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The brilliant, heart-warming debut novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author of Dummy and Man vs Toddler Frank is a miserable old curmudgeon. An agoraphobic recluse and widower whose only company is the 'ghost' of his wife, Marcie. He is estranged from friends and family and is entirely...

Frank's had better days.... The doctor gave him the news he didn't want, and he's also discovered the worst kept secret in Liverpool: that his wife's fitness instructor is providing her services that extend beyond the gym. With time a dwindling commodity, Frank decides it's time to do something he wants to do. With a little encouragement from his oldest friend, Stan, the first destination for his 'bucket list' is the Isle of Man TT Races. They had been content to just spectate, but fate had other ideas.

It’s the 1980s: business is big, the shoulder pads are bigger and Jimmy Bright is a tycoon on a mission… He’s got big dreams and the only thing standing between him and a millionaire lifestyle is accountant, Russell Farrow, whose attention to financial detail is unsurpassed. The two must rub along if Jimmy’s business, BrightCo, is to succeed but they seem to have very different views on what success looks like.

“Her books are funny, sexy, and usually damp with seawater.” —Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides In Return to Sullivans Island, Dorothea Benton Frank revisits the enchanted landscape of South Carolina’s Lowcountry made famous in her beloved New York Times bestseller Sullivans...

“Dottie Frank’s books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property.” —Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides and South of Broad The incomparable Dorothea Benton Frank is back with her latest Lowcountry Novel, Folly Beach...

Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious woman’s quest to find the love she deserves, from New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank. Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last...

“The queen of sassy Southern fiction.” —Charlotte Observer “Dottie Frank’s books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property.” —Pat Conroy, Author of The Prince of Tides and South of Broad New York Times bestselling...

“Frank…writes with genuine adoration for and authority on the South Carolina Lowcountry from which she sprang….[Her] stuff is never escapist fluff—it’s the real deal.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution Return to Tall Pines in the long-awaited sequel to Dorothea Benton Frank’s beloved...

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The perennial New York Times bestselling author returns with an emotionally resonant novel that illuminates the power of friendship in women’s lives, and is filled with her trademark wit, poignant and timely themes, sassy, flesh-and-blood characters, and the steamy Southern atmosphere and...

Dorothea Benton Frank novels are filled with smart and witty fiction that every reader wants on their bookshelf: soulful, edgy stories about realistic characters familiar to us all that explore the most deeply felt moments of life with wry humor and heart. All Summer Long follows one charming...

Take It from Here (first broadcast between 1948 and 1960) was one of the most influential radio shows of all time, sweeping in a new era of comedy and introducing an enduring pair of writers: bright young things Frank Muir and Denis Norden. Their literate scripts, and the madcap adventures of the show's stars - Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Joy Nichols, June Whitfield and Alma Cogan - ensured 11 years of classic capers. The show is best remembered for introducing The Glums, who featured regularly.

Berlin, 1989: Fränge ist Anfang zwanzig und genießt das Leben in vollen Zügen. Freundinnen hat er gleich zwei: Marta im Westen und Rosa im Osten - die natürlich nichts voneinander wissen. Als Förster und Brocki aus Bochum zu Besuch kommen, macht das die Sache nicht einfacher, denn Rosa bringt auch für Förster so einiges in Unordnung. Frank Goosens wunderbare Komödie über eine Zeit, in der es mehr Deutschlands gab, als man gemeinhin brauchte. Und auch zu Hause im Ruhrgebiet ist nichts mehr, wie es mal war. Film, Musik, Klubs und Kneipen - alles jung und in Bewegung.

Take It from Here (first broadcast between 1948 and 1960) was one of the most influential radio shows of all time, sweeping in a new era of comedy and introducing an enduring pair of writers: bright young things Frank Muir and Denis Norden. Their literate scripts, and the madcap adventures of the show's stars - Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Joy Nichols, June Whitfield and Alma Cogan - ensured 11 years of classic capers. The show is best remembered for introducing The Glums, who featured regularly.

Kamerke möchte einmal im Leben seine Frau betrügen, schließlich hat sie vorgelegt. Overbeck will endlich Antworten von seiner ersten großen Liebe. Turbo Krupke, der ewige Fußballplatzwart und beinahe Profi -Spieler, erhält einen mysteriösen Anruf.Was ist ein Raktenmann? Er hat das Leben genauso gut im Griff wie sich selbst, hadert nicht und vollbringt mindestens einmal die Woche Phänomenales.

Ein Mann kurz vor seinem fünfzigsten Geburtstag. Zwei Freunde, die sich seit vierzig Jahren kennen und streiten. Eine greise Saxofonspielerin mit Post aus der Vergangenheit, ein Hamster namens Edward Cullen und ein wohlstandsverwahrloster Jugendlicher. Sie alle fahren in einem alten Bulli gemeinsam an die Ostsee, um sich ihrer Zukunft zu stellen.

Frank is eighty-one. He lives on his own, his daughter and her young family are living in America. He watches DVDs, keeps an eye on the neighbours, eats tinned spaghetti, and has a cat called Bill (which made more sense before Ben died). It was tough enough to fill the hours of the day when he...

A satirical series of reports from a young progressive student to the DNC, outlining ways to undermine the conservative movement and create a progressive nation.

When Cedric Charlton, an unsuspecting tax inspector, arrives at the door of the Pop Larkin farm, he soon forgets the purpose of his visit: The fun-loving Ma and Pop Larkin distract him at every turn with strawberries, cream, alcohol, and their attractive young daughter, Mariette. Well known by the popular TV series starring David Jason and Catherine Zeta-Jones, The Darling Buds of May is the quintessential feel-good country romp.

Wie findet man sich in einer Welt zurecht, in der es auf komplizierte Fragen so verdächtig einfache Antworten gibt und auf einfache Fragen so verdächtig komplizierte Antworten? In "Pelzig stellt sich" lässt der Kabarettist Frank-Markus Barwasser seine Kunstfigur einmal mehr als Fragesteller auftreten, denn fragende Zweifler sind ihm näher als Besserwisser. Sein Programm ist ein Ritt durch die inneren Widersprüche von Politik, Ökonomie und Gesellschaft.