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Barbra 'Barbie' Jacobs may be the wrong side of forty, but she's still beloved by her fans. Typecast as a Scream Queen from her very first horror flick, Barb's always wanted to prove to herself that she's more than a 'final girl' - the prettiest one who somehow manages not to get chopped into...

In a church basement in Los Angeles, survivors gather every Thursday night. No names, no accusations, just stories about the witches who changed their lives forever. For these broken few, U-Know Support Group offers a chance to cope with memories of being transformed, controlled, or worse. Linda, their therapist, understands better than most — her sister is one of them. But in trying to help humans deal with a world ruled by witches, she may have attracted exactly the wrong kind of attention. Experience the world of SPELLBOUND AND DOWN from the other side.

El conserje profesional de un hotel prestigioso vive grandes aventuras.

A novel about a woman’s unconventional journey through grief… Eliza never expected to marry until she met Joseph. He made everything better, never minded about her habit of saying the wrong thing or her chronic nervous sweatiness. Their life together was perfect—well, okay, not perfect, but pretty damn good. Until he died. On their wedding anniversary. With the second anniversary of his death looming, Eliza is still grieving. What’s worse, her meddling mother-in-law and her casserole-wielding, platitude-giving busybody neighbours won’t leave her alone.

Ferma animalelor este un roman alegoric scris de George Orwell, publicat în 1945. Povestea urmărește un grup de animale care se răscoală împotriva stăpânului lor, sperând să construiască o societate dreaptă, în care toate animalele să fie egale. La început, idealurile lor par să...

Everyone - even Augustus the cat - has cause to be obliged to Jeeves when he manages to retrieve the infamous Book - the book which lays bare the private lives of three-quarters of the upper classes. And which could prove to be political dynamite at the Market Snodsbury by-election.

In Praise of Greed: A Satire in Rhyme is a modern English translation of Lof de Geldsucht by the seventeenth-century Dutch poet Jeremias de Decker. In rhymed couplet like the original, In Praise of Greed is a sustained, ingenious voice-portrait of Greed personified. It dredges up both classical and Christian authorities, scientific breakthroughs, Dutch seafaring, and forces the reader to think about wealth, ambition, and moral agency from an unfamiliar perspective—"through Greed's glasses." The poem is both timely and timeless.

In the scorching heat of the Turanian summer, Thraxas is doing his best to avoid working. His plans for a spell of uninterrupted beer drinking go wrong when the Civil Guards arrest a man for murder, right in Thraxas's office. Outraged at this insult to his dignity, Thraxas goes into action. Soon he finds himself in the middle of a deadly war between rival bands of warrior monks. The situation becomes more complicated when a consignment of the King's gold goes missing.

“Self is the most daring and delightful novelist of his generation.”—Guardian A blistering, brilliant novel from the Booker-shortlisted author, elegantly reflecting his Geoffrey Faber Memorial award-winning story collection The Quantity Theory of Insanity In The Quantity Theory of Morality...

What if the real Book of Laws was stolen, rewritten and distributed as the Bible, leaving out the good parts? Turns out it was! Lord, COO of the Galactic Order of Demonstration (G.O.D.), is gobsmacked when he discovers that his son Chip—once known on Earth as Jesus—never delivered G.O.D.’s original teachings to humanity. The reason? Cretin, leader of the Elite Global Order (E.G.O.), stole the sacred text and created a version called the Bible—replacing a message of empowerment with one designed to keep souls obedient and unaware of their own creative power.

Mit 60 fängt das Leben erst richtig an – sagen zumindest die, die es noch nicht erreicht haben. Doch was bedeutet es wirklich, wenn die Brille plötzlich zum treuesten Begleiter wird, der Medikamentenschrank besser sortiert ist als die Werkstatt, und die Kinder endgültig durchschaut haben, dass Papa eben doch nicht alles kann? In seinen pointierten Beobachtungen nimmt der Autor mit viel Witz und Augenzwinkern den Alltag reiferer Herren unter die Lupe: vom Kampf gegen das Verschwinden der eigenen Haare bis zur Erkenntnis, dass ein Mittagsschläfchen kein Zeichen von Schwäche ist.

Le avventure di un apprendista concierge in un hotel di lusso.

Efter romansuccesen TI KAMELER FOR AMEERA, hvor Ameera endte med at vælge den forbudte kærlighed, står hun nu med konsekvensen: et barn UDEN FOR ægteskabet. Ameera har et problem. Hun har allerede skuffet sine forældre og resten af den ægteskabsbegejstrede familie ved at aflyse sit...

Audie Award Winner Chris Ciulla performs this fast, fun, funny story of memorable murderous misadventure. After losing his lunch across Monterey's Coast Guard pier, nervous newly successful writer Walter Straub wobbles aboard the Diego Wind for a sunset cruise with a who's-who of celebrity authors. It takes a few fruity cocktails, a disputatious dinner, and some playful orca before he's comfortable in his rented tux and finds the nerve to speak with lovely, bestselling author Avni. All goes swimmingly until a guest becomes fish food. Then more writers turn belly up.

Gorm Ingerson knows the king is a fink. With the land’s insidious ruler hell-bent on his destruction, the axe-wielding Dwarf berserker is desperate to beat him to the punch. But when he discovers the rotten regent’s claim of a town razed by the world’s richest dragon is false, the gruff adventurer fears there’s more than a personal grudge at stake.

Lamar Jimmerson is the leader of the Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended alchemical metaphors. It's the Codex Pappus—the sacred Gnomon text. Soon he is basking in the lore of lost Atlantis, convinced that his mission on earth is to administer to and extend the ranks of the noble brotherhood. 

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before 'Holy Wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most important things are gods or money or...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of The Light Fantastic is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning...

Brought to you by Penguin. Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before The audiobook of Eric is read by Colin Morgan (Merlin; Testament of Youth; Belfast). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill...

Unlike Peacock's other novels, Maid Marian has a substantial plot, based on the romantic legend of Robin Hood. As is usual with Peacock, the violence is presented in a rather humorous fashion and the characters indulge lavishly in eating and drinking. Beneath the veneer of this well-known and innocuous narrative, Peacock finds ample opportunity to satirize the foibles of church and secular government.