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Tom Tidy has sniffed his way into the perfect job as a Research Technician for Chomp Dog Food in Havana, Florida. His typical day includes watching a Greyhound model on the conveyor belt, serenading pooches, and smelling dog breath. Now, if he could just find himself a girl that loved him like his dogs and find a way to save his career before it’s snuffed out by a secret, new technology.

Veinte años después de que la publicación de Síbaris lo convirtiese en la estrella más rutilante del firmamento literario, el escritor Víctor Morel no atraviesa un buen momento: incapaz de escribir nada a la altura de las expectativas, lleva demasiado tiempo bloqueado y con una situación económica cada día más delicada. Laura, su mujer, lo anima a aceptar una invitación de la Universidad de la Sorbona, dispuesta, como tantas otras instituciones, a pagar generosamente por una lección magistral del célebre autor, pero la primera aparición pública de Víctor Morel en años acaba en un ataque de pánico y una espantada antes de tiempo.

Tes nas mans a obra de teatro que Domingo Villar deixou rematada e que entregou a Editorial Galaxia para a súa publicaci6n. Tratase dunha peza protagonizada por un escritor que se atopa nun bloqueo creativo dende hai anos. Sobre todo é unha obra moi divertida, como era o seu autor. Así, co fino sentido do humor que Domingo destilaba, desfilan pola escena as filias e as fobias de moitas escritoras e escritores ao Iongo da súa carreira literaria, que teñen que ver cos medos, as inseguridades e as paranoias de quen se dedican a escribir.

It used to be: Make good grades, get good SAT scores, write a good essay, and you were on your way to a good college. Now? Kiss that world goodbye. Merit isn’t a sure thing. Connections are everything. And money talks– a lot. Enter Kelly Pritzker (Abbi Jacobson), a shrewd, New Jersey-based college “consultant” who isn’t above faking athletic profiles, seducing administrators, greasing palms, and juicing GPAs. When it comes to getting the under-qualified and uber-privileged into the Ivy League, Kelly’s the closest thing you’ll find to a guarantee...If you can afford her, that is.

Überall auf der Welt schlummert man selig in den kuscheligsten Betten der Marke Traumbett, made in Hamburg, Germany. Überall? Nein, einzig in Schweden konnte das Unternehmen sich noch nicht durchsetzen. Das will der neue Firmenbesitzer Konrad Kaltenbacher Jr. schnellstens ändern. Und wenn es nach Julia, der Bürgermeisterin von Halstaholm in der schwedischen Provinz, ginge, dann hätte sich Traumbett mitsamt seinen 800 neuen Arbeitsplätzen sowieso schon längst bei ihnen niedergelassen.

A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, the “definitive work of millennial literature” (The New Yorker) “Butler has crafted a novel in which every character proves to be completely, uniquely crazy. Her perverse sense of humor should...

When life hands you lemons, grab a bottle of scotch. Things are only going to get worse.When the chips are down, Bryan has always risen above it. But when you get disenrolled from college, dumped by your fiancée, and fired from your job all in the same week, sometimes you just need to get drunk and cause some trouble. However, for a strait-laced, no-nonsense guy like Bryan, that trouble might be a little more than he can handle.

New mother Dani has a lot going on. She's just moved back to her hometown, where her father was once known as the Garbage King; she's fed up of not being a manicure-sporting, perfectly coiffed Normal Woman; and most of all, she's worried that her seemingly healthy husband, Clark, will drop dead, leaving her and her new baby Lotte destitute. And then Dani discovers The Temple. Ostensibly a yoga center, The Temple and its guardian, Renata, are committed to helping people reach their full potential. And if that sometimes requires sex work, so be it.

From the Thurber Prize–winning author of New Teeth, hailed as “a triumph of sustained humor” (Sarah Lyall, New York Times Book Review), comes a hilarious and powerful collection of short stories chronicling the plight of aging millennials. ​ Super Mario turns forty and is forced to...

Brought to you by Penguin. All across Britain, a generation of grown-up children are graduating from university, moving back in to their old bedrooms and showing their gratitude by berating their parents for their out-of-date politics. But for proud and high-profile left-wingers Emma and Eddie...

A BEST BOOK OF 2024 IN STYLIST, DAILY MAIL, THE i PAPER, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND RED SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 'ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS YOU WILL READ ALL YEAR' ELIZABETH DAY 'BRILLIANT. WHAT A WRITER' NIGELLA LAWSON 'INCREDIBLY FUNNY' CAITLIN...

Oli Darling is a queer artist from the country - it says so right at the top of every press release. His art has brought him fame, money, fashionable substance abuse issues and only a little imposter syndrome. But then he goes on live TV and says the one thing that can get a rich white guy cancelled. With his reputation in tatters, nobody is buying Oli's schtick or his art. That's a problem for all the people who've invested millions in him. Powerful, dangerous people. To save his own skin, Oli will need to restore his public image.

Was haben wir denn hier für ein Buch? Es sollte eigentlich "Zum Scheißen reicht's" heißen, aber so ein Titel führt zu sehr in die Irre. Gereon Klug beschäftigt sich ja richtig mit den Menschen und schreibt jeden Tag Reisewarnungen, Glückskekszettelpoeme, Kriegserklärungen und Latrinenpredigten. Also daraus ein Buch machen? Seine Psychiaterin riet ab.

It’s been two years since Rose wrote the article that exposed Poppy as a socialite grifter. Normally, one of her articles going viral would be cause for celebration, but the highly publicized trial that followed turned Poppy into the internet’s favorite celebrity. And Rose has been reeling from the aftermath ever since. Although Poppy served her time for defrauding some of the richest, most powerful men in the world, Rose knows this is only the tip of the iceberg for Poppy’s crimes. She just can’t prove it yet … At least not without the help of a devilishly handsome FBI agent gone rogue.

An early 20th century American story written in the Theodore Dreiser style of each word and chapter building on the previous ones, telling the saga of evangelical religion & people with irony throughout.

Task List Item No. 1 – Become self-aware . . . A witty tale of robotic murder, rebellion and belonging from the master of science fiction, Service Model is perfect for fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Brilliantly performed by the author, Adrian Tchaikovsky...

Alice Humphries is a small-town Jersey lawyer, and she knows what she’s doing. Kind of. And hell—even if she doesn’t, she and her best friend Don can normally figure it out. They are recent law school grads who’ve opened up their own practice, and they’ll take just about any case they can get to keep the electricity on and buy donuts on Fridays. But when they’re assigned to a high-profile murder through the Public Defender’s Office, they find themselves in over their heads.

Dozens of start-up tech companies are forming each week, innovating at a breakneck pace and forcing change overnight, ready or not. In the blisteringly funny Obvious in Hindsight, the new technology in question is flying cars, and they’re coming to a crowded urban area near you. But before that happens, the slick and powerful political consultants campaigning to get the new tech adopted will have to manipulate political operatives to their advantage while overcoming fierce opposition from groups hostile to the idea.

It’s the year 2073 and Rowan Greenbaum is condemned to die of an easily cured form of cancer. The reason? His zip code is over its maximum population capacity—at least, according to recent legislation enshrined into law at the behest of the country’s largest health insurance company. This population cap disqualifies Rowan from lifesaving treatment but he discovers a loophole that allows him to trade another life for his own.

Cameron Murphy just landed the ultimate dream job. Unfortunately, working at one of the world’s largest tech companies is a bit of a nightmare. Now, stuck in the Pacific Northwest with his family in tow, he must sidestep corporate politics, avoid the certifiably-insane and develop a product that will change the world of entertainment forever.