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Nat, a middle-aged queer mother of two, feigns normalcy as she worries about her taciturn, loner son locked in his room. Her friend Maddy, a failed actress and fellow parent, frets over her missed opportunities and considers leaving her marriage. Next door, Ilya, a young construction worker, struggles to renovate a fixer-upper, but a buried stream threatens to flood the basement. An old woman eyes the street through the gap in her curtains. A lonely man wanders.

La trama de Caferatta mantendrá en vilo al lector hasta las últimas páginas con diálogos ágiles y amenos, profundamente filosóficos, pero cuya simplicidad retrata descarnadamente nuestro complejo tejido social. No faltan en esta novela crudas escenas de erotismo y conflictos pasionales, que lo llevarán de una casa de Don Torcuato a la intimidad de un café, desde unas oficinas en Puerto Madero hasta las de la CIA, para recalar finalmente en un pobre rancho de Gualeguay.

Immerse yourself in contemporary Melbourne, the beautiful bay, magnificent parks and the diversity of people. Real people, gentle people and not so gentle people.

Sophia kämpar för att finna sig till rätta i ljusets stad. Hon bestämmer sig för att resa över Atlanten till Amerika för att finna lyckan. Ett oväntat affärserbjudande från den berömda Elizabeth Arden öppnar nya dörrar för henne, men ödet är nyckfullt.

A bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto veterinary clinic. Suddenly capable of more complex thought, the pack is torn between those who resist the new ways of thinking, preferring the old ‘dog’ ways, and those who embrace the change. The gods watch from above as the dogs venture into their transformed world, as they become divided, as each struggles with their new existence.

Sergio Corselli è un ventisettenne col pallino del gioco delle carte. Da quel mondo però è uscito e si porta dietro solo un soprannome, si è laureato, ha avviato una piccola azienda di consulenza editoriale e cerca di farsi strada nella metropoli che conta, nei salotti frequentati dalle teste pensanti dell'editoria. Scopre anche un inedito di Shakespeare, ma le cose vanno come vanno e allora ecco che ritornano gli amici del passato a provare a dare una mano a un tavolo e in una partita decisiva.

Als ihr das Geld ausgeht, nimmt sie einen Job in München an. Als sie drei Frauen kennenlernt, die sich ihren Lifestyle mit zweifelhaften Methoden finanzieren, ist sie fasziniert. Schnell findet Leonie ihr eigenes Geschäftsfeld: Menschen mit frisch gebrochenem Herzen bezahlen sie für raffinierte Racheaktionen. Doch nach einer Weile kommen ihr Zweifel: Wie viel Geld braucht man wirklich für ein gutes Leben? Und wie viel Risiko ist sie bereit, dafür einzugehen?

Milano, settembre 2018. L'eroina torna in città come non accadeva da decenni e invade le principali piazze di spaccio. Marta, una quarantenne disoccupata che vive alle case Aler del quartiere Corvetto, trova il cinquantenne Luciano morto di overdose, la sera in cui avrebbe dovuto dichiaragli il suo amore. La donna, testarda e coraggiosa, non crede all'evidenza dei fatti, indaga sulla morte dell'amico e ne scopre una vita nascosta.

As the Zoo Boyz brotherhood teeters on the brink of collapse, the story unfolds further as Preach grapples with the ultimate choice of siding with the streets or the pulpit. Between trying to be the perfect Preacher's kid and remaining a friend to his brothers, his faith never wavers. During the Zoo Boyz's quest to understand Chevy's inexplicable desire to travel, Preach crossed paths with an individual who would alter the course of his life in ways he never imagined. Navi enters Preach's heart like a thief in the night.

It's been eight months since Sandra lost her beloved husband, and she knows something has to change. Her son wants her to sell up her home and move into a retirement apartment, close to him. But she doesn't feel ready for that yet. Then she bumps into her old friend Patti, heading off to get her first tattoo. Patti explains she's beaten cancer and now she's ready to make every second count… And – sitting down for a cuppa and a slice of cake – the women land on the perfect idea – a bucket list!

Trainee relationship counsellor Delilah Braithwaite is better at breaking couples up than bringing them together. But after one break-up too many, she’s suspended and ordered to get to grips with her own baggage if she hopes to get her job back. Desperate to prove she’s not the problem, Delilah accepts a challenge from her sister: track down five exes and make amends for dumping them all with no good reason. But when she runs into Noah - the fiancé she left at the altar - her plans take a complicated turn.

The girls of Dressmaker’s Alley are busier than ever and Lady Diane’s business continues to thrive. New recruit Janice Williams is one of the new seamstresses Miss Susie hires to cope with the work but on the day of her interview, Janice is injured in a roadside accident that will change her life forever. Poor Winnie Collins’ pregnancy is beset with problems and under Doctor’s strict orders she is confined to bed rest. How will she cope when there is so much to do?

Pushing Lucy Remington's buttons is my favorite pastime and has been since we were kids. Watching as her brilliant blue eyes darken in anger when I mockingly call her Princess—even though she is one—fills me with immense satisfaction. She's the last woman on Earth I would want to take as my wife, yet that's exactly what her grandfather—my King—asks of me.

When San Remo County Acting Sheriff Buddy Steel is deputized by the California Coastal Commission to investigate a reclusive Russian billionaire who has repeatedly violated state law by obstructing public access to his vast beachfront property, he makes a shocking discovery. This makes Buddy, a former LAPD cop dragged home by his Sheriff father's ALS diagnosis to "temporarily" head the department, dig in his heels and face down the Russian's imported goon squad.

Frank Cottrell Boyce’s series of plays about the punk generation 30 years on What if punk heroes The Adverts had played a gig in Camberley in 1977, to an audience of 27 people? And what if, three decades later, someone tried to bring that audience back together for a reunion? That’s the...

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In 1998, Richard Price returned to the gritty urban landscape of his national bestseller Clockers to produce Freedomland, a searing and unforgettable novel about a hijacked car, a missing child, and an embattled neighborhood polarized by racism, distrust, and accusation. Freedomland hit...

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