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He has always had an eye for the ladies and being married with children hasn't stopped that. So when beautiful women message him on social media, he is elated. However, when he arranges to meet one that he thinks he's fallen in love with, his anger gets the better of him when she demands money from him, and looks very different from the pictures and videos she had sent in her messages.

In the tiny European country of Tantalia, Princess Niobe is being groomed to ascend to the throne. What her people don’t know is that from the age of sixteen, the Princess has been trained by her martial arts instructor, Gethan, to kill the businessman responsible for her parent’s deaths. Once Queen, she will have ‘sovereign immunity’ and be free to kill without the risk of arrest.

Felix Hart, Head of Wine at the country's largest supermarket chain, knows his burgers from his Bourgogne. He also has a nose for trouble. So when the world's most ruthless luxury goods corporation offers Felix a life-changing sum of money to investigate a billionaire wine fraudster, he suspects there might be a catch. But a wine buyer's salary only goes so far, and Felix's moral compass directs him east, to China's golden, haze-shrouded megacities.

When the head of a hovercycle club inexplicably calls in news of his own murder, Detective Simon Grave and his team are drawn in to Crab Cove's hovercycle underworld, a world of loyalty, betrayal, greed, and-yes-irony. As if murder weren't enough, the bombing of an election debate stage has the mayor pressing for a quick resolution to both crimes. It becomes increasingly clear that the crimes are connected, and that the solution will require the unraveling of an elaborate criminal scheme-and more.

RICHARD BREWSTER IS A FAST RISING WASHINGTON LOBBYIST in a large law firm with a bright future. But what if he wants to short-circuit the long climb to the top of the profession by creating a made-up client that has a phony problem? What if he uses that client to embarrass the president, to pass irrelevant legislation and arrange Congressional show hearings with professional wrestlers as witnesses?

When the aging Russian Prince Prince K. arrives in the town of Mordasov, Marya Alexandrovna Moskaleva, a doyenne of local society life, takes him under her protection with the aim of engineering his marriage with her 23-year-old daughter Zina. Yet with many rivals for the hands of both parties, events are not guaranteed to run smoothly. A rare foray into comedy by the giant of Russian literature, this tale still possesses all the hallmarks of Dostoevsky's psychological and philosophical writing.

Ein kauziger älterer Herr, Geschichten über ein Land, das es nicht mehr gibt und die Frage, ob ein Leben eher durch Wahrheit oder durch Phantasie gelingt. Gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Anja Tsokos erzählt Bestsellerautor Michael Tsokos in dem Roman «Heinz Labensky – und seine Sicht auf die Dinge» von der ehemaligen DDR. Wir tauchen ein in das Leben des liebenswerten Einzelgängers Heinz Labensky und begeben uns auf eine verschmitze Reise durch die deutsch-deutsche Geschichte. Heinz Labensky hat auch nach der Wende den Osten Deutschlands nie verlassen und sitzt in einem Seniorenheim die Zeit ab.

When Dinah Brooke's second novel, Lord Jim at Home, was first published in 1973, it was described as "squalid and startling," "nastily horrific," and a "monstrous parody" of upper-middle class English life. It is the story of Giles Trenchard, who grows up isolated in an atmosphere of privilege and hidden violence; who goes to war, and returns; and then, one day—like the hero of Joseph Conrad's classic Lord Jim—commits an act that calls his past, his character, his whole world into question.

An early 20th Century tale about a booster & businessman who followed the standard program, deviated, and wished his son well in going his own way.

Humoristický román ze středomořského ostrova Korfu, kde anglický přírodovědec strávil pět let se svou rodinou. Očima desetiletého hrdiny pozoruje autor zvyky různých živočichů, ale i příslušníků rodinného společenství. Pro budoucího zoologa s literárním talentem to bylo ideální splynutí. Díky jeho zálibě v čemkoli živém se všichni dostávají do zábavných, i když občas hororových scén. Příběh založený na typicky anglickém humoru, se vzrušujícím pohledem na středomořskou faunu a flóru. Dýchne na nás radost ze života na řeckém ostrově s typickým durrellovským humorem.

Alice: 30-something, IQ of 159 (almost a genius), only communicates with her mother in Morse code. Her imaginary friend is back. Erika: 15, daughter of hot ‘wealthugee’ who loves Russian literature, genuine genius, killer eyeliner and killer instincts. The climate is in crisis and wealthy immigrants are flocking to New Zealand for shelter, stealing land, driving up food prices and taking over. But Alice has far more important things to worry about – hating her best friend’s husband, getting free wine and quiet-quitting her dull day job. Until she meets Erika.

Forced by the shackles of capitalism to move back home after graduating from an Ivy League university, Danielle's personhood is immediately assaulted by the Eurocentric monoculture of Irvine, California. And that was before Paul (he/him) reappeared. Paul. Her first love. The no-nonsense bad boy who never looked at her twice ... now engaged. With the help of a mysterious college mentor, Danielle battles to save the man of her dreams from his internalized racism and coerced monogamy.

Gut abgehangen - In Hellfing ist die Hölle los Eine mysteriöse Leiche in einer unheimlichen Waldlichtung. So hätte sich Veronika Fuchs ihren Neuanfang mit Sicherheit nicht vorgestellt, als sie zusammen mit ihrer Tochter den Schritt von der großen Stadt hinaus aufs Land gewagt hatte. Zusammen mit ihrem neuen griesgrämigen Partner Bruno Keller und den anderen Kollegen der Polizeiwache muss sie das Geheimnis rund um ihren ersten Fall in Markt Hellfing lösen.

Melvin Levin is a middle-aged man who is dissatisfied with his dull and mediocre life. That is, he was until he received a mysterious death threat in the mail. Terrified at first, Levin soon becomes accustomed to the threat—and then, increasingly, delighted with it, thrilled with his newfound importance as a “threatened man.” But as his obsession with maintaining this identity becomes all-consuming, he risks blinding himself to the twin dangers of the threat itself and—perhaps worse—his own deranged mind.

Jan Bagan is a Ukrainian YouTuber living in the small, rural town of Nide, which leans against the Russian border. Though he stocks shelves at the only local grocery store at night, his true love is all things combustible. Explosive experiments fuel his modest YouTube channel where his only goal is to make art in the sky. Without any sort of classical training, he uses his senses to recognize and mix the chemicals to reach a satisfying ending.

Впервые на русском (не считая архаичных и сокращенных переводов XIX века) — один из главных романов британского классика, современная популярность которого в англоязычном мире может сравниться разве что со славой Джейн Остин (и Чарльза Диккенса).

Maggie und Jupp, hochbetagt und nicht mehr in Bestform, brechen mit ihrem alten Porsche zu einer letzten gemeinsamen Reise auf. Schon das Einsteigen wird zur Herausforderung, und einen Führerschein hat er auch schon lange nicht mehr. Kaum losgefahren, verliert er - ausgerechnet in Amsterdam - seine Maggie, die immer vergesslicher wird. Unversehens wird sie zum ungebetenen Gast in einem Auto, das zwei tollpatschigen Drogendealern gehört. Als wäre das nicht schon schlimm genug, bringt sie auch noch ungewollt einen ganzen Bus voller Schweizer Chorsänger dazu, alle Hemmungen und Hüllen fallen zu lassen.

In CLEAVAGE Prime minister Eric Courteney, fresh from another scandal, realises he has his work cut out when the Labour offensive kicks off with the charismatic Vicky Tennyson and handsome Christian Eccles at the helm, both dead set on an end to Conservative rule. The desperate Tories resort to hiring maverick strategist Callum Gallagher to get them out of a fix. Gallagher's methods are unusual in the extreme and kept from his employers. As he and his data geeks travel deep into the data, sieving the red-hot web searches of the unsuspecting electorate, it becomes clear that sex sells.

Would you pay to watch babies fight to the death? Only the wealthy and privileged have the kind of money that can pay for such vile entertainment. The first rule of Baby Fights is there are no rules. Babies can't follow rules. But with a certain persuasion they turn into rabid little monsters, and oh what a spectacle it is to see.

Die Kinder sind aus dem Haus und Stefan Schwarz muss endlich kein Vorbild mehr sein! Hurra, das pädagogische Elterntheater hat geschlossen! Er kann wieder in Unterhosen durch die Wohnung spazieren, seiner Frau mit einer zerplatzten Brötchentüte ein wichtiges Telefonat vermasseln, mit der zur Pflege überlassenen Katze hinterm Kachelofen sauber machen, für Freunde im örtlichen Buchhandel nach Kackabüchern zur Windelentwöhnung suchen, sich an seine Vergangenheit als Heu-Baby und Heulsuse erinnern, ganz ohne Symptome vor seinem Hausarzt rumsitzen, und überhaupt und überall seinen Senf dazu geben.