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Kuba is a cocaine dealer in the dark, electric streets of Warsaw, believing he is smart enough to stay in control, unlike the top lawyers, doctors, and TV personalities who are his client base. However, after calling in the debt of a failing nightclub owner, breaking his own rules on other people’s property, and being caught in the consequences of his clients’ actions, all control starts to slip from his grasp. Now suffering under the glare of the spotlight, Kuba must find a way through the middle of the whirlwind of violence and betrayal sweeping him away.

A city is hit by a sudden and strange epidemic of "white blindness", which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there social conventions quickly crumble and the struggle for survival brings out the worst in people.

Good girl Danyelle Fitzgerald’s perfect image is shattered the moment she crashes into Ian Fogg’s car at a stop sign. An unexpected agreement and the lure of the handsome and witty Ian leave Danyelle's head spinning and her heart in danger. The more she tries to learn about Ian, the more he resists. What is he hiding and why does he have Danyelle questioning her own morals? Are his secrets too much for this good girl to handle?

Ein abgelegener Bauernhof in einem schwer zugänglichen Seitental von Siglufjörður im Norden Islands: Dorthin verschlägt es in den 1950-er Jahren zwei Ehepaare. Doch nach nur wenigen Monaten stirbt eine der beiden Frauen unter rätselhaften Umständen. Sechzig Jahre später taucht ein Foto auf, das zeigt: Die vier waren damals nicht allein dort draußen. Ari, Polizist in Siglufjörður, findet viele Ungereimtheiten. Eine befreundete Journalistin aus Reykjavík, die selbst in einem komplizierten Fall von Kindesentführung und Mord recherchiert, hilft ihm bei der Suche.

The bestselling novel featuring the “wonderfully epic hero” (People) who inspired the hit film Jack Reacher. Across the country women are being murdered, victims of a disciplined and clever killer who leaves no trace evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to an...

Niemand weiß von ihrer Verletzlichkeit, niemand interessiert sich für das, was hinter Livias Fassade steckt. Bis Nicolas, ihr neuer »Stiefbruder«, in ihr Leben platzt. Ein gefährliches Spiel aus Anziehung, Ablehnung und Verführung beginnt.

"Im Land der Blinden ist der Einäugige König" – oder etwa nicht? Als der Bergsteiger Núñez in ein abgelegenes Tal stürzt, entdeckt er eine Gesellschaft, in der alle Menschen blind sind. Doch anstatt ihn als Sehenden zu bewundern, halten sie ihn für den Absonderlichen. Núñez muss erkennen, dass seine vermeintliche Überlegenheit nichts zählt – und dass das wahre Grauen nicht immer mit den Augen zu sehen ist. H. G. Wells‘ Das Land der Blinden ist eine zeitlose Parabel über Wahrnehmung, Macht und die Relativität der Normalität.

When Talon left to play pro ball six years ago, the hole in my chest confused me. I focused my heartache into making my own NFL dreams come true, and by the time I was drafted, the longing I had for my best friend was buried deep. Now, he wants everything to be like it was in college, but we can't have threesomes and be reckless like we once were. The media storm would be enough to break both our careers. That's not my biggest concern, though. The torch I had for him burns brighter after so long apart, and there's nothing I can do about it. Marcus Talon is straight.

Midfielder Maclay "Mac" Logan is a loud-mouthed, tattooed ginger content with focusing on football. But when an adorable, freckled seamstress comes barreling into his life, he finds Netflix-And-Bickering with her to be his new favorite pastime. Freya Cook is used to being the invisible woman with a needle and thread, offering cheeky punchlines as she helps dress London's finest. She's plus-sized in body and spirit, and other than her friendship with Mac, talking to the opposite sex is one skill she never mastered.

Telling the stories of trauma, PTSD, and healing, from people who grew up in fundamentalist and high control/demand religious movements.

Clay Johnson has the abs of Adonis and the deadly smirk of the devil, himself. There’s hardly a day he’s not headline material during football season, and never a day he isn’t a bullseye target for every girl on campus. He used to be the easiest of all the players for me to wrangle as the public relations coordinator, but after a nasty breakup with his high school sweetheart, he’s a mess.

My first year at university started with a bang…literally. I crashed into someone’s car. Even worse? It turns out that the person I blindsided is my new housemate, Liam, second-year student and football player.

Der sympathisch-chaotische Privatdetektiv Hartmann schlägt sich wieder durch! Diesmal nimmt Hartmann einen Job als Bodyguard bei der Schauspielerin Carmen Vlint an, die fest davon überzeugt ist, dass ihr ein Stalker nachstellt. Einen reichlich zudringlichen Fan, dem so etwas zuzutrauen wäre, hat Hartmann im Handumdrehen ermittelt. Trotzdem wird er von Carmen Vlints Ehemann Frank gefeuert, denn es gelingt einem Unbekannten, in Carmens Villa einzudringen.

Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling new novel that unfolds layer by astonishing layer and concludes in a brilliant and wonderfully satisfying twist. For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination...

In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on critical topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity and more, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most urgent yet unsung issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem. The path to medical mishaps can be absurd, entertaining, and jaw-dropping—but the truth is essential to our health.

Starting a new job in a new town, veterinarian Carter Reece makes a house call to a very special client. Arrogant, moody, and totally gorgeous, Isaac Brannigan has been blind since he was eight. After the death of his guide dog and best friend, Rosie, his partnership with his new guide dog, Brady, isn't going well.

Billionaire businessman Adam Bosch decides to bring a date to the family Hanukkah party this year in hopes of getting a break from his mother’s matchmaking. Trouble is, his busy schedule hasn’t left much room for romance. Since he’s always remained cordial with his high school sweetheart Sara Schwartz, he gets back in touch and asks her to be his plus one. And if he’s being honest, it’s a good excuse to see her again...since he’s never quite forgotten her.

Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023 ""Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories.”—Telegraph (UK) The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive...

Brought to you by Penguin. Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where 'sharing' is valued above all, and privacy is considered a dangerous perversion. Trafford wouldn't call himself a rebel, but he's daring to be different, to stand out from the crowd. In his own...

In football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play. When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father...