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Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a...

It’s always the husband, isn’t it? When his wife Brie vanishes from their home one night, never to be seen again, people assume Andy got away with murder. The police can’t build a case against him, but still his friends and neighbours abandon him. Six years later, Andy’s life is back on track, and he’s settled with a new girlfriend. And when he hears his old house has been bulldozed and rebuilt, he’s not bothered. Things are good. But then one day, a woman who looks like Brie shows up at their old address.

I may be a shy letter carrier, but when my beloved apartment building is threatened by a mysterious and reclusive billionaire, I’m willing to push the envelope. I’m going to march right up to Malcolm Blackberg’s fortress of fierceness and deliver a cease-and-desist notice he can’t refuse. Except as soon as I get inside his gilded doors, things go sideways - I’m mistaken for Malcolm’s court-ordered emotional intelligence coach, as if I’m acting out a wacky postal carrier cosplay.

A friendship to die for. A Ripley story for the Instagram age set in contemporary New York: a world at once sophisticated and sordid, irresistible and irresponsible, unforgettable yet unattainable. Louise is struggling to survive in New York; juggling a series of poorly paid jobs, renting a shabby flat, being catcalled by her creepy neighbour, she dreams of being a writer. And then one day she meets Lavinia. Lavinia who has everything - looks, money, clothes, friends, an amazing apartment...

"La gente di Napoli" è un audio racconto tratto dal libro "I racconti di Mauro", uno spaccato di vita quotidiana di personaggi vissuti in una Napoli generosa, solidale e con saldi valori familiari, una Napoli parzialmente raccontata ma mai mostrata nella sua autenticità. Questo audiobook è dedicato a tutti i nostri fratelli non vedenti.

Nightshift is a story of obsession set in London’s liminal world of nightshift workers. When twenty-three-year-old Meggie meets distant and enigmatic Sabine, she recognizes in her the person she would like to be. Giving up her daytime existence, her reliable boyfriend, and the trappings of a...

From the internationally bestselling, Man Booker Prize-longlisted Siri Hustvedt comes a provocative, exuberant novel about time, desire, memory and the imagination, which tells the story of a young Midwestern woman's first year in New York in the late 1970s and her obsession with her mysterious...

De Corea llega el nuevo gran fenómeno literario. El libro coreano del año: más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos Una extraordinaria novela sobre el poder de encontrarse a uno mismo. Una asombrosa tienda a la que siempre querrás regresar. Dokgo vive en la calle y duerme en la estación de Seúl. Tiempo atrás tenía un trabajo, una casa, una familia, pero un día lo perdió todo. Incluso la memoria. Cuando encuentra un monedero, decide entregárselo a su dueña, la señora Yeom, una exprofesora de mediana edad que gestiona una pequeña tienda abierta las veinticuatro horas.

Dramatisations of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most popular works, plus bonus documentary Often described as ‘the laureate of the Jazz Age’, F. Scott Fitzgerald captured the reckless, hedonistic spirit of 1920s America in his classic novels The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned and Tender is...

Gabe Harris is the man with five lovers. Since reconnecting with Ellen, he has begun dating four more women, has one theoretically waiting in the wings, and has begun relationships of varying casualness with four more women. He has been doing his best to craft a new life. Not just for himself, but for the women he loves. And he's been doing good. All of that comes to a crashing halt when he remembers Valentine's Day is right around the corner. And now, Gabe finds himself facing the most difficult, arduous challenge of his entire life: planning Valentine's Day dates for ten women. In a row.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The House Swap by Rebecca Fleet, read by Sian Brooke, Adam James, Josh Dylan and Kirsty Dillon. ‘No one lives this way unless they want to hide something.’ When Caroline and Francis receive an offer to house swap, they jump at the chance for a...

With the verve and bite of My Year of Rest and Relaxation and the wisecracking sensibility of a golden-age Hollywood heroine, Marlowe Granados’s stunning début brilliantly captures a summer of striving in New York City. Refreshing and wry in equal measure, Happy Hour is an intoxicating novel...

Fleeing a murder charge in his native homeland of Palermo, Sicily, in Italy, young Carlo Gambino finds refuge in the United States of America. It is the Roaring Twenties, and New York is a melting pot of decadence and excess. As well as unprecedented violence. The Volstead Act creates a new and...

In Silicon Valley, everyone is building a future. Eli is trying to survive tonight. By day, Eli goes to class, studies accounting, and works to create a better life for himself and his younger brother. By night, he sleeps in his car.No one knows. Eli has built his life around a strict set of...

Das heiße Werbeplakat am Times Square beweist es deutlich: Zwischen Diana und dem argentinischen Polospieler Franco Andrade knistert es gewaltig! Steht etwa eine Verlobung der reichen Erbin mit dem Playboy an? Niemand ahnt etwas von dem geheimen Plan dahinter...

Vom Mut, das eigene Leben nicht den anderen zu überlassen. Geschichten von Frauen, die zweifeln, träumen, sich in den falschen Menschen verlieben, sich entlieben, die das Leben umarmen, auch wenn es manchmal ruppig ist. Frauen mit Sehnsucht, Humor, Scham, Mut, Eigensinn – und gelegentlich...

Blues In The Night: The First Chronicles of Bernie Butz by Carol S. Fowler is a vibrant collection of short episodes set in the smoky, soulful jazz scene of 1950s New York City. Follow Bernie Butz, a passionate jazz journalist for Crazy Cats magazine, as he navigates the highs and lows of the Cool Era, chasing interviews with rising stars and uncovering the gritty underbelly of the music world. From the sultry notes of Jack Goldberg’s saxophone to the dangerous allure of femme fatales like Hedi Munroe, Bernie’s adventures blend the rhythm of jazz with the pulse of noir mystery.

Cecily von Ziegesar returns to the world of GOSSIP GIRL with the series' first adult novel, BLAIR, set twenty-two years after the end of the first series. At forty, Blair Waldorf is back on Manhattan’s Upper East Side trying to reclaim her socialite throne while harboring a big secret. “You...

'Playful and witty, What A Time To Be Alive is a charming meditation on coming-of-age, privilege, and grief' Cecile Pin, author of Wandering Souls 'Jenny Mustard writes with honesty and wit about the strange, mundane, and wondrous aspects of youth' Ayşegül Savaş, author of The Anthropologists...

Yeongju tem se sentido desmotivada. Sua vida se tornou uma sucessão de frustrações e ela sente um vazio eterno no peito. Cansada de viver assim, decide deixar tudo para trás e colocar em prática um antigo sonho: abrir uma livraria. Desde a infância, Yeongju encontra conforto nos livros, e abrir a loja parece ser a solução ideal para os seus problemas. Mas começar um negócio nunca é fácil, e ela precisa aprender que ser uma amante dos livros não é o suficiente para tornar o seu sonho realidade.