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How much would you pay for a painting with nothing on it? Would it be art? Marc's best friend Serge has just bought a very expensive - and very white - painting. To Marc, the painting is a joke, and as battle lines are drawn, old friends use it to settle scores.

With friendships hanging in the balance, the question becomes: how much is a painting worth?

When unemployed teacher Patrick and his wife, high-flying professional Helen, move back to the town where Patrick grew up, they thought life would be simpler. But Patrick's hazy and fond memories of his schooldays are brought back into sharp relief once he's surrounded by the people and places he'd long stopped thinking about, and he realises things were not always as he'd seen them. As Patrick begins to rebuild bonds and make new discoveries with his old school friends, Helen is making friends of her own.

Eis essen mit einem Brontosaurus? Ein Basketball-Match mit Michael Jordan? Alles kein Problem im Virtual-Reality-Resort Pangalaman Island. Derek, Sohn der Besitzerin, konnte seine kühnsten Träume schon als Kind ausleben. Nun hat er das ganze Imperium geerbt–und steht vor einem Problem: Der Promi Mr. Wagner ist in einem virtuellen Abenteuer verschwunden.

Two American ex-pats obsessed with the Amanda Knox trial find themselves at the nexus of murder and celebrity in glittering late-aughts Berlin in this “hugely entertaining” (The New York Times) debut with a wicked sense of humor. “Darkly funny, psychologically rich and utterly addictive...

Heads Will Roll is an Audible Original from Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon and her cocreator/costar (and real-life sister) Emily Lynne. Produced by Broadway Video, this is not an audiobook - it’s a 10-episode, star-studded audio comedy that features performances from Meryl Streep, Tim Gunn, Peter Dinklage, Queer Eye’s Fab Five, and so many more. Please note: This content is not for kids.

When Maud Marsh flings herself into George Bevan's cab in Piccadilly, he starts believing in damsels in distress. George traces his mysterious traveling companion to Belpher Castle, home of Lord Marshmoreton, where things become severely muddled. Maud's aunt, Lady Caroline Byng, wants Maud to marry Reggie, her stepson. Maud, meanwhile, is known to be in love with an unknown American she met in Wales. So when George turns up speaking American, a nasty case of mistaken identity breaks out.

Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome. For Mort however, it is about to become one of the tools of his trade. From henceforth, Death is no longer going to be...

It is 1613, and William Shakespeare is trying to extinguish a fire at the Globe Theatre. Just as a fiery beam is about to fall on him, he is transported across time and space to Nelson, British Columbia. William quickly accesses his new reality. Slowly, he begins to master 20th-century mannerisms, new speech patterns, and new ways to make a living. He decides his best hope is to become a screenwriter, but first he must deal with his nemesis (and one-time friend), Ben Jonson, who has no taste for the modern world and is convinced he knows a way to return to 17th-century London.

Eight unsuspecting people receive an invitation to participate in a new reality show called Break Room. But what starts as an opportunity for fame is quickly revealed to be something far more unsettling when they learn how they were chosen--voted in by their respective co-workers as "the office villain." Among them is an imposter--a mole planted by the show's producers. The only way to win the prize money is to uncover the saboteur before time runs out...

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times Mr Marling, of Marling Hall, has begun to accept - albeit reluctantly - that he will probably never be able to pass his wonderful old estate on to his children. The Second...

Twenty years after their first encounter, Goldilocks returns to the Three Bears house high up in the Himalayas, with a Salmon of Questionable Knowledge tucked up in the pocket of her coat. Goldilocks Returns is a story rich in philosophy, humour and irreverence, wrapped up in compassion and spiritual wit and shared in a way that you've never heard before.

"A book that's a feast, an occasion and a celebration. Randy Boyagoda delightfully skewers the industrial-academic complex but also creates moving characters who seem to have walked in from the dorm and faculty meeting next door. The result is as moving as it is hysterically funny." —Gary...

‘A gorgeous treat of a book…the very best uplifting read you'll get your hands on this summer!’ Faith Hogan #1 Bestselling author of The Ladies’ Midnight Swimming Club Love Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter what All’s fair in love and…medicine? Dr Katie...

Escape to the French coast this summer with Jennifer Bohnet’s deliciously uplifting read. One summer to chase her dreams! Rosie Hewitt’s dream of opening a little French café on the Riviera is finally coming true. She’s giving up on love and instead chasing her own perfect recipe for...

St Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere… ‘A sparkling, laugh-out-loud, romantic read’ Phillipa Ashley, bestselling author of Summer at the Cornish Cafe ‘The perfect holiday read to warm your heart’ #1 Bestselling...

Love Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter what ‘A letter, a goodbye, and a baby girl whose name will begin with “L”…’ When Heartcross’ resident clairvoyant tells Molly McKendrick to expect a whole lot of scandal and upset to blow in with the approaching winter...

For adults. This is a silly little book for Halloweenie times. It’s kitschy, fun and weird humor. Of course, there is gore and violence. For me, it is a satire of our favorite Halloween slasher movies where the villain is a crazy, stalking, relentless, weirdo-killer, dangerous, a little silly and strange. And just won’t die!

In early 2021, the stock value of PwnShop—a dead to rights bricks-and-mortar retailer disrupted by the digital downloading of video games—inexplicably ballooned overnight. While much has been written about the mechanics of the meme stock short squeezes, no one has yet clarified the chaotic drama of what was happening inside such a company during its zeitgeist moment.

Il Marchese Del Grillo, altri dicono Duca Del Grillo, fu un gentiluomo romano, nato fra il 1730 e il 1740 e morto verso il 1800, cioè più di ottant’anni fa. Quantunque non mi sia riuscito di apprendere, per quante ricerche abbia fatto, il nome con cui egli fu battezzato, nè la data precisa della sua nascita, ho potuto verificare, dalle affermazioni recise dei suoi discendenti, che egli è un personaggio storico, vero, realmente esistito e che molte delle bizzarre avventure...

Authors are supposed to entertain their readers — not hunt them. But after years of spoilers posted on release days, entitled DMs, and fans who believe that “constructive criticism” means sending hostile rants to our Gmail at 3 a.m., we thriller authors have decided it’s time to plot a different kind of ending where not every reader will make it to the final chapter. With alliances forming, secrets spilling, and bodies starting to drop, this book club from hell becomes a masterclass in suspense… with a killer punchline.