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Forty years ago, the name Rachel McMahon was synonymous with evil. After killing four men in the most brutal of ways, the world rejoiced as she was locked up. Now Rachel has done her time, repented for her crimes, and is ready to live a quiet life back in Scotland under a new name.

The Vanderhaven family of Manhattan has it all: wealth, prestige, good looks, and a thriving business empire. But their seemingly perfect world is ripped apart when their younger daughter, eight-year-old Brenna, runs off after overhearing her parents arguing. Out on the streets, she quickly realizes shes lost. Even more frightening, Brenna soon realizes that a man is following her. Meanwhile, in a townhouse in Brooklyn, Callie Griffin is throwing a birthday party for her one-year-old son, Oliver. The joy of the day is ruined by her sister Lauren's too-short, drive-by appearance.

It is the mid-eighties, two decades into the kleptocratic, brutal rule of Ferdinand Marcos. The Philippine economy is in deep recession, and civil unrest is growing by the day. But Primi Peregrino has her own priorities: tracking down books and pursuing romantic connections with their authors.

Written entirely in East Coast Scots, A Working Class State of Mind, the debut book by Colin Burnett, brings the everyday reality and language of life in Scotland to the surface. Colin's fiction takes themes in the social sciences and animates them in vivid ethnographic portrayals of what it means to be working-class in Scotland today. Delving into the tragic exploits of Aldo, as well as his long-suffering best friends Dougie and Craig, the book follows these and other characters as they make their way in a city more divided along class lines than ever before.

I know all about guys like Cullen Hunt. Gorgeous. Wealthy. Powerful. I just fled New York to escape one. But when I reach Colorado, it’s either take a job at Cullen’s Trident Rescue or become homeless. And Cullen? He’s worse than I thought. Controlling. Demanding. Jerk. A grenade always teetering on the edge. He’s also hot as sin and makes my toes curl. I hate that I dream about him. Kissing me, holding me. He has dreams as well. Nightmares that only I can tame. I know all about guys like Cullen Hunt. I’m smart enough to stay away. Aren’t I?

By night Regina Bugbee runs an outreach center near Bellevue Hospital for men who don’t trust the regular shelter system. By day she cares for the impaired man who would have been her husband had he not been badly injured on 9/11. She struggles through this complex, tangled life, but clarity eludes her - until one day she encounters a baffling stranger claiming to be, of all things, a Greek god, who is brought to her center by cops after a fight with one of her regulars. But he’s too clean, too sober, and too articulate to fit the usual mold....

Seventeen-year-old Tyler lives in one of Edinburgh’s most deprived areas. Coerced into robbing rich people’s homes by his bullying older siblings, he’s also trying to care for his little sister and his drug-addict mum. On a job, his brother Barry stabs a homeowner and leaves her for dead, but that’s just the beginning of their nightmare, because the woman is the wife of Edinburgh’s biggest crime lord, Deke Holt.

"Gli sembrò di essere davvero distinto, camminava in modo elegante. E il suo animo si riempì di una grande fiducia in sé stesso. Certo, tutte le porte gli sarebbero state spalancate, grazie a quella sua presenza, alla smania di avere successo, alla fermezza dei suoi propositi e al suo spirito d'indipendenza.

In late 2000, a young boy in Ahmedabad dreams of owning a business. To accommodate his friends' passion, he opens a cricket shop. However, nothing comes easily in a turbulent city. To realise their goals, they will have to face it all - religious politics, calamities, unacceptable love and, above all, their own mistakes. Will they make it? Can an individual's dreams overcome the nightmares of real life? Can we succeed despite mistakes?

Dopo aver trascorso un periodo a Parigi, Rebecca, detta "Coco", è partita per New York, dove dovrà dirigere una delle filiali dell'agenzia per cui lavora. Coco affronta con grande entusiasmo il nuovo incarico e la vita nella Grande Mela, la città che ha rilanciato la mitica Chanel quando la sua carriera sembrava in declino. Ed è proprio tra le pagine del diario di una donna vissuta ai tempi della sua eroina che Rebecca si perde: storie che parlano di tempi lontani, scelte difficili e di una donna che forse era una spia...

Je m'étais assis à la terrasse de l'un des cafés, vis-à-vis du stade Charlety. J'échafaudais toutes les hypothèses concernant Philippe de Pacheco dont je ne connaissais même pas le visage. Je prenais des notes. Sans en avoir clairement conscience, je commençais mon premier livre. Ce n'était pas une vocation ni un don particuliers qui me poussaient à écrire, mais tout simplement l'énigme que me posait un homme que je n'avais aucune chance de retrouver.

La Seconde Guerre mondiale touche à sa fin. À bord d'un porte-avions au large du Japon, Philip Bowman rentre aux États-Unis. Il a deux obsessions, qui l'accompagneront tout au long de sa vie : la littérature et la quête de l'amour. Embauché par un éditeur, il découvre ce milieu très fermé, fait de maisons indépendantes, et encore dirigées par ceux qui les ont fondées. Bowman s'y sent comme un poisson dans l'eau, et sa réussite s'avère aussi rapide qu'indiscutable.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes the next chapter in Bailey Flanigan's journey--a story of love, longing, and the choices that shape our hearts. After months of silence from Cody Coleman, Bailey Flanigan begins to spend more and more time with her Hollywood co-star...

Hus og hjem er Helle Helles romandebut om en gruppe unge mennesker, der i deres ellers åbne og utvungne samvær kun vanskeligt nærmer sig hinanden. Anne vender hjem til sin barndomsby i provinsen efter mange år i København. Hun har købt hus sammen med kæresten Anders, som først ankommer senere. Anne har tænkt sig at male og indrette huset, mens hun venter på ham, men hun kommer ikke rigtig nogen vegne. De to skoleveninder fra dengang modtager hende med glæde. Andre i byen har svært ved at huske hende eller hendes afdøde forældre.

Tra i bambini della Tonnara, un quartiere povero di Palermo, Saro spicca per la sua intelligenza. Ha solo dieci anni ma sogna in grande: vuole fare il carabiniere come suo zio Mario, nonostante l'odio che il padre nutre per quell'uomo e per la divisa che indossa. Il migliore amico di Saro, Carmelo, detto 'u Cinese, è un tredicenne affetto da sindrome di Down, che vive in una povera casa insieme alla nonna. I loro giorni trascorrono in strada, tra giochi sotto il sole, le angherie dei ragazzi più grandi e piccoli furti, quando la fame si fa sentire. Finché una sera tutto cambia.

Organised. Neat. Lonely. Kathy Simmonds is alone at Christmas this year, after her beloved husband John passed away a few months ago. She keeps her home spick and span, struggling with her grief for a family she has lost or lost touch with. But a chance phone call from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home opens the door to something new. She meets Scruff, a messy Jack Russell with a heart of gold who has been left for dead on the streets of London.

A novel about three women at turning points in their lives, and the one night that changes everything. One night, three women go to the theater to see a play. Wildfires are burning in the hills outside, but inside the theater it is time for the performance to take over. Margot is a successful...

On an ordinary Saturday morning in 1996, the residents of Nightingale Point wake up to their normal lives and worries. Mary has a secret life that no one knows about, not even Malachi and Tristan, the brothers she vowed to look after. Malachi had to grow up too quickly. Between looking after Tristan and nursing a broken heart, he feels older than his 21 years. Tristan wishes Malachi would stop pining for Pamela. No wonder he's falling in with the wrong crowd, without Malachi to keep him straight.

“Delicious, decadent, and utterly diabolical. No one serves up a scandal like Asha Elias.”—Kirsten Miller, author of The Change A seductive social satire about the wealthy PTA moms of an elite elementary school in Miami Beach, Pink Glass Houses is very Big Little Lies and Pineapple Street...

The Pulitzer Prize winning modern classic of two Cuban musician brothers during the mambo-filled nights of 50's New York from literary trailblazer, Oscar Hijuelos. It's 1949 and two young Cuban musicians make their way from Havana to the grand stage of New York City. It is the era of mambo, and...