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Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can’t fix their own marriage. There’s a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can’t seem to agree on anything.

As Constantinople is being pillaged and burned in April 1204, a young man, Baudolino, manages to save a historian and a high court official from certain death at the hands of crusading warriors. Born a simple peasant, Baudolino has two gifts: his ability to learn languages and to lie. A young man, he is adopted by a foreign commander who sends him to university in Paris. After he allies with a group of fearless and adventurous fellow students, they go in search of a vast kingdom to the East.

In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Doughty blends her mortician’s knowledge of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious, and candid answers to 35 distinctive questions posed by her youngest fans. In her inimitable voice, Doughty details lore and science of what happens to, and inside, our bodies after we die. Why do corpses groan? What causes bodies to turn colors during decomposition? And why do hair and nails appear longer after death?

Join author S.E. Linn on a wild and hilarious journey through the chaotic world of online dating in her new memoir, "Adventures in Online Dating." From the cringe-worthy encounters with a man and his cat-hair-covered adult toy, to the emotionally unavailable "Viking" with a wife and spa plans, this book is a rollercoaster ride of modern love. But amidst the laughter and relatable moments, lies a cautionary tale of the dangers of swiping right.

Teuflisch amüsant: Erpressung und Mord statt Mutter-Sohn-Sonntage mit Schwarzwälder Kirsch. Bernhard Stöckle, angesehener Controller beim Schwarzwälder Gas- und E-Werk, hat mit zwei Handicaps zu kämpfen: Zum einen ist da Herr Wunderdinger, sein sexistischer und „niveauloser“ Chef, der im Büroalltag des harmoniebedürftigen Verwaltungsangestellten nur bedingt zum Wohlfühlen beiträgt. Zum anderen engt ihn seine aufbrausende Mutter ganz schön ein: Sie hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, Bernhard seit seiner frühesten Jugend von der Außenwelt abzuschirmen, insbesondere, wenn es um Frauen geht.

Marcel Slouch continues his adventures in finding and keeping a job. His interpersonal relationships are enriched.

Another delightful entry into the beloved Fentons series. This time a novella featuring all your favorite characters mixed up in a truly Gothic mystery complete with villains, rescued beauties, treasure and a secret society of terrible aspirations. Baron Balfour, a great giant of a man, and his new wife, who used to be Euphemia Fleet, a put-upon companion, are on their honeymoon in France when the baroness spots a villainous looking individual, just like her idea of a character from a Gothic novel. He is in the company of a frightened young beauty and Euphemia decides to rescue her.

A dark comedy of ghosts, grudges, and one very confused hotel manager. Charlie Bennett’s boring life managing a chain hotel takes a hard left when his weird Uncle Harold dies and leaves him a crumbling, creepy Victorian inn in the middle of nowhere. The good news? He owns a hotel now. The bad news? It’s haunted as hell. Furniture moves on its own. Portraits blink. The piano plays itself every Tuesday at midnight (thanks, Heinrich). And don’t even get him started on the ghost kid who keeps rearranging his sock drawer.

You think transformation is pretty? Think again. Just like the messy goo a caterpillar goes through to become a butterfly, human transformation is equally "gooey." Rachel Burr’s story is filled with mishaps, mistakes, misadventures, and… yes, mess. But it’s not all slog. There are also triumphs and growth in Butterfly Goo as Burr takes you on a hilarious and poignant sightseeing tour of her own transformative journey.

Casimir is a maverick in a city undergoing considerable reconstruction. Living conditions are increasingly benign. And now there is a proposal to build a large dome enclosing the city. Casimir doesn’t like this idea, so off he goes to the Procrustes Institute to have a reset of his thoughts. Decades later, this benevolent dome has been built. It’s worked out beautifully. Everyone is prosperous and happy. Days consist of endless leisure. And then a slab from the roof of the dome dislodges …

Bel's joined the tiny Manchester office of a national paper from her indie podcast. Thirty-something Connor is going back to the start as the new intern. The latest office news? They can't stand each other. So of course Bel bumps into Connor when she's working undercover on the biggest scoop of her career. And of course she's forced to improvise, pretending they're a couple. A couple deeply in love.

Welcome to the latest word on atrocious English, from wierd – er, weird – spelling to idiotomatic expressions to modest proposals for change, wherein we tackle such pressing contemporary English language issues.

In the backwoods town of Possum Trot, trouble’s brewin’—and only one man has the duct tape, moonshine, and guts to fix it. Meet Hill-Jack Bob: mechanic by day, redneck vigilante by night. When a shady corporation threatens to take over his town with mind-control soda and political corruption, Bob and his oddball sidekick, Possum Boy, rise up in camouflage, homemade gadgets, and a superhero vehicle built from junkyard scraps.

After fourteen years of Tory rule, John Crace has seen it all: a bucket-load of sleaze and scandals, myriad questionable policy decisions, and an ever-revolving door of impressive* candidates trying to get themselves to the top of a sinking ship. With a bumpy start, Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and the Labour Party have taken the reins while Kemi Badenoch and the Tories slink off to regroup in opposition.

Mac, special ops veteran, and his new wife Jennie are hunted by longtime enemies, and lead the attackers on a long, dangerous chase across the country. Back at Jennie's school her friend Celena writes code that pretends to predict stock prices. When the fraud is discovered, Celena is thrown out of school and sent home to Venezuela. Philip then re-writes the code as a big-data project that legitimately attempts to predict stock prices. Leonard from Chicago wants that software. Leonard gets what he wants, and he takes Philip hostage.

Raj Ladlani is one of thousands in LA: an unemployable actor. He has reasons to believe he is spectacularly talented - a legend in every way but for the success. His anonymous life - working at Yogurtland, obsessively reading Vanity Fair, and fantasizing about stardom - comes to an end when he answers a job ad detailing a relentless, laughable parade of menial responsibilities for a 'Hollywood Family'. So begins the astonishing decline and fall of Raj Ladlani.

For A&E nurse Eden Grainger, Port Kara offers more than just a safe haven. It's a chance to break free from her ex Jesse and start a new life. Her focus now is solely on her four-year-old son, Teddie, whose autism means he sees the world in his own unique way.

Lawyer turned murderer Björn wants to stop killing. Unfortunately, the prisoner in his basement is getting restless, the parents' committee at his daughter's preschool is clamouring for his attention, and to cap it all, he's also being blackmailed. To manage all this stress, he turns to a mindfulness coach to learn about the unmet needs of his inner child. As he begins listening to this inner child, he finds it doesn't just have needs, but solutions: creative ways he can solve his problems. All of them.

Hun fik 13 i jura, men 03 i husgerning… Den ambitiøse advokat Samantha Sweeting har lige begået en bommert så stor, at hun med sikkerhed kan vinke farvel til enhver drøm om at blive partner i firmaet. Da hun spørger om vej ved et stort, smukt landsted, bliver hun forvekslet med en ansøger til jobbet som husbestyrerinde. Ejerne ved ikke, at hun er advokat, men pludselig er hun ansat - en mindre detalje er, at Samantha ikke aner, hvordan man tænder ovnen, hun kan ikke gøre rent, har aldrig tilberedt en middag eller bagt et brød, og det forbandede strygebræt vil bare ikke makke ret!

When demigod Hazeus returns home to a parallel magical realm called Rootworld, his parents, Father Time and Mother Earth, give him a collection of adult-rated MVDs that put him on the fast track to becoming the all-powerful God of the Globe if he can learn to take responsibility. While watching, he interacts with and befriends a young King Arthur, Lancelot, and Merddin, all trying to establish their kingdom. Merddin is always cranky because of the reverse flow of time and Mother Mott just wants a vacation on the Isle of Avalon.