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A Manhattan fashion consultant searches for a mysterious letter writer—and finds an unexpected adventure . . . Sage Parker has a dream job—she helps the rich and powerful keep their wardrobes current and suitable for every need. Her sense of fashion is impeccable, her connections are...

A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances, this is the new novel from international sensation Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You and The Giver of Stars 'A delightful reverse-Cinderella story of two women who seem polar opposites - until circumstance forces them to...

'I absolutely loved this book!' Maxine Morrey When Charley finds herself suddenly single on Christmas Day it feels like her world has fallen apart. Forced to move back in with her parents, she embarks on a journey of re-invention. When she meets Ed, who is on honeymoon alone after being jilted...

Else ist eine Frau, die wir von all ihren Seiten kennenlernen dürfen: als sudetendeutsches vertriebenes Kind, bei ihrem sozialen Aufstieg, der angeblich nur ihrem Ehemann Willy zu verdanken ist, und bei ihrer emotionalen Emanzipationsreise, als sie entscheidet, heim¬lich einen Taxischein zu machen. Sie fährt uns stolz, fein und modern durch die Frankfurter Nächte der Sechziger- bis Achtzigerjahre und parkt uns in einer berührenden Szenerie an der Côte d’Azur, wo sie mit ihrer Enkelin auf eine letzte große Reise geht.

A KATIE COURIC BOOK CLUB PICK NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight delivers a tour de force of character-driven suspense: the story of two women whose secrets and desires entrap them in a deadly love triangle. “McCreight’s new stunner Someone...

There are things you learn about people when you take care of them at their most vulnerable.Not the version they show the world.The version that emerges when fear, pain, and uncertainty strip everything else away.What Nurses See When No One Else Is Looking is a reflective, deeply human...

Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Will we ever travel back in time? Are we being visited by extraterrestrials? Will we ever talk to animals? Are we being told the truth? Are mysterious creatures roaming the Earth? And why, when you’re in the shower, does the shower-curtain always billow in towards you? We don’t know the answers to any of these questions. But don’t worry, no matter what questions you have, you can bet on the fact that there is someone (or something) out there, investigating it on your behalf – and this book collects their latest findings.

Twelve-year-old Dory Byrne lives with her brothers on New York City's Lower East Side, waiting impatiently through the darkest hours of World War II for her pop to come home from fighting Hitler. Legally speaking, Dory's brother, Fish, isn't old enough to be in charge of Dory and her younger brother, Pike, but the neighborhood knows the score and, like Pop always says, "the neighborhood will give you what you need." There's the lady from the bakery, who saves them leftover crullers. The kind landlord who checks in on them. 

James Beard Award–winning author Michael Ruhlman delivers a father-son road-trip story about grief, second chances, and discovering that home might not be a place you left behind—but a person you’re just getting to know, one meal at a time. Junior year was supposed to be Miles’s escape...

If I closed my eyes, I could still see them - all blonde sunshine, ocean-blue eyes, and long limbs. The glint of Lake's gold bracelet. Pink cotton candy on Tiffany's tongue. My scenery may have changed from heaven to hell, but some things never would: my struggle to do right by both sisters. To let Lake soar. To lift Tiffany up. The sacrifices I made for them, I made willingly. A better man would've walked away by now, but I never claimed to be any good. I only promised myself I'd keep enough distance. If I'd learned one thing from my past, it was that love came in different forms.

Bailey's brother, Henry, and his best friend Griffin are stars in the restaurant field. They are known as the Color Wheel Boys because of their renowned Buckhead restaurants Vert, Blanc, and Noir. Bailey is determined to chart her own course; to not be forever known as Hank's daughter, Henry's sister, or "whatever" she is to Griffin. Bailey's dreams propel her to New York, where her vision garners accolades and fame. Just when she seems on the verge of having it all, a shocking betrayal throws Bailey's world into chaos. 

Sherlock Holmes can hardly refuse when he’s summoned to the palace to consult on a dognapping case. He brings along Varti Weller, who’s compelled to lie because he’s folk-spelled. In the midst of their investigation, a new knack comes to light. Varti can tell when someone else is lying. So he knows that the Selcouth Queen isn’t telling the truth. Or at the very least, she’s left out an important detail about the reason she needs Holmes’s expertise. Newcomb is besieged. Enzo fulfills his duty. Arty expands his crew. Kel spills royal tea. And the Hound is back on the hunt.

World-famous competitive skydiver and coach Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld presents proven tools and techniques for success and explains how they can be used in everyday life. Dan survived a plane crash from which 16 of the 22 people on board were killed. He was left critically injured and woke up from a six-week-long coma with a broken neck, broken skull, severe head trauma, a collapsed lung, and other serious internal injuries. Against all odds, Dan recovered and went on to become one of the greatest competitive skydiver in the world.

Else Strohmeier ist an Einfachheit kaum zu übertreffen. Gedemütigt von ihrem diktatorischen Mann lebt sie ein unterwürfiges Leben im Rosenhaus 9. Gegen den Willen von Theo lernt sie ihre verwitwete Nachbarin kennen, durch die sie auf eine dubiose Idee kommt: Sie wird ihr Leben grundlegend verändern... Rosenhaus 9: Ein mysteriöses Haus in der Innenstadt Kölns. Doch der Name trügt: Wer hier einzieht, ist nicht auf Rosen gebettet. Verrückt vielleicht. Oder mutig. Lebensmüde könnte man meinen. Rosen oder Dornen - wer weiß das schon?

If you’re tired of powering through, performing, and pretending you’re fine while your soul drowns, it might be time to examine the condition of your heart. Brian Freise looked like he had it all together—on paper. Strong faith, physical health, thriving businesses as an entrepreneur, and a solid family. But inside, his neglected heart lay exposed and screaming for attention. The result? Panic attacks that seized him and refused to let go.

FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR GAY FICTION. The path to love doesn't always travel in a straight direction. Waiting for Something Else tells the story of James, a heterosexual man who unexpectedly falls in love, but not quite in lust, with his gay co-worker, Roger. Bald, bewildered, and Buddhist, James is struggling to adjust to life in New York City. Nine months into managing a Brooklyn gourmet restaurant, he’s still friendless and dateless, and secretly pining for Sherry —a Wiccan vixen with a narcissistic streak —but too timid to act.

One day I was watching one of my aunties battle cancer. She was older, never married—alone. That day I decided I never wanted to be like her. So I looked around and there was Michael. He worked on Wall Street. He was available. Most of all, he was into me. I let him catch me, then I made the biggest mistake of my life: I married a guy I didn’t love. Maybe if I’d loved him, we’d have connected in bed and I wouldn’t have woken in the mornings feeling exploited.

For a hundred years Martin Buber has been read with bowed heads. The gentle prophet of dialogue, the bearded sage who taught a tired century to say “Thou,” he became the conscience of a people and the symbol of an age. His slim book I and Thou is quoted everywhere and examined almost nowhere. This is the examination it never received.

A woman returns to her childhood home to find a house of living nightmares in the Edgar Award-nominated author’s spine-chilling, reality-blurring adult debut. Shirley never wanted to live in the house where her father murdered her mother. For the moment, though, her husband and her don’t...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “Very few authors have the power to make you laugh on one page and cry on the next. Moyes is one of them.” —The New York Times A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances, this is the new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling...