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Quand la Joconde cache un secret fatal, seul un chat grincheux et une brocanteuse futée peuvent le démêler. Et si le chef-d'œuvre absolu du Louvre n'était qu'une copie ? Calypso Finn, ex-star de télénovelas brésiliennes reconvertie en brocanteuse sur la Côte d'Azur, voit son quotidien chamboulé par l'arrivée de Leandro, un charmant Italien. Il affirme posséder la véritable Joconde et souhaite la restituer au célèbre musée. D'abord sceptique, Calypso accepte d'explorer cette proposition stupéfiante. Cependant, la situation s'envenime, entraînant Calypso dans un périlleux labyrinthe.

Kevin Kershaw is on the achy side of fifty, divorced, and spends his days processing insurance claims. It’s a far cry from the wondrous future he imagined as a teenager. Then, one random day, as Kevin drifts through his joyless existence, he stumbles upon a shop that defies belief—possibly the last remaining video shop in England. He eventually ventures in and meets the enigmatic shopkeeper, who presents Kevin with a VHS tape.

Saint Frank has had a time of it, things have not gone smoothly for him so far, but now he has an ally in his fight against the rogue saint Dark Charlie, One-Eyed Cy, lord of the sea. A war is coming, and it's Saint Frank and One-Eyed Cy who are bringing that war to Dark Charlie; however, Dark Charlie has a new ally of his own, Poseidon, One-Eyed Cy's nemesis, whom Frank accidentally resurrected from the dead. With a cast of thousands! Maybe it's twenty, but it's a lot! This epic ball of epicness couldn't be more epic if it killed the dinosaurs, that is just how epically big it is, huge!

The stage is set. An epic battle of barbecue roasts ignites down the East Coast when a peck of Delaware peaches lands at the feet of cannabis chef Charlotte Bennett. The fires roar to life as Clinton Tuckerman sets her up in a culinary showdown that seals her fate. She whisks fresh cream, sugar, and a duck yolk with a vanilla pod over medium heat, just until bubbles form around the edge. Peaches simmer with a splash of whiskey as she blooms around the pot. A tablespoon of butter thickens the plot.

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"As narrator, the terrific Laser, an actress and puppeteer, only enhances the swoon-worthy quirks and romance." —Vulture A Today show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick, A Goodreads Choice Awards 2024 Winner, and long-listed in many Best of the Year 2024 picks! A propulsive and uncommonly wise...

A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman’s celebrated apocalyptic comic novel. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday in fact. Just after Any Answers on Radio 4…. Events have been set...

There are only three things in this world that are certain: death, taxes, and babies. Nobody knows this truth better than Emily McCoy, a third year resident working in Baby City, the affectionate nickname for the busy Labor and Delivery unit at a New York City hospital. On a typical day in Baby City, Emily delivers more babies than the number of hours of sleep she manages to squeeze in that night. And definitely more than the number of dates she's been on since she started her training in OB/GYN two years earlier.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES. It's the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake, and he needs her help...

Read by Stephen Fry. The intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent begin in the first volume of the 'trilogy of five', Douglas Adams' comedy sci-fi classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 'One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius' - David Walliams 'By turns...

In the summer of 2005, Mookie Hooper—think Diane Sawyer in a training bra—investigates a girl who went missing from Camp Cartwright, while confronting the budding anxieties of tweendom.

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, the new novel from the author of A Man Called Ove is a “quirky, big-hearted novel….Wry, wise, and often laugh-out-loud funny, it’s a wholly original story that delivers pure pleasure” (People). Looking at real estate isn’t usually a...

Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).

Something is not right with George the shepherd. His sheep have gathered around him outside the cozy Irish village of Glennkill to assess the situation. George has cared for the sheep, reading them books every night, and now he lies pinned to the ground with a spade. His flock, far savvier about the workings of the human mind than your average sheep, sets out to find George’s killer, led by Miss Maple, the smartest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world).

What is the price of a heart that knows no bounds? In the shimmering, bittersweet world of Oscar Wilde’s "The Devoted Friend," loyalty is a beautiful garden, but manipulation is the winter frost that threatens to wither it all. This isn't just a fairy tale; it is a captivating dance of irony...

Meet Rebecca Bloomwood. She's a financial journalist who spends all day writing articles on how to manage money wisely. Her own method of managing money is to hide her Visa bills under the bed and hope they'll disappear. Becky just can't stop shopping. She knows she has to do something: either Cut Back or Make More Money. Except Cutting Back seems impossible, and her attempts to Make More Money just get her into trouble. Her bank manager is sending her sterner and sterner letters, her credit cards are being declined, her Mum and Dad have no idea… what is she going to do?

The complete soundtracks of all four Blackadder series, plus over three hours of specials and extras Through the ages of Britain, from the 15th century to the 21st, Edmund Blackadder has meddled his way along the bloodlines, aided by his two imbecilic sidekicks, Lord Percy and Baldrick, and...

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