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What if you could dream up any building you like? What would it be? How would constructing it change our lives? A shopping mall self-destructs, and a single mother vanishes. A tree house for orphans and old folks is torn apart by an act of mercy. The Singapore Flyer is reinvented as a political...

*LONGLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE BOOK AWARDS* 'A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging… beautifully rendered' JESSICA ANDREWS 'A deeply observant, perceptive writer' JOANNA CANNON 'Masterful' JJ BOLA 'Evocative, layered and emotionally resonant… deserves to be on...

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE 2022 AKUTAGAWA PRIZE The power dynamics of the office are never more obvious than when it comes to food: mandatory lunches with the boss, the colleague who tries to curry favour with home-baked goods, discovering the discarded remnants of someone else's...

Dr. Hunt has earned his reputation. A genius surgeon with healing hands in the operating room—and a playboy with magic fingers in private. But now that I’ve given him my heart, will he break it like the women from his past? Or should I believe him when he says he’s changed—that I’m the only woman for him? But is our relationship stronger than his reputation?

The stories are all set in New York City and concern themselves with various facets of life in Gilded Age New York City—from the highest of high society to the commonest pensioner in less fashionable neighborhoods in boarding houses. The stories are about manners and mores; about the people of various strata of society relating to each other and the world around them.

حيّ الأميركان يختصر نبض المدينة عبر الزمن، ومن رحمه خرج إسماعيل محسن ليجد نفسه مجنّداً للقتال في العراق، ومن ثمّ مطلوباً بصفته إرهابيّاً يتبع تنظيم القاعدة...

1938: Divya has made the long sea journey from India to England, employed as a nanny by a British family. But once they arrive, she is cruelly abandoned, with no means to return home. Afraid and alone, she faces prejudice and rejection… until she finds her way to an Irish-run boarding house on West India Dock Road and meets Jack, Charity and a host of unexpected friends.

Junot Diaz’s critically acclaimed collection Drown meets Janet Mock’s Emmy-winning series Pose, “in this remarkable debut…capturing the heartbreak of queer youth, a woman’s rebellion against the confines of motherhood, and, above all, the pain and power of friendship” (Adam Haslett...

In an unnamed city, a young woman deals with an unspeakable tragedy, and her boyfriend’s subsequent hospitalization. Torn from her normal routines—coffee, sex, barhopping, and disc golf—she finds herself in an unfamiliar world of hospital visits and doctor’s appointments, all while navigating an unexpected move to a new apartment and enduring the disapproval of her boyfriend’s mother, as well as the gossip of her friends and coworkers.

When Rahim and Jamila leave their beloved Bangladesh for the promise of Queens, New York, they carry with them dreams of success and happiness. Their initial years shine with possibility as they welcome two daughters and embrace their new community. But beneath the surface, tensions simmer as Jamila's growing devotion to Salafi Islam creates an insurmountable divide in their marriage. Their world completely unravels when their eldest daughter chooses love over tradition, announcing her engagement to a non-Muslim.

Dans le New York des années 1930, le fabuleux destin d'une jeune femme qui allait révolutionner l'univers de la beauté : Estée Lauder. Une épopée romanesque et féministe, un vrai bijou de lecture. New York, l'endroit parfait pour se faire oublier. C'est en tout cas l'espoir de la jeune Gloria qui fuit un scandale familial dévastateur. Prête à se réinventer, il ne lui manque plus qu'une nouvelle amie pour l'accompagner dans la ville de tous les possibles. C'est alors qu'elle va trouver sur sa route la très idéaliste Estée.

In this “thrilling, heartbreaking” (Annie Lyons, author of The Air Raid Club) debut novel set during the Great Depression in 1930s New York, a daring dancer must take her twin brother’s place as a riveter high atop the in-progress Empire State Building to save her family from ruin...

Celine’s life is spiraling out of control. She’s in danger of losing the beloved equestrian farm that was her childhood home. Her distant husband, Eric, is devoting a suspicious amount of time to a stunning new colleague. Then her young son, Brian, receives a devastating cancer diagnosis. As her life falls apart, she faces an impossible fight

First published in 1971, The Goodby People is perhaps the greatest novel ever written about post-Manson, pre-Disney Los Angeles.

Marco è un noto attore milanese sul viale del tramonto. I film in cui recitava vincevano Oscar, adesso interpreta “prestigiosi” ruoli da defunto in pellicole di serie B. E quando non è sdraiato in una bara ad aspettare il ciak, gli restano lunghe e solitarie passeggiate infarcite di ricordi. L’unico tocco di brio alla sua esistenza arriva da Luciana, la “sadomasomasterchef” a cui piacciono i giochi sessuali a base di senape in grani. Mirko è un ragazzo stralunato della provincia di Lecce.

În Brooklynul înzăpezit, o tamponare ușoară în trafic declanșează o neașteptată poveste de iubire târzie. Richard Bowmaster, un profesor universitar ipohondru și solitar, lovește mașina condusă de o guatemaleză, Evelyn Ortega, care trăiește și lucrează ilegal în casa unui afacerist dubios. Ceea ce la început pare un accident minor ia o turnură neașteptată când tânara, în mod evident terorizată, sună la ușa lui Richard. Speriat, acesta cere ajutorul Lucíei Maraz, proaspăta lui chiriașă și colegă, o chiliană greu încercată de viață, dar voluntară și optimistă.

A volte basta una parola gentile per trovare la felicità. Yeonnam-dong è un quartiere di Seul in perpetua trasformazione e sempre alla rincorsa dell’ultima moda. Eppure, tra locali modernissimi e temporary shop, c’è una piccola lavanderia automatica che, per alcuni abitanti della zona, rappresenta un porto sicuro in un mare di cambiamenti. Perché qui trovano luci calde, scaffali pieni di libri e profumo di caffè che si mischia a quello del bucato appena lavato.

Celebrated stage actress Mona Zahid wakes up on Thanksgiving morning to the clamor of guests packed into her Manhattan apartment and to a wave of dread: her in-laws are lurking on the other side of the bedroom door; she’s still fighting with her husband; and in just a few weeks she will begin rehearsals as Shakespeare’s Cleopatra, the hardest role in theater. In an impulsive burst, Mona bounds out the door with the family dog in tow (“I forgot the parsley!” is her lame excuse) to find her estranged mentor, Milton Katz, who was recently forced out of the legendary theater company he founded.

Romance author Tessa Elliot has writer's block, and worse - she isn’t sure she still believes in love. To heal her broken heart, she decides to go on the romantic break in Paris she’d booked before her world fell apart. But when she arrives at the Airbnb, Tessa is stunned to find someone is already there. Her ex’s best friend Ethan has made himself at home, being told that the place would be empty. As it’s Paris Fashion Week, and with no other options, they agree to share the apartment.

Beatrice Donovan would do anything for her identical twin sister. Including stepping into her hotel management job temporarily and pretending to be her - she’s desperate. What could go wrong? A lot apparently! Because her sister Delilah has hugely understated her role – the hotel is at risk of closure and she’s promised she can turn it around. Now Bea has to find a way to fly under the radar, get the job done before anyone notices their switch up. Sounds easy, all Bea has to do is avoid her temporary new boss Jonah. However, that’s a lot harder than she thought.