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The fourth book in Adrian Mole's diaries, where we catch up with a hapless Adrian and his desperate attempts to win back the love of his life. Thursday January 3rd I have the most terrible problems with my sex life. It all boils down to the fact that I have no sex life. At least not with another...

Netflix’s Inventing Anna and Hulu’s The Dropout meets Catch Me If You Can in this captivating novel about an ambitious young woman who gets trapped in a charismatic con artist’s scam. A Most Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, Parade, New York Post, Shondaland, E!...

This audiobook is superbly performed by Ben Miller. Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. 'Glorious. I will be astonished if I read a more original, more inventive or funnier novel this year.' - Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt Part tender love story, part murder mystery, part...

In this hilarious, low-spice rom-com, a librarian falls for a book-nerd . . . the only problem is they are an ocean apart. Authentically, Izzy is told mostly through emails, texts, and letters and is sure to leave readers with a lighter heart. Perfect for fans of Sarah Adams and Emma St. Clair...

Sadomasochism. Obsession. Death. A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s - a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires. What have you done today to deserve your eyes?

“Begins here first account of operative me, agent number 67 on arrival Midwestern American airport greater _____ area. Flight _____. Date _____. Priority mission top success to complete. Code name: Operation Havoc.” Thus speaks Pygmy, one of a handful of young adults from a totalitarian state sent to the United States, disguised as exchange students, to live with typical American families and blend in, all the while planning an unspecified act of massive terrorism. 

From a life of ease and comfort, Anna Blume embarks on a search for her missing brother. Soon she finds herself trapped in a city obsessed with last things—with the means and manner of death. In this culture of doom, the masses are homeless, theft has ceased to be a crime, production has ceased, and the only growth industries are dying and disassembly.

Celebrate Adrian Mole's 50th Birthday with this new edition of the FIFTH BOOK in his diaries, where Adrian faces divorce, fatherhood and (short-lived) television stardom . . . Adrian Mole is thirty, single and a father. His cooking at a top London restaurant has been equally mocked ('the sausage...

Tout commence par les lettres que s'envoient deux femmes très différentes : Sara Lindqvist, jeune libraire suédoise introvertie que ne vit que pour les livres, et Amy Harris, soixante-cinq ans, vieille dame cultivée et solitaire, de Broken Wheel, dans l'Iowa. Après deux ans d'échanges et de conseils à la fois sur la littérature et sur la vie, Sara décide de rendre visite à Amy. Mais, quand elle arrive là-bas, elle apprend avec stupeur qu'Amy est morte. Elle se retrouve seule et perdue dans cette étrange petite ville.

No one is innocent in this story. First Rule: Make them like you. Second Rule: Make them need you. Third Rule: Make them pay. They think I’m a young, idealistic law student, that I’m passionate about reforming a corrupt and brutal system. They think I’m working hard to impress them. They...

È la storia di Maria, giovane siciliana, orfana di madre che, suo malgrado, viene costretta a ritirarsi a vita monastica in un convento di clausura catanese. La monacazione forzata era, all'epoca del Verga, assai diffusa. Verga concentra il suo interesse sulla figura femminile della protagonista, indagando e dando largo spazio alle sue fragilità ed ai suoi sentimenti più intimi e alla ineluttabilità del suo destino.

La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades, de autor anónimo, es una de las mejores obras de la picaresca española. En ella, Lázaro de Tormes nos relata su niñez y su adolescencia, los diferentes amos a los que sirvió, y lo que aprendió en su lucha por sobrevivir. Una novela llena de crítica a la sociedad de su tiempo, de penas y alegrías...y, sobre todo, de ingenio. Literaudio te ofrece las obras cumbres de la literatura española e hispanoamericana en formato audiolibro.

Sara Monteith makes an ideal correspondent for Hugo Jamieson, brother of her lost love Ivo, killed in the war before they could marry. Her neighbours in the lovely Border village of Ravenskirk don't know that Sara has moved here because it's where Ivo and Hugo grew up, but they welcome her warmly. Soon, she's drawn into the active village social scene of tea parties, gardening, carol-singing, and Coronation festivities. Meanwhile she's dodging the judgments of stern Miss Bonaly, defending her helper Madge Marchbanks, befriending kind, practical Elizabeth Drysdale and charming Mrs.

En Carta de una desconocida, de Stefan Zweig, un reconocido escritor recibe un manuscrito inesperado: la historia de una mujer que lo amó toda su vida sin que él jamás lo supiera. Desde la inocencia de la adolescencia hasta la pasión adulta, cada recuerdo reconstruye una devoción silenciosa, marcada por encuentros fugaces, ausencias y un destino inevitable.

Akiko "Jane" Thompson, a half-Japanese, half-Caucasian woman in her mid-30s, is attempting to forge a quietly happy life in the Bay Area with her fiance, Shiro. But after a bizarre car accident, things begin to unravel. An intruder ransacks their apartment but takes nothing, leaving behind only cryptic traces of his or her presence. Shiro, obsessed with government surveillance, risks their security in a plot to expose the misdeeds of his employer, the TSA. Jane's mother has seemingly disappeared, her existence only apparent online.

An emotionally raw and resonant story of love, loss, and the enduring power of friendship, following the lives of two young women connected by a home for “fallen girls,” and inspired by historical events. “Home for Erring and Outcast Girls deftly reimagines the wounded women who came...

In un gruppo di persone, un uomo vede una donna sconosciuta che con un gesto quasi impercettibile sembra volersi isolare dagli altri. Commosso, Yair le scrive, proponendole un rapporto profondo/aperto, libero da qualsiasi vincolo, ma esclusivamente epistolare. Più che una proposta è un'implorazione e Myriam ne resta colpita, forse sedotta. Un mondo privato si crea così fra loro, ognuno dei due offre all'altro ciò che mai avrebbe osato dare ad alcuno, e in questo processo di svelamento Yair e Myriam scoprono l'importanza dell'immaginazione nei rapporti umani e la sensualità che si nasconde nelle parole.

"Fans of codebreakers, spies, and Cold War dramas will be entrapped by Reay's tale of courage, love, and honor set against the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall." - Booklist Starred Review Bestselling author Katherine Reay returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code breaker...

Paris, sous le Second Empire. Napoléon III confie au baron Haussmann la mission d'"assainir" la capitale en la quadrillant d'avenues et de boulevards - ce qu'il fait avec un zèle qui lui vaut le surnom d'Attila. Des quartiers entiers sont anéantis. Rue Childebert, Rose Bazelet mène une vie paisible. Jusqu'au jour où elle reçoit la lettre fatidique : sa maison doit à son tour être démolie. Mais Rose a fait à son mari disparu le serment de ne jamais quitter ce qui fut leur foyer : contre tous, elle va se battre pour sauver la demeure familiale, qui renferme un secret jalousement gardé.

Un misto di romanzo epistolare e di diario, un genere indefinibile che Anton Giulio Barrili mette a testo con singolare maestria. Il protagonista, Rinaldo Morelli, appassionato della lirica di Orazio, si trova a trascorrere un'estate nel paese collinare toscano di Corsennaz. Nonostante la sua ritrosia nei confronti della gente di paese, sarà proprio Galatea a riempire i capitoli del suo indimenticabile romanzo.