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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE Jack Isidore doesn’t see the world like most people. According to his brother-in-law, Charley, he’s a crap artist, obsessed with his own bizarre theories and ideas, which he fanatically records in his many notebooks. He is so grossly...

Don DeLillo’s pseudonymous comic masterpiece by Cleo Birdwell, “the first woman ever to play in the National Hockey League,” is a cult treasure now republished for the first time in nearly half a century. Meet Cleo Birdwell. She is twenty-four, a schoolteacher’s daughter from Badger...

Straight from Dunder Mifflin’s HR department (via the minds of three The Office veterans), The Dunder Mifflin Employee Manual is a hilarious yet unexpectedly profound guide to navigating the work world, drawing from the wisdom contained in the 201 episodes of The Office. MEMO: NEW EMPLOYEE...

Ein Weihnachtsmann räumt ab! Ein atmosphärischer Weihnachtskrimi auf Sylt: von Bestseller-Autorin Dora Heldt Es ist Advent auf Sylt. Ernst Mannsen hat zwar nichts gegen Weihnachten, aber die Insel ist ihm ohne Touristen zu leer, die Tage sind lang und dunkel. Seine Frau Gudrun freut sich...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND JENNIFER LAWRENCE "Faultlessly elegant and quietly menacing." —Garth Greenwell, author of Cleanness and Small Rain A couple find themselves at a fading, grand European hotel full of eccentric and...

It's not been a good morning for Thraxas. A vindictive judge has just fined him every guran he has, and two old enemies have threatened his life. And to cap it all, the rainy season has started and it's as wet as a mermaid's blanket in the magical city of Turai. He desperately needs a winner in the big chariot race. And he needs a job. But not even Thraxas with his sorcerous investigating skills could have predicted that his two requirements might just be connected in a strange and potentially disastrous way.

Ausgerechnet an Silvester muss der aufgekratzte Ex-Bürgermeister dem Eberhofer ins Telefon plärren. Schüsse will er gehört haben, und nein, ein Irrtum sei da ausgeschlossen. Bis ein paar Tage später tatsächlich eine Leiche aus dem Mühlsee gezogen wird. Herrschaftszeiten, eigentlich hat der Franz mit der Susi-Maus und den neuesten Fleischpflanzerl-Spinnereien vom Simmerl genug zu tun.

The third book in Beverley Watts's dazzling Shackleford and Daughters series of Victorian romantic comedies...

A story set in the court of King Arthur, featuring knights, valour, sacrifice, magic and a feminist retelling of the love story of Tristan and Isolde. * * * * * * * * * Isolde, Queen of Cornwall, is on the run. She didn’t mean to drink a love potion with the king’s nephew, but that little...

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times It is 1945. When peace breaks out at last, familiar wartime routines are interrupted, and the residents of Barsetshire seem as disconcerted as they are overjoyed. As the...

A collection of two chilling tales of the macabre from Blair Daniels, including The Homeowner's Association, and Attention, Shoppers! ATTENTION, SHOPPERS “ATTENTION, SHOPPERS: Please hide at the back of the store immediately." I'm at a Bluemart, on a diaper run with my kids, when I hear the...

** Curl up with the brand-new festive novel from Jo Thomas, available to pre-order now! ** 'Bursting with flavour, adventure and romance' Ruth Jones ‘It just wouldn't be Christmas without Jo's book in your stocking!’ Jill Mansell 'Touching, joyful, brimming with Christmas and community...

The hardest part of love is moving on . . . It's been a year since Ellie Kendall's husband, Jamie, was killed in an accident, but she's still grieving. In fact, she finds herself talking to him regularly. At the urging of Jamie's successful actor father, Tony, Ellie moves to London's glamorous...

A hilarious fantasy novel perfect for fans of Good Omens, The Dresden Files, and Terry Pratchett. If you like your eldritch horrors with a side of snark and a lot of heart, welcome to the holidays in Chicago. Infinite cosmic power. Itty-bitty living space. To the universe, he is a Class Omega...

From a Booker Prize-longlisted author, a novel in which a woman tries to overcome her abusive past and find her estranged sister in a deeply moving and darkly humorous quest for redemption Foul-mouthed, scrappy, and self-destructive, Steffie is her own worst enemy. Sustained by her sardonic...

Stephanie Plum’s life is never boring, not even for a split second, in the adrenaline-fueled new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. In a now-or-never moment, Stephanie Plum made the decision of a lifetime. But some lifetimes are shorter than others and Stephanie...

Winner of the Herralde Novel Prize A darkly funny coming-of-age novel where Florida’s sun-drenched strangeness meets the dangers of derelict parenting and misplaced devotion An eccentric Spanish philosophy professor relocates with his two children, a boy and a girl, from Boston to a gated...

In diesem Text in Hörbuchform wird eine humoristische Analyse der Spezies Rentner und Beamte vorgenommen und der Gegenstand Balzacs schmunzelnder Betrachtung ist im Allgemeinen gesprochen der Alltag. Der Titel hält also, was er verspricht: In Teil 8 der Aufsätze des Alltags steht die Krawatte im Brennpunkt der Debatte und zwar primär aus historischer, modischer und praktischer und sekundär aus jeglicher sonstigen Sicht, Perspektive und Deutungsform.

Im Winter 1884 versammeln sich auf Einladung Bismarcks die großen Mächte zu einer Konferenz, auf der ein ganzer Kontinent mit all seinen Reichtümern aufgeteilt werden soll: Afrika. Es geht um die Errettung der Eingeborenen aus Heidentum und Sklaverei – doch wer sagt, dass man an guten Taten nicht auch bestens verdienen darf? Österreich wird von Legationsrat Strinetzky vertreten, denn der Botschafter ist verhindert: Franz Liszt hat ihm ein Pianostück gewidmet, er muss üben.

Join gardener-turned-amateur-sleuth, Steph Williams, and her trusty sidekick, Mouse, on a festive adventure in the very first short story in the beloved Gardener Mystery series! Coming soon...