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After losing her long-time acting gig on the hit show Murder 101, Sydney Ryan decides she needs a break from Hollywood politics. She heads to Treasure Island, Florida where her grandmother has been visiting and now refuses to leave. Sydney’s plan to lie low for a bit quickly goes awry though, as she is swept up in her grandmother’s now flourishing social life—Grand not only bought a new house in Casas de Flores, she’s also helping her neighbor Myra open a bookstore in Pass-a-Grille.

Die 48-jährige Liv ist Ehefrau, Mutter, Küchenplanerin und – nachdem ihre erste Hitzewallung eine tödliche Kettenreaktion auslöst: Mörderin. Jetzt schläft Liv nicht mehr nur wegen des Hormonmangels schlecht, sondern auch wegen ihrer Schuldgefühle. Bleibt nur eins, um Ruhe zu finden: Liv muss ihre Einstellung ändern, ein positives Mindset erarbeiten. Ausgerechnet eine Exprostituierte und ihre Schwiegermutter helfen ihr dabei. Unglücklicherweise kommt es trotz aller Bemühungen zu weiteren Morden – aber wenigstens stehen ihr die beiden dabei mit einem positiven Mindset zur Seite.

Odette gelooft niet meer in de liefde. Na een rampzalige relatie houdt ze het liever luchtig: geen verplichtingen, geen drama, geen toekomstplannen. Maar flirten kan ze als de beste en ze weet hoe ze mannen het hoofd op hol brengt. Dan ontmoet ze Dylan. Dylan heeft zijn wilde jaren gehad. Nu is hij klaar voor iets echts en hij weet precies met wie. Odette. Hij doet haar een voorstel - drie dates, geen seks. Daarna mag zij kiezen: één nacht of voor altijd. Odette gaat de uitdaging aan.

Pearl O’Reilly is twenty-seven (nearly twenty-eight). She likes salmon pink, the number three and going to the pub with her best friend Una the same night each week. Thanks to her OCD, her other routines – from counting her way downstairs to obsessively washing her hands – pose more of a problem. But that’s all about to change. Because it’s time for Pearl to say to hell with it – starting with the gorgeous naked man in her bed this morning…

Entertainment journalist Dawn Roberts has a lot to work through: a widow’s grief, betrayals of family and friends, and scandals that almost tanked her reputation. Not that Dawn dwells on the past. Well, hardly. When she returns to Baltimore with her husband’s ashes, she can’t avoid it. In fact, she’s diving into decades of backstabbing and treachery for her first trip home in years. She’s looking at you, Joe Perkins. Her former mentor, whose explosive exposé about big-city corruption is being turned into a slanderous movie, is also back in town.

It’s the summer of 2013 and 21-year-old Ruby, a counselor at Camp Burntshore, can’t wait to supervise a rowdy cabin of 11-year-olds, smoke weed by the fire, and argue about which city make the best bagels. But when Brent, the camp owner’s son, hires Israeli soldiers to deal with a staffing shortfall, Ruby, a committed anti-Zionist, must decide if she’s willing to jeopardize her place at Burntshore to fight Brent over the contentious issues of Jewish belonging and settler colonialism, even as she finds herself falling in love with one of the soldiers, the sweetly handsome Etai.

They tried to kill him. They tried to destroy his marriage. They tried to take his friends, his company, and his title, but did they succeed?! Well, yes… yes they did, on all counts. But that doesn’t matter! For Jackson Blackwell, the one and only Shadow Master, took it all back. However, Sophia and her cabal of conspirators have gone too far this time. To defeat his enemies and save his daughter, Jackson and his loyal crew of misfits must venture into the dark, soulless depths of genre fiction’s red-headed stepchild: Young Adult Fantasy.

Câștigător National Book Award 2021 Satirică și ingenios construită, O carte dată naibii leagă firele unei narațiuni complexe despre identitate, dragoste și violență. Jason Mott cucerește printr-un stil amețitor și ludic, pe care îl folosește ca să echilibreze un nucleu tematic dur. El explorează continuu ce înseamnă să scrii, alternând voci eclatante care se întâlnesc pe teritoriul unui prezent nesigur. JASON MOTT este un romancier și poet de origine americană. S-a născut în Carolina de Nord și tot acolo și-a încheiat studiile.

Scrubs meets Grey's Anatomy in dieser hochkomischen Geschichte über den alles außer alltäglichen Alltag einer jungen Ärztin in der Notaufnahme. Ein großes Berliner Krankenhaus. Rettungsstelle. Montagmorgen. Nicki ist Assistenzärztin und neu hier. Micha, ihr Vorgesetzter, heißt sie zwar mit ein paar Halbwitzen willkommen und bietet ihr sogar das Du an, überlässt sie dann aber dem alltäglichen Wahnsinn der Notaufnahme und sich selbst. Nichts mit Schonzeit. Für Nicki beginnt ein Leben im permanenten Ausnahmezustand. Schlaf? Kurz, zwischen den Diensten.

The queen bee of the fictional village of Riseholme, Mrs. Emmeline ‘Lucia’ Lucas is a snobbish yet oddly charming woman who prides herself on being the cultural and intellectual leader of her community. She dabbles in art, plants Shakespeare-themed flower arrangements in her garden and uses fake Italian phrases to maintain her social standing. Trouble brews when some new arrivals to town – including the glamorous opera singer Olga Bracely and the eccentric spiritualist Daisy Quantock – begin to challenge Lucia’s hold over Riseholme.

Dolores dela Cruz has been dying to spot one in the wild, and he fits the mold perfectly: strangler gloves, calculated charm, dashing good looks that give a leg up in any field ... including fields of unmarked graves. The new office temp is definitely a serial killer.

On one side: Dick Winchester and his indomitable band of underground delivery drivers, war criminals, unpaid interns, and a returning cast from The Opening Salvo. Opposing them: the combined forces of Öber Eats, FloorDash, and the Deepest State, headed by its shadowy monarch. Facing such stiff opposition in his life’s mission to break the dominance of app-based food delivery, Dick embarks on a quest to enlist more allies. His journey will take him across the D.C. area’s most well-known landmarks, from the Pentagon to the Watergate Hotel.

Prepare for the most uproariously grim tour of Tudor England ever recorded! Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett's classic satire skewers the so-called "golden age" of English monarchy, revealing the Tudors as they truly were: a parade of tyrants, schemers, and royal disasters who treated their subjects like pawns in a deadly game of power.

John has been evicted and become homeless for the first time in his life. He doesn’t know anyone who has ever been homeless, so he doesn’t know what to do nor where to go in order to get assistance or help. When life takes an unexpected turn, all you can do is GET BACK UP! With little money after unemployment ran out and a fresh eviction, John experiences some unreal and definitely unexpected events that will have you bursting out with laughter to pondering what in the world happened?

Step into a whimsical, prehistoric England where myths come alive and bravery is a matter of perspective. The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill by Max Beerbohm is a delightful satirical fable that blends gentle humor with timeless themes of courage, self-discovery, and community.

பூலோக விந்தை என்ற சமஸ்தானத்தின் புதிய திவான், தன் புகாரை தள்ளுபடி செய்ததால் மகாராஜாவிடம் முறையிட்டு அவரும் திவானின் முடிவையே அங்கீகரித்ததால், பாதிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு சாமான்யன் ஒரு கற்பனை திவானையே ஏற்படுத்தி மகாராஜாவிற்கும் திவானுக்கும் பாடம் கற்பிப்பதாய் புனைந்த புதினம் இது. நகைச்சுவையும் இனிய ஜனரஞ்சகமான நடையுடன் படிக்க படிக்க மேலும் படிக்கத் தூண்டும் கதை.

El thriller más irreverente, ingenioso y divertido del año con una protagonista inolvidable a la altura de Bridget Jones Florence Grimes siempre toma las peores decisiones. Soltera, sin dinero y frustrada tras el humillante final de su carrera musical, lo único que la motiva para levantarse de la cama todas las mañanas es Dylan, su hijo de diez años. Hasta que Alfie Risby desaparece misteriosamente durante una excursión con el colegio y Dylan se convierte en sospechoso.

Profession ? Gouvernante ! C'est-à-dire fée du logis, psy, femme de ménage, assistante, confidente et punching-ball. Françoise n'ignore rien des extravagances ni des secrets de ses employeurs fortunés, aristocrates, hommes d'affaires ou VIP. Devenue domestique après la faillite de son restaurant, elle raconte sa nouvelle vie à l'ombre de la leur, entre le salon et l'office. Un roman pétillant, documenté, qui nous entraîne dans l'univers fou des ultras-riches... par l'entrée de service.

Marian is determinedly ordinary, waiting to get married. She likes her work, her broody flatmate and her sober fiancé Peter. All goes well at first, but Marian has reckoned without an inner self that wants something more, that calmly sabotages her careful plans, her stable routine—and her digestion. Marriage à la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach . . .

Fat girl, thin girl. Red hair, brown hair. Polish aristocrat, radical husband. Joan Foster has dozens of different identities, and she's utterly confused by them all. After a life spent running away from difficult situations, she decides to escape to a hill town in Italy to take stock of her life. But first she must carefully arrange her own death.