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Sex bomb Así la guardaba en su móvil. Y es que Estela era una bomba de relojería y Poncho se derretía cada vez que la tenía cerca, por muy diferentes que fueran. Superpijo Así le llamaba. Y con razón. De buena familia, con un piso en la mejor zona de Madrid, un cochazo impresionante y Director General de una gran compañía, Poncho Álvarez era exactamente eso... un pijo arrogante y pagado de sí mismo que coleccionaba mujeres.

Brought to you by Penguin. Zoe, Al, Rachel, Rob, Yas and Indie. Six friends who were inseparable at university, who have all had their secret or not so secret passions for each other, their own hopes and fears. Over the years, they have gone their separate ways. Rob is a history teacher, with a...

Anna had never met anyone like Willow. Entering art school with lofty ideas about Art and her role in it, Anna was wholly unprepared for someone as mysterious, moody—and cool—as Willow. Here was Anna’s muse and collaborator all in one, ready to bring her in on Art’s great secrets. Now, five years later, Anna is weary. Where art school was boundless creativity and collaboration, the New York art scene is all about survival. Worse: Willow’s true nature as a muse only to herself has become nakedly apparent, as has her cruelty.

Immune to the consequences of immorality, five privileged young men in Bogotá bond over a shared code: worship drugs and drink, exploit women, and scorn the underclass. As males, they declare the right to freedom of pleasure. As friends, only disloyalty to each other is forbidden. When a little girl from the slums disappears, the limits of a perverse and sacred bond will be tested in ways none of them could have imagined.

Elio Rossi is a dream on paper. He's rich, handsome, and head of his family's multi-billion-dollar business. He's also a ruthless Mafia Don and my older brother's best friend. But even that isn't a huge issue to me. No, Elio is my nightmare because he used to be my dream man. We've been betrothed since childhood. But the night of our engagement years ago, our parents died in a tragic accident. One that I'm sure Elio's family planned.

Cressida Collins is the queen of makeovers. With a well-placed stitch, button or seam, she can transform any frock in The Vintage Dress Shop and give customers their Cinderella moment. Like her beautifully organised workroom under the eaves, Cress's life away from the shop is just as orderly and mapped out. But when her boyfriend of fifteen years drops a bombshell, it explodes all the carefully laid plans Cress had for her future. It's going to take more than needle and thread to put Cress's own life back together. Will she ever be brave enough to say goodbye to her old dreams and start over?

Sophy Stevens is moving to Australia. Turning thirty has found her unexpectedly out of a job, out of a relationship, and just in need of Something Different - and Australia, where she can finally meet her grandparents and surprise them on their wedding anniversary, looks like the perfect answer...if she can save up the money for the plane ticket. So when her feckless, absent dad Johnno offers her a job at his vintage clothes shop in Primrose Hill, she can't turn it down.

Eine zufällige Begegnung, die für immer das Leben zweier Menschen verändern wird. Besonders im modernen New York ist diese Art von Verbindung selten geworden, dennoch passieren diese Begegnungen manchmal wie durch ein Wunder. So auch bei Laura und Maurice. Laura ist eine karriereorientiert Verkaufsleiterin, die nicht viel Zeit für persönliche Belange hat. Als sie eines Tages einem bettelnden Jungen begegnet, lernt sie ein völlig anderes Leben kennen. Mit diesem Kennenlernen beginnt eine Freundschaft, die bis heute anhält.

Housewife Nancy never dreamed that she’d end up in Vickers steelworks factory, but when husband Bert is called up to serve, she needs to put food on the table for her two young children. Betty’s sweetheart, William, has joined the RAF Reserves, so she can’t sit around and do nothing - even if it means giving up her ambitions to study law at night school. Young Patty is relishing the excitement the war brings. But this shop-girl is going to have to grow up quickly, especially now she’s undertaking such back-breaking and dangerous work in the factory.

Daisy’s perfectly content with her life. She’s got a job she likes, a nice enough flat, and in a relationship with childhood best friend Adam. She’s got used to the lack of fireworks – after all, you can’t put a price on friendship being the foundation of everything. But they say you never forget your first, and Daisy has never forgotten how she felt that one summer with Zach - one electrifying, yet slightly embarrassing fumble in the dark. The catch? Zach was also her and Adam's best friend growing up. Now he’s back, after making his fame in Hollywood.

Beatrice Donovan would do anything for her identical twin sister. Including stepping into her hotel management job temporarily and pretending to be her - she’s desperate. What could go wrong? A lot apparently! Because her sister Delilah has hugely understated her role – the hotel is at risk of closure and she’s promised she can turn it around. Now Bea has to find a way to fly under the radar, get the job done before anyone notices their switch up. Sounds easy, all Bea has to do is avoid her temporary new boss Jonah. However, that’s a lot harder than she thought.

Scritto in risposta alla frase pronunciata dal ministro Depretis "bisogna sventrare Napoli!", il romanzo, scritto nel 1884, è molto più di un'inchiesta giornalistica. "Il ventre di Napoli" è un grido accorato di denuncia che conduce il lettore negli splendori e nelle miserie di Napoli, con le sue usanze e le sue tradizioni, laddove il degrado, la miseria e lo scempio non possono che generare rabbia e pietà.

Wonderland, un macrocomplejo de lujo situado en Madrid a la manera de un Las Vegas mesetario, es un lugar repleto de casinos y luces de neón donde el exceso y el lujo están a la orden del día. La aparente calma chicha que rodea al complejo en cuestiones de seguridad se ve alterada cuando dos...