Novedades

Campbell Flynn, art historian, professor, and fêted fixture of the literati, always knew that when his life came crashing down, it would happen in public—yet he never imagined that a single year in London would expose so much. He’s never taken other people half as seriously as they take themselves, which is the first of his mistakes. The second is a new project: opportunistic and precisely calibrated to rake in a fortune.

New Nigeria is a good, clean, all-American town. The husbands are smiling and handsome, the wives are strong, rich, and powerful, and Nat Turner High is the best public school in the state. Yet, the citizens of this idyllic community find themselves in a rapidly changing country and, to be perfectly honest, some of them are a teeny bit uncomfortable with it all.

Beverly Underwood and her arch enemy, Lula Dean, live in the tiny town of Troy, Georgia, where they were born and raised. Now Beverly is on the school board, and Lula has become a local celebrity by embarking on mission to rid the public libraries of all inappropriate books—none of which she’s actually read. To replace the “pornographic” books she’s challenged at the local public library, Lula starts her own lending library in front of her home: a cute wooden hutch with glass doors and neat rows of the worthy literature that she’s sure the town’s readers need.

For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape to Cape Cod. Their humble beach-town rental has been the site of sweet memories, sunny days, great meals, and messes of all kinds. This year’s vacation, with Rocky sandwiched between her half-grown kids and fully aging parents, promises to be just as delightful as summers past—except, perhaps, for Rocky’s hormonal bouts of rage and melancholy. Her body is changing—her life is, too. And then a chain of events sends Rocky into the past, reliving both the tenderness and sorrow of a handful of long-ago summers.

In his day, Tom was a hard man. He came up with Dillinger in the 1930s, and pulled a lot of high-profile jobs before the state put him away. They meant it to be for good, but after twenty-three years the prisons are too crowded for seventy-year-old bank robbers, and so they let the old man go. Finally free, he heads straight for John Dortmunder's house. Long ago, Tom buried $700,000, and now he needs help digging it up. While he was inside, the government dammed a nearby river, creating a reservoir and putting fifty feet of water on top of his money.

Hilarious and surprising, this unapologetically Jewish story delivers a present-day take on a highly creative grandmother trying to find her PhD granddaughter a husband who is a doctor-with a yarmulke, of course.

Ellen Russell embarks on the Ultimate Summer —two whole months without the stifling confines of work drudgery, school runs, or juggling the household's never-ending demands. This year promises the idyllic, laughter-filled summer of her dreams with her best friend, Hannah, and their Precious Moppets. But can a summer filled with wicker picnic hampers, vintage bicycles, and a sun-kissed trip to the in-laws' almost-chateau truly live up to The Vision?

Written in a voice that’s alternately humorous, lacerating, and wise, Long Division features two interwoven stories. In the first, it’s 2013: after an on-stage meltdown during a nationally televised quiz contest, fourteen-year-old Citoyen “City” Coldson becomes an overnight YouTube celebrity. The next day, he’s sent to stay with his grandmother in the small coastal community of Melahatchie. Before leaving, City is given a strange book without an author called Long Division. He learns that one of the book’s main characters is also named City Coldson—but Long Division is set in 1985.

Violet Brewster has just finished working on a project at the local retirement village, Maple Grange, when she receives a call that one of the residents, Phyllis Gibson, has passed away suddenly. Violet is surprised when she finds out that Phyllis left her a beautiful jewellery box in her will. When she goes to collect it, Maureen Bond, Phyllis’s best friend, tells Violet that Phyllis had become paranoid during her last days, and was convinced that someone was trying to kill her. When Maureen is pushed off her balcony, it becomes clear that something ominous is happening at Maple Grange.

Devlet memuru İvan Matveiç, yıllardır hayalini kurduğu dünya turuna çıkmak için para biriktirmiştir. Tura çıkmadan bir gün önce karısı ve aile dostuyla beraber gezmeye çıkarlar. O sırada sergilenmesi için şehre getirilmiş canlı bir timsahı görmeye giderler. Olanlar olur ve meraklı İvan Matveiç kendini bir anda timsahın midesinde bulur. Matveiç timsahın midesindedir ancak dışarıda olup bitenleri duyabiliyordur ve aslında halinden pek de şikâyetçi değildir.

The Adventure Continues! The Adventures of Brittany and Lace, the second book in the Sweet Tales series, is the perfect chapter book or read-out-loud book for animal lovers of all ages! Told from the animals’ point of view, these three charming stories center around Britt the Kit, now a grown-up tabby cat, and a special litter of rescued kittens – Lace, our new co-star destined to be Brittany’s new sister, Coco, who needs a home in NYC, Scamp and Willa. Exploring universal themes, with lots of trouble and adventure in-between, each story is resolved with determination, love, and ...

Meet Clem Elliot. Part-time BBC clerk. Wife to Ryan. Mother to twins, Jack and Stan. For nearly twenty years, life for Clem is cushty. Until suddenly, it’s not. So what does she do? She runs away to the Greek islands to join a sailing circus, of course. Here, she masters tricks with staple guns, goats and the very fanciable, but unscrupulous womaniser, Captain Red.

André Gavlik, mejor conocido como el Ruso, es un creativo publicitario, aburrido de su vida. Pasa los días atormentado por sus manías obsesivas, que intenta mantener a raya mezclando whiskey con ansiolíticos. Todo parece transcurrir sin sobresaltos, hasta que emprende un proyecto tan emocionante como arriesgado. El cártel más poderoso y sanguinario del narcotráfico en nuestro país anda tras sus pasos... ¡para que diseñe una campaña capaz de lavar la mala imagen que los mafiosos tienen ante la sociedad!

The novel's hero, Waheed Saif, suffers from poverty and comes up with a crazy idea to get rich. He starts with 5-star hotels, impersonating a wealthy person so that he can form strong relationships, and carries out small frauds that enable him to spend enjoyable days. Will he succeed in this?

Imagine stepping into a world where the glitz of Hollywood collides with the grit of Detroit, where the sultry charm of Savannah mingles with the ethereal beauty of Mariposa, Italy. This is the electrifying landscape of our journey, a odyssey that spans continents and crashes through the barriers of reality and fiction. In your hands, dear reader, lies not just a book, but a treasure trove of tales that will leave you questioning what's true and what's crafted from the rich tapestry of imagination. Each story is a faceted gem, polished by the author's meticulous research and his audacious ...

Cid Yamamoto, also known as "The World's Hottest Man," spends his days filming movies, modeling for agencies, and breaking the hearts of every maiden who crosses his path. "What could be better than this?" However, everything changes when Cid decides to go back to school. On the first day of classes, he encounters the last person he had ever hoped to see: Ayumi Tahanka—the only girl who had ever broken his heart. Realizing the opportunity presented to him, Cid channels his anger and sets out to make Ayumi fall in love with him, all in the name of revenge. "Oh Ayumi, just you wait. I'm ...

Lydia imagines her new job running a Senior Citizen's Social Club three afternoons a week will involve drinking tea while playing gentle games of cards, listening to The Beatles and reminiscing about food rationing and The Blitz. She does not expect to find a failed actor addicted to shoplifting, a woman who's been hiding from a mysterious and very chequered past, and a prolific yarn-bomber. After a tragic accident means the council threatens to sell the community centre, the Social Club, aided by their friends in the nursery next door and a geriatric orphaned mongrel, set out to save it.

Jenny Green is dreading her Class of 2007 reunion. While her friends are killing it, Jenny's promising career as an artisanal baker went up in flames (literally) and her deadbeat, commitment-phobe boyfriend is cheating on her with their swishy-ponytailed neighbour. She feels like she didn't get the memo... As it turns out, she didn't. Begrudgingly back at university, she receives a text from an unlisted number: Jenny Green - please collect your memo. Hidden on her old campus is a secret female-led organisation providing memos to select students; blueprints for success.

Growing up on a Cuba-esque Caribbean island, Casandra, Calia, and Caleb endure life under two tyrannies: that of their parents, and the Island’s authoritarian dictator, Pop-Pop Mustache. Papa was the dictator's former right-hand man. Now, he’s a political pariah and an ugly parody of a tyrant, treating his home as a nation which he rules with an iron fist. As for Mom, his wife and hateful second in command, she rules from the mind. Obsessed with armchair psychoanalysis, she spends her days reading self-help books and seeks to diagnose the kids, and perhaps even herself.

After a morning that starts with a terrible migraine, an accidentally strong concoction of painkillers, and a bump on the head, Clover Hendry is not quite herself. And as she walks out of work at 9.47am, for once Clover isn’t worrying about the consequences. For once, she’s going to live for herself. . . if only for a day. Full of a joyful recklessness, Clover Hendry is taking the day off. But will her new-found freedom uncover long-buried secrets?