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HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023 'Jaw-dropping' -Val McDermid 'A police memoir like no other' -Kerry Daynes, bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Mind 'Honest, shocking and funny' - Barbara Machin, creator of Waking the Dead When Jackie Malton joined the...

Desde sus orígenes, el hombre ha fantaseado con la idea de poseer la lámpara del genio para que le conceda tres deseos. ¿Y por qué solo tres?, ¿por qué no un millón? Infinitos. ¿Qué ocurriría si alguien pudiese convertir todos sus deseos en realidad? Tendría un poder total. Sería Dios. Miguel Le Fablec, un joven profesor universitario, parece tener el poder de convertir en realidad todo lo que imagina: es el denominado efecto Midas.

Pere Gabriel, fill d’una família obrera, es fa gran en un temps de revoltes i incerteses. De ben petit ha de treballar i enfrontar-se amb una vida molt dura, però plena d’il·lusions, curiositat i tendresa. La guerra civil, la derrota, sobretot, les hi anorrearà i li imposarà un silenci, que amagarà un secret íntim que no revelarà fins a la vellesa.

"Humans que m'he trobat" es un retrat de la infantesa i l'adolescencia de l'actor i guionista Jordi Sánchez a la Barcelona dels setanta, l'epoca daurada de l'1, 2, 3 de Chicho Ibáñez Serrador, els jocs a la plaça o el BUP i el COU. Alhora, tambe ens presenta anecdotes del seu dia a dia actual, a mig camí entre Madrid i Barcelona i del món dels actors. Tot plegat forma un retrat ironic d'una generació i d'un país amb ganes de prosperar, que dóna com a resultat un llibre que combina perfectament l'humor i la tendresa.

Mystery usually follows murder, but when Baby Cakes Sloan bites the bullet, everybody in Rochester already knows whodunit. Beautiful Babs had been Marcus Andrelli’s lawyer—until she got iced on the crime king's yacht. Of course, all fingers of guilt point to Andrelli. But Jesse James smells something fishy. And she’s casting for the truth, even if she has to drag the bottom of Lake Ontario to get it. Nobody knows Andrelli better than Jess. Mafia don, certainly. Killer of the woman he loved, no.

With a classical series sold and a portrait commissioned, Cherry Tucker's art career is in Georgia overdrive. But when the sheriff asks Cherry to draw a composite sketch of a hijacker, her life takes a hairpin as the composite leads to a related murder, her local card-sharking buddy Max Avtaikin becomes bear bait and her nemesis labels the classical series "pervert art". While she seeks to help the misfortunate and save her local reputation, Cherry's hammer-down attitude has her facing the headlights of an oncoming killer.

Mary, Queen of Scots’ marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell’s first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the Queen’s court. Daughters of the North reframes this turbulent period in history by focusing on...

In this audio download, Loretta LaRoche, the "Master of Mirth" herself, takes you on a hysterical journey from stressed to blessed-reminding you what it's like to be alive, connected with others, and savoring the present moment. Using amusing anecdotes from her own life, as well as the...

Con una cucharale arrancaba los ojos a los cocodrilosy golpeaba el trasero de los monos. Con una cuchara. Fuego de siempre dormía en los pedernales y los escarabajos borrachos de anísolvidaban el musgo de las aldeas. Aquel viejo cubierto de setasiba al sitio donde lloraban los negrosmientras crujía la cuchara del rey y llegaban los tanques de agua podrida.

Finding True Happiness attempts to help people to identify and then reach for happiness. As Aristotle noted 2,400 years ago, happiness is the one thing we can choose for its own sake - everything else is chosen for the sake of happiness.

'Magical in every sense of the word' Eoin Colfer Step into the magical world of Hedgewitch, where the land of Faerie lies just beyond our own, in this enchanting new series for children age 9+ and readers of Nevermoor and The Worst Witch. Cassie Morgan has run away. After seven years spent...

The first Olympic women's marathon and the battle for the right to run.

A one-of-a-kind guide to birding locally that encourages readers to slow down and notice the spectacular birds all around them. Many birders travel far and wide to popular birding destinations to catch sight of rare or “exotic” birds. In Slow Birding, evolutionary biologist Joan E...

Her wedding day should have been the happiest day of Mavis Kendricks's life. Marrying handsome Sam, the youngest of the Farley boys, means joining the Farley clan, and there's nothing Mavis has ever wanted more than a family of her own. But the appearance of an unexpected guest ruins everything...and brings back painful memories Mavis would rather forget.

Cassie Wright, legendaria reina del porno en decadencia, decide culminar su carrera batiendo el récord mundial de polvos consecutivos con hombres distintos. Seiscientos, ni más ni menos. En una habitación repleta y ruidosa, los señores 72, 137 y 600 aguardan su turno para hacer historia. Cada uno de ellos espera que el breve encuentro con Cassie cambie sus vidas para siempre, pero, como en todas las novelas de Chuck Palahniuk, nada sale como esperaban.

By the legendary Queen of Crime, this all-new collection of stories about love gone wrong will get your heart racing. Love can propel us to our greatest heights…and darkest depths. In this new collection of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love – crimes of passion...

Perfect for fans of The Soul of an Octopus and The Genius of Birds, this “revelatory book” (Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author) explores how we process the world around us through the lens of the incredible sensory capabilities of thirteen animals, revealing that we are not...

The New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, and Anxious People captivates readers with this “warm and satisfying” (People) story “about a woman rediscovering herself after a personal crisis…fans of Backman will find...

A charming, warmhearted novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove. Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, and...

A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky. For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children...