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In Devil’s News, Stephanie Lewis, a young and seemingly naïve production assistant, lands a job at a bustling NYC local news station. Navigating the cutthroat world of journalism, she soon finds herself in a hostile workplace. Suspicion grows as she believes that the recent string of deaths seems more than tragic accidents. Blending newsroom drama and mystery, this tale takes listeners into the media’s dark side and the extreme lengths people will resort to for success and secrecy.

The first novel to articulate the rage and pain of life in "the other America," Hubert Selby Jr.'s Last Exit to Brooklyn is a classic of postwar American writing. Selby's searing portrait of the powerless, the homeless, the dispossessed, is as fiercely and frighteningly apposite today as it was when it was first published more than fifty years ago. This explosive, transgressive best-seller created shock waves upon its release in 1964 with its raw, vibrant language and startling revelations of New York City's underbelly.

Framed in a drug sting by the person he trusted most, grad student Jean emerges from seven months at Rikers Island into a pandemic-ravaged New York City. His parents won't speak to him. His girlfriend has moved on. And Marcus, the friend who betrayed him, has vanished. Working as a food delivery cyclist through the empty streets of 2020, Jean pedals between his shattered past and an uncertain future. But as the city erupts in protests over George Floyd's murder, he's forced to confront not just personal betrayal, but the injustices that have shaped his life as a young Black man in America.

Anthony, il fratello di Sean, è un tipo tosto. Quando erano bambini, la madre cercava di tenerlo lontano dai guai, ma senza successo. Sean doveva essere diverso, doveva andarsene lontano e non tornare mai più. Ma Sean torna. Torna a Belfast, dove i posti di lavoro sono sempre meno, la sua laurea non ha valore e nessuno lo considera. Torna, suo malgrado, alle vecchie abitudini: notti folli, prestiti non restituiti, affitti non pagati, lavori occasionali che falliscono. Torna in queste strade lacerate, dove la prosperità promessa dalla pace non è mai arrivata.

Secure in their growing trust, Elise and Roy venture beyond the bedroom and into a world of forbidden excitement. The couple attends an exclusive underground sex club – a place Elise has visited before – where every secret desire is on display. Roy’s nerves nearly get the best of him amid the dim red lights and writhing bodies, but with Elise by his side he plunges into a night of eye-opening delights. Together they watch a pair of lovers entwined in public ecstasy, and Roy is shocked to find the sight doesn’t spur only jealousy – it turns him on.

The Book of Ayesha is a powerful coming-of-age story set in the heart of Detroit. Ambitious teenager Ayesha Jones is determined to rise above the struggles of her city, but her journey is marked by devastating loss, betrayal, and the harsh realities of growing up in an environment that tests her at every turn.

Living-in a high-priced Brownstone she, her-maid and little-Pug carry-on life, as an competent-author. She as many of her friends go-through life, and she's as bankable as her latest best-selling book. She's with one of the best-publishers, having her personally picked-editor...

I grew up in Brooklyn, New York City—where the city never sleeps and the streets never forgive. Raised by a prostitute and drug addict who fought every day for survival, I learned early that the world cared little for those cast aside. To most, my mother was just another lost soul. But to me, she was a queen—the one person who loved me unconditionally. When I watched her die in front of my eyes, beaten, violated, and left for dead by the very monsters the world had abandoned her to, I made a vow: I’d make them pay, and I’d become the voice for the voiceless.

It is 1943 in Nazi-occupied Paris, and nobody is safe. Nobody, except perhaps one small group of people, who’ve always existed outside the law… At Le Cirque Casini, the trapeze artists still fly. The strong men still perform amazing feats. The sad-faced clowns still make people laugh, even in a city with a broken heart. The Nazis do not trouble them, as long as they keep the people happy and entertained.

A cult classic and Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, this sharp, insightful novel by New Yorker contributor Han Ong explores racial and social hierarchy, personal identity, and alienation. William Paulinha—a resourceful gay Filipino sex worker barely getting by in New York—is determined to...

An uncompromising and sensually charged collection from one of the great practitioners of the short story. Squandering the Blue is Kate Braverman’s debut story collection, a fierce, hallucinatory vision of Southern California and the women who move through its heat, glamour, and wreckage. Set...

Brought to you by Penguin. London, 1990. Zivoin is newly arrived in a strange country. The dependable oldest son, he works all hours of the day and night, sending every penny he can save back to his family. On the news, he watches his homeland, Yugoslavia, slowly fracturing. Thousands of miles...

Benvenuti a Babylon, una tipica e sonnolenta cittadina del sud, dove anni prima la famiglia Larkin ha subito una terribile tragedia. Ora stanno per subirne un'altra: la quattordicenne Margaret Larkin verrà derubata della sua innocenza e della sua vita da un assassino al di là della legge. Ma a Babylon sta accadendo qualcosa di strano: i semafori lampeggiano di un blu inquietante, una mano spettrale scivola fuori dallo scarico di un lavello da cucina, le tombe eruttano dal cimitero locale... E sotto la superficie torbida del fiume, un'entità mutevole, quasi umana, prende lentamente forma.

Un par un, des clients commencent à écrire dans ce journal leurs joies, leurs chagrins et leurs espoirs. Des voisins qui n'étaient autrefois que des visages anonymes choisissent de répondre et, peu à peu, de s'entraider. La laverie devient le lieu de rencontres précieuses qui vont bouleverser la vie de ceux qui en poussent la porte.

Абдулмаджид вырос в дагестанском ауле, где ни у кого не было точного адреса, — в паспортах жителей просто значилось «село Н». Абдулмаджид стал писателем; рассказы дебютной книги он населил персонажами — людьми, которых он когда-то встречал дома, на Кавказе. Время шло, Абдулмаджид уехал из родного села, поступил в московский вуз и там впервые столкнулся с тем, что значит быть непохожим на остальных.

Eine junge Frau, gekleidet wie ein Dienstmädchen aus dem Jahr 1900, sorgt für Aufregung bei Nele und ihren Freundinnen. Eine schicksalhafte Fügung bringt ihre Begabung für die Malerei ans Licht, die von ihrer Herrschaft gefördert wird. Als Johanna ungewollt schwanger wird, trifft sie eine schwerwiegende Entscheidung. Ein außergewöhnliches Frauenschicksal im wilhelminischen Zeitalter wird offenbar.

Für die junge Frau aus der irischen Provinz ist die fremde Großstadt beängstigend, aber auch wild und aufregend. Dann lernt sie Joe kennen, der als Chauffeur arbeitet, aber eigentlich als Künstler erfolgreich werden will. Joe und Frankie verlieben sich und tauchen gemeinsam ein in die Kunstszene der Stadt. Frankie hilft in einem französischen Restaurant aus und macht es bald zum angesagtesten Lokal des Viertels.

Une mère solo au chômage. Une ado sarcastique. Un coloc-proprio allergique au bruit. Et ça se corse quand sa sœur lui refile son chat démoniaque le temps d'emménager chez son chéri. Entre un félin en guerre, un coloc qui joue les statues de marbre et un quotidien qui dérape, il faut tenir bon.

An infectious and utterly charming fictionalization of the iconic Helen Gurley Brown’s early years at the helm of Cosmopolitan, and the intrepid group of women she took under her wing to create one of the most talked about magazines of all time. In 1965, Helen Gurley Brown, a soft spoken...

Everyone says beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Sheila's eyes are focused on her dreams. With her sights set on opening the hottest beauty parlor in the city and a $100,000 grant on the line, Sheila doesn't have time for distractions. Especially not from Shi'zad, the persistently charming but aesthetically challenged man who keeps popping up everywhere she goes. Her relationship with Shareef might be circling the drain, but that doesn't mean she's looking for a replacement – least of all someone who looks like a darkroom experiment gone wrong.