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As the bombs fall, three women are forced to remake their lives… When the uniform factory is reduced to rubble in a devastating air raid, Amanda, Maisie and Bethan are left without work, and without the sense of safety they once clung to. Shocked by the devastation she sees around her, Amanda signs up as an ambulance driver, putting her life on the line to save those in the poorest areas of the East End. Meanwhile, Maisie and Bethan find work in the heart of Petticoat Lane, trying to scrape pennies together to put dinner on the table.

In the dead of night, he’ll find you… Jess Mayor has never been afraid of the dark. Until now. When a night out ends in tragedy and a body pulled from the canal, everyone apart the victim’s family moves on. It was just an accident, wasn’t it? But how many bodies will it take before a...

Das liegt an seiner sehr angenehmen Sprachgestaltung und seiner Genreübergreifenden Virtuosität. Darin werden verschiedene Machthaber von Neu-Amsterdam vorgestellt, welche alle ihre ganz spezifischen Macken aufwiesen und meistens von Politik soviel verstanden wie ein Pferd vom Schlittenfahren. Das macht aber weiter nichts, denn wenn man dem Pöbel bzw. dem Volk nach dem Maul redet, dann genügt das schon bisweilen, um von diesem verstanden zu werden.

Post-war London is a city in flux, with burned-out buildings serving as vivid reminders of the past. But beneath those scars is a sense of resurging optimism. Chrissie Walker, a new student at Goldsmiths arts college, feels it keenly. So does Mary Quant, the auburn-haired classmate who becomes...

A raw, honest and distinctive novel that dissects the heartbreak, passion, insecurity, obsession, betrayal and joy of modern relationships. For readers of Sally Rooney, Jacqueline Maley, Diana Reid and anyone who has experienced love or heartache in equal measure. 'Do you think much about love?...

Eric, a college freshman, joins his four dormmates for an afternoon in New York City—the first time he’s seen them outside their campus bubble. But feeling increasingly invisible among these new friends, Eric’s anxieties compound. As they roam the streets of New York, Eric begins to question if he’s even truly wanted there. Soon, though, the friends start to reveal pieces of themselves. Can Eric let go enough to show them who he really is?

A trio of novels by the renowned author, dramatised for BBC Radio Guyanese writer E. R. Braithwaite is probably best known for his semi-autobiograpical, internationally bestselling novel To Sir with Love, which was adapted as an award-winning film starring Sidney Poitier. Collected here are...

Power isn't given. It's taken. The Madame Noir series is a dark, cinematic saga of ambition, loyalty, betrayal, and the making of an empire. At its center is Amara Black — a woman who learns that survival is only the beginning, and that true power requires strategy, sacrifice, and absolute control.

Mitten in Edinburgh steht ein Haus voller fantastischer GeheimnisseAls sich Catriona Robertson in letzter Not in eine schmale Gasse rettet, sitzt sie plötzlich in der Falle. Hinter ihr ist ihr trunksüchtiger Bruder, rot vor Wut und entschlossen, sie umzubringen. Vor ihr liegt ein Hof mit gerade einmal drei Häusern. Doch dann öffnet jemand eine Tür, die Tür zur Hausnummer 13. Sie hat keine Zeit, sich zu wundern, weshalb eine Gasse mit drei Häusern eine Hausnummer 13 besitzt. Sie rettet sich ins Innere. Und drinnen wartet eine Chance auf sie. Eine neue Aufgabe. Ein Kontrakt über sieben Jahre.

A single review shouldn’t dismantle a restaurant. But this one does. When Callie Rowan’s carefully crafted dishes start arriving damaged —not in flavor, but in structure —she realizes the problem isn’t in her kitchen. It’s everything that happens after. Delivery time. Packaging. Distance. Delay. The gap between intention and arrival. As one anonymous customer continues to order —and continue to notice —Callie is forced into a relentless, real-time audit of her own system. Every fix reveals another flaw. Every improvement raises the standard. And every decision carries a cost.

Quando si trova la strada giusta nella vita? Ilaria ha finito il liceo e non ha idea di cosa fare da grande. In attesa di settembre, e nella speranza che l'estate porti consiglio, inizia a lavorare all'Oasi, uno sgangherato bar multiculturale a Ostia. Quella dell'Oasi è una fauna atipica, di cui Ilaria impara presto a conoscere le sfumature. Ci lavorano Syed, Irina, Alicia e Amin, arrivati in Italia da diversi angoli del mondo, ognuno con una storia intensa alle spalle e con una lingua zoppicante e affettuosa tutta da decifrare.

Diesmal ist es etwas anderes. Sie arbeitet in einem Tätowierstudio und wohnt mit ihrem Sohn Henry in der Siedlung »Am Kastanienbaum«, irgendwo mitten in einer großen Stadt. Sie alle eint die Sehnsucht nach Glück und Verbundenheit. Eines Tages macht Baggerfahrer Paco eine schicksalhafte Entdeckung: Eine Weltkriegsbombe liegt unter der Erde. Darauf geschieht in der Siedlung etwas Wundersames. Die Menschen kommen einander näher, als es möglich schien.

Nous avons tous une histoire à raconter. E?tes-vous prêts à entendre la mienne ? «Nous avons tous une histoire à raconter. E?tes-vous prêts à entendre la mienne ? J'ai été élevé dans les marécages du sud-est du Texas, sur ces terres rouges ou? règnent les vrais Cajuns. Maintenant...

First published in 1915 and often ranked as one of the best novels of the twentieth century, The Rainbow is a passionate tale of desire, struggle and the search for personal freedom. As bold as it is lyrical, The Rainbow traces three generations of the Brangwen family as they navigate love, desire, identity and social change in rural Nottinghamshire. Centred on the spirited Ursula Brangwen, the narrative explores her struggle for independence and self-fulfilment in a world driven by traditional social conventions.

When James arrives in New York he doesn't know a soul. But before he can leave the ship, he receives a message from an Amy Solway, claiming to be his cousin and asking for his help in posing as her new chauffeur. The first thing he discovers when he is ushered into the house is a dead body under the sofa. He decides to hold his tongue and meet Amy before saying anything, but finds that Amy has been expecting a different James Ross. Since no one has acknowledged the dead man, and Amy is clearly in need of his help, he decides to stay.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Timo Ahrens ist 31 und gut darin, Probleme zu erkennen, die andere Leute haben. In den eigenen Beziehungen funktioniert das weniger gut. Im Sommer 2026 kauft er auf einer Tech-Konferenz in Berlin eine smarte Brille. Ein Gerät, das man auf den ersten...

Una ciudad mítica, París. Un lugar mítico, el Grand Hotel Ritz. Un barman mítico, Frank Meier, el barman del Ritz. Todos habían degustado sus célebres cócteles: Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Coco Chanel, Mistinguett, Sacha Guitry, Jean Cocteau, Arletty. Pero en julio de 1940, las tropas alemanas ocupan París y sus responsables deciden hospedarse en el Ritz, como lo harán los jerarcas nazis como Göring y Goebbels cuando visiten la capital francesa.

Maggie Whitmore ha venticinque anni, lavora in una casa editrice e le sue frequentazioni non superano mai il fatidico terzo appuntamento. I ragazzi tendono a scappare a gambe levate non appena sentono pronunciare la parola vergine. No, non il segno zodiacale. Tutto cambia quando, complice un bicchiere di troppo, Maggie si lancia in un appuntamento al buio con un misterioso escort.

A failing ward, a missing witch, and revelations that'll shake Ravens Hollow to the core. When Floyd, the bridge-guarding witch, disappears, it’s more than your average missing person’s case.

My dear runaway wife, Blocking me on everything except this email address does not change the fact that you are still my wife. You ran after the wedding, but you’re home now. Our families expect you to behave as a wife should in this elite world. It’s time to act like you promised you would five years ago. Or do you need a reminder? Your impatient husband, Damian. P.S. Don’t think I forgot about how you stole my entire life savings.

Power is old. Spirit is older. And some debts demand sacrifice. When a sacred fire tears through the hills above Jacmel, the old protections fail—and the dead go quiet. Terra Graves, a Milwaukee mambo with more grit than patience, is pulled into a war she didn’t start and refuses to lose. Vodou vèvès light the way. Enemies wear beautiful faces. The World Beneath—its bars, crossroads, and back-alley altars—prowls just under the city’s skin.

How angry would a mythical god be if he found himself awakening inside a mortal? After a strange and inexplicable death inside a jail, an intriguing and extraordinary shaman detects great unrest in the world, and breaks his way into the jail to investigate. He enlists Detective Carol Ainsworth to assist as an undercover prison officer who, rather strangely, also finds herself tasked with bringing to justice the murderer of a gentle forest being's mother.

T-Realicious believes he’s a self-made playa, a philosopher, and a mentor — but life keeps proving he’s confidently wrong. From ruining barbershop conversations to misreading funerals, from teaching kids terrible advice to crashing the wrong Players Ball, every moment of his life is a hilarious disaster wrapped in delusion. Whether his Cadillac gets stolen three times in one day, he becomes a suspect by accident, or he delivers wisdom that rhymes but makes absolutely no sense, T-Realicious moves through the world with unstoppable swagger and zero accuracy.

On winter’s edge in a restless city, unseen lives move quietly through the night. In *There Are Silent Feet Walking In The Night *, the boundaries between hope and despair blur as we follow a tapestry of interwoven stories—Ella, a former teacher haunted by memory; Malik, a teenage runaway searching for a second chance; and Gabriel, a war veteran lost amid ghosts of the past. Together, their voices reveal the invisible world of the homeless, where small kindnesses spark against the darkness and dreams persist against all odds.

Esta es la historia de Roy, un niño que se abre paso por la vida entre la melancolía y la ternura de una madre forzada a desplazarse a la ciudad por culpa de la violencia. A medida que crece entre las calles de los barrios populares, la sombra de la muerte se va haciendo más grande, hasta convertirse en una compañía silenciosa, pero constante, que él debe enfrentar con una voluntad que se vuelve su única certeza.