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From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a “dark satire about the inhuman condition” (The Toronto Star) about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future. In Shock Induction...

È una splendida e calda domenica di maggio e come tutti gli anni i Delaney aprono i cancelli della loro bella casa di campagna e invitano tutto il villaggio per una nuotata in piscina. È un appuntamento da non perdere e tra i partecipanti c'è Louise, con le figlie Amelia e Katie, che non intende rinunciare alla festa anche se suo marito Barnaby, da cui si è da poco separata, le lancia sguardi risentiti: quello infatti avrebbe dovuto essere il suo giorno con le bambine.

In seventy-two hours, a blockbuster expose will reveal Victoria Stevens's multibillion-dollar startup as a massive fraud. And Victoria has gone missing. Has she faked her death, leaving her husband, Guy Sarvananthan, to face the fallout—and potential jail time? Should Guy flee to his native Sri Lanka, an outcast and a failure? Or embrace denial? Opting for the latter, he takes the corporate jet to a private Caribbean island, where the 0.0001% have gathered to decide which one of the world's biggest problems to "eradicate forever."

Certainly not the twins at the heart of the matter of all things Apocalypse, Calvin and Trent, who soon must decide what—or rather whom—they’re willing to sacrifice in order to delay your world’s dying gasps. Definitely not the high school principal, Gary Mustafa, whose hyperfixation on balloons will leave your mind only loosely tethered to your head. Then there’s Love and Yew, the former government hacker and ex-reality TV star, the latter a psychedelic therapist who thinks she’s better than you. The less said about these two women, the better.

My best friend’s brother broke my heart five years ago. He left me behind after our summer together to chase his dreams in Nashville. Now he’s back, all rich and famous, and my best friend wants us to write a song together for her wedding. The last thing I want to do is write a love song with the man who broke my heart, but I love my best friend too much to tell her no. He starts trying to win me back again with grand gestures and flirty lines, but I can’t give in. My mother chased my biological father down for years, and all it led to was heartbreak. I won’t repeat her mistakes.

'Full of kindness, even tenderness... He is a brilliant writer: opulently gossipy as few are these days, but also truthful, witty, wise and stoical' Rachel Cooke, Observer 'Everett is a brilliant writer - funny, waspish, warm and seductive' Camilla Long, The Times Richly imagined and...

Shipwrecked on an unknown island, Lemuel Gulliver finds himself not merely a fish out of water, but a very big fish in a small pond. He awakens to find himself tied to the ground by the natives of Lilliput—tiny people small enough to fit in his pocket and play hide and seek in his hair!

Дьяволиада — сатирическая повесть знаменитого русского писателя, драматурга и театрального деятеля Михаила Афанасьевича Булгакова (1891–1940). Товарищ Коротков служит делопроизводителем на спичечном заводе и вполне уверен в завтрашнем дне. Но в один прекрасный день сотрудникам завода объявляют, что жалованья не будет — денег нет. А еще через пару дней жалованье все-таки дают, но не деньгами, а... спичками. Славу и признание Михаилу Булгакову принесли его произведения "Богема", "В кафе", "Красная корона", "Воспоминание", "Вьюга", "Грядущие перспективы", "День нашей жизни", "Пропавший глаз", "Звёздная сыпь", "О пользе алкоголизма".

Still bruised and heartbroken from their last calamitous quest, Gorm Ingerson and his band of washed-up heroes try to make amends for the orcs they accidentally betrayed. But justice is put on hold when an old foe marches to the city gates. Gorm is horrified to discover a liche pitching the frightened city-dwellers on the merits of the undead lifestyle...at the head of a corpse army. To save the city from high-pressure sales tactics and an inevitable siege, the dwarf warrior and his misfit band hatch a harebrained scheme that lands them at the top of the king’s kill list.

In the second outing of her Audible Original series, Educating Daisy, she’s invited six more celebrity friends to try to covnert her to books by telling her all about their favourite classic. She promises she’ll definitely read one of them by the end of the series. Definitely. This time Greg Davies, Tom Davis, Sindhu Vee, Rylan Clark, Danny Robins and Kerry Godliman hope to introduce her to a page-turner that she can't resist.

Злобных дух, обитающий в Кентервильском замке, любит пугать всех, кто осмелится заселиться в его пристанище. Приведение собирается вдоволь повеселиться, когда в замок переселяются новые жильцы, но его ждет крупное разочарование – семья Отис не так проста! Что только призрак ни пытается предпринять: оставляет пятна крови по дому, бродит по коридорам, издает страшные звуки по ночам – и всё напрасно! Семью Отис так просто не запугать! Перед вами сатирическое произведение Оскара Уайльда, опубликованное в 1887 году, в классическом переводе Михаила Ликиардопуло, насквозь пронизанное юморов и философией!

Jenny Green is dreading her Class of 2007 reunion. While her friends are killing it, Jenny's promising career as an artisanal baker went up in flames (literally) and her deadbeat, commitment-phobe boyfriend is cheating on her with their swishy-ponytailed neighbour. She feels like she didn't get the memo... As it turns out, she didn't. Begrudgingly back at university, she receives a text from an unlisted number: Jenny Green - please collect your memo. Hidden on her old campus is a secret female-led organisation providing memos to select students; blueprints for success.

The brilliant and darkly hilarious debut novel about how the past can come back to haunt you (literally) by the New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying, Shari Lapena. Harold Walker, desperately average, is in the throes of a mid-life depression. His wife Audrey clings to an...

Erasure is Percival Everett's hilarious satire about race and publishing, now an Oscar-nominated film, American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson and starring Jeffrey Wright and Tracee Ellis Ross. 'Hilarious . . . Everett is a first-rate word-wrangler.' – Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian...

There’s trouble in Hollywood. Big surprise, Sheepdip, there’s always trouble in Hollywood. But for Yours Truly, Nick Nolte, private dick, actor, entrepreneur, collector of exotic and often dangerous commodities, and People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive (1992), Hollywood is a filthy, decaying, half-empty swimming pool, and I’m gonna dive in head-first. Someone’s kidnapping Hollywood bigwigs? Hell, I wish I’d thought of it first. Clones runnin’ amok from Pismo to Tijuana?

The year is 2075 and Tyrell Elon Zuzerzos has purchased the United States of America. Due to the BioWars, and the lingering viruses and diseases from those wars, human-to-human relationships have been banned. Not to worry, though, Zuzerzos and the Antarctica Ccorporation have developed the Simu-Network, the most advanced simulated intelligence network ever created.

Get ready for a hostile takeover of epic proportions. In BuyMort: Bull Market Mayhem, the end isn't nigh—it's been leveraged, securitized, and is ready to liquidate. Say your prayers and check your credit score because when the celestial ledger closes, you'll want to make sure your cosmic assets are diversified.

The President of the United States wants to pursue a girl, but not just any girl, a minor. So what is a thirsty politician with no conscience or morals of any kind to do? Propose a law to make pursuing such young ladies legal, of course!

Der Schauspieler, Kabarettist und Regisseur Peter Lodynski hat 1992 Texte für die ORF-Sendung "Speziell für Sie" gelesen. Nun hat der Autor und Komponist Walter Baco diese Aufnahme mit eigener Klaviermusik als Hörbuch gestaltet.

A sentient cloud whose arrogance leads to its own demise. A rich uncle who discovers a possible solution to climate change, but is not who he appears to be. A phantom killer who uses other people (and their cars) to commit murder. Balloons that predict the future. Paranormal investigators at the beach. Wolfmen who hunt bears for sport. A Cinderella story at a retirement home. Celebrities forced to make movies for eternity in a simulated world. A girlfriend who believes we reside in the mind of God.