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Sophie Saunders has the perfect life. Happily married to handsome Matt and expecting her first baby, she is the envy of her childhood friend, Lou. Lou's family has splintered. Her husband is dead and her son has left home. She would give anything to turn back the clock. But there's a secret buried deep in their past that the two friends can never forget. And when Sophie's world starts spiraling out of control, it's her new friend Roz to whom she turns. Trouble is, secrets have a habit of unraveling. And when they do, you can kiss your perfect life goodbye

In the aftermath of a hurricane, a series of strange events plague the coastal waters off Florida. People go into the water and never return. Corpses of killer whales drift ashore, ravaged from enormous bite marks. A fishing trawler is found adrift, with a mysterious gash in its hull. Transferred to the coastal town of Merit, police officer Leonard Riker uncovers the horrible reality of an enormous thresher shark lurking off the coast. Forty feet in length, it has taken a territorial claim to the waters near the town harbor.

An intricate collage-novel fusing and confusing fact and imagination, Always Crashing in the Same Car is a prismatic exploration of David Bowie through multiple voices and perspectives—the protean musician himself, an academic trying to compose a critical monograph about him, friends, lovers, musicologists, and others in Bowie's orbit. At its core beat questions about how we read others, how we are read by them, how (if at all) we can tell the past with something even close to accuracy, what it feels like being the opposite of young and still committed to bracing, volatile innovation.

She's a plain Jane. He's uber famous. Who's stalking who? Author Sally Speck has it all-a promising career, great friends, a loving family. So when superstar celebrity Tom Darlington takes an interest in her, she thinks, why not? But the fun fling soon turns into a nightmare, as she's relentlessly hounded by the media and harassed by Tom's crazed fans. But more worrying is Tom's increasingly obsessive and frightening behavior.

Hannah Benedikt findet sich nach einem Schlaganfall in einem Pflegeheim wieder. Sie hat Schwierigkeiten, mit der neuen Situation klarzukommen, und rettet sich oft in ihren trockenen, manchmal auch beißenden Humor. Nach und nach kann sie den Blick von ihrem eigenen Schicksal lösen und auf andere richten. Und sie entdeckt, dass das Leben auch mit eingeschränkter Beweglichkeit noch viel für sie bereit hält.

As war rages across Europe, one young woman faces an impossible choice. Will she save her country...or the man she loves? It is the late 1930s. In London, socialite Rosamund Hanbury is determined to give up the parties and social sets of which she is a prominent member to join the war effort, along with scores of other young women.

1264. Storm clouds are gathering as Simon de Montfort and the barons of the realm challenge the power of Henry III. The barons demand reform; the crown demands obedience. England is on the brink of civil war. Adam de Norton, a young squire devoted to the virtues of chivalry, longs only to be knighted, and to win back his father's lands. Then a bloody hunting accident leaves him with a new master: the devilish Sir Robert de Dunstanville, who does not hesitate to use the blackest stratagems in pursuit of victory.

As a motorcycle club member and firefighter, Ian Walsh is used to riding the line between the good guys and the bad. He may owe the club his life, but his heart rests with his fire station brothers - and with the girl he's loved since they were kids, Rory Sorenson. Ian would do anything for Rory. He'd die for her. Kill for her. Defend her to his last breath - and he may just have to.

Life was going well for 25-year-old repo agent Andrea Sloan. She hadn't stumbled across any more naked dead guys at work, and her love life was pretty much wonderful. When she picked up a part-time job working at the mall for some extra cash as an elf, she never imagined she'd witness Santa gunned down in the parking lot. Just like that, Andi became tangled with friends and foes from her past in a race to find Santa's stolen bag of cash before Christmas.

I hate sports, and he is football royalty. I like quiet and predictable, but he's sex and swagger personified. I didn't particularly care for Saint Stevenson the first moment I laid eyes on him, but his warped brain seemed to process our initial meeting as foreplay. I have a meticulous five-year plan in place for myself and my career, but now this huge, cocky, self-absorbed quarterback who I've been assigned to at work is seriously f--king it up.

After an altercation with his superiors in Harlan County, Kentucky, Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens is offered two choices. He can either retire or finish his career on the fugitive task force in the crime-ridden precincts of Detroit. Acting on a tip, Raylan and his new partner Deputy Marshal Bobby Torres arrest Jose Rindo, a destructive and violent criminal. Rindo is also being pursued by the FBI who arrive shortly after he is in custody. Raylan bumps heads with a beautiful FBI agent named Nora Sanchez, who wants Rindo for the murder of a one of their own.

Japan, 1709. Amid the ever-treacherous intrigue in the court, Sano Ichiro has been demoted from chamberlain to a lowly patrol guard. His relationship with his wife Reiko is in tatters, and a bizarre new alliance between his two enemies Yanagisawa and Lord Ienobu has left him puzzled and wary. Then a harrowing, almost inconceivable crime takes place. In his own palace, the shogun is stabbed with a fan made of painted silk with sharp-pointed iron ribs.

The ebook bestseller is back with her next hilarious read – a fun, fresh tale of love, friendship and family secrets… When Holly breaks up with her boyfriend Dean, she’s at a loss as to what to do next. But things go from bad to worse when her beloved grandmother Ivy dies – and Holly is...

“Alltså när jag säger att det inte ska vara musik som visas på MTV eller ZTV, så menar jag att det inte ska vara modern musik. Förstår ni? Eller det kan vara modernt. Dragan, du till exempel. Vad lyssnar du på hemma?” “De e blandat, asså så.” “Ja, det förstår jag, men du lyssnar på nått från Jugoslavien kanske?” vädjade Carina.

Nach dem Tod seiner Frau hat sich Alec mit seinem Husky Ben in die Berge Idahos zurückgezogen und fertigt in seiner Blockhütte Schnitzarbeiten an. Er mag dieses Leben, die Ruhe und die Wildheit der Natur. Eines Tages steht seine Schwiegertochter unerwartet vor der Tür. Damit sie bei ihrem Mann sein kann, der im Krankenhaus um sein Leben kämpft, bringt sie Sonny zu Alec, seinen Enkel. Die selbstgewählte Einsamkeit des verbitterten Mannes findet damit ein jähes Ende. Mit seinen unschuldigen Fragen und seiner kindlichen Neugier bewirkt der Siebenjährige eine Veränderung bei ihm.

Els bessons Klaas i Kees i el seu germà petit Gerson juguen sovint a «Negre», un joc en què la regla principal consisteix a no obrir els ulls. Un dia, en Gerson perd la visió en un accident de cotxe, i es veurà obligat a jugar a «Negre» la resta de la seva vida. Serà capaç d’adaptar-se a la seva nova vida amb l’ajuda del seu gos? La vida també ha canviat considerablement per al seu pare i els seus germans. Però el que no canvia mai és la calidesa de la família.

Mit knochentrockenem britischem Humor erzählt Bennett die Geschichte eines englischen Middle class-Ehepaars, das vom Opernbesuch nach Hause kommt und seine Wohnung vollkommen leer vorfindet. Mit dem Verlust der Einrichtung aus zweiunddreißig Ehejahren tun sich ungeahnte Möglichkeiten auf... Mozart spielte in ihrer Ehe eine wichtige Rolle. Sie hatten keine Kinder, und ohne Mozart hätten sie sich wahrscheinlich schon vor Jahren getrennt.

Els bessons Klaas i Kees i el seu germà petit Gerson juguen sovint a «Negre», un joc en què la regla principal consisteix a no obrir els ulls. Un dia, en Gerson perd la visió en un accident de cotxe, i es veurà obligat a jugar a «Negre» la resta de la seva vida. Serà capaç d’adaptar-se a la seva nova vida amb l’ajuda del seu gos? La vida també ha canviat considerablement per al seu pare i els seus germans. Però el que no canvia mai és la calidesa de la família. Gerbrand Bakker ens explica aquesta commovedora història a través de tres perspectives diferents, la dels bessons, la d’en Gerson i la del gos.