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Twilight Sleep, a gothic satire of Jazz Age New York, was an instant best-seller when it was released in 1927. Quintessential Edith Wharton, it is stylish and sharp, at turns scathing, hilarious and melodramatic, but also deeply and surprisingly human. In a modernist twist, the story is told by three distinct narrators—19-year-old Nona Manford, her unflappable socialite mother Pauline, and Nona’s father and Pauline’s second husband, divorce lawyer Dexter Manford. All are trying to save the marriage of Nona’s half-brother, Jim Wyant, and his wife Lita.

Cat has a dangerously dwindling bank balance. She also has: a month before her landlord kicks her out, a surprise wedding invitation from rich mean girl, Louisa, a secret talent for con artistry. A priceless jewel the size of a cocktail olive is glinting on Louisa’s finger. And when Cat meets her ideal plus one, Jake–who’s gifted at hustling and posing as the perfect boyfriend–this wedding becomes a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After all, how hard can a diamond heist be?

In this dazzling debut novel about love and betrayal, a young couple moves to New York City in search of success - only to learn that the lives they dream of may come with dangerous strings attached.

Dois contos com a usual excelência Alcântara Machado na constituição das personagens! Em "A piedosa Teresa", a linguagem coloquial dos participantes da festa vai se costurando à letra da canção de São Gonçalo, para trazer ao leitor o universo de Dona Teresa. Já em "O tímido José", a violência na madrugada fria de São Paulo é quem domina a cena.

Chicago Sun-Times reporter Paul Crawford is asked to investigate a series of recent murders he eventually calls the "Houdini Victims". He begins with the investigation of a corporate executive who vanishes from a parking garage in the Chicago Loop without a trace.

Se trata de una historia que ocurre en la ciudad de Barcelona donde se tocan temas referentes al conocimiento en distintas áreas; filosofía, arte, historia, libros y temas de la sociedad en general, como el alquiler de habitación en piso compartido (muy de moda en una ciudad donde llegan muchos extranjeros). Siempre está la naturaleza presente y el recuerdo de los rituales y la magia, que se asocia a la intuición y a los anhelos. Las situaciones ocurren en la Barcelona cosmopolita, en la cocina de un restaurante en el Collserola y en las calles del centro de la ciudad.

Set within the fast, loud and sometimes violent world that was Chicago’s Hardcore Punk and Metal scenes of the mid-1980s, Moonstomper follows Steve Andersen, a Trojan Skin who does anything he can to protect his younger siblings Matt and Luna from the negative influence of their father and disgraced Chicago cop, Mike.

Ray Striker was a Gulf War veteran turned street vigilante who guarded his own neighborhood like it was his own family. But too many years chasing ghosts and taking the law into his own hands now made it impossible to chase his own inner demons away.

The daughter of Amber Opal begins to live in Paris, France.

New York City's iconic Greenwich Village. Rock musician Chris McQueen had been a city dweller for just over a year when a chance encounter on the street pulls him into a world beyond his wildest imagination. A West Village guitar shop and its eccentric owner lead Chris on a wild ride through the streets of the city and beyond as the millennium comes to a close in the dawn of post-modern Manhattan.

The Unseen Threat is a thrilling and suspenseful story that follows a team of dedicated investigators as they work to solve a string of kidnappings. The story takes listeners on a journey through the complexities of human nature and the impact that crime can have on a community. Throughout the story, the team faces a number of challenges as they work to gather evidence and build a case against the kidnapper. They are presented with a number of twists and turns as new evidence and information lead them down unexpected paths.

Alessio Slaviero è un uomo molto temuto nel suo quartiere, quel triangolo di strade strette che si estende a Milano tra viale Monza, via Padova e la ferrovia; il ventre oscuro della città, dove il territorio si conquista e si difende con la forza, tutti i giorni. Alessio Slaviero è un uomo assediato da mille ombre e da mille fantasmi. Il suo unico amico è Manuel, un travestito brasiliano bello come un adolescente cattivo, che abita nell'appartamento di fianco.

A raging storm and a bed and breakfast off the beaten path. Three couples looking to cross things off their bucket lists. A night of puns, quips, and brutal violence, hosted by the sweet, mad, elderly couple: Marge and Alby.

Escaping the communism he had been forced to live with and forced into a 64 million dollar heist as he made his way to freedom, Hayden Rochsoff, a reputed Russian Rebel Army operative, finally finds exemption in Canada. But his unrelenting past haunts him, and he finds himself forced to pick up his arms again. This time, to save the one he loves from life in the Russian sex trade.

This fast pace story is about a 12-year-old boy from London. Raised in an abusive environment, he decides to leave home and make his way in the streets.

When carefree and beautiful April May Zane sat beside the cutest boy at the university, she couldn’t see the past or the future, so she said yes to a life with him. Thirty years later, a stranger visits the peaceful town of Spring Falls, bringing the past with her, shattering the illusion of April’s happy marriage, and thrusting her life into danger.

Bruce Blanc, fresh off a nine-year prison jolt and back on the streets of Honolulu, is about to turn 41. He finds himself embroiled in urban Honolulu’s Asian American nightlife. Kids lighting up the night with cocaine and killing daylight with Xanax. Girls who spend more time looking at themselves in the mirror than Snow White’s stepmom; the older divorcees with means who prey on them. And 90-pound female drug lords and the cops in love with them. A new bar is opening or shutting down daily.

First in a series of 10 titles about the Black Bats (BB) Motorcycle Club by Ochil Kinnaird, this first story unfolds at the start of Shug’s journey into the world of motorcycle MCs…a nostalgic look back at the biker scene in Scotland during the mid-'70s and '80s. It details the life of a young man as he progresses through to adulthood and the effects that being involved in a "biker gang" had on the way his life was continually shaped.

Nueva Delhi, invierno, 3 de la madrugada. Un Mercedes que circula a toda velocidad invade la acera, atropellando y matando a cinco personas. Es el vehículo de un millonario, pero al volante solo encuentran a un criado en estado de conmoción, incapaz de explicar cómo o porqué ha cometido este crimen. Y tampoco puede prever el oscuro drama que está a punto de desencadenarse.

Sáhara ama las flores aunque tiene nombre de desierto. Sáhara trabaja en el negocio familiar. Una pequeña floristería en Malasaña. Ciro es un joven lleno de aspiraciones frustradas. Vive en una habitación en Lavapiés. Ciro choca con Nicolás, un repartidor de comida. Decide suplantar su identidad y trabajar con su nombre. Nico-Ciro y Sáhara chocan en el Ojalá. Abren varias puertas que son volcanes. Y deciden arder.