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Dem Renovierungswahnsinn der Villa Mimmi endlich entronnen, gönnen sich Maike und Alex zum Jahreswechsel einen wohlverdienten Kurzurlaub auf Fuerteventura. Doch schon auf dem Weg dorthin warten einige Überraschungen. Auch der Hotelaufenthalt im All-Inclusive-Wunsch-Resort verläuft nicht immer so entspannend, wie sich die frischgebackenen Hausbesitzer das vorstellen.

Mike Kovacs is an economics professor, who's trying to get over a bitter divorce. He’s barely on speaking terms with his only child. And he’s just killed two bicyclists in an inebriated hit-and-run at a deserted Michigan beach. (In his defense, he hadn’t meant to get that drunk. And what’s the use of getting caught and going to jail if it means you can no longer make positive contributions to society?)

A young woman must unmask a serial killer and prove her innocence, all before her best friend’s wedding in this hilarious “sultry summer thriller” (The New York Times). Gwen Turner has made a bloody mess of her life. She recently broke up with the best man she’s ever known for reasons...

Am letzten Wochenende vor Semesterbeginn, das sie wie immer in der Strandvilla der Eltern von John und Gretchen verbringen, kommt es zwischen John, Tom und Nicolas zu einer Wette: Wer es schafft, die ahnungslose Susan—Zimmergenossin von Gretchen und berüchtigte harte Nuss—zu verführen, bekommt das beste Zimmer im Verbindungshaus.

En esta novela al estilo de una novela picaresca, pero ambientada en el siglo XX, la autora recopila las malas andanzas del marqués de la Cañahueca, apodado así en el seno de su infernal familia, donde aprendió el mal como norma de vida. En sus instantes postreros, el marqués ansía legar al mundo su filosofía canallesca, enseñando a cultivar el lado oscuro que la sociedad intenta reprimir.

“Brat is a raucous story of the messy, messed-up business of living, dying and having a family.” —Financial Times “The novel crackles with gothic horror, deadpan humor, and a damning sense of alienation that you won’t soon shake.” —Chicago Review of Books From a provocative...

Ein fieser Weihnachtsroman. Fernand hat die Nase voll von seinem daueralkoholisierten Chef. Dumm nur, dass er der Weihnachtsoberelf ist und sein Chef - richtig, der Weihnachtsmann. Einziger Lichtblick ist Fernands Assistent Perus, der ihm immer zur Seite steht und hilft, den Zustand des Weihnachtsmannes vor den anderen Elfen zu verheimlichen. Als der Weihnachtsmann bei einem Probeflug Fernands Haus zerstört, reicht es. Der Weihnachtsmann muss weg! Fernand und Perus beauftragen zwielichtige "Problemlöser". Aber ist Auftragsmord wirklich das richtige Mittel?

Uma comunidade plural e anárquica encontra-se no Centro de Emagrecimento Ingatori para assistir à semifinal da Copa de 2014. Enquanto os frequentadores testemunham o fiasco histórico do 7 x 1, flashbacks narram suas trajetórias individuais: embora tenham personalidades muito distintas, o excesso de quilos parece unificar suas identidades; como se obesidade fosse um gigantesco rótulo padronizador. Os próprios sobrepesados brincam: um magro que habita um corpo gordo é um trans? E uma alma rica que nasceu num físico de pobre?

It’s 1998, and a small group of Montana teenagers are rapidly stumbling toward their high school graduation. As the boys wile away their last days of real youth, they have no concerns and their only goal is to continue as they always have: drinking, stealing, and having a good time. As graduation day approaches, the boys come to realize that the juvenile games they have been playing have very real consequences in the grownup world.

In his new writing project, Donkey, Joey Truman manifests a bizarro literary sitcom as sexy romp, as meditation on being trapped in the working class with no way out.

When Agatha Benedict plucked Kelly off the city streets to replace her dead cat Poopsie, she neglected to inform him of some very important house traditions. The history of the Benedict Estate prescribes that once the estate owner passes on, a will reading is to take place. However, the reading is more than passing on a loved one's final wishes: it's a figurative gunshot into the air, an alert to all in attendance that a playful game of anything-goes murder has begun. The prize? The inheritance, of course.

If you're a fan of Roald Dahl or Gillian Flynn you'll love these unsettling stories with a twist in the tale. Are you ready to stay up all night with USA Today best-selling author JT Lawrence? Click now to start listening.

Após uma década de trabalho mediana, Rick Dalton acha difícil engolir a ideia de que a indústria cinematográfica passa muito bem sem ele, obrigado. Sentindo que sua carreira de ator está cada vez mais próxima do fim e mergulhado em uma crise existencial, Rick está disposto a se submeter ao lobby cruel de Hollywood para tentar adiar sua ruína. Para isso, vai cogitar uma investida no cinema italiano, encarnar um vilão controverso em uma série de faroeste e aceitar conselhos profissionais de uma respeitada atriz de oito anos de idade.

Although retired, Jim Godwin takes a lowly part-time job at Slobend, Fleecem & Skinnem out of boredom and the need to eke out his pension. Unfortunately for Jim, he's had a prior altercation with two staff members. Worse, Jim knows that they are drug dealers on the side.

Les détails lucides nous envahissent, ils possèdent leur propre volonté, ils sont une conscience de ce qu'il y a entre la matière et sa voisine ; l'antimatière. Ils ne sont peut-être pas exactement l'antithèse de tout ce qui existe. Ils provoquent une forte dérision dans la vie quotidienne.

Sebastian Kunze ist als Großstadtjournalist gescheitert. Er landet mit Frau und Tochter in der brandenburgischen Provinz, denn Melanie ist Psychotherapeutin, und auf dem Land gibt es, was sie braucht: Einen Kassensitz und therapiebedürftige Menschen. Doch die ländliche Realität zwischen Gurkenständen und Landgaststätten hält für das Paar einige Überraschungen bereit. Melanie traut sich bald kaum mehr auf die Straße - wegen all der "Bescheuerten". Sebastian hingegen lernt die Überschaubarkeit des neuen Lebens zu schätzen.

Es läuft nicht gerade gut für den titelgebenden Künstler. Der Einzige, der ihm Aufmerksamkeit schenkt, ist sein Drogendealer. Bis er durch einen glücklichen Zufall ein Arbeitsstipendium an einem neurologischen Institut erhält, das alles verändert und ihm neuen Schwung verleiht. Die rettende Idee: eine von Neurowissenschaften inspirierte Ausstellung! Doch in dem verheißungsvollen Institut geht es abgedrehter zu als erwartet.

Drunk customers. Shoplifting raccoons. Otherworldly visitors. As night-shift clerk at the 24-hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all. That is, until his best friend reveals the body of a local politician hidden in the trunk of a car, setting off a chain of events with apocalyptic potential. Soon, Jack finds himself entangled in a supernatural conspiracy involving monster hunters, sociopaths, doomsday cultists, and...garden gnomes?

Before she knows it, Turquoise finds herself in strange and perilous worlds populated by the likes of human oddities, shape-shifters, serial killers in flying saucers, flesh-eating hippies, man-eating house cats, and sleazy televangelists who produce snuff films for Christ.

Prewitt Patry is an expert in European art and antiquities, and he used to be the best con artist in New York City. But fate has left him divorced and broke, with his glory days behind him. Then a golden opportunity falls into his lap. Ranger du Courtemanche is the aging patriarch of the centuries-old French aristocratic Courtemanche family. The family resides in their ancestral chateau, and they haven’t been outside the property in years. Enter Prewitt, who cozies up to the reclusive family and warns them that their chateau and wealth have been targeted by an obscure secret society.