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Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time "[One morning] in the early spring, I woke up with the remembrance of a girl I'd once known, Sophie. It was a very vivid half-dream, half-revelation, and all of a sudden I realized that hers was a story I had to tell." That...

Ali Jones is hell-bent on achieving her #lifegoals: 10,000 Instagram followers and a win at the upcoming Glossie Influencer Awards. So when she inadvertently leads people to believe she is sporting a baby bump and immediately gains thousands of followers, she realises that the Mummy Influencer wave could be her ticket to Insta-success, even if off-screen it feels like her life is falling apart with what's happening to her beloved dad.

Ali Jones is hell-bent on achieving her #lifegoals: 10,000 Instagram followers and a win at the upcoming Glossie Influencer Awards. So when she inadvertently leads people to believe she is sporting a baby bump and immediately gains thousands of followers, she realises that the Mummy Influencer wave could be her ticket to Insta-success, even if off-screen it feels like her life is falling apart with what's happening to her beloved dad. But then Tinder Sam, Ali's one-night-stand, resurfaces and seems determined to take his new role as baby daddy seriously....

Sophie: The Final Verdict tells a remarkable story that could not until now be revealed. Senan Molony was the first national crime correspondent at the scene. From his growing unease at his helper Ian Bailey's conduct, to the astonishing moment when Bailey was arrested for a murder the suspect himself had been covering, it is an insider's account of those infamous early days of a doomed investigation, and the astonishing years to follow - as Bailey, a violent misogynist and pathological liar, escaped trial in his adopted country despite compelling evidence.

Manchmal führt der Weg zur wahren Liebe zurück in die Vergangenheit. Eine mitreißende Feelgood Romance über Neuanfänge und zweite Chancen. Nachdem sie viele Jahre im aufregenden New York verbracht hat, muss die Journalistin Riley widerwillig in ihre Heimat White Field zurückkehren. Das erfolgreiche Leben in der Großstadt hat ihr dabei geholfen, die Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit zu verdrängen. Doch zurück an der Westküste Kanadas wird sie mit ihrer Vergangenheit konfrontiert – vor allem mit ihrer ersten großen Liebe Jameson und der Trennung, die sie nie ganz überwunden hat.

Für Lexi könnte es nicht besser laufen. Der Podcast, den sie zusammen mit ihrer besten Freundin moderiert, geht durch die Decke, ihr Freund hat ihr einen Antrag gemacht. Doch passt dieses Leben überhaupt noch zu ihr? Joanne ist einsam. Sie hat gerade ein Baby bekommen, und ihre Freundinnen verstehen nicht, dass die langen Partynächte nun vorbei sind. Claire fühlt sich ausgeschlossen. Im Whatsapp-Chat mit ihren alten Schulfreundinnen ist es seltsam ruhig.

Solo is a former cop who ran away from a dark past in France to start his life over again in Bamako, Mali, as a PI. An ordinary case turns out to be not so ordinary. The drug mule gets her throat slit. The French lawyer is too beautiful and too well informed. The cocaine is too plentiful. This is hard-boiled noir with a modern twist set in West Africa.

"Since Milk Is White, Why Is Butter Yellow?" is from the October 17, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Sophie Egan and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

Motherhood, nurture and violence – these are the themes of Elske Rahill's remarkable first collection, In White Ink . Rahill brings to life the psychological and physical reality of mothering, pregnancy and childbirth in ways that few other writers have attempted. Here is a biting realism , in the relations between men and women and in the expectations and failures of their assigned roles. Each story is illumined by moments of harsh poetry. They are carefully crafted snapshots of our condition.

Alles Übel beginnt mit einem Kuss. Sophie ist zutiefst enttäuscht und will alle Männer zum Teufel schicken. Warren, der Mann, der ihr den ersten Kuss gab, und mit dem sie seitdem zusammen war, hat sie verlassen. Der reiche Sohn aus der kleinen texanischen Stadt will eine noch reichere Erbin heiraten. Doch damit nicht genug, Warrens Verlobte kauft die Karaoke Bar in der Sophie arbeitet, nur um sie umgehend zu feuern. Das reicht locker, um sich nie wieder zu verlieben, denn eins ist sicher, kein Frosch hat sich je durch einen Kuss in einen Prinzen verwandelt.

I've spent my whole life preparing for one moment, but on the night I'm supposed to commit myself to the Moon Coven, a murder attempt has me fleeing the safety of the only home I've ever known. I run straight past the safe cottage in the woods and right into the arms of a most unlikely hero—a ruthless pirate captain. As I board The Ruined Soul, I can't be sure if I'm a passenger or a captive, but as the tides grow more dangerous, I begin to suspect there's more to the cold-hearted captain than meets the eye. And my magic just might be the thing to help her thaw out.