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A story told in two parts as a graphic novel and novella, about elderly Wong Cho Sum’s attempt to cope with the death of her husband by taking up bottle and can collecting. Denison Avenue explores the price of progress in cities like Toronto and those it leaves behind.

Ein arroganter CEO, der nicht an die Liebe glaubt - bis er sie trifft! Auf dem Weg zu einem Vorstellungsgespräch passiert es: Elodie erwischt mit ihrem alten Jeep den glänzenden Mercedes eines reichen Schnösels. Es ist Abneigung auf den ersten Blick, als ihr der arrogante - wenn auch leider attraktive - Geschäftsmann die Schuld gibt. Nach einem hitzigen Wortgefecht muss die temperamentvolle New Yorkerin sich sputen, um noch pünktlich zu ihrem Termin zu erscheinen - und staunt nicht schlecht, als sich ihr Unfallgegner als ihr zukünftiger Arbeitgeber entpuppt.

Über die phantastischste Sixties-Band, von der Sie noch nie gehört haben! In der Londoner Psychedelic-Szene der späten Sixties finden sich Folksängerin Elf Holloway, Bluesbassist Dean Moss, der Gitarrenvirtuose Jasper de Zoet and der Jazzdrummer Griff Griffin und erschaffen zusammen einen einzigartigen Sound. Dies ist die Geschichte von Utopia Avenues kurzer, rasanter Reise, von den kleinen Clubs in Soho und den englischen Provinzkäffern bis nach Amerika – gerade als der Sommer der Liebe etwas viel Dunklerem weicht.

Welcome to New York, where the Christmas lights dazzle, the snow is falling and love is just around the corner… 'The literary equivalent of wrapping up in a blanket with hot cocoa while watching the lights twinkle.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wow wow wow. A brilliant book.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐...

Er ist der Prinz der Park Avenue - doch sie regiert sein Herz! Sam Shaw hat für seinen Erfolg hart gearbeitet und sich aus dem Nichts ein millionenschweres Vermögen aufgebaut - weshalb er noch nie Zeit für Beziehungen hatte. Auch als er die Galeriebesitzerin Grace Astor kennenlernt, scheinen die Spielregeln klar: eine Nacht, nicht mehr. Egal wie sehr sie ihm unter die Haut geht. Doch als Grace mitten in der Nacht Sams Wohnung ohne ein weiteres Wort verlässt und sich nicht mehr meldet, ist sein Ehrgeiz geweckt.

It started out like any normal day. Then the fender bender happened. The guy I collided with drove an expensive car and was drop-dead gorgeous. Too bad he was also a total jerk. We argued over whose fault it was and any other thing that came out of his condescending mouth. Eventually, the police came and we went our separate ways. The insurance companies would have to figure things out. I had a job interview to get to anyway - one I was excited about. Though that excitement changed to disappointment the moment the person interviewing me walked in. The guy from the accident.

“Thoroughly modern, accessibly brainy, hilariously eccentric, and beautifully human.” —The New York Times Book Review John Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory. In Avenue of Mysteries...

Utopia Avenue are the strangest British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967 and fronted by folksinger Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief and blazing journey from the clubs of Soho and draughty ballrooms to Top of the Pops and the cusp of chart success, to glory in Amsterdam, prison in Rome and a fateful American fortnight in the autumn of 1968.

Poppy Denby is furious with Rollo, who has gambled away his position at the Daily Globe and is being banished to New York. That is, until she discovers he plans to take her with him to work at the New York Times! Poppy can’t wait, but her hopes are crushed when she is allocated The Death Beat...

I’m never one to turn down a bet. Especially not when it comes to retaliating against the dean for pulling a dick move before summer break. So when the dean’s golden child arrives at Astor for his freshman year, my fellow troublemakers throw down a wager I can’t resist. The target: the dean’s son, John Thomas Hawthorne, or “JT”. The bet: corruption in any way I choose. It should’ve been easy. With his mess of brown curls, pouty lips, and good-boy reputation, JT is the perfect revenge. And even better? He’s straight.

I’m nannying for the grumpiest single billionaire dad in Manhattan... and he’s one outburst away from firing me. I need a visa – like, yesterday. I’m not ready to leave the bright lights of New York for my seaside hometown in Ireland. So, when the opportunity arises to become a live-in nanny maid for a billionaire single dad, I jump at the chance. How hard can it be, right? Harder than I thought. The first time I meet Killian Quinn, I get kicked out of his fancy hotel. The second time we cross paths, the guy looks ready to slam the door in my face.

Brought to you by Penguin. Juan Diego’s little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret – Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. And sometimes she knows more. What a terrible burden it is to know – or to think you know – your future...

Jane Austen’s Persuasion meets the Big Apple in this swoon-worthy holiday romance from the authors of Elizabeth of East Hampton and Emma of 83rd Street. Eight years ago, Anne Elliot broke Freddie Wentworth’s heart when she refused to give up her five-year plan for the sake of adventure. But...

A USA TODAY bestseller! One of O, The Oprah Magazine’s “22 Romance Novels That Are Set to Be the Best of 2020” and one of Goodreads’s “28 of the Hottest Romances of 2020” From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne, the “queen of witty dialogue” (Rachel Van Dyken, New...

New York Times Bestseller “A genuinely moving story about race and class, parenting and marriage. . . Chabon is inarguably one of the greatest prose stylists of all time." — Benjamin Percy, Esquire New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon has transported...

An Oprah.com Best Romance Novel of 2019! “Perfect for readers who love the dishy women's fiction of Candace Bushnell.” —Booklist From the author of the New York Times bestselling Stiletto and Oxford series, the first in a sizzling new series following the unlikely friendship of three Upper...

The HIGHLY ANTICIPATED adult debut novel from #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author Renée Ahdieh “Fans of Crazy Rich Asians, Schitt’s Creek, and White Lotus will get more than their fix of backstabbing and danger. A delectable and drama-filled thriller.” —Kirkus (STARRED review) "Trust...

One Fifth Avenue is THE building - the chicest, the hottest, with all the best people. Within its luxuriously thick walls the lives of New York City's elite play out. There is Schiffer Diamond, an over-40 actress who had given up making movies and moved to Europe, until the call to come home gave her the chance to prove that women of style are truly ageless. And there is spoiled, self-assured Lola, whose mother is determined to launch her darling daughter into society and the arms of the right man by clawing her way into the building.

From one of the most consistently astute and engaging social commentators of our day comes another look at the tough and tender women of New York City -- this time, through the lens of where they live. One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan's oldest and most...

Silver-tongued lawyer. Keeper of secrets. Breaker of hearts. He can solve any problem . . . In serving the wealthy power brokers of New York society, Frank Tripp has finally gained the respectability and security his own upbringing lacked. There’s no issue he cannot fix . . . except for one...