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Eine Chocolaterie als Zuflucht in dunklen Zeiten. Berlin, 5. August 1936: Die Schwermut ist Elfies steter Begleiter, Zuversicht findet sie in ihrer Arbeit in der Chocolaterie Sawade, einem Hort zarter Zaubereien aus Nougat und Schokolade, feinstem Marzipan und edlen Aromen. Hier gelingt es Elfie und ihren Nachbarn, sich ihre Menschlichkeit in unmenschlichen Zeiten zu erhalten. Dann kommt Elfie dem Geheimnis einer besonderen Praline und der Geschichte einer verbotenen Liebe auf die Spur. Doch wird sie es wagen, auch ihrer eigenen Sehnsucht zu folgen.

Una vieja factoría de la calle del Planeta, en el corazón de Gràcia, alberga un coworking con una singular fauna: Uwe es el hijo único de un industrial alemán que le ha dado "un año de gracia" para vivir la bohemia antes de hacerse cargo del negocio familiar. Maurici no para de diseñar nuevos e inverosímiles negocios que siempre están «a punto» de procurarle éxito. Vilma es una fotógrafa de misteriosos hábitos, como dormir dentro del coworking o desaparecer en una playa secreta. Gus es nómada digital y trabaja como lanzador de cursos online, acompañado de un ejército de figuras de Star Wars.

Start a new chapter at the most enchanting bookshop in Paris 💕🇫🇷💫A heartwarming bookish romance from the bestselling author of Summer at the Santorini Bookshop, Rebecca Raisin! Perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan, Eliza J. Scott and Lucy Score! Coco is having a hell of a month. She’s...

When Another Country appeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly story of desire, hatred and violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott, a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York. Self-destructive, bad and brilliant, he draws us into a Bohemian underworld pulsing with heat, music and sex, where desperate and dangerous characters betray, love and test each other to the limit.

Napoli, 1962. Il Club 22 è il night più amato della città. Sarà perché il proprietario, il Cavalier Eduardo De Angelis, lo gestisce con generosità e intelligenza. Sarà perché Natalia de Gennaro, meglio conosciuta come Natascia, sa capire i clienti – e convincerli a ordinare carissime bottiglie di “finto champagne” – meglio di chiunque altro. Sarà perché Samuele Caputo, al secolo Sam, è un pianista che non fa rimpiangere il suo omonimo di Casablanca quando suona i successi americani del momento, tradotti rigorosamente in napoletano.

New to town and delusionally confident, Slide imagined himself living in a glossy building with doormen and sweeping views of the skyline. Instead he's landed in a creaking, stuffy apartment with two roommates: a loping giant who hardly leaves his room, and a weight-obsessed neurotic who keeps no fewer than forty-seven lamps throughout the house, blazing at all hours. Unwilling to accept this fate, Slide—a barber with an opaque past—embarks on a quest for the perfect apartment, pinballing through the sprawling, madcap city of Polis and its endless procession of neighborhoods.

Alice Croydon has the perfect life: she has a large, close-knit family who loves her—even if they are sometimes a little too invested in her decisions—and she's about to marry her high school sweetheart Finn. Alice couldn't be happier. Except for the occasional niggle whenever she thinks...

Ein origineller, rasanter Debütroman einer aufregenden neuen Stimme. Damani kämpft. Jeden Tag kümmert sie sich um ihre Mutter, fährt die ältere Dame Mrs. Patrice zum Bingospielen, während sie immer weniger durch die Fahrdienst-App verdient. Die Rechnungen stapeln sich, ihre Wut auf die Welt wächst. Bis eines Tages Jolene in ihrem Wagen sitzt. Sie scheint die perfekte Freundin zu sein - aufmerksam, attraktiv, eine Verbündete. Vielleicht kann Damani über das hinwegsehen, was sie zurückhält: Noch nie hat sie eine Frau mit Geld gedatet, geschweige denn eine weiße Frau mit Geld.

‘Horrendously good’ SELF ESTEEM ‘The funniest book I’ve read for a long time’ DAVID NICHOLLS ‘Utterly ruthless’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘Addictive … I loved it!’ RUFI THORPE ‘Twistedly funny’ VINCENZO LATRONICO ‘Razor-sharp … impossible to put down’ JACK EDWARDS LONGLISTED...

The first novel to articulate the rage and pain of life in "the other America," Hubert Selby Jr.'s Last Exit to Brooklyn is a classic of postwar American writing. Selby's searing portrait of the powerless, the homeless, the dispossessed, is as fiercely and frighteningly apposite today as it was when it was first published more than fifty years ago. This explosive, transgressive best-seller created shock waves upon its release in 1964 with its raw, vibrant language and startling revelations of New York City's underbelly.

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Fleeing a murder charge in his native homeland of Palermo, Sicily, in Italy, young Carlo Gambino finds refuge in the United States of America. It is the Roaring Twenties, and New York is a melting pot of decadence and excess. As well as unprecedented violence. The Volstead Act creates a new and...

A novel of friendship and misreading that deciphers Tokyo’s hidden social codes. Emily Itami’s Costa-shortlisted Fault Lines transported readers to Tokyo. Now join her there. Tokyo: quaint and vast, majestic and baffling. Unspoiled parks and roiling tourist traps, artisanal delicacies and...

In Silicon Valley, everyone is building a future. Eli is trying to survive tonight. By day, Eli goes to class, studies accounting, and works to create a better life for himself and his younger brother. By night, he sleeps in his car.No one knows. Eli has built his life around a strict set of...

Das heiße Werbeplakat am Times Square beweist es deutlich: Zwischen Diana und dem argentinischen Polospieler Franco Andrade knistert es gewaltig! Steht etwa eine Verlobung der reichen Erbin mit dem Playboy an? Niemand ahnt etwas von dem geheimen Plan dahinter...

Blues In The Night: The First Chronicles of Bernie Butz by Carol S. Fowler is a vibrant collection of short episodes set in the smoky, soulful jazz scene of 1950s New York City. Follow Bernie Butz, a passionate jazz journalist for Crazy Cats magazine, as he navigates the highs and lows of the Cool Era, chasing interviews with rising stars and uncovering the gritty underbelly of the music world. From the sultry notes of Jack Goldberg’s saxophone to the dangerous allure of femme fatales like Hedi Munroe, Bernie’s adventures blend the rhythm of jazz with the pulse of noir mystery.

Vom Mut, das eigene Leben nicht den anderen zu überlassen. Geschichten von Frauen, die zweifeln, träumen, sich in den falschen Menschen verlieben, sich entlieben, die das Leben umarmen, auch wenn es manchmal ruppig ist. Frauen mit Sehnsucht, Humor, Scham, Mut, Eigensinn – und gelegentlich...

Cecily von Ziegesar returns to the world of GOSSIP GIRL with the series' first adult novel, BLAIR, set twenty-two years after the end of the first series. At forty, Blair Waldorf is back on Manhattan’s Upper East Side trying to reclaim her socialite throne while harboring a big secret. “You...

'The love story was gorgeous - such brilliant energy and chemistry' Kristen Bailey Tropes: 💓 Second chance romance 🔥 Forced proximity 💘 Will-they-won't-they 🛤 missed connections The best people in life are worth the wait... When Liv finds herself locked in a shed with handsome...

'I absolutely loved this book!' Maxine Morrey Madison reckons she’s a pretty good judge of character. When a disaster at work brings professional photographer Toby into her life, she has him all worked out within minutes. As their work collaboration blossoms into friendship, her preconceptions...