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A New York Times Bestseller! In collaboration with the New York Times, Finish the Fight! reveals untold stories of diverse heroines who fought for the 19th amendment—celebrate the historic win for women’s rights and voting rights that changed the fabric of America. Who was at the forefront...

Big Brother is a striking novel about siblings, marriage, and obesity from Lionel Shriver, the acclaimed author the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. For Pandora, cooking is a form of love. Alas, her husband, Fletcher, a self-employed high-end cabinetmaker, now spurns the...

‘A gutsy, heartfelt novel’ Sunday Times ‘[Shriver’s] best novel yet’ Independent on Sunday ‘A surprising sledgehammer of a novel’ The Times ‘Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger… glorious, fearless, almost fanatically hard-working prose’ Guardian ‘Lionel...

In this unflinchingly honest and deeply moving memoir, Alicia Donovan chronicles a life lived in defiance of the forces that sought to silence her. The Opposite of Oppressed weaves together a series of personal vignettes that reveal the author's journey from a childhood shaped by domestic violence, social isolation, and trauma, to a woman who reclaims her voice, her power, and her identity. Told with resilience, grace, and flashes of joy, this is a story of survival and triumph, of learning that the path to liberation is not found in denying the past, but in daring to rewrite the narrative.

Der charmante Anführer Mr. Wolf, der sarkastische Safeknacker Mr. Snake, der Meister der Verwandlung Mr. Shark, Mr. Piranha, der Mann für's Grobe und die brillante Hackerin Ms. Tarantula bilden die berüchtigte „Gangster Gang". Nach einem weiteren spektakulären Coup landen die fünf hinter Gittern. Ihre einzige Chance? Sie versprechen, von nun an brav zu sein und als Vorzeige-Gutmenschen durchzustarten. Schnell merken sie: Held zu sein ist mindestens genauso aufregend wie ein Leben als Schurke. Doch dann taucht ein geheimnisvoller Superbösewicht auf, der die ganze Stadt bedroht!

Sol the Wise Guy has stayed out of Hornytown for a hot minute. But when a sexy sheyd sweeps into his office saying she’s been framed for murder, well, sometimes a shmendrick’s gotta step up to the task. This silly, satirical, romp through the Devil’s corner of D.C. prompts the question of what we could might repair with a little old Chutzpah.

Rachel, étudiante canadienne à l'université américaine de Tours en 1968, enquête sur son passé familial, jusqu'à effectuer un extraordinaire voyage dans le temps sous l'Occupation pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, à Tours également. C'est un roman d'aventures fantastique qui voit la protagoniste « parachutée » en 1942 pour lui permettre de dénouer, avec un art du suspense consommé, non seulement les énigmes familiales mais également notre compréhension du présent.

In the year 409 the Roman Empire is collapsing. A young woman called Nehtan hides her enslaved status when she is rescued in Gaul by a resentful Patrician. Thrown together on a dangerous odyssey through a land devastated by invading barbarians, the two start to fall in love, despite the vast gulf between them. However, a brutalised member of the cavalry escort has recognised the fugitive slave and will do anything to possess her in body and soul.

L'écrivaine Karen Walker en sait plus que quiconque sur les meurtriers. Son ex est le « Bagman », un tueur en série enfermé à vie dans une prison de haute sécurité. Après l'avoir aimé aveuglément durant des années, elle a fini par le livrer à la police. Mais aujourd'hui, dix ans plus tard, alors que Karen s'apprête à publier le récit de ses crimes, une jeune femme disparaît dans des circonstances terriblement familières. Cela ne peut pas être le Bagman, puisqu'il est derrière les barreaux… n'est-ce pas ? Karen doit en avoir le cœur net.

What if another woman tried to take your place as “Mummy”? Sally Bentham thought adoption made her family safe. She was wrong. When Amelia’s new teaching assistant turns out to be her birth mother, Sally’s world begins to collapse. Robyn Clarke is warm, capable, trusted by everyone. At the school gates each morning, she whispers in Amelia’s ear, wins over the parents, charms the teachers—and slowly draws Sally’s daughter closer.

Jusqu'à ce jour de 1975, Monta Clare était une petite communauté tranquille des Ozarks. Le jeune Patch McCauley a disparu. Dans la forêt voisine, on a retrouvé son tee-shirt, maculé de sang. Saint, une jeune fille du village au caractère bien affirmé, décide de faire tout ce qui est en son pouvoir pour découvrir ce qui est arrivé à son ami. Trois cent sept jours plus tard, Patch McCauley réapparaît. Il faudra des décennies pour élucider tous les mystères et faire la lumière sur ce qui s'est réellement passé durant ces trois cent sept jours.

Tout commence en 1986, lorsque l'amitié naissante entre Léo, Marion, Sophie et Clémentine se tisse à leur entrée au collège. Au fil des années, alors que la vie les pousse vers des chemins parfois divergents, leur amitié reste le fil conducteur de leur existence. Ensemble, ils traversent les joies simples, les amours naissantes qui laissent une marque indélébile, et symbolisent leur passage de l'enfance à l'âge adulte. Au travers des allers et retours entre le passé et le présent, le roman dévoile comment ces moments partagés ont façonné leurs destinées actuelles.

From the creator of the internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter project Girls in Trouble, a memoir following her journey from a secular Jewish childhood to becoming a modern queer woman owning ancient teachings and finding her own meanings in them, refracted through feminist interpretations...

For two years, we were confidants, but my online friends always felt out of reach. My anxiety could never compete with my curiosity and I always pushed them away when they were determined to finally meet me and reveal the identities of Pack Pucked. It should have been easy, but life got in the way. Well, more like biology got in the way. Throwing a surprise heat into the mix sent me down a spiral of missed connections: Two strangers. Two missing numbers. One ruined phone. And one baby on board.

Six highly placed matrons mourn their lack of daughters until they devise a scheme to launch eligible girls in need of assistance, and so The Society of Sponsoring Ladies is born. Lady Easton had her plans well in hand before her lord suddenly decided to have ideas and opinions. Now, Lord Easton has decided who she will sponsor, and he’s decided on the daughter of a horseracing crony. Worse, Lady Easton is expected to launch the girl in Brighton, of all places.

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The war has changed. The truth is rising. And Jesse Finch must rise with it. After surviving captivity and betrayal, Jesse returns to a world that barely resembles the one he left. His powers are fractured, his confidence shaken, and the enemy more dangerous than ever. As new races, forgotten magic, and divine influences emerge, Jesse must uncover truths buried beneath fear and deception.

This collection of very short stories from the mind of Ann Butler's alter ego, The Book Griffin, introduces you to 11 instances of inexplicable or ghostly occurrences. There's revenge, redemption, or just plain old spookiness.

Marcia, periodista exitosa de 30 años, se arroja de imprevisto al vacío con la intención de suicidarse. Mientras cae, toda su vida pasa frente a sus ojos en un segundo. El intento de suicidio falla y, mientras Marcia se recupera en un hospital, no puede sacarse de la cabeza una de las imágenes que vio durante su caída. Un hombre de ojos azules que parecía ocupar un lugar muy significativo en su vida, pero al que no consigue recordar. Al salir del hospital Marcia se obsesiona con ese hombre y decide buscarlo.