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In this seductive, provocative debut, two Afghan men—cast out of their respective countries of birth by circumstances beyond their control—collide in Istanbul, a city that will test their willingness to sacrifice everything for the ones they love.

Can two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love? The Japanese bestseller that kicked off a seven-book series - adapted for TV and 200,000 copies sold Riko Nishioka is assistant manager of the flagship Pegasus bookstore in Kichijoji. After working her way...

Kyoko Tanihara still loves books. Just about. But life at the Musashino Bookstore is starting to get her down. Instead of promoting her favorite stories, she finds herself distracted, tearing her hair out at the mere sight of her infuriating manager, who can't seem to do anything but get in her...

When the body of a young mother is discovered in an East London park during a blistering summer, D.I. Matthew Denning is thrust into a high-pressure investigation. As another woman dies in similar circumstances, it becomes clear a killer is stalking the city's streets. But when young, ambitious, D.S. Molly Fisher discovers a horrifying link to these deaths and a killing spree in South London a decade ago – by a psychopath dubbed 'The Bermondsey Ripper' – the case is blown wide open.

¡Que viva la música! es una novela de iniciación. Es la invitación a una fiesta sin fin, donde su protagonista dejará que el mundo baje hasta el pozo sin fondo de sus propios excesos. Pero con felicidad. Con absoluta dicha. Hay un pacto secreto con la muerte en esta danza de María del Carmen Huerta, la rubia protagonista de sus páginas.

Es ist der Jahrhundertsommer 1989, als die 21-Jährige im Zug von Leipzig Richtung Paris sitzt. Ohne ein Wort Französisch zu sprechen, aber von immenser Neugier getrieben, entdeckt sie die Stadt und damit eine neue Welt als Einwanderin unter Einwanderern.

Callie Renfew didn’t go looking for trouble, but now it’s at her door there’s no way she’s backing down. It’s been a year since Callie last saw her useless husband Gavin and although everyone else thinks he’s dead, Callie has an uneasy feeling that her husband is still alive and waiting to make his final vengeful move… Until then, Callie plans to get on with her life and pushes forward with a new business scheme with her new millionaire business partner, enigmatic Spaniard Carlos Martinez.

En la apacible ciudad de Golden la llegada de Theo despierta curiosidad. Nadie sabe de dónde viene, pero su presencia transforma las vidas de quienes lo rodean. Una mañana, Theo visita una cafetería local en la que hay colgados noventa y dos retratos de la gente de Golden, hechos por un artista local. Conmocionado, decide comprarlos todos y entregarlos a quienes corresponden. Con cada encuentro va tejiendo amistades, y este generoso gesto llena la comunidad de luz y resalta el poder de las relaciones.

Payback follows three naïve but ambitious young women chasing their professional dreams in late twentieth-century corporate America. Over the years, their growing friendship forms a tight-knit, supportive bond that sees them through challenges related to gender bias, assault, and racism—as well as the joys of discovering their sexual identity, falling in love, and raising children while navigating demanding careers.

The acclaimed author of The Art of Fielding returns with a long-awaited, immersive new novel. The Brightness follows the electric, chaotic, everything-can-happen lives of Pella Affenlight and her best friend, Irma, as they fumble their way into a larger world that won't stop changing. At 27...

In postwar Paris, a boy is seduced by his mysterious nanny into a world of adult secrets. In 1950s New York, a young woman struggles to protect her stroke-stricken charge as bruises multiply on the woman’s body. In the 1970s, a fragile cousin wanders into the Royals’ jazz-soaked townhouse, where music, sex, and ruin intertwine. And at the heart of these stories is Rainey Royal herself, coming of age in Greenwich Village, inventing herself as an artist through the tumult of the ’70s and ’80s.

In the heart of Chicago, recently widowed forty-five-year-old Angie Sortino finds herself at a crossroads. After she discovers that her deceased husband has left her penniless, Angie's spirited niece, Gina, and Gina's best friend, Kim, approach her with the idea of starting a catering company targeting funeral parlors. Angie embarks on this new venture, discovering the challenges of the catering business.

Already the gateway for illegal Canadian liquor during Prohibition, the Motor City becomes a crucible for American class conflict during the Great Depression, with an army of laid off Ford workers drifting into the ranks of the burgeoning union movement—Henry Ford's worst nightmare.

In the summer of 1977, Tom Hargrove loves his girlfriend Patty, The Grateful Dead, and playing bass with his band, The Hermits. Living in Newark, New Jersey, the lights of New York City just a river away, he's desperate for a change. There's a glimmer of hope when The Hermits are invited to LA for a once in a lifetime audition; at stake is more money than any of them have seen in their lives. Once in California, things are hardly idyllic. Tom's chance encounter with megastar Denise Peck could be their lucky break. As her interest grows, their connection threatens to unravel everything.

Asher Banks, with his honey-brown colored eyes and cocky attitude, has been at the top of my shit list since college. Nothing has changed in thirteen years. They call him the Boogeyman of Business because his marketing firm has single-handedly bankrupted several corporations with little to no effort. And because of my jealous ex, I’m now in Banks’ crosshairs.

Fourteen-year-old Rainey Royal—fierce, gifted, and dangerously magnetic—lives in a once-elegant, now-crumbling townhouse with her cultish jazz-pianist father and the women who orbit him. Her mother is gone. Her father's best friend hovers too close. And Rainey, left largely to her own devices, must learn to navigate desire, betrayal, and vulnerability in a city that shimmers with promise and threat. As she gathers friends and misfits into her orbit, Rainey tests the limits of who she can become—sometimes a rebel, sometimes a criminal, always a girl determined to recreate herself.

There was zero chance of seeing the Armani-clad stranger again. I didn't even catch his name—just that he was the hottest mistake of my life. But the universe? It loves a plot twist. Because Mr. Elevator Guy...He's Nick Ashford. My broody as hell brand-new boss.

Jack Middleton likes to imagine himself a country squire. At weekends he retires to Laverings Estate with his wife, Catherine. He may be pompous, and they may seem ill-matched, but the couple are devoted to each other. When Jack's widowed sister, Lilian, and her two stepchildren arrive to spend...

Narrated by Tim McIlrath, the legendary front man and voice of the Chicago punk rock band, Rise Against, A Mild Form of Madness is a raw Chicago odyssey. This is not a quiet book. It's written in a full-throttle voice—part street philosophy part love letter to Chicago, part confession. Through strides strode through bustling or desolate streets, bike rides along frozen water, chance conversations with strangers and nights where music turns a crowd into something holy, the narrator wrestles with work, meaning, addiction, loyalty and loss.

Blake will nur eines: ein normales Leben in New York führen und ihr letztes College-Jahr abschließen. Doch Creighton, der gefährlichste Mafiaboss der Stadt, hat andere Pläne. Er ist geradezu besessen von ihr und hat geschworen, sie um jeden Preis zu beschützen. Als sie in New York aufeinandertreffen, wird die Spannung zwischen ihnen immer explosiver. Creighton kann nicht länger leugnen, was er für Blake empfindet, und Blake muss sich eingestehen, dass sie den Mann begehrt, vor dem sie eigentlich fliehen sollte. Doch in der Welt der Mafia ist Liebe gefährlich und Vertrauen tödlich.