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The beautiful and heartbreaking new novel from Sarah Winman, author of the international bestseller WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT. 'Her best novel to date' Observer 'An exquisitely crafted tale of love and loss' Guardian 'A marvel' Sunday Express 'Astoundingly beautiful' Matt Haig It begins with a...

Dalton Brisco rides into town and sees the sheriff of San Angelo, Texas, gunned down. After he kills the two men involved in killing the sheriff, Brisco finds himself in the unusual position of being a gunfighter wearing the sheriff’s tin star. Out-gunned and out-manned, Brisco has to devise a plan to keep the town from being taken over by a crew of gunmen, cattle rustlers, and horse thieves.

1940 - Small Heath, in the heart of Birmingham, is facing the darkest days of the war. Two very different girls from this tight-knit community join up as ARP wardens to do their bit for the Home Front. Violet Simms lives with her controlling, widowed mother who runs the local pawn shop. At just...

One derelict farm. Two broken hearts. And a town that can't help meddling ... A funny and heartwarming new romance from bestselling author Stella Quinn. Single dad Luke means well. But ever since his son, Jace, had an accident, Luke's been trying to keep him safe from everything, driving Jace...

Oskar Matzerath, uno de los personajes literarios más entrañables de nuestro tiempo, es un niño que se resiste a crecer porque la sociedad pequeñoburguesa del nazismo no le gusta. También es un malévolo enano que destroza cristales; un ser vulnerable, enamorado siempre de alguna mujer a la que idealiza; un superdotado obsesionado por el sexo; un ser de pestañas negras y bellas manos y un repulsivo jorobado; un asesino por encima de cualquier moralidad que no vacila en eliminar a quien lo molesta pero consigue crear con su tambor una música arrebatadora.

Brought to you by Penguin. The audio edition of The Tin Can Tree by Anne Tyler. When young Janie Pike dies in a tragic accident, she leaves behind a family numbed with grief and torn with guilt and recrimination. In this compassionate and haunting novel Anne Tyler explores how each member of the...

From celebrated comic artist Mike Mignola and award-winning novelist Christopher Golden comes a work of gothic storytelling like no other. Reminiscent of the illustrated tales of old, here is a lyrical, atmospheric novel of the paranormal—and a chilling allegory for the nature of war.“Why do...

Tina the Tractor: Tina the Happy Red Farm Tractor is an engaging audiobook that sparks curiosity about farm life while teaching young listeners valuable lessons about kindness, cooperation, and hard work.

William Lyon's past forced him to become someone he isn't. Conflicted and unable to maintain the charade, he separates from his wife and takes a job as caretaker at a former mental hospital. Jelley's Valley State Insane Asylum was the largest mental hospital in California for well over a century, but it now stands empty. William thinks the decrepit institution is the perfect place to finish his dissertation and wait for his divorce to become final. In town, William meets Colby Anderson, who minds the local store and post office.

Damian Banach's journey from Crow to Cape comes to a thrilling conclusion in this fall's One Tin Soldier! Every year, the best Academy third-years are offered internships with Free States Cape teams, while the rest join the Mission on a multi-month expedition to bring hope and relief to the Badlands. This year is different though...and it's not just because Damian Banach, the Academy's only Crow, actually volunteered for the Mission. The fact is, Damian's not headed into the Badlands for relief work. He's going because he owes someone a favor, and that favor has come due.

INSPIRED BY ONE OF THE LAST GREAT UNTOLD STORIES OF WW1 1916. Young artist Sam Burke is spared death by firing squad on the battlefields of France and brought to a remote castle by the Irish Sea. At the ‘Tin Nose Shop’ he is tasked with creating intricate masks to hide the mutilated faces of...

When intelligence reveals a potential terror plot at Denver International Airport, US Deputy Marshal Caitlyn Reed teams up with her FBI-agent brother Logan on a critical mission. Their K9 partners, Renegade and Gunner, are ready for action as they join a high-profile task force. The arrival of a controversial political figure only raises the stakes, and now the team must act fast to prevent an explosive disaster.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. They all agreed the old engine was finished. Not one of them had asked it why it would not go. A warm, hopeful cozy science fiction novella for grown-ups, perfect for readers who love a low-stakes, big-heart comfort read with a found-family crew, a...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. You will expect a marching automaton. You will find a child’s tin soldier no longer than a thumb, his paint worn grey, his ankle mended with a careful bead of solder. The barge The Marigold puts down on Bellow’s Pile, a working junk-moon run by one...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER At a top-secret Army training facility in the Mojave Desert, Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor plunge into a deadly web of military intrigue, AI technology, and robot soldiers as they unravel the shocking murder of a senior scientist in this gripping...

Although she’s legally an adult, 18-year-old Meryn Flint must live at home until her stepfather, Ray, finds her a husband. That’s the law. But when Ray kills her mother and Meryn must flee for her own safety, she quickly discovers there’s no safe place in the CSA for a woman on the run. Unless she’s willing to marry her former boyfriend—a man who’s already demonstrated his capacity for violence—she’ll be forced to live on the street. And that’s a dangerous option for a woman alone.

What do you do when you like someone...like really like someone, but the timing is all wrong? Gemma has always been Gianna's chief priority, but now Gianna feels guilty for allowing her involvement with Ramsey to come between her close bond with her sister. Drowning amidst her own internal conflicts with her mother whom she resents so much while continuously caring for her ill sister, Gianna doesn't know what happiness is anymore. Scratch that. She does! She's found happiness with Ramsey. She likes being with him, and he seems to enjoy being with her.

Ramsey does his best to condition Gianna before Felicity, owner of Wedded Bliss, presents Gianna with his offer of marriage. Ramsey wants Gianna more than he wants his next million. He can’t see himself without her and would do whatever it takes to make sure she’s eventually his. But is he moving too fast for a woman who likes to take things slow. She has no experience with relationships. He’s hoping to change all that. 

Ktoś porwał twoją córkę. Tego samego dnia znika twój mąż. Masz 48 godzin, by wpłacić pół miliona funtów okupu. Jeśli zawiadomisz policję, dziecko zginie... Andrea Devern, właścicielka dobrze prosperującej firmy, odbiera telefon od szantażysty. Anonimowy rozmówca informuje ją, że jej czternastoletnia córka Emma została porwana i żąda pół miliona funtów okupu w ciągu czterdziestu ośmiu godzin. W przypadku zawiadomienia policji dziecko umrze wyjątkowo bolesną śmiercią. Mijają godziny. Kobieta zdaje sobie sprawę, że jej poślubiony dwa lata wcześniej mąż także zaginął.

Ramsey St. Claire can’t understand the pull he has to visit The Boardwalk Bakery - that is until he actually goes inside and meets the quirky, timid bakery owner, Gianna Jacobsen. There’s an instant..."something". Not love, though. He doesn’t believe in love at first sight. But there is..."something". Since recently taking a sabbatical from work, he has all the time in the world to figure out what that "something" is.