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'Playful and witty, What A Time To Be Alive is a charming meditation on coming-of-age, privilege, and grief' Cecile Pin, author of Wandering Souls 'Jenny Mustard writes with honesty and wit about the strange, mundane, and wondrous aspects of youth' Ayşegül Savaş, author of The Anthropologists...

With his characteristic warmth, inventiveness and brilliant wit, Alexander McCall Smith gives us more of the gloriously entertaining comings and goings at 44 Scotland Street, the Edinburgh townhouse. Six-year-old prodigy Bertie perseveres in his heroic struggle for truth and balanced good sense against his insufferable mother and her crony, the psychotherapist Dr Fairbairn, going as far as to make a short-lived bid for freedom on a trip to Paris with the Edinburgh youth orchestra.

An exhilarating satire of Eighties excess that captures the effervescent spirit of New York, from one of the greatest writers of modern American prose Sherman McCoy is a WASP, bond trader and self-appointed 'Master of the Universe'. He has a fashionable wife, a Park Avenue apartment and a...

*SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BSETSELLER * AN AUDIBLE BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF 2017 * A GOODREADS CHOICE BEST BOOK OF 2017 * AN AMAZON BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF 2017 * The sweeping, and highly-anticipated sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling magical fantasy...

Knisternde Gefühle inmitten der riskanten Mafiawelt New Yorks: Band 2 der »Kings of New York«-Reihe Von den Mafiaverbindungen ihres Vaters will die toughe Molly nichts wissen. Doch nach einem Überfall wacht sie im Haus des jungen Mafia-Oberhaupts Ashton Walden wieder auf. Unbedingt will Ashton bei seinem Freund Trace eine dramatische Fehlentscheidung wiedergutmachen. Molly soll ihm dabei helfen. Sie spürt sofort, in welche Gefahr sie sich begibt – nicht nur wegen des Deals, den Ashton vorschlägt, ohne ihr wirklich eine Wahl zu lassen.

Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s deceptively mild spinster sleuth, is being treated to a few days’ holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram’s Hotel, a dignified, unostentatious establishment tucked away in a back street of busy Mayfair. Here is a place where sedate upper class ladies, retired military gentlemen and the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age. But Miss Marple begins to feel uneasy. Something sinister lurks beneath the polished veneer.

München, 1983. Flori kommt vom Land und sucht das pralle Leben, Glanz und Gloria, einen Mann, der ihn mindestens ewig liebt. Er ist ein unverbesserlicher Glückssucher und Taugenichts, ein Sauhund und Optimist. Im München von Franz Josef Strauß und Freddie Mercury, von erstickendem Biedersinn und wildem Hedonismus, ist jeder eigene Schritt eine kleine Befreiung. Flori rennt vor seinen Eltern davon, vor seiner ersten großen Liebe, vor jedem mit Erwartungen an ihn. Er wirft sich in die Clubs und Klappen, die heimlich zweckentfremdeten Ehebetten und Berührungen in aller Öffentlichkeit.

Eve, Justin, Susie and Ed have been friends since they were 18. Now in their 30s, the four are still as close as ever, Thursday pub quiz night is still sacred and Eve is still secretly in love with Ed. Maybe Eve should have moved on by now, but she can’t stop thinking about what could have been. And she knows Ed sometimes thinks about it, too. Then one night, in an instant, all their lives change forever. And, as Eve learns she didn’t know her friends as well as she thought, she also discovers she isn’t the only person keeping secrets.

Zynecia Monroe's life was simple—work, sleep, repeat. She had no time for trouble, especially the kind that wore designer suits and carried danger like a scent. But one spilled cup of coffee changes everything when she locks eyes with Sincere Cross, a man whose name alone makes grown men fold...

When graphic designer Hazelle DuBois agrees to a professional mentorship with one of Farmerton, Georgia's most respected architects, she expects guidance, structure, and a fresh start, not the unraveling of every belief she holds about trust, ambition, and love. Vincent Freeman came to Farmerton...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When love, loyalty, and real life collide, nothing stays simple. When Our Water Breaks follows the emotional twists, complicated relationships, and unexpected choices that surface when people are forced to confront what they truly want—and what they...

A high-heat, emotionally grounded queer romance about burnout, vulnerability, and falling hard—on camera and off. Remy: I wasn’t trying to go viral. I was just doing my job. Glitter, spandex, party chaos. Then suddenly I was internet famous, and everything got louder. Too many eyes. Too much pressure. I couldn’t keep up. Enter Karim El-Amin. Ex-wellness star. Content whisperer. Calm-in-a-storm kind of guy. He says he can help me build something sustainable. I’m trying to be cool about it. I’m failing. Karim: After I burned out, I swore I was done. No more cameras. No more public anything.

Thee Champagne Flood, the third and final novella in Erin Jolley MW's Champagne Trilogy, weaves together three intertwined stories in Fort Lauderdale’s recovery community. Marjorie, a bipolar singer-songwriter, spirals towards mania while navigating relationships with her ex-husband Steven Patrick and fellow recovering addict boyfriend JW, all while racing to write a song she hopes will define her comeback. Alejandro battles depression and a secret gambling addiction that threatens his marriage to Destiny, pushing him towards a hard reckoning and hope for reconciliation.

Entitled, politically incorrect Jessica Puente goes from princess to pauper overnight when she loses her fabulous jet-setting job in The Great Recession. Jess must come of age again, find a job, and overcome her hubris. After a travel stint in Italy, Jess crash-lands in her old-fashioned Spanish-speaking hometown of San Antonio, where she fights with old frenemies and her family. Bailing with partner-in-crime millennial Missy for New York City, Jess is sure that the Big Apple will provide the way back to the glamorous lifestyle she deserves.

Han averiguado que se necesitan 25 días de incubación y calculan que la patita lleva unos 10, pero es difícil saberlo. Las vigilancias se suceden y deben conseguir una caja para el posible rescate. Cuando llega el día de la eclosión, la madre no está allí con la caja. Un final de misión...

Dos jóvenes hermanas de 4 y 7 años, junto a su madre, descubren que hay una patita acurrucada en un matorral de su urbanización. Mientras recaban información para averiguar qué le puede pasar y cómo proceder, la visitan día y noche para asegurarse de que un gato que merodea no se acerque...

Las hermanas van a visitar a una patita que lleva unos días acurrucada en unos matorrales, pero hoy no está. Tras una entretenida vigilancia por si vuelve, se dan cuenta de que hay un nido escondido con huevos. Confirmada la hipótesis de que estuviera incubando, ahora surge un nuevo peligro...

Emily ist frischgebackene Mutter und schlägt sich durch den Dschungel des Mutterseins, nur mit Hilfe von Chatforen und anderen Müttern, ihr Mann ist abwesend. Sie ist besessen davon, ihre verschollene Collegefreundin Daisy ausfindig zu machen, zunächst erfolglos. Bis Daisy in New York auftaucht – und es sich so anfühlt, als wären sie nie voneinander getrennt gewesen. Sie gründen einen exklusiven Momclub in einem leerstehenden Luxusapartment-Komplex, mit Nannies, Botox und Warteliste.

Na beira do cais de Salvador, entrelaçam-se várias histórias de pescadores, marinheiros, prostitutas e malandros. No centro desse mundo que parece parado no tempo, isolado da história, comandado pelo mito de Iemanjá, desenvolve-se a trajetória de Guma, jovem mestre de saveiro. Nenhum outro...

Uma disputa de poder entre o submundo da política e travestis paulistanas. Estamos em 2009. Lula segue no auge do poder, o Brasil compõe o grupo dos BRIC e os poços do pré-sal começam a jorrar otimismo. Em uma mansão no interior de São Paulo, durante os feriados de Páscoa, seis...