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Stefan Zweig was born on the 28th November 1881 in Vienna, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and into a wealthy Jewish family with interests in banking and textiles. Zweig first published in 1900 and two decades later was a popular and highly regarded author in many parts of the world, although not in England. He was also the librettist with Richard Strauss of two operas and a keen collector of autographed musical manuscripts. His collection of over two hundred pieces was later donated to the British Library.

Patrick Collins earned the peace he’s found in New York City with his pack through sacrifice. Six years out from the end of the world, he’s satisfied with the life he’s built and doesn’t think about what else the future might hold until he stumbles his way into a hostage situation he didn’t ask to be part of. Jonothon de Vere would like nothing more than to wake up each morning with the love of his life and never deal with trouble again. Except Patrick has always been a magnet for such crises, and Jono isn’t one to stand idly by when his lover could use some help.

Yeongju is burned out. With her high-­flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, she knows she should feel successful, but all she feels is drained. Yet an abandoned dream nags at her, and in a leap of faith, she leaves her old life behind. Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeongju moves to a small residential neighborhood outside the city, where she opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop.

Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank’s life is full of all the excesses Cleo’s lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint and the opportunity to apply for a green card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could’ve predicted.

Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing f****n junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total f***n embarrassment tae the selfish, f****d-up brats ye've produced. Choose life.

“One of the passengers waiting for a bus . . . said the area . . . was empty. She looked away for a few seconds. When she looked back, he wassitting there in his wheelchair.” Justin Moore returns in this final book of the trilogy as the Director of the East Side Rescue Mission, a shelter for homeless people in San Diego. The broken human beings he experiences every day in the shelter eventually convince him the planet Earth is under siege from some powerful apocalyptic force.

Milly Grove, home of Kenneth 'Uno' Mills, has been run by his family for over a century. Commissioner by day and gangsta by night, he's the man in his city. Although he may hold a position in office, don't be fooled by the tailored suits. Disrespecting him will cost you your life. When the current mayor is exposed for misconduct, Uno steps in to make sure the position continues to be held by the Mills bloodline. His decision to run for Mayor leaves the family at odds. Once he receives the keys to the city, blood ties will be severed, lives will be lost, and new bonds will be forged.

ansa is a stress expert who can't manage her own stress. A mother whose children barely call. A daughter haunted by her mother's dementia. A woman one breath away from breaking. When she steps into a rickshaw in Mumbai, everything changes. Kirit, her calm driver, navigates impossible chaos with inexplicable peace.

In the days after high school graduation, Alex “Preacher” Michaels and his best friend see their hopes for a final breezy summer go up in smoke. More trouble looms when shy and indecisive Alex falls for Shannon, a mystifying girl who arrived late in the school year with a snarl on her lips and a guitar over her shoulder. Set on The Loop in the small town of Renton, Washington, the three cruise through a summer of humorous mishaps and dangerous misadventures leading to the most consequential decision of Alex’s life, a choice between his best friend and the girl he loves.

Nadia is an abstract thinker coming to terms with the harsh realities around her. She is a bookworm, a prankster, a wanderer, and a note-taker. She sees people gambling with life and soul for little apparent gain and wonders what she can do to make a difference. Progressively, her life is pulled apart by her family’s migration to Ukraine, a dubious courtship, the Chernobyl disaster, police surveillance, and an Afghan war. As Nadia comes of age, she finds that the bonds of family and friendship create an inseparable fate: to rescue one another or to drown.

When his older brother gets gunned down, 14-year-old Junius Posey puts down the weed he’s pushing and grips a gun for the first time. As he makes his way into the Rindge Towers, a territory of vicious drug dealers, Junius is forced to defend his best friend to deadly effect. Now there’s no going back. Shocked by the violence he’s created and determined to see his quest through to its end, he pushes ever farther into the towers to find a woman known as “The Oracle” who might have his answer.

In the heart of post-7/7 London, amidst the shadows of violence, addiction, and a family legacy soaked in secrets, Kalooki unravels the raw, unflinching story of Lenny Bell—a barrow boy turned bruised soul navigating survival in a world that never gave him a chance.

In the gritty streets of Chargeton, a fictional London borough known for its high crime rates, hope emerges from an unlikely source: the Chargeton Oaks basketball team. Richard Furzton and his childhood friend Walton join Chargeton College in 2015, balancing their studies with their dreams of basketball careers. The Oaks are a mismatched group, struggling to overcome their differences and form a cohesive unit. Amidst internal conflicts and external pressures, Coach Lake must lead a conflicted team through a journey of transformation.

Step into the pulse of Las Vegas—where glitz hides chaos, lust fuels crime, and not everything that happens here stays hidden. From drunken confessions to criminal escapes, these true-inspired tales pull you inside the raw, unfiltered nights of the city that never sleeps.

Trina Key has always poured her heart into her blog, writing about the chaos of college, the bond she shares with her free-spirited aunt, and her secret hopes for the future. Between balancing classes, tutoring at the local community center, and late-night conversations with her best friend Louise, Trina uses her words to make sense of life, love, and the city that never sleeps. But when she crosses paths with Mark—“Basketball Boy,” as her readers know him—Trina begins to discover that some stories aren’t meant to stay behind a screen. As their connection deepens, life throws her curveballs.

Mama Ella’s final words cling to Karina long after her grandmother passes—cryptic, unsettling, impossible to shake. When her estranged sister, Candace, appears at the funeral unannounced, those last words snap into focus, suddenly prophetic. Soon, buried truths and scabbed-over wounds surface, forcing the sisters to confront the betrayals and choices that shaped their lives—and the secrets that kept them apart.

Become a shifter. Build my pack. Be the leader these people need. I’ve always known I was different. There’s a beast inside me, clawing to get free—and it finally breaks loose when I return to Thornveil City, a magic-soaked metropolis crawling with shifters. Soon, I’m teamed up with a razor-sharp wolfgirl whose bite is much deadlier than her bark, and we have one mission: protect a dangerously-gorgeous kitsune heiress from those evil creatures who want her magic for their own twisted ends.

Ryan Tanner is an average family man battling alcohol and the demons from his childhood, while struggling as a husband and a father. Drowning in a life that often makes no sense, he turns to an insightful, no-nonsense psychologist as a last resort to try and save his volatile, but altogether beautiful marriage with his beloved wife Tess.

When culinary student Justin was expelled from one of the nation’s top cooking schools for “excessive use of hot peppers,” he refused to let the flames die out. Instead, he ignited a movement.

Following the death of her controlling husband, Margaret Routledge is no longer the downtrodden church mouse she once was. Now she’s the talk of the Close, frequenting seedy pubs and clubs where men gather to pick up good-time girls. It seems Margaret is past redemption until she sees neighbour Jenny Crawford’s headstrong 16-year-old daughter Gloria on the arm of a man of ill repute, and her motherly instincts return. By contrast, Jenny's eldest, land girl Tilly, has a heart of gold, but trouble brews when she helps a vulnerable mother and child with a dangerous past...