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Shaena has come to terms with her eating disorder and confessed it to herself and her Overeaters Anonymous group. However, her family and friends are oblivious to her bulimia, and she intends to keep it that way. Shaena soon realizes she may have to trust them and share her secret.

Virginia is a Jill—a professional Buffalo Bills cheerleader—living the life she’s always dreamed of. She spends her weekdays practicing, her weekends cheering, and her nights hopping between events and bars and clubs with her close-knit band of teammates, especially her best friend, Jeanine, whose dynamic friendship has given Virginia confidence in spades and allowed her to put aside her troubled past with her sister, Laura. But one Sunday, Jeanine fails to show up for a game, and all her calls and texts go unanswered.

When Douglas, the ringleader of a clique of self-styled wits of “superior sensibility” dies suddenly, his four remaining friends are summoned to his luxe estate high in the Catskills to memorialize his life and mourn his passing. Responding to an obscure sense of emergency in the call, Ned, our hero, flies in from San Francisco (where he is the main organizer of a march against the impending Iraq war), pursued instantly by his furious wife, Nina: they’re at a critical point in their attempt to get Nina pregnant, and she’s ovulating!

Fourteen-year-old Ida was born with a hole in her heart. Forbidden from most physical activities and considered strange by her teachers and peers, she prefers spending time alone, memorizing countries and capitals on her globe and imagining the world outside the tiny logging town of Mineral, Washington. One afternoon, in walks her cousin Elna, here to stay for a few weeks. Ida hasn't seen Elna since they were young, and she's immediately drawn to her older cousin, who's everything Ida is not: confident, glamorous, charismatic, and daring.

Josie Greene has always been a glass half-full kind of girl. But after a messy breakup, she’s broke, betrayed, and barely getting by. Even her trusted tarot cards point to chaos in her future. And they’re right: Axe MacKenzie needs her help. As part of the tech CEO’s latest covert mission, Axe has been developing a simulator to create any user’s “Perfect Match,” and bubbly Josie is the ideal woman to test his product. When the gorgeous, reclusive billionaire makes her an offer—fake date him so he can launch his groundbreaking AI dating app—Josie’s in no position to refuse.

סופר מנסה לענות על ראיון שנשלח אליו מאתר אינטרנט. בדרך כלל התשובות שלו בראיונות כאלה מחושבות. זהירוֹת. אבל הפעם הלב שלו עומד להישבר, החיים שלו מאיימים להתפרק, והוא נחוש לכתוב את האמת העירומה. הפגומה. הוא רק לא בטוח שהוא זוכר איך עושים את זה. כל שאלה בראיון האחרון היא חור מנעול שקשה להתיק ממנו את המבט, וכל תשובה בו חושפת שהאמת היא הגרעין של השקר – ולהפך.

הספר כולו מתרחש בליל קיץ אחד הזוי ודביק, בתל אביב של תחילת שנות השמונים. הסופר חסר השם משוטט כמרגל בין אנשים בודדים, כמעט מובסים, ומוצא בכל אחד מהם פוטנציאל לסיפור אפשרי; לעתים סיפור אחד זולג למשנהו ומשתרג באחר, וגם המחבר עצמו לוקח חלק בעלילה - הן כדמות פעילה והן כמי שממציא אותה בזמן אמת. עמוס עוז מתאר באירוניה ובחמלה את הדמויות המתגלגלות להן בין חרוזי החיים והמוות ומגיש כאן ספר אמיץ, חושפני ושובה לב, העוסק בשבחי ההתבוננות כתנאי למלאכת הכתיבה.

In this gripping psychological thriller, Marissa's seemingly perfect life takes a dark turn as night descends on her world. Living the American dream, she's married to a successful surgeon, finding joy in teaching high school English. But beneath the surface, her husband remains distant, leaving her feeling lonely and trapped. Everything changes when she crosses paths with Adam. Their fateful encounter at work sparks a love that refuses to be ignored, leading Marissa down a dangerous path filled with thrilling twists.

Lincoln Rhyme was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics - until an accident left him physically and emotionally shattered. But now a diabolical killer is challenging Rhyme to a terrifying and ingenious duel of wits. With police detective Amelia Sachs by his side, Rhyme must follow a labyrinth of clues that reaches back to a dark chapter in New York City’s past - and reach further into the darkness of the mind of a madman who won’t stop until he has stripped life down to the bone.

In Iain Reid’s second haunting, philosophical puzzle of a novel, set in the near future, Junior and Henrietta live a comfortable, solitary life on their farm, far from the city lights, but in close quarters with each other. One day, a stranger from the city arrives with alarming news: Junior has been randomly selected to travel far away from the farm...very far away. The most unusual part? Arrangements have already been made so that when he leaves, Henrietta won't have a chance to miss him, because she won't be left alone - not even for a moment.

"קורה משהו. אני לא יכולה לספר אותו לאף אחד. אבל חייבת לספר אותו למישהו." אף פעם אי אפשר לדעת מה באמת מתרחש מאחורי הדלת של השכנים. שלושה וידויים עוצרי נשימה של שלושה דיירים בבניין אחד במרכז הארץ משתלבים זה בזה וחושפים את הסודות והשקרים שבלעדיהם משפחות לא יכולות להתקיים. אשכול נבו נוטל הפעם את הז'אנר הקלאסי של הווידוי, צולל עמו אל זרמי המעמקים של החברה הישראלית ומוכיח שוב את כישרונו המזהיר למשוך בחוטי הסיפור ולהאיר את הפינות הנסתרות ביותר בנפש האדם. שלוש קומות הוא ספר מסחרר, המשליך את גיבוריו שוב ושוב לתוך מלכודות מוסריות ומזמין את הקורא לשאול: מה אני הייתי עושה במקומם?

Stephanie explores the depths of prayer, love, and forgiveness when she is torn from her life and plunged into a place where escape seems impossible. Will she be overtaken by the darkness, or will she find the strength to hold on to hope? “Every time you lose someone you love, they become a part of you—their memory buries itself deep inside your heart, whispering its way into every chapter of your life.”

It was about or exactly a time in Poona, India, where in a household of all women–bar Raju–a battle of wills ensues. Ferangiz the unofficial head of the household and her sister Farida go head-to-head in a fight over the fate of Mehnaz, their home’s collective and beloved daughter. One calling, the other warning, both with ferocity of feeling.

To say Harry Stables’s life has hit a bit of a low patch lately is an understatement. In his mid-20s, he’s been kicked out of his MFA program for fighting, his ex-girlfriend turned down his spur-of-the-moment marriage proposal, and he’s spent the last ten days in his dad’s falling-down Montana fishing cabin with his dog Greta trying to find out how his mother really died when he was a baby, something his father – now dying himself of cancer – has refused to tell either him or his sister their whole lives.

Tirso es un escritor de éxito de novela negra que quiere terminar un libro de cuentos infantiles antes de quitarse la vida. Mérida es una guía turística de la casa Sorolla a la que su compañera de piso le ha trastocado los planes por completo. Guzmán es un consultor señalado en mitad de una huelga a la que no quería acudir y empujado por su jefe a una propuesta que no puede rechazar. Coral es una periodista frustrada que quiere cambiar de vida antes de que su mejor amiga dé a luz. Y Ovidio necesita salvar su productora audiovisual mientras mantiene una relación con su gestor heterocurioso.

The Last Living Diva tells the story of Hayden, a pop-culture obsessed young man with no real direction, who is suddenly offered the opportunity to work as a personal assistant to the biggest-selling female musician of all time—Alexis Shane—just as she's about to embark on a world tour.

Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime. To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern border before the police can discover what she's done. But when an unexpected snowstorm forces her off the road, Quinn must take refuge at the broken-down, isolated Baxter Motel. The handsome and kindly owner, Nick Baxter, is only too happy to offer her a cheap room for the night. Unfortunately, the Baxter Motel isn't the quiet, safe haven it seemed to be.

تعتبر هذه الرواية واحدة من أشهر روايات الكاتب "أندريه بلاتونوف" والملقب ب"كافكا الروسي" حيث تدور أحداثها حول "نزار شاغاتايف" الموفد إلى الصحراء لإنقاذ قومه من الهلاك... رواية الأشباح هي استجابة حية من الكاتب على أحداث الواقع السوفيتي فى العشرينات والثلاثينات، وهي تجسيد مسيرة شعوب آسيا الوسطى المتخلفة آنذاك نحو الاشتراكية وقد اتخذت عند بلاتونوف صيغة بحث عن السعادة يقوم به شعب خرافي مكون من أناس يتامى حُرموا إرادة الحياة وأنهكتهم العبودية والظلام.

കേരളചരിത്രത്തിലെ സമാനതകളില്ലാത്ത സാഹസികതയായിരുന്ന മാമാങ്കത്തെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ഭാവനാപൂർണമായ കൃതി. ഓരോ മാമാങ്കവും ഇത്താപ്പുവിനെപ്പോലുള്ള മരിക്കാൻ ഭയലേശമില്ലാത്ത ചാവേറുകളുടേതാണ്. എല്ലാ 12 വർഷവും മാമാങ്കത്തിന് അവരെത്തും, മരിച്ചാലും ജയിക്കുമെന്ന ഉറപ്പോടെ.

Blood-churning, mind-bending, and an intense thriller at its core! This collection of suspenseful short stories will satisfy your deepest craving for fear. Trapped in a concrete labyrinth! Stalked by a malevolent book character! A dark, eerie basement, possessing the very essence of malice! An ambitious reporter whose questions lead to an unbelievable fate! Hunted and preyed upon by an unstoppable demonic foe! Waking in an infinite underground tunnel, a nightmare that never ends! This is just a snapshot of the horrors that are about to unfold.