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Diana Dixon har fullt upp med sin dans, sina dubbla jobb och ett ex som inte fattar vinken. Ändå har hon tid att lära sin nya snygga granne, Shane Lindley, några grundläggande regler om tjejerna i hennes cheerleadinglag som han avverkar på löpande band: rör inte dem och stör inte henne...

När USA:s underrättelsetjänst får indikationer på att Kina förbereder en militär operation mot Taiwan ställs världen inför ett livsfarligt maktspel. När den nytillträdde kinesiske presidenten planerar ett militärt angrepp mot Taiwan, inser försvarsminister Qin att han är den enda...

Miss Marple är tillbaka – 50 år efter första boken Högt uppe i de schweiziska Alperna lockar ett exklusivt hotell förmögna gäster från när och fjärran: Den beryktade skådespelerskan, den framgångsrike politikern och hans reserverade fru, för att inte tala om den rika änkan och...

Kalandras fem kungadömen står på ruinens brant. Kruxmigrationen är på väg. Och i kölvattnet efter en förkrossande attack har jag tvingats från mannen som har mitt hjärta. Jag är vilse. Skräckslagen. Full av hemlängtan. Jagad av monster, utmattad och kidnappad av en mäktig präst...

Su vida por la libertad. Su sangre por el amor. Su alma por la venganza. Por fin llega a España la esperada serie de la autora de romantasy Carissa Broadbent, La guerra de los corazones perdidos. Tisaanah no sabe qué es la libertad: fue arrancada de su tierra natal cuando era niña y, desde...

A salvação de Sadie Hollowell e Vince Haven depende de muitos fatores. Ele voltou traumatizado da guerra ao terrorismo no Afeganistão e ela, aos 33 anos, acha ridículo ser convidada para ser dama de honra do casamento de uma prima no interior do Texas, onde nasceu. Ambos estão perdidos, à...

Com três milhões de exemplares vendidos, 47 semanas nas listas de best-sellers do Times e vencedor do National Book Award de 1980, A escolha de Sofia mostra, em sua patética grandeza, com perfeito domínio do tempo na narrativa e um texto denso e envolvente, o drama de uma mulher corroída...

Este novo e polêmico livro de Naomi Wolf, autora do best-seller O mito da beleza, é um trabalho surpreendente de ciência e história cultural que reformula radicalmente a forma pela qual entendemos a vagina e, consequentemente, como entendemos as mulheres, seu desejo sexual e sua criatividade...

UM FUTURO SOMBRIO PARA A HUMANIDADE Quem sabe do amanhã? Há um bom tempo não existem mais profetas, adivinhos perderam credibilidade. Em todas as esferas do conhecimento, previsão agora é resultado de estudo, pesquisa e análise. Ainda assim, a vida costuma contradizer o previsto; o...

Um livro que faltava sobre as duas guerras mundiais e o inferno do nazismo. C. G. Sweeting resgata nas páginas deste O piloto de Hitler o testemunho privilegiado de um homem fiel ao ditador alemão mesmo depois dos dez anos de sofrimento em masmorras e campos de prisioneiros da União...

What is Italy without pasta? Come to think of it, where would the rest of us be without this staple of global cuisine? An acclaimed Italian food writer tells the colorful and often-surprising history of everyone's favorite dish. In this hugely charming and entertaining chronicle of everyone's...

The modern master of Nordic noir is back with an explosive novel about two brothers who, on the verge of losing everything, are willing to do anything to stop that from happening. By all accounts, Carol and Roy Opgard are doing quite well for themselves. Or at least they are doing as well as can...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 14 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE The sixth gripping thriller in Lars Kepler's internationally bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. A stranger wearing a mask stands in the shadow of a garden. He's watching his first victim through the window. He will kill him slowly...

BERGEN, 1898. Isak lytter til gamle Johannas advarsler og vil forhindre, at Fernanda gifter sig med unge Edvard Falchenberg. Men han møder en stærk modstander. Jacob ønsker heller ikke uønskede forbindelser i slægten, men Christense kaster al forsigtighed over bord. På et kort besøg hos...

Brought to you by Penguin. The chilling and heart-pounding new novel from Norwegian superstar Jørn Lier Horst. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE HIT BBC FOUR SHOW WISTING Wisting is back with his most gripping case yet. In 1999, seventeen-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed on her way home from work...

Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic...

*THE JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC - ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD* 'One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction and one of the must-read books of this or any year' David Peace Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep...

Well . . . it's still not as unassailable as my old castle, which was an impregnable fortress, but the Principality of Liechtenstein is no longer quite so easy to capture, whether by the Emperor or by the Cursed Shadows. It's my home, and I've come to care about it and about the people who live...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Reality is Not What it Seems by Carlo Rovelli, read by Roy McMillan. From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics comes a new book about the mind-bending nature of the universe Penguin presents the unabridged...

Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian.