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A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music **Selected as a book of 2024 by the Guardian, New Statesman and Good Housekeeping** 'A book of rare charm by a writer who understands the magic of music' Ian Rankin 'An entertaining tale of...

Rudy Sharpe is the irrepressible owner of a tiny, ramshackle record store, stacked from floor to ceiling with piles of vinyl. It’s a place with real soul, where the slogan is ‘If we don't have it – them don't mek it’. Helping out behind the counter is Tasha, Handsworth’s only Black goth girl, while Rudy’s best friend Clifton regularly drops in to talk music, women and rum.

Brave New World remains startlingly relevant, offering a profound warning about the dangers of convenience without conscience, pleasure without purpose, and a society willing to sacrifice its humanity for the illusion of peace. It is a timeless meditation on what it means to feel deeply, think freely, and resist a world determined to design every aspect of existence.

"Lo voy a tirar a la basura. Voy a tirar el acolchado gordo y pesado a la mierda. Voy a tirar todo lo que me recuerde a mí cuando estaba con él. "Rara" es el monólogo interior de una mujer mientras espera al camión de mudanza que se llevará los objetos de lo que fue su hogar antes de separarse.

From the author of The Portrait of a Mirror, a modern tragicomedy transforms the myth of Icarus into a blazing romp through bureaucracy, B-list fame, and college basketball . . . Phil is ordinary. A mid-level Washington lobbyist for a decidedly unsexy organization, unhappy in the way all mildly...

Everleigh Wheaton knows it only takes a few well-placed lies to ruin a reputation. She's experienced it time and time again . But there's a silver lining to repeatedly proving herself: she's become confident and self-reliant. When she loses yet another job and an enigmatic stranger offers a solution to her financial troubles, she's game. After all, she loves a good mystery, and the invitation to visit the legendary Halstead Manor is irresistible. But she's not about to let her guard down—especially not with the other women who received the same invitation.

Eleanor Braddock, a spinster at 30, has long since dismissed any hope of marriage. But when a dying soldier whispers his final words, she believes her life can still have meaning and determines to find his widow. But this compassionate deed takes a harsh turn, and Eleanor finds herself dependent upon the richest woman in America and the most despised woman in Nashville--her aunt, Adelicia Acklen, mistress of Belmont Mansion.

The dazzling new novel by the Man Booker-nominated, Granta Best of Young British novelist, Ned Beauman. In 1938, two rival expeditions set off for a lost Mayan temple in the jungles of Honduras, one intending to shoot a screwball comedy on location there, the other intending to disassemble it...

Supposedly, dispatched to audit a relief organization’s accounts, Marc Royce finds himself amid the squalor and chaos of Kenyan refugee camps caught in a stranglehold of corruption and ruthlessness. But his true task relates to the area’s reserves of once-obscure metals now indispensible to high-tech industry. The value of this rare earth inflames tensions on the world’s stage as well as among warring tribes.

After a string of sexual conquests, she is determined to figure out why the intense romantic connections she's spent her life chasing have left her emotionally high and dry. As Natalie sifts through her past and her present, she confronts her complicated feelings about her plus-sized figure, her bisexuality, and her thwarted career in fashion design.

A gloriously moving and entertaining, picaresque debut novel about a young man’s sentimental education in late 19th-century Europe; inspired by a real historical figure: ‘Captain’ Paul Boyton - the ‘Fearless Frogman’. 

Joseph Goebbels, born in 1897, aspired to be an author, obtained a PhD from the University of Heidelberg in 1921. He joined the Nazi Party in 1924, After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry quickly gained and exerted controlling supervision over the news media, arts, and information in Germany.

Alan Medas ha trent’anni, è un geologo e trascorre la vita sulle miniere tra Africa e Asia, faticando a mantenere le relazioni. Il mondo, da cui lui rimane scollegato per lunghi periodi, viene scosso da una notizia clamorosa: una nuova risorsa alimentare miracolosa è stata appena scoperta. Si tratta di un’alga dalle qualità eccezionali battezzata Narciso. In pochi anni le disparità economiche vengono livellate e i governi collaborano in un’utopia di pacifismo globale senza precedenti.

Sam Duncan expects to win the ranch challenge that would put a cool 50 grand in his pocket. Not lacking confidence, Sam works his parcel of land in the competition and is certain his win will be a slam dunk. What he doesn’t expect is that Whitney—the only woman ranch hand at Duncan Ranch—will give him a run for his money. He’s not happy about it, and his disdain for her overflows.

Escape is Anna Rone's only option. Never again will she be trapped in a loveless marriage. A new life in America means safety - and discovering the truth behind her beloved brother's death. But when she is nearly captured and forced to return to England, her vow to never marry for anything but love is forgotten when she must marry for protection. Perhaps the handsome man she accepts is truly as caring as he seems. If he is not, her future in America is darker than ever before.

Chas. Johnson & Sons has been a family operation for three generations - grandfather, father, and son. But when it comes time for Gabe Johnson to take the reins of the business, the world of books has changed, and the combination of the internet and inner city rents forces the store to close. But instead of folding his hand, Gabe decides to risk everything he has and reopen the shop - and, in a sense restart his life - in a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Belén siente el deseo profundo de ser madre. Tras varios intentos fallidos por quedar embarazada opta por el camino de la adopción. Esta es la historia de esa decisión y del proceso complejo y valiente mediante el cual la protagonista va construyendo su maternidad. Es, también, la...

!Es raro!: Andrés era un joven romántico que se sentía necesitado de amor. A medida que fue pasando el tiempo, trabajando con inteligencia fue haciéndose rico. Un día se encaprichó con un perrito que compró y cuidó como si fuera su propio hijo. Pero no acaba de llenarle. Un poco después al visitar la caballeriza de una plaza de toros quedó prendado por un caballo y consiguió también comprarlo. El caballo se hizo un gran amigo del perro, pero Andrés aunque se sentía feliz todavía notaba que le faltaba algo. En definitiva necesitaba el amor de una mujer.

Throughout history, the dream of creating a superior race—whether physically, intellectually, socially, or economically—has tempted the bold and the reckless. Once every century, a man consumed by a God complex dares to turn that dream into reality. The year 1930 saw such a man, and the devastating legacy still haunts us today. Now, 2030 looms with the promise—and peril—of another.

هل دخلت مستشفى الطب النفسي في (الكويت) ؟! .. الكثيرون لم يفعلوا .. وربما أكون من المحظوظين الذين يدخلونه بصورة يومية بحكم مهنتي كطبيب نفسي .. فلا أنكر أن هناك متعة في...