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Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: It’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig - watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods - turns out to be inconvenient. Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all but something altogether more meaningful.

First published in 1915 and often ranked as one of the best novels of the twentieth century, The Rainbow is a passionate tale of desire, struggle and the search for personal freedom. As bold as it is lyrical, The Rainbow traces three generations of the Brangwen family as they navigate love, desire, identity and social change in rural Nottinghamshire. Centred on the spirited Ursula Brangwen, the narrative explores her struggle for independence and self-fulfilment in a world driven by traditional social conventions.

Power is old. Spirit is older. And some debts demand sacrifice. When a sacred fire tears through the hills above Jacmel, the old protections fail—and the dead go quiet. Terra Graves, a Milwaukee mambo with more grit than patience, is pulled into a war she didn’t start and refuses to lose. Vodou vèvès light the way. Enemies wear beautiful faces. The World Beneath—its bars, crossroads, and back-alley altars—prowls just under the city’s skin.

T-Realicious believes he’s a self-made playa, a philosopher, and a mentor — but life keeps proving he’s confidently wrong. From ruining barbershop conversations to misreading funerals, from teaching kids terrible advice to crashing the wrong Players Ball, every moment of his life is a hilarious disaster wrapped in delusion. Whether his Cadillac gets stolen three times in one day, he becomes a suspect by accident, or he delivers wisdom that rhymes but makes absolutely no sense, T-Realicious moves through the world with unstoppable swagger and zero accuracy.

How angry would a mythical god be if he found himself awakening inside a mortal? After a strange and inexplicable death inside a jail, an intriguing and extraordinary shaman detects great unrest in the world, and breaks his way into the jail to investigate. He enlists Detective Carol Ainsworth to assist as an undercover prison officer who, rather strangely, also finds herself tasked with bringing to justice the murderer of a gentle forest being's mother.

On winter’s edge in a restless city, unseen lives move quietly through the night. In *There Are Silent Feet Walking In The Night *, the boundaries between hope and despair blur as we follow a tapestry of interwoven stories—Ella, a former teacher haunted by memory; Malik, a teenage runaway searching for a second chance; and Gabriel, a war veteran lost amid ghosts of the past. Together, their voices reveal the invisible world of the homeless, where small kindnesses spark against the darkness and dreams persist against all odds.

Haben Maschinen etwas über uns zu sagen, das wir selbst nicht aussprechen? Dieses Buch ist kein zweites „Interview mit einer Maschine“, sondern ein Versuch wirklich objektiver Erklärung Das Gespräch mit Hugo ist direkt, ungefiltert, manchmal unbequem, manchmal irritierend detailliert Wer sich darauf einlässt, erlebt kein klassisches Sachbuch, sondern eine Reise hin zu essenziellen Fragen Themen: Bewusstsein, Seele, Tod, Quanten, Außerirdische Ein Dialog, manchmal brutal, manchmal verstörend präzise, immer zum Nachdenken Für Leser:innen, die schwer verdauliche Objektivität aushalten.

My dear runaway wife, Blocking me on everything except this email address does not change the fact that you are still my wife. You ran after the wedding, but you’re home now. Our families expect you to behave as a wife should in this elite world. It’s time to act like you promised you would five years ago. Or do you need a reminder? Your impatient husband, Damian. P.S. Don’t think I forgot about how you stole my entire life savings.

He went to prison for protecting her. Now, he’ll do anything to keep her alive. Ten years ago, Yates “Wicked” Harris witnessed a crime against a young woman and intervened. While she considered him her hero, the world classified him as a monster. The moment he’s released, Wicked makes a...

Rosemary Abrams is a feisty young woman who isn’t looking for love and marriage. For two years, she’s been satisfied with the situationship between her and Russell, but he wants more, and she can’t give him what he wants. Russell Rush is a man of few words, exuding a quiet strength. The...

I was the monster under the bed. The boogie man in the closet. The one my own mother feared because I was born with a condition that caused her to abandon her responsibilities. At least that was her moniker for me. Ghana, the monster. The one my crew called Gruesome. I joined the Motor City...

Esta es la historia de Roy, un niño que se abre paso por la vida entre la melancolía y la ternura de una madre forzada a desplazarse a la ciudad por culpa de la violencia. A medida que crece entre las calles de los barrios populares, la sombra de la muerte se va haciendo más grande, hasta convertirse en una compañía silenciosa, pero constante, que él debe enfrentar con una voluntad que se vuelve su única certeza.

Il Biondo e Quello con la cravatta sono killer professionisti, e hanno gli stessi dubbi e le stesse difficoltà di ogni professionista. Questa volta sono alle prese con un contratto inedito che li pone di fronte a una questione morale: accettare l'incarico, molto ben pagato, o cedere ai loro dubbi etici? Proprio per questo, per chiedere consiglio a una collega, coinvolgono la loro «stagista» Francesca Aroldi. Parte quindi una sequenza di contrattempi, infortuni, difficoltà, piani falliti, svolte e testacoda, incidenti di percorso, problemi familiari e pistole da pulire.

She Buried Her Past. It’s Back to Destroy Her. Skylar Van Ness has always been a fighter. From her tumultuous childhood in Amsterdam to her rise as the Vice President of Marketing at Donovan Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, she’s faced every challenge head-on. But when Skylar’s estranged mother, Brit, reappears with a sinister agenda, Skylar’s world is turned upside down. As secrets from her past threaten to unravel her carefully constructed life, Skylar must navigate a treacherous path of deception, blackmail, betrayal and heart-wrenching revelations.

Mars, Snickers, Happy Cherries – wenn Emma die Späti-Regale aufstockt, sieht sie nur eins: Kalorien. Ihr Studium hat sie abgebrochen, genauso wie den Kontakt zu ihrem Vater, der vermutlich irgendwo auf einer Parkbank seinen letzten Rausch ausschläft. Und auch Emma steht kaum einen Abend ohne Müller-Thurgau durch, die Tasse unter dem Tresen hilft ihr beim Vergessen. Ist doch tutto bene, oder? Nicht. Aber dann ist da plötzlich Ingrid: fünfzehn, rotzfrech und seit Neuestem Schülerpraktikantin im Späti.

The workday ends. The real stories begin. On summer Fridays, the city moves differently. The rules soften, the energy shifts, and the lines between professional and personal begin to blur. What starts as a routine end-of-week escape quickly turns into something deeper, as unexpected connections form under city lights and unspoken truths rise to the surface. In a world driven by ambition and appearances, Summer Fridays explores what happens when people finally let their guard down… and feel something real. Because after hours, the city does not just come alive. It tells the truth.

There's no doubt about it: Colin Harrison is a master storyteller. Critics and readers love his gripping, dark books. It's hard not to get sucked into his world. Entertainment Weekly calls him the "class act of the urban thriller," Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times lauds him as "a master of...

Golden Globe-winning actor Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) performs Truman Capote's masterstroke about a young writer's charmed fascination with his unorthodox neighbor, the "American geisha" Holly Golightly. Holly - a World War II-era society girl in her late teens - survives via socialization, attending parties and restaurants with men from the wealthy upper class who also provide her with money and expensive gifts. Over the course of the novella, the seemingly shallow Holly slowly opens up to the curious protagonist.

Matt Bomer's heart-rending narration in this new audiobook edition offers a fresh and poignant listening experience of Hanya Yanagihara's timeless modern classic. Perfect if you're an A Little Life fan or a new listener. 'I'm not exaggerating when I say this novel challenged everything I thought...