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Morris Duckworth teaches English to the pampered rich of Verona, and Morris is not pleased. Living a meager existence in a squalid apartment, he regards his privileged students with envy and disdain, first wreaking revenge by petty theft and then, like all good criminals, graduating to grander larceny. When one of those students, a beautiful but vapid heiress named Massimina, falls in love with him, Morris can almost smell upward mobility.

"Caro ist ein gelber Hund mit Ringelschwanz, kein kleiner Kläffer und auch kein Riesenbass. Er hat vielmehr einen sympathischen Bariton." So charakterisiert Fred von Hoerschelmann den Titelhelden seines Lustspiels. Im Übrigen aber gehört Caro nicht zu der Gattung von Tieren, die plötzlich zu sprechen beginnen. Nein, er ist ein ganz normaler Hund, der treu seine Aufgabe erfüllt, im richtigen Moment durch ein Bellen oder Knurren in die Ereignisse einzugreifen.

Zwei turbulente Nordsee-Romane voller Gefühl und Humor GLEICHUNG MIT ZWEI UNBEKANNTEN : Als die ordnungsliebende Cate O'Reilly Überraschungsbesuch von ihrer chaotischen irischen Cousine Joanne bekommt, gerät ihr wohlsortiertes Leben komplett ins Durcheinander. Und als wäre das nicht bereits genug, ist da auch noch der charmante, aber eigenwillige Matthis, der Cates Herz zu ganz unvernünftigen Dingen verführt … WER NICHT LIEBEN WILL, MUSS FÜHLEN : Nach der Trennung von ihrem untreuen Freund beschließt Joanne, zu ihrer Cousine Cate nach Hamburg zu ziehen.

A BBC Radio 4 drama in which a Children's Hearing has to decide if Nicole (13) and Scott (4) should be taken into care or be allowed to return to live with their mother. But is she fit to look after them now? 'Care' was originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 8 March 2011. Michelle has...

On a humid summer day in Alabama, a mayor’s wife turns up brutally murdered under a railroad bridge. Standing next to her body is fourteen-year-old Mason Hill, the autistic son of former Miss USA Genevieve Hill. The locals are quick to level their verdict on young Mason: he did it. The town detective calls in local autism expert Casey Walker to consult on the case. At first, Casey tries to keep an open mind. But the more time she spends with Genevieve, the more her unease grows, and she suspects that Genevieve is doing more than just protecting her son.

Recently widowed, Miriam Duffy is a respectable North Shore real estate agent and devoted mother and grandmother. She was thrilled when her younger daughter Ally married her true love, but as time goes by Miriam wonders whether all is well with Ally, as she moves to the country and gradually withdraws, finding excuses every time Miriam offers to visit. Their relationship has always had its ups and downs, and Miriam tries to give her daughter the distance she so clearly wants. But is all as it seems?

Tonight was meant to be about kink. Our lives are a nightmare of last-minute deployments and near misses, and we needed the break. Instead, we broke. The whole world broke. But as city after city is blown apart, and with a club full of civilians to protect, we have to pull it together and get them to safety. No matter how we’re feeling. No matter how many family members are disintegrating into ash. We have a job to do, so we’ll be each other’s strength.

De la autorul bestsellerului Bărbatul de 100 de ani care a sărit pe fereastră şi a dispărut. Un roman savuros despre noroc, dragoste, bombe nucleare şi relaţii internaţionale. Analfabeta care ştia să socotească e povestea unei fete care a încercat să-şi schimbe viitorul...

Dacă viaţa ta a intrat în prelungiri, de ce să nu-ţi permiţi nişte capricii? Toată lumea din azilul de bătrâni se pregăteşte de zor să-l sărbătorească pe Allan Karlsson, care împlineşte 100 de ani. Numai că Allan detestă sindrofiile de acest gen, aşa că decide să... fugă...

O poveste reală despre încercarea de a supraviețui prin ficțiune, o narațiune alertă și acaparantă despre lumi care se construiesc acolo unde limitele organismului nu te lasă să ajungi. Romanul autobiografic al lui Teodorovici este locul în care, rînd pe rînd, superstițiile se...

Allan Karlsson se întoarce! E şi mai bătrân, dacă vă puteţi imagina. Şi mult mai amuzant! Totul începe cu maneta buclucaşă din balonul cu aer cald și cu trei sticle de şampanie. Allan tocmai a împlinit 101 ani şi, împreună cu prietenul său Julius, aşteaptă să înceapă...

Al treilea roman al scriitoarei italiene Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Cea care se întoarce a avut un succes dincolo de orice aşteptări, fiind vîndut în scurt timp de la apariţie în peste 20 de ţări de pe toate continentele. Este povestea unei adolescente traumatizate de un dublu abandon...

An enchanting new novella set in the magical world of Sunday Times bestseller Threadneedle and The Times bestseller Shadowstitch “The unopenable box. A mythical object that appears in fairy tales and folklore across all cultures around the world. Sometimes the box can only be opened by the...

Sixteen delightful holiday short stories by some of your favorite Soho crime authors! This captivating collection of short mysteries and crime capers - which features New York Times best-selling authors, Crime Writers Association Gold and Diamond Dagger winners, and Edgar Award nominees - contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season.

Deepak Chopra, whose extraordinary Enlightenment series includes the phenomenal New York Times bestsellers Buddha and Jesus, delivers the most powerful installment yet: God. In this beautiful and thought-provoking teaching novel—a Story of Revelation—one of the Western World’s acknowledged...

When Afrah arrives at Ravenswood Lodge Care Home for the first time, she feels far from home. Her daughter, Amira, didn't want to send her away from the comfort and familiarity of her surroundings but she's struggling to cope. Ravenswood Lodge was meant to be a safe space for Afrah. But when her belongings start vanishing, her family photographs, her jewellery, her pill boxes, Amira and the staff say it's just Afrah's imagination, it's just her failing memory. But Afrah is adamant someone is playing games with her. She knows Ravenswood Lodge isn't safe for her. Someone wants her gone.

After completing a pivotal job for the President of the United States, Card Jordan is eager to leave his gunfighting days in the dust. With dreams of revolutionizing the cattle shipping industry, he plans to use his family's Texas ranch as a launching pad for his ambitious venture. But when someone takes a shot at Card on his own property and young cattle turn up missing, he realizes his troubles are far from over. With the focus and drive of a hunter, he works tirelessly to track down the men responsible for wreaking havoc on his life and the lives of his neighbors.

The New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series turns her prodigious talents to this World War I standalone novel, a lyrical drama of love struggling to survive in a damaged, fractured world. By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea Brissenden, friends since...

Stefano Benni sfida il racconto di genere e apre la porta dell'orrore. Lo fa con ironia, lo fa attingendo al grottesco, lo fa tuffandosi nel comico, lo fa tastando l'angoscia, lo fa, in omaggio ai suoi maestri, rammentandoci di cosa è fatta la paura. E finisce con il consegnarci una galleria di memorabili mostri. E allora ecco gli adolescenti senza prospettiva o speranza, ecco il Wenge - una creatura misteriosa che semina panico e morte -, ecco il plutocrate russo che vuole sbarazzarsi di un albero secolare, ecco una Madonna che invece di piangere ride, dolcemente sfrontata.

All'inizio degli anni Settanta, in un clima di spaesamento generale, una madre ancora giovane scrive al figlio, sbandato e distante, scappato all'estero per motivi politici. Romanzo epistolare da cui emerge un interno famigliare lacerato e sordo, un intreccio di vite solitarie, come scrive Cesare Garboli, "fatte di passi sbagliati", di gelose intimità e di corrosive lontananze.