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They were sent to die. Unfortunately for Rome, they didn’t. When a ragtag legion of Rome’s least inspiring soldiers is dispatched to a remote border post no one’s ever heard of, even they assume they’re being quietly exiled. But between a commander who thinks maps are propaganda, a scout who’s legally dead, and a tent full of cursed chickens, the Damned Legion might accidentally become heroes —if they don’t kill each other first.

In the late‑Victorian Edgeworth household, everything appears orderly: a prosperous country house, an upright master, a dutiful wife and well‑brought‑up children. Behind the decorum, Duncan Edgeworth rules by sarcasm and command, his quiet tyranny shaping every conversation. When illness, death and a hasty remarriage bring beautiful young Alison into the house, buried rivalries flare–over love, money and who will inherit. As secrets multiply and alliances shift, even the nursery becomes a battleground…

Shenanigansville, Florida is weird on the best of days—so when Mia Hallow arrives hoping for peace, the universe immediately disagrees. Government auditors from the Department of Inter-Realm Household Safety trigger magical chaos, expose Mia's dangerous bloodline, and nearly unleash an ancient force beneath the town. Shenanigansville survives, becomes an official supernatural sanctuary, and Michael somehow ends up the human–arcane liaison.

The mega-corporation, HeHeHe has finally reached a conclusion. They should hire Mac instead of trying to kill him. Despite their best efforts, it was getting expensive. Mac has already survived the rocket launchers, rabid chimps and even the grand piano in a shipyard that ruined a perfectly good date. However, can their offer be any worse than the overly cheery necromancer from a morning children's show and his lawyer? What else could HeHeHe throw at him, and why does it feel like his luck is standing in the corner hiding something sharp behind its back while chuckling ominously?

The most secret mission in United States Army history is about to reach the Moon—assuming its own security procedures do not destroy it first. Project Hush has been concealed behind false records, restricted budgets, psychological screenings, and enough military paranoia to make even its...

What happens when the role you critique begins to play you? Egbert Craddock Cummins was an unassuming man with simple tastes, but a sudden assignment as a theater critic plunges his impressionable mind into a waking nightmare. Night after night, exposed to the wild gestures and melodramatic...

What if a deadly poison was the only cure for a broken life? Mr. Coombes is a henpecked shopkeeper pushed to the absolute brink of despair by his ungrateful wife. Fleeing into the damp pine woods, he contemplates a dark, watery end to his miserable existence - until a strange, eerie object...

What if the greatest story ever told had been just a little... funnier? Adam wakes up in Eden with no clothes, no answers, and a sneaking suspicion that paradise has some serious design flaws. Then God creates Eve from one of his ribs – and she's intelligent, witty, and completely unimpressed by his constant sarcasm.

Everything is fine. It just doesn’t look like it. Dan has a plan. He just hasn’t started it yet. After a series of completely reasonable decisions—losing his job, his marriage, and most of his stability—Dan finds himself in a temporary situation. One that is, by all accounts, under control. Told through his calm, measured perspective, Everything Is Fine follows a man who insists nothing is wrong… while everything clearly is. As his world quietly unravels, Dan reframes each setback as progress, each warning sign as misunderstanding, and every ending as “not quite final.

Fünfundzwanzig Jahre verheiratet. Eigentlich ein Grund für eine große Silberhochzeitsfeier mit der ganzen Verwandtschaft. Elke und ihr Mann sehen das anders. Statt sich feiern zu lassen, möchten sie lieber etwas tun, das sie in all den gemeinsamen Jahren noch nie ausprobiert haben: Campen. Es gibt nur ein kleines Problem. Sie haben weder einen Wohnwagen noch Erfahrung und eigentlich auch keine Vorstellung davon, worauf sie sich einlassen.

DON DELILLO'S CULT CLASSIC REISSUED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY HALF A CENUTRY Cleo Birdwell is twenty-four, a schoolteacher’s daughter from Badger, Ohio, and the first ever female recruit to play in the National Hockey League. She is an instant sensation on and off the ice - lauded not only...

Paste Jewels is a collection of humorous short stories following the Perkins family — particularly newlyweds Thaddeus and Bessie — as they navigate the comic trials of managing a household and domestic staff in late 19th-century America. The book's seven tales include "The Emancipation of...

A book about an aspiring author whose work is published by a publisher. A book signing event is hosted at local library to promote the author. Throughout the book there are many bizzare anecdotes.

Who wouldn’t want to find someone as loyal and wonderful as their beloved pup? Landscape architect Melissa finds out the hard way when a random wish on a dandelion transforms rescue dog Gus into a man in a public park, sans manners, sans English and sans clothes. His mind and behavior still all canine, Gus immediately throws Melissa’s world into hilarious adventure in this comedy/fantasy novella with an unexpected romantic twist.

It was hard to see where the blood began, and the red suit ended. Although the fur trim on the sleeves definitely shouldn't be red. Father Christmas lay dead… Don't worry, all is not as it seems. Hilda is on the case for this cosy Christmas romp.

Mitten im ganz normalen Wahnsinn. Menschen sind merkwürdige Wesen: Sie kaufen Möbel mit Anleitungen in 14 Sprachen – und bauen trotzdem zwei Bretter falsch herum ein. Sie fragen nach ehrlichen Meinungen – und sind beleidigt, wenn sie eine bekommen.

“Yan’s storytelling has a luminous, irrepressible quality.”—NPR The brilliant and highly resonant new novel from one of China’s most influential and important contemporary writers, exploring a son, father, and mother all consumed by the desire for success, even at the cost of one...

A romantasy superfan finds herself lost in a real fantasy world and destined to save the kingdom. A loving romantasy satire standalone for fans of Legends and Lattes and Assistant to the Villain. ********** Eve Lockwood is almost thirty and deeply unimpressed with her life. She’s stuck in...

Sie sind neugierig und wollten schon immer einen intimen Blick hinter die Kulissen eines gut vernetzten Personalberaters werfen? Dann begleiten Sie einen Insider auf eine Reise durch die ebenso faszinierende wie befremdliche Welt der Headhunter. In über 85 Episoden enthüllt dieses Buch die absurdesten, kuriosesten und überraschendsten Erlebnisse aus dem täglichen Geschäft der Personalvermittlung. Hören Sie hautnah, wie Top-Manager und Führungspersönlichkeiten agieren oder manchmal auch grandios scheitern.

Ein bayerisches Dorf mit Hangover - Xaver Gottwalds Schädel brummt, als er nackt auf einer Kirchenbank erwacht. Was ist gestern beim jährlichen Frühlingserwachen-Fest nur passiert? Verkatert sieht sich der Dorfpolizist um und entdeckt ein Foto, das ihn glücklich in eindeutiger Pose mit einer wunderschönen Unbekannten zeigt. Verdammt, wieso kann er sich an nichts erinnern! Xaver macht sich auf den Weg zur Wache. Im Dorf herrscht blankes Chaos: Reifenspuren in der Kirche, bemalte Schweine auf dem Friedhof und Pinguine in Kühlregalen.