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Tom is a bit of a waster...Turning the wrong side of t30 hit him pretty hard, and what with having no money, no love life, no decent job prospects to speak of, and with debt coming out of his ears, well, the future wasn’t exactly looking too rosy. Tom knew he wanted more out of life and now was the right time to make a fresh start, but, in typical fashion, he didn't have a plan or even the faintest idea of where to begin. So, logically, he'd start by quitting his current job and see what turned up in the process!

What do you do when the doctor says you could die at any moment? Well...after you’ve made a cup of tea, of course. Nathan James is young, successful and has the world at his feet. Unfortunately, he’s also about to die—which ruins things somewhat. And now he’s staring imminent death in the face, Nathan is having to rethink some of his life choices very hard. Then Nathan falls in love with a charming girl called Alison, which is a really stupid thing to do. Because how can you give your heart to someone when it might be about to stop?

Ricky is joined by Diane Morgan, Danny Wallace, Kerry Godliman, Ben Bailey Smith, Sean McLoughlin, David Baddiel, Mark Watson and Robin Ince.

The brand-new novel from the bestselling author of How to Kill Men and Get Away With it. Featured as 'best books about female rage' in Stylist ‘All the twists, all the drama and wit sharp enough to slit throats’ Tam Barnett * * * * * * If a man hurt your best friend – like, really hurt her...

The third novel in the Portuguese Irregular Verbs trilogy sees von Igelfeld suffering the slings of academic intrigue as a visiting fellow at Cambridge, and the arrows of outrageous fortune in an eventful Columbian adventure. Between trips, von Igelfeld returns to his beloved Regensburg only that to discover while he has been away his murine colleagues have been at play.

When Inspector Peter Glebsky arrives at a remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in any police work. He's there to ski, drink brandy, and loaf around in blissful solitude. But he hadn't counted on the other vacationers, an eccentric bunch, including a famous hypnotist, a physicist with a penchant for gymnastic feats, a sulky teenager of indeterminate gender, and the mysterious Mr. and Mrs. Moses.

In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz and the National Enquirer, Sedaris's collection of stories and essays is a rollicking tour through the American Zeitgeist: a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of...

Welcome to Chain-Gang All-Stars - the popular and highly controversial programme inside America's prison system. In packed arenas, watched by millions of live-stream viewers, prisoners compete as gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom. Fan favourites Loretta Thurwar and Hamara...

Sweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times. Armed with this terrible knowledge, Petra meets Johan, a doomsday prophet, and Agnes, a widow of 75 who has made bank living a double life on social media as a young influencer. Together, the trio race through Europe as they plan to make the most out of the time they have left, in more ways than one. But of course, things rarely go to plan, even the end of the world.

Brought to you by Penguin. No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George...

From the internationally bestselling author of How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates comes a swoony killer romance in which fake dating turns deadly at a sinister couples retreat that just might result in cult chaos – for fans of Grady Hendrix and Brynne Weaver. Laurie Hamilton doesn’t believe in...

In Praise of Greed: A Satire in Rhyme is a modern English translation of Lof de Geldsucht by the seventeenth-century Dutch poet Jeremias de Decker. In rhymed couplet like the original, In Praise of Greed is a sustained, ingenious voice-portrait of Greed personified. It dredges up both classical and Christian authorities, scientific breakthroughs, Dutch seafaring, and forces the reader to think about wealth, ambition, and moral agency from an unfamiliar perspective—"through Greed's glasses." The poem is both timely and timeless.

Be prepared to immerse yourself into eleven stories of youth, travel and trouble from Karl G. Trautman in The Appocalypse and Other Stories. The author of Deacon Blues writes of compelling tales of pain, hope, regret, love and wanderlust. There are also stories of technology gone crazy, as inanimate objects come alive and plan necessary acts of nefariousness. "Crying in the Basement" is the story of an emotional wound passed down from father to son in Depression-era St. Louis.

What if the real Book of Laws was stolen, rewritten and distributed as the Bible, leaving out the good parts? Turns out it was! Lord, COO of the Galactic Order of Demonstration (G.O.D.), is gobsmacked when he discovers that his son Chip—once known on Earth as Jesus—never delivered G.O.D.’s original teachings to humanity. The reason? Cretin, leader of the Elite Global Order (E.G.O.), stole the sacred text and created a version called the Bible—replacing a message of empowerment with one designed to keep souls obedient and unaware of their own creative power.

Le avventure di un apprendista concierge in un hotel di lusso.

Efter romansuccesen TI KAMELER FOR AMEERA, hvor Ameera endte med at vælge den forbudte kærlighed, står hun nu med konsekvensen: et barn UDEN FOR ægteskabet. Ameera har et problem. Hun har allerede skuffet sine forældre og resten af den ægteskabsbegejstrede familie ved at aflyse sit...

Mit 60 fängt das Leben erst richtig an – sagen zumindest die, die es noch nicht erreicht haben. Doch was bedeutet es wirklich, wenn die Brille plötzlich zum treuesten Begleiter wird, der Medikamentenschrank besser sortiert ist als die Werkstatt, und die Kinder endgültig durchschaut haben, dass Papa eben doch nicht alles kann? In seinen pointierten Beobachtungen nimmt der Autor mit viel Witz und Augenzwinkern den Alltag reiferer Herren unter die Lupe: vom Kampf gegen das Verschwinden der eigenen Haare bis zur Erkenntnis, dass ein Mittagsschläfchen kein Zeichen von Schwäche ist.

Opening with the exotic Lady Death entering the gumshoe-writer's seedy office in pursuit of a writer named Celine, this novel demonstrates Bukowski's own brand of humour and realism, opening up a landscape of seamy Los Angeles...

From iconic tortured artist/everyman Charles Bukowski, Hollywood is the fictionalization of his experience adapting his novel Barfly into a movie by the same name. Henry Chinaski, Bukowski’s alter-ego, is pushed to translate a semi-autobiographical book into a screenplay for John Pinchot. He...

Many view "hitting rock bottom" as a foundation on which to rebuild one's life, a place from which one can only ascend. Gamers know to search for a secret door leading down to the sewer.