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Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman gives an understated and exemplary performance of this satiric look at the unreality of American media culture. Chance, the enigmatic gardener, becomes Chauncey Gardiner after getting hit by a limo belonging to a Wall Street tycoon. The whirlwind that follows brings Chance to his new status of political policy advisor and possible vice presidential candidate. His garden-variety political responses, inspired by television, become heralded as visionary, and he is soon a media icon.

He's the type of guy who hears the word "no" only when it's followed by "don't stop". Working for Dean Harper would be like selling my soul to the devil...and before you say anything, I don't care if the devil has punch-you-in-the-gut brown eyes and an ass to match. My soul isn't for sale.

In the Angler’s Rest, drinking hot scotch and lemon, sits one of Wodehouse’s greatest raconteurs. Mr Mulliner, his vivid imagination lubricated by Miss Postlethwaite the barmaid, has fabulous stories to tell of the extraordinary behaviour of his far-flung family... One of them concerns Wilfred, who lights on the formula for Buck-U-Uppo, a tonic given to elephants to enable them to face tigers with the necessary nonchalance. Its explosive effects on a shy young curate and then the higher clergy is gravely revealed.

Thraxas, the biggest star of comic fantasy in every sense, bounces back with a troublesome case of Elvish fever... When Thraxas receives a message from an old friend in trouble, he has to act quickly. A terrible crime has been committed on the Elvish Isles, and Thraxas is definitely the right man for the job. The ale there is legendary. When theft turns to murder, however, Thraxas suddenly finds himself in serious demand. The elves have no experience in investigating, and Thraxas is only too happy to help out.

García Márquez y Vargas Llosa se conocieron en el aeropuerto de Caracas, en agosto de 1967. Con apenas treinta y un años, Vargas Llosa era ya un escritor aclamado por la crítica. García Márquez, cuarenta años cumplidos, encontraba por fin el éxito editorial con Cien años de soledad, publicada ese año en Buenos Aires. Antes de confundirse en un abrazo en el aeropuerto de Caracas que dio inicio formal a la amistad, los dos genios de la literatura se habían escrito cartas y leído mutuamente con admiración.

Connie McColl is finally free to make her own decisions for the first time in decades. And when she meets glamorous Gill and downtrodden Maggie, at a rather dull flower arranging class, it seems that she’s not the only one dreaming of adventure. The three very different women all agree it’s about time they had a holiday to remember. So they make a pact for this summer to be their best yet - and drive off into the sunset together....

In the bar-parlour of the Angler’s Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales, which hold the assembled company of Pints of Stout and Whiskies and Splash in the palm of his expressive hand. Here you can discover what happened to The Man Who Gave Up Smoking, share a frisson when the butler delivers Something Squishy on a silver salver (‘your serpent, Sir,’ said the voice of Simmons) – and experience the dreadful Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court.

Bill, (Lord) Rowcester was well and truly in the gumbo. With the benefit of hindsight he could see that setting himself up as a Silver Ring bookie might not have been his smartest move ever. Particularly when being down on his dibbs threatens his oncoming nuptials with the sterling Jill Wyvern. Lucky for Bill he had the land-lease of Jeeves.

Love is not complicated, people are! Pyaar, Mohabbat, Ishq, junoon—love has its own Synonyms. The four-letter word, easy to spell and easier to say, is far more complicated when the brain and heart play their parts in a relationship. Aditya, a nerd, falls head over heels in love with Rutuja, who happens to be the eye candy of the college. Rutuja loves books and wants Aditya to pen down a story. Will Aditya, a non-reader, manage to write a novel? Just when their relationship goes on a roller-coaster ride for the worse, Aditya decides to attempt suicide. Can a relationship make you weak?

Sue, her husband, Luke, and their children, Caroline and Wheatley, present as a picture-perfect family living the American dream of ascendancy and affluence in their Brooklyn neighborhood. They purchase a brownstone at auction on a coveted tree-lined street with the intention of renovating it and moving in.

O que uma jornalista desempregada tem em comum com uma cantora pop? Como as ondas de rádio caminham pelo universo? Elas chegam em outras civilizações? Ser artista é e foi sempre parecido em qualquer lugar, em qualquer tempo? Em Vaudeville, Bel Blubell Fontana mergulha nessas e outras perguntas, numa ode bem-humorada ao showbiz, seja aqui, ou numa galáxia muito distante. Bel nos faz viajar ao lado de Jo, em busca do paradeiro de Hahah Mahaya, a maior estrela pop da galáxia—famosa pelo hit "Ninguém é a Última Bolacha do Pacote"—que desaparece sem deixar rastros.

On a September night in 1971, a few days after getting busted for dropping acid, a sixteen-year-old curls up in the corner of her ratty bedroom and begins to write. Now the truth can finally be revealed about the mysterious day long ago when the authorities found a child, calmly walking in the boiling desert, covered with blood.

The demons who once ran amok down there, torturing lost souls, were easy enough to subdue. The damned, left without their tormentors, have been put to work on cotton and tobacco plantations. As for the colonists, it takes all sorts to give up the comforts of home and make new lives on the infernal frontier.

Heiligabend steht vor der Tür: Anne und ihr jüngerer Partner Tom freuen sich riesig auf ihr erstes gemeinsames Familienfest. Bald bahnt sich jedoch ein handfestes Christmas Battle um neue und alte Weihnachtstraditionen an. Als dann auch noch ein bislang unbekanntes Familienmitglied mitsamt Baby vor der Tür steht und ein Schneesturm die zerstrittene Patchworkfamilie festsetzt, bricht endgültig das Festtagschaos aus.

Damiano Rodetti ha avuto una mattinata complessa. Avrebbe dovuto intervistare la star del cinema francese Isabelle Huppert in un ricco albergo nel centro di Roma, ma l'attrice era in ritardo e lui non riusciva a togliersi dalla testa Lidia, la ragazza che da sempre lo ossessiona e che proprio la notte precedente si è rifatta viva dopo anni. La morte improvvisa di un'amica di famiglia lo costringerà a fare i conti con la morbosa rete di rapporti su cui i suoi genitori hanno fondato la loro esistenza.

Endlich: Die geniale Krimireihe um den urlaubsreifen Reporter Lukas Hammerstein, seinen durchgeknallten Dackel und seinen besten Freund Udo Lindenberg (immer tiefenentspannt) geht weiter! Diese Nachricht trifft die Hamburg News wie ein Schlag: Der alte Chefredakteur tritt ab – und sein Nachfolger scheint geradezu versessen darauf, die ganze Redaktion umzukrempeln. So soll Lukas Hammerstein plötzlich über die Reichen, Schönen und Mächtigen der Stadt berichten.

Der Reality-Star Roman erschafft sich im Hotel Love eine perfekte Frau, die Androidin Julia. Ihr einziges Ziel: Roman glücklich zu machen. Blöderweise kommt es anders als gedacht. Die Männerpartei ist an der Macht. Frauenrechte werden über Nacht abgeschafft. Propagiert wird die »neue Familie«, bestehend aus einem Mann, einer Roboterfrau und einem künstlich produzierten (menschlichen) Sohn. Der Reality-Star Roman ist besessen von seiner Ex-Freundin Julia und erschafft sich eine Androidin nach Julias Vorbild – perfekt aussehend, gehorsam, dazu programmiert, Roman glücklich zu machen.

Der erste Band der genialen Krimireihe aus Hamburg Ein urlaubsreifer Reporter, ein durchgeknallter Dackel und ein tiefenentspannter Udo Lindenberg – willkommen in der Welt von Lukas Hammerstein! Hamburg, 2017: Die Elbphilharmonie ist eröffnet, die Rolling Stones spielen im Stadtpark, beim G20-Treffen brennt das Schanzenviertel – und Lukas Hammerstein kann nicht mehr. Der Reporter hat das ganze Jahr durchgearbeitet und freut sich auf ein Sabbatical.

En la ya extensa y siempre regocijante obra de Alfonso Ussía, el marqués de Sotoancho es sin duda su personaje más célebre, protagonista de una saga que ha deparado infinidad de carcajadas entre sus fieles lectores. El inefable señorito andaluz habrá de vérselas en esta nueva entrega con la autoridad estatal, que pretende exhumar y trasladar de ubicación los restos de su difunto padre en aras de una corrección política que al señor marqués se la trae al pairo.

Patrick est déterminé à faire de son beau-fils une star du hockey mineur, dans le but évident d’éclipser le père. Ça patine sur la bottine sur la glace, mais ça joue dur dans les estrades : rivalité, trahisons et violence.