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Don't get mad, get even is advice Jamie Silver takes to heart when she discovers her boyfriend is sleeping with her best friend. What she doesn't bank on is her hateful professor placing her on academic probation and it's all her ex's fault. When his rival, Ryan Sommers, offers her a way to get back into her professor's good books as well as get back at her ex, what's a girl to do? Revenge is a dish best served hot.

Obra literária obrigatória para o vestibular UFRGS 2025. Aqueles que se empolgaram com a narrativa de Os supridores vão encontrar nas crônicas reunidas neste volume uma ampliação do universo do autor. Publicados originalmente na revista digital Parêntese, os textos revisitam o gênero que é uma das tradições literárias brasileiras, mas trazem a contribuição única de seu autor: falam do cotidiano com lirismo e o olhar atilado de um observador da vida ao sul do país. Um retrato sem retoques da vida de trabalhadores da periferia.

Um retrato (único e cativante) de personagens sobre os quais prestamos pouca atenção. Com este seu primeiro romance, José Falero já se apresenta como um dos nomes mais relevantes da nova literatura brasileira. Ao criar um narrador culto e perspicaz — que contrasta com o dialeto a um só tempo urbano e filosófico da periferia —, o autor mostra seu talento incomum, fazendo uma verdadeira arqueologia da pobreza. Falero nos leva direto ao supermercado Fênix, na região central de Porto Alegre.

Liz, an ambitious headhunter in London, is beholden to nobody and determined to keep it that way. Emily, a homebody with a countryside cottage, seems happy to be surrounded by her family and her crafts. Chrissy, a writer turned realtor, is living the American dream in sunny California. But are their lives as idyllic as they seem? When a long-forgotten school friend unexpectedly takes her own life, the three women are reunited once more, but just as they reconnect, their lives begin to shatter.

The Supernatural War is reaching its conclusion, and what's coming is worse than vampire-witch Kat Troy ever expected. There's no such thing as a good monster. That's the motto of Colonel Sheila Baxter and the Hunter Network. The hunters don't care who gets in the way. Human casualties are the cost of war. Kat and her team race to prevent the humans from developing a devastating weapon that threatens the existence of all supernaturals.

Manchester, 1977, Graham Harris a compassionate, newly qualified teacher, is struggling to inspire his class of bottom-stream 11-year-olds when a 6-foot Redcoat soldier marches into the classroom and changes everything—for the children, and for Graham.

When things in her life start to happen unexpectedly, Terri is hellbent on solving a mystery she thought was put to rest years ago. She is willing to commit every act of sin to satisfy her hidden desires and remain the pastor's right-hand empress. But when Richard is tempted to fall back on his old tricks, Evangelist Terri may have to take a few steps back.

A story about good cops versus bad cops amid a crooked, criminal, and political regime. Based in the capital city of Ohio, the stories surround a diverse group of Columbus detectives. Against all odds, the team takes on the inestimable task of maintaining integrity and staying alive while bringing the city to justice from top to bottom.

From the eyes of Amare Evans, Nori is just what he needs right now in this life of sin, but Nori is not impressed by his façade. She denies Amare every chance she gets until she finally realizes he is all she has, and ultimately what she needs.

Vier Geschwister finden Zuflucht in einem verwunschenen Haus in einem Gewerbegebiet am Rande der Stadt. In vollständiger Abschottung von der Außenwelt werfen sie sich ihre Gedanken zu, entfalten so ungewöhnliche Dialoge und ausgefallene Verhaltensformen. Ein kammerspielartiges, anspruchsvolles Werk, in dem Kulturkritik und meisterhafte Prosa Hand in Hand gehen.

Thirty-two-year-old Charlie Brown has a plane to catch. As Christmas approaches, she is New York bound, to be reunited with boyfriend Harry after work has kept them apart. But once she lands, Harry is nowhere to be found… There’s no hand-drawn sign with her name being brandished at the gate. No answer from Harry's phone. And all at once, Charlie’s worst fears come true. What has happened to Harry? And what should Charlie do now that she’s an ocean away from home?

À 17 ans, Aleisha travaille dans la petite bibliothèque de son quartier : un job d’été tranquille qui lui permet de reprendre son souffle loin de sa mère bipolaire. Elle, qui ne lit que très peu, s’y ennuie terriblement jusqu’au jour où elle découvre une mystérieuse liste de lecture en rangeant un exemplaire de Ne tirez pas sur l’oiseau moqueur. Intriguée, elle décide de se plonger dans tous les ouvrages de la liste pour pouvoir conseiller les usagers de la bibliothèque, dont un vieil homme isolé à la recherche des livres grâce auxquels il réussira à se rapprocher de sa petite-fille.

In Bangor, North Wales, Chrissy Bray, an unemployed, narcissistic drug dealer, strives for a life of lawless utopia within the profitable confines of his locally renowned party-central home. When Sam, a naive, straight edged, game design student moves in and jeopardizes this anarchic way of life, Chrissy stops at nothing to get him onside.

In When Love Wins, Ashley glams us by conquering the world of high-end retailers, naughty nights out, and a cutie forever hanging on her arm. Natalie grounds us with her deep spiritual roots, tender, selfless love, and admirable tenacity. But both young women inspire us to meditate on how a mother’s influence sows the fabric of who we ultimately become.

A retired employee of the Illinois Department of Motor Vehicles, Mrs. Washington runs the mean, cold streets of Chi-town messing with all types of young thugs with multiple felonies. A widow for some time now, Vernita is determined to make up for her stale marriage. However, when a major health scare sets her back, she finds herself losing everything. Reality sets in that her time on Earth is about to come to a close. Now faced with a death sentence, Vernita seeks to live out her remaining days being the biggest old super freak.

It begins on graduation day in Berkeley. The story of three women, friends for life, whose passions and ambitions are fueled by love, sex, and money, and whose dreams are shaped by the torrent of history that changed women’s lives forever.

Einst verriet er ihre Familie, jetzt sucht sie Vergeltung "Verräter" schmiert die 92-jährige Britta Stein an die Fassade von Ole Henryks Restaurant in Chicago. Sie schwört, dass der Däne, der von der ganzen Stadt als Held gefeiert wird, sich in Wahrheit im Zweiten Weltkrieg als Nazi-Kollaborateur schuldig gemacht hat. Um die Behauptungen der alten Dame zu beweisen, muss die Anwältin Catherine Lockhart tief in die Vergangenheit reisen. Und auch Enkelin Emma erfährt erstmals die wahre Geschichte ihrer Großmutter, deren Schwester Grethe im dänischen Widerstand kämpfte.

Lenny Wells is living his best life as the star football player in high school. It's his senior year, and he is preparing to leave for college in a few months. Everything would be perfect if only his girlfriend, Andrea, would let go and move on with her life. But Andrea has other plans for Lenny and their relationship. She is prepared to do whatever it takes to prove to Lenny that he belongs to her, and nothing and no one will change that.

Best Friends is an urban fiction book written by a man, but narrated as if the writer was a woman. This is a “hood book” about a female who was in an abusive relationship, which forced her to live with her best friend Fallon and her boyfriend. The men that surrounded her had always been hustlers: Her father, her man, and also Fallon's man. Nikki, the main character, and her best friend Fallon get into a situation where they have to leave town immediately, and have a lot of bricks on them as well.

La résidence K, édifice de briques rouges abritant des femmes célibataires, apparaît aux habitants de Tokyo comme une demeure tranquille pour dames respectables. Lorsque le passe-partout qui permet de pénétrer dans les cent cinquante chambres de I'immeuble disparaît de la loge de la gardienne, les locataires retiennent Ieur souffle. Car la clé n'ouvre pas seulement les portes, mais donne aussi accès aux secrets les plus intimes des résidentes. Certaines femmes ont tout intérêt à brouiller les pistes. Publié en 1962 au Japon, Le Passe-Partout est un grand classique du roman noir. Une pépite pleine de tension délicieusement tokyoïte.