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For life in America it was quite laid back albeit mundane. When America is decimated by an unknown virus the world for many changed irrevocably. Millions are killed across the world by this unknown virus. Just when people were learning to cope and survive, America was hit by an EMP, which compounded the problem. Zachary Cain an ex-military soldier is in for the fight of his life for survival and that of his family. Is he up for the challenge? Will he survive what's to come? Would you be able to survive in the aftermath of an unknown virus compounded by an EMP!?

Tony Carter built an empire on blood money—controlling the city’s drug trade with ruthless precision while hiding behind the facade of a legitimate real estate developer. He has everything… Power. Wealth., Connections to a dangerous cartel. Everything except control over the one woman who controls his heart. The only person in the world with the capability to destroy him!

Un commissario di polizia così a Bari non se l'erano mai nemmeno immaginato: Lolita Lobosco detta Lolì, trentasei anni, occhi sempre accesi, lunghi capelli corvini e una quinta di reggiseno che negli uomini evoca la pienezza dei frutti mediterranei. Ma in questa vigilia natalizia anche per lei le cose si fanno terribilmente complicate. C'è un arrestato, le dicono, uno stimato professionista, con il golfino di cachemire e le mani tanto curate, accusato di violenza sessuale. Quell'uomo lei lo conosce bene...

Jamie Worth, a newly qualified firearms officer, is called to a domestic disturbance. Events get out of hand, and he shoots and kills a teenaged girl who appears to have been unarmed. Already wracked with guilt, he is horrified when, with the media baying for blood, he is accused of murder. How can a police officer survive when he suddenly finds himself in prison and on the wrong side of the law? And how can his wife Cath and his ex Anna ever come to terms with what has happened?

QUINN DAVIS shatters the norm. She's successful in the traditionally male-dominated wine world. She'll do anything for a hunk of swoon-worthy cheese. And she only dates married men, a practice designed to evade love and protect her battered heart. But even as a mistress, Quinn has rules. No meddling in happy marriages. No men with young kids. No falling in love. And absolutely, unequivocally, no gigantic panties on a date. She prefers her men the way she likes her food and wine — enticing, intoxicating and utterly delicious.

High in a subsidized studio apartment, the unnamed 82-year-old narrator of Elegy in Blue looks out across the rooftops of Brooklyn all the way to the sea. His distinguished career on Wall Street is in ruins, his mansion in Brooklyn Heights has been burned to the ground, and most of all, his father, his son, and his wife―the stunningly beautiful and equally kind Clare―have been taken from him, one by one, over the decades, by war and an act of violence. Now his “allegiance is to his ghosts.” He’s almost lost to memory, reflection, and a purposeful letting go of life.

In the heart of Shanghai, the boundary between myth and reality is breaking. Mei Lin Huang, heir to an ancient bloodline, and Jack Roth, an American professor pulled into a war he doesn’t understand, must stand against gods and monsters determined to remake the world. Blending Chinese and Greek mythology with fast-paced action and simmering tension, Mandate of Myth is a thrilling fantasy where every choice could tip the balance between survival and destruction.

TONY MORETTI IS READY FOR NEW CHALLENGES. Smart, tough, and driven to make a difference, he leaves his post as an airport firefighter and embarks on a grueling three-month wildfire stint with the U.S. Forest Service. It's only a prelude to his next stop: a position as a fire department lieutenant in Western Pennsylvania's tough, steel-forged Monongahela Valley. But the transition is far from smooth.

Ambitious event planner Daisy Haywood is torn between a safe and steady engagement to Harvey Harris and her lingering love for Max Galant, the adventurous journalist who left her to pursue this career overseas. Daisy must decide if love is a luxury she can afford or the only thing worth fighting for. Reckless Bridie Haywood returns from London under a cloud of mystery; her plight worsens when her movie star good looks attract the attention of notorious Beamer’s factory boss Henry Beamer who is only after one thing.

Znikają dzieci kontrowersyjnego działacza mniejszości niemieckiej. Śledztwo przeradza się w walkę z czasem. Przed trudnym zadaniem staje ambitna policjantka Olga Olszewska. Wspierają ją bezkompromisowy były milicjant Marian Żwirski i doświadczony oficer Bernard Bednar. Każdy krok na drodze do prawdy zmusi ich do konfrontacji nie tylko z porywaczem, ale także z własnymi lękami, bolesnymi sekretami, presją mediów i uwikłanych w polityczne układy przełożonych.

Editoriales embusteras, comediantes retirados y niños perdidos en el subsuelo convergen en esta novela, un caleidoscopio de personajes e hilos narrativos que van tejiendo la biografía de una ciudad. A través de fragmentos hábilmente entrelazados, moviéndose entre lo individual y lo colectivo Desafiante como un rompecabezas y ligera com una sonrisa, le devuelve a la narrativa su potencia de juego e invención.

Mike Carver has spent most of his adult life sleepwalking. He goes through his marriage, his routines, and his days on autopilot, doing everything he is supposed to do and almost nothing he actually wants. When his best friend Derek dies in a COVID ICU, the shock tears open all the feelings Mike has spent years pushing down.

Secrets is something that you share with your best friend, someone you trust with your life. A secret can build you or kill you, destroy what you thought was so right. Tyler, young beautiful, smart, and very outgoing becomes a victim of her secrets. Trying to keep them from the two people she loved and trusted most began to tear her down. Living day to day trying not to break had become her regular routine. Everything had become too much for her to bare. Jazz watched as her little sisters life fell apart piece by piece. Not knowing what Tyler was facing, Jazz had no clue how to respond.

Jede Geschichte spielt in der Advents- und Weihnachtszeit, erzählt in einfachen, schönen Sätzen und mit viel Atmosphäre. Du spürst Nähe, Hoffnung und die leisen Wunder, die genau dann passieren, wenn man sie am meisten braucht. Dieses Buch schenkt dir vom ersten Satz an weihnachtliche Stimmung.

Kurz vor Weihnachten erfährt Cash, dass die Bar, in der sie als Tänzerin arbeitet, verkauft werden soll und sie wittert ihre Chance. Nach Jahren will sie den Karrieresprung schaffen und das Wild Lady kaufen. Der Laden und ihre Kolleginnen liegen ihr am Herzen und alles soll so erhalten bleiben, wie es ist. Leider kommt ihr jemand zuvor: Zane Manning. Großinvestor, Weihnachtsmuffel, verboten attraktiv und zu Cashs Leidwesen ihr neuer Boss. Zwischen den beiden sprühen heftige Funken.

Niniejszy zbiór zawiera siedem zróżnicowanych opowiadań. Pomimo iż zostały opublikowane książkowo w tym samym roku co Pociągi pod specjalnym nadzorem, ukazują inne oblicze autora, zdecydowanie bardziej bezkompromisowe. Na Sprzedam dom, w którym już nie chcę mieszkać składają się teksty stanowiące jeden z najważniejszych kluczy do zrozumienia twórczości Bohumila Hrabala oraz źródeł jej poetyckości oraz ponadczasowości.

Could you abandon someone you love, leaving them behind with absolutely no memory of the life you shared if it meant sparing their life? Could you willingly surrender yourself into the hands of the one that wants you dead, if it meant your loved one would survive? And what would you give to see them again? These are the questions The Dante Family must face in The Kindred.

Joost (29) is bandagist. Hij ontfermt zich over de zieke benen van ouderen in Amsterdam, de stad die hem en zijn vrienden geen woning kan bieden. Het contrast tussen zijn zwervende bestaan en dat van zijn patiënten, die zijn gebonden aan hun grote en volgestouwde huizen, wordt steeds groter. De bandagist is een roman over eenzaamheid en geborgenheid, over herinneren en vergeten.

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?...

Leaving behind a nightmarish college experience, Nicole and her friend, Eric, escape their home of Bangor, Maine to start a new life in Boston. Fragile and scared, Nicole desperately seeks a new beginning to help erase her past. But there is something besides freedom waiting for her in the shadows—a drug that will make every day a nightmare. Heroin. With one taste, the love that once flowed through Nicole's veins turns into cravings. Tracks mark the passing of time, and heroin's grip gets tighter. It holds her hand through deaths and prostitution, but her addiction keeps her in the darkness.