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Brought to you by Penguin. Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson this autumn with a collection of her finest, darkest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best. There's something nasty in suburbia. In these deliciously dark tales, the daily commute...

Emily: My heat is getting closer. With heat suppressants off the table and no pack to call my own in sight, Heat Haven seems to be my only option. Can I be vulnerable enough for Alphas I don't know to help me in my time of need? Griffin: I want a pack and an Omega to cherish. The problem? I don't like most people and I work too much. Where better to meet someone than a place where you contractually participate in a heat with strangers?

A spellbinding collection of 15 stories from multi-million copy internationally best-selling author Rosamunde Pilcher, published posthumously two years after her death. Each of the 15 stories is a perfect slice of romance written with warmth and passion, featuring some wonderfully memorable, smart and feisty female characters that will transport listeners to another time and place.

Five steamy, full-length reverse harem romance stories of badass alpha males and the women they make their own. This collection includes The Inheritance, The Renovation, The Promotion, The Gallery, and The Collection.

The fictional world of Will Self is unlike any other. Learn, amongst other things, the dark and terrible secret of Ward 9, why you are right to think that London is full of dead people and that each and every human being is caught up in a colossal balancing act between the sane and the insane. Acerbic, satirical, hilarious and, most of all, utterly unique in imaginative vision.

Brought to you by Penguin. The first story collection from Kate Atkinson in twenty years, Normal Rules Don't Apply is a dazzling array of eleven interconnected tales from the bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life In this first full collection since Not the End of the World...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the author of the New York Times bestselling REAL AMERICANS comes a playful, richly inquisitive collection exploring the connections and disruptions which define us. Throughout MY DEAR YOU, normal people go through extraordinary transformations. A government...

King's brand new fiction title: a captivating collection of tales with dark - and light - twists from the master of this wonderful form. What would you do if your everyday world were turned upside down in an instant? Here are 12 riveting stories about relationships with unexpected twists. Be very careful what you wish for.

Cartes Postales from Greece is an extraordinary new book from Victoria Hislop, the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of The Island, The Return, The Thread, and The Sunrise. It is fiction in full colour - magical and unique. 'Victoria Hislop writes so vividly about the Med, you can...

This is a mini-sequel to The Other Son, a little gift for all those listeners who have been begging to know what happens next. Alice has been lying to herself for years, holding fast to the belief that the needs of her family far outweigh her own. But her outwardly successful marriage hides dark secrets, and for much of her life, the children were the only reason she stuck around.

Nestes capítulos temos pastores, dançarinas, psicólogas, anarquistas, ovos, delegacias, bares. E de todos esses lugares e seres e seus contíguos arroubos, gritos solitários, tragediazinhas, aniquilamentos ou apenas ruínas, vaias, copos amassados, bitucas, sonhos desfeitos e pesadelos realizados se fazem observáveis e são contemplados como a agonia no horto, mas sem jamais tecerem-se-lhes qualquer juízo. A mim só interessa evidenciá-los, enaltecendo a jangada que volta só—e, só por voltar só, a notícia já está dada.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When Roman invaders approach the gates of a mysterious, untamed land, King Bran Mak Morn and his uneasy allies must mount a desperate stand to defend their legacy. But when the legendary Kull of Atlantis—a warrior with the might of a mythical...

Der neue Mitschüler. Überraschung für SpongeBob - der neue Mitschüler in der Fahrschule entpuppt sich als Patrick. Dumm ist nur, dass Mrs. Puff alle Fehler Patricks dem kleinen Schwamm anlastet. Die Freundschaft der beiden wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt... Moby Muschel. Endlich ist es soweit: Mr. Krabs hat seinen millionsten Dollar verdient. Zur Feier des Tages nimmt er SpongeBob und Thaddäus mit zum Angeln.

Pubblicata dall'editore Treves nel 1883, la raccolta di novelle "Per le vie" ha per protagonisti gli emarginati. Lo scenario questa volta però non è la Sicilia e la vita contadina. Verga infatti ci presenta la dura lotta per la sopravvivenza per gli ultimi in una grande città come la Milano ottocentesca.