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Growing up in the Black Country under Mrs Thatcher's iron grip, Jamie dreams of a life in a magical metropolis, rubbing shoulders with the mythical creatures from Smash Hits. Despite the quirky characters in his hometown and his mother's witty one-liners, Jamie's heart is set on something greater. Follow him through secondary school, teenage turmoil, and art school, where he falls in love with Billy and the allure of the big city.

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 about her career—or lack thereof. Fashion design has always been her passion, but living in the small north-western New South Wales town of Gunnindi doesn't offer much opportunity to pursue her dream. Until one day the unexpected happens.

"El millor lloc del món" transcorre entre la Barcelona grisa, lenta i temorosa dels anys seixanta, on queden restes d'un temps que s'acaba, i l'actualitat, envoltada de decisions ràpides i passions breus. Famílies d'abans, homes i dones d'ara, en diversos escenaris: Catalunya, Astúries i el sud de França. La Rosa, directora d'una oficina de la Caixa fa cinquanta anys practica els balls de saló i s'escapa, enlloc, amb autobús.

Brianna and Shan couldn't be more different. From her $1,200 weave to her closet full of Gucci, Prada, and Chanel, Brianna believes that men were born to bankroll her lifestyle. Shan likes to make her own money by working for a living at a men's prison - and prefers Sean John, Baby Phat, and Fubu to Jimmy Choo. Still, despite appearances, Shan and B are sisters where it counts - or so they think....

New York's most elite police force chases a ruthless murderer with an uncontrollable lust for money and blood. It's another glamorous night in the heart of Manhattan: At a glitzy movie premiere, a gorgeous starlet, dressed to the nines and dripping in millions of dollars' worth of jewelry on loan, makes her way past a horde of fans and paparazzi. But then there's a sudden loud noise, an even louder scream, and a vicious crime with millions of witnesses and no suspect - and now NYPD Red has a new case on its hands.

Julia's uneventful life takes an unexpected turn when her parents separate, but that is just the beginning. Something dark and sinister is happening near her home. As she makes new friends and hopes for romance, residents of her quiet, little neighborhood start to disappear. What kind of community has she moved into?Are there unthinkable truths hidden beyond the casual facades we encounter every day?

"Auf unsere Liebe. Auf die Kriege, die wir im Innern, in aller Stille führen. Bis aufs Messer." Frech, provokant, hemmungslos: Maria Pourchet erzählt von einer verhängnisvollen Liebe in Paris, von einer Frau und einem Mann, die in einer leidenschaftlichen Affäre aus den vorgezeichneten Bahnen ihres Lebens ausbrechen. Ein faszinierender Roman über die Komplexität der Liebe und die großen gesellschaftlichen Fragen unserer Zeit.

Forbidden love and fierce rivalry drive Jeff Hollister, a street-smart high school senior and gang leader of the Hurricanes, to the brink of disaster. Thinking he’s got the world in his back pocket, and the police at a safe distance, he and his scrappy gang of teenage delinquents come to discover they don’t always come out on top after all. A deadly vow by a member of the rival Tornadoes gang sets Jeff and his friends on a roller coaster of knife fray and gunplay, foot races and car chases, trust and betrayal, and murder.

Bennett Jacobs is okay with being square. With a loving spouse for company, the introverted software engineer doesn’t want or need to turn strangers into friends. But after the wife drags him kicking and screaming to a pool party, he reveals his computer smarts to a flamboyant artist dealing a popular street drug, and his life goes from blasé to bonkers.

Ein hinreißender italienischer Liebesroman... der Lust auf Urlaub, Liebe und Sommer macht ... Julia reist von Hamburg nach Rom, um endlich einmal den Urlaub zu genießen, den sie möchte. Ihre Scheidung liegt schon drei Jahre zurück und nun fühlt sie sich bereit für ein neues Leben. Ihr Sohn Sebastian schließt sich ihr an, doch von ihm kriegt sie nicht viel zu sehen, denn er gestaltet seine eigenen Ferien. Also verbringt Julia ihre Zeit mit Bruno, dem Vermieter ihres Ferienhauses.

Ein Ort, an dem man seine Ruhe möchte, eine stürmische Begegnung und zwei Herzen, die beide ein klein wenig heilen... Josef zieht sich regelmäßig in den Wald zurück. Hier gibt es nur Ruhe, keine säumigen Rechnungen, keine nervigen Kunden. Dieser Ort ist besonders. Nur hier gelingt es ihm, sich aufs Wesentliche zu besinnen und die nötigen Seelestreichel-Momente zu finden, die er so dringend braucht. Während er sein nächstes Zeichenmotiv begutachtet, stolpert er im wahrsten Sinne über die trauernde Lotta. Sie ist so ganz anders als die Frauen, die er kennt.

Redmond Campbell's luck has just taken a turn for the worse. His dog's dead, his wife, Bea, has landed in prison, and he has to look after Bea's sister, Lori – a wildly disinhibited woman with Huntington's disease – who hates him. And Redmond's nephew, Mada, a PhD student searching for a cure for the disease that's killing his mother, doesn't give Red the respect he deserves. But Red is about to change all that. He's got plans to become Sydney's leading property agent, and he's about to make a connection that will line him up a killing.

«La pancia del paguro è un’opera d’arte. Si è inventato un addome molle e asimmetrico, che gli permette di volta in volta, di conchiglia in conchiglia, di adattarsi al nuovo spazio, con appendici addominali modificabili che gli consentono di far aderire saldamente il corpo al guscio. Il paguro lo fa. Noi lo facciamo. Noi siamo paguri. Con la differenza che al posto di un addome molle e di chele abbiamo apposite estremità – due piedi, due mani, una schiena, una pancia – che ci guidano. Che ci insegnano. Che ci permettono di creare i luoghi dove conosciamo gli altri e il mondo».

Rosario, a Filipina novelist in New York City, has just learned of her mother's death in the Philippines. Instead of rushing home, she puts off her return by embarking on a remote investigation into her family's history and her mother's supposed inheritance, a place called La Tercera, which may or may not exist. Rosario catalogs generations of Delgado family bequests and detritus: maps of uncertain purpose, rusted chicken coops, a secret journal, the words to songs sung at the family home during visits from Imelda Marcos.

Strange things are afoot in the city of Lviv, western Ukraine. Seagulls are circling and the air smells salty, though Lviv is a long way from the sea. A ragtag group gathers round a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery - among them an ex-KGB officer and an ageing hippy he used to spy on. Before long, Captain Ryabtsev and Alik Olisevych are teaming up to discover the source of the "anomalies". Meanwhile, Taras ­- who makes a living driving kidney-stone patients over cobblestones in his Opel Vectra - is courting Darka, who works nights at a bureau de change despite being allergic to money.

With death nipping at his neck like cold in the winter, Lorenzo “Zo” Alverez is faced with the inevitable fate of stepping into his late father’s shoes. With enemies coming at him from all sides, Zo doesn’t know who he can trust. But when the light at the end of the tunnel comes in the form of family, he discovers secrets about his father that he never knew. These secrets threaten to pull him away from the other powerful families in New York and people that would risk their lives for his.

It's the turn of the millennium and, landing in London with nothing but her CD collection and demo tape, Orla Quinn moves into a squalid Kilburn house with her best mate and a band called Shiva. Orla wants to make music, but juggling two jobs and partying every night isn't helping. Back in Ireland her parents' marriage has crumbled, she's not speaking to her father, and her mother and sister are drinking too much.

Forty years ago, the name Rachel McMahon was synonymous with evil. After killing four men in the most brutal of ways, the world rejoiced as she was locked up. Now Rachel has done her time, repented for her crimes, and is ready to live a quiet life back in Scotland under a new name.

As IQ plugs a mysterious USB into his laptop, he's horrified to see what flashes across the screen: his girlfriend Grace is sweaty and bedraggled - her wrists wrapped with duct tape. Grace has been kidnapped by the likes of Skip Hanson, a brutish hitman with a vendetta against Isaiah. As IQ and Dodson attempt to locate Grace based on scant evidence, (read: a Sonic burger wrapper in one grainy image) they must wend through the stark, unrelenting East California landscape in search of clues.

A good job, a beautiful wife, a big house in a nice neighbourhood; there's really only one thing missing from the picture: a baby. But motherhood is a serious undertaking, especially for a wife who has always valued her selfhood above all else. And there's also a bigger problem: Temi, the wife's best friend who swears she knows her better than her husband. Set over the course of one day, husband, wife and friend toe the lines of compromise and betrayal.