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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it...

”Den største søfartshistorie, der nogensinde er fortalt.” – The Spectator Januar 1742. Et faldefærdigt fartøj, flikket sammen af tømmer og tøjstumper, skyller op på Brasiliens kyst. Om bord er tredive udmarvede mænd, kun akkurat i live. De er overlevende fra The Wager, et af den...

En 1740, le vaisseau de ligne de Sa Majesté le HMS Wager, deux cent cinquante officiers et hommes d’équipage à son bord, est envoyé au sein d’une escouade sous le commandement du commodore Anson en mission secrète pour piller les cargaisons d’un galion de l’Empire espagnol. Après...

After a phone call, secrets about Aspen’s life are unveiled. Between the discovery of her past and the complications that arise in her small Oklahoma hometown, the single mom finds herself suddenly moving to New York to start a new career and a new life with her ten-year-old son.

Brought to you by Penguin. HALLIE PIPER IS TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF. After crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it's time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe. But when she logs into the dating app to look for new love...

"Masterful . . . [A] painstakingly researched, astonishingly erudite study…Tooze has added his name to the roll call of top-class scholars of Nazism." —Financial Times An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* 'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books I’ve ever read' Guardian ‘The greatest sea story ever told’ Spectator 'I cannot think of anyone...

Anyone can hang a television. Getting paid properly for it is the whole business.Home repair is one of the easiest trades to start and one of the easiest to run at an accidental loss, because the money leaks out in drive time, parts runs, and jobs quoted by the hour when they should have been...

Fiction. "Fanny Howe's novel [based on a true story] has the clarity and concision and the narrative force of a fable.... And like all good fables, it's endlessly complicated, a deceptively simple story wrapped in racial, historical, and economic ironies.... It tells us that America's originating sin is the profit-making entanglement of race and slavery, whose tainted return, both economic and spiritual, is still being paid out today." (Russell Banks) 

What is it about a junior-high crush that can send an otherwise intelligent woman into a tailspin? TV reporter Char Lynn wishes she knew. Jake Titus is too rich, too handsome, too arrogant: a trifecta that once lured Char into the best night - and worst morning-after - of her life. Now they've been thrown together in a wedding party. It's awkward, but survivable...until Jake stops acting like a jerk, and starts acting like the man she'd always hoped he could be.

Nicole Nicoletti, Eddie’s lover, has set Chicago on fire with her sports betting picks, and needs his help. Her father, a successful trainer, faces a long suspension for drugging his horses, but insists he was framed. When a murder points to Nicole’s father, the investigation ramps up another notch. The mob’s gambling boss is on his deathbed. After years on the Most Wanted List, the kingpin of the mob’s offshore gambling operation is back in town. The track’s top owner has enlisted Eddie’s help to gamble on his horses. A professor’s stolen lab book might hold the secrets everyone wants.

When Payton takes a Corruption Quiz with her friend Kennedy, she scores abysmally low. So low she decides to spice up her life a bit—especially when the two friends place a bet as to who can most improve their score over the next 30 days.

Sadie Kincaid delivers the hotly anticipated conclusion to her Wages of Sin duet, now available in an immersive reading experience that you will want to savor from start to finish. The Game features electric duet narration from Grayson Owens and June deBorahae, bringing every charged glance and...

Ever fantasized about quitting your job and starting over? Prioleau Alexander did just that. Here is his laugh-out-loud funny, endearing, and humbling exploration of life at minimum wage. Alexander walked away from a lucrative career as an advertising executive, seeking a life like that dude on Kung Fu.”

Whether you are training a new puppy, considering adopting a dog, researching dog breeds, or simply curious about your own dog's happiness and behavior, Wag has all the answers - and then some. Respected dog trainer and social psychologist Zazie Todd demystifies the inner life of canines and shares recommendations from leading veterinarians, researchers, and trainers to help you cultivate a rewarding and respectful relationship with your dog - which offers many benefits for you, your family, and your four-legged friend.

Krakowska policja próbuje znalezc powiazanie pomiedzy trzema ofiarami, których ciala odnaleziono w lesie. Sprawca dokonal na nich sekcji zwlok, przywlaszczajac do swojej kolekcji poszczególne narzady. Technik kryminalistyki, Milosz Goczalka, zostaje odsuniety od sprawy, gdy nie zgadza sie pominac w protokole problematycznych dla prokuratury dowodów. Jego prywatne sledztwo niespodziewanie prowadzi do Aresztu na Montelupich.

Lady Serena Grantley was born to the nobility, but fortune's whim placed her in control of her stepfather, who uses her beauty to lure young men to his gambling tables. Serena even dismissed her first love, the Honourable Sebastian Sullivan, at her stepfather's command. But when he attempts to force her into a liaison with a dissolute earl, Serena resolves to do his bidding no more.

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Moonrise Key. Playground of the rich and famous. Overnight Cassandra Monahan has gone from high society darling to infamous criminal. Behind bars, she can't reach out to her family, or the one man she yearns for. Even though she's certain Jack Landry's betrayal landed her in jail, Cassandra can't let him go. The passion between them is undeniable no matter how much she tries to resist it. When she's dealt a lucky hand and makes bail, she realizes she misjudged Jack. But she still can't fall back into his arms or give him her heart.

What is it that drives a man from the light and into the dark? What force has the ability to take a man from sound of mind to muddled and confused in less than a year's time? Nick Hines wishes he knew because he has just completed the trip from husband and family man to convicted wife killer, child killer, and suspect in the investigation into the accidents that took his own two children's lives. In less time than it takes to wean a puppy, Nick has gone from sane to crazy, unable to distinguish fantasy from reality.