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Are you ready to say goodbye to loneliness and hello to a life filled with meaningful friendships? Making new friends in adulthood can feel awkward, even intimidating. Most of us were never taught how to navigate interpersonal relations or sustain friendships through life’s many changes. It’s no wonder so many of us feel isolated, even when we’re surrounded by people. But the truth is, you don’t need to start over —you just need to see the connections already within reach. In Are We Friends Yet?

Having narrowly averted an (under)world war, Cat Crawfield wants nothing more than a little downtime with her vampire husband, Bones. Unfortunately, her gift from New Orleans’ voodoo queen just keeps on giving—leading to a personal favor that sends them into battle once again, this time against a villainous spirit.

Brought to you by Penguin. Richly expansive and deeply moving, an intimate novel of secret lives and painful histories from one of the finest storytellers we have 'This brilliant novel examines lives lived, losses accumulated, and the slipperiness of perception. Yiyun Li writes deeply, drolly...

Flatmates Judith, Giles and David once had it all: youth, optimism, ambition and degrees from one of the country's best universities. In their 20s, they were full of potential, but 10 years later, they're simply might-have-beens. Stuck in Streatham and strapped for cash, they're forced to mooch off their more successful mates just to get by.

“One of our major novelists” (Salman Rushdie) tells the story of a woman reflecting on her uncompromising life, and the life of a former lover, in this provocative novel. “Yiyun Li is one of my favorite writers, and Must I Go is an extraordinary book.”—Meg Wolitzer, New York...

Ein falscher Prinz wird beim Diebstahl einer goldenen Kugel erwischt und in einen magischen Wald verbannt, wo ihn eine Fee ungewollt in einen Frosch verwandelt. Die Verzauberung kann nur durch den Kuss einer Prinzessin aufgehoben werden. Als der Frosch hilft, die Goldkugel aus einem tiefen Brunnen zu holen, beansprucht er eine Belohnung. Aber bekommt er jetzt wirklich den für ihn so wichtigen Kuss, der seinen Bann löst?

A comedic look at the experience, pitfalls, and road blocks of online dating on various apps, and an exploration and eventual acceptance of the fact that we all have nonnegotiable deal breakers. Your deal breakers may bear no resemblance to the ones included in this collection, but you will still recognize and relate to the dizzying variety of ways in which one can be put off. If you learn nothing from this book, and you likely will not as it is a silly, joyful observation, take this with you: choose your words carefully. And check your punctuation.