Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

Failed lawyer Robert Green has such a good plan: Crack three hundred safe-deposit boxes and sail off to South America with his brilliant, morally flexible sister, Penny. If it weren’t for the damned freezing rain. In the dying resort town of Granite Shores, cop Jack Biddle is self-appointed king—mostly of bad decisions. Between his family’s crumbling legacy, a wife who just joined the city council, and life-threatening gambling debts, Jack’s looking for a way out. Then he spots a van spinning off a mountain road into the valley below.

Call to order the Friday Night Doom Crew. They’re an eclectic group of true-crime enthusiasts—a forensic psychologist, historian, and popular Instagram presence among them—dedicated to sleuthing out nefarious offenders and doing whatever it takes to set things right. But when dark secrets threaten one of their own, the Doom Crew grapples with how far they are willing to go to protect her.

Known as the man who introduced rosé to the US, legendary wine importer Kermit Lynch is as lauded for his writing as he is for his impeccable taste in wines. In his debut novel, Lynch presents Kendrick Thomas, an easygoing American wine merchant happily residing in Provence. Ever eager to visit old friends and enjoy all the gastronomic pleasures available in France, he often finds himself on the doorstep of Henri Poupon. Built as ruggedly as a boxer, thick of finger and feature, Poupon is as physically untamed and earthy as his skill as a chef is delicate and exquisite.

Ein warmherzig-witziger Roman über Liebe, Freundschaft und chaotische Neuanfänge. Von Käthe Lachmann. "Warum solltest du den Nachbargarten gepachtet haben? Du sagst zu allem ›Blume‹, egal, ob es sich um einen Kaktus oder eine Ligusterhecke handelt!" Mit dreiundvierzig hat Maren den Absprung aus ihrer eintönigen Ehe mit Lars geschafft. Ablenkung findet sie, als sie endlich einen der begehrten Kleingärten in Hamburg ergattert. Sie fällt jedoch aus allen Wolken, als Lars plötzlich im Nachbargarten auftaucht, den er offenbar gepachtet hat.

In this fiendishly original novel, Mark Leyner is a leather-blazer-wearing, Piranha 793-driving, narcotic-guzzling monster who has potential rivals eliminated by his bionically enhanced bodyguards, has his internal organs tattooed, and eavesdrops on the erotic fantasies of Victoria's Secret models–fantasies that naturally revolve around him.

Leonardo, filho do espertalhão Leonardo-Pataca e de Maria da Hortaliça, é uma criança travessa e sem controle. Na contramão do que se espera para ele, Leonardo cresce sem rumo, mas se torna um sargento de milícias.

George Babbitt has it all: a successful real estate job, a shiny car, a modern house equipped with all the latest technology, and a devoted wife and three children. However, underneath his public persona, he’s beginning to feel that something is missing, and when a tragic incident occurs Babbitt revolts against his hollow life. Can he overthrow everything he values, or will he remain trapped in the machinery of modern life?

This parody takes the dragon-riding, enemies-to-lovers tension and high-stakes brutality of the original and transforms it into a hilariously absurd adventure starring Vile Soreinbut and Xadence Marriott—two characters who seem designed specifically to challenge every trope they encounter.

Esse livro é F#d@ Mas não vai melhorar sua vida! Encontros que começam no Tinder e acabam em shows de anões sadomasoquistas, casamentos com mulheres que tinham o pai como amante... Em Deu Merda, Gabriel Tennyson reúne crônicas que formam o cânone do pobrismo: uma filosofia que vai te ensinar a rir do cotidiano dos subúrbios, das dores de cotovelo... e do cheque especial. P

Robert West has had five wives, but they've never all been in a room together—until now. Summoned to the ageing movie star's house in the Highlands, they expect a weekend of grandstanding and perhaps some clue about who will inherit his vast fortune one day. They don't expect Robert to announce that he's dying, and penning a memoir that will dish the dirt on each of his notorious marriages.

From Wall Street bailouts to billion-dollar opioid settlements, Golden Weakness: Platinum Failures is a sharp, satirical exposé on how the rich and powerful fail upward—while the rest of us foot the bill. With biting wit and fearless commentary, Dennis D. Kreger reveals how weakness, when backed by wealth and influence, becomes a strategy—not a setback.

Stella’s life hasn’t quite gone to plan. She imagined that, at forty, she’d be settled with a supportive husband, two kids and a dog. Instead, she’s single and living at home with her mum, Bonnie, and grandmother, Florence. She passes the evenings in her childhood bedroom, obsessively searching for the perfect sperm donor. Unbeknownst to Stella is that Bonnie and Florence both also had difficult journeys to motherhood. And now that they’re writing down their stories for Stella’s unborn child, the truth about their family is becoming harder to conceal.

Alter egal – alles Liebe! Anne kriegt die Krise. Da hat sie monatelang die Goldene Hochzeit ihrer Eltern vorbereitet, dann verkündet ihre Mutter, sie werde sich scheiden lassen. Altersstarrsinn oder Late Life Crisis? Als die alte Dame noch dazu einen deutlich jüngeren Mann präsentiert, wendet sich Anne verzweifelt an Tom, den Sohn des neuen Lovers – doch der hat kein Problem damit. Prompt bringt eine ganz und gar überraschende Versuchung auch Annes Leben durcheinander, und sie muss sich fragen: Ist die Liebe zu einem jüngeren Mann wirklich so abwegig?

Embark on a darkly humorous journey of reality TV meets the macabre. On the set of The Groom, a group of women must compete for the heart of Midwestern bachelor Tristan by spending a week in a haunted house. Divorcee Linda, resigned to her role as the show's underdog, finds her resolve cracking when she begins to fall for fellow castmate Charity. Meanwhile, Sabrina, groomed by her witchy mother to deliver their family from poverty by marrying a rich man, sees winning the competition as her predestined path. But after a shocking demise, the game takes a sinister turn.

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.

I’m thrilled to introduce you to "How to End Up in HR", a bold and hilarious dark comedy that uncovers the outrageous and unexpected moments within warehouse and office life. This series reveals the absurd antics, jaw-dropping moments, and inappropriate behavior that lead to one protagonist's unexpected journey – straight to the HR office!

I’m thrilled to introduce you to "How to End Up in HR", a bold and hilarious dark comedy that uncovers the outrageous and unexpected moments within warehouse and office life. This series reveals the absurd antics, jaw-dropping moments, and inappropriate behavior that lead to one protagonist's unexpected journey–straight to the HR office!

Sasha North has gone missing. Everyone says she's run away, but I know better. We've been best friends since we were teenagers, since Sasha swept into the neighbourhood and brought colour to my life. Until a brutal attack changed both our lives forever. I know what happened that night. I know who wants revenge. And if Sasha has been taken. I know I'm next.

After getting fired from her job as a fourth grade teacher, Jane takes on two jobs at once: as a nanny for twin babies and as a sexter for a famous porn star. Soon, Jane is feeding Franny and Zooey with one hand and shooting off ridiculous sexts with the other. At first, she feels it’s like a joke: a lot of her clientele are into scat play or “mystical bestiality.” By the end of her first month on the sexting-nanny jobs, Jane is making significantly more money than she could have ever made as a teacher.

Manya Miriam Mittelman has an uneasy relationship with her flesh, of which there is a bit too much by the standards of Columbia University circa 1992.