Títulos em Literatura e Ficção

Humankind has one more chance, a second-last chance, to survive. We are in a lot of trouble if these zany characters are our last hope. Prison Planet accommodates the American crew, safely landing with all dubious passengers intact. An evil warden assumes the role of dictator for the planet's lifers. Crew 7 must escape the clutches of the warden and his hench . . . men/women/other. But who are the real criminals?

Sister Agatha has lived a long, saintly life across three centuries—only to be told, during a routine check-up, that she’s got just one week left to live. It’s a bit of an inconvenience, really. You see, Sister Agatha once made a vow: to be the oldest person in the world. At last count, she was in fifth place. So close . . . But where there’s a will, there’s a way, and the super-centenarian creates a bold Plan B.

In the Florida Keys, trouble is brewing along with the coffee. Friends Madison Westin and Fabiana Merceau search for the mastermind behind gruesome warnings showing up on their doorstep. Fab’s infamous new partner and Madison’s reappearing ex-husband complicate matters in this sexy and humorous action-adventure, the seventh installment of the Paradise series. Can they slip the bonds of protective custody and solve the mystery before they are Kidnapped in Paradise?

When an ordinary man with a knack for bad luck, finds himself imprisoned in New Zealand on charges of human smuggling, he discovers that truth and justice are little more than stage props in a political farce. His fellow inmates include tattooed Māori warriors, suspicious Israelis, philosophical Muslims, and a Georgian drug lord with tips on beating the system. Somewhere between the chessboard in the prison yard and the sterile absurdity of the courtroom, Senya realizes he is not just fighting for freedom, but stumbling through a theater of cruelty where the script has already been written.

Revenge is on the program at this year's Splatterfest convention! Horror authors, critics and fans from all over the world have gathered to share stories, enjoy each other's company, and to take part in the yearly Gross Out contest, a fan favorite. But some attendees have arrived with ulterior motives. Clay Kayden, whose story at the last in-person Gross Out contest got him "canceled," wants to tear down the convention from the inside. Moira Mead is desperate to impress her favorite horror director, who's promised to option a story based on the weekend's readings.

Leute, aufgepasst – es ist wirklich, wirklich wahr: 30 neue Geschichten vom Känguru und dem Kleinkünstler. Hoch politisch, immer aktuell, rasend komisch. »Ich rebelliere!«, ruft das Känguru, als es in die Küche kommt. »Aha«, sage ich. »Wogegen rebellierst du denn?« »Gegen die Zustände.« »Verständlich«, sage ich. »Löblich geradezu.« »Rebellierst du mit?«, fragt das Känguru. »Wenn ich darf.« »Falsche Antwort. Wer rebelliert, fragt nicht, ob er darf.« »Guter Punkt.« »Also rebellierst du mit?« »Sehr gerne.« »Hervorragend«, sagt das Känguru. »Dann sind wir schon zu zweit.«

Le concept ? Une marque de soda les embarque pour une campagne aux quatre coins du globe. Leur mission ? Promouvoir la boisson et répondre à la question : qu'est-ce qui rend les gens heureux ? Il y a juste un détail qu'ils n'avaient pas prévu : à chaque étape, une enveloppe surprise. L'un décide, l'autre subit. Ils doivent cohabiter, partager chaque destination, chaque vol, chaque galère.

Butchers, bakers, brewers, businessmen, farmers, fabric workers, entertainers, comedians, gluttons, lechers, spongers and swindlers, prostitutes and parasites, the pope and his priests, the king and his courtiers, compete for attention in this lively and subversive vision of corruption in fourteenth-century England.

Your favourite actor has been pictured with a missing woman. What would you do? SHE’S A FAN Melody runs a fan account for TV’s hottest actor, Griff Beckett. But when one of the photos she posts shows Griff kissing an unknown woman, angry fans turn on Melody and accuse her of posting a fake...

One small town. One second chance. Pre-order the perfect read for fans of Bonnie Woods now! Spring is blooming, but love coach Alyssa’s life decidedly isn’t. In one night, she finds herself dumped, homeless and on the cusp of losing her hard-won career – all of which she must hide from her...

It’s 1971, the Cold War is still chilly, and ex-Detective Sergeant Cameron Kyle returns from an aborted trip abroad to discover that his solo rescue of a coach load of tourists from a terrorist attack has been closely monitored by MI6. Not only are the spooks fully aware of his Giza heroics, his dire medical condition, his Welsh misadventures and his involvement in disposing of a high-profile Italian extortionist, but they also break the news that his partner-in-crime, the rather attractive ex-copper Jude Bates, has been released from prison following her successful appeal and retrial.

Max Dumbell isn’t just a man—he’s a beefy enigma wrapped in muscle and marinated in pre-workout. He’s a sleeveless detective with the brains of a boiled egg and the biceps of a Greek statue that fell into a vat of protein powder. When a ripped fitness influencer named Trent Steel disappears under suspiciously shiny circumstances, Max is hired by a woman who smells like eucalyptus and probable felonies to crack the case wide open (like his last treadmill).

"Gwibdaith liwgar yng nghwmni cymeriadau hoffus ac ambell arch-arwr sy'n datrys mwy nag un dirgelwch ar y daith." Catrin MaraAr ddiwrnod ei phen-blwydd yn 32 mlwydd oed mae Martha yn cael anrheg arbennig iawn gan ei rhieni. Mae'r ne"Gwibdaith liwgar yng nghwmni cymeriadau hoffus ac ambell arch-arwr sy'n datrys mwy nag un dirgelwch ar y daith." Catrin MaraAr ddiwrnod ei phen-blwydd yn 32 mlwydd oed mae Martha yn cael anrheg arbennig iawn gan ei rhieni. Mae'r newyddion yn ei gyrru hi ar daith fydd yn newid ei bywyd am byth. Nofel gyfoes, yn llawn troeon a hiwmor tywyll.

Playful Rebellion is a scrapbook of stories from inside a global organization, told through the eyes of a consumer insight research leader who never quite learned to behave. It’s part memoir, part satire, part blueprint for how to make work a little more human, and occasionally useful. For anyone who’s sat in a meeting wondering what the point was, or tried to make clever people care about something true, this is for you.

Pleasant Dreams (1960), published just a year after his more famous Psycho, finds Robert Bloch leaving behind his earlier Lovecraftian influences to find his own style and voice in this collection of masterful tales, in which the horror is often laced with an undercurrent of pitch-black humor.

After a disastrous relationship, my heart is closed to men—especially smoldering hot hockey players. Only problem? James Adler, star player of the New York Raptors, hasn't received the memo. He flirts with me like it's a full-time job, but I'm not about to fall for his charm—no matter how many abs he sports.

The book you are about to listen to chronicles the carnage that occurred on Halloween night, 1989, in the quaint town of Charleston. Many would flock there for the Hardstack Halloween Festival. Most would not live to see midnight. They would fall victim to one of the most bizarre and brutal events in the annals of American history. An event whose body count would dwarf the Bonkin's Bonanza incident.

It’s all fun and games until someone falls in love. MANSION • APARTMENT • SHACK • HOUSE Ruby Wynne is a staunch rule-follower who lives by the numbers. So when a surprising breakup – on her thirty-fifth birthday – ruins all her well-laid plans, Ruby makes an unexpected wish...

The villain’s a poet, the weapon is verse, and the whole world’s a stage. The Ar’dath-Irr’s final act is nearly complete—and the applause will be apocalyptic. Oscar Teabag-Dooven, once a Velvet Paw, is all that stands between a fractured universe and total obliteration. But Oscar wanted to be a poet, not a hero, not a destroyer, and certainly not the most loathed animal on the planet. After his avant-garde recital triggers mass death, suspicious reincarnations and catastrophic misunderstandings involving curry, he’s the only one left to blame.

A full-frontal confrontation of the ways we perform desire and shame—from the downright bizarre to the frighteningly relatable—by the award-winning author of A Sharp Endless Need An employee at a hunting ground where people pay to act out hate crimes prepares to meet their girlfriend’s...