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With the training she received over two years from Layla and Tess, learning from the most deadly female assassins in the world, Suyung finally feels she is ready to face her stepmother and half-sister along with the Korean yakuza. But will her newfound skills be enough to overcome them once and for all?

Follow Raheem, a young man striving to break free from the cycle of violence and drugs that has claimed so many around him. When his best friends, Damon and Mike, fall victim to the streets they once ruled, Raheem finds himself caught between grief, guilt, and an unexpected chance at redemption. As he navigates a minefield of betrayal and lost love, Raheem forms an unlikely alliance with Khadijah, Damon's sister and Mike's widow. Together, they dream of escaping to a better life, but the shadows of their shared history threaten to unravel everything they've fought for.

The only thing on nineteen-year-old Star Anderson's mind is taking care of her son by any means necessary. However, by means of breaking her back at a minimum wage nine-to-five is not an option. Therefore, she follows in the footsteps of her friend, Roxie, down a path of scamming, tricking, and robberies. Though this path seems to be paved with fast and easy money, tragedy strikes when plans become hurried and messy.

تتشابك الأيدي من خلف القضبان، يصمت القلب لتنطق العيون وتفشي سرَّ قصّة حبٍّ نبتت في قلب يوسف منذ الطّفولة ولم تعرف عنه مريم شيئًا، كان يتنفسها، يصحو كلَّ يومٍ من أجلها، لم يخنها حتّى بفكره، كانت مريم كلّ إناث الأرض في نظره ولكن بينهما مسافةٌ شاسعة وألف جدار ، ولأنَّ مصير الحبّ الحقيقي أن يظهر للعلن فقد انتبهت مريم أخيرًا وأزهر الحبُّ في قلبها وقادها للبحث عن يوسف لتجده خلف قضبان السِّجن ولكنّها لم تستسلم وتحدَّت السجان بفعلةٍ عجيبة سترسم ملامح نهاية قصّتهما...

في عالم يكاد يتلاشى ويختفي ثم يعود ضمن سلسة أحداث تشعر معها بأنك في حركة لولبية من ذكريات الماضي والحاضر سيُكتَب لدمشق أن تُخلق في ذهنكَ بوعي جديد وحالة نفسية أعمق، ويخيّلمن عنوان الرواية "رحلة إلى إسطنبول" أنها تتناول عاصمة البلد الذي شهد أكبر حالة نزوح في تاريخ السوريين وكان شاهداً على آلامهم ومعاناتهم، ليختفي هذا التوقّع مع كل قصة يرويها أبطال الرواية.

East Harlem, 2008. In an instant, a five-story tenement collapses into a fuming hill of rubble, pancaking the cars parked in front and coating the street with a thick layer of ash. As the city’s rescue services and media outlets respond, the surrounding neighborhood descends into chaos. At day’s end, six bodies are recovered, but many of the other tenants are missing. In Lazarus Man, Richard Price, one of the greatest chroniclers of life in urban America, creates intertwining portraits of a group of compelling and singular characters whose lives are permanently impacted by the disaster.

With her twin sister still missing, Daisy Kennedy is determined to do all she can to bring her sister home. She’s sure she knows who’s to blame – her old boos and renowned nightclub owner, Samson Fox - but she’s going to need help if she’s going to make Samson pay. And so Daisy joins forces with Samson’s biggest rival – Roscoe Allen – a man who has seen and done things that makes Daisy shiver. But if she wants Lily back safe, she’s going to have to make a deal…even if it is with the devil himself.

Dora Fairweather wasn’t cut out to be a wife and mother, and as soon as she’s able, she turns her back on her young daughter Lissie. With no parents to protect her, Lissie has no option but the dangerous streets of soot-sodden Bradford or the workhouse orphanage. Life in the orphanage is bleak and Lissie longs for the warm embrace of her beloved father. As the years pass, Lissie learns to enjoy the camaraderie of the other girls in the workhouse, and when she’s taken under the wing of matron Connie Briggs, things begin to look up..

Detective Doug Thorfinnson refuses to give up his search for missing Mary DeMure, refusing to believe she is dead. When news reaches Seattle of the massacre in Packer City and DeMure’s involvement, Thorfinnson accompanies former Mears County Deputy Bob Roberts back to his former home. But what Thorfinnson finds isn’t DeMure or her alleged partner in crime, Ryan Mender, but a trail of murders that challenge everything he believes.

Tasha Price is the lead cocktail waitress at Club Daze in Atlanta, GA. One shift she finds herself in a deadly predicament; in the delicate space between life and death her late mother visits her with pressing information. In efforts to decode her mom's words, Tasha visits a slew of questionable professionals; money-hungry gurus, misguided hypnotists, psychics, and more.

"Un día, asomado a una ventana de la casa de sus padres, junto a su profesor de hebreo, allí en la vieja Praga, fue indicando con el dedo, cuidadoso, despacio, los lugares de la ciudad que, como puntos cardinales —Norte, Sur, Este, Oeste—, delimitaban su mundo diminuto. Ahí, en la calle Celetná —señaló—, el Instituto; detrás, sobre la línea opaca de tejados, cúpulas y buhardillas, la Universidad, donde se licenció en Derecho, y a la izquierda, un poco más arriba, la oficina..."

"Cine sunteți dumneavoastră și ce căutați la mine în casă?", întreabă o voce misterioasă. "Exact aceeași întrebare voiam să vă pun și eu", i se răspunde cu furie. Dintr-o întâmplare inexplicabilă, Madeleine și Gaspard au închiriat același apartament în Paris. Madeleine lucrase în brigada criminalistică din Manchester, apoi la New York. Locuiese și la Paris o vreme, iar aici se întorcea de fiecare dată când simțea nevoia să își oblojească rănile. Gaspard, un scriitor în căutarea inspirației, obișnuia să petreacă anual o lună în capitala Franței pentru a scrie o nouă piesă de teatru.

Wenn das Licht des Tages stirbt und sich das Totenhemd der Nacht auf Pflastersteine und Asphaltstraßen herabsenkt, geht ein Raunen durch alte Ziegelmauern. Es ist die Zeit des Zwielichts, in welcher die Gebäude im Mondlicht zu träumen beginnen... Die schiefen Palazzi von Venedig flüstern einander längst vergessene Geheimnisse zu. In den verfallenen Häuserblocks von Berlin ertönt ein Wispern. Beide Städte erzählen dem Leser unheimliche Geschichten. Grotesk, bizarr, durchwoben von Schmerz und Angst.

“I Used to Love a Crackhead” is a compelling urban drama based on a true story, adapted by Emmanuel Simms. Set in early 2000s Washington D.C., the book follows Nina Harris, a single mother of two, who meets Marcus “M.J.” James and quickly falls for his charm. However, M.J. hides a dark secret that slowly unravels as their relationship deepens.

Experience the charm of North Dakota's small-town life in "Being Young in Leeds," a collection of stories about children growing up in a close-knit community. Keith Ankenbauer captures the spirit of a bygone era where neighbors were friends, and kids roamed freely and safely.

Madrid. Un Madrid nocturno en cuyo cielo de tanto en tanto se ve pasar alguna estrella fugaz. Un Madrid de extrarradio, de timbas, bingos, gasolineras de la M30, Casa de Campo y bares perdidos en la nada. Un Madrid crudamente real en el que de pronto puede suceder lo inesperado, e incluso lo mágico. Ese es el espacio que transitan los personajes de esta novela de perdedores en busca de una oportunidad.

PĂCATELE TATĂLUI urmărește în continuare destinele lui Giles, Harry, Emma, sir Hugo și al întreprinzătoarei mame a lui Harry, Maisie, în perioada zbuciumată a celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial.

No one should have a grudge against a meditation-loving yoga teacher, but my bank-robbing father’s associates seem to believe that I know where he hid his missing fortune... and they’ll do anything to get their hands on it. Gruff giant Kade Campbell is determined to protect me, but I don’t want him in the firing line. The rugged former special forces soldier may be a badass—and able to give me butterflies like nobody’s business—but he isn’t immune to bullets.

When Crispin Daventry fled London’s most notorious gaming hell, the Underworld, with a broken heart and empty pockets, he wasn’t sure he would ever return. But after a spell of debauchery in Italy with his new friend Count Este, he believes he has finally cast aside all thoughts of romance and is ready to pay back his debts, seeking his own unique revenge on the venue that bankrupted him.

Julio Perla Díaz nació en la Barceloneta a finales de los 70, y padece narcolepsia. Desde joven, su vida transcurre en las calles, jugando mientras es testigo de cómo se trapichea con la droga en cada esquina. Hasta que en 1989, un incidente en una manifestación contra el desalojo de los vecinos y chabolistas para adaptar el barrio a la "nueva Barcelona" previa a los JJOO, le cambia la vida convirtiéndolo en Julio el Perla, al tiempo que el entorno que conoció durante la infancia se trasforma.