Showing results for "The Forties" in Genre Fiction

Meet Charlie; unfulfilled and perimenopausal, Charlie’s suburban life is a far cry from the Manhattan glamour she once dreamed of. Her husband is incapable of talking about anything other than his latest Ironman challenge, her sex life consists of fictional encounters with Hollywood stars, her kids need constant man-management, and to make things worse, her optician has just prescribed her reading glasses. Oh, and she can’t stop crying at TV adverts… In the hope of re-discovering her sense of self, Charlie begins writing a list: 45 things to do before she’s 45.

Listen to Elif Shafak's The Forty Rules of Love reviewed on NPR In this lyrical, exuberant follow-up to her 2007 novel, The Bastard of Istanbul, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives—one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when...

This audio edition is brilliantly and hilariously read by Sally Phillips, known for her performances in Bridget Jones's Diary and Smack the Pony. More Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up: the laugh-out-loud sequel to the hilarious, WTF AM I DOING NOW?! runaway bestseller! 'The new Bridget...

The complete BBC radio adaptations of Alexander McCall's bestselling series. Inspired by Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, 44 Scotland Street started life as a serial in The Scotsman. It was a huge hit, and was soon novelised, adapted on stage and dramatised for BBC Radio 4. Collected here are all five radio series, in which we follow the interconnected lives of the residents of adjoining flats in a tenement in Edinburgh's Georgian New Town.

"Ehsaas" is a tale of two best friends, Shivanya and Sapna, joining a medical college. Shivanya's bubbly nature contrasts with Sapna's seriousness. Sapna's greedy relatives seek her inheritance. Shivanya is caught between her crush on Rakshit and her relationship with Sapna's cousin, Avinash. Rakshit's ploy to make Sapna jealous strains their friendship. Sapna's family pushes her into an unwanted marriage, leading to her grandfather's demise. A secret marriage between Sapna and Rakshit unravels, causing family turmoil.

It’s November 3, 2020, and Emma McMasters has just been elected the 46th president of the United States. She’s facing a divided Congress and nation, allies that no longer trust America, enemies that have been emboldened, and the legacy of destruction left by the last administration. She must rebuild and reestablish trust in government, in the media, and in the electoral system, all the while carrying the mantle of first female president, and along with it, the hopes and dreams of millions of women and little girls who need her to prove that a woman can get the job done.

Kushank Purandare is a young writer living off the goodwill of a host of friends, relatives, and lovers while he waits to gain recognition for his work. He is witness to their struggle as modern Indians to hold on to a semblance of truth and sanity in the face of alienation, squalor, violence, and loss of hope. Nagarkar's explosive style and irreverent approach caused an equally explosive reaction when Seven Sixes was first published in 1974. Critics have struggled to reconcile its apparent nihilism with its underlying sense of optimism.

Stille breitet sich infolge zahlreicher verheerender Feldzüge in den großen Hallen von Fenris aus. Der Große Wolf Logan Grimnar sorgt sich um den Fortbestand seines Ordens und beauftragt Njal Sturmbringer damit, eine Lösung zu finden. Als sich ein Feind aus tiefer Vergangenheit im Geist des Runenpriesters einnistet, behauptet er, die Rettung der Space Wolves liege auf Prospero, der Heimatwelt der Thousand Sons. Gemeinsam mit einer gemischten Gruppe verwundeter Space Wolves, Ordensdiener und einem Listenreichen, der mehr hindert als hilft, macht sich Sturmbringer auf den Weg.

Nach den Verwüstungen von Isstvan kniet ein Krieger der Legiones Astartes in grauer Rüstung vor dem Regenten von Terra und akzeptiert feierlich seine neue Pflicht – Captain Nathaniel Garro, einst Kommandant der Eisenstein, jetzt der Agentia Primus von Malcador dem Sigiliten. Als Inbegriff der Treue und Beschützer der Unschuldigen steht er bereit, gegen die verräterischen Verbündeten des Kriegsherrn zurückzuschlagen. Aber Garro beschreitet dunkle Pfade, die ihn an seinem Platz im Imperium zweifeln lassen.

A housewife and a mother of a beautiful daughter, Asmi finds herself entangled in a life dictated by her husband Rohit, who loves her dearly but has shelved her aspirations. The constant pressure from her in-laws for a male heir leads to unrelenting taunts, with Rohit failing to shield her from their cruelty. As a new pregnancy brings hope for a son, an unforeseen tragedy shatters their expectations, leaving Asmi estranged from her in-laws.

The hell called Yuma Prison can destroy the soul of any man. And it's worse for those whose damning crime is the color of their skin. The law says Chiricahua Apache Raymond San Carlos and black-as-night former soldier Harold Jackson are murderers, and they'll stay behind bars until they're dead...

For those looking for the real story behind the fictionalized movie account of the 47 Ronin story, this is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master, and faced certain death as a result. It led to one of the bloodiest episodes in Japanese history, and in the process, created a new set of heroes in Japan.

The inspiration for NOT DEAD YET, ABC’s “Most Watched Comedy Debut in More Than Four Years” (Deadline) “The new Bridget Jones for our time.”—Telegraph “Will have you laughing whether you’re twenty, forty, or eighty.”—Heat (UK) A Zibby Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year A funny...

The NBA’s sexiest and most valuable player, Dallas Avery meets the beautiful Alicia Mitchell, who has one thing on her mind: leaving. Their attraction is intense, but the timing is off. Dallas is determined to convince Alicia to give their May–December relationship a chance, but when their romantic trip to the Caribbean gets derailed by them being embroiled in a local family’s deadly drama, romance gets put on the back burner.

Rok 1948. Siermiężne czasy stalinizmu w Polsce Ludowej. Komisarz Jan Wolak, oskarżony o kolaborację z gestapo, teraz ukrywa się wśród poszukiwanych przez Urząd Bezpieczeństwa żołnierzy antykomunistycznego podziemia. Mężczyzna pogodził się z myślą, że już nigdy nie uda mu się wrócić do ukochanej Warszawy. Resztę życia będzie musiał spędzić, ukrywając się w lesie i uciekając przed kolejnymi obławami żołnierzy Korpusu Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego oraz funkcjonariuszy Milicji Obywatelskiej.

The running man. In 1945, Hitler unleashes the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance. Hoke, an American pilot and one of a tiny minority with a rare blood group unaffected by the deadly disease, has survived alone among the debris and the dead of London for three years. Now, in '48, a slow-dying group of Fascist Blackshirts believe their only hope is a complete transfusion of blood from one of Hoke's kind. Ever more desperate as their deaths approach, they're after his blood.

Matt Beckford's sole ambition is to turn forty with his life sorted. With a Porsche on the drive and a high-flying job, it looks like things are perfect. But when Matt's wife unexpectedly calls time on their marriage, a chain of events is set in motion that very quickly sees him facing forty broke, homeless and completely alone. But all is not lost because Matt has a plan…

The plumbing was prone to leaks, the furniture rescued from garage sales. And every square inch was being devotedly restored to its original splendor - even as a relationship fell to pieces. Now Francesca Thayer, newly separated from her lawyer boyfriend Todd, is desperate. The owner of a struggling art gallery, and suddenly the sole mortgage payer on her Greenwich Village townhouse, Francesca does the math and then the unimaginable. She puts out an advertisement for boarders. Soon her house becomes a whole new world.

InterZona presenta la reedición de esta novela olvidada de Norah Lange, de tono intimista y autobiográfico, imprescindible para conocer la prosa y el pensamiento de esta narradora y poetisa de vanguardia. Miembro del grupo Martín Fierro, tuvo una estrecha relación de amistad con escritores...

He was 15 when he killed his first man. Before his murderous ways ended, Hardin killed 42 men in cold blood - one, the legend goes, because he snored too loudly. From then on, John Wesley Hardin stayed true to his calling, killing man after man after man, spending most of his life being pursued by both local lawmen and federal troops.