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Ci sono uomini abituati a esprimersi solo attraverso il denaro. Uomini che non vanno liquidati con facili parole: lo sa bene Romolo Bugaro, che - oltre a essere uno scrittore ipnotizzato dal mondo - è un avvocato che conosce da vicino, per lavoro, le traiettorie di ascese e fallimenti. Ritrarli con verità, nel bene e nel male di cui sono capaci, è la scommessa di questo suo romanzo. Perché la verità non indebolisce il giudizio etico, anzi lo rafforza proprio nella misura in cui lo complica.

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Cora has found herself in a pickle. Namely, she's dying. No one can change the hand that fate deals, yet Cora is offered a choice when she reaches the limits of what medicine can do to keep her alive. Will she defy fate and agree to an attempt to transform her into a vampire? The odds of success aren't good. Not to mention that vampires have earned a nasty reputation.

Emery is born with a heart condition that means her heart could quite literally stop at any moment. The people around her know what to do—if they act quickly enough there will be no lasting damage, and Emery's heart can be restarted. But when this happens, she is briefly technically dead. Each time Emery's heart stops, she meets Nick. His purpose is to help people adjust to the fact that they are dead, to help them say goodbye, before they move on entirely. He does not usually meet people more than once—but with Emery, he is able to make a connection, and he finds himself drawn to her.

Eigentlich hat sie es geschafft. Wo sie herkommt, studieren die Menschen nicht, und sie arbeiten auch nicht in einem Amsterdamer Start-up. Doch während der Xerox die Kundenbriefe druckt, wächst ihre Wut: auf die Vergangenheit, die sich nicht abschütteln lässt, ihren Bullshit-Job und die jovialen Phrasen der Kollegen. Doch wie einen Platz finden, wenn alle die Regeln kennen, außer man selbst? Und nur der Drucker einem zuhört? Fien Veldmans gefeiertes Debüt entlarvt die Leere der modernen Arbeitswelt und erzählt die Geschichte einer eigenwilligen jungen Frau, deren verletzlich-bissige Stimme niemand vergisst.

A large party was given to me and Tony for our release from prison. We were also celebrating our promotions to Capo. Our new business venture was to run drugs and counterfeit money in phony taxis. They were perfect replicas of cabs that traveled thru the city. We operated right under the cop's noses --- making the mob millions. Don Mancini was pleased until I had an accident. I actually had two --- one with the taxi and the other with my girlfriend, both were life changers. Don Carmine Mancini was a brilliant and he turned my negatives into positives.

'Block Party', is the dope in urban fiction. This gripping narrative revolves around the protagonist, Cashmere, a man fresh out of Federal Prison, determined to reclaim his position in the streets. However, the young underlings he left back at home, have grown into men during his absence, Those young men refuse to accept his authority. Cashmere soon finds out that there's a new kingpin in control of the city. The new ruler, known as The Mayor, is ten years younger than Cashmere and rules the city with an iron fist.

Mr. Hoopdriver is a frustrated draper’s assistant in Putney, London. He is badly paid, over-worked, and he needs a holiday. He also owns a bicycle—though he is an awkward rider. When his annual ten days’ holiday comes around, Mr. Hoopdriver sets out on a bicycling tour of the “Southern Coast.” Wells wrote this at the height of the bicycling craze and before the automobile. The bicycle gave freedom to the working class, weakened the English class structure and gave a boost to female emancipation. In his story he explores these changes.

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Published in 1896, A Child of the Jago is a gritty and realistic portrayal of life in the slums of London’s East End during the late 19th century. The novel is set in an area known as the Old Jago (based on a real-life slum called the Old Nichol) and vividly describes the poverty, crime and squalor that characterised the impoverished neighbourhood.

When Goldie moved from Richmond, CA to Los Angeles, he just knew he was going to have it made in the shade. Pretty women, sandy beaches, and prominence as a rap superstar. Goldie figured he would be at the top in no time. But after surviving gang bangers trying to recruit him, shoot outs and a 280-pound gorilla named Uncle Luke, Goldie found himself stuck in a tough spot. That is until he met Ben Ready!

Un pomeriggio d’inverno, freddo da spezzare le ossa, Bina si ritrova sola. Ha ottantatré anni e aspetta suo nipote al parco del Cinghio, un quartiere da cui è meglio tenersi alla larga ai margini di una cittadina perbene. Marta, che di anni ne ha venticinque, e che al Cinghio è cresciuta imparando che il mondo è storto e non lo si può aggiustare, la osserva dalla finestra: la vede farsi rigida su una panchina sfondata, il naso gocciolante, un berretto rosa calato sugli occhi spauriti. Decide di offrirle un tetto per la notte. Poi per la notte dopo e per quella dopo ancora.

She’s no damsel in distress, and he’s certainly not wearing shining armour. But one knight can change everything… Daisy Hastings has always thought she was born in the wrong era. So when she bags a summer job at the Tower of London helping to run their Knight school, it feels like a...

Phoebe Spencer left home a long time ago, desperate to get away from her mother's emotional manipulation. She knows her life is better away from her family, but she can’t help feeling she’s simply running away from her problems… Then Phoebe hears that her younger sister Lucy has disappeared, leaving behind her four-year old daughter, Darcy. Phoebe's certain Lucy will be back soon - she'd never leave Darcy alone - and then Phoebe can get on with her life again.

1884 - When Betsan Morgan’s mother succumbs to a devastating illness, she doesn't think her life could get much worse. But then her father moves in his new beau, an unserious flitty woman and coincidentally also the bargirl in the pub he works in, and she soon learns her house is no longer a home. All she can do is sit in the attic and stare at the portrait of her mother. Her new stepmother, Elinor, couldn’t even let them have the grace of keeping it in the hallway.

Tessa Ensler ist die auffälligste unter den jungen Strafverteidiger:innen Londons. Sie entstammt nicht einer jener angesehenen Familien mit old money. Sie hat sich aus einem Klima häuslicher Gewalt befreit und aus der Arbeiter:innenklasse hochgearbeitet. Heute verteidigt sie unter anderem Männer, die wegen sexueller Übergriffe angeklagt sind. Ihre Art, Zeuginnen – die mutmaßlichen Opfer – ins Kreuzverhör zu nehmen, ist legendär und wird zu ihrer Eintrittskarte in den inner circle der Anwaltskammern.

Il postino di Girifalco è un uomo schivo e solitario, che ha il dono di saper imitare le grafie altrui e coltiva il vizio di entrare nelle vite dei compaesani leggendo le lettere prima di recapitarle. Così un giorno, mentre il lento scorrere della vita di provincia prosegue imperturbabile, una novità spunta inattesa dal sacco della posta: una lettera insolita, senza mittente, chiusa con un sigillo di ceralacca. Una carta d’amore, di quelle preferite dal portalettere, che ha tutta l’aria di nascondere un mistero.

Pewnego ranka, którego nigdy nie zapomni, Cynthia Archer budzi się z okropnym kacem i poczuciem, że czeka ją przeprawa z rodzicami. Tymczasem dom jest pusty. Rodzice i starszy brat zniknęli bez śladu. Poszukiwania zakończyły się całkowitym niepowodzeniem. Dziewczyna nie znalazła odpowiedzi na dręczące ją pytania: Czy rodziców i brata zamordowano? Jeśli tak, to czemu jej darowano życie? A jeśli żyją, dlaczego porzucili ją w tak okrutny sposób? Dwadzieścia pięć lat później Cynthia zgadza się wziąć udział w telewizyjnym programie dokumentalnym, w nadziei, że ktoś sobie coś przypomni o tamtej sprawie sprzed lat.

Oyeyemi treats you to a kaleidoscopic weekend in Prague, as dazzling as it is effortlessly unique. Get lost in the story like you would an unfamiliar city and let it reward you with moments of philosophical clarity, wheelbarrow rides, raw emotion and raw onions. This novel is a holiday, an adventure, a marvel and a guide. It is a story about the lies behind the lies we tell and a city as a living thing, sustained by the lives of its inhabitants. Suffused with warmth and joy, Parasol Against the Axe is a love letter to Prague, and to the art of storytelling.

The honeymoon stage for the four couples is over, and Nic is feeling extremely vulnerable due to her current situation. Much to her dismay, she has plenty reason to feel unsafe. The King brothers have enemies coming from every which way, and they're not just after the brothers but their women too. Can the brothers protect their operation, all the while keeping their ladies happy? Or will both worlds collide causing them to lose one?