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Paige didn’t set out to be a stay-at-home mom, but when her husband’s screenwriting career took off right before they had a son with Down syndrome, the decision was made for her. Now, with their children nearly grown and unsure what's next, Paige writes a memoir about the challenges of raising a child with a disability. When a major actress-turned-producer shows up at her door eager to make her “inspiring” story into a movie, she’s shocked, excited, and a little terrified.

Spannung und Action treffen auf schwarzen Humor. Als in einem Falkennest auf dem Dach des Andechser Klosters die inneren Organe eines Mannes gefunden werden, ahnt Kriminalrat Madsen, dass ihn dieser Fall mit den dunkelsten Tiefen der menschlichen Psyche konfrontieren wird. Doch die Grenze zwischen Gut und Böse verschwimmt, denn das Opfer entpuppt sich als brutaler Vergewaltiger - und Madsen muss sich letztlich die Frage stellen, ob er wirklich auf der richtigen Seite kämpft.

Un artist ucide și lumea din jurul lui se schimbă. Amalia, o adolescentă deloc banală, dispare într-o dimineață de decembrie. În căutarea ei pornesc trei prieteni care sunt, în același timp, și suspecți în cazul dispariției tinerei: un scriitor mizantrop și de succes, un pictor fascinat de lolite, dar și de septuagenare, o prostituată atrasă de tot ce înseamnă sex extrem. Revoltele sociale din februarie 2012 constituie, în premieră în literatura română, o parte din fundalul acțiunii.

Als Kneipenwirtin kennt Huberta „Hubbi“ Dötsch in ihrem Heimatort Affeln im Sauerland eigentlich jedes Gesicht – und jede Geschichte. Doch als die zurückgezogen lebende Imkerin Viola tot in ihrer Bienenhütte gefunden wird, scheint sich niemand für die Hintergründe zu interessieren. „Ein tragischer Unfall“, sagt die Polizei. Hubbi hingegen glaubt das keine Sekunde. Gemeinsam mit ihrem treuen Dackel Meter, ihrem Ehemann Tristan, ihrer neuen Verbündeten Rosa und den Stammgästen beginnt sie, hinter Violas stille Fassade zu blicken.

Barry and Beth, high school sweethearts separated by time and circumstance, find themselves reunited at the Blue Loon Village senior living center in Minneapolis. Now both seventy, they rekindle their relationship only to discover how differently time has shaped them. Beth has blossomed into a free spirit with a goth flair, while Barry has transformed into the curmudgeon he swore in his youth he’d never become.

Veso Portarsky hat während seines BWL-Studiums an der Freien Universität Berlin fleißig als Weihnachtsmann gearbeitet. Am Anfang hat er die Kinder von 16 Familien am Heiligen Abend besucht. Danach bekam er Aufträge von Kindergärten und Krankenhäusern. Seine erfrischenden Weihnachtsgeschichten von Veso Portarsky sind bereits in den Diogenes-Anthologien “Diesmal schenken wir uns nichts: Geschichten für eine entspannte Weihnachtszeit” und “Freue Dich” sowie bei Spiegel Online und im Zitty Magazin erschienen.

When Edie O’Sullivan wins a three-day Christmas break in a hotel on a remote Scottish island, she’s looking forward to a picture-perfect Christmas full of winter walks, roaring fires, good books and even better whisky. But when a guest dies in mysterious circumstances, Edie realises that they have a killer amongst them. As more guests begin to die, it is up to Edie to solve the strange riddles found in the victims’ Christmas crackers if she is to stop the murderer’s killing spree. But as she gets closer to the truth, she puts herself in the way of a devious and clever killer.

Private detective Tracer Spence is being stalked by the song "You're So Vain," hearing it every day for a year. When he's hired by a man with the same problem, Spence realizes that his case is connected to another that he's working on-that of a kidnapped sister. In the process of solving both mysteries, Spence uncovers violent henchmen, a Mick Jagger doppelganger, and man-eating shadow creatures.

Dan has accidentally "Noclipped" into the Backrooms—a bizarro, extra-dimensional Alice-in-Wonderland world, overrun with horrific nightmare creatures known as the Dwellers. No one ever gets out. Hell, forget about leaving, if Dan wants to survive the week, he's going to need to harness the strange game-like magic of the Backrooms, make some very sketchy allies, and carve out a little safe haven to call his own.

Joe Orton was among the towering geniuses of 1960s theatre. His life was tragically cut short in 1967, but he left behind him a handful of shocking and scabrous black comedies that will live on in the public imagination for years to come. Featured here are two of his lesser-known works, The Erpingham Camp and The Ruffian on the Stair, collected together as a double bill.

The women of Harrington Estates don't just sell homes, they sell dreams. And founder Amanda Harrington isn't just a woman - she's a brand. A star of the real estate and mumfluencer world, she expects only the best from her team. But behind the perfect façade, cracks are beginning to show. New arrival Bella is causing tension with her constant success, including securing the listing of a coveted £50 million mansion from dishy developer Simon - and she's been stepping on some toes in her Louboutins to get there.

Boston-born first-responder Alex Flynn gets called into the principal’s office in this short story set in rural Vermont, where poor roads and under-funded public services form a comfortable and familiar background. Explore the hidden links and community found in an ordinary New England town when local first responders might or might not have to engage with an active school shooter. Trowbridge Dispatch is part of the Trowbridge, Vermont series of novels and stories, wherein I.M. Aiken draws on her roots in public safety to narrate tales of the everyday heroes that every community depends on.

It's Blasphemer's Week, the annual period during which the gods vacation at Mount Olympus and ignore the inconsequential mortals, and it always begins with blood.

Every member of The House, the most exclusive sorority on campus, and all its alumni, are beautiful, high-achieving, and universally respected. After a freshman year she would rather forget, sophomore Nina Kaur knows being one of the chosen few accepted into The House is the first step in her path to the brightest possible future. Once she's taken into their fold, the House will surely ease her fears of failure and protect her from those who see a young woman on her own as easy prey.

Hannah has been running from her demons ever since she emerged from a harrowing wilderness trip without her fiancé. No one knows exactly what happened the day Ben died, and Hannah would like to keep it that way... even if his ghost still haunts her with vivid waking nightmares that are ruining her life. So when her friend group gets an exclusive invitation to a restorative spiritual retreat in Joshua Tree, Hannah reluctantly agrees in search of a fresh start.

Kinga is a woman who is just trying to make it through the week. There's a Kinga for every day: on Mondays, you can catch Kinga A deleting food delivery apps. By Friday, Kinga E is happy to spend the days soaking, wine-drunk, in the bath. Kingas A-G, perhaps unsurprisingly, live a varied life—between them is a professional matchmaker, a scent-crazed perfumer and a window cleaner, all with varying degrees of apathy, anger, introversion and bossiness. At least three of them are Team Toxic.

Equal parts hilarious and achingly human, The Greatest Possible Good spans ten years in the lives of the Candlewicks, asking universal questions about what it means to live a good life and if there is a “right” way to be a good person, while introducing the world to one of the most memorable and dysfunctional families in contemporary literature.

Mein Name ist John Doe. Das Fehlende in mir ist schrecklich. Und wissen Sie, was es so schrecklich macht? Nein, natürlich wissen Sie es nicht, denn Sie sind nicht ich. Sie sind nicht … dieser John Doe. Ich erzähle Ihnen, was so schrecklich ist. Ich verliebe mich voll und ganz in diese wunderbare und wunderbar schöne Dahlia Flower … in meine Retterin. Oh nein, nicht aus Dankbarkeit, sondern aus echter … aufkeimender Liebe. Aufkeimende Liebe? Fast schon Prosa, nicht wahr? Ob ich früher Gedichte geschrieben habe? Oder habe ich gar jemanden getötet?

This collection includes Jackin' the Beanstalk, G.I.R.L.3: Girl in the Hood, G.I.R.L.4: Combat Devolved, G.I.R.L.5: Endblame, The Final GIRL, and The Final GIRL (Part II).

Don’t Make Me Laugh balances anger and humour with the deftest of touches. It is a story about power and control and manipulation, about gendered roles in both the workplace and our personal lives, and about how women are set up in competition with each other. And ultimately—satisfyingly—it’s a story about fighting back.