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It's the Golden Age of Rome. Pax Romana! A vibrant, modern time of peace and prosperity. Emperor Augustus reigns wisely and benevolently. And Scatius Commodius Lavatorius is its greatest scientist. He alone has given the Empire every conceivable modern convenience and wonder of the day that Rome has to offer. Despite his wealth and position, Scatius is driven by one thought: Will all he has brought to Rome help Rome stay Rome throughout the ages and stand the test of time? Or will it make one damn bit of difference? There's only one way to find out.

Critical mass may be a minimum for chain reaction or a maximum for stability. Either way, things go off. Collective consciousness and common behaviors accelerate in chaos. Subtle change builds to drastic consequence. Mass media covers hateful simpletons gaining market share on slap diddle, shouting lies on fire. Road rage is self-expression. Stress compresses, on the way to another big bang.

Der Amtsarzt erklärt den Soldaten Schwejk für schwachsinnig. Aber ist er es auch? Vielleicht tut er ja nur so – wer weiß? Unschuldig wie ein Kind und von unerschütterlicher Gemütsruhe erlebt der brave Soldat Schwejk ein Abenteuer nach dem anderen. Höchst komisch – und mit feiner Ironie wird auch noch die Unsinnigkeit des Krieges präsentiert. Ein Klassiker!

This is a kisses only, sweet romance. I’ve dreamed of what it would be like to have my best friend fall for me a million times. Not once did that story include a burst pipe and a flooded bathroom. I refuse to fall in love with Zander Mercier again. He abandoned me. Ten years ago, I ran from my small town with my tail between my legs, completely humiliated and alone. Now, I’m back in Briar Glen to claim my inheritance, my aunt’s bed and breakfast. The B&B needs some renovation, which means I need a contractor. I asked my partner to do one thing: NOT hire Zander.

She needs nothing short of a miracle . . . Sister Agatha lies on her deathbed. But as she takes her final breath, the 124–year–old nun experiences a vision. At the Pearly Gates, St Peter will only allow her entry into heaven if she can atone for her past wrongdoings. And so, the Irish nun is...

I was supposed to be leaving. A quiet vacation. A clean corporate job. A life that didn’t smell like fryer oil and bad decisions. Instead, a stray cat storms the kitchen, a health inspector gets mustard-blasted in the face, and the Shack gets shut down. Now I'm stuck saving a beach side taco stand run by emotional disasters, workplace crushes, and a crew that’s one meltdown away from total collapse.

„Halblang, Kleines!“ ist eine satirische Kurzhörspielsammlung des fiktiven Liedermachers Leo Greller. Greller, Vertreter der „Hamburger Schule“ deutschsprachiger Popmusik, entlarvt mit scharfem Witz die Absurditäten der Musikbranche, Medien und seines Alltags. Als sanfter Rebell und Aussteiger teilt er Frustrationen über nervige Radiofritzen mit ungewollten Features, naive Träume vom perfekten Gig und gnadenlose Kritik am Norddeutschen Dudelfunk.

"The perfect mix of wry humor, fascinating characters, and heartfelt thoughts on what it means to understand the world through stories.”—Kristen Perrin, New York Times bestselling author of How to Solve Your Own Murder A wickedly funny office comedy about one bookseller’s (occasionally)...

That’s the question at the heart of the beloved cult-classic horror film, Howlers. Relive the perilous adventures of the Bradshaw brothers as they try to save Talbotsville from a Howler infestation. Will Landis Lake ever be safe to swim in again, or will the town fall captive to the beasts?

L'avvocato del diavolo immagina un futuro distopico in cui la Russia è governata da un nuovo regime dopo l'improvvisa caduta del Leader Nazionale, chiara trasfigurazione dell'attuale presidente Putin. Quando Boris Turgencikov, uno scrittore dissidente perseguitato dal vecchio esecutivo, torna in Russia per assistere ai cambiamenti messi in atto al suono dello slogan "Onore e Onestà", resta invischiato in una surreale vicenda giudiziaria.

A judge who sentenced thousands. A murderer who served his time. A saint who judged everyone. A priest who looked away. An atheist who never believed. And a dog. They're all dead. They're all in the waiting room. And they're all about to learn that Heaven and Hell aren't what they expected. Welcome to the divine bureaucracy. The fluorescent lights are dying, and the red plastic "TAKE A NUMBER" machine determines your eternity. There are no pearly gates here; only a bored Clerk, a broken system, and a terrifying realization: The only mortal sin is Judgment.

Richard Plinke's acerbic style and lucid imagination create an entertaining blend of intrigue and satire, as evidenced by this collection of 11, often dramatic and sometimes hilarious stories. Plinke's touch for making the seemingly prosaic and unremarkable come to life in full, multicolor luminescence, with the volume turned up to 10, is on display from start to finish.

Ein Dialog, der nicht hätte stattfinden dürfen – und trotzdem stattgefunden hat. Was passiert, wenn eine Autorin radikal ehrlich mit einer KI spricht – und die Maschine nicht nur antwortet, sondern spiegelt? Dieses Buch ist kein Sachbuch über KI. Es ist ein Gespräch über das Menschsein.

Two decades after Portuguese novelist and Nobel Laureate José Saramago shocked the religious world with his novel The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, he has done it again with Cain, a satire of the Old Testament. Written in the last years of Saramago's life, it tackles many of the moral and...

Spanning from the birth of Ulysses S. Grant until his victory over the Confederacy, You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant gives us an honest portrait of an American hero who struggled to balance love, soldiering, and the attainment of the American Dream.

The cast and crew of a popular TV crime drama are shooting in the Lake District – but behind the scenes, relationships are as tense as on-screen. The director’s reputation proceeds him, the two lead stars are feuding and rumours swirl. Meanwhile the locals are enjoying the filming. But when on-screen slaughter gets swapped for real-life murder at the concert hall where the TV drama is based, and the genuine police are as baffled as the TV detectives, it falls to the locals to search for the truth.

This laugh-out-loud, latest installment in Adam Mansbach’s profane, #1 New York Times best-selling series, probably CAN be read to―and by―your graduating child, though it might bring you all to tears WHEN YOUR KID IS LITTLE, the paradoxes of parenting are simple: you can love your child to...

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...

When marketing executive Jessie Malone reluctantly returns to her childhood summer camp for an adult nostalgia weekend, she expects bug spray, awkward reunions, and maybe a mild existential crisis. She does not expect the camp’s charismatic counselor to vanish overnight. As Camp Maple Echo slips from quirky retreat into quiet panic, Jessie teams up with her relentlessly optimistic childhood friend Cal Becker to figure out what really happened.

Elizabeth Zhang knows her place in the world. She knows she’s in the tenth percentile for likability, the seventieth percentile for attractiveness, and the ninety-ninth percentile for academics. With a hard-working ethic instilled in her by immigrant parents, armed with impeccable grades...