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In a collection that is wise, funny, clever and moving, Julian Barnes has created characters whose passions and longings are made all the stronger by the knowledge that, for them, time is almost at an end.

The brilliant new collection of short stories from Man Booker Prize-winning author Julian Barnes. The stories in Julian Barnes’ long-awaited third collection are attuned to rhythms and currents: of the body, of love and sex, illness and death, connections and conversations. Each character is bent to a pulse, propelled on by success and loss, by new beginnings and endings.

Julian Barnes's Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's extraordinary real-life fight for justice. Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late nineteenth-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur becomes a doctor, and then a writer; George a solicitor in Birmingham. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, George remains in hardworking obscurity.

Brought to you by Penguin. The Pedant's ambition is simple. He wants to cook tasty, nutritious food; he wants not to poison his friends; and he wants to expand, slowly and with pleasure, his culinary repertoire. A stern critic of himself and others, he knows he is never going to invent his own...

At the age of 24, Jordan Barnes woke up next to a lifeless body, rifled through his dead friends’ pockets for any remaining heroin, and went right back to using. Strung out and homeless during the supposed best years of his life, there was no clear way out of the opioid crisis ravaging the streets of Portland, Oregon. But though Jordan had long accepted his fate, his parents still held out hope and would do everything in their power to get him the help he so desperately needed.

The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book, Jonathan Barnes examines Aristotle's scientific researches, his discoveries in logic and his metaphysical theories, his work in psychology and in ethics and politics, and his ideas about art and poetry, placing his teachings in their historical context. 

Ever since The Night in Question left her with a hideous scar and no memory of what happened, Theo Lane has been hiding. An aspiring filmmaker, she uses a hidden button cam to keep the world at bay. She spends the entire summer in a Manhattan cafe, secretly documenting random "subjects".

Grayson fue criado como el heredero de la fortuna de su abuelo, poniendo a su familia ante todo. Cuando parte de ella se meten en problemas, Grayson aparece para hacer lo que mejor se le da: ocuparse de ellos de manera rápida, sencilla y sin sentimentalismos por medio. A Jameson, en cambio, es un hombre de riesgos, de sensaciones fuertes, de juegosl. Cuando su misterioso padre aparece para pedirle unfavor, Jameson no puede resistirse a aceptar. Se infiltrará en el exclusivo y oscuro mundo londinense de las apuestas millonarias para ganar una inalcanzable.

A positive customer experience is absolutely essential to keeping your business relevant. Today's business owners need to know how to connect and engage with their customers through a variety of different channels, including online reviews and word of mouth. Customer Experience for Dummies helps you listen to your customers and offers friendly, practical, and easy-to-implement solutions for incorporating customer engagement into your business plans and keep the crowds singing your praises.  

Raduans Gefolgsleute haben seine engste Vertraute Heli endlich auf einer abgelegenen Insel im Sperrgebiet von Pers aufgespürt. Ohne zu zögern, begibt sich Raduan auf Rettungsmission ins feindliche Territorium. Um unentdeckt zu bleiben, nimmt er die Gestalt eines dort stationierten Soldaten an.

In 2023, Cinelle Barnes is writing a travelogue about journeying home to the Philippines after a twenty-year separation when she suffers a traumatic brain injury. Cinelle’s story of her adoption and immigration to America as a child is not an easy one to tell to begin with. Suddenly, it seems impossible. Her memories and her connection to her husband and daughter in the Carolinas, to her own sense of self, and to her past are all erased in the blink of an eye. Cinelle has to not only piece together who she used to be but struggle to learn who she is here and now.

Balloon Animals, Slapstick Comedy, and Vibrant Colors, who doesn’t love a Clown? We’ve all seen them at the circus, making folks laugh out loud with their zany antics, but what about those who lurk in the shadows of the dark carnival?

Black man, a.k.a. first man, originated in Africa. This is accepted as a historical fact. So how did the other races get here? Various theories persist, but the story in this audiobook actually makes sense. It's more science than conjecture and more reality than magical thinking. Eons ago, a black man discovered that there are dominant and recessive genes and a scientific system of "rigorous control" could separate the dominant black gene from the recessive lighter (brown) gene.

Once in a generation, the Eldest Celestial Princess comes of age. To find a suitable mate for the Empress-to-be, a Celestial Courting Ceremony is called, allowing the princes of the Eight Dragon Kingdoms a chance to compete for the right to rule alongside her as Emperor. It is a tradition as old as the Realm itself. Virriel would rather read novels than rule an empire, yet whether she likes it or not, she has a secret mission all her own. While the Chosen Princes train for glory, Virriel is to infiltrate each kingdom, alone and disguised, to seduce them before year’s end.

Nutzlose Mission? Von wegen! Eigentlich wollte Raduans Vater–der Herrscher von Eiban–ihn nur aus dem Weg haben, doch dann entdeckt ausgerechnet sein Spähtrupp fernab der Hauptstadt eine feindliche Reiterei: Siebentausend Mann, um die Armee von Pers zu verstärken und Eiban dem Erdboden gleichzumachen.

Read by the author. Celebrate the heart and soul of America with #1 New York Times bestselling author Ainsley Earhardt’s all-new book! Just in time for America's 250th anniversary! Join the parade, wave the flags, and light up the sky with fireworks as you and your little ones shout, “I’m...

En esta colección de relatos, podrás conocer a fondo a los cuatro hermanos Hawthorne. Estas historias de amor y pérdida, poder, acertijos y secretos a vida o muerte que demuestran que cuando un Hawthorne quiere a alguien, no hay vuelta atrás.

A bullet to the head stole his past. Now, the only witness to a senator’s murder is the woman he’s forgotten. Detective Jonas Reiner woke up from an eight-year coma with a gap in his memory and a void where his life used to be. Back on the beat in the decaying, rust-belt heart of Lake Erie, he’s a man out of time, navigating a city of cold rain, industrial grime, and secrets that won't stay buried.

Sawyer Taft, apprentie garagiste de dix-huit ans, ne s'attendait pas à voir débarquer devant sa porte sa richissime grand-mère qu'elle ne connaissait pas et qui vient lui proposer une somme à six chiffres pour intégrer la prochaine saison des débutantes.

Ezra Blackwood doesn't believe in magic, until he inherits his grandmother's Salem house and discovers he's a witch with a deadly problem. Twenty-eight years ago, his father made a deal with an ancient entity called the Collector: his firstborn son's life in exchange for power. Now the debt has come due, and Ezra has weeks to master magic he never knew existed.