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Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women - of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Rut - -who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder.

The Gnostic Gospels provides engaging listening for those seeking a broader perspective on the early development of Christianity. Author and noted scholar Elaine Pagels suggests that Christianity could have developed quite differently if Gnostic texts had become part of the Christian canon.

Xavier Kingston’s life is turned upside down when his nemesis and business rival, Sierra Windsor, suddenly begins to show interest in a man that isn’t him. Certain he’s at risk of losing his chance with her forever, Xavier offers the Windsors a deal they cannot refuse: a merger between his company and Windsor Real Estate. On one condition: Sierra must marry him.

Cujo is a 200-pound Saint Bernard, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. One day Cujo chases a rabbit into a cave inhabited by sick bats. What happens to Cujo, how he becomes a horrifying vortex inescapably drawing in all the people around him, makes for one of the most heart-stopping novels Stephen King has ever written.

Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted millions of readers over the years and is sure to please Bradley's loyal readership and anyone who loves wonderfully told stories of history, myth, and fantasy.

A wealthy spinster receives a proposal from a dashing suitor, and her father threatens her with disinheritance if she accepts, in Henry James's masterful exploration of the moral consequences of a tender heart's ruthless manipulation.

The brand-new, hilarious book from best-selling, record-breaking author Adam Kay. The olden days were pretty fun if you liked wearing chainmail or chopping people's heads off, but there was one tiny little problem back then...doctors didn't have the slightest clue about how our bodies worked. It's time to find out why Ancient Egyptians thought the brain was just a useless load of old stuffing that might as well be chucked in the bin, why teachers forced their pupils to smoke cigarettes, why hairdressers would cut off their customers' legs and why people used to get paid for farting.

This collection of nine short stories by Flannery O'Connor was published posthumously in 1965. The flawed characters of each story are fully revealed in apocalyptic moments of conflict and violence that are presented with comic detachment.

Welcome to the city of Pravitia. Home to the wicked, depraved, and perverse. Built upon the urges of our deviant desires, and our twisted cravings. Every soul fated to this damned city worships at our altars. Puppets to our fatalistic whims. Six bloodlines, devoted to our darkest proclivities, destined to rule the city in our image, and in our name. Six families bound to us in exchange for absolute dominion and glory. But even gods have favorites, and the time has come to usher in a new epoch.

Er ist der attraktivste Milliardär der Stadt, sie ist der Fußabtreter in ihrer Werbeagentur. Ihre Welten könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein und doch führt das Schicksal sie immer wieder zusammen – sehr eng zusammen... Leanne: Meine Chefin behandelt mich wie Dreck, mein Freund betrügt mich und dann werde ich auch noch angefahren. Vom attraktivsten Mann im Universum. Wir scheinen uns wohl magisch anzuziehen, denn als ich ihn zufällig wiedertreffe, können wir nicht mehr die Finger voneinander lassen.

"Spiel meine Fake Frau. Ich brauche dich, um mein Image aufzubessern. Du wirst gut bezahlt. Alles nur Geschäft." Das waren die Worte des heißen Milliardärs. Ja, alles nur Geschäft, … bis meine Tage ausbleiben, ich mich verliebe und von seinem dunklen Geheimnis erfahre … Als mein Fast-Ehemann mich kurz vor unserer Hochzeit betrügt, sitze ich alleine am Altar mit unseren gemeinsamen Schulden. Der Tiefpunkt scheint erreicht zu sein. Da macht mir der heiße Milliardär Daniel ein unmoralisches Angebot, das ich nicht ablehnen kann.

Did you know roughly twenty-seven percent of child abductions are carried out by an acquaintance or family friend? Who better to lure you away than someone you know and trust? With every day that passed, the likelihood of my being found grew smaller. I never imagined I’d be one of them—my face tacked to a bulletin board at the local grocery store and a statewide search issued on my behalf. Even harder to fathom was that I’d ever be one of the lucky few who made it home after enduring years of captivity.

Malvania is broken into four manors ruled by vampire: the Viper Morada, the Arachnid Estate, the Maggot Mansion, and the Crow Court. After escaping the cruel and malicious Viper siblings in search of her brother, Lila Bran finds herself caught in the gaze of the Crow Lord himself, Ambrose Draven.

Warum singt die Nachtigall so schön? Sind Bienchen wirklich so fleißig, wie es immer heißt? Wie wird aus einem Bächlein ein großer Fluss und manchmal sogar ein Wasserfall? Bekommt der Specht vom vielen Klopfen keine Kopfschmerzen? Und was macht den Wald so geheimnisvoll? Nola Note ist unterwegs in der Natur und kommt aus dem Staunen nicht heraus... Auf ihrer Reise durch Feld, Wald und Wiese begegnet sie vielen Tieren und alle erzählen sie Nola von sich und ihrem Leben.

Emilia has always secretly liked Damian, so when he turns on the charm in Las Vegas, she's easily swept off her feet. By the end of the night, they are married and have spent the night together. She thinks Damian married her in a drunken haze and offers an annulment. But when their Vegas wedding hits the gossip sites, Damian suggests staying married for a while to avoid a PR mess.

One of William Faulkner’s finest novels, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, remains a captivating and stylistically innovative work. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren’s family sets out to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life.

For as long as A can remember, life has meant waking up in a different person's body every day, forced to live as that person until the day ended. A always thought there wasn't anyone else who had a life like this. But A was wrong. There are others. A has already been wrestling with powerful feelings of love and loneliness. Now comes an understanding of the extremes that love and loneliness can lead to - and what it's like to discover that you are not alone in the world.

Long before Western writers had even conceived the idea of writing detective stories, the Chinese had developed a long tradition of literary works that chronicled the cases of important district magistrates. One of the most celebrated of these was Judge Dee, who lived in the seventh century.

Hier der Deal: Bring mein Kind zur Welt und bekomme eine Millionen Dollar. Alles nur Geschäft. Ganz einfach. Ich dachte, ich hätte eine glückliche Beziehung, doch dann erwische ich meinen Freund, wie er mich mit meiner Cousine betrügt. Die Welt stürzt für mich zusammen. Um mich auf andere Gedanken zu bringen, lädt mich meine beste Freundin auf die Yachtparty ihres Mannes ein. Dort lerne ich den sexy Anwalt und Milliardär Liam Ford kennen. Es knistert sofort zwischen uns und wir verbringen eine heiße Nacht miteinander.

When Liona stumbles upon Beck, the ogre's trap, and becomes his prisoner, she's determined to escape. But it doesn't take long for things to start heating up between the two. Beck is trying to protect her, and Liona can't help her body's reaction to the buff green monster. The lines between captive and captor become blurry, and the passion becomes a raging fire neither of them can put out.