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In the summer of 1977, Tom Hargrove loves his girlfriend Patty, The Grateful Dead, and playing bass with his band, The Hermits. Living in Newark, New Jersey, the lights of New York City just a river away, he's desperate for a change. There's a glimmer of hope when The Hermits are invited to LA for a once in a lifetime audition; at stake is more money than any of them have seen in their lives. Once in California, things are hardly idyllic. Tom's chance encounter with megastar Denise Peck could be their lucky break. As her interest grows, their connection threatens to unravel everything.

Asher Banks, with his honey-brown colored eyes and cocky attitude, has been at the top of my shit list since college. Nothing has changed in thirteen years. They call him the Boogeyman of Business because his marketing firm has single-handedly bankrupted several corporations with little to no effort. And because of my jealous ex, I’m now in Banks’ crosshairs.

There was zero chance of seeing the Armani-clad stranger again. I didn't even catch his name—just that he was the hottest mistake of my life. But the universe? It loves a plot twist. Because Mr. Elevator Guy...He's Nick Ashford. My broody as hell brand-new boss.

The acclaimed novel of girlhood, friendship, and sexuality set in the bohemian Greenwich Village of 1970, with a new introduction by Jessica Anya Blau Fourteen-year-old Rainey Royal—fierce, gifted, and dangerously magnetic—lives in a once-elegant, now-crumbling townhouse with her cultish...

Jack Middleton likes to imagine himself a country squire. At weekends he retires to Laverings Estate with his wife, Catherine. He may be pompous, and they may seem ill-matched, but the couple are devoted to each other. When Jack's widowed sister, Lilian, and her two stepchildren arrive to spend...

Narrated by Tim McIlrath, the legendary front man and voice of the Chicago punk rock band, Rise Against, A Mild Form of Madness is a raw Chicago odyssey. This is not a quiet book. It's written in a full-throttle voice—part street philosophy part love letter to Chicago, part confession. Through strides strode through bustling or desolate streets, bike rides along frozen water, chance conversations with strangers and nights where music turns a crowd into something holy, the narrator wrestles with work, meaning, addiction, loyalty and loss.

Dramatisations of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most popular works, plus bonus documentary Often described as ‘the laureate of the Jazz Age’, F. Scott Fitzgerald captured the reckless, hedonistic spirit of 1920s America in his classic novels The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned and Tender is...

Blake will nur eines: ein normales Leben in New York führen und ihr letztes College-Jahr abschließen. Doch Creighton, der gefährlichste Mafiaboss der Stadt, hat andere Pläne. Er ist geradezu besessen von ihr und hat geschworen, sie um jeden Preis zu beschützen. Als sie in New York aufeinandertreffen, wird die Spannung zwischen ihnen immer explosiver. Creighton kann nicht länger leugnen, was er für Blake empfindet, und Blake muss sich eingestehen, dass sie den Mann begehrt, vor dem sie eigentlich fliehen sollte. Doch in der Welt der Mafia ist Liebe gefährlich und Vertrauen tödlich.

The internationally bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust turns to America's future with Ply, an extraordinary thriller and novel of ideas. Centuries from now, an orphan adrift in an American city grows up to become a pincher. Stealing electricity from the grid to power the...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the author of The Power, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017 Naomi Alderman's The Lessons reflects the truth that the lessons life teaches often come too late. Hidden away in an Oxford back street is a crumbling Georgian mansion, unknown to any...

When Charlotte "Charlie" Hasting's father dies, she knows her life will never be the same. But after finding a stash of letters from the mother she never knew, Charlie can see exactly what's been missing in her life. Determined to track her mom down, Charlie quits her high-powered job and road trips to California, giving her plenty of time to rethink her life. But before she can even leave New York, she winds up with an unexpected passenger . . .

Neste audiolivro, Rodrigo Santos envereda pelo gênero conto e traz histórias instigantes e envolventes, que deixam os ouvintes intrigados com fatos e situações relatados. A construção literária empreendida pelo autor é particularmente feliz: a linguagem é envolvida pela aura da oralidade, de modo que o leitor fica a reboque das falas e das histórias narradas.

Zukiswa Wanner, uma das vozes mais ativas da literatura africana contemporânea, oferece um registro raro e necessário: homens negros africanos narrando suas próprias histórias. Longe das poses machistas ou dos estereótipos de gênero, eles se revelam apaixonados, inseguros, engraçados e desbragadamente humanos: amáveis em suas fragilidades, desprezíveis em suas falhas. A autora alterna os dilemas e contradições de Mfundo, Mzilikazi e Tinaye diante das expectativas sociais sobre o papel do homem: a sexualidade, a autoridade familiar, a independência financeira.

A deeply personal and funny novel from the winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award, about embracing one's own troubled self, demons and all, for readers of Percival Everett, Kevin Wilson, and Brandon Taylor's The Late Americans. Fresh out of grad school in Michigan, on the brink of despair...

En la apacible ciudad de Golden la llegada de Theo despierta curiosidad. Nadie sabe de dónde viene, pero su presencia transforma las vidas de quienes lo rodean. Una mañana, Theo visita una cafetería local en la que hay colgados noventa y dos retratos de la gente de Golden, hechos por un artista local. Conmocionado, decide comprarlos todos y entregarlos a quienes corresponden. Con cada encuentro va tejiendo amistades, y este generoso gesto llena la comunidad de luz y resalta el poder de las relaciones.

Payback follows three naïve but ambitious young women chasing their professional dreams in late twentieth-century corporate America. Over the years, their growing friendship forms a tight-knit, supportive bond that sees them through challenges related to gender bias, assault, and racism—as well as the joys of discovering their sexual identity, falling in love, and raising children while navigating demanding careers.

‘I could not put it down’ MADELINE CASH The acclaimed author of The Art of Fielding returns with a long-awaited, immersive new novel. The Brightness follows the electric, chaotic, everything-can-happen lives of Pella Affenlight and her best friend, Irma, as they fumble their way into a...

In postwar Paris, a boy is seduced by his mysterious nanny into a world of adult secrets. In 1950s New York, a young woman struggles to protect her stroke-stricken charge as bruises multiply on the woman’s body. In the 1970s, a fragile cousin wanders into the Royals’ jazz-soaked townhouse, where music, sex, and ruin intertwine. And at the heart of these stories is Rainey Royal herself, coming of age in Greenwich Village, inventing herself as an artist through the tumult of the ’70s and ’80s.

*** Winner of the RNA Award 2018 *** 'Dani Atkins is the undisputed queen of fiction that packs a huge emotional punch, and this captivating story is another outstanding example' - heat Sophie stopped believing in happy endings a long time ago, but could this love change all of that? Sophie...

When Rosie inherits No.13 Arundel Crescent from the birth parents she never knew, the large house in London’s upmarket Notting Hill feels like a dream come true, at first... But dreams can become nightmares. The house is crumbling around her and has conditions attached. She can’t sell it on, and before long, she’s forced to take in lodgers, just to pay the bills.