend’s casual proposal of marriage, she wonders if it’s just too soon, too spontaneous—and so sudden that she seeks out the advice of her not-so-nurturing mother, Tara. To Nikki’s surprise, Tara, who raised her daughter to be self-sufficient, urges Nikki to trust her decision.

Griffin Beckett is fresh out of a job—and luck. Her family just put her in charge of going to Florida to retrieve her grandma Marge Flanders, who’s ditched her former life in Oklahoma to move in with the “canasta team” she met on a recent senior’s cruise. When Griffin finds a giant diamond in their bachelorette pad’s shag carpet, it doesn’t take her long to deduce that the three partying septuagenarians, known as the Blingsters, could be up to no good, might possibly be jewel thieves, and are most definitely corrupting her dear innocent G-ma.

Wilder Crick, the worst presidential candidate in history, is dead. Now his reluctant apprentice Tom and ruthless campaign manager Shelly must carry out his final order—a bizarre, posthumous search for the true, hidden nature of reality.

It’s the night before her wedding, and Cassidy Baum isn’t sure she wants to get married…Or maybe she just doesn’t want to get married on set, surrounded by cameras and crew, with the crushing weight of everyone watching. As a production assistant, Cassidy’s used to being behind the camera, not in front of it. But her fiancé is a former child star and musician, and their wedding makes the perfect spin-off for Honeymoon Stage, the groundbreaking celebreality show she once worked on.

In this wildly irreverent fantasy parody, four extremely unqualified adventurers are chosen to save the world—or at least not make it worse. Grogthar the Blood-Spiller: a shirtless barbarian with more biceps than brain cells. Tinsel: an elven rogue with sticky fingers and zero morals. Kevin: a depressed necromancer whose horse might be more competent than he is. Arlandio DuFlair: a bard with the libido of a god and the self-awareness of a rock.

Eighteen years ago, Ken Allen played the famous fictional superspy in Near Death, a movie so bad it was never meant to be seen. Since then, Ken has faded into cult obscurity, but when his celebrated successor is killed in the same ghastly fashion as the villain in Near Death, Ken is cast as the prime suspect.

Cassie Black may have defeated an evil wizard, but that hasn't stopped her from getting kicked out of the Academy's detective training program. The upside is that it's forced Cassie to start her own agency. The downside? A lack of clients. Cassie thinks her career is on the upswing when Rosaria's new mayor hires her to find a missing jewel. It's a huge case that could turn the agency around. Trouble is, the jewel hasn't been seen for over 500 years, and Cassie suspects there's more to the mayor's sudden demands the jewel be found.

Her life was perfect. Now she wants revenge. Alexandra is falling apart. She's just lost her job, her husband barely acknowledges her existence and her daughter hates her. The only place she truly feels seen, is online. She loves nothing more than the rush of emotion when she sees a blinking notification, a heart on one of her posts. Here, in this filtered reality, this community of women means she doesn't feel quite so alone, after all. Until, one day, everything changes. And she'll do everything in her power to put it right.

Renate Bergmann haut ab: Raus aus Berlin, rein in die vermeintliche Ruhe ins brandenburgische Spreeweide. Dort, wo Stefan, Ariane und die Kinder wohnen und der Alterswohnsitz auf Renate wartet. Kaum angekommen, gerät sie mit Bürgermeister Brummer aneinander. »Kandidieren Sie doch selbst!« muss man ihr nicht zweimal sagen. 82 Jahre hin oder her: Der Adenauer und Renate powern in diesem Alter erst richtig los. Deshalb hängt schon bald Renates Wahlplakat an jeder Dorflaterne. Ohne Raute zwar, aber mit schickem Blazer. Das Auge wählt schließlich mit!