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All Naya and Jake want is their own home. That's not too much to ask, right? ‘A wildly original, darkly funny love story about desperation, house prices, and making terrible decisions together. Most Wanted is criminally good’ Steve Jones ‘Fresh, original and absolutely brimming with energy...

For readers of Shark Heart and Hollow Kingdom, a funny, magical, and tender debut novel following a lonely, conflict-averse man whose sudden ability to understand animals sends him on a wild romp around NYC, and ultimately helps him discover his own voice. Strolling through Central Park on a...

A love letter to community and the power of activism, from the author of Ginger and Me and Graffiti Girls. Germaine only accepted the job at the Kenmar allotments for a fresh start. Far from anyone who knows her history she can focus on work and tending to her own plot. Most of the other...

Gory, sticky, creepy, with a dry humor, Maniac is an invitation into the 80's New York madness, which follows a disreputable man, Frank Zito... that we challenge you to meet!

Sergio Corselli è un ventisettenne col pallino del gioco delle carte. Da quel mondo però è uscito e si porta dietro solo un soprannome, si è laureato, ha avviato una piccola azienda di consulenza editoriale e cerca di farsi strada nella metropoli che conta, nei salotti frequentati dalle teste pensanti dell'editoria. Scopre anche un inedito di Shakespeare, ma le cose vanno come vanno e allora ecco che ritornano gli amici del passato a provare a dare una mano a un tavolo e in una partita decisiva.

When Harry Andrews meets Martin Haggerty, two human statues collide in a battle that will transform the Chelmsley High Street into a battlefield of the absurd. What starts as a simple act of jealous sabotage becomes a life-consuming obsession that will push them beyond the limits of dignity, sanity, and the law.

What can you hide through a window? Annalyse never expected to make a friend through a window, but her talks with the guy who lives next to the bus stop have become a favorite part of her day. But when a sudden schedule change reveals a secret he hadn't meant to share, is there anything she can do to make things right? Or is their window friendship broken beyond repair?

She could have any man she wanted—and she chose him. Roy wasn’t rich, ripped, or reckless—just ready to break. Elise offered her body, her rules… and then begged to surrender them. He tasted power for the first time—and wanted more. Much more.

Travis trabaja en una revista y es día de cierre. Mientras le ronda la pavorosa idea de que van a despedirlo, no dejan de sucederse a su alrededor imprevistos de toda clase. Anne, por su parte, se siente harta del departamento de atención al cliente en el que está destinada, donde la relación con algunos de sus compañeros amenaza con hacer saltar la oficina por los aires. En vísperas de comenzar sus vacaciones, bajo un calor insoportable, ambos tienen mil cosas en la cabeza que resolver, y todas ellas parecen urgentes.

There She is, devastated. Her long-term boyfriend Mike has just walked out on her unceremoniously. A fresh start calling out to her. She decides to take a leap into the unknown. With the throw of a dart determining her fate, she lets go of control. She doesn't really care where the dart lands. As long as it is anywhere other than Denver, Colorado. What's been revealed as her destined new chapter? New York City. The exact opposite of Denver. Doubt and resistance arises and yet she moves forward.

Scherben einer Zerbrochenen Seele ist die schonungslose Geschichte von Richard Bryght, einem angehenden Autor aus Seattle, dessen Träume zu groß für ein einziges Leben erscheinen — er navigiert durch Liebe, Verlust und dem Streben nach künstlerischer Erfüllung. Gequält von einer vergangenen Beziehung und dem geistigen Verfall seiner Mutter durch Alzheimer. Dann bietet sich ihm eine einmalige Chance - sein selbstveröffentlichtes Buch in einen Film zu verwandeln.

This trilogy is a modern reimagining of timeless fairy tales, where love is tested by passion, danger, and the unpredictable forces of fate. Will these couples defy the odds and find their happily ever afters, or will they be consumed by the shadows lurking in the city? Only the strongest hearts will prevail.

Als ihr das Geld ausgeht, nimmt sie einen Job in München an. Als sie drei Frauen kennenlernt, die sich ihren Lifestyle mit zweifelhaften Methoden finanzieren, ist sie fasziniert. Schnell findet Leonie ihr eigenes Geschäftsfeld: Menschen mit frisch gebrochenem Herzen bezahlen sie für raffinierte Racheaktionen. Doch nach einer Weile kommen ihr Zweifel: Wie viel Geld braucht man wirklich für ein gutes Leben? Und wie viel Risiko ist sie bereit, dafür einzugehen?

A collection of thirty short stories that move along the edges of the existential and the social, the tender and the ironic. Set against the backdrop of Greece , and drawing deeply from its unique spirit and contradictions, each story reveals a subtle fracture in the surface of daily life, where a person confronts themselves, the systems that enclose them, and the illusions they invent just to endure. These are finely tuned explorations of the human psyche —part microscope, part mirror— unveiling the quiet absurdities we all share .

Yakov Gagarin was Bratva royalty. A ruthless tactician. A man built to destroy. Until the day it all went wrong—and the syndicate locked him in a cage. Dr. Mila Agapova is the one assigned to fix him. But Yakov doesn’t want fixing. He wants her. Sharp-tongued, unshakable, utterly off-limits—She’s everything he shouldn’t touch. But obsession doesn’t care about boundaries. And Yakov has never been a man who plays by the rules.

Younes veut croire en sa dernière chance. À vingt-trois ans, il sort de prison. Sa libération anticipée est assortie d'un placement sous surveillance électronique : chaque soir, après le travail, il devra rentrer à Berlioz, la cité de son enfance. Il reprend aussitôt du service comme coursier-moto chez Panam'Expres, où il s'apprête à revoir Serge, son meilleur ami. Ils ont grandi sur la même dalle de béton. Ont fait ensemble les quatre cents coups. Et, malgré le fossé qui se creusait entre les communautés, ils sont restés fidèles l'un à l'autre.

Den 16. juni 1904 vandrer Leopold Bloom rundt i Dublins gader, imens hans kone Molly morer sig på kryds og tværs med andre mænd hjemme i ægtesengen. Leopold Bloom er blevet gjort til en ufrivillig hanrej, og hvad andet kan han gøre end at lade sine skosåler slide af vejen, blive ydmyget mellem husmure og på beværtninger og gemme sig i den ene erindring efter den anden efterhånden som de dukker op i Dublins våde tåge. Leopold Bloom er det 20. århundredes Odysseus, men i modsætning til Homers antikke krigerhelt, er Bloom en moderne antihelt.

Milano, settembre 2018. L'eroina torna in città come non accadeva da decenni e invade le principali piazze di spaccio. Marta, una quarantenne disoccupata che vive alle case Aler del quartiere Corvetto, trova il cinquantenne Luciano morto di overdose, la sera in cui avrebbe dovuto dichiaragli il suo amore. La donna, testarda e coraggiosa, non crede all'evidenza dei fatti, indaga sulla morte dell'amico e ne scopre una vita nascosta.

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Anthony Patch, a young yet unambitious graduate from Harvard University, moves to New York and soon meets fellow socialite and flapper, Gloria Gilbert. Infatuated by her beauty, Anthony soon proposes to Gloria, and the pair embark on a doomed whirlwind romance. Their marriage is combative and tense; Anthony expects Gloria to be more domesticated while Gloria expects Anthony to fund her extravagant lifestyle.