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Coronation Close survives the brutal Bristol Blitz but with rationing, call up papers and new rules and regulations everyone’s lives are changed forever. Resident do-gooder PC Percy Routledge's obsession with rules being upheld finds him spying and reporting fellow neighbours on the slightest infraction whilst his poor brow-beaten wife, Margaret can only watch on in shameful silence. It’s whispered that one day he’ll get his comeuppance…

" Deux petits cons qui se bourrent la gueule et qui tout à coup ont envie de foutre la merde. Comme ça, pour rien. Et qui tuent. Qu'est-ce que tu voulais que je fasse ? Moi, je n'ai fait que te protéger. " Et il a tué les gamins. À partir de là, c'est tout l'équilibre de la ville qui est remis en question. Des voyous aux mafieux, des flics aux politiques, tous sont liés dans cette stabilité délabrée et fragile où chacun tente de vivre.

Audrey Wade longs to escape her domineering father and the bleak streets of post-war Yorkshire. Hollywood glitters with glamour, freedom, and the promise of a life with her best friend Freddie. But when Freddie abandons her, Audrey is left to chase her dreams alone. Rex Trent is more than Hollywood’s leading man. Charismatic and dangerously handsome, he’s adored by millions and watched by powerful enemies in a paranoid 1950s America. One wrong move could destroy him. When Rex proposes, Audrey is swept into Hollywood’s glamour and high-stakes secrets.

Sophia is determined to grow old disgracefully and refuses to be invisible. She craves fiery passion and steamy romance, not targeted ads for funeral plans. After a heart-shattering breakup, she ditches love to date a new man each week for a year. As she flirts, fumbles and sips fizz through an array of encounters, from an opera buff in a cape to an orgasm whisperer, she discovers it's never too late to rewrite your own love story, even if it's not the one you expected…

Jack was never “right,” but that’s a lot of what made him magnetic to other people. When he was younger, he was that guy that girls wanted to be around. People were drawn in by him, even later on when there wasn’t much of him left. I never understood that. He never really put a lot of energy into grooming and maintaining relationships with people. I guess when you see someone that is content spending their time alone, it creates a vacuum and people flood in like water choking a storm drain. Even as his deterioration became apparent, people threw him lifelines.

The Moonstomper series is a two-fisted, suited-and-booted tale that take the listener through Chicago’s dive bars, dark alleys, and smokey house-parties to deliver a curb-stomped world filled with Punks, Skins, Goths, Skaters and Metalheads. In Book 3, as dawn breaks across Chicago, Cheyenne, Joey Zion and Happy are tasked with completing a time-sensitive errand while Steve makes moves which may alter the course of his life and the lives of those around him.

It's not that Curtis Carson is hating on the Latinos in his backyard dice games. He just happens to roll the dice better. But the Latinos don't see it that way, and when one of their brothers is brutally gunned down in a barroom shootout because of Curtis's dealings with the drug dealer Fat George, it's Curtis who ends up with a target on his back and his brother who ends up with a wrecked body far from the hoop dreams he once harbored. If things aren't tragic enough, Curtis is hellbent on setting things straight. He's on a deadly path of vengeance that will leave the streets running red...

You may remember the names June and Free from the series Insane 4 U. They were briefly mentioned, and with their quick introduction, we could all take a wild guess and realize that the two of them had the ability to put the T in toxic. June is Insane's big brother, and now, it's his turn to have his own story. June and Free have had this situationship going on for a few years now, and while some may admire their relationship, others will agree that it's toxic and draining. They could be good for each other, but for some reason, they just can't get it right.

Qamar has always been the baby of the family, the one everyone looks out for, but that hasn't made his life any easier. With dreams of becoming a professional soccer player, he's a college student struggling with imposter syndrome and the weight of his family's expectations. If it were up to him, he'd skip college altogether and dive straight into the pros, but the pressure to succeed academically and athletically is relentless. He's made some questionable decisions along the way, but his family still holds him to higher standards, never letting him forget the oath of To The Moon.

Thomas Richard is what some would call a genius. Born and raised in Inglewood, California, Thomas grew up in a Blood neighborhood and was somewhat fascinated by the gang lifestyle. His first cousin, Blast, was deeply involved with the Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods and made sure that Thomas would never partake in that life. Thomas accepted that, but deep in his heart, he still felt he was a Blood. Now, Thomas works for a high-tech computer company and uses his high intelligence to excel at his job.

Sisters Mia, Hazel, and Teyona enter the world of corporate scamming, intentionally planning to ruin the lives of those who flipped theirs upside down. While risking it all, the consequences of their actions are the last thing on their minds—only the end goal. They take the “lavish lifestyle” to the extreme and refuse to look back. When their priorities become unaligned, propositions present themselves, making it difficult for them to decline. With money flowing in, a plot set in place, and their tracks completely covered, the sisters bask in their hard work.

Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem? She’s had writer’s block for months, and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer. In a desperate attempt at inspiration, Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to, in an apartment she could never afford (floor-to-ceiling windows, skyline views, and a new coffee shop to haunt included).

ಶಾಂತಿನಾಥ ದೇಸಾಯಿ ಅವರು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಆಧುನಿಕ ಕನ್ನಡ ಲೇಖಕರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಕಥೆಗಳು ಮಾನವ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳ ವಿಷಯಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ವ್ಯವಹರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸಮಾಜದ ಸವಾಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ಅದರ ದಿಕ್ಚ್ಯುತಿಯನ್ನು ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

In this series we listen to short stories that are NOT by perhaps the most well-known author of this type. But the many other rich talents in the volume may have treated the subject matter a little differently, or were perhaps just overlooked in the stampede to applaud the winner, but these authors are of equal merit.

ಶಾಂತಿನಾಥ ದೇಸಾಯಿ ಅವರು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಆಧುನಿಕ ಕನ್ನಡ ಲೇಖಕರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಕಥೆಗಳು ಮಾನವ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳ ವಿಷಯಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ವ್ಯವಹರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸಮಾಜದ ಸವಾಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ಅದರ ದಿಕ್ಚ್ಯುತಿಯನ್ನು ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

ಶಾಂತಿನಾಥ ದೇಸಾಯಿ ಅವರು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಆಧುನಿಕ ಕನ್ನಡ ಲೇಖಕರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಕಥೆಗಳು ಮಾನವ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳ ವಿಷಯಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ವ್ಯವಹರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸಮಾಜದ ಸವಾಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ಅದರ ದಿಕ್ಚ್ಯುತಿಯನ್ನು ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

With a traitor in their midst and an outside group continuing to attack them, Alex, Melissa, Luke, and Stan struggle to keep their neighborhood safe. This is book 3 in the EMP Collapse Series.

Nach Frau Yeoms kleiner Laden der großen Hoffnungen der neue warmherzige Roman von Kim Ho-yeon über den 24-Stunden-Laden von Frau Yeom. In einer schmalen Gasse in einem alten Stadtteil von Seoul befindet sich Frau Yeoms kleiner 24-Stunden-Laden. Dort lenkt seit Kurzem Seon-suk die Geschicke, unterstützt vom neuen Nachtschichtmitarbeiter Hwang Geun-bae, der wie sein Vorgänger schnell zum Trostspender wird und Kunden wie Kollegen hilft, ihre Probleme anzugehen und neue Hoffnung zu schöpfen.

He’s a brutal mafia boss, my new patient… and soon to be the father of my child. After his car accident, I was the doctor assigned to the ruthless mafia boss, Sebastian Petrosky. His sinfully wicked smile drew me in, and those haunting blue eyes held me captive as I treated him. I became more than his doctor– I became his obsession. Soon, he claimed me. I come undone at the mere brush of his fingers against my flesh. He lured me deep into his shadowy world, blurring ethical lines that could cost me my medical career if anyone found out. Now I’m in so deep, I may never make it out alive.

Richard has spent his life as a university professor, immersed in the world of books and ideas. Recently retired, he steps into the streets of his city, Berlin, and discovers a new community. A tent city has grown up on Oranienplatz, established by African asylum seekers. Hesitantly getting to know the people there, Richard finds his life changing, as he begins to question his own sense of belonging in a city that once divided its citizens into them and us.