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Yearbook is a collection of true stories that I desperately hope are just funny at worst, and life-changingly amazing at best. (I understand that it's likely the former, which is a fancy 'book' way of saying 'the first one.') I talk about my grandparents, doing stand-up comedy as a teenager, bar mitzvahs and Jewish summer camp, and tell way more stories about doing drugs than my mother would like. I also talk about some of my adventures in Los Angeles, and surely say things about other famous people that will create a wildly awkward conversation for me at a party one day. 

The HILARIOUS new novel and the year’s most perfect festive gift – from million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel It used to be the most WONDERFUL time of the year, but for years Christmas has been taken over by Winterzone. All the things that made Christmas special are gone: the human...

It’s Seckry's second year at Estergate Institute, and things are already shaping up to be just as eventful as his first. A new lesson called fringe science has been added to his timetable, Mrs Cutson is acting more sadistic than ever, and two exchange students from Norsegate have arrived, causing trouble and provoking Seckry and his friends.

A hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to. Tom can't wait for his LUCKY BIRTHDAY. It's an EPIC family tradition and it's going to be UNFORGETTABLE! Only, after several disasters involving a flattened chihuahua and a curse from the tooth fairy, it's been...

When Seckry was six years old, his father disappeared. The two of them had spent the afternoon picking berries together in the fields surrounding their village. In Seckry's vague memory, it had been perfect. But the following morning his father was gone, and had taken all traces of his existence with him. Dreams of that afternoon still plague Seckry's nights. Swimming in and out of his consciousness are images of his father's watch; one that was glowing an eerie green, and inscribed with foreign markings. What had his dad told him about that watch?

At nine years old, Frankie Presto is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. His only possession is an old guitar and six precious strings. But Frankie's talent is unique, and his amazing journey weaves him through the musical landscape of the twentieth century, from classical to jazz to rock...

Toby Grant spends his days working for a digital marketing agency and his nights stressing about how unfair life is for his generation. With a thirtieth birthday only months away and his finances approaching meltdown, it’s fair to say Toby isn’t a happy millennial. His parents’ generation...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A master class on investing featuring conversations with the biggest names in finance, from the legendary cofounder of The Carlyle Group, David M. Rubenstein. What do the most successful investors have in common? David M. Rubenstein, cofounder of one of the world’s...

Pummel und Norbert wollen beim traditionellen "Kuschelwuschelwuselwagen" ein Stofftier abgeben. Doch als sie die kleine Schmetterbong unter einer Parkbank entdecken, die ihr geliebtes Kuschelschokodil verloren hat, wollen sie natürlich helfen: Abermals schlüpft Pummel in das Kostüm des Meisterdetektivs "Schoklock Huhn" und … die Jagd beginnt!

One million cloned soldiers. A nation imprisoned. A group of neurodiverse rebels fighting back. Britain as we know it lies destroyed. In the aftermath of the most daring military coup in history, the surviving population is crammed inside giant Citadels, watched over by an army of cloned...

All ten shortlisted titles for the BBC International Short Story Award 2012: Escape Routes by Lucy Caldwell (read by Laura Pyper), The Goose Father by Krys Lee (read by David K. S. Tse), Sanctuary by Henrietta Rose-Innes (read by Claire Gordon-Webster), Even Pretty Eyes Commit Crimes by M.J...

Eight great chapters of topics related to Bible prophecy reveal how close we are to the end times!

‘I’m going to tell you about the worst thing that ever happened to me.’ Will’s a nice guy. So when he takes a shortcut to the tube station after a few beers with his mates from work, he steps out of the way of the fellow who’s staggering towards him. But he – deliberately – moves...

In the four biggest American sports leagues, 124 franchises vie for the crown of greatest of all. Only one can sit atop the throne. Now for the first time ever, Got Your Legends ranks all of the franchises and explains which teams are legendary, or unique, or exciting, or tragic . . . or laughable.

With personal experiences and insights, Man Down will improve your awareness of mental health and enable you to live a happier, healthier life. How often do you put on a ‘coping’ front, when in reality you’re troubled with insecurities and anxieties? Do you find it difficult to open up...

Tom has decided he doesn't want to live. Adam wishes he had that choice. Tom's lost his job and now he's been labelled 'spermless'. He doesn't exactly feel like a modern man, although his double life helps. Yet when his secret identity threatens to unravel, he starts to lose the plot and comes...

Wenn die Nacht stiller wird, Wälder ihre Schattenseiten zeigen und vertraute Orte plötzlich nicht mehr vertraut wirken, beginnt die Welt von Jana Oltersdorff. »Nachtschwarz – Die große Sammlung unheimlicher Geschichten von Jana Oltersdorff« vereint drei vollständige Sammlungen unheimlicher Kurzgeschichten und dunkler Märchen in einer großen Themenedition der Hörbuchmanufaktur Berlin. Mal leise und beklemmend, mal märchenhaft düster, mal unmittelbar unheimlich: Jana Oltersdorff erzählt von Begegnungen, Orten und Momenten, in denen die Wirklichkeit einen Riss bekommt.

This book contains the following works: The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, The War of the Worlds by Herbert George Wells,The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Call of Cthulhu by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald.

Pummel, Pummelomi, Pummelfee und Norbert der Keks wollten eigentlich gemütlich mit der Buntbisonbahn in die Toffeetherme nach Schaumkusen reisen. Doch es kommt mal wieder anders, als gedacht: Ein riesiger, schwarzer Brocken liegt auf dem Gleis und verhindert die Weiterfahrt.

Pummelomi braucht Marshmallowbeeren für ihre Muffins. Also schickt sie Pummeleinhorn und Norbert den Keks los, um im Marshmallowmatschmarschwald ein paar Marshmallowbeeren zu sammeln. Leider versteht Pummel die Anweisung mal wieder dramatisch falsch – insbesondere den Teil mit den Beeren ….